(Most of the journal has decayed from natural exposure, but there are bits an pieces of a series of entries from 18 years ago.)

 

...most excited. The Masons had been stalwart friends of the patron's family and they apparently knew the matron's great-uncle, so this feast really just formalizes an already existing...

 

...trying to learn dwarven for our guests. Most difficult language. Slow, but then powerful. Feels like I'm building rocks with my tongue.

 

...Damien is back from his travels, and his parents are not happy that he isn't going back to school. Such a troubled boy. And he brags of studying mysteries from goblins in the great jungles to the southwest!

 

...cost of dwarven ale only exceeded by the absolute gouging of...cattle bredders seem to think...the master was upset but the matron waved it off...

 

...Damien came home drunk and smacked a servant. I had to give the fellow a paid vacation. I try to convince the master and the matronof the necessity to...he listens, but she will not.

 

...The Masons are here! Bruminn's brother Dolgan is here to stay, apparently he palns to open an armorer's shop in Eastgate. Mrs. Bruminn is a delightful woman, but it is so odd to see facial hair on a bosomy...

 

...I do not like Dr. Lucien. He is far too into those medications. I think he is overprescribing young Damien. Matron insists that it is helping, but I do not see that keeping Damien drugged is the best way to...

 

...have to buy new wheat. This sudden outbreak of rats is very odd...

 

...Dr. Lucien seemed to smile when sticking the needle into...

 

...an odd book, touching the cover of it gave me a chill! And that skull on the binding...Damien told me that if anyone touched his books he would kill them. Can you imagine...

 

...almost told the matron about the book, but decided not to because...

 

...rumors of the hobgoblins uniting...

 

...feel odd. Didn't finish my tea, I think Dr. Lucien put...

 

...that poor dwarven girl! Who would rape...

 

...taking this journal to the shed, wanted to go look at the vineyard, see that vine that Dr. Lucien planted. One of the gardners said that it looked...