-=- Campfire. -=-
Dear Journal,
... after a night's sleep, i woke up, went south to skry a campfire i mentioned earlier.
Next to campfire i could not find these energies i suspected ... confused started to ponder, then found answer.
Old Norwick was elsewhere.
After Ostromog's Bugbears destroyed Old Norwick, settlers rebuilt it to north, leaving Old Ruins behind.
Went south, visited a famed Norwick's Well, that during Attentus' times radiated wild magick.
... it turned out that under it were tunnels where one of the three Control Orbs was hidden.
... controlled telepathically these Orbs were keys to controlling Old Narfell's constructs & artifacts that still linger hidden in remote places of Narfell.
... these Orbs were dangerous to use, and radiated with wild magick.
Then i went south to Lake area, and found three Menhir Stones, by which old campfire was set-up.
These Menhirs were nodes in the Ley-Line Network studied by old Spellweaver Mage, Isaac Hamilton.
... cast skrying spell, did a rite and after a while thoughts & visions flooded my Thrid Eye Chakra, so i learned of the past.
Attentus was a village boy who heard voices of long-dead people, other villagers were scared & non-trusting him.
Then a Mage named Versutus visited village, charmed Attentus' parents, then bought the boy for gold - argumenting that boy will learn how to wield his Arcane Gift, so it's no longer a curse, that he'll have better future under Versutus' tutelage.
Attentus followed his new Master to his Tower next to Waterdeep ... where Master made him forget most of his past with a spell.
Training lasted 15 years, and for first 10 he had no contact with other people except for his Master & occasional tower-guests.
First 5 years were most taxing & dull - it was mostly cleaning laboratory & other chores for Master, as he was taught discipline, philosophy, diplomacy, languages, and other mundane abilities as well as meditation, he was prepared to awaken & wield his powers that way.
Then his Magick Awakened, and for the next 5 years he was taught Arcane Theories, spells & rituals, mostly.
Last 5 years were interresting - he interacted with other kids at his age, both boys & girls. They played together, competed, learned together - spent almost all of their free time together.
They used their spells irresponsibly, as with one play - when they charmed each other, and left with feelings hurt.
Attentus had a few of shallow romances during that time, but he didn't feel the True Love until he met Ruri Hasegawa later.
After 15 years of training, he passed a Test designed by his Master, proving he's worthy of the Mage title.
Soon after he left Versutus' Tower in search of Old Narfell Artifacts, to forge his promising future elsewhere.
Ruri Hasegawa came from the Eastern Land of Kara-Tur, from an Island of Kozakura where people had yellowish skin, angled eyes and different culture than the Western World.
She was raised in an Arcane School, where they were taught Shadow Magic & other skills.
One night her School was attacked by a Rival with his soldiers, almost everyone was massacred, buldings & sacred texts burned to the ashes.
Ruri fled West, to Norwick where she tried to mimic local customs.
Wary of strangers, her independence, inner strength, pragmatism, modesty & caution were appreciated by locals, as were her beauty & grace.
Attentus & Ruri could understand each other more than most of other people could understand them.
Both Attentus & Ruri meditated, both were taught Arcane Lessons - Attentus focused mostly on Enchantments, Ruri - on Shadow Magic.
Their romance lasted for a short while.
... but Attentus - in his youth's folly - tried to control her, treated her improperly ... it was far below of what she was worthy of.
... his stupidity & ill manners resulted in arguing, Ruri made steps to break their relationship.
Eventually she even left Narfell area to visit her friend in East ... then after a long time returned - Cursed, Humiliated & in Pain.
When Ruri was away, Attentus missed her ... remembering her angry voice, accusations, feeling emotional pain.
... She taught him good manners that way, as he later told other women.
After Ruri's return, Attentus tried to apologize, to make up for his errors ... but she was not easily swayed by his immature words.
She could not hide her pain from him, however - so he learned eventually - and she needed that despite her independence & pride.
Dear Journal, this all seems hazy, perhaps i made some mistakes as i wrote.
... i need to rest more, then skry again, then i'll be able to write more & elaborate.
-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch of Light & a Student of Master Attentus the 1st.
-=- Norwick Ruins' Well. -=-
-=- Menhir Stones. -=-
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