I entered the forest today looking for a little fun, it was a beautiful day with the leaves rustling happily in the trees only for this vision of beauty to be interrupted as I stumbled upon the one they call 'The Collector' I've seen him before from afar but with those rags and all those masks hanging like baubles from his antlers he is not the prettiest thing in the forest however one should not judge a book by its cover and me with other company I never found a reason to go and meet him, many of the other deer are afraid of his antics and the fauns seem to think he brings nightmares with him as he visits when they sleep. I went to introduce myself though he did not seem to appreciate my friendly nuzzle or subsequent bout of jumping and prance him - things that entice normal deer to play and dance with me. He seemed to enjoy casting mask spells for a time though did not appreciate me returning the favour which I did not understand.

Instead he just left trotting off with his head bowed and a look of concentration on his face and I followed for a while not understanding his actions until finally I took the hint and left him be while I went to entertain some fauns with my dancing, I still cant decide how comfortable I am with the little creatures with their lack of antlers and spindly little legs that I fear will break when they run though they never have. I danced briefly with a small red coated deer too though it wasn't long before my curiosity about this Collector got the better of me and listening carefully I tracked down his roar again collecting a mask spell on my way.

I watched from a short distance for a time trying to understand, then finally it hit me. He was playing a game - stealing those masks off the sleeping deer well it was rather mischievous and looked like a great deal of fun so I tried it myself though I wasn't very good, they always seemed to wake up when I used the spell which of course ruined his game he was an expert at approaching and casting with a minimum of noise or fuss, he seemed rather annoyed the second time it happened and I tried to apologise but he ran off again. I just wanted to join in, as he doesn't seem to like the games I play with the others - dancing and flying and tricks had no appeal to this strange stag. I thought he would enjoy some company on his mask stealing escapades.

However I spotted my friend Vala in the forest and she is always good fun and found her in the mushroom circle looking like a baby rabbit, chuckling to myself I lay down beside her and i waited until eventually someone turned me into a small raven and Vala was off like a shot, and I flew after her playing chase - flying is fun though I do miss the feel of the earth on my hooves. Inadvertently she led me back to the Collector who was dozing in the dark under a rock. He didn't seem to mind my presence as a raven but the moment I was a stag again and he saw me lying next to him he got up and I felt a little bad for driving him from his sleeping place so got up and moved away to a more comfortable distance. Maybe I will make a friend of him yet. We will see...