From the Journal of Wixerand Sapherage

 

And so my punishment begin’s.

 

My name is….Wixerand Sapherage (at least I remember who I am and why Olu is punishing me, but that’s not important right now).  I am a mountain dwarf and a Paladin of Olu.  This morning I woke up in the forrest outside of a cave, and that’s all I really remember about myself.

 

I sat up and looked around.  Saphire, my pig and constant companion, during my years of training to become a Paladin, was looking at me from the edge of the clearing.  I motioned for him to follow me and we began to walk through the forrest.

 

Several hours later we stumbled across a huge city that seemed to be populated mostly by elves.  All diferent kinds of elves, with a scattering of humans, dwarfs, gnomes, halflings… I tried to talk to some of the inhabitants, but as soon as they realized I didn’t speak elvish, they wouldn’t have anything to do with me.  Finally a guard approached us and said

 

"Dwarf! You need to stable your horse over there."  Oh, I neglected to mention my mount, whose name is Citrine.  I called him into service just before we entered the city.

 

“Oh thank Olu you speak common.  Can you tell me is there a temple of Olu in this city?”

He pointed toward the east.  “And your going to have to do something about that pig!  We can’t have livestoke roaming our streets!”  Saticfied that he had done his duty the guard turned and left us

 

I dismounted and as soon a the guard had turned a corner, I told Citrine to kneel on the ground so Saphire could climb into my sadle, then I dismissed them both to the celestial relm.

 

When I got to the temple I called Citrine and Saphire back and put them in the temples stables.

 

“Good morning stranger.  I see that you are a servent of Olu.  My name is Selindus and I am the abbot here.”

 

Most Temples of Olu are small and Selindus’s was no exception.  As a rule we Olunese generally do not proselytize.  As a result the abbots are dependant on the patronage of officials from their home city to maintain the Temple’s upkeep.  That’s why I was not surprised when Selindus approached me for a favor about a month into my stay (during which time I had received a crash course in Elvish)

 

"Wix. We have noticed your dedication to Olu. And so has the King or rather I have pointed you out to him.  He has need of adventurers of your calibir for a mission.  He has not revealed the details to us. He will only make those known when you and the others he has chosen accept the mission.  Will you do this for us?”

 

I agreed and that’s how I found myself at the palace with many other paladins, I recognized symbols of Pelor, Ehlonna, Corellon Larethian, and numerous others

 

"You! Dwarf! I have not seen you or your symbol before!"  Said an elvin guard appearing at the door.

 

"I am a warrior of Olu. I wish to help the king in the name of my God."

 

"You may be just what the king is looking for. Follow me."

 

And so I did leaving behind a room full of disgruntled knights.

 

 He led me to a room with a long table full of food and surrounded by some interesting characters.