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Rosefire 1st

Keep your Enemies Far and Your Allies Farther

by Errin Lonewood

Oh man, these things are starting to get out of control! That attack from the other night didn't ever entirely end at all. It just simmered down. I don't think Shade is actively trying to hurt me or anyone else for that matter. I think he was cast under the spell of another. Avantis doesn't see things the same way however. What started the previous day as common bickering and complaining (as was expected) almost turned into yet another brutal family fight! Things were never this hostile with the Goodbottle gang (though, with Tarbin in charge, we never had to brutally murder anybody). Speaking of murder, our l̶i̶z̶a̶r̶d̶ f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶ dragonborn absolutely obliterated one of them (or so I hear). I didn't get to see the fireworks myself, but based on what I heard, there wasn't much of a body to inspect. Between him (or her) and another other cat assassin getting his (her?) head blown off, there wasn't much keeping my target from quite literally high tailing it out of here. So we won, right? Brutality aside, there's no cause for alarm, right? Well, as you may have come to expect with this new family of mine, things aren't that simple. Like, ever. As soon as Avantis called us to action, I rolled into a nearby bush to assess the situation and what do I see? He's holding Shade hostage via longbow to the neck! I can't say for certain that Shade had nothing to do with this attack, but what I can say is that he wasn't putting up a fight when he was threatened by our bard. This feud between these two is beginning to concern me. If we can't trust eachother in a moment like this, then when can we trust eachother!? Maybe Avantis was wondering the same thing. I don't know. I just wish that night never happened.

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  1. New Journal
    Silversun 4th
  2. Fire Bottles and New Friends
    Silversun 9th
  3. Forboding Conflicts
    Ashleaf 7th
  4. Of Marbles and Mallets
    Ashleaf 19th
  5. A Small Skirmish
    Ashleaf 25th
  6. The Harvest Festival
    Mistleaf 16th
  7. One Dirty Hand Washes the Other
    Mistleaf 16th
  8. The Great Escape
    Mistleaf 24th
  9. Greed or Grievance?
    Emberleaf 2nd
  10. An Irregular Sight
    Emberleaf 13th
  11. "Grimgrin"
    Emberleaf 26th
  12. Fortune or Flounder?
    Plumfrost 4th
  13. ...
    Plumfrost 5th
  14. Mind Mending
    Plumfrost 8th
  15. Nice Gnomes
    Plumfrost 20th
  16. Calamatic Carnage
    Blackfrost 2nd
  17. Extortion by a Shadowbroker
    Blackfrost 13th
  18. A Fool's Errin
    Blackfrost 15th
  19. Aggressive Negotiations
    Blackfrost 17th
  20. A New Lead?
    Skyfrost 3rd
  21. High Reward With an Even Higher Risk
    Skyfrost 14th
  22. Falling Faith
    Skyfrost 20th
  23. An Absolute Failure
    Greenfire 1st
  24. Security or Self-Sovereignty?
    Greenfire 5th
  25. Carlisle
    Greenfire 18th
  26. Parting Ways
    Greenfire 25th
  27. The Grass Was Greener
    Bloodfire 12th
  28. A New Journey?
    Bloodfire 15th
  29. Damrel Walmer
    Bloodfire 16th
  30. The Enemy of my Unidentified Enemy is a Conundrum
    Bloodfire 16th
  31. A Lake Leads to Large Lanes Left by...well, something.
    Bloodfire 16th
  32. Hiasynth and "Bella"
    Bloodfire 16th
  33. Blood and Fire on a Night of Bloodfire
    bloodfire 21st
  34. A Carnivorous Creepy Crow was Killed by my Companions
    Bloodfire 22nd
  35. Goblin Gore Galore
    Bloodfire 25th
  36. Spinning Stone
    Bloodfire 26th
  37. Shade and Dagger
    Bloodfire 27th
  38. Keep your Enemies Far and Your Allies Farther
    Rosefire 1st
  39. Between a Rock and a Hard Puzzle
    Rosefire 2nd
  40. The Council of Fae
    Rosefire 2nd
  41. Death With a Side of Truth
    Rosefire 6th
  42. A Night in Hell