While it isn't immediately clear what gods brought us all together this day, it is clear that our meeting bodes well for the coming mission ... and hopefully beyond.

I've just started this adventure, and I think it prudent to document what I can. You never know when this information will prove useful ... or at least entertaining ... in the future.

I've spent all but a few years of my life at the druidic monastery at the Ka'Sumar Oasis. Our purpose is to purify the water that the Oasis provides for travelers and the surrounding nomads as they make their way through the Calim Desert. I've led a fairly sheltered life, but I've never missed a chance to listen to the travelers as they sit around their camp fires telling stories of their travels. My sheltered existence, however, was about to come to an end.

Four days past while going about my duties, I was summoned to the Elder's Council. I was honored with a Great and Important Mission. By whatever means necessary, I am to find and subdue Belak the Outcast who is thought to be making trouble in southern Tethyr near a little town called Oakhurst.

The Elven ranger who brought the original message from the Archdruid's Circle of Eight in Mosstone accompanies me. Her name is Ariana. I hear the whispers by the other people in this caravan. They think she's less than attractive, but I'm sure that has everything to do with her hatred of the desert and the hard set that her face has maintained while we trek through the sands. I am sure that once we near her beloved forest, her features will soften revealing a whole other person.

And now, it seems more adventurers will join our cause...

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