Razma's Journal #5

I think I must be dreaming. I visited pirates today. Pirates! In the middle of a desert! It\'s as ridiculous as it sounds. Landlocked pirates who\'ve built themselves a ship of stone and iron on a mesa in the middle of a canyon. They dress in pirate garb and call themselves \'The Black Hand\'. They claim to be searching for a way out of the Exiled Lands, the same as Jakked and I, but it doesn\'t seem as though they have made much progress. There was a lot of talk about hidden maps and secret treasures. I did not speak to their leader, the Butcher of Khwarizm, but I saw her from a distance. A formidable woman. Whatever these fools who follow her think, she has a real plan. Jakkad and I have agreed to continue west. According to Jakkad there are more ruins out there - an entire city! - though he claims that it is dangerous. But beyond it, in the northwest is the city where his people can be found. Our search continues...