After purchasing a brand new journal to write in, as well as a fresh ink and quill. Snowdrop starts to write the story of her first foray into the snowy wilderness.

"I was part of a party tasked with escorting a mage into the wilderness to shut down a pool of corruption. Apparently these things are common in this part of this world but no one knows much about it."

So we trekked out into the ice and snow. I have to admit, even though its very cold, the place does have a beauty all of its own. I think we were only a hour out from Frosthaven when we detected magic coming over the hill in front of us Upon cresting the top of the hill, we saw a pool of purple swirling miasma below it accompanied by flashes of light. It felt .... wrong and looked foreboding.

Our wizard type had a scroll, given to him by the Archmagus that could shut this pool of corruption down. But as we approached a giant four armed goliath rose out of the pool and attacked us.

It looks bad for a bit but with arrow fire, magic missiles, a Ray of Enfeeblement and one lucky bullet, we brought the beast down. It's weapons were covered in some sort of corrupting miasma so we wrapped them up carefully for transport. Meanwhile the mage used the scroll and to our surprise, the scroll expanded, and basically absorbed the pool and the goliath's body, leaving nothing, effectively containing the miasma.

So, with the job done, we returned to Frosthaven where a reward awaited us. I later discovered that my companions were named Jaeson (the mage), Pirith (hunter/scout), Ilyra (archer), and Yasmine (another mage),

This mission saw me with Torvak (a dwarf that keeps calling me 'Tiny'), Khale (barbarian), and Lars (gunslinger), going out into the Frozen Wastes to find and escort in, an overdue caravan. We found the caravan under attack by goblins (green ones, not the blue snow goblins I was expecting), so proceeded to dispatch them as quickly and efficiently as possible.

As luck would have it, the first three went down quickly but the Gods must have decided to have some fun as the last one took a ... rather unexpectant long time to go down. But down it finally went. We then cured ourselves up and helped the wagon get to Frosthaven with no further incident.

After talking with Jaeson about the Geothermal Train that goes between Frosthaven and Ironhearth, I decided to check it out. At the station, I discovered that the station was still being built and tracks were still being laid from both ends to meet in the middle. I also discovered that the workers had seen large creatures with red glowing eyes down the tunnel.

So Jaeson, Ilyra and I went to investigate. After a while going down the tunnel, following the tracks, we encountered two large rats. A fierce battle ensured with the rats burrowing and dragging us down their holes. For a while, it looked really bad for Jaeson and myself but teamwork saved the day and we ended up dragging the two rat corpses back for a reward.

The foreman also said that they should have the network up and running in a few months. I can hardly wait to ride it.