The meaning of an arrow

Dear diary,
 
These days have been a complete chaos. We barely got time to rest and there was a lot going on. I learned a lot about a lot of things. I am happy with how everything turned out but I still feel a bit sad. After all, we lost other lives....again.
Everything started after fighting the no life-no death people. We had a few hours of rest but no peace lasts too long. While we were in our rooms, a black ghost made of fog came and marked one of our crewmen, Marc. I don't really understand how these magic things work but apparently the ghost linked Marc's life to it. And now , The Lich was able to track us down and come and do bum bum.
 
So we had to act very fast and take a decision otherwise we would put in danger everyone's life. Xebec and Dillen called us in the captain's room and we started debating. Dillen suggested we should kill Marc. I was a bit shocked to be honest. I did not expect someone on this boat to wish the death of somebody else, even in this situation. Of course, I did not agree with this....how could I? I wanted to keep my promise to the crew but Marc is also part of the crew. I can't leave someone behind just because he was the unlucky one that day. I've seen death before and I brought death to many people before...but I will not do it, not unless there is still another option left. Eve couldn't agree more. She was even more against the idea than I was. I was pretty sure she was ready to punch Dillen.
 
And she wasn't the only one in the room. Xebec was also not very happy because Dillen suggested that the crew should make this decision. And to be fair dear diary, I do not like Dillen either. I mean he means the best for his people, but you can't do that by killing them. Anyways, we continued the talk. In the end, Dillen said he would give us 30 min to find an answer or he will organize the vote. Xebec immediately got mad and asked Dillen since when is he the captain here to take these decisions. Then, both of them left angrily in a different direction. I swear Dillen loves being hated by everyone.
 
We asked Eve to go try find some magic man drawings to hide Marc. And then we tried to do something else in the meantime, because we didn't have nearly as much time as we needed. So here we were, us and poor Marc. He was frightened by everything, including us. While we were trying to help, Heron started to act very weird. I thought he just has something on his mind, but while Bart and Pullius were trying to talk with Marc, Heron suddenly started to run towards him. The poor Marc ran from Heron, and I tried to stop our dear friend from whatever he was doing. But Pullius demon boy was faster than me and he punched Heron in the face although it seemed like he didn't want to. Of course it wasn't enough to stop Heron, but it gave me some time to hit Heron in the head and put him to sleep. Pullius demon boy was also surprised by the punch he made, so I assumed it's his demon friend I need to thank for stopping Heron.
In the time we had left we have tried to do something about Marc. But it was all in vain Again, I do not understand magic man talk, but it seems that our Ionolian magic man reached the Lich not the ghost.
 
Not long after, Xebec and Dillen came and asked us what we had done. I have never felt more useless and embarrassed than now. I wanted to say that "We had done nothing" but I felt like I would just upset everyone more. We were supposed to protect this people...and what we did was to play around like fools, punch each other in the face. And to make the things even better, Heron woke up and came naked near us. I felt helpless for a second but I had to move on, there was nothing that would give us the time back, but there was still something we could do to save Marc. It had to be.
 
Seeing all this, Dillen and Xebec started to prepare for the vote. We explained our options to the crew. There were 4 of them:
1. We all stay and fight whatever is coming for us
2. We kill Marc and move on
3. We go on a separate boat and we do the runes there
4. We offer Marc an experience that was worse than death.( I really don't want to know what was in Heron's mind)
 
The first one to vote was Bart. He made his vote public so the crew can see that we are ready to fight whatever is coming. I thought it was a bright idea so I did the same. In the end, it has been decided that we will fight, and everyone seemed already determined until...Gerki decided it is time to shoot an arrow at Marc. Gerki started talking and he said that he doesn't want to die here, and that the we should redo the votes because the crew didn't know what they were voting.
 
Of course, the second time, the crew voted for 2. That's when Dillen ordered Gerki to shoot a second arrow at Marc to kill him. Thank God I saw it coming because I managed to protect Marc. But it was enough for Xebec to consider this treason and that Gerki and Dillen stepped over his word. So Xebec drew his sword at Dillen. In the moment, the crew broke in two: Drenizek with the Fastodans on Xebec's side and the Alomirese on Dillen's side. I can imagine, being betrayed by your own people it's painful and although he didn't show it, Xebec was probably very hurt by it. Then, Dillen and Xebec clashed swords and they started to fight. As much as I would have enjoyed to not see Dillen anymore, there was not the time or the moment for this. There was a Lich coming for us. So I jumped in between their swords and stopped them, then Nixie joined as well. Together, we tried to talk some sense into both of them. It seemed like it was working for a second and they have calmed down.
 
Of course, no peace lasts too long. Dillen kept insisting on killing Marc, and we were still defending him when Pullius demon boy tried to talk his mind as we all did. But somehow he managed to make Dillen angrier than before. BOO-HOO the biggest baby got upset and started screaming. To his OWN surprise, when Dillen tried to attack him, Pullius demon boy, attacked back with an energy ball. I couldn't let Dillen get hurt, after all he is STILL part of the crew, so I took the shot for him. It seems Pullius's demon friend is smarter than Pullius himself. I'm sorry, dear diary, I shouldn't speak bad of anyone...not of Dillen or Pullius demon boy. After all, we are here together and we have to survive.
 
I think now, i have to explain why i dislike Dillen. After all, he is trying to save us all. Well you see, dear diary, a day after this, I asked him why he is here. And he said it was because he wanted to play game and see how it turns out. I like his motivation. I find it very daring. However, this game he plays has hurt people. He treated Marc like it was no better than a fish that we were supposed to eat for dinner to feed our hunger. He made Xebec feel the pain of the betrayal from his first crewmate and the rest of the people he cared about. And all of this ,in a moment when we needed to be together. And I do not blame him for what happened. He acted the best he could to protect as many people as possible. But in times like this, the methods matter as much as the purpose. I will not fight for life with death.
 
No point in saying that after this confusion, everybody on the ship panicked and there started to run around the ship and jump in the water. They were not listening to us anymore. After all of this, Xebec still stepped in, cut the sheets that we used for sailing and said no one is leaving here so we should prepare to fight. Then Eve took over trying to motivate the crew even more. I don't know about the others but they gave me back a bit of courage. Hearing them talk made me realize how important the lives of each on of us was, and that we had to protect them. Now, I was ready to fight for it...for our life.

While they were preparing, I went searching for Bart, as he was gone for some time. I found him in our room, near the Black Sylph, who was hurting really bad. It broke my heart to see her like that. Again, I couldn't do much. I tried to make her feel a bit better and ask her to fight. Not with us, but with the pain she is enduring. I knew the only way to make her hurt less is to solve what we have to do. Bart was also awfully quiet. I thought there was something bothering him, but he said it is nothing. I was worried for both of them. I wanted to talk with them more, but for now, we had to be strong. All of us. So Bart and me went ahead on the deck. Everyone there was preparing.
 
That's when Gerki told us it is coming: A purple stone from which a huge ghost appeared. Then, dozens of ghosts surrounded the ship. And so the fight began. The crew was trying to save their life from the smaller ghosts. While the rest of us were trying to defend the big ghost and the stone. Nixie helped us with a very stormy wheather that was enough to do a lot of bum bum. While Eve and Bart were trying their best to help the crew members and Pullius demon boy was destroying small ghosts. The big ghost was extremely powerful. One small mistake and she could have killed all of us. It almost killed Nixie, Pullius demon boy, and other members of the crew. But Xebec jumped in, he took an amulet and hit the ugly creature. He seemed very motivated to kill this thing, and to fight. He even called the big ghost to fight him. Heron and me joined him. First Heron attacked, and then me and Xebec jumped over him and attacked the stone. I hit with my first sword but when my second sword touched the stone, I felt something very weird and I was thrown back. Xebec noticed and instead of attacking, he saved me. If it wasn't for him, I would have probably died soon. In the meantime, Drenizek, who I like and respect a lot, jumped on the stone. Xebec threw his net over the stone, and together with Heron ,they started to push down the stone. While they were doing that I climbed on the stick that catches the wind. Then, we all climbed on the net, and started hitting the stone. After some time, it finally broke and we were all thrown away by a huge booom.
 
The fight was over but there was no time for joy. We have lost yet another 4 of the bravest men we know. And the situation was still unsolved. I do not know what will happen now, but I have to try harder to keep my promise for the party and the crew. The mistakes we did today, we need to fix them fast or they will be the doom for all of us. The chaos that was today cannot happen again.
 
May the Almighty help us all.