A rest is called for..

Greetings all, we managed to escort the priest to the castle without any hassle. When we arrived we were escorted into the courtyard where the queen was making an announcement. It seems like she is taking this blood veil seriously. She has appointed a royal physician to oversee the control of this disease, which sounds like a good idea. I say sounds like a good idea because this doctor seems to be accompanied by these strange ‘doctors’ who are clad in large hats and cloaks and have strange bird like masks on. No sure about them, but if they are here to help then I won’t interfere, unless I have too. Also there is a lady called the Grey Lady all clad in armour who is now the right arm of the queen and has her own force of grey ladies to do the queens bidding. She has been given total authority by the queen and even outranks the captain of the city guards. I’m even more unsure about her, so will have to keep watch on the grey ladies. But if they are here to stop this plague then lets hope they do a good job.

A few days later we were sent to investigate an alleyway where it had been reported that some of the dead collectors had been dumping bodies rather than taking them down to the cemetery.

We arrived at the alley which was located just behind a toyshop, this was a strange little toy shop, the owner made all the usual sort of toys you’d expect but they always had eyes missing or the hair was falling out or sometimes limbs missing, but it didn’t seem to matter the kids loved them and they were highly sort after… in fact I believe I used to have one many years ago.

Anyway I digress, the alleyway did indeed contain a larger amount of bodies just dumped their. While investigating the bodies we were attacked by two vampire spawn… why they were in korvosa we don’t know, probably drawn here by all the death going on. Any way they didn’t stand much of a chance against our paladin and the rest of our crew, even Zonda joined in , I’ve noticed recently she has been getting a bit to keen to fight, I must keep an eye on her.

I discovered a hole in the wall of the toyshop so entered first, inside the shop we found the toy maker dead and covered in loads of vampire bite marks, the poor soul never stood a chance. I noticed movement near the ceiling and two more vampire spawn attacked, A few fire balls later one had been destroyed, I knew that spell would come in handy. The other one was set upon by Zonda who destroyed it rather violently, I think the change that everyone predicted is coming.

Due to Zonda’s recent violent outbreaks I have taken leave of the party so that I can help her through the change and try and calm her down a bit. It also gives me some more time to practice some of my magic and shape changing abilities.

Did I not mention I could shape change ? I’m only just beginning to get the hang of the it, I have mastered small animals and a few larger ones. Zonda did freak a bit when I changed into a pony for the first time, plus how was I to know the she has an appetite for small dear. That was a bad day, so I won’t turn into one of them again. Lets hope I can calm her down a bit.

One of the spells I have worked out is tuning into a tree…. Not the most useful of spells in a fight as once you’re a tree there’s not much you can do, but for relaxing it’s amazing. I have managed to calm Zonda down quite a bit by turning into a large tree on the edge of the cliff just outside, Zonda then falls asleep in my braches. It’s amazing what you can feel when being a tree, the wind in your branches , the birds that land on you they tickled at first, but I think they had a shock when I changed back. Also you can feel everything in the ground, people seem to forget about the roots of the trees. You can feel every stone, every insect, every worm even the sea eroding the cliff edge. You can feel the ground and become one with nature, perfect.

Zonda has indeed gone through the change and is now a lot bigger than she used to be, so no more hiding under my cloak or sitting on my shoulder I’m afraid. Not sure how we’ll explain her appearance to the more timid people of the city, but we’ll think of something. Now the change has happened she’s not as aggressive anymore which is good, but the claws on her feet are huge so I will spend the next few weeks training her so she doesn’t get carried away again.

I will catch up with the party later, now that Zonda isn’t a danger to them.

Appologies

So much has passed since my last entry, it has been hectic here in Korvosa, let me explain briefly.

We met a gentleman in an inn who sent us after Lamm for killing his son.
I underestimated my fellow associates, they managed to track down Lamm and dispatch him easily, something didn't seem right it was far too easy. It turns out lamb wasn't the druid I was led to believe but just a petty criminal. How did one so pathetic get to run such an empire, I believe he was being used by someone much higher up who want's to remain hidden.... I will keep an eye out for this some things not right I feel it.

While this was going on the King misteriously died. The Queen announced that she was taking over, this isn't how it's done in Korvosa, the Queen is not well liked. Riots started all over the city and the city guards were left helpless. While searching Lamms final resting place we came across a braclet belonging to the Queen. The Paladin said we have to return it to her, so off we went to the castle.

Some how we ended up being recruited into the services of the city guards, and where sent on a few missions, one of these was to the Spider King, a strange man who runs the docks. We made friends with him, which was just as well as we had need of him a few days later.

A young artist was accused of killing the King, and we were sent to track her down. When we found her she explained that she was being set up and wasn't around when the King had died and was being used as a scapegoat so the riots would stop. We managed to smuggle her out of the city with the help of the spider king so she wouldn't be found.

Another mission saw us head underneath the graveyard to rescue the son of the chiefton of one of the tribes that used to live in Korvosa, if his son wasn't found then war would be a certainty. We managed to find his body in the catacombs, in several locations, but there was no sign of the necromancer that abducted him.

When we got back to the castle the young artist girl had been found and was due to be exicuted. During the exicution the legendry hero Blackjack who hadn't been seen for a decade in the city returned and saved the girl.., with a little help from us, but don't tell anyone. Blackjack has been known for 50 years in these parts, no one knows if it is the same man or the mask has been handed down through the generations. No doubt we will meet him one day and uncover his secrets.

All was quiet in Korvosa after that. One of the guards asked us for help, it seemed his daughter was sickend with a strange illness. We took her to a church outside of the village to get her healed, but since returning to the city we have found this Blood Veil, as they are calling it, is spreading through the city, we have been enlisted to help protect the local priests on there way to the castle so I must go they are waiting for me.

I will try and inform you in a shorter time next time, but until then good bye.