The walls and towers of Dawnstar became but distant spots on the horizon as Scorch carried me south, the two of us having left as soon as we were able. I still had to ensure my troops knew to return to Silruhn Fell to prepare for the next phase in our expansion and that Tullius would not have any...
2024-05-21 00:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post[Fury of Dagoth - Awakened: Your power over the concept of blasphemy grows, its direction drawn toward the denial of greater being you consider evil, false, or wrong. You may now invoke your powers at will and now hold the potential to permanently harm such beings.]
I do not know how long I...
2024-05-20 01:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostMy consciousness returns partly as I absently note it moving through innumerable images, scenes I have seen, and those I have not changing, mixing, evolving before my very eyes.
The scene shifts once more and I find myself standing atop a veritable sea of corpses, all of them clad in a fami...
2024-05-18 01:51:59 +0000 UTC View PostWith a complete lack of care for the supposed solemnity of the situation I took Skald's axe and started flipping it in my hand while looking down at the kneeling man. For a moment I debated just cracking his head open for being such a massive idiot and leading thousands of his people to die but t...
2024-05-17 00:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostWith my rush of adrenaline finally settling I found myself staring into the distance while chainsmoking without even noticing it at first. The day's events replayed in my mind even as a full hour passed and the troops were busying themselves dealing with the bodies and giving medical aid to the w...
2024-05-16 00:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostWe did not slow down as we emerged from the forest canopy, whatever few reserves still remained outside were cut down just as swiftly as their comrades before them.
My emotions were a numb mess as I simply continued advancing toward the main enemy base, lazily batting the hastily redirected...
2024-05-14 01:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostTwo more days had passed since the initial big clash of our armies with neither side gaining all that much ground from the other. The Stormcloaks were still resting and Ulfric was likely scrambling to repair his side's still flagging morale while Tullius felt that taking any ground we did not hol...
2024-05-13 01:17:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe battlefield around us seemed to quieten once more as I rested a foot on a mangled corpse to my side while giving the remaining 'elites' of the enemy a mocking smirk they could more feel than see at this distance.
Now that we were not attempting to rend each other into tiny bits, Ulfric ...
2024-05-12 00:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
The cacophony of battle surrounded me on all sides but seemed to recede the closer to me and my challengers it got, almost forming a bubble of relative silence as Ulfric and his most powerful warriors glared daggers at me.
"A good morning to you all." I bow grandly, my ...
2024-05-09 23:22:45 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, about a day earlier)
A group of some ten gaunt figures dressed in plain black robes covered in nondescript light armor stood around in a circle, the haunting growls of the Draugr walking all around them failing to disturb an of them.
"Are the preparations finished?" The ...
2024-05-08 23:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostCleaning up the close to two and a half thousand corpses took us the better part of the day. The losses were heavily in our favor as the Empire lost only around five hundred in the fighting with the twice as many wounded being treated with my usual uncaring efficiency.
The Stormcloaks on th...
2024-05-07 22:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
To the men of Jarl Skald tasked with guarding the only shallow point on the Icevein wide enough for an army the day began as any other they could remember in the past weeks. Ever since the Imperial Legion broke through the fort that guarded the roads from both Morthal and Whit...
2024-05-04 22:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
As the now former Champion of Boethiah falls unconscious I make a show of wiping my gauntleted hands, lazily pulling Blasphemy out of the legendary armor without making a sound and depositing it back into my soul space "Someone take him to a tent and let him rest, do not<...
2024-05-03 21:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Within a hidden clearing, situated atop a hill to the east of the Icevein River sat a fortified camp, its walls either raised by magic or mechanical labor and its interior filled to near overflow with warriors from three different groups.
At the camp's center, a small ga...
2024-05-02 20:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
In one of the many passes carved through Mount Anothor, a large, if somewhat disorganized, military camp dotted with blue banners with the symbol of the snarling bear stood firmly against the cold night winds threatening to batter its inhabitants down the many dangerous inclin...
2024-04-30 22:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostEven as she kept muttering curses at the now very dead dragon, the proud part of Minthara basked in the adoration the crowd of battered warriors offered, her back straightening just a tiny bit with every word of praise she heard.
That same part of her made a stray thought enter her mind unb...
2024-04-29 21:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the panicked guardsman finished speaking, Balgruuf started rapid firing one question after the other, getting as much information from the now sobbing lad as he could before standing up and issuing his orders "Irileth gather every blade willing, get the clans involved as well." He bark...
2024-04-28 21:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post"See to it that the people are provided anything you deem necessary for their recovery. In times such as these, they must know they are cared for by their leaders." I tell the imperial quartermaster as he finishes with his report "A couple of words on the High King's efforts would also not be rem...
2024-04-26 18:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post"Hate you." The annoyed, grouchy voice of my fellow semi-divine being reaches my ears as she forces herself to get up "Hate you so much."
"You should not just fall asleep in the middle of nowhere then." I shrug my shoulders, ignoring the fact one of her hands was twitching toward her blade ...
2024-04-25 20:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostMy customary session of patting myself on the back lasted me for only an hour or so before I grew bored once again and stepped out to be a general bother while I waited for my guests to rest themselves.
First I made my way to the training grounds and barracks, a large walled off part of the...
2024-04-25 01:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post(Flashback, General POV)
The peaceful rustling of Bruma's northern forests was broken as a small group of mounted men rode through its less overgrown paths at a rapid pace, a pack of large hunting dogs guiding them forward and after a magnificent boar moving at speeds high enough to shatter...
2024-04-22 20:16:23 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
As the Court Mage made the entire group disappear to who knows where General Tullius allowed himself to relax ever so slightly. The task given to him by his liege was now far harder to complete and his honed mind failed utterly in not thinking about the amount of work it would...
2024-04-22 00:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Consciousness slams back into me like a hammer, the sudden lack of deathly suffocation forcing me to take in deep gulps of air before I finally manage to calm down.
My freshly rebuilt eyes sting as they snap open and take in the scene above me, a leveled city, a panicki...
2024-04-21 01:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostTime seemed to slow down as the mass of pitch black scales barreled straight toward us, his eyes briefly twitched in my direction but his attention was swiftly taken by Minthara glaring at him and greeting him with her own voice "FUS RO DAH!"
I could practically taste his contempt as he sim...
2024-04-19 00:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Complete silence descended upon the central square of Helgen.
My sudden entrance and the question that followed it stunned most people on the imperial side and even a good number of the Stormcloaks, judging by the gaping of what I presumed were the newer recruits. Most ...
2024-04-17 22:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing she felt was the sound of a cart moving down an uneven road, the hooves of the horse pulling it following soon after. The next was the smell, the sweet smell of mountain spring, 'the smell of home' a large part of her almost leaped for joy.
Realizing that she was awake, her ...
2024-04-17 01:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Felt like visiting the vaunted quarter once again, also I kinda went wild with it so it turned into a 3k words chonker.
We shall return to the usual program in the next chapter.
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As winter approached, an almost permanent fog once more settled onto the nar...
2024-04-14 22:48:50 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, a few moons before Harkon's demise)
A small group comprised of seven elves and one human can be seen moving down a narrow path to the south of Markarth's hold. Five of them were simple guards, armed with halberds and armored in the usual dark hue preferred by their lord, all o...
2024-04-14 00:54:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sweet taste of victory lasted me only for about a minute longer before the irritating realities of warfare reasserted themselves as Rikke barged into the ruined chapel and browbeat me into checking on every single legionary and Dawnguard member to make sure none of them were about to die or w...
2024-04-13 01:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostA splash of red flashes next to my right eye as I barely dodge the rapid swing of Harkon's blade, the damned thing easily cutting into my mask with barely any resistance. I channel a spontaneous blast of sunlight next to me but he is already moving on to his next target as he simply continues his...
2024-04-11 01:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post