The Swampborn’s First Journal

The year is 796 I finally set out from my village to pursue my dreams of being more then a farmer, I didn't have a set goal in mind but my plan was to go to a bigger town or castle to learn a craft one they had anyway. It's been five days since I left I've set up camp along the way to the kingdom of the goulbins in hopes to become a hunter I've heard the forest around the kingdom was dense and full of life. It's been 16 days I've lost my way I don't know if I should be a hunter now I've been in this forest for what feels like months and I've run out of food I also can't keep running and hiding from the wild life I'm losing to much weight. Hello journey I'm surprised your still intact it's been 623 days,I've been counting after getting trapped in the swap by the bear that I now wear as my coat and what's my helmet is,I've made something for my self here it looks like im not living in goulbin anymore, but I've become far more then I could there or imagined of course I'm not the best but well I've become a hunter in fact it's one of my favorite pass times, I've learned a lot of carpentery and craftsmanship in general. With so I made my self a house it's not a hut I can fit 4 bear body's and me in it easy and it's held against winter through spring again im confident in my work especially the stone fireplace that took a lot of work it wasn't easy finding out what could keep the stones together. It's been very helpful in making food to in fact it's been one of the main reasons I've got to be a decent cook too anyway I've got things I need to do I'll write again now if I've got time. Hello again Journal I've lost count of the days instead I go by years now it's,not as bad as it sounds though of course I make it seem bleak But and I'm not by myself anymore it's been a year or two since they have came there's seven of them four girls and three guys, I don't know every single one of them very closely but we definitely see each other as our families, they built three more houses making my swamp not just a swamp but a group of people or hunters it was nice gave me comfort knowing people cared for me still going five years without even seeing a human and being in the Worst conditions put a lot on me, and being there the longest knowing the most about the land I naturally became the leader. Hey Journal I just need to say this it's only been 2 months but Faye's commitment to learning from me about anything I'm willing to teach has caught my eye making her stand above the rest frankly it scares the other people a little how much she's willing to learn I like it I think I'm falling in love. Hello journal this might be my final time writing it's been six years I'm married to Faye with a kid on the way I am on aware of how to raise a child in such desperate conditions we have grown yes, but not much six new families have come to join us a farmer family with the last name of the marshers they brought six with them A horse and five sheep as well as some rice seeds they ended ip building their own home it was larger than others but it needed the room for storing crops or other farm materials, they were a big family to they brought nine in total their father his three sons and their wives with his daughter. Two of the families were just couples who settled in a home together and worked as hunters, another family just man with a total of six came to work as a lumbers they build their own home and started doing carpentry to. The other two families starting with the first was a small family with just a husband ,wife, and there two kids The wife was a cook and the husband was a simple worker who later helped build the walls, The other family where miners 5 in total two females and three males all related as cousins or closer Driven out of there land due to The loss of resources they built a group home then started to work on stone gathering/shaping stones to be used for the city building. I'm happy with the development and the growth of my city in fact I'm exhilarated to lead my city to something greater with the completion of the log walls and five more houses I feel we can finally call ourselves A city or town it gave me confidence but also more stress unaware as well as incapable of knowing what's going to happen in the future it made me want to protect my new home town I've founded safe but I had to with a child soon to.I hope the best for my child but I also want my town to survive and I have done neither only hunted and gave until now, anyway I can't dwell on the subject much longer or else I will overwhelm myself the few other things I want to update you on or even simply take note of since we are a town now is I've made a name for here willow creek due to the fact that the swamp's main trees where willows and the land had many small creeks through out the whole swamp. With that I conclude what may be my final journal entry if I wrote again I hope to speak of my blossoming child and stone houses with roads throughout the city as well as an full farm for food at anytime but with no experience I doubt it will become like that thank you for listening to my words once again though. Journal it's not been long only five years I am aware I spoke so confidently about the last entry being my last But things are working out I've lost my stress and replaced it with confidence my child has grown strong as well as at the age of five knows how to keep himself alive, The town has flourished with many people becoming couples and more than 20 kids expected on the way as well as A couple that came with their family growing up becoming adults, the town now has Stone and wood houses instead of simple wooden houses we have a meeting hall now which is also my house it's not large but big enough to fit everybody as well as have enough space for me and my family to live in, we have built wooden paths to each others houses in certain areas outside the village, finally more drifters came not many this time and we had to turn down some prisoners but three new families and a person who is willing to become a Smith when we have a Forge is a dream, with that I finish my journal entry with the growth of the city is heading in a great direction which I cannot wait to see when it's done growing.