An: This one is actually a bit relevant so do read if you usually skip it.
I did say I'd be whining about the whole side story shtick when I was done with the interludes but I just wasn't in the mood for it back then so here we go:
The side story vote...
2025-05-03 22:25:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe sounds of battle rang through the helmet he had been given, the imperfectly fitted scalemail weighing his shoulders down and making him sweat like some kind of menial as he stood beside the Sealord and his Serpentguards.
A pained scream made him fidget, and drew his eyes to the sight of...
2025-04-30 14:39:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe throne room of Tiguna's palace was taken by a heavy silence after the Altmer's outburst, the Maormer Sealord patiently waiting for the self proclaimed Kinlord who had caught his attention to show more of himself while Narsis battled with the realization of just how utterly fucked he was.
<... 2025-04-29 23:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, months before Reyvin's Solstheim trip)
Heavy breaths and heavier steps drowned in the noise of the rainforest as a lone figure trudged along what he believed may have at one point been a road, his legs barely keeping themselves upright as he fought for each and every gulp of a...
2025-04-28 23:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostAn: Minor changes to the previous chapter as is tradition by this point.
I have something a tad different planned for the next trio of chapters so do buckle your breeches!
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(Reyvin's POV)
"You sure you don't want to fashion something out of that?" I ask as Minthara ra...
2025-04-25 22:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post"Come on Phineas" I loudly tap on said lich's doors "You knew it wasn't going to last for long, stop sulking."
The door is swung open with all he force of a hurricane, revealing the burning eyes of a furious undead "I am not sulking!" Dust is thr...
2025-04-24 22:31:57 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Captain Fridvar of the Jagged Crown felt his fingers nervously tap the bulwark of his ship as the small army disembarked onto the docks of Winterhold. Even days after he was both repeatedly healed and had all the time to rest, his heart would begin beating harshly at the sligh...
2025-04-23 23:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostAs I sat atop the towers of Raven Rock, legs dangling off the crenulations and the salty sea air whistling past me I allowed my thoughts to drift through the events of the past three days.
Our victory in Apocrypha was a muted one, and even if the sense of wrongness lightly suffusing the isl...
2025-04-15 21:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
I burst through the portal to Apocrypha, a fuming Minthara and a freshly nugget-ed vampire (who somehow survived) in my hands. I didn't even bother looking back before I slammed my foot into the edge of the portal and collapsed it, stopping the wave of inky destruction from f...
2025-04-14 23:37:31 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Facing a great enemy, Auri-El's bow in hand and a particularly nasty improvised arrow loosed made me feel all kinds of nostalgic.
The surprise of the enemy, their imminent pain and the glorious song of a plan well executed.
Except I was not facing a rage dragon bu...
2025-04-12 00:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV, Minutes Earlier)
The entire realm around me shook, the force of the tremors feeling somewhat detached as I went about my work carving glyphs and runes into the stone surrounding Ithelia's prison.
The small fact I couldn't simply wish the necessary ritual i...
2025-04-11 01:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, Before Minthara fought Miraak)
Hermaeus Mora floated ominously above and within his forbidden realm of lost knowledge, an act that would warrant no special mention as he had been doing much the same for uncountable years already... if not for the small fact he was not...
2025-04-10 00:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostMinthara fully expected her supposed kinsman to use his advantaged position to attack her immediately, which is why his following actions took her a bit by surprise.
He rose his right hand and the pool of ink shuddered, a large staircase ascending from within, the stone it was made of still...
2025-04-07 01:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post"Why can I not see you?"
Instead of answering, I let the silence stretch for what would have been a very uncomfortably long time to a mortal, letting the tension in the air build and build, and just as I felt she was about to address me again I speak up,...
2025-04-06 00:19:07 +0000 UTC View PostAn: Yus, I have defeated the lethargy! (for now)
Once more, your feedback shall feed my soul!
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(Reyvin's POV)
Within the blink of an eye that lasted far too long, the air that wasn't quite air around me distorted with a loud crack, throwing a smal...
2025-04-05 05:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostAn: Changed Savos' statement that the ritual would take thousands of black soul gems to hundreds (a bit too ridiculous even for what they were doing) in chapter 109.
That aside, I am once again asking that you direct upon me your feedback. The recent lack of interaction has made things feel...
2025-04-04 23:20:39 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
The commonfolk of Tel Mithryn still felt quite miffed by my presence even days after the 'incident' but they went about their day after the novelty of my return wore off and the understanding of who exactly I was settled in their enraged little brains.
Not that...
2025-04-01 23:57:27 +0000 UTC View PostI giggled like a little child as I fiddled with my Orb™ and changed Neloth's nickname for the tenth time today. Having sifted through every possible bald insult I could come up with (he was notified about each and every one) before settling on Maldy and ignoring the ensuing rant.
'Won't p...
2025-03-31 23:45:15 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
My foot tapped the freshly unfrozen sand below me as I stared at the bound serpentine dragon with a fair bit of irritation in my eyes. The creature was no doubt just as miffed as I, being bound in barbed chains as he was...
Even if that fact brought little relief.
(Reyvin's POV)
My perception slowed to a crawl as I wasted no time in levitating upwards and summoning Scorch, the three dragons immediately shifting their flight paths as they noticed me and moving to keep their distance while still remaining in range to shout at my forces.
A damagin...
2025-03-27 01:06:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun had already reached its zenith by the time the meeting came to an end. Lines were drawn, routes planned, supplies drafted, and inspiring words shared, the latter utterly unnecessary even as I spoke them.
My subjects knew why we were here, or at least they knew enough to understand t...
2025-03-26 00:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
We appeared within the walls of Raven Rock with barely a sound, the quiet port/ex-mining town turned bustling military garrison failing to notice us even as dozens of off-duty soldiers passed us by, even as they were meant to be on high alert.
"Hmmm" I narrow my eyes. 2025-03-25 01:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alor frowned as he followed the group into the core of the 'dungeon' as his lord liked to call places such as these, the walls within far less degraded than those without, having been left utterly undisturbed even with the Eastern Empire Company's rampant mining operations.
He made an inter...
2025-03-22 00:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The second day of Raven Rock's rescue, as some of the more eager residents would end up calling it, came with an odd air of peace surrounding the town. A few hundred reiklings still remained scattered in the surroundings but save for the rare report of a crossbow releasing one...
2025-03-21 00:04:26 +0000 UTC View Post"So you have some general idea as to where it is but not really?" I deadpan at the old man so terribly cursed with baldness "Not terribly helpful, is it now?"
Tharstan, the Nord scholar who had spent the previous year researching the Skaal, merely chuckles at my admittedl...
2025-03-20 00:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post"And here I was hoping we would arrive first" Minthara greets as her group nears us, a light skip in her step and the distinct tinge of eaten dragon soul around her "You manage everything you wanted?" She doesn't stop said skipping until she is leaning onto me and smiling happily.
"Yup" I n...
2025-03-17 00:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostAn: A bit later than I intended but I had to confirm names and places while I wrote so that took a good chunk of time (definitely wasn't the puns)
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(Reyvin's POV)
My head bobs left to right as I whistle an old tavern tune I heard somewhere, the large metal boat (you never ...
2025-03-15 23:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostAnd the chosen side story for the month isss... drumroll Mephalan Shenanigans!
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By the time Frea had managed to collect her wits every single cultist around the risen temple had been ended with an ease that both impressed and horrified her. She remained a No...
2025-03-14 23:55:20 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The ancient elf of many lifetimes who was Moon and Star found himself feeling increasingly regretful of his life choices as he observed the wife of his successor swoon at the sight of said successor incinerating a small army and walking off like nothing happ...
2025-03-11 22:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Master Neloth of Great House Telvanni, an elf who inspired terror in his foes and wonder in his supplicants for centuries without end, found himself rather disconcerted with the current state of affairs.
Scratch that, he was absolutely fucking livid!
The very reaso...
2025-03-10 23:29:42 +0000 UTC View Post