Dungeon Siege III Odo's Journal, Entry 1
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Rukkenvahl Forest - 10th Day of Dusken-fall, 1265
I write these words by the light of the moon, as I listen for the baying of hounds.
For five days, I've hidden in these woods, taking a long and circuitous path toward the Montbarron Estate. My pursuers are never far behind. It seems like a dozen times I've thrown their mastiffs off my trail, but somehow, they always find me again.
They know that I am the last of the Legion. From the rumors that I heard in Raven's Rill, all my comrades are dead - slaughtered by Jeyne Kassynder in the Mournweald. If they bring my head to Jeyne Kassynder, she'll drown them in glory and gold.
But they'll be sorely disappointed. I know these woods better than they do, and I can still reach the Montbarron Estate ahead of Jeyne, if I travel through the night. I made a promise to the Grand Master that I'd bring his wife and infant son to safety, and that promise, at least, I intend to keep. After that... our lives will depend upon what friends we have left.
When I stopped in Raven's Rill, I spoke to old Teodor Bassili. The boyar is hardly the man he once was, and he cannot walk unaided - gout, he tells me. Probably the work of a Lescanzi curse, from the days when we fought the Nine Crones. I suspect that the cause is more mundane, but he remains a good friend, and he assured me that his people are still loyal to the Legion, even now. I asked him to send word to his son, Lazar, and to certain woodsmen of the Rill whom I trust. I'll need their help at the estate. I can only hope that the younger Bassili is as loyal as his father and will not betray me to Jeyne...
