Soot's Journal: New Beginnings

by Soot Isbjorn

17th of Hammer, 1512 DR

Today my sister and I Luna began our greatest adventure to date! We are planning to discover the reason why the Isfugl decided to give us the nature powers, and why they led us to the temple in the mysterious arctic storm. We heard rumor that the people of the Icewind Dale would be able to lead us in the right direction, so we found a human man named Bolt, who could lead us in his carriage to the Icewind Dale. However, we were almost late to the carriage because silly Luna decided she needed to curl her fur before we left! Luckily, we made it before anyone noticed we were late, thank goodness!

In the cart there were elves! Luna and I were so shocked, I didn't honestly think they were real. They even have the pointy little ears! The two we met, Solana Lustina and Dyleth Galadon seem like really nice people, even if they have never seen ursans before. I think that we are going to be great friends, and maybe they can even help us find the temple!

On the trip, Mr. Bolt told us a lot about the Icewind Dale. He said that the people call it Ten Towns, because there are ten towns. Human people seem to be really lazy at naming their villages! Solana mentioned that she has spent a lot of time in the Ten Towns, but she doesn't like talking about it. She said that she is the daughter of her clan's chieftain, so she is lot like Luna and I, even if she is a lot smaller, and prettier.

We spent a lot of time talking with our new friends, and they wanted to know what sort of skills we had, so needless to say I obviously began to show them my super cool fires. But, it really scared the doggies, so we had to take a small break. It was when we were stopped that Luna noticed there are no stars here, which is strange because there are so many out in the wilds we are from! Bolt said that there are no stars here, because the goddess of cold Auriel. Not really sure why she took the stars away, but maybe if I can meet this Auriel I can use my fire to warm her up and she will put the stars back! I think that would make Luna very happy for sure.

After a short while, we continued our journey and kept chatting. As we were talking, there began to be a lot of rumbling... Luna and I could tell immediately because of our experience in the wild, that there was about to be an avalanche! The doggies pulling our cart began sprinting, and we could barely keep pace with the collapsing snow drifts, and we were almost entirely covered! Luckily, Bolt is a very good driver, and he kept us from becoming little popsicles. Then he starting getting nervous about his career, but I reassured him that though he can't leave, neither can we, so he could easily keep driving us when we need transport! I wouldn't mind giving him some of the shiny coins in exchange for the extra trips, but he said that if we couldn't find him, we could rent "Axebeaks" to ride. Apparently they are huge birds, but they can't fly for some strange reason, doesn't really sound like a normal bird to me but okay.

Once Bolt calmed down, he started telling us more about the Ten Towns, apparently he is taking us to huge town called Brynshander. He said they have this huge tavern called Northlook with a massive fire! I can't wait to see it, oh and he also said that we can have our own beds at this tavern! It must be a very wealthy place; I hope Luna and I have enough of the shiny coins to cover the payments.

It looks like we are coming up on the Brynshander here soon, so I need to put away my journal, but I will update it soon will all my new adventures!

~ Soot Isbjorn

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