So much has happened since the last time I wrote. Continued studies of the world and training as taken so much of my time I find it rare that I have a chance to sit and expel my thoughts and life to my journal. Things have changed indeed.

I find myself after all this time at a crossroad. I have left my friends in the RoK trying to find where I truly belong. I did not state too much when I left, After all it’s hard to explain why I felt the need to move on. It’s no one’s fault. I wrestled with my emotions long and hard before coming to the decision. I took with me nothing. I leave the secrets of the RoK with them and swore to JKD that I will not divulge them to any one else. That would not be fair to them. Where to go from here? I have some idea of what I want but I do need some time to examine my place before I make a move.

Drake has been absent from the land for some time now. He chose to move on and seek his fortune elsewhere. I do wish he would return and the opportunity to do so is still there for him. We still write and stay in touch but the distance between us draws further and further as time goes on.

My roots are deeply set in the soils of Valorn. I will not be leaving this land anytime soon. I have spent so much time away from my beloved Dundee and the inn that I long to return and just sit for a while.

Resting outside the walls of Fartown has been difficult these days. The activity around the once secluded city has increased greatly over the years. I see so many come and go that it has the feel of Milltown anymore. From the town I can see the mountains to the north that hold so many secrets. Through the Verthedge forest to the dark lands across the bridge, to the fortress that holds the mysteries of the great Iron Knights and beyond the great doors of Altitan where the giants continue their separation from us. What lies in those areas is still a mystery to me and my inspiration to continue my studies.