I got to work refining Astrie today. I am trying to make it better able to mimic the effects of spells instead of strengthening magic. That is something it is capable of, just not very well. The best I managed to do today was make it explode, which Mest tells me is usually the first thing more magically inclined races manage to do with magic.

We received a letter from Par today. He says that everything is going well, fortifications and supply lines are done being set up and all enemy supply lines to the city have been cut off. He is starving them out. A couple assassins have been dispatched to kill off any mages that know how to make food, though they have been limited in success. After the first two, their leaders wised up and kept the mages under armed guard. Most of the assassins managed to retreat but a couple failed and were captured or killed, though not without doing as much damage as possible, as per Par’s instruction. They are currently undergoing hostage negotiations, though the assassins were disposable to begin with so it likely won’t go anywhere.

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It seems like my armor paid off in a small way, allowing goblins with minimal training to take out a couple key targets. I bet Par is planning on utilizing one of his more skilled assassins, or he already has. The letter did say that the information wasn’t current, so that in the case that it was intercepted nothing important would be revealed.

I also got a letter from Talus this time. It was short and sweet, talking about how it’s only been a couple days and she already misses me. Reading over it made me smile. She also talked about what the last couple days were like. She was a bit nervous being around so many goblins, kobolds, hobgoblins, and the like, apparently she was always taught that they were dangerous and shouldn’t be trusted growing up, which explains why she would always avoid going into Par’s village if she could help it. Of course, her fears were unfounded and she was welcomed with open arms, they didn’t expect her to do much grunt work, but she did anyway. She also commented on how loyal everyone seems to be to Par and myself.

Other than that not much happened. It was a little amusing when another messenger came by carrying the exact same letters, though the messenger seemed relieved when I said we already received them. I guess Par sent out two messengers to be sure that we got the news.

Anyway, Good Night Diary