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Posted by: Loranna Mar 22 2005, 01:06 PM

Another RP thread completed, and this one was one of the wildest rides I've had the pleasure of partaking in.

My sincerest thanks and love to everyone who took part, and to all of you who watched and enjoyed our story.

Let the wind down, epiloging, commenting, and general celebrations begin! (blows a party noisemaker)

Loranna

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 22 2005, 01:08 PM

(OOC:)

Just for clarification, feel free to post in-character or out-of-character, here. Both players and characters deserve a party after that!

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 22 2005, 01:16 PM

OOC Summaries:

Allerleirauh is caring for Sen-Yedda, Vehk and Azura's child, at Ald Raathim. Soon she will start on her way to her home in Daggerfall.

Sen-Yedda is born! Yay! She has golden eyes like her father, not Azurite blue. She's also the first baby born in Vvardenfell since... who knows when. Thus putting an end to the Curse of Seed.

Tris and Ciel are planning to discuss Ciel becoming seneshal of Solunastra, the Void Ranger guildhouse in Daggerfall. Then they can live together in peace. Tris's father still wants to kill him, Herwyn Brand, Queen Elysana's spymaster, is still hunting him, and Elysana wants to kill Ciel. But life is good!

Dragon is bathing in the river with Nalion and Aricyn. He got to show off his leet skillz in the main battle. I guess he's not bored anymore.

Mirea stuck her pointy nose out of the Void long enough to see Dante and Illidan getting along like brothers again.

Doll, after serving as a mage to Cyndarius during the battle, is checking to be sure Master Solin is okay.

Skein and Tamne, the Azurite girl, are at Solunastra. Tamne seems to have found peace with the idea of staying with Allerleirauh, finally.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 22 2005, 01:18 PM

OOC:

Great group, everyone! We all pulled together at the end.

Kudos to the folks who let their characters be killed to add drama to the climax: Yasur, Celeste, the good folks of Blacklight. And Meph the Talking Dog!

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 22 2005, 01:24 PM

(OOC Summaries:)

Okay, this is my first summary ever! I figured it was necessary, just so we could keep track of who lived in glory and who died... in glory. ^-^

Aricyn is happily washing the blood of a thousand men off of himself in the river with Dragon and Nalion, despite having shouted his lungs out.

The old wolf, his constant companion, is also alive and well, as is Kynidius, his well-liked horse.

Magnilde, the Large Breasted Widow of Bolverk, is dead. Every man in Skyrim will mourn her passing, but none so much as Aricyn. She was pregnant with his child when she died.

Helgi Hagslayer, the handsome young Nord who served as standard bearer for the great army, is alive and drunk, having been bought a pint by every Nord in Ald Raathim.

Cyndarius, Aricyn's brother, is alive and well in Freetown, as is Merey, his foulmouthed lieutenant.

Leseth is alone in the Void, feeling lonely. His companion, Bosriel, is... gone.

So, for all those left alive, let the party begin!

Posted by: sjvan0 Mar 22 2005, 01:26 PM

.:Far Beneath the Imperial City:.

In small room filled with books, an ancient Breton sits writing on a desk up against a wall. He glances at the three lanterns hanging above him on the wall, one of which is filled by a blazing golden flame, that seemed almost magickal, but is interrupted by the door bursting open.

"Is it done?" The elderly man asked hoarsly.

"Yes," replied a young dunmer man, grinning slyly "The emperor will have a little... suprise coming soon."

The old mans withered face produces what looks like a grin, but it is hard to tell with all the wrinkles. The dunmer leaves, and as the door shuts, the room is filled with a bright, green light, which joins the beautiful golden rays. He turns back to the lanturns, and now one more is lit. While the first one is made of pure gold and studded with beautiful rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, the second one is made of hardened ash, and it's intricate carvings are barely legible from all the scratches and cracks in it, as if a beast has mauled it. It's light is none-the-less beautiful, though. One more lanturn remains unlit, this one made of a dark red stone, it's carvings depicting death and destruction.

The ancient breton nods.

"The end of an era approaches," he pauses, as if to think. "The new one will be ours."

OOC: Well, that was certainly a fun ride, even though I was only on it for the last section. Can anyone guess where that "emerald fire" came from?

Posted by: Loranna Mar 22 2005, 01:26 PM

Summary for Loranna:

Loranna, after her experiences at Red Mountain, will have many, many things to ponder for a long time to come, possibly the rest of her life. It was, after all, quite the ride

For her immediate future, however, she will be cleaning up and helping Ald Raathim get back on its feet. She still is mindful of the promise she made way back before the 'trial' at Vivec that spawned the Azurites, and will likely look to take part in the rebuilding of Vvardenfell.

Beyond that, right now, will depend a bit on the ultimate fate of Jazbet; if he awakens, Loranna will be discussing marriage plans with him as soon as his lovable, furry-cheeked self is ready to think coherently - oh, yeah, she'll probably be trying to keep him INcoherent for a day or two - which will entail all sorts of things, but will at least promise to be a joyous time for a really fun party above and beyond the one we're gonna throw now.

Some time soon, Loranna would also like to talk to Tris about the worship of Dibella; after having mantled Dibella this last Hogithum, Loranna finally feels she has found a goddess she can feel comfortable worshipping.

Beyond that ... who can say? Who knows what challenges await just trying to repair the damage that has been done, or the next time a strange and seemingly-unbeatable threat will arise to threaten us all? Perhaps she'll get a chance to look up her father sometime, or find herself learning whatever happened to poor Lord Darius and his band of servants and guards.

We shall see; until then though ...

Loranna

Posted by: w0nders Mar 22 2005, 01:26 PM

OOC: Yay! It's been great fun you guys.

IC: Summaries-

Dante, back at Jazbet's estate, getting along with Illidan.

Illidan, back at Jazbet's estate, having Dante get along with him.

Brum, Inzoliah, Merciander and friends, an island somewhere. Watching the world drift by.

Posted by: Nalion Mar 22 2005, 01:30 PM

IC Summary:
Nalion has had a icey encounter of the wet kind as he was thrown into a nearby river by Aricyn.

The Breton mage has been through a hell of a ride in the last days, but now, he - all - were able to finally relax. Things felt just right now and he cherished this feeling. There will be exchange of thoughts, laughter and grief later, but for now, he is content. Nalion felt strangely clean, in body, mind and soul. He had been gifted with something he would treasure all his life: he had been part of shaping the events on Nirn with his friends.

Eyes closed, the Breton mage slowly paddles the cold water of the river, a smile resting on his relaxed features.

OOC
Wow, I'm still out of breath. That was a hilarious ride. I really can't find proper words, except that is was my greatest pleasure and honour to be part of this.
My great thanks to you all, those who took part, those who provided guidance, those who were watching us doing this crazy stuff. Thank you!

Posted by: Arynel Mar 22 2005, 06:18 PM

OOC:

Thank you everyone for this opportunity. You're all very talented RPrs, and I think all our writing skills have improved a great deal from this.

In these RPs we've destroyed villages, started a new race, summoned a daedra, broke the dragon....wow, uber lore stuff right there.

Kickin' stuff kids.

Posted by: Teleran Mar 22 2005, 08:35 PM

OOC:
That was great fun, Let's do it again sometime. Pass around the noisemakers Lor!

Oh yeah; before I forget Teleran is in Ald Raathim, in Shai's room.

Posted by: Tricrux Mar 22 2005, 09:58 PM

Words can't say what I'm feeling. So exhilarated.

I wish I'd been here from the start.

One thing that caught my eye was Allerleirauh saying that Arynel had come as a boy, and now stood with power almost a god...that captured the spirit of the RP perfectly.

So of the three characters I played, one of them is in seclusion, one of them is looking at the prospect of settling down, and one is dead.

My god...

I feel so dazed, like it really was me standing up there on behalf of Zenithar, that it was me who helped save the world...

Like reading an epic where you are living the life of one of the heroes. I was a hero! I was there for a dragon break, and I represented Zenithar! I fought Azura in hand-to-hand combat, and broke the magickal control on my mind, throwing myself to death for the sake of the world!

*shudders*

I am at a loss for words. Thank you all, so much, this has been so wonderful.

Thank you...

Until next time.

Posted by: Tricrux Mar 22 2005, 09:59 PM

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Posted by: FireMaster Mar 22 2005, 10:34 PM

I sadly had to pull out just as things got interesting in the vaults, but such life is. I havent quite figured out what exactly I'm gonna have Erenius do about all this. (gonna have to reread at least the past 16 threads to figure out what has happened.......)

But such it is, and I did enjoy the part I had to play in this, and mayhaps more shall come at a later time from another of us.

Posted by: Aki Mar 22 2005, 11:33 PM

That was a BLAST!

As for some Summaries...

Reichi, Tohe, and Eya are for the short-short-short term, cleaning off and waiting out their wolf-sides in the woods. In the long term they'll probably hang around Ald Raathim, maybe.

Reichi might end up taking a run to Balmora to get his book, provided some Azurite didn't lose it somewhere.

Of course, he'll need some new armor too...whats that, the 7th set i've gone through?

Raddin is definaltly retiring from the WHOT, leaving his brother Afinhanger to deal with the assloads of paperwork and rebuilding the institution will have...and is looking in a less violent way of dealing with Were-beasts. Like a method involving curing or controlling the curse. Afterall, its not like repairing armor and weaponry is cheap! Not everyone exactly jumps at the opurntunity to hunt some of the fiercest predators on Nirn either, oh, and his neice and her friends are Werewolves. So thats some incentive as well.

Dar'Var, meanwhile, is trying to figure out why he didn't get kerploded with the rest of the Azurites. Its a bit shocking to have the female Khajiit you're flirting with suddenly go *poof* with like, half of the bar...

Posted by: SEKKA Mar 23 2005, 02:17 AM

OOC: very fun guys though i was in and out...

Summaries: Meph sacrificed himself in the battle, the Cave of the Dog is now filled with young members of a new sect of mages known as the Cult of the Dog, they are dedicated to researching the senses and growing more aware of their surroundings. They also are known for taking in those cursed by Gods (especially sheogorath) and helping them as best as they can.

Sekka is wandering Tamriel looking for goods times and trying to stay out of jail...or asylums. He was recently located by some disciples of the Cult of the Dog and told of Meph's death, and even agreed to come to the cave to recieve treatment, late one night the head mage heard a clanking sound and Sekka had vanished again, and with him some of thier best silverware.

Posted by: Shardie Mar 23 2005, 02:22 AM

Hmm... so aparently I did not miss anything important... oh well, I know you, Lor, will be happy these things are finally over...

Posted by: Loranna Mar 23 2005, 03:18 AM

QUOTE(Shardie @ Mar 22 2005, 08:02 PM)

Hmm... so aparently I did not miss anything important... oh well, I know you, Lor, will be happy these things are finally over...

Heh, just us blowing up the Azurites - a problem, admittedly, that Loranna had some part in creating in the first place.

Yeah, a break for a while will be nice ... time to plot more doom!

Loranna

Posted by: Loranna Mar 23 2005, 03:38 AM

And now, to slip back into character for a while:

===

Jazbet's Castle

The day, once Loranna had gone out to tend to the wounded, had been hectic; even with people using potions to fix themselves up while they waited, there were injuries that still needed healing, curses from enemy mages that needed dispelling, cure disease spells to be cast to stave off infections of dirty wounds ...

It was well into the next day when Loranna, still going thanks to a fatigue potion, finally felt that the brave men and mer who fought on Hogithum were tended to enough for her to take a break. Returning to the castle and accepting some food from Razbiah - even bland cooking was welcome when one had skipped breakfast and lunch - Loranna heads up to Jazbet's room, to tend to him as well.

She sits by Jazbet's side, doing what little she can for him right now, waiting, and hoping.

Posted by: Tricrux Mar 23 2005, 03:39 AM

Excellent, this means I can use this thread to post some ongoing adventures occasionally ^-^

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 23 2005, 03:43 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 22 2005, 08:18 PM)

Sen-Yedda was clean and fed and sleeping. Little babies were the best, Allerleirauh thought. Even when they were upset their voices were too small for them to complain much. Now Arynel was watching over the baby, and Allerleirauh had time to tend to other business.

She paused at the door of Jazbet's room, looking at Loranna. She had hoped for something different.

"Loranna?" she asked softly, sitting on the bed, touching the warm hand of the motionless Khajiit. "How are you?"

Posted by: Loranna Mar 23 2005, 03:49 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 22 2005, 09:23 PM)

Loranna smiles at Allie when she enters, though her eyes suggest that the ashskinned Nord is getting worried.

" ... I'm as okay as I think I could be at this point," she tells Allie, holding Jazbet's other hand. " ... I ..."

She looks back down at Jazbet, reaching up to caress his hair softly. "He endured much," she says to Allie. "You were in that horrible Pillar for but a short time and it left you feeling tired and weak; he's been trapped there for so long ... of course it will take him longer to recover, right?"

Her tone belies the attempt at a brave smile.

Posted by: Phaen Mar 23 2005, 03:51 AM

Nice RP. At first I wanted to join in near the end... until I realized that in order to do so, I would have to read not only all 23 parts of "Blue Dawn", but also all 30 parts of "Evening/Morning Star Parade", as well as all 11 parts of "Trail of Frozen Tears", plus all 5 parts of "Noble Seamstress' Spotted Owls" and all 5 parts of "Hearthfire ball." With each part ~200 posts, thats about 14,800 posts I would have to read. Naturally, I decided not to. You should perhaps consider making short summaries of everything that went on in each RP

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 23 2005, 03:59 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 22 2005, 08:29 PM)

Allerleirauh closed her eyes.

"He's so strong," she said. "He survived being a slave. He survived becoming an Azurite. His body is still strong. Even now."

She hated saying what she was going to say. But Loranna surely knew it already.

"Loranna... when we broke the pillar. If his soul was going to return, it would have returned then. It didn't. And I've looked for his spirit, and I can't find it. Arynel was able to bring me back, but Arynel knows my True Name. He's gone, Loranna. It's just his body that lives."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 23 2005, 04:02 AM

QUOTE(Phaen @ Mar 22 2005, 07:31 PM)

If you would like, one of us could summarize what has happened in the RP.

But, I think it would be just as well to join in as you are, and come to the chatroom (#loranna_rp). There will fill you in on a few basic things, and the rest you figure out while RPing. Think of it like being a person in the world, you won't automatically know about everything that's happened, but you'll learn about it as news spreads.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 23 2005, 04:11 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 22 2005, 09:39 PM)

Loranna closes her eyes as well.

" ... My beautiful Jazbet ..." she says quietly, slowly leaning forward. Her hair falls down to cover his as she says " ... Let this kiss pass from your shell to your soul, beloved; my love for you, forever strong and warm, is yours even in death. Every time I hear joyous laughter, every time I look up at the stars, I shall hear your lovely voice and remember everything you offered me, and my tears for you are tears of joy at having been blessed to know your love."

Her lips touch his and for a moment, she shivers, pouring her love into her kiss. Tears wet Jazbet's face as Loranna embraces him one last time.

After he lingering moment passes, Loranna lets Jazbet go and sits back up, her cheeks glistening; her tearstreaks never looked so etherally lovely as they did now.

"I guess ... I guess my babies won't neccesarily have those cute patches of fur," she says, before her voice cracks and the tears flow openly.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 23 2005, 04:14 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 22 2005, 08:51 PM)

There was nothing to say. Allerleirauh put her arms around her friend and held her.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 23 2005, 04:16 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 22 2005, 09:54 PM)

There was nothing to say. Allerleirauh put her arms around her friend and held her.

Loranna holds Allie tight, and lets the sobs come.

Posted by: w0nders Mar 23 2005, 09:29 AM

Jazbet's estate-

Dante emerged from his room, he had cleaned himself up greatly and his hair posessed a healthy shine. He was no longer dressed in his armour, in fact, he was having doubts that he was ever going to have to put it back on again...any time soon, at least.

Instead now, he was wearing a pair of loose fitting common pants, and a commoners shirt. It was tight, and molded around his chest, not to mention the sleeves were rather short. Dante headed out of his room and down towards the beach again, contempt on relaxing in the hammock he had occupied earlier.

Posted by: Kujo Daedra Mar 23 2005, 09:46 AM

Can some one please email me the complete HISTORY, and LORE about Morrowind and the Elder Scrolls. Thanks. My email address is Alchemist103@earthlink.net

Posted by: Phaen Mar 23 2005, 09:58 AM

Go to http://til.gamingsource.net/

Read every link. Every single one. Every article.

Posted by: sjvan0 Mar 23 2005, 10:14 AM

The ghostly figure of Yasur stared into the Darkness Where am I? Last thing I remember is falling to the ground in that battle.

"Where you are matters not. Where you will be is important" Said a voice, one that was neither male nor female, and seemed to be everywhere at once, even Yasur's mind.

"You again? Why don't you show yourself?" Yasur shouted, his voice echoing.

"Very well."

Streams of light travelled through the darkness, forming a young Altmeri woman. She had beautiful golden hair that almost seemed to shine with the power of the sun, even though she was semi-transperant. She wore a golden robe, that was simple, yet elegant. She also wielded a glorious golden sword, that seemed to radiate with the same energy as her hair.

"Someone certainly likes gold." Yasur said with a grin.

After giving Yasur a quick frown, she spoke. "It was my downfall, just as yours was rage. What I wear and wield is not my choice." She continues. "Now, follow me." She points to a space where particles of light form a doorway.

"Where are we going?" Yasur asks.

"You shall see soon enough." She replied, stepping into the doorway.

"Well, here goes." Yasur says taking a step into the light...

Posted by: FireMaster Mar 23 2005, 07:45 PM

[Ten days ago, Temple to Dibella, somewhere outside the Imperial City]

*Erenius awoke at last, after countless days of being unconscious, he finds himself back in Cyrodiil...*

"And where might I be?" he asks, looking about as he props himself up against the bed's headboard.

"You are well enough...and this place is a temple to the Nine," the priest says calmly. "We wonderred if you were to awake."

"Well, at last I have awoken," Erenius says, taking inventory of his things, noting that everything from Ald Raathim was in his room right now. However, some things were changed, his armour was rusted, his blade dull, and a few coins were missing from his purse.

"Yes...we have taken some of your coins and bought a burnt estate in the Imperial City," the priest says.

"The estate once belonged to a Lord Darius, I imagine?" Erenius inquires, wonderring if the estate was the same one as the manor he burned down to retrieve that ancient ebony-plated goblet.

"The same one...he decided not to rebuild it as he has gone missing. To where they are, almost known," the servent of the Nine replies.
===---===
[Currently, Matrius manor, Imperial City, Cyrodiil]

"Ah, so it is nearly as it was," Erenius says, content at the rebuilt appearance of the exterior and the redesiigned interior, including an enlarged dining area, ballroom, and many other areas, some redone, others entirely new.

"Yes," the foreman of the reconstruction group says, giving Erenius a tour of the manor. "Everything has been repaired, some new areas are built, and whatever had survived the fire is still here, refinished, and in the library for display..

'Much has happened, and more has yet to come...' he thinks to himself, contemplating just what he should do with his new house. 'But regardless...there is one last thing that should be dealt with....'

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 01:12 AM

Summary: Dagoth kamakazied himself temporarily to destroy that demon thingy at Red Mountain. By now he has reformed himself at his tower and is repairing his skeletal form, partial unaware of things, but well aware that the threat was over.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 02:30 AM

Ald Raathim:

The mood in the tavern in Ald Raathim was an odd mix of celebration and wake. Many of the villagers hadn't come home from Red Mountain. And the news was out: Jazbet, Lord of Daruhn, was dying at last. But those who were alive raised their cups and toasted and sang.

"I really liked him," Tris said. He had passed from the stage of talking and singing to the stage of drunkenly leaning against Ciel, knowing that he would remember none of this tomorrow. "Poor Loranna. You know what I said to her? I said, if one of you dies before you see each other again, you'll regret not accepting his proposal for the rest of your life. And now look."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 02:35 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 06:10 PM)

Ald Raathim:

The mood in the tavern in Ald Raathim was an odd mix of celebration and wake. Many of the villagers hadn't come home from Red Mountain. And the news was out: Jazbet, Lord of Daruhn, was dying at last. But those who were alive raised their cups and toasted and sang.

"I really liked him," Tris said. He had passed from talking and singing to leaning against Ciel, knowing that he would remember none of this tomorrow. "Poor Loranna. You know what I said to her? I said, if one of you dies before you see each other again, you'll regret not accepting his proposal for the rest of your life. And now look."

(Ald Raathim:)
Aricyn slammed back the contents of his tankard, then slammed the pewter vessel on the table. The barkeep knew that sound meant "refill".

"That's just the way of it, i'n it?" he said, his tongue, and therefore his accent, thicker than usual. "What I want to know is, what does life have against happy couples, eh? You tell me that...

"Bah! You can't tell me anything. Look at th' two of you... you made it out of this, and you're still happy!"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 02:39 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Mar 23 2005, 07:15 PM)

Tris made a sign against bad luck.

"Every man in this bar is sorry your woman didn't come back, Aricyn..."

He raised his glass to the crowd. "TO THE SNOW WHITE MOUNTAINS OF SKYRIM!"

His words were met by a cheer. When his cup had been refilled, he patted Aricyn's shoulder awkwardly. "I'm damn sorry, Aricyn... nothing to say..."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 02:46 AM

Arynel found Allerleirauh with Sen-Yedda where she was busy at work cutting her hair.

"Why cut it so short?" The Breton asked her.

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 02:46 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 06:19 PM)

Aricyn cheered and drank as loudly and deeply as any, to the toast.

"Well... 'guess she was my woman, afterall. Never really thought of her that way, you know. But, if a woman goes and gets pregnant by you, there's something there, then, you know?"

He took another deep drink, and a huge tear rolled out of his eye.

"You know what the really sad thing is? The really sad thing?"

He put one huge arm around Tris's shouders, spilling a bit of ale on his shirt.

"When she fell, she was riding my old horse!

"Kyne... I'm going to miss that horse..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 02:54 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 23 2005, 07:26 PM)

Arynel found Allerleirauh with Sen-Yedda where she was busy at work cutting her hair.

"Why cut it so short?" The Breton asked her.

Sen-Yedda rested in an antique, primitive cradle of Khajiit design, built in the days when Daruhn was still worked by slaves.

Allerleirauh had braided her coarse grey hair into a single braid, as thick as a man's forearm. Now she was trimming it close to the scalp, with scissors.

"It takes time to mess with it," she said. Her voice was grim. "I have a baby to take care of."

She ran her hands over her close cropped head, and her voice softened.

"Besides. Look."

The remaining hair, less than an inch long, lay silkily against her skull, and shone like starlight. "It's been growing back."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 02:56 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 06:34 PM)

Arynel stood quietly, his attention focused on the silver silk-hairs sprouting from Allerleirauh's scalp.

"Ah, I see," the Breton said, "How long do you think it will take to grow back?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 03:04 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 23 2005, 07:36 PM)

Arynel stood quietly, his attention focused on the silver silk-hairs sprouting from Allerleirauh's scalp.

"Ah, I see," the Breton said, "How long do you think it will take to grow back?"

"Longer than any human naturally lives," Allerleirauh said.

She laid the heavy braid in Arynel's hands. "The light has gone out of it, but I thought you might like it, for rememberance sake."

Then she smiled. "You have that long. As many years as you want. Don't look so doleful! My hair grows fast, I won't look nearly so much like a shaved cat in another week."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 03:10 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 06:44 PM)

Arynel was past fighting her, past fighting himself, it was a battle lacking hope of victory. He took the braid of hair and smiled.

"A week then, I'll hold you to that. Live, will I, so long as I would come to like? Perhaps, but it matters little, the road is laid out before me and you and all of us, so many paths winding in and out and touching, sometimes briefly sometimes birthing new paths of their own, will I ever turn to die? I believe I have already answered this, though I am pondering at changing stances."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 03:17 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 23 2005, 07:50 PM)

"Why must I love a wanderer?" she asked, smiling. "My heart is not my own; it goes where it will, I can no more hold it back than I can hold you. When you go, I will miss you. Stay a little, love, if it please you."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 03:20 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 06:57 PM)

"Very well then, I will stay," Arynel said. "Perhaps, when we are rested and your scalp better covered, we can go wandering, the world is big and full of places often overlooked. I overlook far too much, perhaps we should take time to look closer."

The Breton's head drifted down towards his feet, but before it could get too far he yanked it up proper and looked towards Alllerleirauh.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 03:30 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 23 2005, 08:00 PM)

"Oh for pity's sake," Allerleirauh said. "I'm going to kiss you now. Close your eyes, if you're that offended by my hair."

She leaned in to kiss him. But there was a knock on the door.

It was Kallen, Lord Jazbet's seneshal. The normally unflappable young Kallen looked drawn, like someone weighed down by a load of misery.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Lady Allerleirauh," he said. "But... I heard you would be leaving soon... please, I have to talk to you."

Words poured out of the usually close-mouthed young Dunmer. What would become of Daruhn, with Jazbet dead? What would become of the staff of the castle, of the freed workers in the fields, of the new city?

"Set your mind at ease," Allerleirauh said, resting a hand on his shoulder. "We are not going to abandon Ald Raathim. Kallen, go and find Loranna. We can talk here."

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 03:38 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 09:10 PM)

Kallen finds Loranna in her room, writing in her journal. A moment's discussion is all that's needed to bring the somber-faced Nord girl to Allie's room.

"Hello Arynel, All ..." Loranna starts to say, her eyes drawn to Allie's newly-cut hair. " ... Oh wait, the color is growing back in," she says, blinking and giving a small smile.

" ... Er anyway, Kallen tells me we're to discuss the fate of Ald Raathim now," Loranna says, her eyes occasionally flicking to Allie's hair.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 03:48 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 08:18 PM)

"Kallen's concerned about what will become of Daruhn with its sweet lord dead," Allerleirauh said. "And I am ashamed of myself for not thinking of that sooner. This is Dres land, is it not? It reverts to Dres, since Jazbet has no heirs. And Dres will reward some other knight with it. Someone not nearly as openminded as Jazbet was. Unless we can come up with a plan to keep them from doing that. Kallen, what are the laws about inheritence? Could Jazbet have made a will?"

"Lord Jazbet already had me draw up the legal documents," Kallen said. "For his marriage to Lady Loranna. If only they had been married, there would be no problem."

He still looked thoroughly miserable.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 03:52 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 09:28 PM)

Loranna frowns. " ... Even if I had said yes right off the bat, I was off to Gemin the morning after he proposed," she says. "He said to take time to think on it while I was helping retrieve Flamekiss and when I returned I fully intended to marry him."

" ... I don't suppose our mutual consent to marry will count, huh?" she asks, sounding less than enthusiastic.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 04:02 AM

*Dagoth's Tower in Solstheim*

Dagoth sat on his throne of bone for a little bit, watching what was going on. He sensed that something was causeing Loranna great sadness, but couldn't figure out what. He also sensed that someone wasn't coming back...

'Well this is troubling... I'll just keep an eye on things until I figure out what exactly happened...'

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 04:09 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 08:32 PM)

"In Skyrim, bedding someone and giving them a ring is a marriage," Allerleirauh said. "There are disputes about the words all the time. The last I heard the decision was that words of intent... words of the future... were good enough, if the couple also made love. But that's Skyrim. I don't know what the law is, here. I don't suppose you're pregnant by him, Loranna. That would simplify matters."

Kallen said, "No one knows exactly what was said between them, only Jazbet, and Loranna."

He looked at Loranna, very directly.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 04:16 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 09:49 PM)

"I'm afraid I'm not pregnant," Loranna says to Allie.

She meets Kallen's gaze.

"Jazbet said, before I left for Gemin, that he wanted to give me his ring," she says, summarizing their last discussion. "He said he hoped that I would marry him and I said I wanted to marry him very much."

" ... Of course, I was somewhat overwhelmed, and was leaving for Gemin the very next day, so we didn't make and specific arrangements right then and there; those were the first things I meant to discuss with him when I got back," she adds, her eyes closing.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 04:22 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 08:56 PM)

It was a lie, Allerleirauh thought, but a very white one. After all, the fact that Daruhn's lord hadn't been awake to hear Loranna accept his proposal didn't change the truth that he had offered, and she had accepted.

"In Skyrim, that, and the ring, and making love, which I know you have done, is enough," Allerleirauh said. "Is it enough here?"

Kallen was frowning. "I can make it enough," he said.

He needed their signatures on the marriage contract. He could get Loranna's. And he signed Jazbet's name all the time.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 04:29 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 10:02 PM)

It was a lie, Allerleirauh thought, but a very white one. After all, the fact that Daruhn's lord hadn't been awake to hear her accept his proposal didn't change the truth that he had offered, and she had accepted.

"In Skyrim, that, and the ring, and making love, which I know you have done, is enough," Allerleirauh said. "Is it enough here?"

Kallen was frowning. "I can make it enough," he said.

He needed their signatures on the marriage contract. He could get Loranna's. And he signed Jazbet's name all the time.

Loranna signs her name on the marriage contract, and says " ... There; is there anything else you need for me to do now, Kallen? Or anything I ought to know?"

So that's that; I'm Dres Loranna now, widowed before I could even have my marriage party, she thinks. ... No, don't mope Loranna; honor his memory, like you were going to do in the first place. Try to cheer up a little; Kallen is already miserable enough without you looking glum too.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 04:45 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 09:09 PM)

"There are many things you need to know," Kallen said. "But there's plenty of time. I can continue to manage the estate, as I do when Lord Jazbet is away."

His air of calm had returned. He took the marriage contract and headed for the door. "The rest of the staff will want to know this."

He halted in the door and turned, as if he had remembered something.

"Lady Loranna. Thank you."

Allerleirauh put her hand on Loranna's.

"I think we should go see him now," she said. "Loranna, don't you? Arynel, can you watch Sen-Yedda for a moment?"

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 04:48 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 08:25 PM)

"I think we should go see him now," she said. "Loranna, don't you? Arynel, can you watch Sen-Yedda for a moment?"

Arynel looked up at Allerleirauh and nodded affirmatively, though the Breton remained silent.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 04:59 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 10:25 PM)

"You're welcome Kallen," Loranna says, smiling at the Dunmer. "I know the estate is in capable hands."

Loranna nods to Allie. "Yes; we should go see him." She pauses for a moment, as though debating what to say next, but all she adds is " ...Let's go."

As Loranna and Allie walk to Jazbet's room, Loranna smiles a little, murmuring " ... This is a good thing; even though I still miss him, I feel a little happier now ..."

Loranna reaches Jazbet's door and opens it, turning her eyes to look up the lovely form of her departed husband.

The bed is empty.

Loranna stands in the doorway. " ... What? What ... how?" she says, her composure faltering.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 05:03 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 09:39 PM)

"You're welcome Kallen," Loranna says, smiling at the Dunmer. "I know the estate is in capable hands."

Loranna nods to Allie. "Yes; we should go see him." Seh pauses for a moment, as though debating what to say next, but all she adds is " ...Let's go."

As Loranna and Allie walk to Jazbet's room, Loranna smiles a little, murmuring " ... This is a good thing; even though I still miss him, I feel a little happier now ..."

Loranna reaches Jazbet's door and opens it, turning her eyes to look up the lovely form of her departed husband.

The bed is empty.

Loranna stands in the doorway. " ... What? What ... how?" she says, her composure faltering.

Allerleirauh's breath caught in her throat. The first thought that came to her mind was that it was over now. Jazbet's strong body had finally given up the fight. And the servants had not yet told anyone.

"Wait here, I'll find out where they've taken him," she said.

But none of the servants knew where the body was either.

Necromancers? There had been one, in the woods nearby.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 05:19 AM

*Dagoth's Tower, ritual chamber*

In the large chamber stood countless skeletons and Bonelords. Around a stone table floated 8 candles with a purple flame. Directly in front of the table stood Dagoth, his phylactery in one hand, an unidentifable and dark looking powder held as best he could in the other. He was chanting powerful Arcane syllables, a brilliant green glow of raw magicka flowing through him and his minons. One by one their dead forms disolved into Atherius, then flowing into the body on the slab from the purple-flamed candles. Finally the energies of the ritual flowed fully through Dagoth and the corpse; his phylactery being used as a conduit for the power. Finally Dagoth's form dissolved into Atherius as well, and from the phylactery, his essence and soul flowed into the body.

As the ritual completed, the phylactery fell to the floor, powerless, empty, and without a purpose. The body's eyeless sockets glowed a magnificant green for a moment, and then returned to their normal emptyness. It sucked in a long untaken breath and got up from the table. At last, Dagoth Lich, was alive. But he would no longer go by that name any more. He would finally reveal his real name... the one he used in life. Slyvos Araberith.

'I live... I breath.... it worked. I am whole once more. I hope that now... I can give to Loranna what I could not in death...'

He put on a spare robe, and recalled to Jazbet's Estate, appearing down the hall from where Loranna was.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 05:33 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 10:59 PM)

Loranna was still standing in the doorway to Jazbet's room, feeling like someone had just thrown a bucket of water in her face. She had nodded to Allie wordlessly when the other woman went off to talk to the servants, and was catching her breath.

" ... Must of finally let go of life," she reasons after a minute. "No need to get all worked up ... well, beyond the fact that he's truly gone now. Just relax Lor ..."

Minutes pass, and Allie does not return; Loranna frowns. What was taking so long?

Loranna hears footfalls down the corridor; she turns, expecting Allie or a servant.

She sees a familiar form walking toward her, awkwardly making his way. She lets out a surprised yell, stepping backwards ...

... for Jazbet's lithe, lovely form was somehow on his feet and walking.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 05:41 AM

Dagoth, now in Jazbet's already souless body, walked down the hallway, but tripped over his tail considering he was both blind, and unused to having an extra appendage.

'ugh.... gonna have to work on that...'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 05:44 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:21 PM)

Seeing Jazbet stumble snaps Loranna out of her shock, and she starts hustling toward him. Upon hearing him speak, however, she pauses, looking confused.

" ... Wait a minute ..." she says, frowning, but she continues moving forward after a couple of seconds, caching Dagoth as he stumbles yet again.

Loranna supports Dagoth with both arms, looking at him intently. " ... Dear?" she asks.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 05:49 AM

He smiles a bit and tries to get up again with Loranna's help. 'Yah, Loranna?'

He was still gettin used to everything... this would take awhile.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 05:53 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:29 PM)

He smiles a bit and tries to get up again with Loranna's help. 'Yah, Loranna?'

He was still gettin used to everything... this would take awhile.

"Dagoth ..." Loranna says, her jaw hanging open and her head shaking back and forth. It had to be him; she couldn't hear his thoughts anymore but she knew him well enough to know his mannerisms, and those showed through even in Jazbet's body.

She grabs Dagoth by his robe and says " ... What the bloody hell are you doing ..." her expression running a gamut of emotions. All sorts of thoughts run through her mind.

"Dagoth, why? Why did you take Jazbet's body?" she demands, her voice slipping into a hoarse whisper. "Why dear ..."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 05:57 AM

He was a bit confused, and then it clicked. 'Duh, oh course she would be upset, damn I should have thought this through more...'

He placed his hands on Loranna's and lowered his head a bit.

'I... I figure out why you were so sad... and I wanted to try and do something to comfort you. I realized I couldn't as a lich... and nothing was useing this body anyway... so I... you know... I'm not a lich anymore, Loranna...'

He presented the empty, unglowing phylactery.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 06:11 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:37 PM)

Loranna could literally see Dagoth realize what she must be thinking; his expressions in Jazbet's body were uncannily like the expressions he mimed with his old illusionary disguise. Those expressions looked strange on Jazbet's face, immediately dispelling any notion that her Khajiit husband had somehow come back from the dead; anyone who knew Jazbet would see that in a moment.

"You ... you took Jazbet's body ... to be able to comfort me ..." she says, staring at Dagoth for a long moment. Her expression softens, and her eyes moisten.

" ... You ... took Jazbet's body ..." she says again, starting to snort and chuckle. " ... You made yourself mortal again in his flesh, his lovely, unused flesh ..."

She laughs, pulling Dagoth into an embrace. " ... You crazy, inspired, daring old dear ... I don't believe you DID that! Oh by the Wheel, you adorably brazen ... you!"

Loranna kisses Dagoth on his face and cheeks, her tears wetting his face. "You brave and beautiful former bag of bones; you realize what you've done? You realize just what you've done? Taking the body of your former romantic rival to comfort his widow; sacrificing thousands of years of power built up as a lich ... all for your feelings for me. And they thought you were brave when you took down that writhing mass of tentacles the other day! You make yourself seem like a rank coward then compared to yourself now!"

She pulls him in close and plants a loving kiss on his lips.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 06:15 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 10:51 PM)

At that moment, the deep-throated growl of the Welwa was heard, from the other end of the hall. Allerleirauh had not overheard the conversation. She simply saw Jazbet walking, and leaped to conclusions.

"Vile necromancer, YOU DARE? Turn and face your death."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 06:17 AM

Dagoth turned at the sound and said with a bit of fear and renewed resolve, 'wait Allie, it's me... Dagoth...'

He hoped it didn't mess things up even more...

Posted by: Aki Mar 24 2005, 06:19 AM

Reichi heard a growl somewhere in the palace, of course he had been holding the Dagger of Senses didn't help, it roused him from his sleep. He managed to yell a somewhat incoherent, "Keep it down out there, people are sleeping...!"

Then, after glancing out the window, he added, "In the middle of the day!"

With that, the Werewolf tried to go to sleep again, before rolling off the bed.

"Oh son of a..."

Posted by: Tricrux Mar 24 2005, 06:21 AM

I'm preparing a character, just so the whole world knows. The guy is TOP SECRET! He'll hopefully make a very long-winded debut when we start up in full swing...

Holy - !

I thought this was off time! And already over 50 posts!

...

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Somehow rumor traveled like lightning to the forests in Cyrodiil.

Word spread that a great hero was coming into the region. Some called him a saint of Zenithar, but that title was based on opinion, and the wildest of speculations regarding very recent events.

The man himself, he ignored all of them. He disappeared into a cave and did not come out for many days.

Finally, a bold villager approached the cavern, searching for wealth - the highly obscure rumor suggested that Zenithar could bless him through the man. This was, of course, untrue, but the villager had no idea. In fact, any suggestion of sainthood at all was untrue. But rumor had spread from Ald Raathim involving this very man, and something to do with Zenithar. It had been corrupted by various people en route and this was the result.

As he took a step into the cavern, a huge blast of lightning flew out to meet him.

It stopped an inch away from his face.

He ran.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 06:24 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:57 PM)

Dagoth turned at the sound and said with a bit of fear and renewed resolve, 'wait Allie, it's me... Dagoth...'

He hoped it didn't mess things up even more...

Loranna gives voice to a powerful cry, leaping forward to put herself squarely between Dagoth and the Welwa; her tearstreaks catch the light as she holds her hands up, her voice ringing through the corridor.

"IT'S DAGOTH! HOLD YOUR WRATH, ALLIE!!!" cries the lover fully prepared to face down a Dawn Beast to protect her beloved. With neither sword nor armor, nor readied spell.

Just the strength of her love, shining forth. Just the love of the beauty of what Dagoth did, to shield her.

Posted by: Teleran Mar 24 2005, 06:26 AM

Teleran rushed into the hall at the noise and looked at the scene, the Welwa was there and it was towering over…Jazbet? Teleran froze in his steps as he heard something yelled about Dagoth, he didn’t understand why; the Lich was nowhere to be seen.

Posted by: Aki Mar 24 2005, 06:30 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Mar 24 2005, 12:06 AM)

Reichi stumbled into Teleran, wearing his Morag Tong robe, "Sorry," he muttered and looked to see the commotion going on. "...Uh....i think i missed something..." he mumbled. "Yup, definatly."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 06:32 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 11:04 PM)

"What?" the Welwa said, pausing, reared up on its hind legs, paws spread wide to crush the interloper's head.

"Dagoth? Dagoth the lich? You stole Jazbet's dead body? How could you?"

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 06:37 AM

He took a deep breath, and quickly calmed himself down. He had to explain well, or he would be dead... again.

'Okay, I can explain. I took Jazbet's body, I won't deny it. I did it because I saw Loranna so sorrowful, because I thought I could help her if I did. I am not a lich anymore, thanks to this...'

He silently hoped his head wouldn't be crushed, or all this would have been for nothing.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 06:41 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:17 PM)

"You didn't take his dead body," Allerleirauh said, suddenly understanding. "You took his live body."

She tore hastily at the skin of her face, peeling it back and becoming a woman again, in a cloak of many furs. It was hard to think as a Welwa.

She was breathing hard, almost hyperventilating. Because it seemed wrong, so wrong, and yet hadn't she been thinking almost this very thing when she sat beside the spiritless Jazbet, touching his warm hand? She had thought, well, I guess Dagoth will comfort Loranna - if only there were some way to fix him, so that he wasn't a lich.

"It feels wrong," she whispered. "But that's just the animal in me, the part that reacts by instinct. I can't think of any reason why it should be."

Posted by: Aki Mar 24 2005, 06:45 AM

Reichi raised a eyebrow, so far that his incredible messy hair nearly obscured it, "Well.. it makes sense now..." he muttered. He contemplated shambling off to find some new armor.

...and that'll last...a few days, tops... he thought to himself. He went through armor almost as fast as that spell armor eater that had eaten through the wraithmail. Almost.

Posted by: Teleran Mar 24 2005, 06:47 AM

“Dagoth stole Jazbet’s body…” Teleran said, mouth agape. He turned on heel and went back to his room. The door slammed and loud thunks could be heard as daggers struck the door with increasing force.

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 06:49 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:21 AM)

"He took back his mortality," Loranna says, smiling gently and putting a comforting hand on Allie's shoulder. "He took what Jazbet would have offered, if my husband were only able to cast his voice across Aetherius to tell us. He gave up power he's had for centuries and in doing so cast off the chains that have been binding him since we've known him, all for his love of me."

She lets go of Allie's shoulder and wraps an arm around Dagoth. "A shining, once-in-a-lifetime chance, which he siezed. Who knows what will come of this now, other than he walks his own path after thousands of years of being trapped?"

" ... Dagoth dear, we'll have to help you get used to your new body and the tribulations of mortality," she says, smiling radiantly. "You've undertaken a hard path for yourself - and I am overcome by your gesture. My darling Dagoth, welcome home."

Posted by: Aki Mar 24 2005, 06:55 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Mar 24 2005, 12:27 AM)

“Dagoth took Jazbet’s body…” Teleran said, mouth agape. He turned on heel and went back to his room. The door slammed and loud thunks could be heard as daggers struck the door with increasing force.

Then it began to click more in Reichi's half sleeping mind. "Oh..." he mumbled again. It was somewhat shocking, but then again, Dagoth had been afterall, a Lich, and Liches weren't exactly the most ethical of people. Besides, Jazbet's soul was gone, his body was essentially just a shell.

It was a rather Bosmeri veiw, but hey, you can't let good living bodies go to waste. He shrugged at the group. "Loranna's got a point," he said simply. He seemed mellow about the situation, but of course, he was still shaking off sleep. Besides, he was a Werewolf, and a former Assassin, his views of the world were far from normal.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 06:56 AM

He smiled, things worked out after all. He got his chance at life once again.

'Thank you for understanding, Loranna... my love. Oh, and thank you Allie for not crushing my head. That would have made this almost a waste.'

He reached up and hugged Loranna as best he could, still getting used to having a living body.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 07:00 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 23 2005, 11:36 PM)

"I loved Jazbet," Allerleirauh said. She couldn't stop staring at Dagoth in Jazbet's body. "I've kissed that mouth. But... you're right, Loranna, you're right. Jazbet would have given you this. He would have, if he were here. And he's gone, he's not worried about his body any more."

Crushing her rebellious instincts, she put her arms around Dagoth. "Happy birthday. Welcome back to life."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 07:09 AM

Dagoth just grinned. It was good to be back.... very good indeed. Now he just had to get used to the tail comin out his waist. He felt alittle ackward, but what do you expect?

'Well, do I get my cake now?' He said with a completely failing attempt at covering a laugh. 'But seriously, despite what I gave up... I have no regrets. I'm gonna make sure I don't mess up this time.'

As he said this, he tripped again. (d'oh)

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 07:15 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 12:49 AM)

Loranna laughs, her face again radiant.

"Behold the first fruits of our hard work on Hogithum," she says, elated. "I have stood in the Provisional House, mantled Dibella, tapped the Heart of the world, all to save creation and free will, standing alongside heros to save an age - and in one stroke Dagoth shows us why we did what we did, and makes me feel humbled."

"Now let's go sit down before I remember I just stood you down in Welwa mode without even a sanctuary spell ready - not that it would have helped. I swear, I'm getting as bad as the dears I was faulting for being reckless in Gemin ..."

"And we'll get you cake soon dear; I promise you, your first meal will be the best and tastiest one we can provide."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 07:18 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 23 2005, 11:55 PM)

"He did all that by tripping over his tail?" Allerleirauh asked, laughing. She felt slightly faint.

"Loranna, my dear, I will join you later. I must look after Sen-Yedda now."

When she had the door of her bedroom shut behind her, she heaved a heavy sigh of relief, and met Arynel's eyes.

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 07:21 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 10:58 PM)

Arynel was holding Sen-Yedda against his front, his mouth open as if to speak, but he snapped it shut seeing Allerleirauh come in.

"What is it?" The Breton asked, looking into her eyes.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 24 2005, 07:24 AM

And so Dagoth was at last free. Though his power was stripped from him, his time now finite, he felt something he hadn't in 4000 years. Hope, for a brighter future. And what of the others? Well, they aren't my characters, so I can't say diddly about them.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 07:25 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 24 2005, 12:01 AM)

Arynel was holding Sen-Yedda against his front, his mouth open as if to speak, but he snapped it shut seeing Allerleirauh come in.

"What is it?" The Breton asked, looking into her eyes.

"Let me have her," Allerleirauh said, reaching for the baby. She touched the petite nose with her own, and breathed deep. Then laughed. "Dunmer babies smell funny."

She sat down on the bed. "Dagoth the lich is mortal again. He took Jazbet's soulless body and put his own soul in it."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 07:27 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 11:05 PM)

"Who?" Arynel asked, his face twisting up in confusion. "Lich?"

Posted by: Loranna Mar 24 2005, 07:30 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 01:04 AM)

Loranna leads Dagoth back to Jazbet's room, her smile becoming softer, more inviting.

" ... Before we get some food in you dear," she says, as she shuts the door behind them, "I'd like to regive you my present from New Life - you're in much better shape to appreciate it, now."

She loosens her robe, letting it fall open, and gently loosens Dagoth's robe as well. Her arms reach around to pull him close, and she plants a long, gentle kiss on his lips.

"Happpy New Life - again," she murmurs, taking some time to introduce Dagoth to facts of mortal life he hasn't considered in thousands of years.

Posted by: Dumbkid Mar 24 2005, 07:32 AM

There was a book, newly written in the library of Jazbet's estate, it had been written after the party had returned, though no author was given.

A Flower That Never Withers

There was once a sweet little girl who lived in an orphanage because she had no parents. She was a good girl and when she could she loved to play and run and laugh, she loved the grass and how it tickled her toes and she loved the sky and how it was big and bright on a warm spring day. She loved the birds that flew around in the sky and she loved the fish that swam around in the water and she loved all the little animals the crawled and hopped and scurried over the earth, and she loved, most of all, the flowers that sprouted and grew up tall and sent forth shoots and buds that unfolded into colorful blossoms. That day, she held one of those blossoms, freshly picked, in her fingers.

So she sat there, that sweet little girl in the grassy field with the just picked flower in her fingers and the sky over her like a raiment and the little pond a few paces off where the earth dipped in and was filled with water. "Such a pity,“ a soft voice called from behind, "such a beautiful green, I see, to wither as all others do.“

The little girl looked up to see a dainty old lady with straight, shoulder lengthed grey hair. "It’s a beautiful flower,“ she said, "but there are others.“

"Very true, child,“ the old lady said, "I find it sad, though, but even the brightest colors fade, and even the most virile blooms whither. I will tell you a secret, though, it does not have to be so, nor was it always, the colors can be made to stay forever bright and glowing.“

At this the little girl looked up more attentively than before, asking, "How can this be, can you make this flower last forever and never wither?“

The old lady smiled at the little girl, saying: "Such a sweet child, such a lovely green, would you like to never see such colors fade or such bloom whilt as is on your hand?“

"Yes, very much so, ma’am, I would love that dearly.“ The little girl said. "Oh, but I do not think it will ever be that way, ah well, there are other flowers.“

"Ah, but child, there is a way, oh yes there is a way and I will show you if you’d like.“ The old lady said. "I will show you how, would you like that?“

"Yes, yes I would,“ the little girl said, squirming with anticipation, "Please, show me what I have to do.“

"Very well then,“ the old lady said, sitting down in front of the little girl, "listen to me very closely and do as I say, are you ready?“

The sweat little girl giggled and nodded in the affirmative, and her facial expression said more than the vocal ever could.

"Very good, child,“ the old lady said, "now you must take the flower, such a lovely bloom, and place in on the ground between us.“

Gently the little girl placed the flower on the ground between them, and then looked up at the old lady.

"Good, now, take hold of my hands,“ the old lady said, holding out her open, skyward facing palms.

The little girl timidly placed her hands on the old lady's, and found that they were warm and soft, if a bit wrinkled. Their fingers interlocked.

"Good, child, very good,“ the old lady said, "and now you must pick up the flower, could anything be more simply done?“

"But,“ the little girl pleaded, "you have my hands, how can I pick it up?“

"What is this, have you changed you mind?“ The old lady asked. "Do you want those colors to last forever and this bloom to never wither?“

"Yes, yes, of course I do,“ the little girl said, "but you ask me to do something that’s impossible, you ask me to pick up the flower while you hold my hands, I cannot do this, it cannot be done.“

"Yes, child, there is nothing without a price.“ The old lady said. "This, too, has a price. I held your hands still so that you would know the price of this. Now, tell me, do you still wish the same, that you would never see these colors fade and this flower wilt?“

The little girl looked down at the flower and frowned, but finally she returned her gaze to the old lady, saying simply: "Yes.“

The old lady nodded and opened her fingers, allowing the little girls hands to wiggle free. The little girl looked at her questioningly, to which the old lady offered a smile and a nod. The little girl reached out towards the flower on the ground, and when her finger touched it she became stone, the last image she had seen, that of the flower, forever imprinted in her mind, to last for all eternity.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 07:33 AM

QUOTE(Arynel @ Mar 24 2005, 12:07 AM)

"Who?" Arynel asked, his face twisting up in confusion. "Lich?"

Allerleirauh nodded, touching the baby's silken hair with her lips.

"It's disturbing," she said. "But I can't think he would have minded. Threads come together; there is no such thing as coincidence. One soul with no body, one body with no soul. It fits."

Posted by: Arynel Mar 24 2005, 07:38 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 23 2005, 11:13 PM)

Arynel looked at Allerleirauh, opening his mouth but finding no words.

"Very well," the Breton said at last, "it is not my place to play the thread, I merely walk the path like any other."

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 07:56 AM

Out of character of course and a bit delayed but, still I think it will be fine.

My, my, that was fun run indeed. Quite the ending too! Many thanks to all involved, even those who fell along the way. I never did get to see Faril or Arcius return, perhaps the future holds something for the man… and then again maybe not. There’s a big world out there yet, who knows who else might be in it?

Solin concluded his watch of Red Mountain with a happy note.

And after a length struggle, the Breton knight, Ciel, faces a brighter future.

Congratulations folks, job well done.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 07:56 AM

Greetings all! By way of introduction, I've been lurking in these threads since roughly Ghostgate in the parade through Morrowind. You're all terrific writers and it has been a blast reading what you've come up with.

As this basically appears to have started back up again and I've been meaning to join in, this seems a decent point to introduce a character. I'm a newcomer to this entire concept basically, so feel free to offer any pointers. They'd be much appreciated. I'm deciding between the following characters (no names yet, I'm not very good at coming up with those):

A. Orcish Werebear. Basically a hero without a cause or a teacher. He wants to make a mark so he seeks out the now legendary heroes of Ald Raathim. Has an amulet that allows him to change/unchange at will which is a family relic passed down for several hundred years along with the gift/curse. A straightforward warrior type looking to learn how to increase his skills. Has some knowledge of alchemy.

B. Imperial Blades agent. Very nice guy overall. Sent to monitor and protect imperial citizen Loranna Pyrel, because the emperor is tired of interesting and occasionally world threatening things happening around her and hearing about them after the fact. Finds the assignment awkward but hopes to make himself unobtrusive and useful.

C. Telvanni Breton. Prodigy of Baladas Demnevanni, he figured out how the Dwemer break the earthbones governing time and decay roughly 600 years ago at the age of 48 and hasn't aged since. Partially cybernetic (left arm and eye) and obsessed with the Dwemer. Has spent the last few hundred years working on his masterpiece, a nearly completed animunculi based on the design of the Steam Centorian but made of Ebony and able to recall and levitate. Can be commanded through a direct neural link. He's got a couple of working but much weaker "proof of concept" prototypes, most of which are very limited. Grumpy, but really a decent guy who isn't as selfish and power hungry as he likes to think he is.

D. Argonian Wanderer (nearly identical to Monk class but with Illusion and Spear instead of Light armor and Blunt Weapon). He seeks knowledge and he wants to help those who preserved life (since he views self-determination as central to what life is. Deeply noble and honorable, a little standoffish. Very smart and quite skilled at alchemy.

E. Orcish Barbarian. Lives in a cave in the west gash region of Morrowind which was abandoned by smugglers some time ago. He is skilled at crafting armor from Dreugh hides and Netch Leather, and makes about one fine set of Dreugh armor ever two-three years for sale. He hunts the Dreugh himself. He also knows a bit of alchemy and enjoys hunting for different reagents and figuring out what they all do. He likes heavy one handed weapons like war axes and maces so he can use a shield. He's joining the group because he wants adventure and figures hanging out with famous heroes is a good way to find it.

Which do you think would fit in best? Any suggestions?

And please, let me know if I'm messing anything up. I'm not as skilled a writer as you are and I'm new to this whole RP business.
Thanks everyone

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 08:00 AM

Justin, if you possibly can, get into the chat at #Loranna_rp on chatspike. There's a link in the first post of the last rp thread.

I like the Argonian and the Orc. We don't have any other Orc players (unless you count Leseth) and only one Argonian.

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 08:23 AM

Solin:

…then the wave lapped gently against the mangroves, eventually it would fall on the sandy shore and slide back into the sea. He was alone, it was almost strange. The constant whir of the world underneath the skin of the simulacrum had been a constant companion in these moments for so long. Now it was gone. Finally gone.

Solin loved the beauty of the water, the interplay of light on its surface, the rippling reflection. Too busy to think, much less lie. Moving water resembles truth by its trembling.

He waited, his shirt had long since been replaced, his body cleaned, and his large pack now carried a new suspicious bulge.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 08:28 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 01:03 AM)

A high, clear voice called from the forest edge.

"Master Solin!" Doll said. "Do you want to be alone? I have been looking for you."

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 08:31 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:08 AM)

A high, clear voice called from the forest edge.

"Master Solin!" Doll said. "Do you want to be alone? I have been looking for you."

Solin craned his head around to look at the source of the call. He smiled.

"With you around?" he returned. "Never. What brings you looking for me?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 08:36 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 01:11 AM)

Solin craned his head around to look at the source of the call. He smiled.

"With you around?" he returned. "Never. What brings you looking for me?"

"I missed you," Doll said simply. "I wanted to be sure you are well, now that Alandro Sul is gone. But I also have a present for you."

The "present" was standing within the forest. Doll lifted it by the hand - she was using a feather potion - and brought it forward. The simulacrum no longer whirred or gave off fire, but its intricate features were still very marvelous to behold.

"I think it is broken," Doll said. "Or perhaps it only had enough fuel to operate until Sen-Yedda was born. But I managed to take it with me, when I fled from the volcano."

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 08:40 AM

An Argonian, pale green with ornately frilled ears and a small horn on his snout, cloaked in a simple brown robe, knocked on the door of the manor of Ald Raathim. When the servant answered, he explained his presence: "Greetings. I am Swims-in-Clouds. I seek those who cracked the egg."

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 08:44 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:16 AM)

"I missed you," Doll said simply. "I wanted to be sure you are well, now that Alandro Sul is gone. But I also have a present for you."

The "present" was standing within the forest. Doll lifted it by the hand - she was using a feather potion - and brought it forward. The simulacrum no longer whirred or gave off fire, but its intricate features were still very marvelous to belong.

"I think it is broken," Doll said. "Or perhaps it only had enough fuel to operate until Sen-Yedda was born. But I managed to take it with me, when I fled from the volcano."

Solin stood silent a moment, looking over his creation. Curiosity was writ on his face.

"That was the design," he finally said quietly, tapping the metal skin. It rang hollow. "I didn't think I would ever see it's like again. Thank you."

He took a step back.

"I am well too," he said smiling again. "You seem to be alright yourself. Where were you in the battle?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 08:48 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 01:24 AM)

"I fought beside Captain Cyndarius!" Doll said, her eyes shining. "He was so nice to me, Solin, he treated me just like one of his battlemages and never said a word about my age. One time in the battle I saved his life."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 08:48 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 12:20 AM)

(Ald Raathim, The Castle:)

The young woman looked the Argonian up and down. Although the last day had taken its toll on the population of Ald Raathim, there were still many strangers about. As always, the castle proper was closed to those without reason to be there.

""Cracking eggs'?" The woman looked confused. "You looking for the cook, then? New kitchen help?"

Without waiting for an answer, she swung the door open and added, "Right, then, follow me. This way, come on! Don't just stand there!"

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 08:52 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:28 AM)

"Ah that one," Solin replied with a subdued eyebrow, he still smiled though. "Yes, he's a good fellow. I haven't had any news of the battle outside the Heart Chamber yet. How did it fare? Tell me, how did you save his life?"

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 08:53 AM

The reptile's placid demeanor is unchanged as he responds.
"Those who prepare food here have cracked the egg? Interesting."
He follows the young woman inside. "Thank you, Serja" he says, glad he has studied the customs of the dark elves and has read of the proper formal means of address towards a female.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 09:05 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 01:32 AM)

"He's Aricyn's twin, you know," Doll said. "And so I knew he had to be born under the sign of the Atronach, just as Aricyn was. So when his horse was killed and I couldn't even see him because of all the Daedra attacking, I cast a spell right at him. Killed them all, and he wasn't even touched."

She grinned, then rearranged her features into a more demure expression, as if embarrassed by her own enthusiasm.

"They broke the Dragon and you didn't stay to watch," she said. "Were you marking the stars, Solin?"

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 09:07 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 12:33 AM)

Razbiah turned her stern red eyes on the girl and the strange Argonian as they entered her kitchen.

Out of the corner of his eye, Swims-in-Clouds could see what he swore was a huge wolf. The beast was hiding in the shadows near the fireplace, and creeped slowly out as attention was turned to the newcomers, as if it stalked something.

"What's this?" Razbiah said. "Mealtime's not for hours. Who's this, Lettie?"

"New kitchen help, Mum," the maid replied.

"New kitchen help!?" She turned to the Argonian. "Who are you, now? Truthfully."

Posted by: w0nders Mar 24 2005, 09:11 AM

Balmora, the night before-

A dark figure rose from the Odai, it's pearl coloured eyes glinting in the darkness. It was Volrina, "Victorious are we, on this night. Balmora is ours." After she spoke these words, there was a moments silence, broken by the loud hiss like cheers of vampires amongst the town. They dove into the blood red Odai, and celebrated. But there was no time for that.

Loud clanging noises could be heard throughout the town, The vampires were now breaking into the houses and scavenging whatever it is that they could find. The vampires in the Odai would dive underneath the red water and resurface, with a handful of equipment.

Barricades were made, traps were set, and banners were raised. Banners consisting of a dark red Coda flower on a black background, treacles of red liquid ran down the Coda and surrounded it in a pool. Vampire's roars and hisses could be heard amongst the buildings, busy with unknown tasks.

This was truley their town now...

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 09:12 AM

The Argonian fixes his gaze on the stern cook for a moment before deciding how to reply. "Greetings Serja. I am Swims-in-Clouds. I think perhaps one of us does not understand the other. I have come seeking those who broke the world-egg that I might gain a portion of their knowledge. If I must earn the right to speak with them by assisting in the prepartion of corpses to be eaten, I suppose I am willing to do so."

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 09:14 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:45 AM)

"Yes, he is," Solin said. "Quick thinking on your part, very observant and clever."

He gave her a broad tooth filled grin and then, like hers, his face became serious.

"I couldn't stay with them," he spoke quietly, his voice told volumes of remembered awe. "I had to go. The stars were quite beautiful. Dawning with the Serpent and twilight unveiled the twelve constellations of the Heavens in amazing splendor."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 09:18 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 01:54 AM)

"Lucky," Doll said, her dark eyes shining. "You might have been born in another time, and lived and died, and never seen it. So that's why you are whole again, despite Alandro Sul."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 09:18 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 12:52 AM)

Razibah stared blankly at the Argonian for a long moment.

Behind her, the grey wolf daintily grasped a whole goose in his teeth and slunk back into the shadows, unnoticed.

"'World egg'? 'Knowledge'? I don't have any idea what you're talking about, but that means you don't need to be in my kitchen."

She turned to the maid, "Foolish girl, take him to the library, and go find Master Solin. If anyone knows what in the world he's on about, it'll be him."

The girl curtsied and led Swims-in-Clouds back out of the smokey kitchen.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 09:21 AM

Swims-in-Clouds, confused but still hopeful, follows the girl while wondering whether this "Solin" has knowledge of the world egg. And whether he eats corpses. Most do, here. He must learn to accept such things silently. Not all have been born to the wisdom of the Hist, and most seem strangely reluctant to recieve it later.

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 09:25 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 12:58 AM)

"Lucky," Doll said, her dark eyes shining. "You might have been born in another time, and lived and died, and never seen it. So that's why you are whole again, despite Alandro Sul."

"I've waited all my year," he replied. "I would have waited the a hundred fold over, to see what I saw. She was beyond beauty."

He shook his head and smiled again.

"Am I boring you with stars?" he asked. "I'm sure you look up at them every night."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 09:28 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 02:05 AM)

"I've waited all my years," he replied. "I would have waited them a hundred fold over, to see what I saw. She was beyond beauty."

He shook his head and smiled again.

"Am I boring you with stars?" he asked. "I'm sure you look up at them every night."

"You never bore me, Master Solin," Doll said. "May I see your notes, sometime?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 09:33 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 01:08 AM)

"You never bore me, Master Solin," Doll said. "May I see your notes, sometime?"

"My notes?" now his eye brows arched.

His features turned to contemplation.

"Hmmm, well I suppose I could find time to spare them," the Dunmer said tilting his head to one side. "At least a few anyways."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 24 2005, 09:42 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 01:01 AM)

The woman looked all over the castle for Solin, starting in the library, of course. That was where he could usually be found.

Swims-in-Clouds got the grand tour of the place, but still this mer, Solin, was no where to be seen.

The maid was not one to give up easily, and also, it was a lovely day outside and she wanted an excuse to leave the castle behind her, so they went looking on the grounds.

Finally, the two found Solin and Doll sitting by the seashore.

"Right," said the maid, "there he is. You go introduce yourself, you hear? I should be getting back to the castle."

And with that she left the Argonian standing in the warm grass.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 09:47 AM

Swims-in-Cloud straightens his form and stands uncomfortably erect, then faces the older Dunmer and addressess him with as much curtesy and formality as he can muster: "Three blessings, Serja. I am Swims-in-Clouds. Are you Solin, one who has knowledge of how to crack the world egg?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 09:57 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 01:27 AM)

Swims-in-Cloud straightens his form and stands uncomfortably erect, then faces the older Dunmer and addressing him with as much curtesy and formality as he can muster: "Three blessings, Serja. I am Swims-in-Clouds. Are you Solin, one who has knowledge of how to crack the world egg?"

The Dunmer regarded at the Argonian a moment, his red eyes narrowed.

"Under sun and sky, I am," he returns with the same formality and curtesy. "Knowledge to break the world? Perhaps, although, I cannot say I have ever done so myself. You might ask about to see if you can find someone who has."

He paused a moment and then spoke again.

"Why would you seek such?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 09:59 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 24 2005, 02:37 AM)

The Dunmer regarded at the Argonian a moment, his red eyes narrowed.

"Under sun and sky, I am," he returns with the same formality and curtesy. "Knowledge to break the world? Perhaps, although, I cannot say I have ever done so myself. You might ask bout to see if you can find someone who has."

He paused a moment and then spoke again.

"Why would you seek such?"

"Master Solin is too modest," Doll said.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 10:07 AM

The Argonian breaks contact with the intense red eyes, lowering his head and turning slightly to side. After a pause of three breaths, he looks back at the Dunmer and answers: "The leaves from the mighty Hist, they grow and bloom, drink sun and rain, then fall and wither and rot beneath the new leaves to grow, drink, fall and rot. I do not wish to be such a leaf. The world egg, the exact cracking of the world egg, if it is as I have come to believe it is, could allow me to be as the tree and not as the leaf."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 10:11 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 02:47 AM)

"Everyone wants to live forever," Doll said silkily. "Everyone wants power. The question is, why?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 10:15 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 01:51 AM)

"Everyone wants to live forever," Doll said silkily. "Everyone wants power. The question is, why?"

The glare of Solin's eye's lighten and he raises one of his brows.

"Intriguing," he says and waits for the Argonian’s response.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 10:29 AM

The Argonian's expression does not change as he ponders his answer. Finally, after a pause men or mer would probably find uncomfortably long, he replies. "It is difficult to explain to one who is not of the Hist. The Hist have wisdom and power, but they do not have legs or hands or claws. They do not have spears or armor against those who would chop them down. They formed us to act as their spears, claws, and hands. We have failed and few of the Hist remain. Lately I have recieved images from the hist in the sleeping wakefulness, images of the world egg being cracked and trees growing up all around and through the egg, lush and green. The egg closes, but the trees remain. You are born to elven blood. You can not realize how little time we have to learn before we wither. You probably can understand how little of what is known can truly be passed to those who must take your place. One who was not bound by this fate would have the time to learn what must be known to protect the Hist from those who do not respect living. Unlike the Hist, he would still have his hands and claws. And his spear."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 24 2005, 10:33 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 24 2005, 03:09 AM)

"I think you've come to the right place," Doll said. "The General first saw the Tower while standing within the corpse of one of those giant trees. They pierce through layers, even when dead. But it's better for everyone if they are alive. Can we help him, Master Solin?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 24 2005, 10:41 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 24 2005, 02:13 AM)

"I think we can," Solin replied to Doll with a smile. "There are definitely people here you should talk to."

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 24 2005, 10:45 AM

"Thank you, Serja" the Argonian said, as the corners of his lips turned upward in the subtle smile characteristic of his people. Then he closed his eyes, relaxed his posture and lifted his head as he turned to face the sun.

Posted by: Nalion Mar 24 2005, 11:15 AM

Ald Raathim, Jazbet's Estate
The Breton mage Nalion sat on his chair in his chamber, pieces of parchment before him. He was oblivious of the events around Jazbet's body and Dagoth returning to the living. An old tome lay at one side of the table, a tome he came to know very well the past days.

He had just now found time to reflect. After what had happened the days before - and most importantly - at Hogithum, would have a serious effect on him, he knew that. His eyes were open now, he had seen what few people before him had seen, felt what few people before him had felt. He had a different view on Mundus now.
They had broken the Dragon, took the place of the Aedra for a brief time and resided in what Vivec called the "Provisional House". They stood at the center of the wheel, outside of time and could watch the wheel turn. They had been able to control a device which threatened to extinguish all of Nirn and by this had defeated the Azurites.
He needed time, time to realize what this event meant to him, to his future. He wasn't the simple Breton traveler anymore. He'd seen and felt - and done - too much to continue this role.

Who was he, then?

At Hogithum, Nalion had taken the part of Julianos, in the Cyrodillic Pantheon the god of wisdom and knowledge. He wasn't what is usually called a faithful believer in any particular deity. He acknowledged the Aedra as the fundament of Nirn, whose gift was creation itself. During his travels, he had visited temples, given donations for the one or other service and he had freely used Divine Intervention, but he did not offer worship or prayers there. The two years he spent with Lirielle in the cyrodiilic heartland and the local habit to keep worship a very personal matter has only encouraged him in keeping this attitude. The Demons, the Daedra, though necessary forces of change, he found never suited for worship and the occurences around Loranna had proven his point of view.

Still, he felt that there was a tie to Julianos somehow, if not to the deity itself then at least to the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. He had always been curious, spent hours upon hours in dusty libraries, wanted to understand how Mundus worked. And he had done a great step forward in this knowledge the past days. But he also knew that it was not his accomplishment alone, others had part in this, set him on his path. For that, he was grateful.

He looked at the tome and traced the script at its back. It was a book about Alessian religious practices. The Marukathi Selective, a rather radical sect within the Alessian Order, had been very dissatisfied of the elven elements of Auriel that resided in Akatosh and decided to separate the elven part from the deity. This attempt came to be known as "The Dragon Break". Allerleirauh had slipped this book into his hands a few days before Hogithum and with the information provided by Arynel, he was able to find out what to do at Hogithum - and what not to. He would need to return the book soon - after he had made a copy of the most important passages for himself. He knew that simply possessing the information of this book might be dangerous. In Skyrim, the Alessian Order had been wiped out with fire and sword, not to speak of the War of Righteousness that raged over Tamriel and the Battle of Glenumbria Moors where the Alessian Order was ultimately defeated and which set the stage for the Bretons' own fight to liberate themselves from elven rule.

But no one said knowledge wasn't dangerous.

Nalion smiled. He would join his friends soon, to talk and share feelings and experiences. And to have a glance at the future that lay before them...

Posted by: FireMaster Mar 24 2005, 07:36 PM

*A few hours had passed since the final completion of the manor, but something troubled Erenius, perhaps it was the fact that his companions were likley in Ald Raathim still while he was busy finishing his manor*

"Does anyone have any suggestions on how to reach Ald Raathim in a few hours?" Erenius asks, looking at the various people at the table.

"Perhaps the Guild?" a Breton says. "Within three trips, and in less than thirty minutes, you can be in an area near Ald-Raathim...from there, it is only about an hour or two to the town."

"I'd rather not take the Guild again..." Erenius says, rememberring last time he was magically transported, landing in the center of Ald-Raathim's town square.

"It is the fastest way..." he replies calmly.

"Very well then...so I shall return to the city via the Guild now," Erenius replies.

*Within an hour, everything is packed, and Erenius has reached the Guild, making preperations*

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 01:05 AM

Jazbet's Old Room

Loranna and Dagoth had indulged their passion for one another for an hour or so before Dagoth's stomach reminded them that his new body had gone for a month without any food. With a sheepish grin, Loranna had bade Dagoth to wait while she ran and got him food to eat; it seemed easier to simply serve him dinner in his room than to try and walk him down to the kitchen or the tavern.

Dagoth was voracious; his new body's hunger aside, this was his first meal in thousands of years. Loranna ended up making a second trip to get food for the two of them, and watched in quiet, joyous fascination as he ate.

Finally, he was full, for now; Loranna sets the trays and plates aside and grins.

" ... So, ..." Loranna says, feeling slightly awkward; a thousand things leap to mind to talk about but she can't decide which to say first. " ... I'm still amazed; how about you?" she asks, blushing a bit.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 01:13 AM

Dagoth smiled, he was eager to talk about stuff now.

'Well... it's still a bit of a shock for me that it worked. But I'm glad it did now.'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 01:34 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 06:53 PM)

Dagoth smiled, he was eager to talk about stuff now.

'Well... it's still a bit of a shock for me that it worked. But I'm glad it did now.'

"Me too," Loranna says, taking a deep breath.

" ... So, what do we do now?" she asks.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 01:48 AM

He thought for a second.

'Well... I wonder where we stand now on what we said in Stormhold. This changes alot of things...'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 02:00 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 07:28 PM)

He thought for a second.

'Well... I wonder where we stand now on what we said in Stormhold. This changes alot of things...'

Loranna's expression becomes more serious.

"Yes; this changes a lot," she concurs. She bows her head in thought.

" ... I didn't want to hurt you, or Jazbet," she says quietly. "I love you both. But at the time ..."

She stops, and shakes her head; she was going down the wrong track with this line of thought.

"... No; I think maybe even with things being different now, we needed to have that talk," she says finally, trying to order her thoughts. "Things don't just happen without a reason; what we said and did needed to be said and done."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 02:06 AM

Dagoth was confused as to her meaning when she said that.

'What exactly do you mean? Because it is just alittle hard to get it...'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 02:11 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 07:46 PM)

Dagoth was confused as to her meaning when she said that.

'What exactly do you mean? Because it is just alittle hard to get it...'

"Well, think of it this way," Loranna says. "If we hadn't confronted your darkside back in Stormhold, and weakened its hold on you, would you have been able to give up your power out of love like you just did?"

" ... And if I hadn't done what I did to help you," she says, looking a bit surprised at her own thoughts now, "would I have been able to see past the seeming wrongness of you taking Jazbet's body as quickly as I did?"

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 02:15 AM

He turned his head to face the ceiling, and took a deep breath.

'No, I guess I wouldn't have been able to... power was to much a temptation then... now I am glad I'm free of it. And you... you would probably be angry with me still about this if we hadn't had that talk. So I guess it was meant to happen...'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 02:21 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 07:55 PM)

"So it would seem," Loranna says with a smile.

"I think the biggest question for us now is not so much where do we stand on things in the past, but rather where do we go now for the future," she continues.

"So ... any thoughts on what you'd like to do with your new life?" she asks. "Besides the very obvious, of course."

She grins.

Posted by: Aki Mar 25 2005, 02:23 AM

"So, where'd ya find it?" Reichi asked looking at the ring, he was in the Ald Raathim Tavern, and was sitting with Raddin. The Old hunter no longer wore his armor, instead opting for a a expensive looking robe, Reichi on the other hand, wore his Morag tong robe. Raddin grinned.

"Found it on a Werewolf, didn't know what it did till i tried it on," Raddin replied. "Of course, theres no telling if the user was a actual Werewolf, or used the ring to mess around as one, what i do know, however, is the ring induces none of the Bloodlust that a normal Werewolf has, and lasts 7-ish hours, as you probablly know by now. Unlike your ring, it has a set peroid of use, yours you can slip in and out of your Wolf skin so long as its night out. This lasts seven hours, but your one can turn you back to normal with that one on, just once you remove your ring, you'll continue servng out the seven hours."

Reichi tried to remeber all of that, it wasa bit confusing, as the rings had the same names. "Uh, idea, lets NAME the rings, easier to understand that way," Reichi said.

"Good point, the one that Transforms anyone can be...Uh....im drawing a blank here..."

"Oi.."

"How about, ring of tranformy-ness..."

"No."

"How about...."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 02:26 AM

He grinned at that one. He said with a contemplative tone, 'The thing is, I really don't know what I want to do... I know adventuring is one of them, and I'm sure you are gonna do more then your fair share of it. Other then that, I think I'll decide on it by how things play out here... we still have to explain this to the servants you know.'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 02:38 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 08:06 PM)

"Yes, I know," Loranna says, her tone becoming a little worried.

"Adventuring is ... alluring," Loranna admits. "But one thing I have just thought of dear; you said back in Skyrim how you felt your undead existance was hurting the world. This new life looks like a great chance for you to now help instead of hurt."

"... But before tackling the big questions, there's some smaller ones too. Will you maintain your tower or will you move out of it, for one," Loranna points out.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 02:41 AM

It didn't take long for him to answer that one.

'No, I'll be leaving it, taking along what artifacts that can be of some help. Solstheim is just too inhospitable a place now for me, too full of death and cold... there is nothing left for me there.'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 25 2005, 02:47 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 24 2005, 08:21 PM)

"And I actually miss the cold of Skyrim - a little," Loranna says, grinning.

"All right; we'll explain things to the servants and the town, then see about setting you up here in Daruhn," Loranna suggests. "We'll talk with Allie about how to present your actions to everyone. And then, I'll see what I can do to help you grow into your new self; I've been down that road before."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 25 2005, 03:23 AM

(ooc: Plays song "Smaller God", fits the situation.)

Dagoth smiled just a bit. He recalled that rather clearly.

'Yes, you are so much different then the girl I met in Skyrim. Yet still some of that survived in you. Mainly the interesting parts.'

He was now from small smile, to full grin.

Posted by: Tricrux Mar 25 2005, 04:10 AM

Deep underground below Cyrodiil Province, Marein Nightscar hunched over his work intensely.

Suddenly he heard a rumbling sound. Turning frantically, he looked for the source of the noise. Too late. As he ran towards the exit of the cave, the light at the end of the tunnel dimmed, faded, and finally disappeared.

"Oh no..."

Posted by: Issa_Yojimbo Mar 25 2005, 07:35 AM

(OOC: My reflections of Blue Dawn? I missed most of it....)

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 09:45 AM

Ald Raathim, Allerleirauh's bedroom:

Allerleirauh held Sen-Yedda to her chest, singing and rocking her. With the other hand she was writing in her journal to B. It was amazing how quickly she had adjusted to tending a baby with one hand and doing something else with the other. Though it had been years since she held a child.

...Loranna is not the sort of person who suffers very long. I suppose that's fortunate, given the things that have happened to her. But it makes me feel very lonely sometimes.

Jazbet. I remember standing naked with him in cool water outside the walls of Suran. Two strangers, naked, laughing. He said we would always be naked in front of each other. I told him all about the Guild, who we were, what we did. Nothing ever seemed to frighten him. And it was his words that brought us together at Hogithum, with the weapon we needed to save ourselves.

About Hogithum - I apologize for not having written you sooner concerning the fate of the universe. But you probably would have gotten yourself in trouble trying to help. Does Loremaster Celarus still give you those sidelong looks?

She tapped her pen against the page and decided to write more later.

It was time for her daily report from Dragon.

"Dragon," she said, when he entered the room. "I have a task for you. I need a wetnurse for Sen-Yedda. Someone we can trust, someone who will become a permanent member of our household. I've been making do with magic, but that's no good... and I can't tie myself to her every single moment, I might be needed elsewhere. Master Solin and Master Arynel aren't babysitters either."

Dragon smiled. Tris and Ciel had come into the room behind him. Tris still looked bleary-eyed from the previous night's drinking.

"That's no longer my problem," Dragon said. "You'll have to ask your new seneshal; I'm resigning."

"Oh no you're not!" Allerleirauh said, standing up. The baby wrinkled her nose and waved her fists in displeasure. Allerleirauh lowered her voice.

"Dragon, damn it, I need you. You know this. You can't just walk out on me."

"I'm not going anywhere," Dragon said. "I'm just no longer your seneshal. Get used to the idea. Since you're in the market for a new one, I have a suggestion."

"What?" Allerleirauh demanded. Then she looked past him at Ciel, and understanding dawned. "I... Ciel, we haven't really spoken since Skyrim. Are you well?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 09:54 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 01:25 AM)

Ald Raathim, Allerleirauh's bedroom:

"I'm not going anywhere," Dragon said. "I'm just no longer your seneshal. Get used to the idea. Since you're in the market for a new one, I have a suggestion."

"What?" Allerleirauh demanded. Then she looked past him at Ciel, and understanding dawned. "I... Ciel, we haven't really spoken since Skyrim. Are you well?"

"Skyrim seems so distant now," Ciel said softly. "I'm better now than I have been in many years."

He smiled a little bit. His eyes couldn't help but drift somewhat towards Sen-Yedda, he suspected that she would always draw gazes.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 10:02 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 02:34 AM)

"Come here," Allerleirauh said, holding out the baby to Ciel. "She's a very easy baby, she sleeps through everything."

"Allie," Tris said. "Sweet sufferings of Mara, what happened to your hair?"

Allerleirauh made a face at Tris. "I cut it off to make way for the fire. Smart boy. Ciel, I happen to like my home, but there's no guarantee you'd like it. Would you like to see it before we speak further? With a Mages' Guild here, it's a matter of a few minutes' walk. We can talk on the way."

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 10:05 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 01:42 AM)

Ciel glanced over at Tris and took the child. He looked closely at her as he talked.

"In all honesty," he began. "I never saw myself in Daggerfall. Perhaps it would be best if we did."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 10:17 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 02:45 AM)

Ciel glanced over at Tris and took the child. He looked closely at her as he talked.

"In all honesty," he began. "I never saw myself in Daggerfall. Perhaps it would be best if did."

"It will be strange," Allerleirauh said, leading the way, "To enter through the front door. We usually come in through the broken stairwell at the top of the house."

The people of Ald Raathim crowded around them, eager to get a glimpse of Sen-Yedda. Allerleirauh smiled a pleasant but distant smile that made all but the most curious back off.

A Dunmer peasant, elderly, female, head wrapped in a scarf, touched Allerleirauh on the sleeve. "Is it true, the word we've had from the castle? Is Lord Jazbet dying?"

"He's dead," Allerleirauh said gently, and they passed on, leaving her standing bent over in the road, like a broken down horse, too weary to move.

"Ciel, that's the first thing I have to ask about. This is a guild of Void Rangers. You don't need to be one of us - none of the servants of the house are, and we have even had guild brothers who weren't Rangers. But to coordinate matters between us you will need to be able to think like a Void Ranger. Space is not a barrier; many things are not barriers. You've already dealt with some of this, simply by being around Mirror. Does it trouble you?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 10:25 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 01:57 AM)

"Dragon told me of the servants," Ciel nodded asthey walked.

He was silent a moment.

"Movement and barriers I don't find particularlly troubling," he finally answered. "I can't claim to understand it but, troubling? No. There are other aspects, of thought, that I find a bit more worrisome."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 10:32 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 03:05 AM)

"What is it that troubles you, then?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 10:37 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 02:12 AM)

"What is it that troubles you, then?"

"The way it... touches you," he said looking directly at Allerleirauh. "Everyone who has been there is most unusual. I can't say my experiences with it and those who walk it have always been kind. You are, of sorts, giants."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 10:50 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 03:17 AM)

Tris was walking behind Ciel, so Ciel didn't see his face. Allerleirauh did. The young man flushed and dropped his eyes.

"Almost all of us are broken in one way or another," Allerleirauh said. "The bit that holds us here, that keeps us properly on the path is broken. Mine was broken by force, when I was a child, from the outside. Dragon isn't sure what happened to make him as he is now. Mirea was a Bosmer raised by Cyrodiilic nuns. And Tris..."

"Don't talk about me in front of me as if I weren't here," Tris interrupted. "I was broken from the beginning. Born that way, as far as I can tell. With a bit missing, that I was always trying to find somewhere."

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 11:00 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 02:30 AM)

Ciel hadn't been quite aware Tris was following them. It was his turned to be flushed but he tried to hide it.

"The world just can't contain you," he said back to Tris with a smile.

The knight talked to Allerleirauh again.

"The things that you do," he said. "The power that you wield... sometimes I find myself wondering why you care?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:04 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 03:40 AM)

"Sometimes I find myself wondering why I care," Allerleirauh said, with a funny little smile. "There, doesn't that reassure you? That's your first and most important job as my seneschal. Wake me up, if I fall asleep. Call my name, stab me through the heart. Because it has been necessary in the past, and it will be necessary again. I am not a person. I can be used, by one unscrupulous enough to do it and clever enough to learn the key to my lock. I can go mad, like Almalexia or Sotha Sil. And no one wants that."

They passed through the Mage's Guild, and into another Mages' Guild. It took them several connections to reach their destination: the City of Daggerfall.

"The stables are near the guildhouse, which means we have to walk through the streets," Allerleirauh explained. "Past the cemetary, almost straight across town. The guildhouse is one of four identical manors on Royal Row, which leads straight to Castle Daggerfall."

http://home.wnm.net/~bgriff/NWN/NWSolExt01.JPG

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 11:13 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 02:44 AM)

Ciel looked taken aback for a moment, but then he nodded and continued to do so as he listened. He took in his surroundings as they walked. Daggerfall had always been the otherside to him. As expected, it felt a little strange to be there.

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 25 2005, 11:14 AM

After a he had passed a few minutes pleasantly basking in the sun, the Argonian slowly turned his head toward the girl next to Solin. He paused, then spoke: "Pardon me sera, but I believe I've rudely forgotten to ask your name. And if I may, I have another question I should like to ask of you. Your face and voice seem those of one newly hatched, but your words contain the sharpened edge of age. Which decieves?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:18 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 03:54 AM)

Doll curtseyed. "You can call me Doll."

She grinned, her deeply slanted eyes almost disappearing in the folds that surrounded them.

"I'm not very old, it's true. But I'm a mage. Not an apprentice. A real mage."

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 25 2005, 11:24 AM

Swims-in-Clouds bowed as he replied. "It is an honor and a pleasure to meet one who has drank so much knowledge so young. Doll, how did you come to gather such skill and knowledge so quickly? Is Solin your teacher? I've seen many more years than you, but I still can not claim mastery of any skill, let alone one so intricate as magery."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:28 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 03:53 AM)

Tris rested his hand on Ciel's shoulder for a moment. He could see Ciel's agitation. But what Tris, himself, mostly felt was relief. This wasn't Wayrest, with a crazy queen who would kill him. This was Daggerfall.

With its own royalty, no doubt just as crazy. But a royalty unfriendly to Queen Elysana, a royalty who didn't even know Tris and Ciel's names.

Passers-by called out to Tris, and he bowed. People here knew him. It was good to be home.

"Sprain something running?" a young blonde woman whose name he didn't quite remember asked, dropping a curtsey in their direction. Tris grinned, and started to answer, but the girl was already ignoring him, speaking to Allerleirauh.

"A new baby? That's where you've been. Oooh, she's beautiful! Was the father Dunmer?"

"Her father was Lord Vivec of Morrowind," Allerleirauh said, neatly ducking the question of who her mother was. Fortunately the young lady was not well versed in Dunmer culture, and had no idea Vivec was a name she should recognize. The girl walked with them, chattering, and effectively preventing further conversation. Allerleirauh smiled at Ciel and rolled her eyes.

The girl said goodbye to them at the door to the Guildhouse.

The massive doors swung open at a touch. Solunastra's sun, moon, and star banners hung from the ceiling in the Great Hall. Three throne-like seats stood at the head of the table, one for each of the house's three current Masters. Behind them, soft light from above filtered through colored glass, illuminating a small live tree, symbol of the hollow tree within which Allerleirauh had first glimpsed the Void.

http://home.wnm.net/~bgriff/NWN/NWSolHall01.JPG

"Welcome to Solunastra, Sir Ciel Dolbinen," Allerleirauh said.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:33 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 04:04 AM)

"It would honor me greatly if Master Solin were to accept me as his student," Doll said, flashing Solin a smile. "But I was born with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of magic."

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 11:38 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 03:08 AM)

Ciel's eyes widened. Guildhall, he hadn't been quite certain what to expect given the people who belonged to this particular guild but, this surpassed even his remotest imaginings.

"Impressive," was the first word he could muster. He said in awed voice and turned to Tris. "This is home?"

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 25 2005, 11:38 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 05:13 AM)

"It would honor me greatly if Master Solin were to accept me as his student," Doll said, flashing Solin a smile. "But I was born with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of magic."

The Argonian smiled. "I see. It seems we have something in common. I was born with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of anything, which may be why I've mastered nothing. Which reminds me, during the search for Solin I was shown a most remarkable library. I have yet to meet the master of this estate. Do you know where he or she might be, and whether they are likely to be generous enough to grant me access to this treasury of knowledge?"

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 25 2005, 11:49 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 03:18 AM)

Aricyn walked leisurely along the beach, biting large chunks out of a peach. Most he spat back out. Although they had started getting regular supplies in Ald Raathim again, peaches simply weren't in season.

He was happy, like most, to be out of his armor for a change, and the day was so wonderfully warm... His snowy hair and soft linen shirt blew freely in the breeze that came from the shore.

Beside him the grizzled old wolf walked, running off at intervals to chase a particularly offensive bird or rodent.

He noticed the trio on the beach and steered toward them.

"'Morning all," he said, spitting another bit of peach in the sand.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:54 AM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 04:18 AM)

Tris had been holding his breath. Now his face lit up with a huge smile.

"This is Solunastra," Tris said. "Home is... I guess the music room, with the big fireplace. And my room upstairs. And the kitchen, if Igba doesn't hit you with something and chase you out of it."

"We have an Orc cook," Allerleirauh explained.

"Only a part of the house is in use right now," Allerleirauh said. "It was allowed to fall into disrepair during the years I was in an Imperial prison. There are public rooms on the other side of the house, with a chapel; they were used as a charitable school for children and an orphanage, once upon a time, and I plan to use them so again. You'll have to go over the finances with me. Dragon is always very pessimistic about the state of our funds; but we have ways of getting money."

She led Ciel through to the music room. "My office is upstairs. The antechamber to my bedroom. That's where I do most of my work."

She was interrupted by a flurry of little feet.

"Sera Allerleirauh! You're back!"

Tamne, the Azurite child, launched herself through the air and embraced Allerleirauh around the waist. Tris's eyes went wide. No one was more startled than Allerleirauh herself. But the little dark hand held no hidden dagger to plunge into Allerleirauh's flesh. The child was laughing.

"Is that a baby?"

"This is Sen-Yedda," Allerleirauh said. She had wondered what would happen at this moment. In her experience little girls had two typical reactions to babies: they either found them revolting, or treated them as dolls to play with.

Tamne did neither. She stood with her hands behind her back, fascinated, but afraid to touch.

"That's the goddess?" Tamne asked.

"Come on," Tris said to Ciel. "I can tell they'll be a while. Let me show you the place."

When they were out of earshot, in the richly panelled music room with its fireplace and organ and harp, Tris said, "Well?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 11:55 AM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Mar 25 2005, 03:29 AM)

Solin glanced away from the conversation he had been listening to and gave a nod to the newly arrived Aricyn and his wolf.

Solunastra, Daggerfall:

"Well?" Ciel asked back with a smile. "So far I like it. It is a beautiful place, I don't think it would be terribly difficult to call this guildhall home."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 11:59 AM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 04:18 AM)

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Mar 25 2005, 04:29 AM)

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 04:35 AM)

Solin glanced away from the conversation he had been listening to and gave a nod to the newly arrived Aricyn and his wolf.

Doll's smile vanished at Swims in Clouds' question, but before she could speak, Aricyn arrived.

"Good morning, Aricyn," Doll said, with another curtsey. She wanted to use a title for Aricyn, but had no clue which one to use.

"The master of this place is dying," Doll explained. "Lord Jazbet, a knight of Dres. Loranna gave her wish at Hogithum to save him, but he died anyway."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 12:05 PM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 04:35 AM)

Solunastra, Daggerfall:

"Well?" Ciel asked back with a smile. "So far I like it. It is a beautiful place, I don't think it would be terribly difficult to call this guildhall home."

"It's all one to me," Tris said. "Home is wherever you are."

He burst out laughing.

"I'd better not let anyone hear me talking like that, they'd tease me for weeks. But I think you could be happy here. I am. My friends down at the Rat's Satchel, I miss them. Some serious runners down there, a playwright and a poet, and, well, a lot of men who don't much care for women. On second thought it might not be your kind of crowd. But good ale, even if the wine is poor, and lots of singing, and at least it's never dull."

He found himself shaking his head. "It all seems rather pointless, now that I tell it to you. When did I change?"

Posted by: w0nders Mar 25 2005, 12:10 PM

Balmora-

The sun had risen, and the vampires had fled inside the buildings, confident that the traps they set would keep any adventurers at bay. A small group of the more important vampires were all huddled within the Hlaalu council manor. Some vampire had scrawled a small ‘b’ in front of the word Hlaalu. How clever.

Bhlaalu council manor-

“Ok, first order of business. Food…what are we going to do about food?” Asked Volrina, seated at the center of a large semi-circle of chairs.

“Food is a matter easily solved!” Scoffed a broad, menacing Altmer. “There is bound to be the odd bandit hiding around out here, we just need to find them all. And bring them home.”

“Well…that matter was certainly resolved quickly. Now…what about the river?” Volrina asked, looking amongst the group.

“What about the river?” Asked Illidan, stepping forward from the back of the room. He had returned the night before, just as they had finished raising the banners.

“Well…it’s sought of a symbol, aint it?” She began, “I mean, what makes this city seem more like a vampire town than a blood red river…and it’s beginning to wash away.”

“Well, we’ll just have to stop it from doing that, won’t we?” Said the same Altmer from before, grinning deviously. “I say we make a dam.”

“A dam, with what? We have no left over materials.” Janis stated, leaning back in his chair.

“The river is filled with them at the moment, not to mention all the stray ones around the city.”

There was an odd moment’s silence, before the room burst into laughter.

“Excellent…”

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 25 2005, 12:10 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 05:39 AM)

"You have my deepest sympathy. The harmony of his domain and the fact that he rose so far as a betmer like myself in the notoriusly prejudiced house Dres speaks volumes of the type of man he must have been. I can only hope his successor honors his memory by following the path he has laid rather than that walked by most Dres lords."

Turning to the towering Nord, Swims-in-Clouds feels a pang of regret over the inadequacy of his study of Nordic culture. The man seemed friendly enough, but something gave the impression that a verbal mis-step could find two halves of a scholarly argonian lying on the beautiful beach. The Argonian cautiously ventures a greeting. "Hello good sir. I am Swims-in-Clouds, and it is an honor to meet you. Might you be the warrior who recently shrugged off the mantle of Tiberine when others placed it upon you?"

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 12:11 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 03:45 AM)

"A lot of things changed," Ciel replied. "It has been quite a journey, from Wayrest to Morrowind to Wayrest and back. I'm looking foreward to a bit of intermission."

He looked about the music room.

"I do think I could be happy here."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 25 2005, 12:15 PM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 03:50 AM)

With one last go at the peach, Aricyn threw the thing in the sea. Maybe the fish would like it.

Aricyn looked at the Argonian for a moment before turning to Doll and Solin.

"Who's your scaly friend? He certainly seems... well informed."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 12:18 PM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 04:51 AM)

Dragon trotted down the stairs. He had entered the more usual Void Ranger way, through the hole in the stairwell.

"Two things to show you before you decide, my good man," Dragon said. "Come upstairs with me."

He led Ciel up the stairs, to the seventh step. The step that didn't look right if you turned your head. And suddenly, when you were turning your head, you could see right through it, into the neverywhere.

The Void wasn't black, it was anti-white, it was nothing, it hurt your eyes to look at it. As if the whole tiny world where you stood was poised to fall off the edge into it, and vanish forever. It could make you feel small. Or it could make you feel infinite. Or sometimes both at once.

"That's not the scary thing," Dragon said, with his hand firmly resting on Ciel's back in case Ciel suffered an attack of vertigo. "The really scary thing is the finances."

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 12:20 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Mar 25 2005, 03:55 AM)

Solin tilted his head to the side and regarded Aricyn with two slitted red eyes.

"A newcomer," he said coolly. "Hardly surprising, he is hungry for knowledge and there are more than enough mouths around here to feed him."

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 03:58 AM)

Ciel stared. It was the first time he had seen it. He managed to nod his head.

"Finances?"

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 25 2005, 12:24 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Mar 25 2005, 05:55 AM)

"I'm mostly a seeker of knowledge. From what I had heard, a great deal of it had pooled recently in Ald Raathim, so I came." Suddenly his head jerked toward the sea. He turned back and explained: "I'm suddenly remembering that men, mer and Argonian need more than knowledge to maintain life, and I've missed my last two meals. I believe I see my next presently. Thank you all for the pleasant conversation." With a sudden burst, he dove into the water and rapidly covered the distance to a surpised largish fish, itself making a meal of a partially eaten peach. A quick snap, and Swims-in-Clouds swallowed the fish down.

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 25 2005, 12:29 PM

QUOTE(JustinSane @ Mar 25 2005, 04:04 AM)

"Whuf..." said the old wolf, watching the Argonian dive into the sea.

"He's going to regret that," Aricyn said, staring at the stranger. "That peach was terrible."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 25 2005, 12:35 PM

QUOTE(Solin @ Mar 25 2005, 05:00 AM)

Ciel stared. It was the first time he had seen it. He managed to nod his head.

"Finances?"

Dragon slapped Ciel on the back. "Downstairs. Kitchen table. I have my own office but you're going to want a drink."

"Out, you scrounger," Igba gra-Busnak said, waving a large wooden spoon at Dragon. She was a very large Orcish lady, in full skirts with an apron over them. "Nothing's ready yet, don't you dare try to filch something!"

Dragon ignored her and sat down at the kitchen table with a bottle of wine and two glasses. "Shoo, Tris. I'm not going to despoil your innocence by letting you get a glimpse of how this place runs."

"I'm staying," Tris said, and after a moment Dragon relented, although he made him fetch his own glass.

The finances weren't bad, really. The Guildhouse operated solidly in the black. But the amounts of money that passed through it were staggering. A team of highly skilled adventurers who used Void Ranger tricks to raid dungeons for ebony and enchanted weapons could take in as much as a small nation.

"That's it, I believe," Dragon said, after several hours of work. "Shall we drink to your new home, Ciel?"

"You'd bloody better," Igba said, from over their heads. "Because I've already cooked dinner for him."

Posted by: Solin Mar 25 2005, 12:38 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 04:15 AM)

Ciel laughed.

"Indeed we shall," he said raising his glass.

Posted by: Aki Mar 26 2005, 01:44 AM

Balmora, Morag Tong Guild Hall

Some of the Vampires had chosen the Morag Tong Guild Hall, having taking a liking to the lighting and design of the place. One, a Khajiit, had taken Reichi's old room, and was passing time by seeing what loot was hidden in the room. When he found the book Reichi had hidden, he was very curious. The book afterall, was titled "The Book of the Moons", and Khajiit were very much involved with the Moons, some even worshiped them. He liked the moons, it was pretty, and didn't burn him like that mean old nasty sun.

He flipped through the weathered and ancient pages of the old tome. Ocaisonally stopping to stare at a pretty picture of the moons, raisaing a eyebrow at some of the text, it talked of Werewolves, describing the condition fully, of how to controll it, what kind of ritual would have to preformed to do so, and other things related to Werewolves.

"Baah, stupid book on stupid mutts.." the Khajiit said, before he heard the sound of something whistling through the air. He collasped in a heap as something struck the back of his head, dropping the book and rolling over. The last thing he saw before he slipped into unconsciousness was a heavily scarred Breton lad, wearing clothing made of animal hides and fur, appearing out of thin air, and holding a chair.

"Man, i love being born under the sign of the shadow.." Tohe said, tossing the chair to the side, his sign was how he had gotten here undetected. He had transported here from the Ald Raathim Mages guild, and headed here, under the cloak of day and his invisibility granted by being born under the sign of the Shadow. He grabbed Reichi's book, and pulled the Recall amulet from his pocket, the book was all he was here for. The Vampires from the other parts of the Guildhall had hear the commotion and were aproaching.

The first vampire through the door saw the Breton disappear in a flash of light. He blinked, and looked at the Khajiit Vampire on the ground, "Damn Khajiit, his hallucinations are spreading to me now..."

Posted by: Rhedd Mar 26 2005, 05:17 AM

(A ship in the Inner Sea, heading toward Freetown:)

Aricyn stood on the bow of the ship. The old wolf at his side watching the fish as they lept in the waves before the prow.

So the lich had taken Jazbet's empty body. That was either a wonder or a horror, and Aricyn wasn't up to deciding which, just yet. If he would have learned of it himself, he would've gone to ask Allerleirauh her opinion on the matter, not trusting to his own moral compass, but it was Allerleirauh who had told him. She seemed to think it was an acceptable solution. Well, she might, and Aricyn might, but both Nords doubted that the peasants would quite that open-minded. How to present this to them was a problem that needed solving.

Aricyn knew someone very good at solving this kind of problem, and so he was headed to Freetown.

If Cyndarius couldn't convince the common man that this was all for the best, then no one could.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 05:21 AM

Ald Raathim:

Allerleirauh tapped on the door of Jazbet's room.

"Loranna," she said. "Something has to be done soon. I can't hold back the curiousity of the staff forever. For heaven's sake, stay in there; I'll come in and talk to you."

Posted by: Loranna Mar 26 2005, 05:24 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 11:01 PM)

The door opens and Loranna ushers Allie in. "Hi," she says, looking a bit relieved. "I actually poked my head out earlier to ask you about that but you were out."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 05:38 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 25 2005, 10:04 PM)

The door opens and Loranna ushers Allie in. "Hi," she says, looking a bit relieved. "I actually poked my head out earlier to ask you about that but you were out."

"I've been setting things in motion," Allerleirauh said, entering the room. She smiled at Dagoth, tentatively. It was still heartbreaking to see Jazbet's face without his personality behind it.

But interesting, in a different way, to see Dagoth finally able to form facial expressions of his own.

"Are you adjusting well?" she asked him. "This is going to be tricky. I think the people of Ald Raathim could accept Loranna as new lady of the manor. I think they might even be able to accept Dagoth taking Jazbet's body. But the two together... if we aren't careful, it will look as if Witch-Queen Loranna murdered Jazbet and stole his body for her lover, and his property for herself."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 26 2005, 05:45 AM

Dagoth looked like he was thinking of something. Unfortunately social skills still weren't his best area...

'Well, so far I'm finding being alive again just a bit unsettling...' he faced towards where Loranna was, 'but it was worth it. And about those people... we are going to have to be very careful as to how we go about this.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 05:49 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 25 2005, 10:25 PM)

"Yes," Allerleirauh said.

"We're going to hold a memorial service for those who fell at Red Mountain. It's time. Ritual is important to Dunmer, and all the bodies either disappeared or were buried under lava. I think that would be a good time to break the news to everyone, all at once. Do you have any idea of what we could say?"

Posted by: Loranna Mar 26 2005, 05:53 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 11:29 PM)

Loranna considers. "I suppose it's probably for the best to just say the truth," she ventures. "That we did what we could to save Jazbet's soul from Azura, but that in the end he chose to go on - and Dagoth, who has been fighting by our side since Skyrim and who helped save lives both at Vivec and Red Mountain through his actions, gave up his immortality and power to comfort me, using the body Jazbet left willingly behind."

She pauses and goes over what she just said. " ... Though there's probably a better way to put that ..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 05:56 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Mar 25 2005, 10:33 PM)

"Now is the time to think of the best way possible to put it," Allerleirauh said. "Dagoth? What do you think? By the way... I think now is a good time to lose that name. You are not going to make yourself popular by emphasizing your connections to the 6th house."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 26 2005, 06:02 AM

He forgot about telling them that. Well here goes nothing.

He sighed and said, 'Well, I guess I should tell you my original name. My name once was, and now is once again, Slyvos Araberith.'

He hadn't gone by that in a LONG time...

Posted by: Dumbkid Mar 26 2005, 06:07 AM

Pie

1 Cup Water
2 Ash Yams
4 Cups Comberries
3 Cups Saltrice

Pound Ash Yams into a meal and mix in water. Knead into dough. Prepare two portions. Lay one portion, flattened, in a flat circular cooking tray. Mix comberries and saltrice, pour mixture into cooking tray. Cover with second flat ash yam dough portion, pinch down sides around the outside. Heat until done.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 06:07 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 25 2005, 10:42 PM)

Allerleirauh bowed. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Slyvos Araberith. Life is better than death. May I ask, which is your given name, and which is the division of your house? What should I call you?"

Posted by: Arynel Mar 26 2005, 06:08 AM

Arynel sat in a wooden chair with a blanket laid over for padding. Sen-Yedda lay nestled in the Breton’s arms as he rocked her gently, though his eyes were focused on where light trickled in through the window, and to the world beyond.

He gazed down at the small bundle in his arms, and then he scanned the area the room, saying: “Strings become ropes as swords become shackles; the youthful road is too quickly passing.”

He looked again out the window.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 26 2005, 06:16 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Mar 25 2005, 10:47 PM)

He tried to remember which was which for a moment, then it clicked again.

'My given name was Slyvos, my house name was Araberith. So I just put them in that order for the sake of making it easy to remember which is which. So just call me Slyvos, it's easier.'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 26 2005, 06:21 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 25 2005, 11:56 PM)

Loranna smiles a bit, saying "Slyvos," a couple of times to get used to the sound of it. "It's a nice name ..."

" ... But as for how best to present this ... well, definitely emphesize everything Da ... Slyvos has done to help us. He fought the Azurites when Azura first created them, he helped us retrieve Flamekiss so that we could ultimately stop Azura, he put all his powers to use to help the army at Red Montain, even taking out that powerful Daedra which would surely have wrecked havoc and killed even more people."

"And, also, emphesize that Jazbet chose to move on ..." Loranna starts to say, but then she stops, looking down for a moment.

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 26 2005, 06:31 AM

The ackward, and sudden, stop got Slyvos a bit worried..

'Something wrong, Loranna? You just kinda... stopped....'

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 06:33 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 25 2005, 10:56 PM)

"Araberith sounds very old," Allerleirauh said. "From the days before the Velothi were Chimer. I am pleased to meet you, Slyvos. And I think you should use that name when you introduce yourself to people here. There's no need for them to have to overcome two prejudices at once."

She had left Sen-Yedda with Arynel; already she was feeling anxious about her. She forced herself to focus on the matter at hand.

Allerleirauh nodded her agreement with Loranna's words.

"Aricyn is handling the arrangements," Allerleirauh said. "With the help of the Dunmer. And we should have some reinforcements arriving soon. Wait until everyone from the town is gathered for the service before coming. We don't want anyone from the castle or the village seeing Slyvos on the way."

She smiled.

"We're going to play this by ear. But that's worked for us so far. Jazbet was a great believer in happiness. We'll see if we can pull that off."

Posted by: Loranna Mar 26 2005, 06:36 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 26 2005, 12:11 AM)

The ackward, and sudden, stop got Slyvos a bit worried..

'Something wrong, Loranna? You just kinda... stopped....'

Loranna looks up, blinking away moistness in her eyes, and gives Slyvos a small smile.

" ... No, I'm okay," she says. " ... Just, well, I know he's gone, but the feeling of him being gone still sneaks up on me now and then, you know?"

She takes a deep breath. " ... He wouldn't want me to dwell on his being gone; he wouldn't want me to wallow in sorrow. I'll be okay."

Posted by: Dagoth Lich Mar 26 2005, 06:42 AM

Slyvos felt around the air a bit til he was able to put his hand on Loranna's shoulder reassuringly.

'That's good to here. But as I've always said, I'm here for you when you need me...'

Posted by: Loranna Mar 26 2005, 06:45 AM

QUOTE(Dagoth Lich @ Mar 26 2005, 12:22 AM)

Slyvos felt around the air a bit til he was able to put his hand on Loranna's shoulder reassuringly.

'That's good to here. But as I've always said, I'm here for you when you need me...'

Loranna reaches her hand up to pull Dagoth closer to her, her smile growing wider.

"I know, and that's one of the most lovely things anyone's ever done for me," she says, squeezing Slyvos.

Looking to Allie, Loranna says "Thank you for getting everything set up, Allie; you're incredible."

Posted by: JustinSane Mar 26 2005, 06:58 AM

Swims-in-Clouds swam leisurely along the coast, digesting the rather large meal he'd just eaten. Everything felt good when he was in the water; his mind worked better and his limbs, occasionally ungainly on land, came alive beneath the gentle waves. He noticed something in the distance, the hulking form of a sunken ship. Curious, he swam over to investigate. The first thing he determined was that it was larger than most vessels that sailed the inner sea. The design seemed more Dunmer than Imperial, but mixed elements of both. As he drew closer it became clear that this was no ancient wreck. No plants grew through it yet and only a few had begun to encroach on the hull, which had been torn apart by some sort of powerful blast. The crew and passengers lay strewn about the deck in varying states of decay, which the omni-present slaughterfish and mudcrabs were ably accelerating. This must have been one of the vessels carrying Azurite troops to the the assualt on Ald-Raathim.

As he entered the breech in the hull, he suddenly noticed the tell-tale shimmer of enchantment on one of the bodies on the deck. Swimming over, he found that there were actually two enchanted items, still equipped on the hapless azurite warrior. The first, which had initially caught his attention, was a shirt of woven hair. The other was an ebony spear. This one looked very interesting. As he reached out and grabbed it a large slaughterfish darted towards him. Sluggish from his recent feeding, his evasive manuever failed. Somehow the bite left only a small scratch. Twisting, he stabbed the spear down at the pugnacious creature. To his suprise, he pierced the fish clean through. That was not a manuever he'd been taught. He calmed his mind and emptied it of concious thought, thinking now with the effortless instinct of a beast of the swamp. For several seconds, he simply felt, oblivious to all but the basic information his senses provided. Then he smiled. The spear had done this. Its enchantment had some kind of shield effect and increased the skill of it's wielder at using a spear. He had read of such an artifact. It was a Blessed Spear.

Very interested now, he stripped off the shirt of hair and donned it, and cautiously activated the enchantment. To his alarm, he felt a small burst of destructive magic wound him. He started to remove it, but then felt himself healing. Within seconds his flesh was fully sound, unmarked by injury from the initial effect of the enchantment or the minor bite he'd taken from the slaughterfish. This shirt, he could not identify, but he liked it! Swims-in-Clouds methodically began to search the rest of the boat, curious what else it might contain.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Mar 26 2005, 07:10 AM

A hill outside Ald Raathim:

The little village of Ald Raathim, nearest village to the castle in the lands of one Jazbet, Dres Knight, had become, for a time, the largest population center in Morrowind. Many of the people of Vvardenfell had become Azurites, and disappeared when the Eidolon destroyed Azura's new race. The Azurites had killed as many as they could who had not joined them. On the mainland, House had fought House, and refugees from far and wide, peasant, noble, and slave, had fled to Daruhn for safety.

Daruhn.

Allerleirauh thought, from the little Khajiit she knew, that the word meant "home of the thief." It was a term meant to insult Jazbet, the Khajiit born a slave of House Dres who had risen to such a position of honor. Daruhn had risen to a position of honor now too.

Many, many people stood gathered on the hill, waiting to see what the shape of the new world would be. There was no more Tribunal Temple. The Tribunal temple had been failing since the deaths of the Tribunal, and the New Temple of the Azurites had dealt it a death blow. The Ashlanders had followed the New Temple into its folly. And now the New Temple was gone too. Morrowind had no religion. What would happen now?

Allerleirauh stood on the hill, surrounded by every ecclesiastic of every race she could muster. In her arms she held Sen-Yedda. Around her were grouped the heros who had come together to save the world from Azura's wrath.

Allerleirauh thought about Vivec, about his desire that his people should return to their ancient ancestor worship, with the Tribunal as first among the ancestors, saints and guides. This was the day that would begin.

Posted by: tegger Mar 26 2005, 07:16 AM

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