"Ghosts and Shadows" Character Diaries

If the game logs weren't enough for you, you can peruse the various characters' interpretation of events in their diaries.

Table of contents


Archimedes' Diaries

  1. Session 1
  2. Session 2
  3. Session 3
  4. Session 4
  5. Session 5
  6. Session 6
  7. Session 7
  8. Session 8
  9. Session 9
  10. Session 10
  11. Session 11
  12. Session 12
  13. Session 13
  14. Session 14
  15. Session 15
  16. Session 16
  17. Session 17
  18. Session 18
  19. Session 19
  20. Session 20
  1. Session 22
  2. Session 23
  3. Session 24
  4. Session 25
  1. Session 38 - "I begin this journal in the hopes of making some sense..."
  2. Session 39 - "Laughter lies once again in my arms..."
  3. Session 40 - "Damn her. That stupid, stupid girl."
  4. Session 41 - "Laughter is sleeping now, poor thing. She's exhausted."
  5. Session 42 - "As poorly as the day started, I'm surprised it ended well."
  6. Session 43 - "I guess Valium isn't as effective on Amberites as I hoped it would be.
  7. Session 44 - "I always seemed to be able to find Laughter if I lost her."
  8. Session 45 - "I received a Trump call while under water."
  9. Session 46 - "Perhaps I shouldn't expect my life to settle down..."
  10. Session 47 - "My job is full of surprises. Most of them aren't pleasant."
  11. Session 48 - "The Ty Dahl ended up not being as complicated as I might have expected."
  12. Session 49 - "I slept for three straight days after Sandr's death."
  13. Session 50 - "I gave up my stratagems some few hours before dawn..."
  14. Session 51 - "I had not struck the first blow, but I was far from beaten."
  15. Session 52 - "We talked of many things that night..."
  16. Session 53 - "The Jewel continued to haunt me, and it hadn't changed its arrival point, either."
  17. Session 54 - "The next morning I Trumped Fiona..."
  18. Session 55 - "Laughter said she would accept the blame for what she had arranged..."
  19. Session 56 - "Laughter and I spent a delicious night..."
  20. Session 57 - "I returned to Laughter after I had emptied Foil of Fey."
  21. Session 58 - "Based on outward appearances at breakfast the next morning..."
  22. Session 59 - "Caitlin fainted in the middle of the dance."
  23. Session 60 - "It all started when I Trumped Random."
  24. Session 61 - "I stared at Vain and Laughter for a moment, while I collected my thoughts."
  25. Session 62 - "We finished the sweat lodge early in the afternoon..."
  26. Session 63 - "I Trumped Random."
  27. Session 64 - "Killing the wizards was too easy."
  28. Session 65 - "I Trumped Random immediately. Nothing."
  29. Session 66 - "As I stood at the center of the Pattern, gasping for breath..."
  30. Session 67 - "By the time I got to my room..."
  31. Session 68 - "I did as I had promised myself."
  32. Session 69 - "I was standing in the tavern in the Strangeways..."
  33. Session 70 - "I talked with a chancellor regarding Killian's punishment..."
  34. Session 71 - "I spent the morning gathering recruits for Claudio's gauntlet."
  35. Session 72 - "I had finally given the idea enough thought that..."
  36. Session 73 - "I Trumped Kaedric after spending some time with Laughter..."
  37. Session 74 - "The middle of the night and there's a knock at my door."
  38. Session 75 - "God damn it, Claudio! What were you thinking?"
  39. Session 76 - "There was a knock at my door later that morning."
  40. Session 77 - "I was in my office that morning when a page announced Killian."
  41. Session 78 - "I awoke to stale air and the choking smell of dust."

Claudio's Diaries

  1. Session 38 - "Well diary, some weird stuff has happened since we talked."
  2. Session 39 - "Well, I found Sand, my aunt. She seems quite the egocentric."
  3. Session 40 - "Allah forgive. I killed my father."
  1. Session 42 - "I failed him."
  1. Session 46 - "What a weird two days."
  2. Session 47 - "How fortune and Allah's favor turns quickly."
  3. Sessions 48-49 - "Delwin is out there. I know it."
  1. Session 50 - "So, Caitlin, you got your wish..."
  2. Sessions 51-52 - "I really did it this time."
  1. Session 53 - "Random doesn't like me. Sky is angry with me."
  2. Session 54 - "Fool!!! You watch the effects she had on Merlin, and think you are immune!!!"
  3. Session 55 - "What have I gotten myself into?"
  4. Session 56 - "Sky. In less than a week I went from being close to what I wanted..."
  1. Session 58 - "I was so terrible that she fled the universe."
  1. Session 60 - "Isaac... I've missed the first six years of your life."
  2. Session 61 - "The past two years have been relaxing..."
  3. Session 62 - "I started my residence in Chaos this morning..."
  4. Session 63 - "What am I, an idiot?"
  5. Session 64 - "What is Corwin thinking?? Make Amends?? She is going to kill me."
  6. Session 65 - "Interesting. I finally have my life on track..."
  7. Session 66 - "I pray I never have to walk the Logrus."
  8. Session 67 - "As my foot begins to feel the resistance of the Pattern..."
  1. Session 69 - "What an interesting couple of days."
  2. Session 70 - "It has been exhausting, the past few weeks."
  3. Session 71 - "No. I do not understand what the drug did to me..."
  1. Session 73 - "I awakened slowly, wondering what the hell had happened..."
  2. Session 74 - "Beautiful. She is incredible."
  3. Session 75 - "Damn him and his temper! How dare he slice my throat!"
  4. Session 76 - "That did not go as well as I would have liked."
  5. Session 77 - "I sit down to write this, the first time with fear in my heart."
  6. Session 78 - "Well, I've done some real boneheaded things in my life."
  7. Session 79 - "At least I found out what happened to me."
  8. Session 80 - "When I woke up this morning, I didn't think much would happen."
  1. Session 82 - "We awakened on that morning..."

Killian's Diaries

  1. Session 64 - "Listen, oh Great Spirits, to my tale."
  2. Session 65 - "Great Spirits, I seek your guidance."
  3. Session 66 - "Spirits of my People!"
  4. Session 67 - "Great Spirits, I return triumphant!"
  5. Session 68 - "Great Spirits, why have you deserted me?"
  6. Session 69 - "I have been cast into the den of iniquity."
  7. Session 70 - "The tests continue."
  8. Session 71 - "Long ago, or so it seems, I was happy..."
  9. Session 72 - "I am, I think, being courted by two sisters."
  10. Session 73 - "Time for a change of pace."
  11. Session 74 - "This ceremony they do - this wedding - is mildly interesting..."
  1. Session 76 - "I am not to die."
  2. Session 77 - "I have been lost, Great Spirits."
  3. Session 78 - "I had thought that Amber was bizarre beyond comprehension..."
  4. Session 79 - "I no longer understand."
  5. Session 80 - "Spirits, I do not know how much longer I can deal with these people."

Melanie's Diaries

  1. Session 28 - "Something terrible has happened."
  2. Session 29 - "It was an uneventful wedding, but interesting, nonetheless."
  3. Session 30 - "Well, that did not work out quite according to plan."
  4. Session 31 - "The best laid plans..."
  5. Session 32 - "Maron is dead, by Sky's hand."
  6. Session 33 - "My decision to kill Sandr may have been too hasty."
  7. Session 34 - "Perhaps I should have assisted Sylvie in watching Mother."
  8. Session 35 - "The Hendrake Pattern's destruction has precipitated my plans for Balin..."
  9. Session 36 - "Sandr should be all set."
  10. Session 37 - "I thought I could go through with it."
  11. Session 38 - "There are days when I am almost tempted to just give up..."
  12. Session 39 - "It was a pleasant enough dinner."
  13. Session 40 - "I am a fool. I should have listened to Father."
  14. Session 41 - "So, it seems that Sand is free of the Taormin."
  15. Session 42 - "I was not expecting to find Kaedric with Sylvie."
  16. Session 43 - "The Abyss has yielded nothing yet, but I intend to try again..."
  17. Session 44 - "So, Archimedes and the others are alive after all."
  18. Session 45 - "The return of the missing certainly helped..."
  19. Session 46 - "Mrs. Forsythe would be horrified."
  20. Session 47 - "Kaedric knows little of Joseph..."
  21. Sessions 48-49 - "I will say this for the man, he is difficult to ignore."
  1. Session 50 - "Obtaining Eve's body proved to be far less difficult..."
  2. Session 51 - "My brothers live again, but know me not."
  3. Session 52 - "The night was most unpleasant."
  4. Session 53 - "The man is insufferable, arrogant, and far too smug.
  5. Session 54 - "Bastard. He has gone too far this time."
  6. Session 55 - "This is intolerable."
  7. Session 56 - "That strange Chaos creature of Archimedes'..."
  8. Session 57 - "It is rather strange."
  9. Session 58 - "As I had expected, it was the appearance of the Serpent..."
  10. Session 59 - "I had expected to remain angry with Kaedric longer than this."
  11. Session 60 - "All right, I admit it, I actually had 'fun.'"
  12. Session 61 - "I should not have come here."
  13. Session 62 - "Despite my desire to rid myself of the child as quickly as possible..."
  14. Session 63 - "Kaedric returned with Ulysses..."
  15. Session 64 - "We passed ten years in Chantille Vale."
  16. Session 65 - "Sylvester spent some time visiting his niece before he departed..."
  17. Session 66 - "The move to Kaedricways went without difficulty..."
  18. Session 67 - "I was in the room again, strapped to the chair again."
  19. Session 68 - "I awoke alone..."
  20. Session 69 - "I awoke still wrapped in Kaedric's arms..."
  21. Session 70 - "Kaedric left early, as usual."
  22. Session 71 - "It was perhaps two hours before dawn..."
  23. Session 72 - "Kaedric presented the bodyguards to me the following afternoon."
  24. Session 73 - "Apparently, discussing having another child made Kaedric rather amorous..."
  25. Session 74 - "It was shortly after breakfast that I received a Trump call from Caitlin."
  26. Session 75 - "The day finally came for us to return to Chaos..."
  27. Session 76 - "The argument with Kaedric ended..."
  28. Session 77 - "I came to consciousness slowly, almost reluctantly."
  29. Session 78 - "I continued watching the battle as it raged..."
  30. Session 79 - "The conversation soon ground to a halt..."
  31. Session 80 - "Kaedric went over his plans for Claudio..."
  32. Session 81 - "Claudio wanted to contact Sky..."
  33. Session 82 - "The night passed somewhat uneasily"

Mok's Diaries

  1. Session 29 - "Things just became a lot more serious."
  2. Session 30 - "I'm writing this just before heading back off to Amber."
  1. Session 75 - "DUDE!! What a wild ride."
  2. Session 76 - "Well, I'm back in Gaia again..."
  3. Session 77 - "Once again, I am back in the land of psychos..."
  4. Session 78 - "I'd better make this quick."
  5. Session 79 - "Tell us how Dworkin got into your head, Uncle Mok!!"

Ragnar's Diaries

  1. Session 69 - "In a weird way, coming to Amber is like coming home again."
  2. Session 70 - "So this Claudio guy is asking me if I stay bought."
  3. Session 71 - "I never set out to be an assassin."
  4. Session 72 - "I'm committed now."
  1. Session 74 - "They said she was Suhuy's first lover, but I doubted that."
  2. Session 75 - "Now I'll get my revenge."
  3. Session 76 - "I've always had a deep belief in the principle of economy."

Ulysses' Diaries

  1. Session 1
  1. Session 4
  2. Session 5
  3. Session 6
  4. Session 7
  5. Session 8
  6. Session 9
  7. Session 10
  8. Session 11
  9. Session 12
  10. Session 13
  11. Session 14
  12. Session 15
  13. Session 16
  14. Session 17
  1. Session 19
  1. Session 21
  2. Session 22
  3. Session 23
  4. Session 24
  1. Session 26
  2. Session 27
  3. Session 28
  4. Session 29
  5. Session 30
  6. Session 31
  7. Session 32
  8. Session 33
  9. Session 34
  10. Session 35
  11. Session 36
  12. Session 37
  13. Session 38
  14. Session 39
  15. Session 40
  16. Session 41
  17. Session 42
  18. Session 43
  19. Session 44
  20. Session 45
  21. Session 46
  22. Session 47
  23. Session 48
  24. Session 49
  25. Session 50
  26. Session 51
  27. Session 52 - "Well, that was quite the surprise."
  28. Session 53 - "This is getting to be annoying."
  29. Session 54 - "This is getting boring."
  30. Session 55 - "Well, the tournament thing is happening."
  31. Session 56 - "Well, I continue to kick butt in this tournament thing."
  1. Session 58 - "Well, that's over."
  2. Session 59 - "It's so easy to kill, isn't it Caitlin?"
  3. Session 60 - "I think I may have gone too far."
  1. Session 66 - "You wanna throw down right now?"
  2. Session 67 - "Alice in Wonderland? Jeez. How stupid."
  1. Session 78 - "Ugh. How much longer is life going to suck?"

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Last modified on August 20, 1997 by Kris Fazzari.