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lettersfrombel27 Tarsakh 1492 DR
Near Rosymorn Monastery
Dear River:
We did spy the githyanki of the creche interrogating some of the cultists of the Absolute. Master Halsin did mention this was one of the paths to Moonrise Towers, though it was better to go back and through the Underdark. They have set up their creche in a monastery of Lathandar, after they killed the original inhabitants. I’m not a religious man, but I don’t like walking around here. It feels like Lathander might be taking personal offense to the treatment of his spaces. Madame Lae’zel continues to be rushing towards her fate, while I worry about what she will find when we do so.
The githyanki did not clear out the parts of the monastery that they are not using. We found some kobolds who had recently discovered the wine cellar (and some of the wine). We also found notes and diaries left by the monks, detailing this as the home of the Blood of Lathandar, and something on the roof that apparently is called the Lance of Lathandar. I don’t know what it does, but it looks as ominous as a god of the morning’s things can be. (And, do remember I’m a drow; I don’t particularly like the first bit of sunlight in the morning, even if I deal with it well.) I may have unlocked something intended for the next leader of the monastery, to secure this relic. It would be nice to find an actual cleric of Lathandar to give it to.
Karlach is not doing so well. I wish I had known of her problem sooner, before Master Dammon the smith left for Baldur’s Gate. He seems to be the only one who could help her out. If he’s sensible, he’ll detour around the shadow-cursed lands, so who knows if we’ll run into him. I hate this, because this is not a problem I can solve. But I can't do anything here, unless we want to drop everything and locate Dammon right now.
Your friend,
Bel
From the Player:
Near Rosymorn Monastery
Dear River:
We did spy the githyanki of the creche interrogating some of the cultists of the Absolute. Master Halsin did mention this was one of the paths to Moonrise Towers, though it was better to go back and through the Underdark. They have set up their creche in a monastery of Lathandar, after they killed the original inhabitants. I’m not a religious man, but I don’t like walking around here. It feels like Lathander might be taking personal offense to the treatment of his spaces. Madame Lae’zel continues to be rushing towards her fate, while I worry about what she will find when we do so.
The githyanki did not clear out the parts of the monastery that they are not using. We found some kobolds who had recently discovered the wine cellar (and some of the wine). We also found notes and diaries left by the monks, detailing this as the home of the Blood of Lathandar, and something on the roof that apparently is called the Lance of Lathandar. I don’t know what it does, but it looks as ominous as a god of the morning’s things can be. (And, do remember I’m a drow; I don’t particularly like the first bit of sunlight in the morning, even if I deal with it well.) I may have unlocked something intended for the next leader of the monastery, to secure this relic. It would be nice to find an actual cleric of Lathandar to give it to.
Karlach is not doing so well. I wish I had known of her problem sooner, before Master Dammon the smith left for Baldur’s Gate. He seems to be the only one who could help her out. If he’s sensible, he’ll detour around the shadow-cursed lands, so who knows if we’ll run into him. I hate this, because this is not a problem I can solve. But I can't do anything here, unless we want to drop everything and locate Dammon right now.
Your friend,
Bel
From the Player:
I found the multi-layer structure of the Monastery pretty confusing. It didn’t help that I didn’t want to break things before I knew what I was breaking. But it was very atmospheric.
I also picked a spring start date for Bel's letters, since I started playing in April, but apparently Halsin has a journal that sets the game more in late summer/early fall. If I ever revise this, I might change the months.
