(Reyvin's POV, on route to Helgen Pass)
The wind whips around me as Scorch cuts through the air at full speed, leaving behind a trail of fire, the massive flaming bird purposefully showing off to the black blur following behind us with contemptuous ease.
Those wings that were usually ...
2024-01-18 19:09:54 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, the morning of the same day)
A light mist covered the narrow pass that connected the western part of Skyrim with the east, only the flickering torchlight placed atop the thick wooden palisade blocking said pass allowed the soldiers of undermanned legionary garrison to observe ...
2024-01-17 22:43:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe did not get even halfway to our meal before we were intercepted by a guard messenger and called back to the keep. I had to hold back my snickers as I watched the poor man wilt in fear while Tolfdir grumbled on and on about impatient youths and not even letting their elders have a meal in peace...
2024-01-15 21:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostHaving offered their insults and challenges, both the rebels and loyalists focused on the only thing that mattered more than their motivations from that point on. That being making their enemy very, very dead.
Thorfinn wasted no time in aggressively slashing at Thorgrim while attempting to ...
2024-01-14 21:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The early midsummer morning in the ancient city of Winterhold was, as usual, a mess of fog and cold winds blowing in from the Sea of Ghosts, there was barely any visibility and it would remain as such until later in the day.
The residents hated it with a burning passion....
2024-01-13 22:56:56 +0000 UTC View PostI leave the passed out Sorine in a bunkbed within the barracks of Fort Dawnguard. The woman was so damn enthusiastic about questioning me and grilling me for all I knew she straight up didn't stop until her body itself decided to shut down due to exhaustion.
Not that I really minded helping...
2024-01-11 21:49:21 +0000 UTC View PostI remember watching Sybille butcher everything in front of her with such graceful ease that it would look more like a shadow moving around a bunch of armored pigs, I also remember being rather impressed at the time.
My current vampiric companion made all that seem like the movements of a ne...
2024-01-10 19:54:55 +0000 UTC View Post"Aaaand done!" Alor proclaims happily and places the disorderly mess that is his journal/grimoire back into its holster "Anything else that needs doing, my lord?"
"You can relax now." I wave him off "We are just waiting for our new friend to finish with her... cooking session."
And it...
2024-01-09 13:22:15 +0000 UTC View PostI approach the stone pedestal at the center of the chamber, my sight working at full power to ensure I wasn't about to get bombarded by some ridiculous trap array that only an immortal mage with too much time on her hands would have the patience to create.
Though imagine my surprise when I ...
2024-01-07 19:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Want some?" I offhandedly ask a very twitchy Nightshade as we observe a literal wave of spiders crash into about a dozen powerful vampires and their many death hounds.
She shudders at the wave of blue smoke that passes near her and shakes her head "No thank you, I need my mind clear even i...
2024-01-06 21:35:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Here we are sir, the Lord Stone, just as you asked." The gruff Nord goatherder informs me while pointing at a stone platform in the distance.
"You have my thanks, Eskel." I summon a pouch of septims and toss it his way "Safe travels."
He swiftly pockets the money and nods "Kyne guide...
2024-01-05 21:32:32 +0000 UTC View Post"My lord." Alor calls out from behind me as we ride closer and closer to our destination "A question if you do not mind?"
I briefly look at him and see an expression of focused curiosity "Ask."
"Can you tell me more about the general abilities of a vampire?" He had already pulled out ...
2024-01-03 20:07:06 +0000 UTC View PostDavos appears within my study without a sound but a moment after Karsus left, the light barely moves as he practically glides through the barely opened doorway "You called boss." He waves cheerfully.
"That I did." I nod in greeting "It seems that the vampire scenario has occurred earlier th...
2024-01-02 22:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostWithin an ancient, dusty, and near ruined hall something that can only be described as a pack of ravenous beasts wearing human skin feasting on the flesh of their once brethren was taking place.
Yet to the youthful man sitting at the jagged throne at the hall's head, this was but a nightly ...
2024-01-01 20:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostA hooded figure clad in a grey traveler's cloak sat in the corner of Dawnstar's most prominent inn patiently listening to the fruits of his labor.
"Is it true what they say? That the Jarl is the one behind the nightmares?" One of the patrons asked the innkeeper in a hushed tone, the others ...
2023-12-30 08:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostA tall blonde Nord winced in pain as he marched on the road leading up to Windhelm. His face was covered in bruises and his left eye was almost black from a punch he received in his most recent fight.
He frowned deeply upon thinking of it causing himself to wince once more due to the moveme...
2023-12-29 11:28:03 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV:)
South of Skyrim, at the center of the fertile heartland of Cyrodiil, stood the greatest city on Nirn. This great city carried many names throughout its long history but its current residents settled on merely calling it the Imperial City, for that is exactly what it was, the ...
2023-12-28 18:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter my abrupt revelation, Torygg had us retreat to his office deeper within the palace. We spoke at length about what was to be done about our new situation and the upcoming crises. Later in the night, we were joined by the Steward and proposed plan after plan, countermeasure after countermeasu...
2023-12-26 20:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Within the unknowable realm of Oblivion an upset not seen since the breaking of Jyggalag shook the usually unaffable Daedric Princes. The ancient beings observed an event yet unseen within this Kalpa, a mortal directly harming a Daedra.
A couple of them instinctually che...
2023-12-25 22:41:42 +0000 UTC View Post(Davos' POV, a bit before Reyvin flew away)
My crossbow produces barely any sound as I shoot down yet another idiot fighting to the death for no apparent reason. I reload my weapon out of habit just in time to shoot another chucklefuck trying to backstab Jarl Balgruuf. His Dunmer housecarl ...
2023-12-24 19:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The sun had barely moved after the issuing of the challenge yet the entire courtyard of the castle had been turned into something resembling a tournament arena. The seats had been moved around to create space and give everyone a good view of the fight while the center of the c...
2023-12-22 08:39:15 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The courtyard of Castle Dour, the legionary garrison of Solitude, had been refitted to host the upcoming kingsmoot. Seats and tables had been arranged in a circular fashion with the seat of the High King being opposite to that of the Jarl of Windhelm.
When the Jarls supp...
2023-12-21 12:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostI appear within the Blue Palace's mage tower with Davos and Nightshade by my sides. A nostalgic smile forces its way onto my face as I feel the familiar aura of Solitude, already an entire year had passed since I worked here daily and the place was still as bustling as ever.
A shame that wa...
2023-12-20 19:21:33 +0000 UTC View Post'The chambers under the great cliff of Winterhold are surprisingly warm considering they are covered in ice most of the time.' I muse as I descend down the tunnel parallel to the one leading to my ancestral shrine. It was rather obvious that they could be kept warm but the contrast was rather jar...
2023-12-18 19:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostA cauldron bubbles with what can only be an extremely deadly acid while multiple tubes feed even more outrageous liquids into it. The annoying sound of nirnroot resounds all around the great alchemist's laboratory while fumes obscure most natural sight. The lab looked like something that one migh...
2023-12-17 20:02:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe large fireplace affixed to the inner wall of my mansion's dining hall crackled comfortably as multiple subdued conversations were being had all across the room.
After the whole 'not Thalmor' attack fiasco I invited everyone involved to a small feast, the day had been stressful for most ...
2023-12-16 21:29:30 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
As the final attacker has their head unceremoniously ripped off by a disturbingly gleeful Fishy the grand chamber falls silent. Well, it would be silent if not for a certain cat man wailing in pure agony while clutching his now far shorter tail.
I land next to him,...
2023-12-14 08:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Ah! Fresh air, how I have missed you!" I exclaim dramatically as we finally exit Labyrinthian.
Durrak gives me an odd look "We haven't been inside for that long."
I shrug "Maybe, but it sure was stressful."
This time it is his turn to shrug.
"Oi, gramps." I turn to Savos ...
2023-12-13 17:13:10 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Thoroughly stumped by the lacking enchantments upon the mask I sit down with a huff. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was most thoroughly ruined.
Likely seeing my mood Durrak, bless his heart, asks "Is it not powerful though?"
"It is" I answer absent-...
2023-12-13 01:15:13 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Morokei the glorious observed the blasphemous invaders of his master's domain, two Dunmer mages and an Orc that stunk of the beast Daedra. The priest could not do much else in his current imprisoned state, his earlier attempts had failed so spectacularly that he had to focus a...
2023-12-10 21:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post