From the Diary of Tamsen Larkspur

Dear Diary,

If only my father could see me now. Jarrow's Jewel? Yeah, right.

So much has happened since I last wrote in this diary, though it's only been a few days. Most recently I was shot several times by goblins atop a keep we thought was unoccupied. I've never been shot before. Corellan, it hurts! It's also sort of exciting though if you know it won't kill you.

Abdominal muscles aside, Pavel is a real pain! He completely ditched us and left us to invade this keep alone. I wonder where he is, what he's doing, what he's thinking, and if he's thinking of me. I hate that I like him, but I hate him as much as I like him too. It's very confusing. Especially since I kind of like Eugenium too. He's any annoying nerd, but a very, very sweet one.

Gah! I have a crush on every boy!

Illander Illrune is starting to recede further and further from my memory, which is totally depressing.

I'm getting more and more powerful, which is like totally amazing. If only those jealous skanks in Upper Valon could see me conjure a crown of stars or make goblins vomit fire. They'd never say a disparaging word about me again! Eugenium and Chyp are both getting really powerful too. It's funny how adventuring forces the best out of you.

Anyways. To Do:

-Replace that cranky old wizard's components

1. saphire dust

2. dire spider's legs

-Find 12 keys (or something? These dreams are super vague!) We think the first one is in this keep we ran away from because goblins were shooting at us. The enchanted pond (Corellan, this all sounds crazy when you write it down) might be the useful. Note to self: figure this out.

-Rescue the chosen ones.

-Marry Illander Illrune and be the most popular, powerful adults in Upper Valon.

Hearts,

Tamsen Larkspur

The So-Called "Jarrow's Jewel"

Illander's Journal

Dearest Whomever,

I think the swelling on my face is going down. I was bitten by a some sort of spider during the battle at the Ettercap caves, which is unfortunate, as I was rendered speechless just as some very important decisions were being made. So much has happened!

Jackamoolay has lead us to the other Chosen One! Her name is Helena and she's with us now. She doesn't know it, but she may very well be Laird's half sister by way of Valon's most esteemed artist. Her mother gave her to Jackamoolay to poison when she was an infant. Jackamoolay, not having the heart, sold Helena to a black market baby ring near Malacar after she was exiled.

Helena is so smart! She knows exactly where we should go, and we got on Captain Scurvey's boat to go there. We passed up a dinner invitation from Sadique, which I'm not sure was wise. I still believe she has our Dungeon Master and dark ritual items. Sooner or later we'll need to get those back, right?

I'd love to have the Dungeon Master right now. I have some questions for mother and father.

How can there be five Chosen Ones when the prophecy said there were four? Why am I not having the dreams that everybody else is having? I hope nobody reads this...

I don't think I'm "chosen".

I've never admitted that, not even to myself. I suspect that my parents, monsters that they are, forced me into the predicament I'm in now. I know that I was an embarrassment to the Illrunes until I performed the star pact ritual that gave me my powers. I suspect they planted the old book with the ritual for me to find as well.

My connection to the heavens and the fates is both terrifying and comforting. I feel myself changing. I don't know who or what I'm becoming, but I'm starting to think it would be better if I had died at the Ettercap cave. There's a fury growing inside of me that is dangerous.

The others musn't know.

Keep it Secret,
Illander Illrune