Still Learning Every Week
(27th of Eoantos 5114, The Landing) I continue to learn so many things. I should have started keeping a list from the beginning, it might benefit the next new adventurous bardess to come along. Spells from helpful people really help a lot. A lot! You can incant some spellsongs instead of preparing them and casting them. Ohmygosh, you can prepare spellsongs (or incant them…) by name! My map is a magical one. I can point to...
My First Tip
(25th of Eoantos 5114, The Landing) It was a busy evening in Town Square under the Tree. The man introduced himself to me, Komoki he said his name was, and asked if I would sing to a pin he found. “I can try, but in the scope of things, I am one very little bardess,” I replied to him. He offered me the pin in spite of the warning. So I proceeded with the loresinging. I should have gone somewhere quieter. Live and learn,...
Do Not Tell Mother …
(23rd of Eoantos 5114, The Landing) I think we may have been finishing up an evening snack when I caught the thoughts going out to man the Pylons, and for all defenders to take their position. There were airships attacking the Landing. Yes, again. So much for going out ogre hunting, that was not going to happen now. I stayed at Helga’s, knowing it has always been safe there and listened to what news there was to have as...
A Grand Adventure in the Land of Large Ogres
(12th of Eoantos 5114, The Landing) He asked how the manticore problem was going. I think it’s his way of asking about how things are going for me. I told him all about the wonders of the crystalline creatures I found in the heart of the crystal cave. “The acoustics in there are incredible,” I added. (I did not tell him I hollered in there just to hear the echoes.) “You went into the mine?” he asked. His...
Tears of Dawn
(27 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) At first I thought it was homesickness. I wake up each day in tears. Even before that sorry encounter with whatshisname. I know it is unrelated to that. There are the nightmares, but they are frightening. In fact, I am surprised neighbors have not called the Town Guards after some particularly loud screams. But these tears are not of fear, and they do not have the feel of the nightmares with...
Lessons Learned on An Adventure
(23 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) The ghosts in my dreams were strong of late. Perhaps I give them too much power by putting off the song. Normally I would go to my father. I sure cannot go to him over this particular matter. But whatever the cause of the dreams, I was blue. After playing some music to the ruins of the old bank and the crazy fortune-teller, I went back to Helga’s to work on the song that will set me free....
What She Heard
(11 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) I awoke to warnings that the town was not safe. I remained indoors at Helga’s, hoping that it would prove to be safe. Helga was unflappable. She was more concerned about her stew and her glasses. I guess she has seen many things in her life. Me – I was not feeling that same calmness at all. But I took my cue from her and composed my face with a deep breath. I drew my instrument up to...
Midnight Aire
(6 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) She gazed at the garden visible through the window. The nights were growing chill, but she still kept a window partly open. She could hear a new song in her soul tonight, and reached for her mandolin. D minor. She’d try it first in D minor. Testing the chord progression against the same three notes of each phrase, she knew the notes rang out clearly against the moving strings. First she...
Victory After Sundown
(4 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) Dear Mother & Father, I am writing to make sure you know I am completely safe and secure at the Landing. I know you must have heard some of the news about the events and attacks surrounding the Landing. I had my first taste of an assault tonight. But do not fret, as soon as the airships were sighted, I was spirited to safety. There he stayed with me to make sure no harm came to me while the...
Raged The Storm
(4 Jastatos 5114: Wehnimer’s Landing) Outside raged the storm, the battle. Heralded by blood rain and clouds out of nowhere, the bardess fled to the safety of the city. She had no sooner asked, “What is happening?” in the Town Square when she could see many, many huge Airships headed towards the Landing. (Blots of ink make nothing but a dark scratched out spot where the first word used to be) took her hand and they...