In the corrupted plantation near the heart of the Rifenmist Jungle, we discovered a journal. We quickly determined that it was not a different language, but rather Common, encoded by some means. Below are transcribed both the encoded and decoded forms.
Tbbq arjf. Zbaguf bs cynaavat vf pbzvat gb sehvgvba gbavtug. Zl fpvraprf zvkrq jvgu Qrasebf hajnirevat qrqvpngvba unf yrq gb hf znxvat fbzr terng qvfpbirevrf. V unir pbzzharq jvgu gur bgure cynar naq znqr pbagnpg jvgu n orvat. Jr unir znqr n cnpg. Fur unf erirnyrq pregnva fpvragvsvp gehguf gung jvyy nqinapr zl erfrnepu. Fur unf gnxra terng vagrerfg va gur grzcyr, V unir vafgehpgrq gur frnfbany ynoberef gb qvt cre ure vafgehpgvbaf.
Gur Tbqqrff bs Punatr unf fcbxra gb zr ntnva. Fur unf erirnyrq urefrys naq V nz njrfgehpx. Zl fpvrapr unf orpbzr pbcnprgvp jvgu eryvtvba naq gbtrgure jr funyy chfu sbejneq vagb sebagvref arire orsber frra ba guvf cynar. Ure tvsgf unir znqr zl erfrnepu pbagvahr ng n oynmvat cnpr. V nz phygvingvat inevrgvrf bs cynagf gung ner noyr gb zryq jvgu bgure cynagf naq punatr gurve pber rffrapr. Gur Tbqqrff bs Punatr vaqrrq!
Gur ynoberef, rapbhentrq ol gurve Punatr, unir oebxra guebhtu gur rnegu arne gur pragre bs gur grzcyr. Gur Tbqqrff unf vzcyberq zr gb qvfgevohgr gur obba bs zl erfrnepu jvguva gur grzcyr. Guvf riravat Qraseb naq V jvyy gnxr fbzr bs zl rkcrevzragf naq ortva gur terng punatr.
Qraseb unf ortha uvf ubyl genafzhgngvba. Ur erznvaf ng gur nygne, uvf snvgu n pbaqhvg. Zl genafzhgngvba unf ortha nf jryy. V njbxr jvgu gur oynpx irvaf, whfg nf V unir frra ba qbmraf bs grfg fhowrpgf. Gur bguref unira’g orra nf tvsgrq nf zlfrys, naq V unir frra gurve qrfprag vagb znqarff. V ubyq zl zvaq jvgubhg jnire. Gubhtu V unir n tanjvat uhatre gung V pnaabg frrz gb dhrapu.
Qraseb unf abg yrsg gur onfrzrag va jrrxf. V ab ybatre arrq gb rkcrevzrag, Gur Punatr unf fcernq orlbaq zl jvyqrfg qernzf. Ng bhe yngrfg pbzzhar, gur Tbqqrff unf gbyq hf gung ure gvzr vf pbzvat, nyy jr zhfg gb vf znvagnva. V ab ybatre arrq gb rkcrevzrag. Gur punatr unf shyyl gnxra Qraseb naq zlfrys. V frr abj gung jr ner qvssrerag guna gur bguref, Gur Tbqqrff unf thvqrq bhe punatr. V qb abg xabj vs gur uhatre vf n cebqhpg bs ure thvqnapr, be na hasbeghangr fvqr rssrpg bs gur punatr. Ohg gurer vf cyragl gb rng, naq irel yvggyr gb qb. Gur Punatr fcernqf ncnpr. Jr ubyq fgrnql. Gur Tbqqrff jvyy funyy or znqr znavsrfg va guvf cynar.
Decoded, this reads:
Good news. Months of planning is coming to fruition tonight. My sciences mixed with Denfros unwavering dedication has led to us making some great discoveries. I have communed with the other plane and made contact with a being. We have made a pact. She has revealed certain scientific truths that will advance my research. She has taken great interest in the temple, I have instructed the seasonal laborers to dig per her instructions.
The Goddess of Change has spoken to me again. She has revealed herself and I am awestruck. My science has become copacetic with religion and together we shall push forward into frontiers never before seen on this plane. Her gifts have made my research continue at a blazing pace. I am cultivating varieties of plants that are able to meld with other plants and change their core essence. The Goddess of Change indeed!
The laborers, encouraged by their Change, have broken through the earth near the center of the temple. The Goddess has implored me to distribute the boon of my research within the temple. This evening Denfro and I will take some of my experiments and begin the great change.
Denfro has begun his holy transmutation. He remains at the altar, his faith a conduit. My transmutation has begun as well. I awoke with the black veins, just as I have seen on dozens of test subjects. The others haven’t been as gifted as myself, and I have seen their descent into madness. I hold my mind without waver. Though I have a gnawing hunger that I cannot seem to quench.
Denfro has not left the basement in weeks. I no longer need to experiment, The Change has spread beyond my wildest dreams. At our latest commune, the Goddess has told us that her time is coming, all we must to is maintain. I no longer need to experiment. The change has fully taken Denfro and myself. I see now that we are different than the others, The Goddess has guided our change. I do not know if the hunger is a product of her guidance, or an unfortunate side effect of the change. But there is plenty to eat, and very little to do. The Change spreads apace. We hold steady. The Goddess will shall be made manifest in this plane.