A Druid.
Dear Journal,
... i was standing chatting at the commons, then something changed.
... a tree near me started to shudder, sending little bits of dead leaves cascading downward - then a tree-bark itself started to shudder, flowed & molded into a doorway.
An old hooded man appeared from within, he lowered his hood to reveal a thick, bushy beard and a smile.
His name was Ronan Addams, he was a druid ... he knew one of us - a druidess Leena Lynn Rayfe, one of daughters of Jerrick Rayfe. After short talk we were enlisted to a rescue mission - to free druidess Fiona Apple from the evil hands of a gnome illusionist-mage named Gazuendheit & his minions. A second of goals was to recover the sacred wood named 'Living Steel' that gnome used to create a construct that regenerates itself after being damaged or destroyed.
To find a hideout of a gnome i've used my silver chalice filled with water as a mirror, combined with a clairvoyance spell to scry. In a short vision i've found woods patrolled by gnolls who could not pierce a veil of illusion - so parts of the woods & caves were unseen to them.
Soon after we went onwards, leaving the city. I've admired druids' & onion union's efforts to plant trees & nature outside Peltarch.
In the gnoll woods we fought gnolls, constructs & chimeras - then descended into the caves that we found using two of my potions of true sight that allowed us to pierce the illusions.
In caves we fought constructs, demons, enslaved beings & mutated beings ... we had one casaulty to a construct smashing one halfling on the wall - her name was Roslyn, but we managed to free some hin slaves at least. Roslyn was resurrected later by magistrate Shannon D'Arneau as well.
At lowest level of the caves we engaged gnome mages & their construct of the living steel, Gazuendheit fled through a 'portable hole' portal device, and the other evil gnome mage - Arachnomancer - was slain. Machine was dismantled by our weapons, then spells came to prevent or delay it's self-regeneration. We did succeed with a delay & took the pieces of living steel with us.
On way back our crafters found some noble metal veins, as we fought way out. On the last suprise Gazuendheit appeared once again in the illusory form asking us a question 'Where's she !?!'. Magistrate Shannon's sword has dispelling properites, so he cut through this illusion with ease.
In Peltarch Roslyn was Resurrected, then we shared the found treasures.
-- Yours, Chea Allin, an Adventuress, a Witch & a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.
Scrying.
Onwards.
Gnolls.
Construct.
Caves.
Living Steel.
Way Back.
Sharing.
Apprentice's Staff.
Periapt of Illusions.
Cloning Concoction.
Gnomish Mines.
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