Personal journal / Blake Ashald

[Donttellthekids]

It's been a few months since i arrived in the gate not much has happened until today. Today started out like other day sitting around the fire at the friendly arms inn swapping story with a few fellow travelers, and out of no were a man approaches me saying he had just been attacked by bandits and all his belongings stolen. I was about to tell him to cry to someone else when from under his cloak he pulled out a sizable pouch of gold and told me if i help there would be more in store. Happily day dreaming about the riches that laid ahead i agreed and followed the man to the bandits hide out not knowing what his true intentions were.

We arrived and that when i started to notice that something was not right. One of the bandits slipped past me and went straight for the unarmed man. Unflinching the man put him down with to strikes. As we made are way to the spot the man said his belongings lied the hair stood up on the back of my neck and my stomach turned. When we had reach our destination i spun to turn the man and to my dismay he dawn a mask that looked as if it was made of pure shadow. The masked shifted and churned as the man spoke as if alive. The masked mans said to me " Now that we are here i will reveal the true purpose of are little trip". Knowing i was in trouble i instinctively said the chant for my walk unseen invocation and just like that i disappeared from view.

Feeling a little safer i questioned the man to his true intent. Not acting the lest bit suppressed at what at just happened he started a chant of his own and took up a hostile stance. And at that moment i know he had just used a see invisibility spell he walked calmly towards me. I hastily fired an eldritch blast at the man's chest. I was quickly incapacitated. The last thing i saw before i blacked out was another person step out of the shadow he told the first man good job and as i slowly slipped out of conciseness i cursed the both of them in infernal.

It must have sparked the other man interest because to my surprise i awoke in a holding cell with both men standing over me. After many hours of questioning the higher of the two said to me "Well it seem like you could be of use to us young one. I see a dark future for you in our ranks. Or if you like we can put you down right here like a stray dog". After all that had happened i know that he meant it.

I agreed to the mans deal I thought to myself "This could be the chance that i have been waiting for. A means of gaining the power that so desire"' Tho i could not see the two men faces I could tell that they wear pleased with my response. The leader motioned to the other and i was quickly blindfolded by man as he cast a sleep spell on me the other told me that they would be watch and they would come for me when the time came.

I awoke in the friendly arms inn wondering if it was all just a dream. Until i tried to move and pain shoot thru every fiber of my being from the savage beating i had received. As i lay back to recoup the man words rang thru my head " We'll be watching"

[Donttellthekids]

It's been awhile and no sighs of the group that grabbed me. I'm starting to grow tired of taking these odd jobs to get by there has to be something out there better then this. The bandits on the road are getting brave these days. A group decided to try there lucky with me there bard and archer went down before there rouge had a chance to close in. When she saw how quickly i dispatched her friends she turned to run only to get a blast in the back. They were only carrying forty or so coin hardly enough to pay for my tab at the inn what a waste.