Bannor's Journal

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"Bannor's journal has obviously not been updated in many years. A thick pile of dust billows up when you move it, and the pages are yellowed and cracking with age. Many of the pages have been ripped out, and several that remain are so damaged as to be unreadable, but a few entries can still be made out.

"...The matron mother grows tired of my experiments, but what she sees as 'failures' I view as necessary steps in the development of the elite drow soldier. She despairs of the numerous warriors she has lost to my myriad schemes, but does she not herself condemn many others to death for trivialities? Alas, the situation is clear: I need a success—any success—quickly, or I too will join the others in death—or worse, as a drider! Imagine I, Bannor, high mage of House Kaxazel of Ched Nasad, reduced to such an abomination! Perish the thought!"

"...The failures continue, and the matron has now become so cold she has even kicked me out of her bed. But I have a plan that may actually work: mind transference. Implanting a drow mind into an adamantine golem would give House Kaxazel an unassailable advantage against both House Claddath and House Ousstyl. Surely the matron's favor will be restored when I am successful!"

"...Another test subject died screaming today! What am I doing wrong? I can only assume the failures stem from the stupidity of the drow soldiers I have been using. Such simple minds are obviously unsuited for the trauma associated with switching bodies. The matron mother has at last issued an ultimatum—I really think she means it this time—so I have only one more chance. If I'm right, the process requires a mind of unparalleled strength, so I am left with no choice other than myself for a final test subject. If I am wrong, I shall spend eternity as Lolth's plaything in the Abyss, but if I am correct, then all shall be made right once more. The full favor of the matron—and all the privileges that come with it—shall be restored. Well, once I reverse the process, of course...""