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[Max of Vesper]

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“It’s time to start a journal,” Max thought to himself.

For days now he had been spending most of his time in bed. It was not that he was completely unable to go out, but he thought it better to conserve his strength for more necessary affairs such as the failed attempt to summon Vaen from the Abyss.

On top of battling this plague that had struck Vesper, Max had the death of his good friend Vaen Swiftar to deal with which taxed his resolve even more. News of Vaen’s death was hard enough at the Northern Alliance meeting last week, but the failed attempt at summoning him back was almost too much to bear. Hope had failed in that situation, and now Max feared his hope was going to fail him again with regard to the plague.

With all that was going on Max decided it best to start a journal in the event he did not survive this sickness. He wanted to somehow leave his mark on the world, wanted something for people to remember him by.

Setting pen to paper he began writing.

Entry number 1.
Each day is darker than the last. Vaen is gone, and my strength wanes quickly. What else is going on I know not as my ability to gather news is greatly limited. I have taken to paying a gypsy boy to go into Vesper and report back to me with what news he can find. I have to laugh as the boy is too afraid of me to come very close. I suppose I do not blame him with these damn bleeding lesions all over my face and hands. I can cover up most, but they are very obvious. I throw the boy a few gold coins from my bedroom window and he shouts the news up to me from outside. He took some convincing, but when I explained to him the sickness was in the water he showed less fear. He is a brave boy, and it is an arrangement that works for now and allows me to save what strength I have for when I might really need it.

It would seem, from what the boy tells me, that people are looking for answers. This Porthos I have heard of…hopefully he is searching for this criminal for answers. I just wish I had the strength to meet this Darken Ruel myself! I have a message I would like to deliver via the tip of my katana to him!

This gypsy boy is also kind enough to check on my brother, Nicodemus, occasionally. It would seem Nico is not in as poor a condition as I am, but he may very well be in time. I fear for his health. The rest of the League has been busy searching for answers, and I miss my friends.

There has been little news of the Legion, but that is to be expected with Vaen’s death. I hope they are well. I really should send a letter to Leshok, but I am sure he has much to deal with. I will give him more time.

Rereading what I have written has me thinking that I am in a black mood! I expect, one way or another, that will change in the near future. This thing has to end somehow. Naturally I would prefer a cure over my death, but time will tell.
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-Max of Vesper, Super Pally Perma NoOb.