The Diary

First Entry
April 11th, 1621 IY (OOC Note: This is ten years prior to the game's start)

Hello, diary! This is my first entry in you, so in a way, it's a little like making a new friend! I hope to tell you all about our adventures, and in turn I'll be counting on you to help us tell Lekha, okay? I'm counting on you!

My name is Daksa Satyasvapna (that's dahk-sha sutyah-svepnuh!) and I'm an herbalist - or at least I like to think I am! Seeing things grow has always put a smile on my face. I'm also the husband of Zura, the second coolest person I know (our daughter is absolutely the coolest). Zura's really good with her hands! And her eyes! And all sorts of other things. She can fence, and she can even predict the weather. Pretty cool, right? We're both explorers, looking all over the world for interesting things. After this next trip, Lekha should be old enough to join us! But until then we've left her in the care of the very nice people of Pava. We hope to see you soon, sweetie! We love you so much, and we'll bring you back all sorts of things from our travels! But then again, if you're reading this we're already back, so you already know all the goodies we found. And I, as I'm writing this, have no clue! The suspense is killing me!

Anyway! We decided to set sail west to the New World for a quick two or three year trip. I've always wanted to see the edge of the world - maybe it's beyond the western continent? Our guide is a friendly Dorak named Bloodthirsty Savage, and he seems pretty eager to see his homeland again.

Second Entry
April 12th, 1621

Greeeetings! This is none other than Zura Satyasvapna. My darling is asleep at the moment, bless his cute locks of hair. It's a cool night, and the warmth of our bedroll was tempting, but I felt obligated to look at the stars. In case you're wondering how I'm writing this, I have a new friend, a wonderful little glowfish I've named Parime. Far easier than balancing a candle in the wind. I think it's going to rain tomorrow - I'd put it at about two-to-one odds. My powers of prediction may not be as magical as our daughter's, but I hope I've served as an inspiration! I talked to our guide earlier about our meals on the way to the new world, and it seems we're going to have to subsist on fish. Poor little fishies - usually they're friends, not food. But we'll have to make an exception this time. Sorry, fishies! Don't worry, Parime, I'm not going to eat you! Anyway, goodnight Lekha! We love you!

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The next entries are similar - it seems Daksa or Zura made an entry every single day up to a certain point. The entries describe their adventures in fine detail, from their arrival at the new world and discovery that it's a veritable mud wasteland that the remaining Dorak tribes fight over - and still somehow they made it sound fun and exciting. Seems like they decided to start planting berry trees at some point - leaving a trail of green in their wake. They met with tribe leaders, accidentally brokered truces, and discovered ruins of the ancient Dorak empires that once flourished. And then, about a year after they set out, they found the west coast of the New World. And off they set out again, this time not on a boat but on a moving island - Avalon - a Torterra greater in size than a wailord - on which they built a new treehouse in its boughs.

This trip was far longer than the last, and they thought about turning back several times - but after months of persistence, and the discovery of several new island chains, they found a great landmass covered in mist.

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Year Two - Ninety-Eighth Entry
July 18th, 1623

Daksa here! Avalon has stopped around what looks to be a continent covered in mist! Did we find the edge of the world? I'm so excited to see! We already have so much to show Lekha. Could we bring back a piece of the world's end to show her too? Zura is already playing in the shallows on the beach - I should find a place to set this and join her! But before that, and I know you're tired of reading this by now, Lekha! But we love you so much, and can't wait to see you again. It makes me wish we'd brought you - but exploring is dangerous work! We hope you're safe and happy where you are for now, and one day we'll be together again for sure! Bye for now, I'm going to join Zura - it looks like she's giving a Shellder the raspberry.

Year Two - One Hundred and Somethingth Entry
Julyish Still, 1623

Zura at your service, darling! We've been exploring the misty continent with all of our friends. There's plenty of food here and dense, dense jungle. We seem to find something new almost every day! Ruins, abandoned villages, breathtaking vistas... but where was the shore again? We need to keep our bearings. I seem to have lost our compass. Ah, well! We can just rely on the sun and the stars for navigation! Looks to be a misty day tomorrow. Love you, Lekha!

Year Two? - An Entry!
A Beautiful Misty Day, 1623?

It's Daksa! We've been combing through old catacombs that seem to belong to a civilization we've never seen before! It looks like they worshipped a vulpine deity of some sort with black fur. Not any of the gods I recognize, for sure! We're going to delve deep in this place and see if we can find clues to see if the edge of the world is nearby! I'll let you know if we find more. We love you, dear!

A Year - An Entry!
A Beautiful Misty Day

It's Daksa! We've been combing through old catacombs that seem to belong to a civilization we've never seen before! It looks like they worshipped a vulpine deity of some sort with black fur. I feel as if I've seen this before, somewhere... that's funny. I'm sure it's nothing. We're going to delve deep in this place and see if we can find clues to see if the edge of the world is nearby! I'll let you know if we find more. We love you, dear!

A Year - An Entry
A Misty Morning

Mama Zura back at the quill! We're out and about in the jungle again, and I feel like we found a lot in the catacombs... but what was it? Ah, well! We're going to be doing a bit more exploring today! More as we do so.

We've been exploring the misty continent with all of our friends. There's plenty of food here and dense, dense jungle. We seem to find something new almost every day! Ruins, abandoned villages, breathtaking vistas... but where was the shore again? We need to keep our bearings. I seem to have lost our compass. Ah, well! We can just rely on the sun and the stars for navigation! Looks to be a misty day tomorrow. Love you, Lekha!

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The entries continue like this, page after page. If the entry count is anything to go by, this lasted almost an entire decade. And then...

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A Good Year! An Amazing Entry!
A Clearing Morning

This is Daksa! The mist seems to be clearing up around the place. We heard sounds of fighting, too. We're going to go see - hopefully everything is okay!

Two birds are fighting a giant black fox! Goodness. We've decided to sit this one out and let nature take its course. One of the birds is white and blue, and the other is white and red. The fox itself seems to be black and red, and wears a silver crown and a necklace made of teeth. Goodness.

The birds won! It was a bitter struggle, but they won! Curiously, they don't seem to be interested in the fox's meat. It definitely wasn't their prey! Maybe the fox was the predator? Oh, they're trying to get our attention... Oh! This stone... oh, this has to be what I think it is!

The mist is clearing up, and we've made two new friends! Oh, hey, there's the shore! How long have we been here, anyway? We've found so much to share with you, Lekha, and so many new friends for you to meet! I wish I could tell you how much we love you and that we still think of you every day - Oh, the white and blue bird flew off...

Well, we're off! On our way back to Ansilia! I hope we see you soon! We're running out of pages, so we'll be doing less entries, but we love you so much!

The Last Entry

This is Zura! What a strange sight. We've arrived at the Esterisles of all places! We've been here before, but this is east of Ansilia... We must have gotten turned around somewhere. Ah, well! We're on our way, honey! We've found a ship heading to Ever's Path, and then from there to Port Laviarne. We'll be back soon! Though... maybe we'll do one more spelunking trip on the way. The rainy season usually causes all sorts of interesting caves to collapse in... I hope you won't mind a little pit stop! In any case, I'm running out of paper so I can only fit in a few words - We love you!