Dear Diary
"It has been a while since I felt like myself. Like the old me, from before while I could remember my old life I could not think like me back then.
My mind is still developing the facilities necessary for me to be able to contextualize as I use too. Today is my twelfth birthday. I'm super excited to see my sisters' especially Liza it has been a very long time since I saw any of them.
Mom is also coming she wrote to me a week ago saying that she would be returning from the coastal front for my birthday. Dad is also the only busy but I'm sure he will make time or else I will kick his arse.
My dad and I have been arguing a lot. He must be dealing with something stressful. I'm sure it has something to do with the Imperium. Under the control of the Chestnut Royal family our mortal enemies.
Greta, Rose, Cho, Diana, Ruth, and Dani have all grown into capable fighters. I should be able to form my adventurer party with them. Daniel and I have been planning to call it the Golden Compass Company. Our company name comes from a magnificent watchmaking company owned by Daniels cousins.
The last year of school has been fun. We all graduated top of our class. The changes to a military orientated training program. Means our company dominates the rest of our classmates. We have been in training for the past six years unlike everyone else who started five years ago.
The Headmaster reminds us thou that we have to work harder. Even with our unmatched work ethic. Our classmates can only hope to compare to us. Especially after taking into consideration the strides, Daniel has made.
Greta Jaeger is on her way to becoming an assassin. She has moved well beyond other youths in our age group. And with her abyssal Pet an Orite Spirit with powerful shadow skills. She can one day become a skilled Dark Assassin.
Her attacks with her Shadowblades (twin daggers) are always fast. And lethal always aimed at vital points of our enemies and sometimes me.
She has like everyone else in our company completed her mana crown. Over three years ago all thanks to Thando. Thando is always sending revised notes on the training methods from the New Gods. Even while at the Herald Kings' College.
Rose North is like me. Thou I use a dual weapon she uses an Ion sword. Few can tell because she always covers it with ice or water or rain. Last year she finally caught up to us as her pet hatched into a Hydragoon.
Its' three heads share her affinity or water, ice, and mist magic. making them a deadly combination even for someone like Cho Wu and her Baby Giant.
Now there is a power couple for you. Cho and her Baby Giant have the most difficult of tasks or assignments handing down to them. She has tanks for the group. the amount of damage she can take is on par with me. Someday she might even surpass me in defence.
Her fist are heavy. Every blow hitting like a freight train. Daniel loves training against her. He says 'the fear of death from her fists inspires him.' Even more so when she uses her gravity in conjunction with her fists.
Greta has also taken an interest in her gravity aura. Saying that it is the best training chamber in the whole world. I suspect she wants to spend more time with the pale princess.
Diana Jordan is our best mage based on pure talent. Her resourcefulness is second to none. The way she uses her magic is nothing short of brilliant, it's always the least mana for the most bang.
Diana's pet also surprised everyone. It is beyond a Storm Elemental. Her Elemental also has healing powers. Diana has spent an inordinate amount of time learning from Thando. Whenever Thando is back from college. Diana will practice with her how to make healing auras. Diana's auras are several levels less effective than mine. She did make a unique attack aura that heals her allies and kills her enemies which is something I cant do. So we decided to call her a Storm healer.
Daniel Chetty, the trickster, master of the gab, and, all-around best mate. Mister best ideas. In partnership with his affinity for magic with his pet an Air Elemental that's soon to evolve.
Daniel has made it his mission to catch up to me. He is always challenging me to be better driving me to fight harder. Without him, I would be a much weaker person. He has absorbed all the teaching of the guide that can apply to him. Creating from it his own unique style.
If I had to say who is closest to me in term of foundation. It is him he has managed to create his own source. Making his mana pure, not like mine but that something we have been working on.
In fact, the Golden Compass Company is first a research institute. We completed registration at the Royal Institute of Magic Development. With the help of Prince Ramsay the second-born prince. The third prince and I had a falling out over his plan to take Diana as a wife. Even now he still tries to interfere with our dealings. I'm pretty sure he is also Richards main sponsor.
Richard Van De Kloppen and his Panzers squadron. Samantha O'Neill his vice-captain and fiance as of last year. Priya Anjali, Anfisa Orlov her best friends. Taniqa Williams, Sepeshile Zungu and Giovanni Demirci are strong if somewhat dim. At least in my experience. These people have been a bane of ours always using any trick they can to try to get ahead in class but that is all no more.
Grandpa Nolan fighting the remnants of the old Imperial Royals. The Imperium is in chaos. And it is only getting worse. As of about three years ago. He started getting more brutal thus turning the once dolce people against him.
Also, his conquered territories are in open rebellion, not that he cares. According to the rumours, he has poured all his resources into the temple. Money, men and time all swallowed up by the temple.
The Dwarven Kingdom of Quire and The Beastman Kingdom of Lunaria are in talks with Avalon. For a formal defensive alliance thou that's still years away.
The doctor, I mean my father. Has said that before he tells me what happened to my parents I need to defeat Nolan. He holds the only clue we have found so far. But both he and Mom agree its too dangerous right now. They won't even let me see the corpse mom brought back from another campaign. Lucky for me my friends want to help so we are to get stronger together.
Plus it is a good chance for us to experience the world before all hell breaks loose. Like three years ago when the Merfolk war began. In Augustine, the Khans have been in open conflict for the past five years with no end in sight. It seems their grand plan is to fight the whole world.
Avalon has been only fighting a defensive war. The Sharkmen Warlords are acting as a middle man for us. The Dolphin Hegemony is vast. They are slow to make decisions. Even now Avalon is only at the introduction for peace. This means at least another ten years of talks. At least the Sharkmen take a fee for safe travel across the central sea. Most of the other nations don't do this which is why the Hegemony are as thin as The Khans. They are fighting on too many battlefronts.
We will be travelling through Bergsten a region west of Avalon. Every Kingdom in this region gets its name from first the rulers of Berg. First, on the list is the biggest Kingdom Witteberg. On the Western border separated by a river twelve kilometres wide.
I am pretty comfortable teleporting my party wherever I want. They also have special rings that allow me to teleport them and them to me. Thou I don't do this anymore as I once teleported Daniel to me while he was on the toilet.
I am blessed. A few years ago my shapeshifter was born. We have been working on it transforming into me. It still struggles with that but we are getting there. My mana crown jewelled my sisters giving me their black diamonds. Mom also pulled a few strings. The company did give the Royal family a few teleport rings. Which at least means each of the party main mana crown jewels is a black diamond. I am focusing on developing my own god source but I still have not made any real progress. I don't even understand how I'm supposed to do it.
I'm also going to be leading all my friends on this adventure. On my own for the first time. No more guards at all. Mom had assigned us all shadows to keep us safe. We all agreed with our parents that while one shadow should be protecting us. They can only be in the same city as us and they are not allowed to interfere only to observe and report back.
Even with this thou, Dani's father said 'he wants military letters.' which prompted a series of demands from all the parents. The third prince had to use a lot of political capital for this.
Tomorrow I will be handing out custom gear for this trip. After the banquet to celebrate our adventurer party forming. Everyone we know should be there.
Even the Magnuson's will be there from the hill tribes."