Kahdrii's 5th Letter Home

Yaeras,

I find myself in the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale; a lovely place full of dangerous creatures – both beast and humanoid.  I have been asked to gather meat and skins while I am out and about here by a group of local hunters.  You know that I don’t hunt for sport but the meat gathered can go a long way to help the peoples in Westfall and Stormwind.

The strangest thing happened to me out here – I picked up a little friend, a tiny raptor took a liking to me and became like my shadow.  It was a strange little thing, picking up skulls and troll talismans.  I asked a gnome in camp who seemed to be knowledgeable about magicks what he thought of it.   He wasn’t sure himself and had me gather a few Troll items and the leader of a small Troll faction.  I brought the items back to him along with the body of the Troll as he was not inclined to return with me (I would feel bad about this except that the Trolls have been killing in the area and with the loss of their leader they are now fractured and easily dealt with).  The gnome performed some kind of magick and the Troll body was taken over by the spirit of Bloodlord Mandokir (a once powerful leader of the Gurubashi Trolls residing in Zul’Gurub which was the capital city of the Trolls).  He took the little raptor and left while we all stood there stunned.  I wonder what evil we  have inadvertently set loose and how we are going to deal with it.  I guess only time will tell us those answers.

I am making my way deeper into the jungle here toward a coast town called Booty Bay.  I understand there is only one inn there and you can contact me through the innkeeper if you need me.  May the Light keep you safe.

Kahdrii

((currently Level 35))

Kahdrii's 4th Letter Home

My dear Yaeras,

It is always so good to hear from you – it lightens my heart greatly.  I think it’s great that others are venturing forth from our little island to experience the rest of the world and hopefully you will join me out here someday.

I know it has been some time since I’ve written you but I have been on the road a lot.  I spent a lot of time in a place called the Wetlands (it is well named by the way as especially since the harbor town Menethil is covered in water right now).  I found some odd jobs to do for people which mostly involved hunting down various animals either for food or to protect the citizenry.  Some tasks I refused payment for as these people don’t have much since the cataclysm hit.

After that I made my way to Darkshire in Duskwood.  This is a very creepy place as the Scourge presence is still there.  My paladin skills were put to good use here as I helped rid the area of worgen and the undead.  I also managed to put a restless spirit to ease and in doing so give some comfort to the last living family member. 

It seems that a paladin, Morgan Ladimer, returned from war to find his entire family dead and in grief and rage he committed murder and then suicide and had been wandering the area for some time attacking watchmen and travelers.  With the power of the Light I was able to lay him to rest and when I reported my deed to Commander Ebonlocke in Darkshire, I was told that not all of Morgan’s family had died.  A daughter, Sarah, survived him and was now a watcher assigned to Darkshire.  I approached her to let her know that I had released her father’s spirit from this world.  She was most appreciative and it seemed to lift a weight off her heart as her eyes didn’t appear so haunted after my news.  She asked me to place her ring on her father’s grave for her as she was unable to leave her duties.  On my way out of the area I swung by the lonely grave and placed Sarah’s ring on the grave along with a little prayer to help ease his passage to the Light.  I actually felt his presence at that moment and it felt like the rage and grief had left him and I believe he has found comfort in that he has a daughter that still lives and remembers  him as he was and still loves him.

These are the moments that make all the training worth it – helping those in need whether living or dead.  This is why I had to leave Exodar and make my way out here in this world.  So many people need help and healing and this is my calling.  I know you understand my heart, my dear friend, and it helps me to know that I have your support in my endeavors.  Until I can write again, may the Light keep you safe.

Kahdrii

((currently Level 31))

Kahdrii's 3rd Letter Home

Yaeras,

I hope this letter finds you well.  I promised to let you know if we were able to solve what was going on in Westfall and, well, here it is.

I have tromped all over this place following clues and spent days gathering information for Marshall Stoutmantle.  I have had run-ins with members of this mysterious group and have had to fight for my life for the information I garnered but I believe it was all worth it.  The leader of this group turned out to be a young woman named Vanessa VanCleef seeking revenge for her father.

I had heard the story of her father, Edwin VanCleef, from an elder at the inn who liked to recount stories of the past like so many elders do.  I find stories like that fascinating so since he had an apt listener he related many past events to me.  It seems that this Edwin VanCleef and a group of other stonemasons were hired to rebuild Stormwind at the end of the Second War. It took less than ten years but once the work was done, the House of Nobles refused to pay them.  Edwin and his group vowed to make the House of Nobles pay in some way and formed what became known as the Defias Brotherhood.  They turned to robbery and murder in order to strike back for the wrongs that were done them.  Their headquarters was located in an old mine.  News of that fact reached a band of adventurers who went in there and brought VanCleef to heel and they returned to Marshall Stoutmantle with VanCleef’s head. 

All that happened about 10 or so years ago.  Apparently VanCleef had a daughter that no one knew of and she saw her father killed in front of her and now she is of age is seeking revenge and has revived the Defias Brotherhood to get back at Stormwind and the ones she holds responsible for having her father killed.   She had been adopted and raised by a couple in Westfall but she never forgot.  The old couple that had been killed had recognized her and she couldn’t risk them telling someone so she had them killed.  It is so sad that an act of treachery so long ago has come full circle once again and the past is repeated.  So many needless deaths …

Anyway, we managed to uncover this brotherhood but Vanessa managed to escape and it is believed that she is using her father’s old hideout.  Marshal Stoutmantle and his advisors are working on a strategy to bring her out but I fear that many will die on both sides in getting this done.  Unfortunately, she is dangerous to all citizens and must be brought to justice.  It is out of my hands now and my role in this done.

I was rewarded handsomely for my efforts and I have commissioned some new armor pieces made (you know how terrible my armor was when I left).   I am spending some time in Stormwind while the armor is being made.  I miss you, my old friend, and wish I could see your smiling face and share a pint with you (by the way, the dwarves make some of the best stout I have come across).  My travels would be so much easier with you by my side but we must each walk our own path and you have chosen yours.  May the Light keep you safe.

Kahdrii
((currently level 26))

Kahdrii's 2nd Letter Home

My dear Yaeras,

I was so happy to read your letter – I was afraid you might not write back.  I know it’s small of me to be happy to hear that Tayonix received a reprimand for his actions.   Just remember that he is not above giving you grief because you are a friend of mine so take care of yourself.

After my letter to you, I left Stormwind for Westfall.  I was looking for some work and the innkeeper said that she had heard the King’s guard was looking for help at Sentinel Hill.  On my way there, I came across a tragedy in that an old couple had been murdered.  A king’s man was there investigating the incident and since he was short handed, he recruited my help.

It was strange because there were lots of refugees nearby but when I questioned them they all swore they saw nothing.  I did manage to get a few to talk to me of what they saw after passing them a few copper, which I could ill afford but anyone who could do such an atrocity needs to be stopped.  The ones who would talk to me blamed the murlocs and gnolls and when I told the King’s man what I found out he didn’t believe it but sent me to check out them out anyway.  After searching the local camps, I came back empty handed and the King’s man sent me to talk to someone named Two-Shoed Lou who apparently keeps low company and if he wouldn’t talk to me I was to say that the King’s man, whose name is apparently Horatio, sent me.  Once I dropped Horatio’s name to Lou I had no more trouble from him and he told me to check out the Jangolode Mine as he had heard there were things going on there.

I snuck in there having to remove a few kobolds that got in my way.  Near the back of the mine I heard voices – a female’s and an ogre.  Now that was what I called suspicious and I crept close enough to hear what they were talking about.  The female was trying to get the ogre to join her in some endeavor but I never heard exactly what it was.  The ogre was finally pressured to join her and they left.  I retreated down the tunnel and barely found a hiding place in time was they left.  The woman was in shadow the entire time so I never got a good look at her.  Once it was safe I left the mine, the few remaining kobolds ran when they saw me so I had a lot less trouble leaving than I did when I entered the mine.

When I returned to Lou he told me that he had heard there were a group of shady looking people meeting not far from there and I should see if I could find out what they were up to.  I left immediately and found them hiding behind the barn.  There were only four of them and the leader of this small group was handing out gold to the other saying it was recompense for what they had done with the Furlbows.  I had found who had killed the old couple but not the person who had sent them to do the deed!  Unfortunately, as they were about to discuss this mysterious person, I was spotted and they came at me.  They were skilled and I was outnumbered but I am no slouch myself in the fighting department.   I charged them with my battle cry and that startled them momentarily (I don’t believe they were expecting me to stay and fight) which allowed me to strike down one of them quickly.  The others then came at me more cautiously but I had hit my stride by then and was not to be stopped.

When I returned to the farm to seek out Lou again, I found instead Horatio bending over the Lou’s body and a new mystery on our hands.  Horatio suggested I head to the keep on Sentinel Hill and tell Marshal Stoutmantle what’s been happening.  I am heading there tomorrow after I get some rest as it’s been a busy few days for me.  I am giving this letter to Horatio to send for me as he’s heading back to Stormwind to report in.   Hopefully in my next letter I can let you know if we discover who is behind all this.

Until I can write to you again, may the Light keep you safe.

Kahdrii

Kahdrii's 1st Letter Home

Okay, I've rolled yet another paladin (I better get one to 85 soon or I'm going to have an entire account of paladins from this challenge). I enjoyed writing the journal for Kari because it seemed to add something extra to my play and made her come more alive to me - which is why her death at 55 hit me hard.

Anyway, here is my first entry for my newest pally - Kahdrii - she will be writing letters home to a very dear friend.
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Yaeras, my dear friend,

It has been many weeks since I left the Exodar so unexpectedly. I’m sorry I haven’t written to you sooner but I thought it might be best if I calmed down some first. I know you are thinking that it was my hot headedness that caused me to leave in the first place and you would be a little bit correct on that point.

You know how I hate being told I am not able to do something, especially when I know full well that I am more than capable of it. When Tayonix laughed at me and told me that I would never be able to make my way from the Exodar and that I would spend the rest of my days in the service of the Hand of Argus, well, you know how that would set me off. The Light only knows how much trouble I am in with the Triumvirate for striking a superior officer like that but he has been on my tail for so many years and I finally snapped. I hope that a healer did not fix his nose properly – my hand still hurts from giving him that blow. Without even a second thought, one of my many shortcomings it seems, I packed and left. I’m sorry I didn’t bid you farewell but I didn’t want anyone to try to stop me. I really believe that my path is to be found out in this new world we find ourselves on.

I spent a couple of days in Darnassus trying to book passage to the Eastern Kingdoms. I felt that the farther away I went to start with the better off I would be. After spending weeks on a ship, we finally docked in Stormwind Harbor. I have currently taken a room at The Gilded Rose if you need, or want, to contact me. If I leave there I will leave forwarding information with the innkeeper. This city is magnificent! There are people from all races here and I am trying to take in as much as I can – there is such life here despite all the tragedy that has happened.

I will write again soon, my dear friend. May the Light keep you safe.

Kahdrii

Karimetra's Run Ends

Karimetra met her demise at level 55 in the Burning Steppes to a wolf and lava.  It was a good run and my personal best as my other pally, Katrii, made it to 44.

I may try this some time later but for now I'm burned out and the thought of even doing those zones again makes me want to bang my head on the desk.

Karimeter Journal Entry #19

Journal Entry #19

I have asked all around Ironforge looking for anyone with knowledge on how to take care of a dragon egg.  I finally found a dwarf who said he had spent time in Twilight Highlands and had dealings with red dragons.  He suggested I keep it very warm and has managed to help me secure a safe place near the center forge for it right now.  He said he would send word to his kinsman back in Twilight Highlands asking for help with the egg.

Many days later he came to me with word that the red dragonflight at the Vermillion Redoubt in Twilight Highlands had heard about my inquiries due to my being in possession of a red dragon egg and they will be sending an envoy to speak to me about it.  This makes me very nervous.  Rhea was my first contact with dragons and while she was nice enough, the fact that Deathwing showed up to deal with her tells me that dealing in the affairs of dragons is dangerous.

When the envoy arrived later that week, it was a very quiet affair.  I don’t know what I was expecting but the handsome human male wasn’t it.  He introduced himself to me as Novrastrasz and had been requested to return with the egg to Vermillion Redoubt where it could be kept safe and upon hatching could be raised by the rest of the flight.  As loathe as I was to let the egg go, I had to be honest with myself that I knew nothing about dragons and might do more harm than good to it.  I reluctantly handed him the egg with tears threatening to overflow my eyes.  He gently placed a hand on my shoulder and told me it was the best thing to do for all involved and that the kindness would not be forgotten by the egg or the dragonflight.  I nodded my understanding, not trusting myself to speak, and watched him as he left.

I know it’s the best thing for the egg and that we will more than likely cross paths  once it has matured – I plan to make sure of that as I will be making a trip to Twilight Highlands sometime in the future and I will make sure our paths cross.  For now I make my way back to Kalimdor to a place called Tanaris as my presence was requested to give them a hand there.

Kari