An American in Istaria's Empire

[flamestar]

Day 1

So you've all heard those stories, right? The ones where people suddenly wake up in another place, or even another time. Yeah, never thought it would happen to me. But guess what? It did. And now...

Well, I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Janne Doe. Yes, that's my actual name. My parents weren't too good with names, but that's not important. I don't know if anyone will actually read this, but the writing helps. Not sure how long my cell battery will last though, but maybe I can find some way to recharge it later. Heck, I don't even know how I'm getting any cell service out here to post this with! Magic, I guess. Anyway, where to begin...

I guess it all started when I got the brilliant idea to go treasure hunting--on a boat--in the Bermuda Triangle. Genius, right? As luck would have it, I got sucked into a whirlpool. I thought I was a goner, but instead I wake up in front of this giant glowing crystal suspended by lightning bolts inside a marble... I want to say gazebo, but that doesn't seem quite right. For one thing, it doesn't have a roof. There's also somebody standing underneath that crystal. "Welcome Gifted!" he calls. No idea what that means, but I'll find out soon enough.

Now, I know what the saying these days is. "Pics or it didn't happen", right? Luckily, my phone's camera still seems to be working. Let's see if I can get it to upload...



There we go. And in case you were wondering, here's a selfie of me:



And no, those aren't my clothes. I woke up in those, along with a backpack, and nothing else. No ID, no wallet, no money, no car keys, no boat keys, and no first aid kit. Nothing but my cell phone. I have no idea how that stayed around while I lost everything else. Oh, and most of the apps on my phone got wiped. All that seems to be working is this internet signal and the camera. I can't even call anybody. So maybe this blog will reach somebody back home, maybe not. But I hope so. I'll keep posting updates and photos when I can just in case. But for now, I'm gonna see what that guy knows about where I am...

[Pryzm]

Journal Entry

The day started off pretty normal. I decided to spread my wings and take a look after Karane. Maybe even bring her some fresh deer. She`s not getting younger. She almost treats me as a student meanwhile. But i know to become her student and in the end the next Historian it takes alot more than just being nice to her. Anyway, as i entered her lair she beckoned me to come closer. She gave me a strange looking book. I`ve never seen it before. It looks completely new. As i looked up Karane was about to sink into her researches again. I didn`t want to bother her so i opened the book. It was almost completely empty... Only the first page was full. I started reading...

Day 1

So you've all heard those stories, right? The ones where people suddenly wake up in another place, or even another time. Yeah, never thought it would happen to me. But guess what? It did. And now...

Well, I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Janne Doe. Yes, that's my actual name. My parents weren't too good with names, but that's not important. I don't know if anyone will actually read this, but the writing helps. Not sure how long my cell battery will last though, but maybe I can find some way to recharge it later. Heck, I don't even know how I'm getting any cell service out here to post this with! Magic, I guess. Anyway, where to begin...

I guess it all started when I got the brilliant idea to go treasure hunting--on a boat--in the Bermuda Triangle. Genius, right? As luck would have it, I got sucked into a whirlpool. I thought I was a goner, but instead I wake up in front of this giant glowing crystal suspended by lightning bolts inside a marble... I want to say gazebo, but that doesn't seem quite right. For one thing, it doesn't have a roof. There's also somebody standing underneath that crystal. "Welcome Gifted!" he calls. No idea what that means, but I'll find out soon enough.

Now, I know what the saying these days is. "Pics or it didn't happen", right? Luckily, my phone's camera still seems to be working. Let's see if I can get it to upload...



There we go. And in case you were wondering, here's a selfie of me:



And no, those aren't my clothes. I woke up in those, along with a backpack, and nothing else. No ID, no wallet, no money, no car keys, no boat keys, and no first aid kit. Nothing but my cell phone. I have no idea how that stayed around while I lost everything else. Oh, and most of the apps on my phone got wiped. All that seems to be working is this internet signal and the camera. I can't even call anybody. So maybe this blog will reach somebody back home, maybe not. But I hope so. I'll keep posting updates and photos when I can just in case. But for now, I'm gonna see what that guy knows about where I am...

It looks like a kind of diary/ journal.
Strange words i`ve never heared before... What is a cell battery? Or a internet signal? I asked Karane who wrote the book. She said:" Nobody. I know every single book here in this lair. This wasn`t here before. I would have recognized it if someone snuck into my lair and put it in here. No... it was just there. Keep an eye on it for me would ya?"
Sure i will! This book caught my interest. I will look after it and see if something changes! Maybe i will even find out who this Janne Doe is...

[Pryzm]

Sorry for jumping in like this but i like RP like this XD. I can`t wait to see how your first sighting of a dragon turns out hehe.

[flamestar]

Lol no worries. I was hoping somebody would.

[Tilithia]

Pretty exciting

[flamestar]

Still Day 1:

I... wow. Just--wow! Ok, deep breaths... So... Apparently, I’m dead. Or rather, “immortal” as this guy, Ryson Stormbringer tells me. I died an untimely death--probably drowned--and now I’m in a land called Istaria, and if that wasn’t crazy enough, these guys seem to have an undead problem. No not like me, the other kind of undead. You know, horror movie stuff like zombies and skeletons and all that. This place is a special training island for the newly... reborn Gifted. Oh, and this building isn’t a roofless gazebo after all. It’s a temple to their goddess Istara. Huh... I wonder if they named the country after her?

Where was I? Oh yeah. According to Ryson, who is also one of these immortal “Gifted”--except he no longer has a body--how does that even work?!--their top mages performed a spell to try and stop this horde of undead, Blight, I think he called them? Withered Aegis? Sorry, I’m just still wrapping my head around this... He talked about a lot, mostly about how he ended up as some sort of ghost... spirit... thing inside this temple on this island... It was a crazy story about this last stand battle and him charging into the heart of the enemy army with what amounted to a small nuke and blowing it up at point blank range right in the bad guy leader’s face! Guy sure had guts, Gifted or not!

Here's a picture of the guy before I forget. He's standing in this beam of light right underneath that giant suspended crystal. Can he even leave that spot, what with him not having a body anymore? Might be rude to ask...



Anyway, the spell didn’t do what they wanted, but it did something. And that something was turning some of the population into immortal demigods. Looks like I’m now one of them. I’m still kinda too shell shocked to try explaining that I’m not an Istarian... I doubt he’d understand me anyway. Wait--he mentioned Living Races... What did he mean by that? Humans and... Dragons?! And what the heck is a Fiend? I--maybe I heard him wrong... Ow... This is... this is too much to take in right now. Ok... so those two people behind him are trainers, huh? Adventuring and Crafting. Got it.

Well, the sun’s going down, and my brain is too full to absorb all of this right now... This seems a safe enough place to rest for the night. I’ll sleep on it... figure things out tomorrow... Maybe when I wake up this will all have been a weird dream... Heh... I wonder what my readers will think of this crazy trip? If I even have readers...

Signing out for the night,

-- Janne Doe

[Pryzm]

Journal Entry 2

Wow! It just happened! I was hanging over the book and got a little bored of waiting. Sooo... i sat onto the book like it was my hoard just for fun. Ya know... since i don`t have any hoard yet it kinda felt good. What? I´m just a hatchling don`t judge me! It is true. From my first entry one could think i`m a grown adult or even ancient. Well i am older than a hatchling should be... Exact 754 days to be honest. I gathered quite some life experience wich makes me look grown up in mind :P. I`m still a hatchling for a reason.

My parents were killed when i was a egg. The undead took my egg towards the dead pool. Who knows what they were planning... Unfortulally for them they crossed Karane. She slaught them and took my egg under her wing. Since then i`m helping her and i hope to become her student... and one day the next Historian! I`m working hard on her lair, keep it clean and learn everything about Istarias history i can. Everything a Lore-Keeper should know. Still she seems not really interested into taking me as a student... I haven`t bothered with taking on my own adventures since i want to reach this goal!

Oh i digress! Where were i? Yes the book! I was sitting on it for the... hoard feeling. Suddenly my butt started glowing. No not my butt as i thought. I jumped off with a shriek just to see the glow on the book fade. Eager to know what happened i opened it. The second page was full! So there IS someone out there filling this book! Janne Doe exists. But why and how she`s writing into this book without beeing here is beyond my understanding. Istaria has quite a big range of magic.

If this is true what Janne is writing here she must be comming from a world beyond our known realms. This is pretty exciting. I haven`t heared of any cases like this one yet. She died in her world and was reborn as a Gifted in ours. Hm... I need to find out where she is and ask her about it. Sounds like her world was only full of humans. How boring... I can`t imagine a world domesticated by a non-dragon race. I`m curious how her first meeting with a full grown dragon will be like. Dragons these days are mostly friendly to nakas but i bet for someone who doesn`t know we seem like beasts looking for a snack. I suddenly come to think of a Gnome...
Anyway... i think of following her trail. Maybe meet her but for that i`d have to leave Karane for now... The biggest distance i went on my own is fom Karanes lair to my own little "lair". It`s more like a hole in the mountainside. There are no real dangers on this way. Not like the nasty spiders patrolling on the road to Chiconis... First of all i would have to go to Skalkaar and learn the basics of crafting and fighting. Karane tought me nothing of this because she wanted me to go to Skalkaar for that and start my own adventure. This could be my chance but how will i be able to become her student then?

My interest into Janne Doe is bigger than the urge to stay at the moment. I will ask Karane to leave her for a while and go to Skalkaar. After i´m done there i will seek out this Ryson Stormbringer...