Month 8, Day 21 - Been a few days. Worked with ***(Illegible Writing)*** and ended up Followin' the Speaker around. "They" haven't give me any codes yet though so I can't yet get in. Picked up some Green Contact lenses that Rogan helped me get my hands on.

Month 8, Day 25 - We leave soon for the Blackwood area. I've spent the last few days tryin' to track down that speaker though no real luck. I've also been workin' on the Hive Hole and the Black Sails rooms and even my disguises. With the local makeup and the green lenses I should be able to do a bunch of new disguises not to mention bein' able to walk around like a native in some of these places. All these factions are really gettin' on my nerves.

Still squeamish about puttin' on the lenses in my eyes though. I'll be tryin' again later but for now, no luck.

Month 8, Day 28 - Home now. What only felt like 3 hours turned out to be three days. Valas says the timeline in that plane is screwed up a bit. Overall though, the trip sucked the bellies of a lamprey.

***(Illegible Writing)*** had a few friends placed with the Doomgaurds and they greeted me ok. Doomgaurd Maul had the card though. None of us could do anythin' about gettin' it. When everyone left, he handed the card to Rogan and it was absorbed in some strange magical way into his body.

While there though, bad things happened. It turns out the plane was the basically the 'belly' of Valas's religion. We learned that at one time, Valas was highlevel and worshipped this new god. Loth (the drow goddess) got pissed and had all of Valas's friends killed off. Valas only barely escaped at the cost of most of his experience as Loth sent very efficient undead that suck the life force from the soul.

At this place, black trees were everywhere. The beach we were on though, was covered in small rocks. Upon closer examination of the rocks, turns out spell truenames were on 'em, even whole religions were symbolized. The plane was the plane of "magic". Its hard to describe and its was a rather movin' experience 'cause it says that gods do exist. I met one -sort of anyway.

I also saw myself. The real me. Of course, it was floatin' along about 80 yards ahead or so and it was mimickin' me and buck naked. Figures. When all the doomgaurds and such went off to corner it I fled, hopin' to catch up to it. I nearly did when I was tackled from behind. It was very humiliatin'. For some reason though, my 'friends' protected me and kept the fact that my image was missin' from the Doomgaurds. After that, I was basically useless for the rest of the trip.

I have a vague memory of 100 graves. A couple of 'em were covered, one was filled and the rest were empty. Valas stated it was the rest of his clan and that Loth had turned 'em into Undead and were huntin' him. Cha-kan decided to be adventurous though, and talk to the "bein'". He got rightly boned by the mother - he now has some magical spell on him forcin' him to slay the other 97 or so undead. I politely inquired to the representative there (a physical ghost kind of image) and 'he' said it was within the god's power to give me back my image yet he wouldn't unless he had a reason. I'm thinkin' I'm goin' to join Cha-kan on his little quest and hopefully then he'll give me back my image.

I'll be headed down in my usual Flynne disguise shortly to join the group for drinks. Dunno how they feel about me n' all but its worth a try - they seem to enjoy Lilah and don't push her around at all.

Month 8, Day 28 - Well, THAT was fun. Big bar fight last night. Much to my dismay though, we can't hang at the Black Sails anymore. Gonna have to find a new place. I'm frontin' the money though to get it fixed. Gonna cost 10+ LADIES. Yeah, but it was a hell of a fight.

First, some bounty hunter comes in and tries to claim Lilah for somethin'. We mulched him and his lackeys fairly quick. Then a pack of drow get up to thrash Valas but Cha-kan tosses 'em a belt full of fire. 'em's all explode in a flash of flame and are all done. Next, some old enemies of Cha-kan come in and try to kick his and our ass. That part was pretty rough and I was toe-to-toein' with some bitch in karate. She was whoppin' my ass too but Cha-kan and his double called it off for some reason and we all decided to go a truce.

Interestin' to note, Cha-kan's double looked just like Cha-kan except white and kinda lawful. He called Cha-kan Corinthian Stonewillow or somethin' close to it and said he was responsible for the undead risin' in his homeworld. Cha-kan has agreed to go back and 'visit' as well as look at some books for some reason or another. We've been invited to join him.

On the money thin', VERY excitin'... with Rogan doin' the sellin' from the stuff we got from the folks we killed, we pulled in 97 LADIES each. Wow. That's 14000+ Cage. Each. I've got some awesome shoppin' trips to take care of.

Month 9, Day 3 - Been studyin' with a few folks over at the Seawind Theater. Lynne Semester, the short guy, took some time off with me (on a few recommendations) such that I been workin' on some of the latest documents. Signitures. Methods. Things like that - but he's awfully touchy about me movin' in on his turf - I told him I was too busy to worry about such things and if anythin', he can count on me to assist him with minor thin's but I ain't wantin' to set up one. Just minor occasional help.

Month 9, Day 5 - Shoppin' trips abound! Spent most of the money from the gang. I ended up fixin' up both the Hive Hole and the Black Sails room. I've also covered the damage at the Black Sails as well as hush money and relax money (so as we can all still hang out there). I've even done a few other 'donations'. The first was to ***(Illegible Writing)*** as he has to leave for an indefinite amount of time. Ten ladies. I've also gone on some heavy shoppin' trips and bought several new outfits, completed a bunch of new disguises, accessed a pack of new supplies and even bought some items. I finagled a few wands, though I wonder why Quake sold me the Xao-tech one so cheap... and got a rin' that seems to transport me to various places I am thinkin' of. I have to be careful though, I don't get myself thrown in the Astral Plane. The guy whom sold it to me did warn me about that.

Month 9, Day 8 - After workin' through a few contacts, finally found out someone that knows Perth. Turns out, Perth is a bounty hunter and was lookin' for a "Tieflin' Wench" that hangs with a Doomgaurd at the Black Sails. Couldn't have been me 'cause I don't hang there as a Tieflin'. Guy whom hired him is a dwarf with Salt/Pepper hair and no right arm. He uses a mace in his left and his name is Hortaz (though Cha-kan filled in that blank).

Month 9, Day 9 - We leave in the mornin' for the Abyss. The Captain has to drag our sorry bums to Gallow's Gate to drop somethin' off as well Lilah wants to stop in Broken Reach and check on a cure for Killraven. I'm willin' to tag along for variety of reasons... not to mention just to GET out of the city for a bit. Need a break after the latest with the Speaker.

Took me a lot of work but I did the job. Not happy with myself either. The day before I had routed around and used some of the passwords "they" gave me. Everyone of 'em worked without a hitch. Near the top of the stairs, I stripped and went streakin' through the halls until I made it into the speakers room. I explored and searched. Found good chant too on him. Apparently the Speaker isn't for the Harmonium law but he'll do his job. He also mentioned the Will of the One in which some guy has been released and is preparin' to brin' back a faction that was against the Lady. The Will of the One is a sub-group in the Signers and the Speaker wrote "its better than the deal with Bel" whatever that may be. Mental Reminder: Find info on Bel - whomever that is.

As for the Speaker himself, well...

Month 9, Day 10 - We've shifted our hangout to the Bottle and Jug. Its in the hive and its where Killraven practices his fights. I'm a bit nervous here but everyone else is ok with it so I ain't complainin'. Mental Note: Valas's current disquise is named O-Ber-Ron and in his suit its impossible to tell what he looks like. None'll know he's a drow though.

Month 9, Day 11 - Left yesterday mornin' and am now in Broken Reach. Its been a long day. We arrived to Plaguemore, bopped over to Broken Reach and then meandered over to Gallow's Gate. Took about 4 hours of walkin' and we had to dodge some patrols but we did it. At Gallow's Gate found a bunch of interestin' thin's. First off, the Doomgaurd Testin' Grounds. Its quite a scary place. Saw Juranda (in Snake Form), Factal Pentar (Wow, is she a "looker" though a bit psycho), Elly the Main Weaponsmith and some unknown old drow. They were with several other folks and testin' new weapons. Just like the gun the Captain used 'ceptin' some of these were bigger. MUCH bigger. One was shoulder mounted and made an explosion that whooped one of those Mane's into particles smaller than a dust mephit's feces. The others were large barrels mounted on wheeled carts. They fired a shot larger than my head and the crater that appeared would have annilated a small squad. All of the Doomgaurds were salivatin' at the lips from the damage. Bunch of Wacko I'm thinkin'. They also had a new gun made from Blackrock (or so Cha-kan said, its the first time I've seen Blackrock). This one would crack in half and they would load two shells in quite rapidly. More so than anythin' I'd seen Cha-kan do. Each shot was fired and the holes appeared faster than imaginable. They even had a small red trackin' beam that appeared on the gun. Must have been for aim. I've used trebuchets and we ain't never had a 'sight' on 'em. These thin's are deadly and will surely upset some balance somewhere. Means the Harmonia will be droppin' quicker though so ain't gonna complain. ***(Illegible Writing)***

As for the drow guy, he didn't give his name. He did though, tell us about the guns. He also was wearin' two symbols. I have done my best to reprint 'em here but I dunno if I got 'em right 'cause its been a while. Also worthy to note, the Captain done asked when he could get one. Word is maybe a month, though if Cha-kan can perform/get/do "another coup like the one on the Farm he'll be higher on the list." Wonder what the Captain done involve himself in?

After Cha-kan took care of his drop off mission, we all wandered back to Broken Reach. This time, we headed for the main tower. Inside, we were eyed by everyone. Of course, we've been eyed by everyone so far. I feel like prey. We all keep just lookin' deadly but its gettin' a bit scary to look so offensive.

Anyway, we met the main person here... her name is "Shroud" or "Grandmother" to Lilah. They look quite alike and now I know that Lilah is part succibus. It appears they are goin' to make some deal to get Killraven his cure. Might be errands, dunno. I do know though, that she was the one that made the poison that hit Killraven. I got a huge headache 'cause I tried to distract Killraven (so as he wouldn't get us all killed) and he done walloped me across the noggin'. Ouch!

Disturbin' Notes: Cha-kan ate a small larva leech thin'. It was maybe a foot long and had a human head and little feet though a body of a worm. He bit the head off and ate it. Surprised I didn't puke - THEN. I've heaved up my last meal though and I suspect won't be eatin' very well for a while. Mental Reminder: While in the Abyss do not eat meat... period!

Month 9, Day 12 - Back in Sigil. In the Black Sails and relaxin' in a nice bath. Washin' away the last few weeks in quietness. We made it home ok though I was right, I couldn't eat any meat let alone eat much at all. We delivered some small pouches of green powder to some mistress in the Lady's Ward though we didn't get her name. She signed a scroll and then sealed with a certain sigil. Since then, I've borrowed the document from Lilah and made an identical scroll - at least it APPEARS to be the same type. I've written some minor crap on the inside though I suspect it will still result in some ass kickin'.

Also of note, its interestin' to find out that Oasgar, the God Of Portals, whom was once located at the Temple that is now the Shattered Temple worked heavily with magic. The Lady of Pain banished him. The references could be that he is the God of Magic and could be workin' his way back into Sigil that way... ie, Valas's God. Also, anyone doin' the Indepth thin' and the plague and all, might be lookin' to have some of his approval 'cause besides the Lady, none other were able to control Portals - except for him.

Month 9, Day 13 - Talked to ***(Illegible Writing)***

Month 9, Day 14 Leavin' for Cha-kan's homeworld. Quick N' Dirty. Upgraded Hive Hole, Fixed Black Sails, Upgraded Black Sails Room, Bought off Black Sails so they won't hold a grudge, bought more lenses (and am comfortable with 'em), purchased some other neat items, made a few nice donations to the widows and followed the usual tracks in the Black Market.

Later: We are nearby his homeland. Dunno just QUITE how close 'cause no one will tell us for sure. We met at a place called the Gate of the Clueless in Sigel. T'was but an interestin' spot as folks were fallin' into, out of, and through several scores of gates. I lost track of how many. I can also see how others just happened here much like myself.

While here, we ran into Ick-er-Ous Stonewall, Chakan's pseudo brother. Strangely though, Chakan doesn't admit to havin' a brother and the brother (though more rigid) is much more the upstandin' citizen type. There were also another five elves (the five we 'ran into' in the black sails that resulted in a loss of a large portion of my newfound wealth) along with a squad of MK's - I'm really not likin' 'em at all.

Well, the elves took out some Pussy Willow branches and walked through one of the arches - suddenly we were in a small forest with lots of beautiful trees. The air was clean, the sky was lusious and the grass was green. My kind of place. It was not to be though, one of the elves gathered everyone in a circle and read a scroll (plane shift?) and we all zapped instantly to the courtyard of a citadel. Instantly the air was thinner and I felt a smite dizzy - as if we were at a great height. We were - we were also surrounded by a large rin' of over 100 people - armed elves and dwarves to be exact. It didn't look pretty at all. Thankfully they didn't open fire on us.

Even Later: Its evenin' and I am suppose to be gettin' some sleep. The hulkin' brute Killraven is watchin' me though. Hrumph! Can't get any privacy and need a babysitter it seems. Where to begin with the events? Ahhh - first off, the gaurds split us into three groups. The "monsters", the "humans" and the "elves". They took Killraven off to the dungeons with Lilah while Valas was escorted to a different spot. That left Cha-kan and me (whom they took as a white elf) off to the main hall.

It was a long walk though to the Hall of Truth. I don't remember too much of the conversation but I do know I was pestered by one of the elves the whole way. Thankfully, I was dressed as Karlina the Priestess and received little questionin' except that I would heighten Cha-kan's story by bein' a White Elf and still in his presence no matter whom I was... heh heh. Mental Note: Try and not talk in the Zone of Truth.

After passin' many columns and elaborate stone archways, we found ourselves in a large center room that was domed and had 8 people seated. There were three old elves (2 men and 1 women. All with grey hair, wrinkles, cloudy eyes and black clothes) of the sects the Panther, the Wyvern, the Griffin and seated on the left side. On the right side were another three people, this time a pair of elves and a dwarf. One of the elves looked like a priest with a gold amulet, brown robes, trim and blonde hair. The other was dressed in blue robes with arcane symbols on it. He had silver and grey hair but his most strikin' feature was his violet piercin' eyes. He just screamed wizard and made my skin crawl though I don't quite know why. I do have my suspicions though and now, so does everyone else. The dwarf looked important and had a crown, platemail and a battleaxe. The remainin' two people had to be the leader/king/emperor/whatever and his wife. I would suspect the kind was tall - 6'3" if he was standin' up. He had blondehair though it was rangin' to yellow of gold now. He was dressed in royal purples and had on a circlet and crown all covered with leaves, flowers and berries. The woman was dressed much the same except she had black hair and brown eyes. Both were attractive, but in the plain forest way - though I must admit. Everyone was way too pale. They were called the grey elves for a reason. Grey skin. They needed to get more sun - though I should talk. Sigil doesn't even HAVE a sun to get tanned by.

As soon as we walked in the zone of truth, I felt my skin prickle, like I had walked through a patch of cobwebs - Chakan's feces sniffin' toadstool brother immediately started askin' me random questions though I was able to fend most of 'em off as bein' secretive due to reasons beyond my control. He assumed religion. Not my fault he errored.

As soon as brother Ick started to talk I knew it was goin' to take awhile. He drawled on for an hour about fishturds it seemed. He mentioned details and details of stuff about trackin' down Chakan. The fight in the bar. Undead rovin' around the city. Turns out when its Chakan's turn, he explains his life story about a few undead wanderin' around. His dad bein' a Lich and some vampire comin' and kickin' dad's ass. Well, somethin' like that anyway. Durin' this time, I was able to pick out a few names. The elven cleric was Lord Raiden. The elven court mage was Lord Psion. All the time Chakan was chatterin' about vampires, liches, undead and ways to kill 'em - Lord Psion's eyes were growin' colder and colder. I thought he was goin' to strike Chakan then and there with the hatred I could see. Well, when Chakan done pulled out a wooden spike and started to twirl it about, I could see Lord Psion get really ticked and then and there I thought somethin' was up.

When Chakan started to talk battleplans I was lookin' at Lord Psion in a mirror backwards - could see right through him. He wasn't real at all! I changed the subject and said we wouldn't bore 'em and would get to it later. Chakan asked me in my head with that annoyin' bracelet of his what was up and I told him that I thought Lord Psion was actin' funny and might be a vampire. Chakan smiled and I knew it was more trouble than it was worth - right then and there!

So. At this point, we insist on our friends bein' retrieved from whatever horrid backgrounds they might have been in. We get fed a feast to which I talked very little and listened alot to all the conquests of brother Ick (I think he lights me. Yuck.) and then it was off for the evenin' to relax til mornin'.

Chakan immediately takes us down to the dwarves for some drinkin' and chattin'. He tells the group the information tidbit that he found - though he hawks it off as what he found. Rather irritatin' not to be appreciated and all. I got a bit drunk but only on one drink - ouch. Later, they stuff me back in the room with Killraven the watcher while they sneak out to make plans. I don't like to be left out and as soon as the lights go out - I'm gonna do somethin' about it.

Oh. One last thin'. Did a bit of snoopin' around the kitchen's and chattin' with the servants. Found of 220 years ago was the Lich vs. Vampire battle. About forty years later, Lord Psion came to power. There was also the Eviction Wars but they were over a thousand years ago. The White Elves were civilized and decided to leave to teach the humans how to live properly. The Grey Elves stayed and booted out all the humans. The Black Elves stayed but moved underground and went for control over the 'subraces'. It appears now that there is a lot of tension between the dwarves and the elves. The dwarves are treated as subservient but that's at least better than any non elf or non dwarf. The cast system appears to be Grey Elf, White Elf, Dwarf, Human, Monster. Lilah has her tail and horns hidden but she would qualify under the monster if I know elves at all. Killraven naturally is a 'monster' in their eyes. Right now, he is just plain annoyin'.

Month 9, Day 15 - I think anyway. I've been shot. Stabbed. Burned and basically trashed. I've also walked underground for about 8 hours with a large pack on my shoulders and am overall, unhappy.

After sneakin' out of the room, I snuck downstairs and hoped to listen in on my companions. T'was good to be part of the plans but I never did get to hear anythin'. As soon as I got outside my body abandoned me and suddenly I was drawin' a knife and chargin' 'em headon. My 'companions' deemed me a threat and of course didn't recognize me (t'was dressed in black) and threw knives, shot guns, spellburned - basically fried my ars until I fell twitchin' just before 'em. For the record, they did heal me and patch me up. At this time, the window overhead exploded and Killraven zoomed out in his birdform. He flew down and charged Chakan, threatenin' him about somethin'. I think whomever it was got a hold of his muscles too! They were able to finally calm him down and I had control of my body again. At this point, we basically sprinted for the dwarves to get underground and on our 'quest' for the undead and whom/what was controllin' 'em.

As soon as we got to the dwarves, they set us up with one of their best Tunnel Rats, one Ovi Kamazai Deathdart - or somethin' like that. He's a short bearded dude that has his chin hairs divided into little battle points. He did his best to lead us through the tunnels to the 'old' and supposidily unused forge. Well, we're all standin' over it and it ain't unused. Its hot. Damn hot. Hotter than the blood of a sea java dragon. As it looks right now, we might be sneakin' on down into the room by another avenue and tryin' to turn it off or deal with whatever is in there. Chakan and Valas seem to think it is some of Valas's undead brethren taken by some spider queen and converted into unspeakable horrors - though I must admit, they sure do have a lot of words for somethin' unspeakable.

Later - Don't know how much later. We have taken the Forge area by force. I used the wand of light on many of the undead and they were obliterated in droves. Bein' a priestess must be fun and amusin' - though none of my companions believe I am one. Hrumph! Two of Valas's brethren were in the room and indeed they were horrors. Maybe not unspeakable but for now, I shan't mention anythin' else except they had the body of a spider except a human torso was growin' out of the top. They then had arms, head, etc of a human and fought very hard. Valas went into battle with a passion and surprised us all with his viciousness.

Near the end of the battle though, a black disc opened up into the room and the Dust Mephit and Rogan stepped out. Apparently, he had tracked us down and wanted to come in for a visit. Hrumph! Rotten timin'. Could have come in BEFORE the fight... we're restin' now inside of some little domain that Valas created. Its a small rope we climbed up that lead into a large padded room with wall to wall chalk boards and pens to write on. Good place to sleep though. Felt like a whole night but I know it couldn't have been more than an hour.

Next Day? No time to write today. Done my best to keep thin's down well. We snuck through the Forge, found the exit but had to find a few keys. It let us look around the citadel and we learned a lot about the dwarves. I would say beyond bein' excellent craftsmen, they were superb artists. The stone murals and such awe insprin'. Ovi explained a lot of 'em to us.

After the keys, we left the Forge and went out into a gigantic cavern. One that was so vast it was like bein' outside at night. Long story short -> Lilah and I did some scoutin', we trashed some drow elves (wonder what they were doin' here), caught one as a captive, snuck down into their city area and into the main palace. Now, we are headed into the basement cellar area to try and find the Books for Killraven. We've seen a lot, includin' a small walkin' coffer that is really cool - but not much else besides that. Right now, there is a small debate by the captain 'cause he wants to go home and thinks that we are goin' to get trashed by Lord Psion. Oh. Forgot to mention, we picked up the clue from the captured drow that Lord Psion is Lord Bazart (or somethin' like that) and that he is truly a psionic vampire and rulin' the drows and actin' as court mage for the grey elves. He has been placin' a lot of hostility between the dwarves and the grey elves and preparin' the drow to trash the collective surface dwellers. Gonna have to stop him ASAP.