Last I left off; I had joined a caravan guard. The owner, Torgan, was a dwarf. As I had said earlier, I joined the caravan guard in hopes that I may be able to learn spell casting. It was a good way to see the world and earn my keep. But I had one big fear. I know that my intelligence was not high enough and I feared that even if I did lean spell casting, would I be able to do it. But that did not matter. I would cross that bridge when I came to it. For now, I had a job to do.
There were other people also hired to guard the caravan. Ordanil a human cleric, Daro a monk, Elrion an elven rogue and Ekusuos a dwarf mage. It is with Ekusuos that I am most interested in. As he is a mage I might be able to learn spell casting from him. Our job was to guard the caravan. We sometimes transported goods and people. It was usually easy as we are never attacked much.
We were based in Free Haven. We would hang out at the tavern that was conveniently located next to our building. One day we got a job to escort Princess Azalea, the sister of the Lord of New Sporigal. Lord Magtaroth. We were to escort her to New Sporigal. It should have been a routine job.
We met her at the tavern. She was half elven. She was fair indeed. With her was a half Orc. Torgan seemed to know him. His name was Gorak. He was a paladin by the looks of his full-plate armor and holy symbol. But to which god I do not know. We talked a bit. Lady Azalea was very polite.
But soon we had to be on our way. We wanted to make it to New Sporigal as soon as we could. It started off fine enough but we soon came under attack. Goblins. It seemed that they ambushed many caravans as they had quite a lot of gold on them. We dispatched them easily enough but further up the road again we were attacked by goblins.
They seem intent on stopping us for some reason. It got worse when we found the only bridge across the river to New Sporigal destroyed. To what purpose I have no idea. Were they trying to stop us from reaching our destination? The only way was back and around Free Haven to reach our destination.
As we journeyed back to Free Haven only then did we learn the extent of the attack. Free Haven was under a full scale attack from goblins. This was odd indeed. The goblins have never been this bold. There was more to this. We went to the tavern and learnt that the goblins had blown a hole through the wooden fence. They were rushing through that hole and the guards were hard pressed to stem the tide. How very familiar this was to me.
Having lost my father almost the same way. But this time, I could do something about it. We were told to find a carpenter so that he may be able to fix the hole. We would have to guard him while he did it but it would not take that long. We agreed. The guards were busy trying to stem the goblin attacks that were happening around the whole town.
We went to the carpenters place. It was a man named Giles. He agreed to do it. We then helped him carry the supplies to the wall. The hole was big indeed. We had to clear the goblins and hold our position on the other side while Giles fixed up the hole. It was not natural as goblins were rarely this smart. We held off 3 waves of goblins but the deed was done. Giles worked fast. We then returned to the tavern as the guards were able to clear up the remainder of the goblin threat.
At the tavern we learned that there was a cave nearby that the goblins were gathering. They were afraid that they were gathering for another massive attack and we were to go and check it out and clear them out if possible. It was not far from Free Haven. It was decide then. We were to go and do what we could.
I am writing this just before we are scheduled to leave. I am writing this because something within me is not right. My people have worshiped Kord for many years. It was our way of life. We followed His teachings. But now that I am looking for other powers, I feel that my heart no more follows His ways. I find myself asking “what is religion?”
I grew up with only knowledge that religion is a way of life. A belief of a people. Something they can look to for guidance. But now that I have traveled. I think that it is that and more. It is what we feel in our hearts. What we think is right. It is the way we live our lives. If that is the answer then I believe that I have a new patron that fits my heart. I believe that Wee Jas is better suited to what I believe to be right.
So from this day forth, I follow the ways if Wee Jas. I will live my life day to day in Her name. It is not that Kord is a bad god. But my heart no longer follows His ways. I look to Wee Jas for guidance now. If ever I lose my way then I will know where to seek answers. But this does not mean that I shun my people and their ways. I do not know how they will react once they have learnt of my new deity. I hope they will be able to look past the difference of gods and see that all I do is for their sake. For my people to survive, we will have to learn. As will I.
