We began our journey about mid-morning. We had hoped to get an early
start, but were held up while we waited for the shops to open so that
we could gather supplies for our expedition. The three of us were eager
to leave town after having either stolen from or killed nearly every
shopkeeper in Greyhawk. The locals were not happy about our presence and
as such, we feared the Executioner might decide to take some action
against us if we remained. It was Hogar who had caused most of our
problems, but he also was a necessary part of our team. No one could
equal his skill with the sword, at least none we had previously encountered…
Whirl often tries to get Hogar to see how unnecessary a lot of his fighting
is, but he doesn't seem to listen to her divine guidance. I suppose that
as a thief, I usually end up doing a lot of the more mundane, but necessary
actions to get us where we need to go. However, I enjoy the adventures I've
shared with these two, especially Whirl. Without her, where would we, in
fact, where would I be now?
Well, we set off from Greyhawk along the river heading west away
from town, and although in full view due to the daylight we wanted to avoid,
the locals seemed more glad we had left than angry enough to give chase.
We went under the bridge which crosses the river and continued west. As we
continued west there wasn't too much to see, the forest seemed to
grow darker as we moved, and long shadows seemed to be hiding some secret
danger, however nothing became of it. Gradually we came to a split in the
river where it appeared to go around an island, which was more shadowed than
even the forest had been. After some thought, we decide to brave it and
found a small spot where we could land and walk on the island's south side.
Following a farely difficult path, we found a small domocile. Whirl seemed
to be upset about something here, and strangely so was Hogar, so we decided
not to press further and quickly left the island to continue going west along
the river.
We noticed quickly that the river was getting much wider now,
and soon were at the mouth of the great river. Not wanting to get too far
from land just yet, we entered the ocean and went south along the shoreline.
I must say at this point my arms were getting tired of paddling, so Whirl
graciously cast a spell which cause my body to have a density less than that
of air! Whirl did the same to Hogar, and this seemed to life our spirits a
little, as the going was made easier. I wonder why she didn't think of this
sooner? Moving with the speed of the wind, we begin to find ourselves
reaching colder waters. Reaching a point where we could no longer go south,
we continued to the west. Wow! It's a good thing Whirl cast that spell, the
waters here are so rough, I wonder how we would have survived in those canoes.
Another turn to the south leads us to much colder waters, we can see icebergs
floating in the ocean below us. I'm getting dreadfully cold now and wish
we could turn back, but it seems we cannot and continue onward to the south.
This is going to be my last entry. It has been two days since last
I wrote. We encountered an enormous white bear which so surprised us, it
managed to mortally wound Hogar, and I suffered several cuts before the bear
finally succumbed to the combined efforts of Whirl and I. She had tried
desparately to help Hogar during the battle and afterwards, but the cold, along
with the seriousness of the wounds told us he wouldn't make it. Hogar died
shortly there after. I'm afraid there may be more of those horrible beasts
in this place, but we can no more go forward, than we can go back. At least
I am with Whirl. The bear meat should be enough to keep us alive for a
little while, time enough for us to finally be alone together.
….
This journal entry is one of many found in a book which had floated
in the ocean protected by some magical force from the water and salt. The
finder can only guess at what happened to the two who were left alive there
in the cold alone, but hopes that the knowlege from the book will help
others avoid the same fate.
yell hey
You yell 'om the book will help
others avoid the same fate.
hm the book will help
others avoid the same fate.
em the book will help
others avoid the same fate.
ym the book will help
others avoid the same fate.
So I just need to be able to compile it on Zeno's old compiler and it should be fine. But I have had problems with trying to use the old compilers to work. So we'll see what happens.