BNN: Death, Intrigue, and Mystery Surround the FoA
Jasper McCarrin October 1, 1998
I sit at home. At my writing desk. Empty ale bottles at my feet. Collected writings scattered throughout the room. I will regret that later. But for now, I wish only to numb the feelings coursing through my head. I have learned the meaning of despair.
Not for myself. Oh no. For my dear friend, Julia. And for two men I barely knew, but had spoken to oh so recently. Branson One-Thumb... the image of blood trickling across his lips as his eyes slowly glazed over is etched forever in my head. Sir Duquelle... I can only pretend to know what he must have gone through. Dragged from the castle. Did he go willingly? Unsuspecting? Trusting? Or was he threatened and cajoled until he realized the choice was not his? Murdered. His dead body hacked apart and left on display. Almost as if they wished it to be... **pause**
As if they wished his remains to be found. Hmmm...
Infinite methods of disposing of someone must be possible. A truer course would seem to have been to leave Sir Duquelle helpless at the bottom of a dungeon. He would never have escaped alive. There would have been no reason to suspect the FOA. I can think of nothing to be gained by leaving his mutilated corpse at one of their hideouts. What possible reason would there be for that? Did they want us to find Sir Duquelle's remains? And, more importantly, why? **shiver**
And Julia. As kind and generous a person as ye will ever meet. She possesses a heart as big as all Britannia, and she would give to any who need. Whether asked or not. The idea of destroying anything or anyone would have no place with Julia. Sir Geoffrey may be one of the bravest men in the realm, but he is a fool if he thinks Julia involved with the Followers of Armageddon. It sickens me to even think her name associated with the wretched miscreants who so routinely commit such vile acts of depravity. If those like Julia were truly a part of the FOA, the name would have been changed to the Followers of Altruism rather than of Armageddon.
Resolved to finding a way to help Julia, my thoughts drift to rumors I've heard of late. Rumors that GThunk the troll has been seen not far from Vesper. I remember my first encounter with he and his brother, GSplat. They were attacking Vesper in hopes of capturing the lands north of here. I'll never forget my surprise at actually hearing a troll speak. I had the... fortune?... to be face to face with both of them at one point during the attack. Despite my terror and the danger of my situation, the one thought I could not escape at the time was that someone needs to teach these two creatures some basic grammar. I did manage to escape harm, though. Since that time, I know that GSplat has been killed. I wonder what GThunk is after? I wonder if he can conjugate yet?
My head is pounding. Time for more ale...