I grabbed a few volumes of a journal while in Cazic Thule, apparently originally belonging to some sort of expedition into the lizard infested temple. I thought the story was fairly interesting, so I am translating them for you all. In the interest of continuity, I will try to put them up here in order, so there may be some delay while I delve back into Cazic Thule to see if i can fill in some of the gaps in the story. At any rate, here was the earliest passages I could transcribe...You'll have to excuse the format that it is in here, but i wanted to preserve the original spacing the text was written in.
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22nd July, 3222
Good Grief. Just as one
pointless expedition into the
backside of civisation
finishes, another begins.
I always knew that cursed
Provost Tredore was jealous of
my studies and the success of
my experiments.
Why else would he send me,
Derion Livingstone, on these
Gods-forsaken errands, and not
one of the seemingly endless
supply of novices that he
foolishly admits to our dear
Academy of Arcane Sciences?
Jealousy, simple Jealousy.
We'll see who it is that has
the last laugh when I return.
I have plans for our Provost
23rd July, 3222
It seems that we're destined
for the Feerott. If there
were a more dingy and
unsanitary place, then I am
quite certain that I've not
heard of it.
Between the stench of Oggok,
the Gypsy-infested Mountains
of Rathe and Innothule
swamp,
I cannot imagine a place I'd
rather be less. Even the
blasted druids threw cabbage
at us as we passed the Old
Rings.
Provost Tredore claims that
the filthy Tae Ew lizards are
stirring up trouble, something
to do with a breach into an
alter plane. I don't believe
it for a moment.
24th July, 3222
Curioser and curioser. We
reached the outskirts of the
Tae Ew temple this morning; it
certianly appears... different
There is a distinct taint in
the balance of the planar
forces here, emanating from
the temple itself. Could that
fool Tredor have been correct?
My faithful servant, Kinopio,
is setting up the tents. The
juniors assigned to me -
Scrapsnatcher, Aluram, Morkul
and Felwah - have asked leave
for the evening.
I am not a cruel man, we shall
begin in earnest tomorrow.
Besides, Kinopio has some
rather decent pipeweed.
25th July, 3222
Felwah seems to have a touch
of madness this morning,
blathering about monsters in
her dreams.
Arcane sciences cannot
depend on the ramblings
of the weak willed.
I have ordered the doors to
the temple to be forced open -
let us see what these
scienceless heathans are up
to! Onwards!
"You're a burgler... go on and burgle something..."
