Journal of the Soaring Tigers

We attracted the king of the scorpions Rogar stayed behind with the [illegible] -veryone ran and we heard the explo-.

We managed to escape them by hiding here, or so we thought. This building had a back entrance and the door did not hold we were careless in thinking it would. This place is older than the 6 of us combined - well 3 of us now - why would it hold? It came in grabbed me and I lost feeling in my legs, Kalem pulled me out of its grip but he was stabbed in the chest by the stinger. It broke off embedded in him and took a part of his leg. Mazim and Kalem managed to kill it before it could call for more.” [illegible for the rest of that page]

We were stupid to get swarmed by the scorpions I wish we never stumbled upon this, the stone shifters - while a pain in the tits - don’t have a signal to call for more. I don’t think there was a lot even made, unless they can reprod [illegible] We’re badly injured. Kalem is dealing with poison in his system. The stinger is still in him, Mazim says removing it would kill him, and he’s missing a leg that we had to cauterize using a heated sword. I can’t feel my legs or anything really from bellybutton down, and it’s hard to breathe too… I might be writing my [illegible] Mazim is going to try and find Rodian tomorrow so he can fix us, or at least try to. He’s a competent healer. It’s fun how Mazim, the weakest person who could barely carry his own weight, is carrying the weight of two people’s lives.

This morning Mazim left to go, but not before making a fire and stacking wood near me so I can feed the fire and both us don’t freeze until he gets back. I didn’t tell him that breathing is getting harder; he has enough to worry about. I saw Kal take his final breathe this morning, with a smile just after he told me he’d carry me back if Rodian couldn’t fix my legs. We’ve been through so mu- [wiped tear marks smudge making the rest illegible] -ope that Mazim will get back soon. I’m starting to see black spots in my vision.