It seems like we have nothing to lose, so we can only win.. Well, that was the scariest morning in my life, counting the time baroness Raith sent a wall of fire over Il Ayande (or Jomhur) that hit our ship. I’m not exaggerating, and if I didn’t have my…

Ferin is a lot more coherent and comprehensive than Ailin in this episode. Our children are back! I’m so relieved. When they left us by way of the underground river near the big gorge, I was really angry. Hm, maybe that’s the wrong word. Well, it was difficult to figure…

Without everything that happened to Ailin, though Ferin was watching over her all the time that it happened. Our tribe is growing. I really think it deserves to be called that, now that we’ve conquered another group of Khas and added half a dozen men to our strength. Not an…

This time, we know where we’re going but not how long it will take! Navigating in the Khas way is a useful skill to learn, though. We left late in the morning… After some more sword training, semsin training, reading and writing and lots of good advice. Which rather set…

Ailin will have it known that snakes aren’t slimy! They’re dry and firm and smooth and altogether awesome. And then we were twenty! I haven’t counted exactly, let me do that… Ailin and me, and Thamsin. The kids: Fikmet, Tascal, Mahar, Raham, Makhane and Bayat. “My” women: Odgerel, Sepideh, Batuldzii…

I like Ferin! Though Ailin is exasperated with him at times. (And he with her; they’re exactly like brother and sister at the moment.) In other news, this is an adventure story, danger and all. I’ve taught her to say “no”. In Ilaini. I’m not sure whether that was stupid…

I’m still wondering whether we didn’t harass a completely innocent hapless NPC, but there must be something behind it. So we suddenly had six kids with us… Fikmet, Tassel (Ailin tells me it’s “Tasgal”, but I don’t hear it that way), Mar, Makhane, Bayat and Ram. It was still quite…

I understood the names that Ferin spells “Tassel” and “Middaya” and as “Tasgal” and “Mitea”, but we’re probably both equally wrong. The other boys (the ones who were with the old woman) are Makane. Bayat and Ram. We didn’t want to join the camel, Khas and Síthi party, but we…

Here’s Ferin telling the first part of the new adventures. It’s promising! “Hey! That’s my goat! She escaped when I wanted to milk her!” And I thought it was dinner, running into my arms, on its own four feet, as it were. It was Aylin who was pursuing her —…