Two months since the Festival of the Portly and my opportunity has finally arrived! King Jerwin the Rotund and Queen Wendolin are visiting the next kingdom to work out a trade deal, or some such. The important thing is, he’s taking his mage with him. Two weeks I’ll have the study in the mage’s tower to myself.

 

(Lacha 2nd, 9th year of King Jerwin the Rotund’s reign)

     Found the secret room behind the bookcase. No switch, no lever, just had to push the case forward. I don’t think this was supposed to be a secret room so much as someone put a bookcase in front of the doorway and forgot that there was a room there. Not much more than a closet, but there’s a lot of books and scrolls here. Time to do some digging!

     After hours of rummaging and reading, I stumbled across a few scrolls written in a different script. The writing is also more faded and the vellum more worn and cracked than the others. Don’t think they’re from this kingdom. In fact, I haven’t seen this script anywhere I’ve been in this kingdom or any other I’ve been to since coming here! The scrolls seem much older and the writing is a much different style than anything else here. It is familiar though…

    THE MYTH WOOD! That’s where I’ve seen it before! The book that I touched just before waking up here! The scroll that the mage here was reading had the same script! Now at least I know I’m on the right path! Now to learn how to navigate it!

 

(Lacha 10th)

     If I’m reading this right, and I’m not sure I am, this scroll describes the mechanics of ley line travel! It’s a matter of knowing where natural lines of power are and when they’re active. Not just the where and when are important, but where on the ley line you start from and the direction of travel as well as the speed make a difference as to where and when you travel to! Not just different places, but different times! This is going to take a lot more study to understand much less try this kind of travel! 

     This other scroll describes a means of seeing into another’s mind or through another’s mind…not sure, script is more faded, words and letters missing. This looks like the word for “switch.” Seems like a page or two may be missing in the middle. Have to find those. Have to make sure the mage doesn’t get his hands on these. That idiot could do some real damage and not even realize it! Going to gather all the old scrolls and take them somewhere safe. Need time to figure this out, and the King and his retinue will return the day after tomorrow. Much to do…