Day 26
Praise be! I was attacked on the road today by what I'm told are orcs. They were very deceptive and took great mirth in manipulating and intimidating me but I refused to raise my hand against them even when they moved to do me harm. It was then that a young woman of about the build and height of a Hinru sprang from the forest lining the road and saved me. She was truly brave and valiant, taking on all of the orcs by herself at horrible risk and danger. Though it was quite violent and shook me, unsettling my stomach, I am dearly grateful to her. We then left the road, thankfully, and I began to travel with her. She in the first humanoid, besides the orcs whom I'm afraid will be a great danger to our people, that I've met as of yet. She tells me that she is an elf, her name Niamh. She is of my height and roughly my build, though decidedly more muscular. Dark hair, gray eyes, fair of complexion, pointed ears though not in the same way as we Hinru. Her armor, weaponry, and clothing are of impeccable craftsmanship and she is very polite, though rather sarcastic and her comments can be rather scathing in regards to "helpless women wandering around without any idea what orcs are" and to orcs themselves. She speaks the elven tongue and her people seem to be the ones who originally created it. She has not heard of the Hinru, for which I am greatly surprised. Surely if any people would have remembered us it would have been the elves for they obviously are the closest of kin we may have outside of the mountains. I must learn more about her people for they carry my best hope as of yet for an alliance. They are intelligent, thoughtful, honorable, and have a deep respect for the natural world though they do not seem to share our distaste of violence. I hope that we may conduct trade with her people, as their goods seem of impeccable make, the like of which I have never seen and am quite jealous of, though I have not told Niamh such. When I began to ask her my questions, she faltered and has offered to take me to visit her clan elder, her "king," that he might know more and be able to better answer my questions. I am very excited and look forward to meeting her people and getting to know her better. Indeed, an excellent way to start my quest. I am hopeful and optimistic that I will be able to accomplish the work given me by the council. Indeed, if all the races are such as the elves I would recommend that we open our doors and rejoin with the other peoples. If the races are akin to the orcs, however, it would be my recommendation that we remain sequestered in the mountains for another millennia.
~Tillyr Winddancer
Druid of the North Hills
Emissary of the Council of the Hinru