Let's just explore!
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"Durren and I went into the Forest of Dawn today. It's inhabited by monkeys, the cobonga! The smaller ones could be beaten in a few hits, and I suggest you do so. They'll throw rocks at you if you try to run away. But they're not alone in these woods. They're protected by a fifteen foot tall gorilla, bozuonga. It laughed at our pathetic attempts to harm it. There are several small lakes in the forest, and merfolk roam around them. They are very aggressive. They're often alongside the fish species that float, the orogilian. Throughout is an insect called asarkos. They shrug off swords, but Durren's punches got through well enough. Deeper in are a handful of plants. One is the canolen that spits poison and pollen that can paralyze into the air. Use hit-and-run tactics against them. There's also the worm like fauna called the bozowalla. There's a third section of the forest we experienced tonight near a stream. Monsters there were the blue crystalline creatures, gazapo. Durren said they were crabs, and I'll trust him since I tried to stay away. I went for the floura, the blooming plants.
There were two odd places hidden in the woods. The first we found was what we called the Waterfall Cave because of the raging waterfall in the back of it. I wonder if this is the mouth of the stream? There was also the Sunlit Ruins. This was a man made structure that was built long ago. By who? When? Are they related to the statue in the mines?
While exploring, several things jogged my memory. Many were from when I was a child. I recalled when I first met a traveler in my small village. He was a storyteller, and I was so curious about his adventures. I had never thought about a world outside of my hometown. He told me about the ocean. Sometime later, I went on my first adventure, but it didn't last long. I got around a mountain before it started raining and got scared. Fortunately, my dad quickly found me. He said I took after him too much... A few years later, at sixteen, I left on the journey I'm currently on. My dad told me that I'd always have a home there and to write letters home. I wonder if I've been doing that. My mom died when I was young, so I'm even getting my bad memories back... But that's not all. The first time I entered this forest, I met a bard. The harpist told me a kingdom once stood in the forest 800 years ago. I gotta find out what happened.
Durren and I came to a stream, but there was no way to cross it. There was a bridge on the otherside but no way to drop it from here. So we had to find a scenic route. It took us through the Forest Labyrinth. We weren't the first group here. Commander Leo and the local conscripts, Sancho and Panza, were here. They ran ahead of us yesterday to map the forest, but the locals weren't thrilled. Leo, on the other hand, had enough vim and vigor for the entire city. But now they were lost. The Forest Labyrinth is a place that seems to warp people around randomly. The trick to leaving was to follow the plants. Durren and I found another Life Tree sprout on the otherside, and I had a dream from my past. All I can remember is I was in a strange laboratory but couldn't figure out the meaning of any of the books.
We set out in the morning and kept exploring the forest. We discovered a shortcut back to town. Pass that is a hole in the ground. Durren said it looked like a crater, but it was filled with more trees. The mobs were stronger than the forest and contained bugs neither of us could wrangle and that beast from the bounty board two days before. But there was also a giant tree to the northeast. Durren and I returned to Casnan for the night but will investigate this tomorrow. Griselda was glad to see our progress and rewarded us with 9000 gold. I would have waited longer, but we can't let Leo get anything. We can see the tree from town, so I'm excited."
-Adol
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No headache today! There was a lot of exploration tonight, which is the name of the game. Also, why didn't NG+ trigger?
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