This Book is designed to contain any and all reports written by Aramon Summerheart, be them guard reports for the Bladestone Foundation or Temple of Torm Reports.
Year 1358, fifth of Nightal (Dec 5th 2022)
I was at the Temple of Torm having been having a very long conversation on several matters with Brother Simon when strange things started happening, first the chairs randomly squeaking, Brother Simons chair leg fell off, then the door to the balcony over the Temple opened on its own. When I went to investigate I noticed a man below seeking help. When I went down below I was greeted with nothing short of disgust for being a tiefling. He demanded to speak to another at which Brother Simon took the matter and I returned upstairs with Lylan.
Brother Simon eventually returned and stated that the man was dealing with a hostage exchange and needed help. Brother Simon asked for us to assist and of course I was more then willing as was Lylan. As we began to prep Volstag peered in and Lylan asked him to assist as well which he agreed. When we went downstairs and outside Brother Simon revealed the man had gone to get his coin for the exchange and when he returned he seemed rather impatient, rude and dismissive of us, leading to suspicions of it being more of a trap then a hostage situation given the man and his family was believed to be former Black Hand members.
We persisted ignoring his insults against me and Volstag and eventually took a wagon to the location which appeared to be a long abandoned Temple of Tyr. As we approached the gate a noose lowered around Lylans neck though she managed to slip free with some work, almost immediately after Volstag lunged Olav and punched him, when the man went down like a sack of bricks I went over to check on him, Volstags punch had been hard enough to break the mans neck, killing him instantly. I carefully lifted the man and moved him to the side covering him with a cloak and leaving him to rest.
Stepping inside we were soon greeted with several undead knights, two flesh golems and a necromancer who immediately congratulated Olav, then realizing he wasn't with us demanded to know where he was. When it was revealed he had suffered an unfortunate incident, he shrugged it off, ordering one of the golems to go kill the child, immediately causing me to react and lunge the golem and Lylan to go for the necromancer. Soon all were dead around us but the place started to give. Shaking and trembling as we began to organize but could not find said child anywhere which is when Jak made himself visible, no one knowing at the time that while heading to the wagon, I had quietly asked Jak to tag along in the shadows.
With a bit of work Jak was able to slip into a crevice between some fallen boulders that led into what I assume was another room, finding the mother of said child and eventually the child as well and with Brother SImons help, managed to get them both out of there. As soon as they were on our side, I grabbed the girl up and bolted for the door. We only all barely got out before the entire building collapsed on us. Once outside Lylan took care of the girl as I showed the remains of Olav to the mother who reasonably fully broke down. Once she was calm enough to move, I handed her sixty thousand gold in trade bars and quietly advised her to take her daughter and move somewhere peaceful, away from this pain and loss. She stood and hugged me thanking me, before we moved to the caravan where she got inside with her daughter.
For a moment I noticed Jak walk off and seemed to talk at something, though he never actually disclosed what it was before we headed back to the wagon. Once back in Baulders Gate safely the mother revealed she was taking her daughter to Beregost, with the sixty thousand in trade bars she should get on fine enough. From there everyone separated to rest.
~Aramon
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Year 1358, Sixth of Nightal (Dec 6th 2022)
Oversaw a young lady named Corissa I had met the other day and after she told me she had a birth defect I did a very minor check on her and found she had fiendish blood. When I told her she took immediate offense and accused me of lying, I advised her that as a Paladin I could not lie to her but after some debating she fled refusing to believe the truth.
Today Corissa returned in front of Sister Ashenie, demanding I apologize for the accusation and lies. Again I advised her that I was not lying and could not retract my words. Sister Ashenie offered to resolve the matter with a blood on cold iron or silver daggers test. The test proved accurate when her blood responded to the dagger proving infernal heritage. Well, that or Lycanthropy but she did not smell of that.
Corissa did apologize for calling me a liar and is struggling to accept what she is. I have tried to answer a few questions as I could and have tried to give her guidance, though I suspect she will need more in time.
~Aramon
Oversaw a young lady named Corissa I had met the other day and after she told me she had a birth defect I did a very minor check on her and found she had fiendish blood. When I told her she took immediate offense and accused me of lying, I advised her that as a Paladin I could not lie to her but after some debating she fled refusing to believe the truth.
Today Corissa returned in front of Sister Ashenie, demanding I apologize for the accusation and lies. Again I advised her that I was not lying and could not retract my words. Sister Ashenie offered to resolve the matter with a blood on cold iron or silver daggers test. The test proved accurate when her blood responded to the dagger proving infernal heritage. Well, that or Lycanthropy but she did not smell of that.
Corissa did apologize for calling me a liar and is struggling to accept what she is. I have tried to answer a few questions as I could and have tried to give her guidance, though I suspect she will need more in time.
~Aramon
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Year 1358, Sixth of Nightal (Dec 6th 2022)
I am not one to complain, and I had thought that in my time here I had made connections with everyone here. Though more and more I find that those I considered myself close to, or connected with, really don't seem to consider me much at all. First my initial Knight Marshall told my mother he intended to Knight me when I was returned, and even told me himself he encouraged my Knighting but that he was leaving, rather then at least finishing the duty he swore to me. My time among the Temple members has been all but non existent even when members are around unless I seek them out. Which I accepted as just very poor timing.
Though now it comes down to Declans wedding. Sitting in front of him and River as they literally name everyone I care for, everyone I have cherished...except for me. Once again I am the one left out. This couldn't have been discussed any other time to at least consider my feelings, no, right in front of my face. Lylan, Derik Niy, Alex, Gaven, Mae, Mizz. All people I have considered family and close. I am tired of desperately trying to connect with you all, tired of reaching and grasping for anything close to respect and brotherhood, to literally be kicked down over and over again. I don't know what I am going to do over this, I will make a decision soon, because clearly I have been on everyone's back burner since I returned, and in other cases completely and utterly shunned and outcasted.
~Aramon
I am not one to complain, and I had thought that in my time here I had made connections with everyone here. Though more and more I find that those I considered myself close to, or connected with, really don't seem to consider me much at all. First my initial Knight Marshall told my mother he intended to Knight me when I was returned, and even told me himself he encouraged my Knighting but that he was leaving, rather then at least finishing the duty he swore to me. My time among the Temple members has been all but non existent even when members are around unless I seek them out. Which I accepted as just very poor timing.
Though now it comes down to Declans wedding. Sitting in front of him and River as they literally name everyone I care for, everyone I have cherished...except for me. Once again I am the one left out. This couldn't have been discussed any other time to at least consider my feelings, no, right in front of my face. Lylan, Derik Niy, Alex, Gaven, Mae, Mizz. All people I have considered family and close. I am tired of desperately trying to connect with you all, tired of reaching and grasping for anything close to respect and brotherhood, to literally be kicked down over and over again. I don't know what I am going to do over this, I will make a decision soon, because clearly I have been on everyone's back burner since I returned, and in other cases completely and utterly shunned and outcasted.
~Aramon
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Copied verbatim.
Aramon,
I read your latest report, and I have to say I'm disappointed. We were discussing how we'd like to keep the wedding small. Which the topic of our wedding doesn't need to be added into the Triadic Records, if I'm honest. Still, you agreed with us on the small wedding. I was friendly, joking with you on the tiefling test. We invited you in to the conversation. This type of whining is not acceptable from a man of your stature. It's more reminiscent of a woman's complaints, which surprises me. You've been gone. You expect to just step right back into it? I don't know how more accepting I can be with someone that has been absent for a month or better. Perhaps instead of crying about it, you use that energy to ingratiate yourself back into the fold. Complaining never fixed anything. As a knight aspiraint, you should already know this.
~Declan
Aramon,
I read your latest report, and I have to say I'm disappointed. We were discussing how we'd like to keep the wedding small. Which the topic of our wedding doesn't need to be added into the Triadic Records, if I'm honest. Still, you agreed with us on the small wedding. I was friendly, joking with you on the tiefling test. We invited you in to the conversation. This type of whining is not acceptable from a man of your stature. It's more reminiscent of a woman's complaints, which surprises me. You've been gone. You expect to just step right back into it? I don't know how more accepting I can be with someone that has been absent for a month or better. Perhaps instead of crying about it, you use that energy to ingratiate yourself back into the fold. Complaining never fixed anything. As a knight aspiraint, you should already know this.
~Declan
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Declan,
Oh, I am sorry my actual "Duties" took me away from the Temple, I mean, not that you ever actually bothered with me while I was at the Temple anyways to be frank. I agreed to the ideal of a small wedding yes. What I found distressing, was naming my entire family around me and of course, shutting me out. Not really new for you, but I don't expect you to have actual compassion for anyone at this point. I was gone yes, to do a duty that Gaven was well aware of. I expected to come back to my brothers in arms yes, as Sir Marshall has a large number of times. Also people have the right to be upset without your sexist ideals that only women have the right to complain. Also coming back into the fold would actually require having been allowed into it in the first place, which in reality, nothing I have ever done for you, or for River was ever enough. Also people are allowed to complain when they feel treated unfairly, but it would require actual compassion to understand how you sounded and still sound like a jackass. Though, you don't have any, so I don't expect you to.
~Aramon
Oh, I am sorry my actual "Duties" took me away from the Temple, I mean, not that you ever actually bothered with me while I was at the Temple anyways to be frank. I agreed to the ideal of a small wedding yes. What I found distressing, was naming my entire family around me and of course, shutting me out. Not really new for you, but I don't expect you to have actual compassion for anyone at this point. I was gone yes, to do a duty that Gaven was well aware of. I expected to come back to my brothers in arms yes, as Sir Marshall has a large number of times. Also people have the right to be upset without your sexist ideals that only women have the right to complain. Also coming back into the fold would actually require having been allowed into it in the first place, which in reality, nothing I have ever done for you, or for River was ever enough. Also people are allowed to complain when they feel treated unfairly, but it would require actual compassion to understand how you sounded and still sound like a jackass. Though, you don't have any, so I don't expect you to.
~Aramon