Falthoryx's Field Journal

This codex bears no title and its cover, made of dark oiled leather, wraps the pages entirely to form a water-resistant seal. The pages are marked with precise draconic script and numerous functional sketches. There are quick maps, showing the terrain of the Dragon Isles, and annotated profiles of its wildlife and peoples.

Volume 4 (05/635)

The Veiled Drakes / Dr. Marius Montgomery / Ratchet, Broken Keel / 15/05 Afternoon

Expedition: Un'goro, survey, titan facility, one flight

"Fauna of the West", Durrin Direshovel
Scrollsage Nola (Tortollan)

Fauna of the West

Various notations and sporadic sketches of creatures native to Un'goro. More detailed map of the Crater with notations for geographic features and dangerous fauna.

Uldum Mission

Objective: Seek & Remove Criminal Crew (Schnotzies) Result: Successful

Five hostiles neutralized, two captured, three fatalities
Two flightmates injured, no casualties

Flightmates:

Taito: Vulperan, mage, seems friendly
Mikoshi: Pandaren, walker pilot, highly combat effective, potentially abrasive,
Drek'rall: Orc, martial combatant, direct, reinforces unit cohesion
Wyland Banehirst: Undead, caster, lack of flexibility potentially corrosive to unit cohesion

22 Wildheart Enclave

Sketched layouts for a simple residence with a small library, workshop, and armory in addition to sleeping and eating areas.

Operation: Un'goro Survey (22 / 05)

RV Ramkahen, Uldum

Flight: Dr. Montgomery, Drek'rall, Wyland, Mikoshi, ~~8 unknown~~

Unknown Pandaren, large sword
Unknown Dragon (blue), sin'dorei visage
Unknown Sin'dorei, injured left arm (void?)
Unknown Undead, attachment to Sin'dorei?
Unknown Draenei with red skin
~~Unknown Dwarf~~ Thaddeus, flower hat, red beard, sensitive to heat
Unknown Dwarf, coal skin, seems to have a rivalry with the other dwarf
Unknown Undead, scarred face, seems close to Vulture
Vulture, dracthyr, former member of Healing Wings, emancipated visage
Kraskenar, dracthyr, former guard of Abyrrus, easily distracted, large axe of dracthyr make, visage is a large... cat-person (augmented olfactory?

We were meant to RV with Lord-Archivist Anoup, a specialist on the region in Satrap Sosen's employ, but they weren't present at the RV. After a brief skirmish with moderately-sized reptiles (dinosaurs?) we learned that a pair of troll druids (raptari? zandalari?) had abducted Anoup. We recovered his staff (sent to Satrap) but were unable to prevent the Lord-Archivist from being carried off by the enemy officer. We did recover a package which contained maps and a "Titan puzzle box" which contains a map that Dr. Montgomery believes to be of strategic significance. We also received several documents that describe the enemy force.

Once in Un'Goro, we are directed to restrict magic use to preserve the natural environment. Innate magic is authorized as it does not draw from the surrounds, but I might reduce use of my visage just to be safe. Enchanted items were not addressed but should fall in the same category, particularly the simpler ones.

Shining Path

CO: Lord Rul'jana, Troll (Zandalari), capable of turning into a large flying reptile, seeks artifact (Exalydian), adherent of Gonk,

Seek to assume rulership of Zandalar empire
Employing propaganda/religiosity to obtain members

Aside

The bird/cat hybrids seem difficult to train.
Lesbian = someone with a fondness for ice cream (the frozen dairy confection?)

Volume 1

20/03/635

I awoke in shadow and stone, both of which were broken with breath and claw. I was confused, my memories scattered like pollen in the wind and my mind mired in a smothering fog. I assumed I had been taken by an enemy and nearly attacked the person I saw, but their form was unknown to me, small with green skin, and my training urged to watch and learn. This was the correct course, as the attendant was coming to investigate the sound of my escape and was no enemy.

I came to learn that the world I had known has been gone so long it has been forgotten. It was buried under twenty thousand years of history. In that time, new peoples have evolved, elves and humans, others have come from other worlds, draenei and orcs, others yet rediscovered, pandaren and earthen. The world was shattered, Kalimdor riven into multiple continents by the Sundering, then broken by Cataclysm; itself orchestrated by Neltharion. It's all... ~~too much~~ ~~overwhelming~~ stunning.

Beyond that, the Adamant Vigil is all but destroyed. The High Creche is a ruin. I am told Scalecommander Emberthal survives, though she now commands the Ebon Scales. I don't know what happened to Scalecommander Sarkareth, it seems there was some schism, but the Adamant Vigil was destroyed when they awoke. Dravyr, Soryth, Kryzeth, Vaerik, Thaezra... all them are gone. Even my memories of them are faded and unclear. As though I were glimpsing a dream through warped glass. I will remember what I can, I owe them that much if I am all that remains, but I will need to move forward if I am to find a place in this world.

29/03/635

I attended a "Guild Faire" in Orgrimmar and have joined Emberheart Expeditions. It is different from a weyrn, but if provides a mission that will be sufficient.

Command Structure:

Director Dorant
Acting Director Bazrhok the Elder: veteran of many wars
- Ranger-Captain Slade Ar'nareth: formerly of Farstriders
- Lady Ar'nareth: bonded mate of Ranger-Captain Ar'nareth
- Keeper Mereda

Roster:

Kozar: Dracthyr, courier, fond of dough-nuts
Kiri: Fox-people, proficient (or perhaps merely fond of) daggers
Journa: Dracthyr, intelligent, member of a splinter sect of the bronze flight
Sgt Rarma: Orc, rowdy, disciplined

Addendum: A dough-nut is a circular confection and not a mechanical component.

Undated

Several unnumbered pages covered in various notes including:
Simple map of Azeroth

Detailed maps of areas of Dragon Isles

A two-page bulleted timeline of major events in the last 20,000 years

Summaries of the Alliance, Horde, and Neutral peoples

Primer on modern magical theory

Pattern for leather hip pouch and draconic enchantments to expand its carrying capacity

Observations of bakar packs

Recipe for a treat for water fowl

1/04/635

Sketched map of Silvermoon with ingress and egress routes marked
Sketch of void elemental
Disparate notes: "Look up Dath'Remar", "Vaerik would not enjoy elven cuisine", "Lynx are temperamental", "Turalyon?", "Why do the brightest students at the blood elves' premier university think animated books present a challenge to fire breathers?"

War has changed. It has become something of the land, defined by battle fields and fronts. Few battles are fought in the air and the foes possess a subtlety and variety that proto-drakes lack. It seems this conflict is not one of simple ideology, but a contest of fundamental forces (Light and Void). From what I have seen, the Field Commanders leave much to be desired, but perhaps that is my ignorance of modern warfare. I have much to learn.

2-5/04/635

Maps of areas within Eversong Woods
Doodles of donuts in the margins
More detailed drawing of a bakar sleeping curled up with a small, fluffy dog with long ears
Sketched layout for a house with multiple rooms, several previous layouts are crossed out
Summary of the history between the Amani and Blood Elves