"The Green Beasts"

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e were attacked by vile green giants, on route back from the town of Ostern. Missed my shot, and was forced to flee when the others all but abandoned me. Loxslot's bowstring gave way in his panic, and Korgeth clearly has never fought a foe taller than him, as I am forced to do with nigh every encounter.

The beasts approached
without hesitance, green
skin and long noses.

The encounter was a sobering warning of the danger of giants. I know not what type, exactly, the bigun was that killed Rodek. A part of me resents the others for fleeing. Such cowardice is what slew my brother, not the beast. Indeed, Managed to outwit it and escape, the others in the quad did, and without fleeing.

But Deus is no Dwarf. Korgeth is reckless but not markedly brave. And Lox certainly values safety, even at the price of cowardly tactics. May we all learn some lesson from it.

Headed towards the abberants' nest, we were, to investigate a hidden passage I discovered when last we visited. I had thought little of it, but Lox found its implications to be worthy of another look. Now that we have taken care of trade in Ostern. Otto paid me well for Lafia's ring, and I spoke vaguely of plans with Beold and Gild. Because of the baron's grasp on their business, I hesitated to say more.

Now staying in Uli, we are, so that Deus and Korgeth can find reprieve and rest their wounds. We shall leave in a day or two, I imagine, to make way through the long underground tunnel...

-M

A.E. Beold is a human. But his Dwarfly accent confounds me, and he and Gild act as brothers would. I wonder about his origins...