Editing PERSONAL NOTES:The Family (section)

===Year of the Sun 1234 Penitence 31===
I have been working for the Family for several months now. Mostly I gather information for them. The voice training combined with the natural ability I got from my mother has paid off. I am actually sought after in many of the prominent homes to provide entertainment for big events. It has been a very useful way of collecting information without being suspected. As yet my ties to Al’Hamzah are not known within the city. I am believed to be exactly as I seem-an elven bard with a beautiful voice.

Tonight, I perform for the Family. Hakem said I do not need to be among strangers on this night. I am to begin the New Year within the embrace of the Family. I think he is trying to bind me more tightly to them. I know he is looking for my loyalty and playing on the fact that I have been displaced from all that I know. If Al’Hamzah becomes a surrogate family to me then I will be as loyal as one not born to the family can be. I think I should tell him no tricks are necessary. I would never be disloyal. When I began with them I pledged to never do anything to harm the Family. While I have learned to be deceptive, I am not an oath-breaker and I never shall be.

It was a magical night. I dazzled them with my voice and light tricks and they dazzled me with their warmth. It’s amazing how kind a room full of murderers, thieves and whores can be.  For better or worse they are my family, for now.