Perrotte's Journal [NON CANON]

November 18th,

Never thought I’d start keeping a journal again. But something inside me keeps telling me that this new stretch of my life might be worth documenting. Let my name be known as Perrotte Keeneye to any that might read this after I move onto the next plane. In my recent travels I've found myself at the castle Targanok. Despite its recent fire in the reception hall it’s a nice place… if you can get past the lingering smell of smoke. It;s small, more of a large fortress than a proper castle, a lot like the current lady who has inherited it. 

It was just two days ago that the group I'm traveling with helped the young lady of Targanok take control of the castle and surrounding countryside from the rule of her tyrannical mother. I shouldn’t have gotten myself involved but something, well, everything about her and her situation brought back memories of things that I've buried long ago. Things I've tried to move past. Maybe they’ll follow me forever. Which is why I’m still here in the castle right now, even though reason would state that I would be wise indeed to push on as soon as I can.

Instead, I’ve spent the better part of the night and the next day helping Lady Freye set up a functioning system of government. One that will support her and educate her until she’s old enough to have moved past the hurt and learned how to fulfill the promises she’s made to her people. As much as the current standing ruler of the country will let her anyhow…

 I fear I might have gotten myself in another dangerous game… I wonder why I’m truly risking this much on a child I came across by chance? Was it really an act of heroism? That’s what the people of this lordship are calling us: heroes, adventurers. I don’t feel like one. I’m just being selfish as always. Having a foothold in a remote country and a stable place to take shelter might come in handy one day. In any case, I’ll be leaving here once I’m satisfied that it won’t all immediately fall apart. I have some leads on the coast that are worth investigating. Things are starting to turn in the world…. I hope Lady Freye will be alright through all this. For my own sake.