A few days had passed since the arena event and oddly enough things had greatly calmed down. People were still attempting to curry favor and 'expose' with every opportunity they could get their grubby little hands on.
The guilds were mostly reasonable at least, with the Fighter's Guild quic...
2024-10-10 22:22:01 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
"Citizens of the Imperial City, be welcomed back to this grand temple of valor!" The announcer spoke over the loud voices of the crowd, his own words enhanced by some magic artifact "Today's festivities have been blessed by our very own Emperor, Titus ...
2024-10-07 22:42:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlternate title: Meeting the slightly less imperial council.
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"Now that we have all been fed and watered, I do believe it is time we addressed today's agenda." Titus spoke as the room quietened down.
Marshal Valenicus' content expression immediately twists into a scowl "The...
2024-10-06 23:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: It was just going to be a snippet but then I decided to go wild and make a whole ass council ;-;
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"Well now." I barely contain a sigh "That is... quite annoying."
"Understatement." A grumpy Minthara does not share in my restraint.
One might find themselves wonder...
2024-10-05 21:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt was... odd, walking through the main hall of the manor, memories which were certainly mine but only ever experienced by a past self which was at the same time me and not. The nostalgia was very real though so I would simply accept that the child who grew up here was just half a soul waiting to...
2024-10-02 22:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Lady Isabella of the Vampirum Order of Cyrodiil took another slow sip of blood wine as her thrall continued his tales. She was half tempted to tell him how utterly ridiculous some of his contacts' claims sounded but held her tongue for now as she had long since learned that ev...
2024-10-01 21:31:59 +0000 UTC View PostMarching down the Pale Pass and beyond the Jerall Mountains was like entering another world in its entirety, the endless forest of evergreen trees I got used to in Skyrim was now replaced with a sea of brown and orange, the late autumn making the sight of northern Bruma all the more beautiful to ...
2024-09-30 21:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Is this cooking, or half baked? I need le feedback!
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"Why good morning Minthara" My grin was one of rather disturbingly shiteating proportions as I gave her a wave of greeting "I do so hope you had a nice rest."
She looks up before looking away the moment she...
2024-09-27 21:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhy are we here... Just to suffer? Every moment I can feel the bo-
"Pops" Scorch pops onto my shoulder with an annoyed squeak "It has been an hour, I swear if I am forced to continue listening to your inner monologue for one second longer I will blow myself the fuck up." Before I can respon...
2024-09-26 21:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the ash-covered reaches of old Vvardenfell the sound of quiet steps broke the methodical noise of mechanical tinkering, the ever-curious work of the ancient elf pausing just as his 'daughter' made her presence known.
"Ah, Alfe my dear." The seated Mer looked up from the disassembled ...
2024-09-25 21:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
"Serjo" The quiet voice of one of his aides almost made Davos jump out of his skin, his imported sujaama now quite thoroughly spilled all over his best pants. He glared at his subordinate but the Dunmer merely kept staring at him, the only sign of a reaction being the slightes...
2024-09-22 22:09:45 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
"We've got another!" The sudden shout brought Torygg from the depths of this thoughts and worries as a quartet of hale warriors ran past him, carrying the wounded form of whom he swiftly recognized as Balgruuf's own niece to the nearby space the healers sectioned off to tend t...
2024-09-21 20:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Me: I am going to fit so much stuff in this chapter!
Also me: writes almost a chapter's worth of words in once scene
tehe~
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My impending and certain doom is postponed thankfully, as a cough that was more of a gurgle drew our eyes away from ...
2024-09-20 21:46:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: For the rightest experience in reading this chonker of a chapter I recommend starting with the ole' reliable and playing the Dragonborn song and then blasting Nerevar Rising (from Skywind specifically and from the third minute of it when Reyvin starts doing his thing)
Just thought I'd ...
2024-09-17 11:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Ooooh boy, tomorrow is going to be fun to write.
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It took the 'honored dead' less than a minute to gather the food and drinks, a number of them stepping into the center that was not the center of the hall with instruments of all kinds and promptly breaking ...
2024-09-16 10:23:17 +0000 UTC View PostTsun gathered himself with an almost deliberate slowness, pointedly looking away from me and surveying the rest of those gathered, most of whom were now kneeling before him. In fact, all of them had taken a knee, everyone except Minthara and myself in fact.
'How incredibly cut- solemn.' I r...
2024-09-15 10:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Previous chap has been thoroughly edited, the ending is completely different so I recommend a re-read.
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"Oof!" I groan as my back hits the dirt, more for dramatics than any actual pain.
Minthara looks at me for a moment with a genuinely dumbfo...
2024-09-12 10:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostEven as I prepared to charge my opponent I still felt the wards of this place pressing down on all of us, trying to stifle our magic utterly, and while I myself was more than capable of pushing through it with contemptuous ease, the rest would suffer greatly before the battle was done.
That...
2024-09-12 01:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The remnants of the living Dragon Cult who were granted passage to Skuldafn felt the shift in the air as acutely as their long-undead brethren, the surge of power coming from the south and roars in the skies being their only warning before arrows began showering every open inc...
2024-09-10 20:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostOur gigantic mounts cut through the late night sky in a blur of their respective coloring, crossing the entirety of Skyrim within less than two hours. We all remained silent as we travelled, only the sound of beating wings and howling winds distracting us from our preoccupied minds.
As we r...
2024-09-07 20:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Nudging the Redoran contingent in volunteering themselves for the mission was easier than I expected. Oh sure I heard they were getting hit by dragon raids on the eastern edges of the Velothi mountain range but it was apparently worse than I initially thought.
And for a...
2024-09-07 00:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Something a tad different before we get into the meat of it all.
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(General POV, a slight bit earlier)
Almeril Faren, House Brother of the Great House Redoran felt his brows crease as he and his retinue were led through a portal below the city of Winterhol...
2024-09-06 01:32:35 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: If anyone notices any discrepancies in the statline do tell me so I can correct it posthaste.
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(Reyvin's POV)
Another week had passed since Minthara's challenge to Odahviing, the smug look she gave me once she told me she managed to get two dragons under her c...
2024-09-03 01:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
A duo of unusual figures strolled slowly through the thick forests of Skyrim's southernmost hold, as the two conversed, one voice a squeaky and the other almost unnaturally cheerful, the canopy gave way to a vast opening, revealing the in some places still smoking ruins of Fal...
2024-09-02 01:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post(Minthara's POV, continued)
A few moments pass after my 'invitation' and nothing seems to happen. Immediately the idea that I would go ignored appears but I squash it just as quickly.
Chuckling lightly I lean onto my hammer, digging the butt of it into the dirt as I barely contain a f...
2024-09-01 00:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Torygg's POV)
My hand passes my forehead, revealing a thick sheen of sweat. Uncaring for my lessons of etiquette I simply wipe it on my coat and return to the letter from Tullius.
All the lands excluding Falkreath, which would need a full restoration, were put to swift order by the l...
2024-08-29 01:10:04 +0000 UTC View PostI groan and let my face plant into my study table, explaining to Torygg just what exactly Alduin was doing in his people's afterlife was an exercise in patience and careful wording. All the Nords present, including even Erikur which somehow managed to surprise me, were to say t...
2024-08-28 01:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: The arc's finale approaches ever so slowly! We enter a planning phase and only a single short side quest is left before the World Eater learns his fucking place (It is in the trash by the way, if it wasn't already obvious)
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(Reyvin's POV)
Leaving the solemn I...
2024-08-27 00:58:33 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Planned on this whole thing just being a starting snippet but apparently I had way too much fun writing it so here we are
(Maven Black-Briar's POV)
It had been ten minutes since the commotion outside calmed down but I still refused to let my guard down. The dragons may have beate...
2024-08-24 01:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
With a silent flash, Minthara, the Blades, Akulakhan and I walk out of the wayshrine below my tower, having left Tullius to deal with the aftermath after we saw Paarthurnax driving off the two other dragons both of whom looked battered and barely breathing.
"I still don...
2024-08-23 01:38:35 +0000 UTC View Post