Well, well, journal, you're lucky to have me writing in you are you not?
Who am I? Well, let me introduce myself to you journal; my name is Locke Kallidin a soon to be world famous (and widely feared!) Adventurer from the town of Illias Upon the Sea. Illias isn't a bad place to live, but it wasn't exactly the type of place for a young man who has his heart set for greater things to waste his life in, you know?
Journal, you have the distinction of being the last present I may receive from my Mother...Possibly forever. When I left Illias a few short days ago to start my quest to become the greatest Adventurer of the land, I left without my parents' blessing- in fact, my father disowned me. I try to make it look like it doesn't bother me, but it was the harshest blow that was ever dealt to me. In his eyes, I'm no longer a Kallidin...At least, not in the sense that I have a home anymore as my Mother told me she had to stand by her husband. I suppose that isn't unreasonable because if she picked me over him then he would probably have disowned my mother, the miserable piece of...Hm, Akorrin told me that profanities make me nothing greater than gutter slime, so perhaps I should show some restraint on using them like he wanted.
Since you don't know, I'll let you in on the secret of who Akorrin is. Akorrin is my mentor who taught everything I needed to know to become an Adventurer. From learning how to fight with my Sickle that'll cut you to ribbons if you mess with me, to the Crossbow that I'm quite the marksmen with, Akorrin schooled me on how to fight. He also taught me how to survive in the harshest wilderness and the equally as harsh cities in this world. I'd like to think he thought I knew how to look after myself anywhere, in any given situation- he must have, since he sent Lilanei and I off on our way to grow and become Heroes as great as he was.
Speaking of Lilanei, my master also taught me the greatest lesson of all- tolerance. I remember before I become his apprentice, my father would moan a lot of the time that Illias was a multi-cultural society and he hated it. He thought Humans were above any other race, and he always told my family and I as much, so I looked at all the other races who lived in Illias with disdain- especially Lilanei.
Lilanei moved into town when I was a young boy. I think I was around nine years old, but I can't remember very well now. I used to pick on her whenever I saw her, calling her nasty names until one day I saw her wondering around in town on her own. I felt bold enough that day to tell her that her and her mother weren't welcome in Illias and I did so physically. I remember she called me a name back, so I shoved her to the ground. She started to cry, which as I recall now makes me very ashamed, almost tearful about doing it, but back then I didn't care. I considered kicking her when suddenly, this looming shadow appeared over me and before I knew it, I was a long way off the ground (or at least a long way to a little boy)!
Akorrin had watched us fighting and decided to teach me that I needed her since he took her and I under his wing as his wards, without either ours or our parents consent. So, from that day fourth, we learned how to fight, how to survive, and most importantly how to get along with each other. The last one was VERY difficult at first, so much so I think Akorrin considered kicking me out of his school and finding somebody else to teach. But gradually, I started to accept Lil since I was so used to seeing her everyday. Then one day, something happened that changed my view of her entirely, I finally realised she wasn't a disgusting other race but that she was just like me...in fact, she was better than me because she had a bigger heart than I did at the time and showed me mercy and friendship. I won't bore you with the details now, maybe I'll write about it another time but since then Lilanei has been my closest friend.
I couldn't imagine life without her, and to be honest, journal, it scares me to think of the day she finds someone to spend her life with and so I'm thankful that she's on this long Quest with me so she won't leave me. She's all I have now since the night I left my household and the thought that one day she's going to be fully grown up and want to settle down scares me. Of course, she might not do and just continue to bust evil heads with me, but there's always that thought there...she might find somebody, want to settle down with them. Heck, maybe even have children. Oh well, it's early days yet, I shouldn't need to think about what to do if and when I'm alone for a loooong time! I suppose if I didn't have her, I'd go home and live with Akorrin and help him with his school- that's quite a scary thought!
I think that's enough stuff and nonsense about other people so let's talk about me a bit more! It's been a busy few days. I've slayed many Orcs, Goblins and even slain an evil Orc Boss named Glorak The Big! He was a mean looking sucker, but I showed him he wasn't so Big when I finished him off. Lilanei helped too, don't get me wrong, but I showed him who his Lord was before I spat on him. I do that a lot to my enemies, they disrespect me by trying to kill me, so I disrespect them after I kill them be desecrating their dead visage!
The last couple of days have been very interesting- Lil and I ended up helping this Elf who we helped free from a couple of no hoper thieves named something like Maracas and Adicoo? I dunno since I wasn't really paying attention. I showed them who was boss too, by the way but they escaped before I could kill them. Anyway, they captured this Elf named Esra and so I freed her by kicking down her cell and setting her free. You can imagine how surprised Lil and I were when we met her again in this forest!
Her people in this little settlement we're in now (Willow's Keep) were preyed upon by a Bassilisk named Anole'. Bassilisk's are putrid, ugly lizards who turn people to stone. So we decided to help her return her people to normal by retrieving a special Crystal that gave us immunity to the creature's powers before we went and vanquished the beast! It was such a rush to do that! Sadly, when her people were turned back from stone, her sister who is also the leader of this settlement didn't thank us. Instead she looked at us in disgust and told us we had to leave by the morning! I still think I should've kept her as a statue. I could've sold her to some Goblin to decorate his hovel.
So that brings me to where we are now. Lil's asleep across the room from me, and as I look at her, I remember our conversation last night. She was a bit upset, so I comforted her and told her a few truths that I never really shared with her before. I think I made her feel better, since a hug and a kiss from such a handsome son of a broadsword like me is all a woman needs to cheer her up in any situation! Mind you, it was sweet for me, too.
Anyway, I'll leave it there for now. I just thought I'd write in this thing since my mother gave it to me as I was leaving and I feel in some way it will keep our love strong and true. Mother, Zelsa, I love you and I miss you.
Goodnight.
I just thought of something. Lil, if you're reading this, I'll kill you.
