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Good day to you kind reader,

On day one* I wake up in a cellar and didn't know nothing of the world around me : "Where am I?"
"What happened to me?" ...

The only thing I can't forget now are Joram's last words of our first conversation :
"As long as you've breath, you've reason to be happy"

In my mind awake now and then some recollection of pieces of long forgotten knowledge ... My intuitive feeling says that I was a kind of a wizard in my previous life . Not sure how powerful my magical spells were, probably not that strong ... only I remember to use how to magically Bless my body and use Meteorestrike as offense spell .

I discovered that the name "Primella the Mage" is printed on the inside of my worn shirt . Lucky I am to know my own name !

So, this are my very first writings, my first report about a new journey that is ready to begin !

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Some rolplaying rules Primella need to follow carefully during her journey :
§ Some Skills a Mage can't learn, like Repair weapons and other gear. Also identify unknown gear must be identified with the help of other people. A Mage is strong with reading spells and use them, but persuading is not a mage gift, so Primella can't learn to persuade shopkeepers for better prices. But who knows she can learn it with the help of a skilled person or read enough books ?

§ Because Primella is short of memory all new tasks/quests she confirm, she needs to do them as fast as possible to prevent that she forget "The Who's or What's" or the "Do's and Do not's" !!

§ A mage isn't that strong, so Primella has difficulties to learn how to strengthen her body fast during her journey ... and so her capacity to carry many items is not so high ! For that reason she best carrying only the most needed things with her and don't collect too many equipment items ! Magical Spells is what a mage can learn faster. Books of knowledge of magical spells are a mage's favorite stuff !!

§ Be friendly and only attack those who try to kill you ! Don't steal, except if a quest asked to do such a deed, but do it thoughtful ... ending up in a jail isn't that good ! Maybe you rot away in your cell and become a undead restless being ... a ghost, a skeleton mage ... .

§ About all kind of gear Primella wish to equip : only the pieces she found during her journey she can use or sell away, but it's an kind of unwritten rule that it is forbitten to buy better gear. Their is enough nice loot in the world of Rivellon to find or discover that a quest can give it, or a simple conversation with all the folk in the Divnity Universe ! One exception there is for gear with a boost for a 'typical' Mage skill she in a shop.

§ ... and maybe more rolplay rules plop up in Primella's mind of long forgotten memories ... .

* in reality on april 11th 2012

Let's make a walky talky round to talk to all the villagers of this little village that is Aleroth.
After hearing and look how Mardanius freeze Lanilor to a icy prison ... I rescued him as fast as possible ! Then Lanilor give me permission to harvest some of the herbs of his garden ... I need to find for George the shopkeeper.
It's a pleasure to help the healers. I really wish to find a solution for Mardanius his crazy behaviour ! I don't want to be an 'Icy Pie' like Lanilor !

After discovering how to open the catacombs, Lanilor comes to me ....
Me, asking about the second teleporter stone ...
Lanilor:"Are ... well, to be honest, I never dared to try it myself ... Thiu fingol ! The duplicate could be anywhere, so be careful the first time you use it."
Primella:"You mean, for all you know, I might find myself surrounded by orcs or at the bottom of the river?"
Lanilor:"I'm afraid so. But who knows, if you don't want to risk finding the other pyramid the magical way, you might still find it during your travels ... ."

Primella Hmmm .. yes .. Yes I believe I go travel a lot in the future ... but on the other hand I'm a mage and finding the other stone the magical way sounds more proper for a mage like me!

I've stolen some gear at the shop of George while he is admiring his Drudanae drug plant ... and after that ask him to identify that stolen Armor ... a nice Chain Armor a first boost to vitality, some resistance to fire and spirit and charm quality 1. Found a worn bow and changed this for a New Short Bow by George. My first belt is a Destroyed Priest Rope and in an abandoned house I found Worn Leather Leggings & olalaaa .. a magical mirror to see how I look in my last new outfit ... or isn't that the purpose of this magical mirror ?!! A book on that place says something different !
My first ring looks nice on my finger, my precious listen to the name 'Sturdy Iron Ring' with a boost to defense for one golden point How a newborn hero can happy with such a small little gadget

Time to move !
"Looking in a magical mirror will not kill automatically all that is evil in the dark catacombs, my 'thinking & talking' Primella!", I said to myself ... Let's make a feast with firework using fireballs of meteorestrike !! Or use to kill them if my "magical mind" is empty !

Will be continued ...