638: Crisis in Solitude (1)
"This is unbearable! Unbearable! A Dragon plots to murder a Jarl and devise a plot? You want me to believe that?" General Tullius shouted as he strode left and right in the Throne Hall of the Blue Palace.
"It is quit...
2022-01-05 15:18:55 +0000 UTC
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637: The True Face of Evil
In a world where evil had many faces, publicly punishing evil was a sort of public amusement. Beheading outlaws, burning witches, and whipping criminals were ordinary and welcome sights.
Hagravens are notorious for their ways in witchcraft...
2021-12-30 13:12:26 +0000 UTC
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636: Setting the Stage
"Those are the guards you asked for." Captain Aldis said came closer towards Jon, "That's 40 of our men under your disposal, sir…"
"No." Jon replied, "Just 20."
"What do you mean, sir?" Captain Aldis asked.
"I am returning the ...
2021-12-27 13:51:27 +0000 UTC
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635: The Messenger
"And so, we can secure the Front Gate, the Spiral Stairs to the Dockyard, and the Dockyard itself." Brina Merilis said as she pointed at certain areas on the map.
"The Legion can't spare that many men. We need to keep a heavy watch on the castle e...
2021-12-21 21:59:34 +0000 UTC
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634: The Man Who Cried Wolf
"Dawnbreaker! The Dawnbreaker! I've read tales about this sword."
"Aha!"w
"The sword of light, the banisher of evil, the divine artifact, the bane of all Undead."
"Yep."
"Despite the fact that it is Daedric, it is consid...
2021-12-18 01:04:12 +0000 UTC
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633: Break of Dawn
Sitting around a campfire at the side of the road, Jon and Bryling sat together and started studying a map of the old Shrine of Meridia.
"I say we should take this way."
"What?"
"This way! We should take it."
"Speak up!"
"W...
2021-12-13 01:47:11 +0000 UTC
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632: Mount Kilkreath
"By the skin of our teeth, we made it." Veezara said as he dragged his tired body off his horse.
"Scales… in your case." Serana replied nonchalantly.
"Very funny, vampire girl." He replied with a fake laugh.
"You're welcome, rept...
2021-12-07 15:59:00 +0000 UTC
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631: Nordic Hustle
"So he decided to work openly against us."
"I am sorry, Sir. But we may have acted way too soon."
"Are you doubting my leadership, Legate?"
"Of course not, Sir. I was only saying that we antagonized the court members way too fast."
...
2021-12-01 18:18:30 +0000 UTC
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630: The Grey Wolf Movement
While Jon's advice put a clear route to the future of Solitude, some complications were coming towards the Court that is currently left without a Jarl.
There was a clear shift of administrative power that suddenly went towards the Castle ...
2021-11-29 08:47:46 +0000 UTC
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629: What Happened in Solitude?
Jon ran through the streets and pulverized all the assassins he ran into as they were all non-essential mob characters that didn't make it into the game.
The Dark Brotherhood was not only composed of the handful of members that the pl...
2021-11-23 15:40:24 +0000 UTC
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628: The Bloody Wedding (4): Chaos Descent
The day was as good as any in terms of weather but it was extraordinarily bright when it came to Jon's mindset at the moment. After all, he received some good news this morning.
Truthfully, he was looking forward to this qu...
2021-11-20 19:17:14 +0000 UTC
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627: The Bloody Wedding (3)
It wasn't really something for Jon if Maven Black-Briar rallied up a legion of thugs and came at him screaming for war. The appearance of an Arch-Wizard, however, was worrying to an extent.
If you are an Arch-Wizard, you are not an Arch-W...
2021-11-14 20:42:41 +0000 UTC
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626: The Bloody Wedding (2)
He is a monster, she is a poisonous snake. They both see eye to eye in terms of who they are.
"14 years, was it?"
"It was."
"And here you are. The rat who walked out of Riften."
"I am a cat person."
"A Skeever."
2021-11-08 22:09:01 +0000 UTC
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625: The Bloody Wedding (1)
As one of Jon Dare's lovers, the Emperor's Cousin, the Overseer of the East Empire Company's holding in Skyrim, and the only daughter of Count Vici, things didn't go as easy as everyone expected when it comes to Vittoria Vici. Aside from how she...
2021-11-07 11:00:40 +0000 UTC
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624: The Game is Afoot
"So… what do you say about this, young miss?" Safia said.
"We have been bested by a stronger foe. I don't hold any of you…" Serana said as she held the shaft of the axe stuck into Safia's head and pulled it out, "… Responsible."
Th...
2021-11-06 11:57:20 +0000 UTC
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623: Sweet but Psycho
The pier of Riften is always dangerous, especially during nighttime. If not an Argonian Skooma-driven thug jumping off the water to strip you of your belongings, it would either be cutthroats or worse nightmares.
But never a Vampire.
Yet ...
2021-11-04 11:10:13 +0000 UTC
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622: The Man Who Cried "Vampire!"
It was upsetting not to receive any money from Delvin but it seemed that Astrid is way too careful when it comes to handling her cash. This letter of credit serves no value anywhere outside the Thieves Guild and Serana had no use of it. St...
2021-10-26 06:14:02 +0000 UTC
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(621: Appraising Values)
*Falkreath, the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary*
"You're back!" Astrid saw Serana in as the latter seemed to be absent-minded.
"Yep." Serana replied.
"And?"
"What?"
"The Night Mother's contact! Tell me everything first. What did this Motierr...
2021-10-21 11:45:50 +0000 UTC
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(620: Betrayal)
"So, you've taken the contract?"
Serana couldn't stand being snuck at from behind as she watched Amaund Motierre and his guard leave. The fact that the one who snuck on her was Jon made it even worse since Serana was sincerely pissed at the moment.
"Bastard!"<...
2021-10-15 17:43:18 +0000 UTC
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(619: A Contract of an Era)
Astrid sat at the head of the table where she always does and her silence was reaching all the way to her very thoughts even so everyone in her surroundings was noisily arguing. She was simply too lost in her thoughts to care about the others at this moment.
...
2021-10-08 10:05:08 +0000 UTC
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(618: Darkness Rises)
Jon barely touched the Elder Scroll of the Dragon and he got a signal from Gluttony right away. He could see through the eyes of Serana and felt what she was feeling.
"Shit!"
There was no time to stand on ceremony after this revelation and Jon grabbed th...
2021-10-02 18:29:26 +0000 UTC
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(617: Foretold)
The last strike cost Jon a lot of power that he almost felt his innards revolting against him.
If not for the Dragon Soul flowing from the dead body of Vulthuryol to Jon, he would at least need five days of hibernation to regain his stamina.
As he held Neferti...
2021-09-28 01:24:09 +0000 UTC
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(616: How to Hunt a Dragon)
The Dragon and the Colossus kept on fighting to their limits. The Dragon wasn't able to freely fly due to the nature of the cave thus his stamina and agility were limited while the Colossus was getting destroyed gradually.
The only one who maintained a good...
2021-09-21 22:00:12 +0000 UTC
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(615: A Different Scale)
It wasn't like anything he ever saw before, the Dragon exclaimed deeply in his thoughts and realized that his ears were tricked.
The sound… of course it can't be them.
It can't be the Dwarves.
For all he knows, the deep ones haven't appeared for ...
2021-09-16 12:59:09 +0000 UTC
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(614: Clash of Flames)
Despite the ages, he remained in Blackreach unmoved and unbothered for Time wasn't even something that would faze him. And from the perspective of a marvelous machine, time is prolonged as there is maintenance and in his eyes, there is an entire city beneath his feet ...
2021-09-11 16:49:00 +0000 UTC
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(613: The War Beneath)
"Troopers!" Jon called, "Advance!"
For the first time in a thousand years, the dark and quiet Blackreach witnessed an all-out war that no one of its locals anticipated.
The humans who were invading through the Great Lift swarmed down the stone slope and st...
2021-09-07 19:58:28 +0000 UTC
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(612: The Mammoth Anchors)
The Great Lift of Alftand descended slowly and with every gear rotation, the hearts of the men present in the lift began to squeeze like crazy.
Are we ready for what's about to unfold? Asked Ivar, a young Nord who had followed Jon Dare since the days of Neo ...
2021-09-04 23:16:15 +0000 UTC
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(611: It's Not Who I Am)
Back into the temple, the scene was replaced by angry priests to stern legionaries guarding the armor from all sides. General Tullius was the one standing at the altar as well.
The upper-class folk took the seats in the temple with the people of Winterhold and...
2021-08-28 19:02:14 +0000 UTC
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(610: Dragonborn Call)
It may not be that known before but since this day, the method of calling the Dragonborn was announced to the public.
It is actually a no-brainer question to ask about how to summon the Dragonborn. It is so simple to the point where one just has to call his name...
2021-08-28 18:50:13 +0000 UTC
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(609: Use Your Voice)
Then she quickly closed her eyes as the hearts of the people facing her almost sunk in horror.
Her prayers slowly turned into whispers and as if everything around the temple was held still by some mighty force, the cold air suddenly started flowing once again and...
2021-08-22 15:40:36 +0000 UTC
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