Ryan: Day 29-32

Day 28
Marion finally made her way back to the group and brought another ally with her. This is a great thing, because things have been rough without having the clerics around. In truth I was concern how many more battles we could survive with our clerics missing, but with our comrade returning I am filled with renewed faith.

You know it is a beautiful full moon tonight. Nights like this remind of all the full moon nights I spent out on the sea with my father. I missed those days. I am starting to miss my family this has to be the longest I have not been with at least one member of my family. I will have to write them next time I am in town. I just hope I will make them proud; they have done so much for me I would hate to let them down. Well my watch is over time to go to sleep.

Day 29
My comrades and me went to check out the vine town again to see how the fires where progressing today. We were shocked to find the tree was missing, but what was even more disturbing was what we found under the tree. There were tons of bodies, which looked like the tree was feeding off of.

My greatest concern is that we have failed in taking the necessary precautions. We should know better then to not keep a watchful eye on the tree. We were so concern with keeping ourselves safe that now we do not know where the tree has gone. I hope no one well get hurt due to our inexperience and mistakes. Well no need to worry about it anymore, I will just have to make up for my mistakes and find out what has happened to this tree. Well anyways, looks like the next shift is ready to take over.

Well I did not get much sleep tonight. Someone heard some noises and woke the entire group. Alcander and a few others are going to go check it out. I am definitely noticing some tension between our group members. We need to work this out; because if we are fighting amongst each other how do we plan on dealing with forces that push us to our limits.

Well back to the noises, I have decided to stay with the group that is staying at camp. So many times now we have heard noises that have lead us away from the true danger. Not to mention so many groups have been hit and robbed by acts like this. I am hoping they just try and attack the small group that remains.

Well the suns seems to be coming up and nothing has happened at camp, but Alcander has made his way back and has told us about a creature that was attacked by something just down the road. He told us that the new cleric, Kennith and Fflam have continued on to try and find what killed the creature. So time to pack up and try and catch up to the group, hopefully this is a lead on what has happened to the tree.

Day 30
I only have a short time to write today. Have not found the tree, but we did find a dragon. He told us some interesting news about the tree, things such as it eats humans. This is why I must make this short. Alcander and I are going to run ahead to Leadville and warn the town while the rest of the group make their way there taking turns resting in the wagon so they are ready for what ever we must face. On a side note there does not seem to be black trees in this area. We will have to look into this after taking care of this human eating tree.

Day 31
Today has been a taxing day. Alcander and I made it to Leadville only to find out that they have seen nothing. So after giving them a warning and suggesting they prepare incase the tree comes their way we headed back to meet up with our comrades. Once meeting up with them we decided the next logical place to go was half way town. Upon reaching the town we found out they have been attacked. We have offered our services to help protect the town. I would write more but I feel sleep is calling for me I am so tired from running all day. Hopefully we will not be attacked tonight so I can regain my strength.

Day 32
Well no attack last night. Now that I am feeling refreshed I will suggest we go looking in the woods for the tree. Hopefully it has not moved on. I would hate to have lost it track of the tree again.

Well found some more time to write in my journal. We found the tree. You might be wondering why I am writing in my journal when there is a tree to be dealt with. Well it might have to do with the fact that I was just LIT ON FIRE! How you ask well apparently the tree has the ability to grab a hold of you if you get to close. This in itself does not explain how I managed to light myself on fire. What happen was in my attempt to escape the arm, which I will mention came out of the ground, broke the alchemist fire I had on me. So as I sat there trying to get free now with pants socked in alchemist fire I panicked. As I was freeing myself my pants lit on fire and I kicked my feet around trying to get my pants off, which for future reference does not work and ends up doing more damage then good. Thankfully my friends kept their cool and put the fire out. After some healing I decided to take a breather. We are going to try and light the tree on fire soon, hopefully things go well and we can all celebrate tonight. Well looks like everyone is ready.