--- extract from Bell's Journal

Thornet 22nd

After helping the animals with the first group I noticed from my window the second group being surrounded with bigger and deadlier frayed creatures, I decided to join and help, there was a giant ape that threw a rock at me as soon as I got there... a pack of wolves, a couple of foxes and another giant crocodile, since we were primarily a party of spell-casters a skeleton-ghost looking creature appeared as a result from the fray, it was very deadly, Wobble and Ciri apparently had really bad nightmares as the creature absorbed them and while that was happening Johnson and me kept fighting the rest of the animals, we were really hurt and about to go down, I don't think we would have survived if I didn't call upon the help of a draconic spirit, after the animals were gone, the extremely creepy creature was easier to deal with.. I'm very worried about the current attacks going on, I hope we can survive this.

--- Extract from Bell's journal

Thornet 22nd

We were told of several scared and frayed animals escaping into town, I was joined by Sayvan, a rather violent Blue Drakon and a very strange but kind tiefling.

We managed to rescue a young fox that was being attacked by it's frayed friend at the Maude Theater and cure a frayed pup from a pack of wolves that was hiding in the library, the pack of wolves were relocated to the western tunnels located behind the mole depot and as for the young fox, he agreed to be taken by our tiefling companion so he can further protect him until the fox is ready to be released into the wilds again.

After that we ventured to find a giant frayed crocodile that was attacking civilians in the small lake behind the tea house, It was a pretty chaotic fight overall, the blue drakon kept punching the tiefling for some reason and to my disgrace I had to turn into a giant octopus to fight it, anyways, we sorted that out and made our way home safely with minor injuries, I think some of my companions got frayed. I hope they get the adequate treatment at the hospital.

We were requested to retrieve a box mechanism that was radiating some sort of magic, which was altering the behavior of moths that have taken nest in the desert layer, they consume magic and for now the ecosystem seems to be unaffected by them, they also seem to be much less aggressive after we removed the box, sadly in order to do this we had to take care of three big swarms to save a running Warlock that was part of our party.

-- extract from Bell's Journal

Today we investigated a series of events that happened mostly in the vein, from the Pricklepluck residence we learned how their windows were broken and Skraz's tail was stomped by someone described by Skraz as a woman that changes her face so maybe a changeling or doppleganger?

Fawkes got robbed and possibly hit by a spell like sleep or command since the only thing he remembers in his own words was a "wham bang" of magic hitting him while he was talking with a child and then waking up feeling hungry, we confirmed the robbery was carried out by children and they removed the explosive thunder gems from the knives he sells, however, these were very carefully and expertly removed most likely by someone experienced with the tools used to embed gems into equipment.

After that, we spoke to Zerrick of the Faerie Folk, someone broke into his house while he was asleep, the lock on the door looked like it was broken by a small explosion of some sort and they broke in specifically to snap his staff in half to get a leaf green thread that allowed him to use magic he does not have expertise in.
This would mean whoever broke in knew exactly what they were looking for as there weren't any other items missing, just the thread from his staff.

Finally, we went to The Orphanage where we spoke to the matron, a woman with impeccable manners, although, I can see why some people would perceive her as scary, she told us there was an assortment of pots and pans stolen from residencies of grown up children that the orphanage relocates to the vein when they are old enough, the residences were unoccupied at the moment of the robbery and those are the only things that were taken.

All of these events seem to be tied to the bloodlines, we know they're most probably gathering children possibly to train them and gathering resources as well because of the big amount of explosive gems they stole. We still have no explanation on why the Pricklepluck residency was targeted or what can they do with pots and pans.. maybe they need to cook to feed all of the new members? Could it be that the explosion at the scout tower the other day was caused by some of these gems? There are still many questions to answer and all we know is that they are most likely planning something big.