Soot's Journal: The Missing Madu

1st of Alturiak, 1512 DR
 
It was a short jaunt through the large town of the Brynshander, and after a few minutes we arrived at the House of the Morning Lord. We walked inside and I asked the priest for the location of the gnome Copper. The priest was very friendly and she went to fetch him for us. He came out after a moment or two, and we began to ask him questions about the Abandoned Wizard Tower.
 
Copper led us into his bedroom and started to give us some information. He told us that the tower has only been abandoned for a short time, as the wizard was only burned at the stake about three weeks ago. He also mentioned that this evil wizard would kidnap people and use a strange creature to turn their bodies to stone, and he would then use his magic to bind souls into the bodies of stone! This sounds so much like how Madu looks, we all started to look at one another a bit concerned... Perhaps this is the wizard which constructed him?
 
As we kept listening, we learned that the tower was somewhere east of the Caer-Konig and that the "Haunted House" (which apparently isn't actually haunted...) is north-east of the Lonely Wood. Copper also explained that the house was once his, and that he stayed with a good wizard which was trying to find a way to turn off the cold... This also sounded super suspect! We began to wonder, perhaps Mr. Madu is in fact this wizard who was made into stone by the other wizard?
 
We discussed on what to do for a couple minutes before deciding to set out for the abandoned tower. After about five hours of riding our axebeaks, we arrived at the Caer-Konig and took a quick pit stop to rest. Luna was kind enough to make some of those delicious magical berries, and she even gave me three! I ate one immediately, forgetting that they fill your whole tummy. Whoops!
 
After our rest, we left and began traveling again. We searched for the tower for hours while no avail sadly.. As dusk turned to night, we decided to take a longer rest and get some sleep.
 
2nd of Alturiak, 1512 DR
 
As early morning came, we got up and continued our search. It took what felt like ages of searching the vast and endless icy landscape, but eventually we actually stumbled across Madu walking out in the middle of the tundra. He looked like he was in distress; he had never looked this way before. Luna ran up to him, and he looked as though he was about to hit her before he realized it was us.
 
He immediately began to tell us that we were in danger, and then he was completely open with us. He said the wizard was back, that he was a ghost, and was going to create more Madus'! Luna asked if it was the wizard ""Saxon", and that she had heard about him in a book. Madu cried out that is was "Saxon", that he had bodies and was going to make more Madu's, and that it was a bad thing. He was terrified and extremely distressed. Madu then said that all of the other Madus' are dead, Madu 1 through Madu 19, all gone. He was the only one left.
 
We discussed what to do for a while, and decided that we would head back to the tower and kill this "Saxon" wizard. We traveled for about an hour or so and eventually came across a twenty foot tall rock spire protruding from the snow at the base of a mountain. Madu explained that the tower was once connected to the top of the mountain, and eventually it broke off. It now is buried upside down in the snow.
 
We sat in front of the tower for a little while, Madu drawing out a map for us to see visually what he knew about the tower. He told us that "Saxon's" spirit resided on the third floor. After about twenty minutes of discussing, Luna and I decided to call upon the Isfugl and ask for their aid!
 
We kneeled on the ground and called out to the nature spirits, and the Isfugl spirits Aiviq and Ida, took the form of small penguins before us! They were so cute and so beautiful! It was the first time I have seen Aiviq in person, though I have spoken to him many times. Luna and I took a moment to say hello to the spirits, and as put our hands on them, I felt my eyes roll back, and after a moment I was looking at myself like a reflection. I was seeing through the eyes of Aiviq! After a moment of looking to us, the Isfugl made their way into the tower...
 
~ Soot Isbjorn