Just as we discussed, the attack was quickly prepared for the following morning. The new arrivals eagerly signed up for the main assault, without any prodding necessary from our end, while the more veteran adventurers wisely decided to ask for more reasonable roles.
Even after all these yea...
2023-10-30 23:47:34 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Three months had passed since the rather... pitiful attempt on Reyvin's life and the subsequent execution of the assassin by way of ravenous spider, and many things had happened in the meantime.
The hastily erected fortress rapidly sprouted into a small adventurer's town...
2023-10-29 21:53:43 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
"I know what I am doing so stop distracting me damn it!" Edrassa hisses at me as her hands hover over a convulsing Falmer warrior, the creature's muscles bulge as the magic inside it twists and turns.
"Are you quite sure about that?" I retort condescendingly, my eyes gl...
2023-10-27 21:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
I turn from the burned field stoically and speak up once more "Double the patrols for now, we must be prepared if they decide on another attack." The adventurers and armed laborers salute as I pass by them, expressions of fear and awe on their faces.
As I descend I am g...
2023-10-26 20:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post"Honestly" I mutter dejectedly as I needlessly clean the already pristine blade of my staff "That was incredibly disappointing."
A small sea of dead Falmer lies in front of the fortress, most of them punctured by an arrow or an automaton's crossbow bolt. The attack consisted only of a coupl...
2023-10-25 20:06:05 +0000 UTC View PostI take a deep breath and let out a tired sigh, Mephala's grin widens as I silently take a seat across her, and after making sure I am not about to ingest divine LSD I take a sip of the offered drink and sigh once more, this time in contentment.
"Getting confident, are we?" She teases.
I spread my arms dramatically and run to my part "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Fal'Zhardum Din, or as it is more widely known to us mere mortals: Blacreach." I explain most generously.
Marco claps enthusiastically and stops after realizing no one is following his lead, he shyly scratches...
2023-10-22 23:24:54 +0000 UTC View PostI still completely as I realize the six massive automatons were powered up.
This wasn't in the damn script!
Deciding to follow the wisdom of the ancients I put into practice the old adage of 'discretion is the better part of valor' and start walking backward very quietly. Naturally, i...
2023-10-21 23:11:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs the trio of Masters entered the fort, the stagnant air of Alftand shifted ever so slightly, drawing the attention of the many Falmer skulking in its halls. They had lost an entire scouting party some days prior and were on high alert for any intruders.
And so the moment that the disparat...
2023-10-19 22:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostI leave Phineas' tower with a mix of excitement and dread. When I asked him for his anatomical research I expected a singular large tome, maybe two considering his possible experience. What I most assuredly did not expect however was twenty four hundred page tomes describing in painful detail eve...
2023-10-18 21:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostA firebolt whizzes past Reyvin's masked face as he dodges rapidly, immediately retaliating with a bolt of crimson lightning which his opponent evades with practiced ease. Before he can even blink Faralda starts bombarding him with wide-area spells, forcing him to shadow-walk out of her line of si...
2023-10-17 22:37:47 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Within the unusually empty confines of Reyvin's mansion, a clandestine meeting of great importance was taking place.
Well, it was about to anyway...
"Come on little girl, I thought mages were supposed to be all smart and tactical" A short Dunmer with a sharp goatee...
2023-10-15 22:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
"Do go on" I tell one of my agents who was reporting the results of my students' expedition, as I lounge in a comfy armchair in my quarters atop the Mage's Tower.
He nods "Upon defeating the overlord the apprentices approached a nearby dragon wall, and started chatting ...
2023-10-14 22:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe fishing village of Kirkheim was the westernmost settlement under the domain of Winterhold, like most other settlements in Skyrim it was composed of many large families living in equally large, well-insulated longhouses. A palisade wall surrounded it from three sides and a small fishing port c...
2023-10-13 15:21:29 +0000 UTC View PostOn a cold Rain's Hand morning, the eerily calm sea of ghosts was disturbed by a small warship cutting through its waves and batting away the thin sheaths of ice formed due to the near-constant frost.
The fog parted to reveal the wide war galley that bore the flag of the Jarldom of Winterhol...
2023-10-11 18:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio of explorers entered the ancient prison with cautious steps, the first chamber that greeted them was suspiciously empty of any Draugr guardians, the walls however were completely covered in ancient Nordic script, the words even untranslated gave out an ominous feeling.
After they m...
2023-10-10 18:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: I was going to have this chap be the whole dungeon crawl, but as usual I went on a tangent... sorry not sorry? :D
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The noisy cacophony of the northern Morthal marshes was broken suddenly and mercilessly by three sets of feet marchi...
2023-10-09 14:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostTime flew as the date of Torygg's wedding approached.
The young King seemed much more relaxed and confident now that all the urgently imminent crises had been dealt with. He decided to host yet another royal hunt and I once more got to embarrass myself with my lack of skill with the bow, ai...
2023-10-07 10:54:46 +0000 UTC View PostI blink at Savos' sudden appearance "How nice of you to visit Archmage." I say, my tone implying the obvious question.
He huffs "So cold Reyvin, you wound my old heart."
I narrow my eyes and deadpan "Uh huh."
A defeated sigh leaves him "I swear I am not here to play around... th...
2023-10-06 17:13:29 +0000 UTC View Post"So" I start, riding up to the lonely King of Skyrim "How does it feel to consign thousands to their deaths while subjugating the rest?" I ask with false cheer.
Torygg twitches violently, we have been riding for three days now and the young man was constantly deep in thought, the consequenc...
2023-10-06 00:04:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Can someone please explain to me what is going on here?!" A very confused Marco exclaims after a beat of silence. His fellow apprentice narrows her eyes while staring at me intently.
This is usually where one spins lies and denials in an attempt to keep things in the status quo, but I have...
2023-10-03 23:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostI enter the temple and immediately tense at its aura. The feeling and most disturbingly, the smell reminding me all too well of Dyrren's tower, even the bone chilling gaze of the disgusting Daedra was present.
Behind the ruined gate stood a massive chamber housing a Dovahzul word wall, usin...
2023-10-02 22:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Three Forsworn found themselves guarding a small section of the walls of their new holdfast, the place that should have been the hope of their people and a path to their ascendance was now mired in an aura of despair evident to even the least sensitive among their number.
<... 2023-10-01 23:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's pov)
Less than an hour after I sent out the two hunting parties the miasma finally dispersed completely and I let out a relieved sigh. Channeling Magicka at a constant rate for so long was still tiring, but at least it was good exercise, right?
Sybille and the Dunmer were th...
2023-09-29 20:57:53 +0000 UTC View PostI raise a hand and enhance my voice lightly "Hold!"
The entire column stills and Rikke rides up to me "What is going on?"
I look around at what must be some kind of curse slowly surrounding us and note it is coming from two directions "It appears we are being cursed." I mutter.
...
2023-09-28 22:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe celebratory feast was prepared in record speed, the deeply ingrained Nordic need to get drunk after a good battle being far more potent than any exhaustion the defenders might have felt. Barrels of mead and ale were rolled out from the Thane's own stock and the abundance of supplies prepared ...
2023-09-27 22:13:49 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's pov)
Moments after the housecarl brought us the news, Sybille and I found ourselves atop the wall, looking over the new and much better equipped force of Reachmen standing across the field, their usual bone and hide covering iron and steel obviously not originally fitted for their...
2023-09-25 20:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe metallic clang of ebony against ebony resounds in a volume far louder than one might expect as my fingers connect.
A massive wave of Magicka rips its way out of my body, almost all of it in fact, and surges toward the runes bearing my mark combining with the petty soul gems I had placed...
2023-09-24 20:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The day following Reyvin's slaying of the Reachman chief and his cabal of witches passed with surprisingly little movement from their enemy. Small assaults were attempted by the most stubborn among them, but they were repelled with disdainful ease by the well practiced defende...
2023-09-23 21:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
The feeling of fading into a ghost-like existence is an odd one, I am here yet I am not here, it almost feels like the ti-
A mournful cry interrupts my inner monologue as the shout's power dissipates.
Ah yes, the caveman.
I look at him tenderly holding the s...
2023-09-21 22:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post