Journal entry by Arnthé Aparain

I have just returned to the inn after a long afternoon of investigation. Truth be told, it wasn’t that productive, but at least I got to know my fellow adventurers a bit better. Well… some of them anyway. We split up into two groups right away. My group was a strange mix of races and personalities ranging from an independent Shifter to a thoughtful Halfling.
We had an interesting day, we met a lot of different people. The refugee camp was really in a bad state. The wounded were kept in a very smoky room and seemed to receive little consideration from the other refugees. The survivors we talked to had very little information to give. I think that the ones who fought the orcs are likely to be dead now. The only valuable piece of information came from a drunk refugee, dressed in clothes that are a lot newer than those of the other refugees and I’m convinced he stole the bottle he was drinking from, who told us that the orcs have not yet attacked in broad daylight.
The armourer was a pretty angry half-orc who didn’t want to talk to us. He claimed he didn’t know anything about the orcs in this area, which I frankly find unlikely, and he reprimanded us rather unpleasantly for interrupting his important work. His assistant, Rupert Lowly, was the same.
All in all we are hoping to get a little bit more information out of it, but at least now we know we can probably travel safely during the day. I hope we get a chance to talk to the head nurse in the inn this evening. I think she’s from the Bodemen farm, which is where I would like to set out for first. They breed horses and I’m still hoping to find myself a good horse to train and ride. I am not looking forward to walking.

I was impressed by my fellow adventurers. Azgrim, the dwarf, is pretty diplomatic in his approach and has a real flair for investigation. Without him I don’t think we would have known what we know now. Starek, the shifter, is a rather impatient and independent individual. He left the group on an errand of his own almost straight away. I think he may have headed for the headman’s house. Lanna, the other half-elf, is thoughtful and kind. She is accompanied by a beautiful wolf called Salix, I don’t think any amount of training can make even a dog that obedient. Or that fearsome, Salix certainly frightened the halfling, he didn’t say much! Aidan, the human, seems to be charismatic and intelligent and very useful when he’s not around pretty women.
I think I can trust them in combat, although I’m still not sure about that ranger.