01. Bandits of Trigoat trail

A Ungetum with green skin, flowing black hair and a gnarled wood staff with a purple gem. Has a friendly face and manner but no name was given.

Diary of Lark   8th Unos 1458   My Love, today started as a fairly normal day, was out in Duxton running a couple of errands for Miranda. Part way through the morning when I was walking through The Tangle, I was struck by a strange feeling, time was seeming to speed up and slow down, then repeat itself. I felt inexplicably drawn towards the Tangles Rest, sat at a table with 5 others, a strangely familiar cloaked figure named Cre, a young Peredhel lady named Lia who has some odd magic, an older human lady named Gwen who seems to be some sort of Fate reader, then 2 hard to read individuals a birdkin named Talon and a Dwed named Thranmire.   We were met by a Ungetum who failed to mention his name, he hired us to take one of those Autocarts we occasionally spotted up to Neuvoterre, loaded up with craft supplies for the upcoming Faefest in Neuvoterre, we accepted the job.   The group of us decided to go on a little bit of a supply run getting odds and ends, I bought myself a simple Alabaster mask which took my fancy, I don't know why. Lia reminded me of Glory with the way she looked longingly at a ruby gold bracelet, I couldn't help myself, those sad eyes when she couldn't afford it, I had to buy it for her, I tried to slip it into her pack but she spotted my attempt.   We then went to a blacksmiths where we came across a young birdkin man that Lia knew named Kel, she acquired a dagger that Kel had made and gifted it to her to keep her safe.   Following these escapades we headed towards Neuvoterre, passing you on the way, I couldn't bring myself to visit just yet, I'm sorry.   A couple of hours after this we came across a burgled wagon with 2 dead horses where we were ambushed by 4 ruffians, Cre the odd cloaked figure was muttering to something he called Friend as he was using some sort of magic, Lias magic seems to be linked to her emotions somehow, erupting into a nova of flame with an odd hue. Gwen whilst not the best at physical confrontation seems to have some talent for Arcana, I wonder what else she is holding out on us. Following the deaths of 3 of the bandits and fleeing of the final, we noticed that the crossbows they were using were of the far northern Uloon Dwed, there was also signs of someone being dragged away to the north, the same way the ruffian fled. I'm not sure what happened but Cre seemed to throw a stone towards Lia leading to a blast of magic, I'm not sure what that was but you seemed to register it as a threat or at least a potential hazard. Till next I get a chance to write things down, you will be forever in my thoughts.