1I started putting this song together in my head when we first entered the mines. It was going to be a ballad about the devastation Lutheria wrought. A song of injustice; a haunting tribute to the proud lives and livelihood lost. And then we met the forgekeeper.
2500 years a prisoner - she was down here for so long she had even forgotten her name! I can’t even imagine… oh, well, I suppose I sort of can. That’s not the same though... In any case, she’s free now. Braz promised to free her during the fight in return for her aid - though he is rather unhappy about it, as it would seem he made the choice in a moment of fear rather than compassion. He needn’t be so upset - if he hadn’t freed her, I would have. If there is one thing I can’t stand the idea of, it is being caged. There is not a chance in the Nether Sea I would have let her stay locked up! He did the right thing, if for the wrong reasons. I hope one day he sees that.
3The more we dig into the past of the Dragonlords, the more uneasy I feel. First there was Estor, murdering Demetria’s sister: and now this? I wonder, if they were here to defend themselves, what they might say? Something about war perhaps, or necessary sacrifices. The kind of lies that ‘good’ men tell themselves.
4One kind of funny thing came out of today though: I’m starting to get the feeling that Helikaon is a little confused by magic! I watched Alke help him cast a spell to resummon Aeneas today and he didn’t really seem to understand what was happening. Alke was very patient - the whole process took them about an hour, which she spent dutifully making sure he didn’t just give up and leave. But, honestly, I don’t think he quite grasped what had happened when his little dragon friend appeared again…!