Tonight I headed to Ash Island to help with a rescue, and discovered ether flowing just south of the Dark Temple. There were no ethereal creatures in sight, but the undine found there were willing to attack some of the flow--this proved useful when exiles became trapped by the flow.

This is the first time I've seen ether flowing without any sign of an incursion or other unusual ethereal activity. I wonder if it has something to do with the large numbers of Greater Deaths reported on the ethereal plane recently?

There was another ethereal incursion in the interior of Devil's Island early this morning. This time the strong force of exiles present was able to overcome the ethereal creatures and establish a kyuem after eight hours of hard fighting. With this victory, I believe the only remaining incursion site is located on Kizmia's Island.

Today Garre Verminebane welcomed me to the Rangers. I've begun some Ranger-related training, although it will probably be quite some time before I can actually do any of the things I've seen other Rangers do.