Merella's Journal is the journal of the ranger Merella and it can be found in her cabin in the Umar Hills. It details the recent deaths of several townspeople from the village of Imnesvale, her suspicions about the culprits being wolves, and the faint whispering of voices in her mind.
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You skip many of the entries of times and places far removed from your current worries.
Flamerule 7
Kaatje came to visit again. A sweet child, eager to learn my ways with the wild creatures.
Flamerule 12
Dark creatures roam the forests. Several townspeople have been slain by some unknown predator. Everyone seems to have their own opinion of what is doing the killing. The strangest thing is that the bodies are disappearing in the morning. This leaves me baffled, for most signs point to a pack of wolves that have been in the area for a long time. Wolves don't steal bodies.
Flamerule 13
Or perhaps I should say wolf-like creatures. At night while I've been patrolling, I've often caught shadowy glimpses of these "wolves" running alongside me. I've tried to attract their attention, but they ignore me. I find this most strange, as if the pack is being controlled by someone else. Years ago, I spoke with the pack leaders, and they were cordial. Now they either flee from me or, and I fear to say this, they stalk me.
Flamerule 21
It is near noon and still the wood outside my cabin seems full of shadows. I've been hard-pressed to hear birds, and most of the larger animals have long fled. I plan to find the wolves' den (this afternoon). I've drawn a map to it. All signs point to them as being the culprits, but what wolves act like these? They are wolves with the cunning of men.
And there is something else, a whispering in my mind. It is faint now, in the waking hours, but while I sleep, I dream only of this voice and the face behind it. Whether it is connected to the voices, I do not know. I suspect by the time that the sun sets tonight I'll have answers to my questions.
