Savage Tide: ECL 9 Aconitum Bane: The Grappler: Entry 3

So its been a while since I had the time to write in my book. We have been for the last two months feverishly been trying to prepare for a pirate invasion that is soon to come. The last two months have changed me. In many ways I didn't expect. I no longer feel the hateful drive and rage building up inside of me. I still long for the combat but now I found a new joy of taking on my enemy head on. I have been training with some people in the village we are helping and they have showed me some tricks to grappling and surviving the monstrosities in the wild. These people here have to deal with gargantuan snakes and wild animals many more sizes bigger than they are.
On one of our recent treks, we encountered a massive veteran T-Rex guarding a large tar pit. The ferocity of the monster was matched only by it's strength. It eventually fell to its wounds.
But I think my recent encounter with a gargantuan emerald snake thought me a lesson about being able to get into a fight that I was not ready for. And that rage that once burned inside of me finally manifested. It shaped my body and allowed me to change my shape into beast that could rival the brutality of giants of the islands.
We had a territorial herd of dinosaurs charge us, trampling everyone and everything around us. But I did not budge. I was able to slam the monster to the ground and rip it apart as it struggled with me. The other team members were dodging, running, or climbing trees to get out of the way. After I was able to remove it's life-force from it, I too went into the trees to wait out the herd. Something spooked them, I'm sure of it.....
We have one week left before the invasion starts... and we have one more task we are trying to complete in that time. Hopefully we make it back in time.