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ome barbarian folk from a nearby region attacked Uli. Raided it they did, for mystics who might heal them of some affliction they suffer. In the chaos many of the local kin were slain, though survivors were also many. A robust people these are, the people of Uli. Dain found safety in the inn, though he looked to bear some wear from battle. And luckily, also safe was Eva.But Gertrude, the innkeep of this hamlet, was taken. This seemed to be their plan all along. Truly the seemed not to slay when they could avoid it, though I was forced to end the lives of four Varo that day. May their souls find peace in becoming the earth once more.
This has led me to ponder many possibilities about my future, in this quest. An uncanny chance there is that I may have to slay more men, and mayhap even women, as I pursue the bigun who slew my brother. But my brother did not receive and rites after being vanquished. Horridly wrong that is. We are all folk of one side or another, with one quest or agenda. And deserving of the Rites of the Dead we all are, whether any other views us as honorable or not.
Tatjana offered me conversation today, when I asked her a simple question. She seems to be of the same objectiveness of the situation that I am, though she took a different approach to it. Hustled to pile the deceased into a pyre, not for funeral, but to purge them of their affliction. This is not the way I am used to seeing the dead treated, but then again many things have changed since I left home. I can't expect it any other way.
At first a threat Tatjana seemed, ostensibly coming from some high power far away. But I believe I can trust her for all practical purposes. She is the one who told me that the Varo sought after a healer, and I believe that to be true after seeing the affliction with my own eyes. Perhaps she will join us, if we make quest to save Gerti from the barbarians who took her.
And aside that, I am reminded of the fierceness with which Korgeth fought the Varo. After thinking about it, I have decided that his ways bore some resemblance to these men. And given his behavior, maybe a question or two I ought to ask him...
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