Underdark Diaries: Day 3

I havn't been found by Valkryn today. I seem to have lost him. Was it yesterday that I sensed the eminations from within Navere? I can't remember. The days bleed together down here. Just one long dark tunnel with some nondescript end.

There was a disturbance while I was walking and I stopped. It was a message from Alias. It seemed to be some nonsense warning to the king of Kielder, Draakar. I couldn't make much of it besides that, but I do wish she'd sent instructions as to how to save her. That's generally what prisoners are supposed to do, right?

Well, she did in a way. I managed to track her by sensing for her warning. It came out in a circular wave, kind of like a ripple. I sensed north, south, east, and west and it hit each location at a different time. By lining up the four different points, and how long it took to hit each of them traveling at the speed of sound, I made a fairly good calculation as to where it was from.

I began working on those calculations and my path seemed to grow more certain. Until Angel came. She woke me from a nap and immediately started on me, trying to make me question myself more than I already do and insulting me, saying I would fail. We began to fight when she finally pushed me past my patience, and to end it quickly I cast sunlight on her and then walked off.

I know she survived, but I still feel kind of bad for hurting her like that. I'm too soft I guess, always have been... Anyhow, Rena appeared and we chatted for a bit. I told her to leave and get to safety lest Valkryn find her, and I gave her a message to get to Kielder, though I'm not sure whether she will or not.

I am sure that Alais' little burst of communication did as much harm as good though. I've begun to encounter more creatures, amd more and more dangerous ones as well. I fought a balrog tonight. I've got a wound on my chest and on my side and my clothes are pretty scorched. I'll have to rest nearby to mend them so I've slipped into a pocket dimension in the mean time.

It occurs to me that the increase in evil creatures might herald my approach to House Navere as well. I need to try to contact someone directly before I get too much further in, otherwise I might not ever be able to get word out.