Crimson Crown Journal

• • as chronicled by His Majesty's Loyal Chamberlain '' ,• •• ';_ 1985 Penguin Software, Inc Entry 1 • • D ~---~ oday is a day of great gladness for the people of Wallachia . The hero has destroyed the Vampyr and rescued Princess Sabrina. She is safe, unharmed by the cruel stregoicha devil who had kidnapped her from her father, His most Royal Highness, King John the Good. Many boyars and their families have come to the castle to join in the festivities, even the Ham Burgher Raanald. Yet there is an odd aura of fatigue about the King that only I, His Majesty 's chamberlain, have seemed to notice. While His loyal subjects and Prince Erik engage in joyous celebration of Princess Sabrina 's deliverance from danger, good King John appears to be ... how can I express his strangeness, drifting away! In fact, this morning His Majesty requested me to keep a journal. It is almost as if He wants a record of everything that happens, but how can He know something will happen? Perhaps I make too much of it. Surely His Majesty is exhausted from anxiety over His daughters's ordeal and is just now revealing His drained emotional state. 7 Long live the King! •• Entry 2 • • ~---~ ife in Wallachia is returning to normal. The castle inhabitants are resuming their everday occupations. The peasants have returned to the fields and mills. The weather is calm and warm . A gentle wind blows from the south . There has been one bizarre occurrence. A monk riding a donkey has been seen wandering through the eastern province. He wields a hoe and offers tea to all he meets! He warns the peasants of the coming of evil. They pay no mind to the monk. They believe he is feeble- minded. However, I wish that I could shake the feeling of foreboding that has come over me and enjoy the days as everyone else does. Even King John seems a little better, although He complains of insomnia. May Wallachia prosper. •• …