Gerard,
As
I alluded to in my last letter, my father finally sent me to infiltrate Lady
Gahgah’s carnival. He must have grown
weary of all the complaints his office has been receiving, since last year’s
Carver’s day. He wanted me to find out
if he would have any legitimate grounds to detain her the next time she sets
foot in Melinir. I was able to track them
down on the road south of Telar, deep in the Gauntlin
Forest
We made camp on the Northern
outskirts of Torlynn and by the time I woke the next morning, the Carnival was
in full swing in the town square. When
we pulled up stakes three days later, a grumpy dwarf by the name of Baerick had
joined the caravan, but he was not the only new addition to camp. I was surprised to see Gemi darting among the
jostling wagons as I understood he was supposed to be in Valet’s care at the Temple
As it turns out, Gemi is the son of Lady
Gahgah’s daughter-in-law, Hedrun, one of
the carnival’s infamous dancing girls, and yes, that also makes him Lady
Gahgah’s grandson!
When Hedrun found out that her
son was training to be a Paladin of Kord , she was furious and, as she put it,
dragged the boy away from those ruffians’ clutches (as you may have guessed
there’s a lot more to the story but I will fill you in when I can see you in
person).
As I suspected she might, Gahgah
decided to give Melinir a wide berth and so we didn’t stop again until we
reached the town of Tybalt
A few days later Gemi turned up
missing.
I will leave it up to you whether
or not to tell Pax (I know how she feels about Gemi) and the others other’s
about this. If you can get them to come
with you, so much the better. Hopefully
the boy will turn up alive and we will feel foolish for worrying, but I have a
bad feeling about this.
I will be leaving the caravan
today and heading home to Melinir.
Please meet me there if you can.
Love
Menolly
