The mountains and forests that surround Azenaria are a terrifying place for any human to stumble into. \u00a0While no human has ever found his way there and returned to tell the tale, the tales still do exist. \u00a0Some men say the forests are home to terrible creatures that no man can describe. \u00a0Other men say the forests are home to a strange race of humans totally unlike those currently living in any region of Baylein, in the real world. \u00a0Some say the mountains are full of caves that descend so deep into the heart of the world that no light can penetrate them. \u00a0The creatures that live in these deep caves have no eyes, yet, they can see as well as you or I.<\/p>\n
I know these stories are all false. \u00a0I know this because I have been there, and I returned. \u00a0Why didn\u2019t I proclaim this knowledge to the world? \u00a0Why didn\u2019t I sit in front of the blazing hearths of inns and taverns all over the land telling my tale? \u00a0Because the knowledge is the curse. \u00a0Because I have the knowledge of these things, I am cursed to walk the land forever. \u00a0I have no home. \u00a0I had to die, to convince my loved ones that I am dead. \u00a0I had to do this to protect them. \u00a0Anyone who gains the knowledge I have, will be cursed as I am. \u00a0I do not sleep. \u00a0I cannot sleep. \u00a0For me, the dream is death, and life is an eternal nightmare. \u00a0That is my curse.<\/p>\n
I sought Azenaria as a babe seeks its mothers breast. \u00a0I sought that terrible place for the secrets I believed it held. \u00a0I sought those secrets and put them above my own life, my wife, my children, all that I ever had. \u00a0I was given what I sought. \u00a0I was given the secret that I so desperately craved. \u00a0I was given the knowledge that dreams can kill, the knowledge that life and death are nothing more than pitiful words we humans use to try to explain things we don\u2019t understand. \u00a0I was given the knowledge that mortal man is a pathetic insect crawling on the arm of a dragon. \u00a0We are nothing, and our lives are meaningless.<\/p>\n
For me, the dream is death, and life is an eternal nightmare.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The journal of Verton was found in a satchel hanging from a tree branch somewhere west of the Daggers Of Chardaka. His body was never found, and no other personal items were ever discovered. It is not known why he was attempting to cross the Daggers.<\/p>\n
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