The Story of Ortho, the missing post

===This should have been posted somewhere in Aug 2007===

Ortho is from a family of Grey Elves that have been friends of Lavinia's family for 2 generations. He decided to attend the school for magical studies in Sasserine and took on a job as consultant for Lavinia's parents. He works in the background at the castle and keeps a low profile around town. He knows many people in Sasserine but they believe he is just a messenger.

Two generations ago Lavinia's family bought the farm out of debt where Ortho's father Tempur Pedic, a renowned narcoleptic fire mage, burned down his farm when he fell asleep casting an enlarged maximized fireball at a strange golem-like creature emerging from the cucumber patch. After moving north, he also founded a cult of Elementalist dreamers who seek revelations in dreams using a special magically created memory-foam to sleep on. One day, Ortho hopes to buy back the farm and continue his father's work in the old abandoned tower.

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Ortho's Diary entry 1, ====Posted as July 5, 2007====

I have been sent along on a journey to keep an eye on Avner. Lavinia expected he would meet with trouble on the voyage because of his demeanor. She was right as usual. Some of the crew developed a dislike for him immediately and treated him badly. It is my job to see that Avner makes it to his destination alive and I had to keep my purpose secret to succeed. In the last town a couple of our crew began looting and turned on Avner. They thought they had killed him but I managed to rescue him from a burning building and sneak him to one of the other buildings where he was tended to by a village healer. I remained on the ship with Rudolpho and Daria to monitor their behavior and to keep them from being suspicious of Avner's survival. I deplore working with these barbarians but they are tools I must use to reach my goal.

I will confide in Vin Icemark if I require assistance. He appears to be smitten with Lavinia however and I will remain distant to monitor his behavior till I'm assured he has no ulterior motives.

May the Fates see this journey to an end soon.