Sasha is in pieces today. She accepted the offer of help from Sandrhir, a Red Wizard, to invade the mind of a hin called Hlaine who was accused of stealing from the Alliance. She asked the wrong question, though, and caused severe embarrassment to Hlaine. She is taking the mistake harder than she ought, though, and doubts herself all the more after inadvertantly setting Ferret on me. Still, she and I have big plans for a meeting of the leaders of the isle, and work on that distracts her from her doubts.

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Today, we saved Ferret, but not until after he'd attacked us at the gates. I sent him with Arlan - who knew him before - to Soulhaven in the hope that Arlan could talk some sense into him. Well, some time later, Arlan came to the shrine carrying Ferret's body... He told us that he had driven an evil spirit out of Ferret's body, but that the body was fading without it. Sasha, Arlan and I tried a few things, but none helped... until I turned to my blood magic. I had hoped never to draw on it again, but through it I was able to locate Ferret's true soul, trapped under Cordor by Black and the Sanctuary.

I sent Arlan to get Ferret's soul from Black and set myself to trying to keep Ferret's body in the land of the living. I was close to losing him when Arlan returned with Katar and a giant altar which bound Ferret's soul... or possibly that and other spirits. Destroying the altar in his presence returned some measure of Ferret's self to him. However, when Ferret came to himself after some rest and remembered what he had done, he fled, faster than any of us could follow him. I hope he finds his way back to us in time.

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Lily is here, but resists all attempts to see me. One of the friends she has found is Eden, a sweet girl with her own family problems. She and I are fast becoming friends, and she engineered a meeting between me and Lily. It did not go well. How can I have failed so badly as a mother to her? I cannot reach her.

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The days leading up to our planned meeting were unnaturally gloomy, a dense mist shrouding much of the isle, and undead everywhere. I will not write of the horrors that visited us, only pause to note the valour of Arlan, Maar and the others in keeping them from our gates.

After days of simply fighting to hold our line, we broke the shackles long enough to send a strikeforce to Minmir, where scouts reported the densest mass. Allies from Cordor and Light Keep fought there alongside our forces, and eventually won a great if costly victory.

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Sasha and I held our big meeting today. It was well-attended, with leaders from all over the isle. One important decision from the discussions is that we are going to reform the Earthkin Alliance, which fell apart in Sadamara's time.

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