Journal of Rollo Lavius 1

Entry #30 - Harliss Javell

(G30 14/11/08 BG)

While I was doing that, Shifty and Raz noticed a woman being chased along the beach by some of the mutated pirates. She seemed to make a good account of herself and killed a few of them, but by the time she reached the ship she was injured and obviously infected with the mutation disease.

Still, they let her climb on board. She introduced herself as Harlis Javil and declared that this ship 'the Sea Wyvern' was hers. Nobody believed her though.

As I climbed on board, returning from my scouting mission, she threw a dagger at me! But it missed and I hastily explained I was no enemy.

She told us a thing or two about Vanthus and revealed that other woman we had seen all malformed and hungry in the caves was Brissa, his supposed mistress. She also told us that Vanthus had used a mysterious black pearl dropped in the water to work what ever evil it was that turned all those men into travesties of nature.

Harlis had also hastily dispatched her second-in-command to Sasserine a couple of days ago to go and get revenge on Vanthus's family. That could only have meant Lavinia as she is the only member of his family left! We explained the mistake Harlis had made and she seemed sorry but there was nothing she could do.

DAY 34

So in the morning, while she helped the others sail the ship to Sasserine, I took to the wing once more and flew as fast as I could to the Vanderboren mansion.

The front door was locked and no one came when I knocked, so I stone-shaped a portion of the wall and stepped in. I called, but then was immediately set upon by three unfriendly bullywugs. Badly mauled I made a run for it.

As it happened, there was some sort of festival in the streets outside and people were wandering around in outlandish costumes. In my confusion I think I was attacked by one or more stilt walkers, and something was thrown at me. I felt a dreadful burning sensation on my back and fell...