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Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 10:29 AM

Hello, and welcome to our Elder Scrolls Role Playing threads, where we adventure and socialize in the vibrant land of Tamriel.

Before we begin, we'd like to clarify a few things:

Newcomers, we ask you to http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141737&view=findpost&p=2871855 before starting up; everyone will be happier for it

This is an 'open roleplay' and everyone is encouraged to join in at any time!

'Open' roleplay does not mean 'unorganized' or 'limitless', however. The events in this story are usually planned, and if something BIG happens, you can be certain that it is the result of much discussion between players, usually in the mIRC chat (#Loranna_RP, Chatspike server). This is not just a bunch of disorganized individuals doing what they think would be fun for their character at the time.

So, while everyone is welcome to join in, they are NOT welcome to jump in and do big, world-changing things without DISCUSSING IT FIRST. Let me be very clear about what cannot be done without permission:

1:
Any action that effects another person's character, for ill or good. Although most people realize they can't harm another person's character without permission, many don't realize that you can't HELP another character without permission, either. Many characters have flaws for a reason. Don't go healing, saving, or otherwise fixing another character without DISCUSSING IT FIRST with the player involved.

2:
Any event that would drastically change things that have been done to the world, whether the change is physical (rebuilding destroyed locations), political (converting a population to a new cause), military (killing off all the badguys) or anything else. Almost every situation, good or bad, that exists in the RP was done for some reason. Don't go changing or fixing things without DISCUSSING IT FIRST with the group.

Everyone who is involved in the RP is welcome in the mIRC chat channel #Loranna_RP, on the Chatspike server. If you have a plot idea then you are encouraged to go there and discuss it. If you cannot get on the channel for some reason, or if the player whos character you would affect with your plan is not there, then PM them using this board's PM function. That's what it's there for.

If you do not have MIRC, you can http://www.chatspike.net/?p=javairc. Enter in a nickname where prompted and hit Submit. You'll be asked if you want to trust the signed applet. Hit Yes, and you'll be in the main chatspike channel. From there, type /join #Loranna_RP

You'll enter our chat channel and we can talk to you.

Not following the above advice will only result in one thing: your post is likely to be completely ignored by everyone as if it did not happen. This is obvously not good for anyone, so please, discuss major events before doing them.

Remember: Secret plans and surprises are seldom fun for anyone else. Before they're revealed they're boring, because nobody knows about them, and afterwards they're just annoying, because nobody knew about them.
Thank you, and have fun!

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Summary for Loranna: Loranna is in Ald Raathim, having recently had a wonderful banquet meal courtesy of Razbiah and Thianas, discussed the building of temples in Ald Raathim, and handing over Selvia's Ring of Domination to Barenziah before te Queen took her leave. She is currently working on various affairs for the building up of Ald Raathim and in the near future will be tending to a patient in her castle

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 10:36 AM

ooc summaries:

Allerleirauh is with Goranthir.

Tris is at Ald Raathim.

Dragon is also at Ald Raathim. The work on the fortifications has reached a critical point; supplies and people have all arrived, and things are starting to go up now.

Jelsia, following an assassination attempt by restauranters, is with Maranda at the House of Dibella. She was injured, and has now been healed, but she's badly shaken.

Posted by: Shardie Oct 6 2005, 10:38 AM

Maranda on the other hand, is cooking dinner, or at least I am, whilst Maranda, the character recovers from shock, from her inability to defend Jelsia when she was attacked

Posted by: Solin Oct 6 2005, 10:41 AM

Summary:

Solin, for the most part has spent his time loitering around Ald Raathim. He recently attended the banquet thrown for the visiting Queen Mother but mainly kept to himself.

Ciel remains in Solunastra.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 11:27 AM

Once things settle down in the castle, Loranna makes a trip to Cyrodiil, to meet with the head priestess of the House of Dibella, an Altmer woman she had not yet had the opprotunity to meet.

Solena Caro regards Loranna's request with finely-arched eyebrows. "A House of Dibella in a domain in Morrowind?" she asks. "An unusual request ... you are aware, my child, that the Lady's House is no mere place of prostitution; we aren't a tourist attraction ..."

Loranna acknowledged "I understand; I ask this as a daughter of the Temple, who wishes a House in Ald Raathim for the purposes of worship."

Solena's eyebrows relax. "I see you are serious, my child," she says. "I am still concerned though about the idea; the Dunmer have never been fond of any of the Nine Divines, and I would not want our people to meet with a disasterous fate."

"I understand," Loranna says, "this as been on my mind as well. I had hoped to ask for one or more Lily Knights to be assigned to the Temple, and would extend my own protection as Lady of Ald Raathim to the Temple."

Solena considers, a thoughtful look and a small smile on her face as she contemplates the ways in which Dibella works in the world ...

The two women continue to converse for some time, discussing arrangements for the newly-proposed Temple. When they finish, Loranna feels a sense of satisfaction; everything was ready to go.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 6 2005, 02:02 PM

One Day in the Future
ooc: Isidor, male nord, is looking for his children, in the Castle Daruhn.

The Future
Isidor's kids, Tilitalia and Tyradil, are in school.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 03:08 PM

Allerleirauh's journal, morning, 5th Frostfall (1 day in the past, or:
What Allerleirauh wrote about birds

Little bird of my heart... I feel as if a mountain stands between us, and I am that mountain. It seems natural that a bird should fly far, over many mountains; and perhaps it even seems natural that one mountain may be inhabited by many birds. But it seems most unnatural that the mountain should shun any who soar above it.

I wanted you to come to me, and conquer your fears, and go on. I wanted you to cast me off, not because you no longer desired me, but because you desired more... desired more than companionship, more than love, more than very great friendship, and all we have been to each other. I thought you would see yourself reflected in some young person's eyes, and make a family. I was prepared for that pain.

This pain, seeing you suffering and silent, I did not prepare for. Oh, little bird, please sing me a song... or better still, sing your song to another...

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 03:33 PM

Tris Gaerington: Wayrest

Tris took two roses today, a small one for his buttonhole, and a full-blown one for Herwyn Brand. He hadn't seen Herwyn since the wedding; he wondered what Wayrest's spymaster had been up to, and how he was managing life since his first steps into the Void. Knowing Herwyn, he had probably put it completely out of his mind and gone back to living a mundane life.

However, Tris didn't encounter Herwyn Brand on his usual morning trip from his townhouse to the Dome of Wayrest, with a stop for breakfast at the park. After a period of loitering, Tris went looking for him.

He found Herwyn Brand still at home, and not dressed for work. He appeared to be... alphabetizing his bookshelves.

"Flower," Tris said, stepping Inside and presenting it to him. "Not feeling well?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 03:41 PM

Ald Raathim

Having made arrangements with the House of Dibella, Loranna returns home, looking for Allerleirauh. It doesn't take long for Loranna to track down the silver-haired Nord woman; she simply follows the little ones. Allie's feats of strength while helping the construction had become widely circulated among Ald Raathim's younger population, and there rarely lacked an audience of cildren watching Allie treat uge blocks of stone like they were down-filled pillows.

Loranna waits for a moment when Allie isn't hauling giant stone blocks and says "Hail Allie; I was wondering if we could talk a bit."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 03:47 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 08:41 AM)

"I don't mind a break," Allerleirauh said, stretching, and clapping her hands together to produce a cloud of marble dust. She wore a scarf tied around her bright hair, and a plain dress, tucked up at the waist.

She assumed that Loranna wanted to speak privately, and so she walked between two tall piles of wood, where no one was working at the moment, climbed one, and sat down on it.

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 6 2005, 03:48 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 07:33 AM)

"Feel fine, thanks for asking after coming into my study uninvited. Here, hold these," Herwyn said tersely, handing Tris an armful of books and marching into his brightly-windowed sitting room to retrieve a flowervase.

"Why shouldn't I be?

"Don't answer that, I'll tell you.

"Tris, you used a major trick and screwed up the order of life and death rather badly. I ask you, is there a way that one who travels the void could do such a thing... to a lesser degree... and not realize it?

"Give me those," he said, suddenly, taking the armful of tomes on magic and law from Tris and carefully placing each one in its appointed place on the shelf.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 03:50 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Oct 6 2005, 08:48 AM)

"I didn't realize it when I did it," Tris said. "I didn't have any idea, it was the General who told me what had happened... why? Have you done something?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 03:50 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 09:47 AM)

Loranna sits herself down on the second pile of wood, making herself comfortable.

"I wanted to talk to you about setting up a Tribunal Temple here in Ald Raathim," she says, coming right to the point. "I've been making arrangements to have the Nine Divines represented here, Dibella specifically, but I felt the Tribunal needs to be represented too."

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 6 2005, 03:54 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 07:50 AM)

"I didn't realize it when I did it," Tris said. "I didn't have any idea, it was the General who told me what had happened... why? Have you done something?"

"Well see, that's the thing, isn't it?" he said, setting down the rest of the books on his desk. "You knew you did something. You consciously did something."

Herwyn sniffed the broad-petaled rose before sitting the vase to one side of his immaculately organized desk.

"I am under the impression that things aren't working... normally, and I can only assume that it's me, or something I've done."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 03:57 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 08:50 AM)

"Very good," Allerleirauh said. "The Temple needs to move forward... to canonize Seht and Ayem and be done with it. Ayem's grave should join her birthplace as a place of worship. Those two will need all the prayers they can get to establish themselves in the Outer Realms, and they will need to be bound to this plane, as the other saints have been... but never mind. You were simply asking about a temple. Yes, there are enough people here that one is needed. It should be secluded, set away from the town proper, as Temples ordinarily are. Did you have a location in mind?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:00 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Oct 6 2005, 08:54 AM)

"You're not telling me enough to help you," Tris said. He was starting to be alarmed, but only a little. After all, he himself had gone insane, for a time, after he had discovered his abilities. "What things? Anything that's going to cause the world to come to an end?"

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 6 2005, 04:04 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 08:00 AM)

"Probably not. At least, I assume not," Herwyn said, dusting off the corner of the desk where Tris had momentarily leaned.

"You know that assassin, Kethiah, friend of a friend of yours, I believe... She needs to be dead. Business, you know.

"Well, she proved too experienced for my operatives, so I decided to take care of things myself, even though that's not really my specialty. No reason for people to die needlessly, of course.

"The thing is, I couldn't do it. I don't mean that I couldn't bring myself to do it... or maybe I do. I certainly don't mean that I was outmatched. What I mean is, it would NOT happen. No matter what.

"Frankly, I was afraid to try too very hard, for fear of... breaking something.

"At first I thought that it might've been the doing of that creature, Leseth, since he seemed to take a great deal of pleasure watching me try, but now I'm beginning to wonder... Is it just me? Is there some reason I couldn't do it? In my memory it seems so clear that something external was amiss.

"I tried again, just to be sure, while she slept. It was utterly surreal. Now, though, I'm beginning to wonder again if I'm misremembering it, and that somehow it's all just me."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 04:12 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 09:57 AM)

Loranna sketches a rough map of Ald Raathim in the dirt with her dagger. "Well, I was thinking of putting Dibella's house here," she says, indicating a spot near the town proper. "That leaves a few spots further out ... here, or here."

She pauses a moment, adding "Though Goran was talking to me before about establising a preserve over to the west, if I recall; maybe the Temple sould go here ten, more to the north. I should talk to Goran too about that preserve idea before it's too late."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:14 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Oct 6 2005, 09:04 AM)

"You tried to kill Kethiah? For business?"

Tris remembered the evil alternate Kethiah; his own feelings about her were mixed. He knew Isidor loved her, but frankly, that was more evidence of Isidor's lack of good sense than of Kethiah's good qualities. Kethiah was an assassin, a woman who killed people for pay, regardless of whether or not they deserved it.

Kethiah also hadn't come with them during the Blue Twilight... she was part of the universe, she had been transformed as it had been. He remembered the evil Jazbet sending Winged Twilights against him, the evil Kethiah laughing at his side, and shuddered.

"I don't know," Tris said. "I think you should talk to the General. She understands these things."

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 6 2005, 04:17 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 08:14 AM)

"I can't say that idea appeals to me, for obvious reasons, Tris. I was hoping you would know something.

"Regardless, I can't go on with things like this happening and me not understanding why, even if it is simply me losing my mind again.

"Would you set up a meeting for me? At the General's convenience, of course."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:21 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:12 AM)

"Unfortunately cities and wildlife aren't compatible," Allerleirauh said. "Goranthir was raised in Summerset; he's a Ranger who speaks to beasts, and he's never been hungry. I understand Goranthir's perspective, but if you set up a preserve so near your town, it will only anger the poor. They will regard you as a tyrant who would keep them from obtaining food for themselves, and they will regard you as decadent because of your priorities. Which is not to say you should not do it, just that you cannot please everyone."

She indicated a location. "There, I think, backed against solid stone. Many temples are built that way. I will speak to the right people, and see that it is done. Perhaps some local people will want to be trained in holy orders; the Temple took grave losses during the Blue Dawn, and a new generation is needed."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:23 PM

QUOTE(Rhedd @ Oct 6 2005, 09:17 AM)

"Don't be ridiculous," Tris said. "Shave, put a better shirt on, and let's go."

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 6 2005, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 08:23 AM)

"Don't be ridiculous," Tris said. "Shave, put a better shirt on, and let's go."

"What, now?

"... Give me a moment," he said, heading for his wardrobe.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 04:26 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 10:21 AM)

"I'm learning I can't please everyone; I'll be happy when I figure out how to see what's best for everyone," Loranna says. "That looks like a good spot, and I'll put the word out, see who would be interested in being part of the new generation."

"While we're on break, was there anything else you thought I should know?" Loranna asks Allie.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:30 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:26 AM)

Allerleirauh smiled. "I don't actually keep a copy of the Homilies tucked in my back pocket to school you every chance I get. You seem to understand the situation well enough. Ald Raathim will be a city, not a town, if it survives the war. I don't think there's much chance of avoiding war, with Barenziah's attitude. And although she won't talk about it, I think she likes life better than death, and is fond of her people even when they fail to support her, and she would not be considering war if she did not smell a greater danger on the horizon. It's destiny, and we'd all better get with the schedule."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 04:39 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 10:30 AM)

Loranna grins, though there's a hint of chagrin in her expression. "And I should remember how far I've come sometimes," she says. "I agree with your assesements; like it or not, war is coming, and I've no intention of seeing us die in it."

"And thank you for all the help you've been giving lately; I appreciate it," Loranna adds, her smile becoming warmer. "How's Sen-Yedda and Tamne been doing? And how's Mirea and Skien, and Igba and Sir Ciel?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:43 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:39 AM)

"Ciel is not well," Allerleirauh said. "He languishes. And not simply because Tris is such a little wretch. Skein has been deeply immersed in her work, of which I understand almost nothing. Mirea ran away to join a circus. Ibga amuses herself by trying to make Ciel grow fat, and Tamne is growing fat, on such a diet; I shall have to put her to work of some kind. Sen-Yedda's new hobby is anointing anyone foolhardy enough to pick her up with pale yellowish vomit and then laughing about it."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 04:55 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 10:43 AM)

"Huh," Loranna says, raising her eyebrows. "That's even more than what we've got going on here, between Anya and Shaka's issues, Isidor's tendency to dash off whenever something comes up, Stalker trying to get used to the concept of being around others and Slyvos suffering from bad dreams."

She frowns, thinking about Ciel and Tris, and Sen-Yedda. "Well, back to work, I guess ..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 04:56 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:55 AM)

"Bad dreams?" Allerleirauh said, jumping down from the pile of wood.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 05:03 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 10:56 AM)

"Bad dreams?" Allerleirauh said, jumping down from the pile of wood.

Loranna nods. "Dreams of his final conflict with his father, the fight that drove him over the edge initially," Loranna says, thinking of the memories she shared of those dreams. "Only now he's got this feeling that there's something missing, something he's never really noticed before - and he's got a feeling that he's being watched by someone or something, and it's got him a little spooked."

"We talked about his dreams right before the banquet," she continues. "He's been thinking lately about how he never actually looked to see if anyone survived. I'm not sure what to make of these dreams, but I hate to see him locking himself away in the library again ..."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 6 2005, 05:09 PM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 10:03 AM)

"It was a long time ago," Allerleirauh said. "Certainly there's enough guilt there to crush any man, but it's worth remembering that it's only because he became a lich that anyone's even alive to remember their deaths. In the natural course of things, they all would have died of old age by now. Time smooths out good and evil, as that harrow smooths the ground..."

She gestured towards a team of guar leveling the land for new building.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 6 2005, 05:15 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 6 2005, 11:09 AM)

"You're right," Loranna sys, watching the guar. "Thanks for reminding me of that simple truth, Allie."

She smiles a little. "Plus, there's going to be enough coming in the future to keep us all occupied as it is - even without Skein's prediction to think of."

They talked a bit more, the topic winding its way to the mangroves after a while, and then when it was time to get back to work, both women went their seperate ways.

Posted by: S'reddit Oct 6 2005, 06:41 PM

Summary

Barenziah, Queen Mother of Morrowind, has left for Mournhold about her new barge, with a several other ships to guard her, to protect her from assassins which attacked her old barge.

Goranthir, Prince of Firsthold and her grandson, is in Ald Raathim. He has sent Tazelhoth, the wolf, back into the forest, which strict instructions not to be seen by any men or mer. The huge wolf is having a grand time stalking the other wildlife. The Prince himself is helping with the construction effort at the castle.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 6 2005, 08:21 PM

Summary

Only a few hours in the future now:

Kethiah: the assassin rests in her bed, after the attempted assassination by Herwyn Brand. Isidor has given her an amulet, and gone to tell Loranna she's there, as well as to check up on his kids, per her insistence.

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 6 2005, 09:24 PM

Anya lay on her branch, one leg dangling. There was an audible thunk as a dagger stuck into the branch above her. She reached for another dagger and tossed it into the branch.

It had never occured to her that she might well be more attracted to women than to men. She certianly never found a physical attraction to them, but then she didn't care much for physical attrations in men neither, though she knew the merits of it well. Several times over, a cute smile was enough to get important information for her current employer.

Get drunk and find another girl. Tris had told her. She giggled at the thought, certianly something she would have never thought on her own. It seemed simple enough, but of course, there was still plenty of apprehension.

One dagger missed it's mark and tumbled down, she reached out and caught it, the blade slipping between her fingers.

Anya gathered her throwing daggers, wondering why Lotus hadn't showed up to give her a disapproving look. She lept down, she was due for another drink anyway, and walked back to the tavern.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 6 2005, 09:35 PM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 03:24 PM)

Anya gathered her throwing daggers, wondering why Lotus hadn't showed up to give her a disapproving look. She lept down, she was due for another drink anyway, and walked back to the tavern.

On the way, she passed Goranthir, shirt off, hauling dirt away from the castle with a group. He waved to her and smiled. It was a sight to truly test whether Anya had any sexual attraction towards any men.

Posted by: syronj Oct 6 2005, 09:38 PM

Shaka was packing his gear for a trip to Vvardenfell. He had finally admitted to himself that he was almost broke, and needed to raise funds on the island, whether from dwemer ruins, daedra worshippers, or smugglers.

He shouldered the bag and headed down the trail to Ald Raathim and its docks.

Posted by: vaanic~one Oct 6 2005, 09:49 PM

OOC Summary: Vaan is in a cave in Elswyer, unconscious after an unexpected fight with hostile mages.

everything was dark

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Oct 6 2005, 10:52 PM

Summary:

Kratos is sitting at the dock in Ald Raathim, waiting for the next ship headed to Vvardenfell.

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 6 2005, 11:17 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 01:35 PM)

Anya smiled back, and winked at him. She certainly knew a well toned and beautiful man when she saw one, no doubt there.

I really should help with construction, she thought, after my training. She had grown profficient enough in illusion and alteration that she could practice on her own and not fail every other spell. That and she was running low on coins.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 6 2005, 11:57 PM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 05:17 PM)

Allerleirauh had been ... enthusiastic that morning, but instead of exhausting him, Goranthir felt more alive, with energy to burn. Physical labor was nothing he was used to. Even in the year he spent traveling through Tamriel from west to east, he had never worked hard with his hands. He looked briefly at them now, and there were blisters forming, different from the calluses he had built up from swordplay. More honest somehow.

Tris and Allerleirauh were elsewhere, and when he saw either one of them, he would take a break, but for now he was happy among the workers, making Ald Raathim more secure by pure sweat.

Posted by: Argonians rule Oct 6 2005, 11:59 PM

The Swift gull's broken mast had been removed and sold for firewood, and a new one had been purchased. The pirate crew did well enough installing the new mast, as it was backbreaking physical labor. Wich is exactly what pirates are good for.

But mending the sails was another issue altogether. Falco had to stifle a laugh as some two dozen big, burly, scarred, and heavily tattoed pirates each tried to wield a thread and and needle. Needless to say there was much more tearing than mending going on and somehow a certain corner kept catching on fire.

Posted by: syronj Oct 7 2005, 12:39 AM

When Shaka arrived in town and saw how many had pitched in to help build the defenses, he felt shamed.

He Recalled to his yurt and locked away his armor and weapons, then returned to Ald Raathim to see if he could help, either with manual labor or as a mage. There probably would be little pay, but he didn't want to feel selfish about leaving for the island in order to fill soulgems or gather loot.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 12:52 AM

QUOTE(syronj @ Oct 6 2005, 06:39 PM)

Loranna's castellian Kallen appeared to be the man most directly in charge of the four big jobs: hauling dirty away from the excavation at the castle, hauling stones to the castle for the fortifications, dredging the bay to expand the dock area, and expanding the arena. Others were supporting the workers, healing their bumps and bruises, augmenting their strength and endurance magically. Then there were those who were doing smaller projects, such as finishing the new tavern and new warehouses near the docks.

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Oct 7 2005, 12:53 AM

The ship arrived but Kratos had already left, on his way to Mournhold. He had to seek answers.

As Kratos walked along the road out of Ald Raathim he thought to himself, The voice of my blood cannot be silenced. Only I know the secrets of my soul, and i believe that the heritage of the Ordinators has not been lost completely.

Embers smolder long under ash, and stupid men and mer believe them extinguished, but when the wind starts to blow again, the flame is reawakened.

He headed south on the long road to the City of Lights and Magic.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 12:54 AM

Present Day: Ald Raathim
After school had let out, Tyradil had told Tilitlaia he would meet up with her later. When he hadn't come back after a while, Tilitalia went back to the school to look for him. When she arrived at the school, no one had seen him.

She looked around, and to her surprise, she had found him kissing a pretty dunmer girl from school, named Davala. Tilitalia raised her eyebrows, and coughed. Davala looked up, saw Tilitalia, and seperated herself from Tyradil. "Um, I'll see you later." With that, she ran off.

Tyradil spun around, his face an odd mixture of anger, blushing, and confusing. "What are you doing here?" He asked his sister, in a slightly raised voice.

Tilitalia smiled and said "I was looking for you. We've got work to do, and you know I was having trouble with my alchemy."

Tyradil looked down at his feet "Yeah, sorry about that ... Don't tell Dad about this, please?"

Tilitalia laughed and said "When we talk to dad, your extra cirricular activities will be low on my list of things to discuss." She patted him on the back, and they made their way back to the castle.

Posted by: Aki Oct 7 2005, 01:26 AM

OOC Summary

Reichi Sari is wandering around and about Ald Raathim.

---

Reichi casually strolled through the streets of Ald Raathim, but he had begun to tire of the town slightly, or more specifically, towns. Buildings. The structures of man, mer, and betmer. While Reichi wasn't a ranger, nor a Bosmer, he did enjoy getting out into the forest some. Esspecially at night, for a bit of hunting. Though, even in the day hunting was fun, it was harder. Harder to catch something when running on two legs than on four.

The mer moved silently through the forest, picking up multiple scents. The smell of the trees and grass, the smell of water, the various creatures of Morrowind, along with that of a Wolf. Weird... he thought, usually the only wolf around Ald Raathim was either Aricyn's one, or Isidor's. Reichi ignored it, he was hunting, besides, he didn't have Goranthir's natural ability, nor was he a Bosmer, so he couldn't talk to it if he wanted to. Instead he followed the trail left by a Kagouti, they were harder to kill than Alit, they had sense enough not to have such huge jaws you could stick a blade through the roof of its' mouth to its brain when it opened them.

Reichi heard a twig crack drly, and looked down, he hadn't stepped on one, so he drew Bloodfang as he whirled around, having learned rather well from the scuffle on Solstheim, that when twigs cracked in a previously silent area, bad things were about to jump out and bite your head off. There was a Argonian standing behind him, looking quite like he had intentionally broken the twig, as he was leaning on a Adamantium spear. Reichi blinked a moment before recognizing the Argonian bard that had been in the Drunken Guar some time ago, singing that gory war-song. The Argonian was wearing travell-stained common clothing, along with some mismatched peices of armor. But, fine armor, Ebony, Adamantium, glass.

The piece that particularly caught Reichi's attention was the Argonian's cuirass, which was a familar dark silver color, and had a intricate design Reichi was familar with, At the center of it was the head of a wolf, flanked by that of a bear and lion, those in turn flanked by a crocadile and a shark, and a vulture at the far back. The Argonian grinned at Reichi, not a friendly grin.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" Reichi asked, relaxing his stance slightly, though he inconspicuously moved his hand towards the Dagger of Senses.

"I'm Sings-Of-Death, and I collect tales, as well as artifacts. Such as that ring, fair Wolf," The Argonian said, the grin stil on his scaled face as he casually ran a clawed hand over one of the many horns that adorned his head. "And the magnificient tale of your defeat."

"So, you think you're gonna kill me, and move on with my stuff and that tale to sing about to others?" Reichi asked, a slight anger and annoyance entering his voice. Arrogant as the Argonian was, he was cunning enough to have caught him in day, where he had a much better chance of taking Reichi down. Without dying that is, he could have confronted him at night and relied on the strength of silver weaponry to damage Reichi better than even that Adamantium spear could.

"Exactly, I've done it before. Got this here cuirass off one of your kind Up in Skyrim. Cold as hell up there, worth it though," The Argonian replied. By now Reichi was convinced the lizard was as figuratively cold-blooded as he was litterally cold-blooded.

"Then make your peace with what dieties you worship, fool," Reichi said with a cocky grin as he drew the Dagger Of Senses. Sings-Of-Death, in response, brought up the spear into a combatyive stance and blocked the first thrust Reichi threw with the two flanges that protuded from the sides of the spear head at the base. Reichi cursed himself for not seeing that coming. He had seen Shaka fight enough to forsee this spear-weilder similarly utilizing his spear.

Reichi hopped back, which normally would have put him out of range, with the spear-weilding argonian it was different, he could still hit Reichi, Reichi couldn't however, return the favor. Reichi cursed again, ducked, dodging and blocking various blows, until he mopved close enough to take a swipe at the Argonian's midsection. Bloodfang connected with the Argonian's chest, but it skidded off the cuirass's surface, leaving little more than a deep scratch in the cuirass.

"Die, ash-skinned scum!" the argonian hissed, whirling the spear so that the shaft struck Reichi from behind. The battle continued for some time, with both sides exchanging blows and insults. Reichi managed to knock several pieces of the Argonian's armor off, save the curiass and had cut several gashes in his hide. Sings Of Death on the other hand had already given Reichi several bruises, and gashes, along with a stab-wound from the spear-head striking him in the shoulder. Sings Of Death hefted the spear again, and thrust it mightly at Reichi. Reichi brought up both the Dagger Of Senses and Bloodfang, catching both on the flanges, and keeping the spearhead from ramming through his chest.

"Now the tale endssss," Sings Of Death hissed, his predatory grin returning to his bloodied muzzle. Reichi returned the grin as he thought of a way out.

"Yes, and very tragically," Reichi said through gritted teeth as shifted his weight and forced the spear head to his right as he let go off his weapons and moved to left and ran towards Sings-Of-Death, pulling Kratos' Dagger from his boot. "You die, see." Reichi plunged the Dagger into the Argonian's throat, cuasing Sings of Death's eyes to widen in surprise and him to gurgled as he dropped his spear and fell to his knees the glass dagger deep in his throat.

"This tale, Sings-Of-Death, was your Swan song," Reichi said as the Argonian looked at him before the life faded from his eyes and he fell forward into the dust.

"Good hunt, my prey came to me."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 02:13 AM

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor shop

Phand Masolaude catered to Daggerfall's elite. You were not allowed within unless you had an appointment, and you only had an appointment if one of the master seamstress had received a recommendation from one of her other clients. The gowns they made were jaw-droppingly expensive and jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

Lelia, the Countess of Ivytyde had made an appointment, and entered the shop. She was still pale and pretty, but she did not smile as she used to. Over her pale pink dress, she wore a long pink cape.

Phand excused herself from Tsei, letting her assistant finishing pinning the hem on the dress she was trying on, looking at herself in front of the mirror.

"I need dresses for the winter," she said. "Long sleeves."

"Of course, madam," said the seamstress, pulling out her tape.

"The old measurements will suffice," the Countess said quickly. "I've neither lost nor gained weight."

"Nor did you need to," the seamstress said diplomatically.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 02:13 AM

Daggerfall: Tsei
After the breakup with Falco, Tsei had taken to doing petty thieving jobs in the city of Daggerfall. She was good at what she did, but that didn't mean she liked doing it. As a girl, she had fantasized about a lavish wedding, but most specifically, a fine dress for herself. The one she had bought for the wedding was nice, but nearly as nice as she would've wanted.

This is how Tsei ended up in Phand Masolaude's Tailor shop, getting measured for a dress, that would cost her almost a month and a half of pilfering, and any savings she had.

ooc: Back in about half an hour.

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 08:13 PM)

Tsei admired herself in the mirror, and said "It looks beautiful ..."

As the finishing touches were put on the dress, Tsei looked over at the Countss. "Hello," she said "May I just say, you look beautiful today, m'am? The pink compliments your features very well." She wasn't sure why she hald spoken to the Countess, it certainly wasn't her place to.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 02:31 AM

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 08:13 PM)

As the finishing touches were put on the dress, Tsei looked over at the Countess. "Hello," she said "May I just say, you look beautiful today, m'am? The pink compliments your features very well." She wasn't sure why she hald spoken to the Countess, it certainly wasn't her place to.

The Countess looked at Tsei, and Tsei felt a chill run through her. It was if she were looking at a zombie. Lelia was young, but her eyes were dead. She did not reply, but she looked at Tsei as if trying to think where she had seen her before. They had both been to the wedding, but to the Countess, that was a lifetime ago.

Phand was quick to pick up the conversation. "Oh yes, the Countess favors the pinks and whites, and all the pretty colors ... We just received some glorious lavender silks from Valenwood this week which would be glorious ..."

"Black," Lelia replied simply. Even her voice sounded dead.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 02:34 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 08:31 PM)

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop
The Countess looked at Tsei, and Tsei felt a chill run through her. It was if she were looking at a zombie. Lelia was young, but her eyes were dead. She did not reply, but she looked at Tsei as if trying to think where she had seen her before. They had both been to the wedding, but to the Countess, that was a lifetime ago.

Phand was quick to pick up the conversation. "Oh yes, the Countess favors the pinks and whites, and all the pretty colors ... We just received some glorious lavender silks from Valenwood this week which would be glorious ..."

"Black," Lelia replied simply. Even her voice sounded dead.

Tsei looked concerned. She was a theif, but she had a heart.

"Excuse me," she said, timidly "is something wrong, ma'am?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 02:48 AM

Ald Raathim

The construction hd kept Loranna very busy, but it was time for her to tend to the patient Isidor had brought into her castle; Loranna heads to Kethiah's room, to see how the assassin is progressing.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 02:49 AM

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 08:34 PM)

Tsei looked concerned. She was a theif, but she had a heart.

"Excuse me," she said, timidly "is something wrong, ma'am?"

"What could possibly be wrong?" Lelia smiled sadly. "I am having the time of my life."

Another customer came into the shop, and as the door opened, just for an instant, the Countess's cape blew to the side. And Tsei could see the broken flesh beneath, countess bruises and the marks of whips.

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 02:53 AM

“Heya Anya,” Telera hailed as she entered the Drunken Guar, “Mind if I join you?”

Taking a seat next to Anya, Telera continued, “I still need to give you your shirt back from Winterhold. Thank you for letting me use it, probably have frozen solid without it.”

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 02:54 AM

Ald Raathim

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 08:48 PM)

The construction hd kept Loranna very busy, but it was time for her to tend to the patient Isidor had brought into her castle; Loranna heads to Kethiah's room, to see how the assassin is progressing.

Kethiah wakes up as the door opens, and she smiles at Loranna.

The bloody pitcher of water next to her, the bloody rags, and the wound to her forehead are all evidence of the trauma she's been through. But most arresting are her eyes: the one under the wound has turned bright violet, and the other remains red.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Loranna," says Kethiah groggily.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 02:54 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 08:49 PM)

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop
"What could possibly be wrong?" Lelia smiled sadly. "I am having the time of my life."

Another customer came into the shop, and as the door opened, just for an instant, the Countess's cape blew to the side. And Tsei could see the broken flesh beneath, countess bruises and the marks of whips.

Tsei's eyes opened wide, as she saw the injuries. What could she say? She decided what to say. If the countess didn't like it, she could have her thrown out. "Does having the time of your life, include being beaten?" She added "Ma'am."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 02:57 AM

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 08:54 PM)

Lelia's pale skin showed some sign of life after all. She blushed deeply, embarrassed, and exited the shop in a hurry.

"We'll have those dresses for you in a week to try on!" Phand called after her.

Then she went over to Tsei crossly. "What a thing to say in front of one of my best customers. What she is going through is no business of yours, girl. Take off that dress. I'll do no business with the likes of you."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 02:58 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 08:54 PM)

Ald Raathim
Kethiah wakes up as the door opens, and she smiles at Loranna.

The bloody pitcher of water next to her, the bloody rags, and the wound to her forehead are all evidence of the trauma she's been through. But most arresting are her eyes: the one under the wound has turned bright violet, and the other remains red.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Loranna," says Kethiah groggily.

Loranna gives Kethiah a smile, saying "You're welcome, dear," as she moves toward the bed, her hands glowing with a soft blue light as she examines Kethiah's wounds and heals them to the best of her ability.

"How is your vision?" Loranna asks, watching the violet eye as she moves her finger back and forth for Kethiah to follow.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 03:00 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 08:57 PM)

Daggerfall: Phand Masolaude's Tailor Shop
Lelia's pale skin showed some sign of life after all. She blushed deeply, embarrassed, and exited the shop in a hurry.

"We'll have those dresses for you in a week to try on!" Phand called after her.

Then she went over to Tsei crossly. "What a thing to say in front of one of my best customers. What she is going through is no business of yours, girl. Take off that dress. I'll do no business with the likes of you."

"Fine." Tsei glowered, and took off the dress. She also withdrew her money bag, all her money, and dropped it at the tailor's feet. "I guess beaten women don't mean much to you, as long as they pay well." She glared again at her, and stormed out of the shop, hoping to catch up with the Countess.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 03:01 AM

Ald Raathim

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 08:58 PM)

Kethiah followed the finger well enough. "Fine. I'm a little sensitive to light though, for some reason." She motioned towards the curtains, which had been drawn.

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 03:02 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 06:53 PM)

Anya giggled, "You certainly didn't come prepared. I collect it later, it's not like it was enchanted or some such thing. Perhaps, though, we should see about getting you some weapons and armor fitted for your new frame? If this proves to be longer than one would hope..."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 03:03 AM

Daggerfall

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 09:00 PM)

The Countess was getting into her carriage as Tsei came out. Just for an instant, she saw someone else in the carriage with her, a young girl. And then it was off down the cobblestone road.

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 03:10 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 06:02 PM)

“I never used armor before I lost my arm. I thought it would only slow me down, and I’ve got suitable weapons, I just didn’t remember them that day. As for how long I’ll be like this, I don’t know, but I think Tris believes that the potion has already worn off, I just didn’t go back,” Telera said, before moving on from that topic, “Actually, I was wondering, well it was rather obvious in the ship that I don’t know how to balance properly yet, and um, I was wondering if maybe, you could, you know, help me learn how to move and react in this form. Practice reactions and sparring and the like.”

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 03:16 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 07:10 PM)

Anya smiled, bemused, "Feeling top heavy?"

She swirled her drink, "I would love too, though I'm not exactly sure how the differences are between man and woman... I will spar with you. It's a good thing our skills lie in the same area. Speaking of witch, how is your telekinesis? It's unlikely to have been affected, but you never really know with this sort of magic."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 03:24 AM

Daggerfall

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 09:03 PM)

Daggerfall
The Countess was getting into her carriage as Tsei came out. Just for an instant, she saw someone else in the carriage with her, a young girl. And then it was off down the cobblestone road.

Tsei frowned, as the carriage rolled away. She knew what it was like to beaten. Morrowind hadn't been the kindest place for a young, niave, argonian. She shuddered at the thought, and began to wander the streets again.

Ald Raathim, Tyradil and Tilitalia's room
Isidor had looked into the room before, but no one had been there. Now, when he knocked, Tilitalia's sharp voice answered with a sharp "Yes?"

Isidor entered the room, and looked at his children.

Tyradil was reading one of the Sermons of Vivec, but he wasn't really reading it. He was gazing out into space, his thoughts still with Davala.

Tilitalia, however, was perfectly focused. On Isidor. "Oh, you've decieded to see us! Where are you running off to now? Akivar?"

Isidor frowned, and said "I deserved that. I should explain to you, what's been going on. That woman you saw before, I love her. And, when I found out she was in trouble, I went to help her."

Tyradil looked up when Isidor said 'love', but quickly returned to his book.

Tilitalia, however, stayed focused on Isidor. "The question is, dad, who do you care about more? Some woman, or your own kids, who came to live with you. Dad, do you love this woman? Is she going to be around now more?"

Isidor smiled at his daughter's intelligence. She knew more then he did, it seemed. "You know what, you should talk to her. Ask her these questions, she can answer better then I."

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 03:24 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 06:16 PM)

“Maybe a little,” Telera said, “I don’t think anybody really does know how the differences feel, I can only tell that there is a difference because I do something that should work and it doesn’t come out right.”

“So far as I can tell, it’s like it always has been for me. Right there, waiting to be used.” she continued, “And my other spells are coming along much better than they had been before since I can use the proper hand movements for them now.”

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 03:28 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 09:01 PM)

Ald Raathim
Kethiah followed the finger well enough. "Fine. I'm a little sensitive to light though, for some reason." She motioned towards the curtains, which had been drawn.

"Your eye has also turned violet," Loranna says, giving Kethiah her best bedside manner smile. "Gives you a rather exotic look, actually." She runs her hands over Kethiah's face once more, her fingers still glowing.

"I've done everything I can do with magic for you now," she says. "We'll watch you over the next few days, see if your eyes get used to the light again. I'm happy to see you still have your vision in both eyes though."

" ... If I may be direct dear, do you know who did this?" she asks Kethiah. "And whether we should be expecting them again?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 03:32 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:28 PM)

"Oh," said Kethiah, surprised, touching the cheekbone under the eye. "Isidor didn't tell me. I'm glad it's not too horrible ..."

To Loranna's question, she said. "Yes, I know who did it, and there's no reason for it to happen again. I've decided to retire."

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 03:36 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 07:24 PM)

"That's good. Well... I suppose we'll just have to practice, practice, practice. We'll get your balance back. Can I ask though, why did you have this potion in the first place?" Anya looked at Telera questioningly.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 03:42 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 09:32 PM)

Loranna gives Kethiah a somewhat tight-lipped smile, remembering back to the very beginning of the Dawn, when Jazbet had first reunited with them. Kethiah's gesture recalled to Loranna the memory of Jazbet's reaction to being told he was blind ...

In hindsight, of course, she realizes he had already known, but wouldn't let on; still, the memory causes Loranna's gaze to soften, and to put a reassuring hand on Kethiah's shoulder. "Not horrible at all," she says. "It's beautiful in its own small way."

"I'm glad to hear the danger has passed," she continues. "You'll be staying with Isidor here in Ald Raathim, then?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 03:47 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 09:42 PM)

"I'm glad to hear the danger has passed," she continues. "You'll be staying with Isidor here in Ald Raathim, then?"

Kethiah grimaces a little. "Not only him. His children. Who I will be meeting shortly."

It is plain to see that this woman who has killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, over her career, one of the toughest, most ruthless people in Morrowind, is terrified of the prospect.

"You know, Isidor is so sweet and trusting -- he never even asked whether I've killed any children in the course of my work."

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 03:52 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 06:36 PM)

“I found it,” Telera said, “A while back, in Gemin, I found some potions and I couldn’t recognize three of them. This was one of those three. I didn’t know what it did until I used it, I drank it when I went to drink another potion, then here I was.”

“Thanks Anya!” Telera said gleefully, hugging her, “When can we get started?”

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 03:54 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 09:47 PM)

At this interval in the conversation, Tilitalia and Tyradil enter the room. Tyradil smiles at Loranna and Kethiah, but Tilitalia keeps a straight face. "Hello," she said, smiling at Kethiah "my name is Titlitalia, and this is Tyradil. Our father told us to come and see you, so here we are. I don't believe we know your name, though."

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 04:00 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 07:52 PM)

Anya looked at her incredulously, "You put the other two in a safe stop, where you won't accidently drink them too, right?"

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 07:52 PM)

“Thanks Anya!” Telera said gleefully, hugging her, “When can we get started?”

Anya was startled by the hug, but kept her composure and returned it, "Well, so far the only thing taking up my days is practicing magic, otherwise I'm free. Well, that, and I need to find Loranna to tell her what we found out."

Anya squinted, she thought she recognized a khajiit, but brushed it aside. Falco wouldn't be so stupid as to send her back so soon.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 04:01 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 09:54 PM)

Kethiah blinks. She tried to imagine something worse that she could have been talking about before children enter the room. Unnatural sex? No. Child murder is the top of the subject lists not to have on your lips before the children of your lover enter the room.

The expressions on their face suggested that they did not hear her. Thank Vivec.

It took her a moment to recover enough to remember her name. Not a great sign. "Kethiah," she said, looking them over.

She was not a great fan of "cute" and these kids were that. But they were quiet. That was good.

"Hello," Kethiah added. It was a conversation not off to a promising start.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 04:01 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 09:47 PM)

Loranna understands Kethiah's fears perfectly, having been asking herself lately if she was truly ready to be a mother for real. "You know, it never occured to me to ask, either," she says with a bit of a wry grin, just before the children enter and Loranna decides talking about Kethiah's possible past contracts on children was undiplomatic.

"Hello dears," she says, smiling to Tilitalia and Tyradil, noting the girl's straight face. Considering how Isidor had run off to save this woman who he expected to become the kids' new mother figure, leaving them alone yet again, Tilitalia's reaction was moderate, for now.

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 10:01 PM)

Loranna feels a pang of sympathy for Kethiah, and for the kids; this really was an awkward situation all around.

She clears her throat, excusing herself, feeling like she should say something, but having no real idea what to say - and what she can think of sounds stupid ...

Posted by: Nylus Oct 7 2005, 04:03 AM

Nylus smiled and said "Thanks, It can be just like old times...or close enough."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:06 AM

QUOTE(Nylus @ Oct 6 2005, 09:03 PM)

Nylus smiled and said "Thanks, It can be just like old times...or close enough."

Thom nodded. "Yep. I don't think anyone will mind." Thom looked around at the trees, his face becoming more serious. "There is something we need to talk about. Last time we talked, a long long time ago, you were still... still working on our former profession. Are you now?"

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:06 AM

Ahjaar stopped at the mages guild, but like always, got the same answer.

"Sorry, dearie... we havn't figured this out yet... this is a very interesting substance...."

She sighed, and looked around the busy street.

She hadn't seen Thom for days, maybe she'd see if he was at his camp..

************

Ahjaar headed through the forest, untill he reached his camp.

"Hi, Thom." she said, looking over at Nylus. "Hello Nylus."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 04:07 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 10:01 PM)

What to say, what to say? Kethiah looked at their serious faces. Should I offer them a drink?

She looked around. Nothing but the pitcher of bloody water. Should 11-year-olds see pitchers of bloody water? Hard to say.

"So," Kethiah added hopefully, and then shut her mouth. She had hoped she would have a brilliant conversational idea at the end of that syllable, but she didn't.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 04:08 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 10:01 PM)

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 10:01 PM)

Loranna understands Kethiah's fears perfectly, having been asking herself lately if she was truly ready to be a mother for real. "You know, it never occured to me to ask, either," she says with a bit of a wry grin, just before the children enter and Loranna decides talking about Kethiah's possible past contracts on children was undiplomatic.

"Hello dears," she says, smiling to Tilitalia and Tyradil, noting the gir 's straight face. Considering how Isidor had run off to save this woman who he expected to become the kids' new mother figure, leaving them alone yet again, Tilitalia's reaction was moderate, for now.

"Hello, Lady Loranna." Tyradil said. Tilitalia's attention stayed focused on Kethiah.

ooc: Out of here for the night.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:09 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:06 PM)

As Ahjaar spoke, Thom smiled and stood. "Hey. How are you today? Please, take a seat." The Imperial motioned to a log beside the fire.

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 04:11 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 07:00 PM)

Anya looked at her incredulously, "You put the other two in a safe stop, where you won't accidently drink them too, right?"

Anya was startled by the hug, but kept her composure and returned it, "Well, so far the only thing taking up my days is practicing magic, otherwise I'm free. Well, that, and I need to find Loranna to tell her what we found out."

Anya squinted, she thought she recognized a khajiit, but brushed it aside. Falco wouldn't be so stupid as to send her back so soon.

“Well, I drank the first one a while ago, but the last one isn’t mine anymore, I ran it over to Loranna after the feast so she could take a look at it and find out what it was.” Telera said.

“Practicing magic is something I need to do too,” Telera smiled, “Maybe I can help you with that a little, though I’m not too good with it myself yet. You’re right we should tell Loranna about Falco as soon as-What are you looking at?”

Posted by: Nylus Oct 7 2005, 04:18 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:06 PM)

"Naw, I quit that awhile back...unless you consider looting old caves and dead bodies as part of the former profession. I actually hunt down bandits now. It's strange how I am fighting the profession that we once were apart of." explained Nylus.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 04:19 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 6 2005, 10:08 PM)

"Kethiah. Nice to meet you. So, if what our father has said is correct, you and him are lovers." She looked at Kethiah's bruises, and violet eye, but didn't comment. Inheriting her father's bluntness, she asked Kethiah point blank. "Do you love him?"
"Hello, Lady Loranna." Tyradil said. Tilitalia's attention stayed focused on Kethiah.

ooc: Out of here for the night.

"Yes and yes," Kethiah replied simply. "He's the best man I've ever met."

And he thinks he's a lousy father Kethiah thought. Maybe he's being tough on himself, maybe it's true. I can't imagine the kids have an objective opinion on that.

OOC -- Also out of here for the night.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:20 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:09 PM)

As Ahjaar spoke, Thom smiled and stood. "Hey. How are you today? Please, take a seat." The Imperial motioned to a log beside the fire.

She looked from Thom to Nylus. "Did I interupt something..?"

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 04:23 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 08:11 PM)

Anya pointed to the booth she was looking at, "I thought that Khajiit looked like T'Zar, but Falco wouldn't send a spy back so soon, much less her agai- We're talking about Falco, aren't we? Nevermind. Just tell me if it looks like her to you. We'll leave it be for the moment, no need to spook her, and find out what Loranna want's done.

"Anyway, what schools of magic were you learning, I'm favoring illusion and alterations right now. I'm learning how nice sheilds and open spells are, and how much easier life is when you have a decent chameleon on."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:24 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:20 PM)

She looked from Thom to Nylus. "Did I interupt something..?"

Thom motioned to Nylus that they would finish the conversation later then looked to Ahjaar. "No, we were just catching up more." He smiled at her.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:27 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:24 PM)

Thom motioned to Nylus that they would finish the conversation later then looked to Ahjaar. "No, we were just catching up more." He smiled at her.

"I just wanted to make sure I wasn't interupting you."

Ahjaar smiled, and at down on a log next to Thom.

Posted by: Nylus Oct 7 2005, 04:31 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:24 PM)

Thom motioned to Nylus that they would finish the conversation later then looked to Ahjaar. "No, we were just catching up more." He smiled at her.

Nylus nodded back to Thom and then looked at Ahjaar. "Hello. Nice to see you again." The Bosmer then stood up and said, "Well, I'm going to go look around the area; search it out. I'll talk to you two later." With a wave, Nylus walked into the forest and was gone.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:39 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:27 PM)

"I just wanted to make sure I wasn't interupting you."

Ahjaar smiled, and at down on a log next to Thom.

Thom nodded goodbye to Nylus and watched him dissappear into the forest, then he turned back to Ahjaar and smiled. "So, how are you today?"

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 04:41 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 07:23 PM)

“I see the similarities too. You're right though, let’s leave her alone until we know what Loranna wants done. T'zar doesn’t seem to be writing anything down this time.

“Healing is why I started learning,” Telera began, “I was a burden on the healers and decided I wanted to be able to take some of the load. I haven’t been able to handle anything more than superficial scrapes yet though.

“Alteration is something that intrigued me, I’ve learned most of the basic spells there, even if they’re not all that useful as they are. I’ve always gotten my illusions from items, interesting, but I never grasped how they worked really, and trying to learn the illusion I wanted would have been impossible without a grasp of the basics, I got it enchanted onto my pauldron instead.”

Telera continued, “But what I’m doing best with so far are spells from the school of mysticism. I only started looking at mysticism spells recently, but they just feel more natural to me than the others.”

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:42 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:39 PM)

Thom nodded goodbye to Nylus and watched him dissappear into the forest, then he turned back to Ahjaar and smiled. "So, how are you today?"

"Eh... I'm ok I guess... I went to the mages guild, and thy STILL havn't figured out what the blue stuff is..."

She sighed. "Luxi has been acting strangely.. I'm worried about her.."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:45 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:42 PM)

"Eh... I'm ok I guess... I went to the mages guild, and thy STILL havn't figured out what the blue stuff is..."

She sighed. "Luxi has been acting strangely.. I'm worried about her.."

"Well, it must be very strange indeed if they haven't figured it out yet."

Thom frowned. "Have you talked to her about it?"

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:46 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:45 PM)

"Well, it must be very strange indeed if they haven't figured it out yet."

Thom frowned. "Have you talked to her about it?"

"No... she's been avoiding me, and I have no clue why."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:48 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:46 PM)

"No... she's been avoiding me, and I have no clue why."

Thom moved beside Ahjaar and took her hand. "You have no clue at what is wrong?"

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:52 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:48 PM)

Thom moved beside Ahjaar and took her hand. "You have no clue at what is wrong?"

"No..."
She looked at the fire.

"Although...... her amulet I gave her has become more active.. it's been glowing alot.."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:54 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:52 PM)

"No..."
She looked at the fire.

"Although...... her amulet I gave her has become more active.. it's been glowing alot.."

"Is the amulet enchanted?"

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 04:57 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 08:41 PM)

"Mysticism would be a natural choice, it is the school telekinesis is from, and you've already gained some mastery of it."

"Alteration was simple to uderstand, the premise of changing a physcial object. Illusion... now that was tougher. How to bend perception to your will? A difficult concept. I do have some books I could show you in the library, if you're still interested."

Anya adopted a thoughtful look, "We could improve you're balance and restoration skills at the same time, it seems. If we pick the right pace during spars, then as the normal scrapes and bruises occur, you could heal us and we could continue right on. Seems that the progression of both would match, and we could steadily build."

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 04:57 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:54 PM)

"Is the amulet enchanted?"

"Yeah.. it's some powerful absorb spell amulet.. it eats what ever is thrown at it.."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 04:59 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 09:57 PM)

"Yeah.. it's some powerful absorb spell amulet.. it eats what ever is thrown at it.."

Thom thought for a moment then asked, "Did you have it enchanted or buy it?"

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:01 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:59 PM)

Thom thought for a moment then asked, "Did you have it enchanted or buy it?"

Ahjaar shook her head. "I found it while swimming.."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:03 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:01 PM)

Ahjaar shook her head. "I found it while swimming.."

The Ranger shook his head. "I don't like it. Maybe we should ask her if we could show it to Loranna or someone."

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:08 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:03 PM)

The Ranger shook his head. "I don't like it. Maybe we should ask her if we could show it to Loranna or someone."

Ahjaar shrugged. "She knows of it, I think. All it is is an absorb magicka amulet... but its increased activity is strange."

Posted by: Draak Oct 7 2005, 05:09 AM

Update

After his chat with Baladas Drakar started his investigation into the disapearance of the Redoran Emissary and the missing agents. It began in Gnisis and he was not too surprised when he ran into difficulties following them at Ald Raathim. The guild guide just could not remember the Emissary, just too many people came through there. The next destination on the Emissaries assigned route proved to be equally fruitless so he returned to Ald Raathim.

Drakar decided to look around town and see what he could find out from the locals. Soon after he had left the Mages Guild he felt like sombody or something was watching him. Acting like he did not notice anything he decided to check with the guards on duty. He explain to them he was investigaeting a disapearance of a Redoran Official and the people sent to look for him. He asked about anything unusual going on, anything out of the ordinary, even if they had any strange feelings, Especially if there had been any other disapearances in the area.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:11 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:08 PM)

Ahjaar shrugged. "She knows of it, I think. All it is is an absorb magicka amulet... but its increased activity is strange."

"I don't know..." Thom stared into the fire in thought.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:20 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:11 PM)

"I don't know..." Thom stared into the fire in thought.

Ahjaar watched the flames, the intense heat pounding her face. She stood up and put her hand on Thom's shoulder.
"You want to go get something to eat?"

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:23 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:20 PM)

Ahjaar watched the flames, the intense heat pounding her face. She stood up and put her hand on Thom's shoulder.
"You want to go get something to eat?"

Thom smiled. "Sounds great. Oh and by the way, I'll pay." Thom grinned at Ahjaar as he stood up and put out the fire.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:25 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:23 PM)

Thom smiled. "Sounds great. Oh and by the way, I'll pay." Thom grinned at Ahjaar as he stood up and put out the fire.

They headed through the town and as they were walking past the mages guild, the little dunmar woman came out and waved them over.

"We found out what it was, dearies. Come inside."

Posted by: SpartanShea117 Oct 7 2005, 05:26 AM

It was just before dusk when Kratos reached Mournhold. He walked through Plaza Brindisi Dorom toward Godsreach.

Upon arriving in Godsreach, he headed directly to the Winged Guar where he decided to wait and relax before he went to the Temple.

"Keep, i'll have a mug of sujamma, please." He took a seat at the bar and waited.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:27 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:25 PM)

They headed through the town and as they were walking past the mages guild, the little dunmar woman came out and waved them over.

"We found out what it was, dearies. Come inside."

Thom whispered to Ahjaar, "It's about time." They follow the Dunmer into Mages Guild and walked over to her table. "So, what is it?"

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:33 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:27 PM)

Thom whispered to Ahjaar, "It's about time." They follow the Dunmer into Mages Guild and walked over to her table. "So, what is it?"

The woman flipped through a dusty book, turning to a page about whisps.

"This came from a veiwing whisp." She said, pointing to the book.
"They are used for veiwing, obviously, and are usally used in spying."

Ahjaar looked to Thom, a questioning look on her face.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:35 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:33 PM)

"Spying? Who would be spying on us? We were just walking down the beach." The Imperial shook his head.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:40 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:35 PM)

"Spying? Who would be spying on us? We were just walking down the beach." The Imperial shook his head.

Ahjaar shook her head warningly at Thom.

The dunmar lady shrugged. "Aye... that is not of my intelligance. Good luck I wish to the both of you."

Ahjaar and Thom left the Mages guild. When outside, Ahjaar turned to Thom.

"I think I may know who is spying on us... but.." SHe shook her head. "It doesn't make sense..."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:42 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:40 PM)

"Who?" Thom asked as he looked into the Khajiit's eyes.

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:43 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:42 PM)

"Who?" Thom asked as he looked into the Khajiit's eyes.

She gritted her teeth. "No.. he's dead. Forget me saying that, I'm just being paranoid."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:45 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:43 PM)

She gritted her teeth. "No.. he's dead. Forget me saying that, I'm just being paranoid."

Thom frowned and hugged Ahjaar. "Lets get something to eat."

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 05:48 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 07:57 PM)

“Never thought of it like that. I guess I have been using mysticism for longer than I thought,” Telera said, “I’ll give illusions another try I think, now that I’m not looking to learn an advanced spell immediately I might have a chance.”

Telera nodded, “That might work but we better keep a few potions nearby in case my healing spells aren’t up to the task. Shall we start now?”

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:50 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:45 PM)

Thom frowned and hugged Ahjaar. "Lets get something to eat."

They headed into the drunken guar and sat down at the bar.
Ahjaar ordered a Filn and kwama eggs, paying for her and Thom's meal.

"Beat ya." She said, sticking out her tounge at him.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 05:51 AM

QUOTE(Draak @ Oct 6 2005, 11:09 PM)

The guards prove to be less helpful than Drakar may have hoped, though not through any real fault of their own.

"Well, you see, there's typically unusual things going on here, serjo," was one typical answer Drakar got. "Lot of adventuresome types hang their hats in Ald Raathim and adventurers always seem to bring unusual events with them - like moths to flame you know. Plus, with all the construction going on, it's hard to tell if there's anything pecularily out of the ordinary, you understand?"

"But no, there's been no odd disappearances in Ald Raathim serjo, not anytime recent. Just visiting royalty and lots and lots of construction, and the pitfalls that come with both."

Posted by: syronj Oct 7 2005, 05:52 AM

It was afternoon, and Shaka was sitting in the shadow of the castle.

He had helped with dredging the harbor that morning, and was now taking a turn as on-call healer in case of construction accidents.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 05:53 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:50 PM)

They headed into the drunken guar and sat down at the bar.
Ahjaar ordered a Filn and kwama eggs, paying for her and Thom's meal.

"Beat ya." She said, sticking out her tounge at him.

Thom had ordered the same and was about to get the gold to pay when Ahjaar beat him to it. "No fair; I called it!" Thom grabbed the cap off of his flin and lightly threw it at Ahjaar.

Posted by: Draak Oct 7 2005, 05:57 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 10:51 PM)

"I can relate to that, all of construction and everything going on."

"Nothing Recent ? How about previously I would be interested in that also. It has been a while since the Emissary came here."

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 05:58 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 09:48 PM)

Anya smiled brightly, she enjoyed a good fight, "I'd love too. I leave the floor to you as to where and with what."

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 05:59 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 10:53 PM)

Thom had ordered the same and was about to get the gold to pay when Ahjaar beat him to it. "No fair; I called it!" Thom grabbed the cap off of his flin and lightly threw it at Ahjaar.

Ahjaar caught the cap and put it on Thom's head.

"I'm still wondering about that whisp..."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 06:00 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 10:59 PM)

Ahjaar caught the cap and put it on Thom's head.

"I'm still wondering about that whisp..."

Thom left the cap on his head and took a bite of his food. "I am thinking about it too..."

Posted by: Asokei Oct 7 2005, 06:02 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 11:00 PM)

Thom left the cap on his head and took a bite of his food. "I am thinking about it too..."

"Maybe it wasn't spying on us." the khajiit said, poking her kwama eggs with her fork. "Maybe there was someone else on the beach we didn't see."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 7 2005, 06:04 AM

QUOTE(Asokei @ Oct 6 2005, 11:02 PM)

"Maybe it wasn't spying on us." the khajiit said, poking her kwama eggs with her fork. "Maybe there was someone else on the beach we didn't see."

"I don't know. We were there at about 4 in the morning, and it watched us from behind the rock for a while." Thom took a drink of his flin.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 06:10 AM

QUOTE(Draak @ Oct 6 2005, 11:57 PM)

"I can relate to that, all of construction and everything going on."

"Nothing Recent ? How about previously I would be interested in that also. It has been a while since the Emissary came here."

The guard considers, then shakes his head. "Nothing serjo, sorry. Last time people disappeared like that was before the Dawn; I'm pretty sure that's way too early for your Emissary."

Questioning other guards produces similar results; whenever the Emmisary went missing, it didn't seem to have happened in Ald Raathim.

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 06:20 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 08:58 PM)

Anya smiled brightly, she enjoyed a good fight, "I'd love too. I leave the floor to you as to where and with what."

“The construction going on limits our choices a bit. We could try the woods outside of town. Away from where the town is expanding should be fairly clear, trees will be in our way, but that’ll mean we have to pay more attention to where we jump,” Telera replied. “To start with we’d be best unarmed or using blunt sticks in place of blades, I don’t think I’m up to healing dagger and spear wounds yet.”

“Let’g go there now shall we? Warm-up run to get us there?” Telera said returning Anya’s smile.

Posted by: Draak Oct 7 2005, 06:21 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 6 2005, 11:10 PM)

"I appreciate your answers. Thank you for your time."

He heads over to the castle to file a few missing persons reports then leaves to do the same at the other stops along the Emissaries route.

After reaching an obvious dead-end he ruturns to Gnisis.

Posted by: Xyber02 Oct 7 2005, 06:29 AM

QUOTE(Teleran @ Oct 6 2005, 10:20 PM)

"Hand-tohand, if you wouldn't mind. I can use a mace or club if needed, but I'm better at hand-to-hand." And held Telera's arm, "And we'll get you used to this new arm and hand. Nine be willing, you might get to have full use if you ever return to you're former self."

Anya stood up, and lined up at the door, she smiled coyly, "On three. One, two-"

And she took off, laughing. Her natural spped combined with years of training would have let her easily beat Teleran, much less a learning Telera. She kept herself only one pace ahead, out of curteousy, however.

Posted by: Teleran Oct 7 2005, 07:27 AM

QUOTE(Xyber02 @ Oct 6 2005, 09:29 PM)

“You’re holding back on me, Anya,” Telera laughed, “But I think this is about the right pace for me at the moment, after all this is only supposed to be a warm-up. I’m thinking too much about how to run, throwing off my form.” Telera sped up slightly to keep pace with Anya.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 01:28 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 6 2005, 10:19 PM)

Tilitalia raised her eyebrows at that, but returned to thr matter at hand. "Are you going to live here with him, and us, now?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 7 2005, 06:27 PM

Ald Raathim: Tris

(ooc: Floki Longhammer appears courtesy of a conversation I had with Rhedd.)

Having escorted Herwyn Brand to see the General, Tris went on with his day's business.

At Floki Longhammer's forge, Tris presented the master smith with the sad, broken shards of his ebony longsword.

"How do you break ebony?" Floki asked. "Did you leave it in the road to be run over by a wagon? I should refuse to fix any more weapons for people who don't know how to take proper care of them."

"I struck too hard and it snapped in my hand," Tris said.

The smith slowly and deliberately set down his hammer and came around from behind his anvil to feel Tris's upper arm, with an exaggerated look of doubt. The smith's arms were the size of hams hanging in a smokehouse.

"Do you mind?" Tris said.

"You're strong for a Breton, I'll give you that," the smith said, in the same tone of voice he might have remarked that a small child was strong for a six-year old.

On another day, Tris might have smiled and ignored him. On this day, however, he was feeling at the top of his game - and so he took a nice roundhouse swing at Floki, his fist connecting satisfyingly with the smith's meaty jaw.

"APPRENTICES!" the smith roared. "GET IN HERE!"

I'm in for it now, Tris thought, as three huge young Nords emerged from the storeroom.

"Do you see this?" Floki bellowed, indicating his bruised and swelling jaw. "This little Breton gave me this. You, boy, take a swing at me."

The oldest of the apprentices obligingly took a swing at Floki, who laughed.

"Did your mother teach you to hit? You should spend more time in the village, let this Breton teach you the manly arts."

"I'm sorry, I haven't the time," Tris said. "You see, all the maidens from the Nord encampment already want me to demonstrate the 'manly arts'."

Longhammer roared with laughter, while the apprentices exchanged pained looks.

"Seriously," Tris said. "This sword means something to me. I don't want to give it up, but it did break in my hand. Can you mend it to be as strong as it was before. - or even stronger?"

"I'll see what I can do," Longhammer said.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 06:51 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 07:28 AM)

Tilitalia raised her eyebrows at that, but returned to thr matter at hand. "Are you going to live here with him, and us, now?"

"Well, yes, I thought that might be a good idea," Kethiah looked around. "Though maybe not here. I think I'd prefer a house where I could have a garden ... What do you think about that?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 7 2005, 07:31 PM

Solunastra: Allerleirauh

Allerleirauh - General Light - thought that Herwyn Brand looked as comfortable, in her elegant little sitting room, as a cat being dosed. She held Sen-Yedda on her lap; the child's laughter and movements provided a constant distraction.

She listened to Herwyn's story. "That's interesting," she said. "What you describe smells like CHIM. CHIM cannot be moved; what that means is that even the powers of Void Rangers are limited sometimes. Ordinarily the strings aren't visible, but if you find yourself feeling that you are bashing your head against a brick wall, you are probably facing CHIM. That's not what's interesting. What's interesting is that Kethiah should not have CHIM - when the world changed, she changed with it."

Allerleirauh explained about the 'evil' Kethiah, wife of Azurite Lord Jazbet.

"So, you see, Kethiah should not be able to thwart you - it may be that her love for Isidor has acted as a seed within her, generating CHIM she lacked at the time of the Blue Twilight. It may be - but it is foolish to speculate. There's someone you should meet."

Allerleirauh took him downstairs, to the main hall. Here, at the back of the hall, a small live tree grew, slender white branches framing the three thrones of Solunastra's resident masters. At the base of the tree were flowers and sweet-scented herbs. Blue light fell on them from long panes of stained glass.

Bending low, examining something in the tangles of herbs, was a woman in red velvet. Not a young woman, a mature woman. Slender - she could almost be called 'drawn' - elegant; Imperial. Her heavy dark hair fell around her shoulders and down her back like a cloak. When she turned, her eyes were huge and dark, almost Bosmer-like. This was Skein, Solunastra's seer, and she was watching spiders.

"Herwyn Brand," Skein said. "Kethiah cannot be killed by you. Not while Isidor desires her. His CHIM protects them both, and his children too. CHIM cannot be moved, and so the wise know to turn aside."

"I will leave you two alone," Allerleirauh said. Sen-Yedda was growing restless.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 07:32 PM

Ivytyde House, Daggerfall

The new Countess of Ivytyde had only held the title for a little over a month, since she and her brother hired an assassin named Kethiah to murder their domineering mother and make it look like suicide. Their father had taken his own life as well, years and years ago.

And now the new Countess, Lelia, stood on the tower of her family’s mansion, and looked down to the sea.

For a couple weeks, she thought that she could do it. To be the lady of the wealthy Lord Laurent Lyonswurst, with all his charm and sophistication, the people and things he knew, it was worth the horror that happened at night when the doors were closed the world, and the mask came off.

A rainy wind whipped over her naked body, cooling the hot wounds on her, washing the blood of the girl from her hands. Lelia had brought her to Laurent to sate his desire, so he would not be so cruel.

But the girl had not cried enough for his pleasure, and he was even more wrathful when Lelia had bound her wounds and sent her on her way.

The Countess thought of her nights of horror, and her days of hiding away, hoping no one would find out the shameful truth. The girl in the tailor shop had blurted it all out, and soon more would know. She would not be able to bear the pity and disgust.

And so she stepped from the tower, and her battered body was destroyed against the rocks. It was not until morning that her servants found her, the third member of her cursed family to commit suicide.

Posted by: vaanic~one Oct 7 2005, 09:15 PM

Darkness.

Slowly, Light came. A little at first, but then, the surroundings became lighter, clearer. The familiar red tones of the desert rock were first noticed, then the beige sand, then the white light in the middle of a room. A cave room.

Slowly, but surely, Vaan was coming back to his senses.

The cave, by all rights, should have dim. But It wasn't.

Why isn't it Dim....? Ugh...the light!?"

Slowly, the red colour of the rocks became more defined. It was mostly a rusty colour, but several parts of it were a different shade. The room was small, with a rocky plinth standing in the middle, upon which that accursed light sat. Naturally, Vaan's eyes tried to avoid it as best they could.

And then, Feeling made it's way back through Vaan's nervous system, Flowing from his brain, and made welcome throughout his whole body. and thus, In accordance with nature, pain came too, not so welcome, this time.

It wasn't exactly unbearable. Judging by it's quantity, a few broken ribs, a crushed finger, and a not-too-sprained ankle.

For the first time in his life, he was going to need that walking stick.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 09:35 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 12:51 PM)

"Well, yes, I thought that might be a good idea," Kethiah looked around. "Though maybe not here. I think I'd prefer a house where I could have a garden ... What do you think about that?"

"A house sounds delightful." Tyradil chimed in.

Tilitalia nodded and studied Kethiah's face "How did you get those injuries?".

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 09:40 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 03:35 PM)

"A house sounds delightful." Tyradil chimed in.

Tilitalia nodded and studied Kethiah's face "How did you get those injuries?".

Kethiah smiled at Tyradil. "Then tomorrow we should go shopping for one. I can hear out the window that there's a lot of construction going on right now. Maybe it's a good time to have a new house designed for us, just as we want it, instead of getting someone else's old house."

To Tilitalia's question, Kethiah asked. "Do you know what an assassin is?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 09:44 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 03:40 PM)

Tyradil smiled back. "That sounds fun."

Tilitalia's eyes opened wide. "An assassin tried to kill you?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 09:48 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 03:44 PM)

Tyradil smiled back. "That sounds fun."

Tilitalia's eyes opened wide. "An assassin tried to kill you?"

"He tried his damndest," Kethiah nodded. "And your father saved me, for the second time. He's good for that."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 09:53 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 03:48 PM)

"He tried his damndest," Kethiah nodded. "And your father saved me, for the second time. He's good for that."

In spite of herself, Tilitalia smiled. "That was nice of him. Are there any questions you'd like to ask us, Kethiah?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 09:57 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 03:53 PM)

In spite of herself, Tilitalia smiled. "That was nice of him. Are there any questions you'd like to ask us, Kethiah?"

Kethiah chuckled, in spite of herself. "Oh, I get to ask questions too? Well ... How are you liking it here in Ald Raathim? Do you miss your old home?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 10:04 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 03:57 PM)

Kethiah chuckled, in spite of herself. "Oh, I get to ask questions too? Well ... How are you liking it here in Ald Raathim? Do you miss your old home?"

"Well," Tilitalia said, sitting next to Kethiah on the bed, "it's nice here, and the people are friendly," she glanced back at Tyradil with a wink, "but, I can't say that I don't miss Skyrim."

"I don't miss it." Tyradil said.

Posted by: vaanic~one Oct 7 2005, 10:06 PM

The "Different Shade" on the red walls seemed less innocent now...it was shocking to see it, all that blood, splattered around liberally. There was the occasional handprint. Vaan would always wonder, about the stories behind bloody handprints. This time he didn't need to, he was beggining to piece together, in his memory, what had happened.

The dancing, of steel, through Flesh and Bone.

The sand was also less beige now, blood stained it's pure colour. here and there, A body lay, some charred from the magick of the flame, the flame of passion, the passion of the kill.

These people had not gone down without a fight though. Vaan himself had been blown into unconsiousness.

He remembered even more now. The Light on the plinth, was in fact, three identical lights, emitted from enchanted stones.

he had come to this place to take them, anmd these people had been in his way. Or rather, it would be fairer to say, that as soon as they had seen him, they hade made attempts to kick his [censored] back to Oblivion, throught the mediums of blade and magick. The very same mediums that Vaan used to prevent that from happening.

In short, Vaan had had a little playground scuffle with some bully mages and 3 of them had ended up dead.

he got up slowly...and made for the door, limping, and falling over several times on the way out.

Taking the three stones of Command Humanoid with him.

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 10:10 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 04:04 PM)

Loranna smiles to herself; it seemed that Kethiah and Isidor's children were getting along tolerably well after all. Certainly, Kethiah didn't look quite so unsure as she head when the two dears had walked in on them, talking about child murdering ...

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 10:14 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 04:04 PM)

"So, no consensus," Kethiah nodded. "Well, you might miss it later. Glad you're not too unhappy here. But you wish your father was around more, I'd imagine."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 7 2005, 10:17 PM

Solunastra: Skein

Skein's office was nothing like Herwyn Brand's. Her books were usually scattered over every flat surface - the desk, the table which was used for alchemical equipment, the tops of the bookshelves, even the floor.

Right now, however, the table was bare. Books, alchemical equipment, even the precious spiderwebs, had been swept away in haste.

Skein looked younger without clothes on. So, for that matter, did Herwyn Brand. Right now he looked almost boyish, relaxed in a way entirely alien to his usual uptight personality. Those who knew him best would have been hard-pressed to recognise him.

And Skein - well. If the people who knew her had seen her now, they would surely have dismissed the scene before them as an hallucination.

"I've been following your fate for some time," Skein said. "You think we only met today, but the truth is we know each other well. I see your path, the threads that gather around you, your past and your future. You want to know what happens next? Most men don't; but then, you are not most men."

There was an interval where neither one spoke.

Skein continued. "Barenziah is going to approach you through one of your own agents. She's feeding you a lie, but I suggest accepting the lie, because it will put an end to the unsolveable conflict between Elysana and this house. Accept the lie, investigate it, act on it; then kill the double-agent when you're done. No harm will come to you, if you are careful; and no harm will come to Elysana in any case. She cannot win, by any means; and this gives her a safe way to cease fighting without harm to her pride. It will put her mind at ease - which is what you most desire."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 10:20 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 04:14 PM)

"So, no consensus," Kethiah nodded. "Well, you might miss it later. Glad you're not too unhappy here. But you wish your father was around more, I'd imagine."

"Yes ... We never know where he's going. Like, when he went to go and rescue you, he just left, without telling us anything. But," she sighed "I suppose he's just getting used to being a father." After thinking for a few more moments, she said "How did you meet dad?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 10:30 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 04:20 PM)

"We just met at the Drunken Guar here in Ald Raathim," Kethiah replied. Really, no reason to go into explaining the concept of a 'One-Night-Stand, she decided, better wait until they're 13. "And then he followed me around High Rock until he caught up to me at a circus where I was performing. Have you been to a circus before?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 10:31 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 04:30 PM)

Tilitalia laughed and said "That sounds like dad. No, no circuses. We never really left our town. Not that I can rememeber, at least. Where are you from? Vvardenfell?"

Posted by: Rhedd Oct 7 2005, 10:43 PM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 02:17 PM)

Herwyn lay very still, watching a bead of sweat, he knew not whose, make it's way over many obstacles, finally dropping onto the polished wooden table.

He listened to Skein's words, succinct as everything was with her, and wondered how many more barriers he would see broken today.

The cynical part of his mind considered, just for a moment, that this had been the General's plan all along; to plant the idea of betraying his Queen in his mind while he was distracted with... other things.

That wasn't the smartest bit of his mind, though, and the other parts knew better. Here before him was a woman who saw no value in lying, because nothing in this world was true. Herwyn had learned what Truth was, in the scant hour he'd spent with Skein, and such knowledge either drives men mad, or brings an unexpected clarity.

"That is what I most desire, if a Queen's mind can ever rest. I'll watch for this lie, and act accordingly."

Posted by: Nordic_bandit Oct 7 2005, 11:38 PM

Summary:
Knight Errant and Shrine Sergeant Joshua Fergusson, has been out sailing a small boat by himself, stripped of a shirt and shoes.

Joshua Fergusson pulled back into the little alcove where he had initially landed, and tied the boat back up again. He brought out his money bag, some common clothing that was clean, and his weapons. He also brought out the badge of his office, Knight Errant of the Hawkmoth Legion Fort. He strapped on the belt that held his weapons and put on a common, tannish-color shirt. He tied the money bag to the belt and set off for the Castle.

When he arrived, he looked around for Kallen, so he could find some work. He finally found him and asked...

"What can I do around here to help out?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 11:44 PM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 04:31 PM)

Tilitalia laughed and said "That sounds like dad. No, no circuses. We never really left our town. Not that I can rememeber, at least. Where are you from? Vvardenfell?"

"I'm from a little island off the coast, so small it doesn't even have a name," Kethiah replied. That wasn't true. Its name was Vounoura, but it was not a name to be used around children, or anyone else for that matter. "But I've lived in Vvardenfell for years, in the north, and I've been coming to Ald Raathim since it was a tiny little town. I'm glad it's growing, but I hope it doesn't lose its character."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 7 2005, 11:46 PM

QUOTE(Nordic_bandit @ Oct 7 2005, 05:38 PM)

Summary:
Knight Errant and Shrine Sergeant Joshua Fergusson, has been out sailing a small boat by himself, stripped of a shirt and shoes.
Joshua Fergusson pulled back into the little alcove where he had initially landed, and tied the boat back up again. He brought out his money bag, some common clothing that was clean, and his weapons. He also brought out the badge of his office, Knight Errant of the Hawkmoth Legion Fort. He strapped on the belt that held his weapons and put on a common, tannish-color shirt. He tied the money bag to the belt and set off for the Castle.

When he arrived, he looked around for Kallen, so he could find some work. He finally found him and asked...

"What can I do around here to help out?"

"That's kind of you to ask," replied Kallen. "We have work at the castle on excavations, and building new contruction, and also at the arena. And the harbor needs dredging still, if you're comfortable with wet work. What is your name, and what brings you here to help?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 7 2005, 11:51 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 05:44 PM)

"She's not the only one who hopes that," Loranna says, her thoughts drifting to Jazbet.

Privately though, Loranna wonders how much a small town can keep its character when it becomes a city; well, so long as she and those who had been here all along were around, there was hope.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 7 2005, 11:52 PM

Hammerfell: Mirea

Quill's Circus had made it out of Orcish Menevia, so really there was no reason for Mirea not to go home...

But she was enjoying it here.

Mirea stood at the far end of the ring, wearing only a flame-colored spangled loincloth and brassiere. Four guar charged her, and she took two running steps, careful not to slip on the sand, before launching herself into the air, in a somersault which took her up and over one of the guar, her palms pressing its back, launching herself again into a second flip. She landed gracefully, in the arms of her waiting partner, and prepared herself to jump again, as the guar tromped heavily in a circle and rounded on her.

Guar were neither fast nor naturally well-armed, but they were heavy. In the early days of learning the new routine she had slipped once or twice and gotten badly bruised. Not as dangerous as the cheering Redguard, who had never seen a guar, thought - but not safe either. Just on the edge of danger, that was what Quill said they were after.

Mirea bowed, and gave a little bounce, ran, and jumped again.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 7 2005, 11:53 PM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 05:44 PM)

"Ah. Arcil's Hollow was a boring little place. No fun at all. Ald Raathim is much busier, and more exciting. It'll be a nice city if it becomes one, though." Tilitalia looked thoughtful for a moment, then said "If it wasn't for school, I'd like to go on an adventure sometime. See Tamriel. Or some of it, at least."

Isidor
While Kethiah and the kids talked, Isidor was in town. Seeing as he was running low on money, and as he felt it was his duty to help out, Isidor was making his way to the construction site, to see if there was anywork that he could assist with.

Posted by: Nordic_bandit Oct 8 2005, 12:04 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 04:46 PM)

"I am Shrine Sergeant and Knight Errant of the Hawkmoth Legion Fort, Joshua Fergusson. I arrived in Ald Raathim by accident, but have found this place very intriguing, and have decided to help on construction. I can do many heavy lifting things, and I can shovel out dirt if needed. I am very flexible and will go anywhere you believe I will help the most."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 12:41 AM

QUOTE(Nordic_bandit @ Oct 7 2005, 06:04 PM)

"The hardest work is at the arena right now," said Kallen. "Any help you can give us will be greatly appreciated, and I will let her ladyship know that you're here."

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 12:43 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 6 2005, 11:04 PM)

"I don't know. We were there at about 4 in the morning, and it watched us from behind the rock for a while." Thom took a drink of his flin.

"Well how do you know it was watching us?"
Ahjaar opened her filn and sipped it.
"It was probably watching someone else, I mean, why would we be spied on?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 12:52 AM

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 05:52 PM)

Mirea bowed, and gave a little bounce, ran, and jumped again.

The animal met with thunderous applause. The Redguards enjoyed it all, particularly the costumes. Quill always adjusted the acts as they went along, not only to keep them interesting for the performers, but also to suit the individual tastes of the audience. Redguards liked the look of flesh, so the usually skimpy outfits got even skimpier. He stopped shy of actually nudity, but just shy.

Quill always came out to announce the next act, between two clown troops, the Crowns and Forebears, who performed ridiculous battles and, depending on the politics of the locals, either the Crowns or Forebears won.

Quill did not, however, come out to announce the next act. After a brief awkward pause, one of the other performers did the duty.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 12:54 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 05:53 PM)

"That's an education all to itself," Kethiah nodded. "Let's give it some time, and see if that's possible ..."

She didn't want to say it, but the possibility of war was on her mind.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 8 2005, 12:59 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 05:52 PM)

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus
The animal met with thunderous applause. The Redguards enjoyed it all, particularly the costumes. Quill always adjusted the acts as they went along, not only to keep them interesting for the performers, but also to suit the individual tastes of the audience. Redguards liked the look of flesh, so the usually skimpy outfits got even skimpier. He stopped shy of actually nudity, but just shy.

Quill always came out to announce the next act, between two clown troops, the Crowns and Forebears, who performed ridiculous battles and, depending on the politics of the locals, either the Crowns or Forebears won.

Quill did not, however, come out to announce the next act. After a brief awkward pause, one of the other performers did the duty.

Mirea wasn't on again until much later. The performers weren't supposed to mix until after the show, but there was plenty to see in the tents, the chaos of people dressing and undressing, animals being rounded up, props gone missing. Mirea had become famous in her short stint with the troop as a finder of lost objects. Just now she had discovered the top half of the animal trainer's outfit, 'borrowed' by another girl who had a quarrel with her.

It wasn't like Quill not to show up. She went looking for him.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:13 AM

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 06:59 PM)

Some other performers, also concerned about him, had gone to look also. They were standing outside his wagon, and one of the acrobats stepped out of it, her face stricken.

"He just got a note," she said. "His sister is dead by her own hand."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 01:16 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 06:54 PM)

"That's an education all to itself," Kethiah nodded. "Let's give it some time, and see if that's possible ..."

She didn't want to say it, but the possibility of war was on her mind.

Remembering that they still had some homework to do, Tilitalia decided to wrap up the conversation. "Well, Kethiah, thank you for answering our questions. I can see why dad likes you." Tyradil stood up from his chair, and walked to Kethiah's bed side. "Thank you, and I look foward to looking for a house tommorrow." Then, as much to her surprise, as to Kethiah's, Tilitalia hugged Kethiah.

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 8 2005, 01:17 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 06:13 PM)

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus
Some other performers, also concerned about him, had gone to look also. They were standing outside his wagon, and one of the acrobats stepped out of it, her face stricken.

"He just got a note," she said. "His sister is dead by her own hand."

Mirea pushed her way in.

Not bloody likely, was her thought. Lelia, the brand new Countess of Ivytyde, dead by apparent suicide less than... what was it, two weeks, a month... after she had paid to have her mother's 'suicide' arranged?

"I don't believe it," she said. "Why would she do that NOW? Quill, are you going home?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:19 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 07:16 PM)

Kethiah smiled and hugged her back. It was strangely ... normal. She didn't think she would feel so comfortable in such a role.

Waving to them from the bed as they left, she said. "First thing tomorrow morning, we look for a new home."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:21 AM

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 07:17 PM)

Quill looked stunned more than anything, like he had been hit by an arrow, but the pain hadn't registered.

"I don't know," he shook his head. "I should. It will look queer if I don't ... but, Kynareth, I don't want to."

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 8 2005, 01:24 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 06:21 PM)

Hammerfell: Quill's Circus
Quill looked stunned more than anything, like he had been hit by an arrow, but the pain hadn't registered.

"I don't know," he shook his head. "I should. It will look queer if I don't ... but, Kynareth, I don't want to."

"No one can make you stay there if you don't want to," Mirea said. "And even if they tried... I'd help you run away again. Quill - I don't believe she killed herself. You know why I don't believe she killed herself."

She looked meaningfully at the other people in the room, to show that she wasn't free to talk. Quill knew that Mirea knew he had paid Kethiah to kill his mother.

"So what if you're next, huh? Cursed family, and all that?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 01:29 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 07:19 PM)

Loranna watches Isidor's children leave, then turns to Kethiah.

"Well, they seem to like you," she says. "An encouraging start ... I think."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:30 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 07:24 PM)

Quill nodded. "I don't know what I believe, but she was happy. Her life had actually just begun, after twenty years of mother ..."

He looked again at the note, and then at all the people in the wagon. "Thank you all. I have to go and take care of this, but I don't want you to miss a single show date. You know the routines, and if I hear you leave a single audience with less than your best performance," he began, issuing his usual bossy threat, and then he stopped. "Well, I know that you won't let me down."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:31 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 07:29 PM)

Loranna watches Isidor's children leave, then turns to Kethiah.

"Well, they seem to like you," she says. "An encouraging start ... I think."

"Better than I could have hoped for," Kethiah laughed. "They do have questions though, don't they?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 01:33 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 07:19 PM)

They waved back, and went back to their room.

Meanwhile ...
Isidor, back in town, thought of his children, and Kethiah, and resolved to inquire about a job, first thing in the morning.

He walked back up to the castle, and knocked lightly on Tilitalia's and Tyradil's room. "So, how was it?"

Tilitalia beamed back at him. "Good, I like her. But, we have work to do. Can we talk later?"

Isidor smiled back and said "Sure." He walked down the hall, and knocked on his own room's door. "Can I come in?"

Posted by: Allerleirauh Oct 8 2005, 01:33 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 06:30 PM)

"I'm going with you," Mirea said. "I live in Daggerfall, I know people there. People with money, who can get things done."

She privately resolved to do some investigating on her own as soon as possible.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:37 AM

QUOTE(Allerleirauh @ Oct 7 2005, 07:33 PM)

Quill looked at Paesira, a young acrobat who had been training with Mirea. "Do you think you can handle the guar, and Mirea's other routines?"

Paesira's eyes shone. It was her dream. "Yes, definitely!"

Quill looked to Mirea, and attempted a smile. "Then let's leave immediately and get this over with. I don't want to miss the show in Sentinel."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 01:40 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 07:31 PM)

"Better than I could have hoped for," Kethiah laughed. "They do have questions though, don't they?"

"Aye," Loranna says. "And probably they will have even more questions when they stop to think of more ... though maybe they won't. When it comes to children, I'm still a novice myself."

" ... A house with a garden, hmm; sounds nice," Loranna continues. "I'd like to see your garden once you have it set up ..."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:41 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 07:33 PM)

Isidor smiled back and said "Sure." He walked down the hall, and knocked on his own room's door. "Can I come in?"

"Of course!" Kethiah called back.

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 07:40 PM)

"Well, I don't even know what Ald Raathim looks like now, I just hear it from the window," Kethiah smiled. "But there was something about a new tavern by the docks? I don't know why, but something about that sounds intriguing ... Isidor, how'd you like to run a tavern?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 01:47 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 07:41 PM)

"Of course!" Kethiah called back.
"Well, I don't even know what Ald Raathim looks like now, I just hear it from the window," Kethiah smiled. "But there was something about a new tavern by the docks? I don't know why, but something about that sounds intriguing ... Isidor, how'd you like to run a tavern?"

Isidor came in, and smiled happily at the two women. "Run a tavern?" He said, sitting beside her on the bed "I'd drink all the mead before the customers had a chance to come in. Seriously though, it sounds like a nice idea."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 01:57 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 07:47 PM)

"Just something I was knocking around," Kethiah said and then laughed. "Not only would we have to watch your consumption, but also make sure that it was a decent environment for young children to grow up in."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 01:58 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 07:47 PM)

"Assuming you can keep him from drinking all the mead, of course," Loranna reminds Kethiah with a smight smirk. "We're going to be a city someday, gods willing; the Drunken Guar's going to need some fellow taverns to help out."

She smiles, looking a bit awkward for a second. " ... There was something I'd been hoping to ask you Kethiah, even before Isidor brought you here," she admits. "I need an information network, and I've realized how little I know about how to even begin setting one up; I'd hoped to ask your advice in this matter, given your expertese and the trust Jazbet and I both have in you. Though I understand if you don't want anything more to do with the business."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 02:01 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 07:57 PM)

"Yes, of course. So, how was your talk with them?"

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:03 AM

Reichi had stripped Sings-Of-Death of anything of value, just as any adventurer would do with a defeated foe's corpse. The Argonian's pauldrons, the ebony one and the Admantium one had been salvagable without any big repairs, the Cuirass was in perfect condition, aside from that one scratch and the blood stains, and the spear was also relatively undamaged. Not to mention the lizard had a fairly weighty bag of gold.

To the victor goes the spoils Reichi though as he stood with the collected treasures in a crude sack made from Sings-Of-Death's travelling cloak. And the loser's corpse can spoil...

Reichi headed back to his room in the castle and uncerimonously dumped the loot on the ground, before fetching the cuirass and placing it with the other pieces he had accumulated. Together he had three peices, the Helmet, the guantlets and the cuirass. He grinned at the peices, not many more left.

He left the castle and headed out into town, back to the Drunken guar.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:19 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:03 PM)

He left the castle and headed out into town, back to the Drunken guar.

Ahjaar sipped her filn. "Thom, it just doesn't make any sense... Who would be spying on us?"

The tavern door opened, and Ahjaar turned around to see Reichi.
The khajiit waved him over. "Hey, Reichi."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:23 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:19 PM)

Reichi waved back and took a seat nearby. "Hello Ahjaar," he said with a grin. "What's up?" he asked.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:30 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:23 PM)

Reichi waved back and took a seat nearby. "Hello Ahjaar," he said with a grin. "What's up?" he asked.

Ahjaar nodded to the wolfen. "Just some mystery Thom and I are tied up in currently.."
She sipped her Filn. "Other then that, nothing."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:31 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:30 PM)

Ahjaar nodded to the wolfen. "Just some mystery Thom and I are tied up in currently.."
She sipped her Filn. "Other then that, nothing."

Reichi raised a eyebrow, as he ordered a brandy. "Mystery?" he asked. "What's being so mysterious?"

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:34 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:31 PM)

Reichi raised a eyebrow, as he ordered a brandy. "Mystery?" he asked. "What's being so mysterious?"

"Ah.. just.. some strange sighting of an orb on the beach.."

Ahjaar poked her kwama eggs with her fork. "Nothing big, really, at least we don't think.."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:35 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:34 PM)

"Ah.. just.. some strange sighting of an orb on the beach.."

Ahjaar poked her kwama eggs with her fork. "Nothing big, really, at least we don't think.."

"Orb? What kind of orb?" Reichi asked, his eyebrow arching higher. He grabbed his brandy as it was brought to him and paid for it. "Generally don't run into any...orbs...around here..."

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:37 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:35 PM)

"Orb? What kind of orb?" Reichi asked, his eyebrow arching higher. He grabbed his brandy as it was brought to him and paid for it. "Generally don't run into any...orbs...around here..."

Ahjaar shook her head. "It was just a whisp.. it left a residue on Thom's sword... we took it to the Mages Guild and had it identified. It was jut a veiwing Whisp."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:44 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:37 PM)

Ahjaar shook her head. "It was just a whisp.. it left a residue on Thom's sword... we took it to the Mages Guild and had it identified. It was jut a veiwing Whisp."

Reichi didn't know what a 'whisp' was, but when Ahjaar said View whisp, he could geuss enough that the Orb must have been some some of viewing device. "Odd, what would one want with you?" he asked.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:47 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:44 PM)

Reichi didn't know what a 'whisp' was, but when Ahjaar said View whisp, he could geuss enough that the Orb must have been some some of viewing device. "Odd, what would one want with you?" he asked.

"I don't know.. I doubt it was veiwing us, but when we aproached it, it went beserk and flew right through Thom's sword."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:48 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:47 PM)

"I don't know.. I doubt it was veiwing us, but when we aproached it, it went beserk and flew right through Thom's sword."

"Weird," Reichi muttered. "Well, if this whisp thing is meant for viewing, who else could it have been watching down at the beach? Maybe someone had it waiting there to watch Loranna during her morning swim," Reichi chuckled.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:50 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:48 PM)

Ahjaar laughed a bit. "Maybe... but it was too far away from the actual shore to have done that.."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 02:53 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:50 PM)

Ahjaar laughed a bit. "Maybe... but it was too far away from the actual shore to have done that.."

Reichi nodded. "MAybe it was just like, wandering around. Someone was feeling out Ald Raathim's defenses?"

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 02:54 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 07:50 PM)

Ahjaar laughed a bit. "Maybe... but it was too far away from the actual shore to have done that.."

Thom nodded. "Yea, its confusing. We probably interupted whatever it was watching."

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 02:58 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 07:53 PM)

Reichi nodded. "MAybe it was just like, wandering around. Someone was feeling out Ald Raathim's defenses?"

"Maybe.."

She sipped her Filn and turned to Thom, her face questioning, like he could explain everything. Ahjaar knew he couldn't, but maybe at least he had an idea of what it was there for.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 02:58 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 07:58 PM)

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 08:01 PM)

"Yes, of course. So, how was your talk with them?"

Kethiah threw a pillow at him with a laugh: "You just send them in to talk with me without you?! I think it went well, but teats of Almalexia, you really threw me into the fire there."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:00 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 07:58 PM)

"Maybe.."

She sipped her Filn and turned to Thom, her face questioning, like he could explain everything. Ahjaar knew he couldn't, but maybe at least he had an idea of what it was there for.

Thom noticed the expression and frowned. "I don't know what it was doing. All I can do is assume."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 03:01 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 08:58 PM)

Kethiah grimaced. "Loranna, I want to help out any way I can, really. Not just for Jazbet, but for all the hospitality you've shown me ... But I've been retired for exactly four hours. I'd be happy to give advice, but ... I'm afraid of attracting undue attention by doing too much this soon. I'm sorry."
Kethiah threw a pillow at him with a laugh: "You just send them in to talk with me without you?! I think it went well, but teats of Almalexia, you really threw me into the fire there."

Loranna nods. "I understand," she says, feeling foolish for having asked; she raises her eyebrows when Kethiah throws a pillow at Isidor.

"She does have a point, Isidor," Loranna remarks. "Generally when having your loved one meet the family, you're supposed to be there with them."

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 03:02 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 08:58 PM)

Kethiah threw a pillow at him with a laugh: "You just send them in to talk with me without you?! I think it went well, but teats of Almalexia, you really threw me into the fire there."

Isidor caught the pillow and replied with a sly smile. "Well, I thought an assassin could deal with two little kids."

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 09:01 PM)

Isidor's smiled faded, slightly. "You're right. Sorry." He said, turning back to Kethiah.

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 03:03 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:58 PM)

"Maybe.."

She sipped her Filn and turned to Thom, her face questioning, like he could explain everything. Ahjaar knew he couldn't, but maybe at least he had an idea of what it was there for.

Reichi raised a eyebrow. "So, what exactly were you two doing alone on the beach?" he asked a grin making its way across his face.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:05 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 08:03 PM)

Reichi raised a eyebrow. "So, what exactly were you two doing alone on the beach?" he asked a grin making its way across his face.

She smiled "Ah, just talking."

QUOTE(Thom @ Oct 7 2005, 08:03 PM)

Thom nodded. "Yea, its confusing. We probably interupted whatever it was watching."

"I wonder why it acted so strangle though..."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:07 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:05 PM)

She smiled "Ah, just talking."
"I wonder why it acted so strangle though..."

Thom also smiled, then said, "What confuses me is that, if it was meant to spy, why did it attack us?"

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 03:09 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 09:02 PM)

Isidor caught the pillow and replied with a sly smile. "Well, I thought an assassin could deal with two little kids."
Isidor's smiled faded, slightly. "You're right. Sorry." He said, turning back to Kethiah.

"I'm not an assassin anymore, I'm a woman in a sickbed," Kethiah teased him. "If they hated me, I'd be less inclined towards forgive you, but what did they say? They only asked me about fifty questions, rapid-fire, like arrows."

Posted by: Aki Oct 8 2005, 03:09 AM

"To keep from being captured, I'd wager," Reichi sggested before taking a sip of his brandy. "If its a viewing device the guy behind it probablly was seeing everything in real-time, no need for the thing to go back to 'report'."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:10 AM

QUOTE(Aki @ Oct 7 2005, 08:09 PM)

Thom shrugged and took a bite of his kwama eggs.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:14 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:07 PM)

Thom also smiled, then said, "What confuses me is that, if it was meant to spy, why did it attack us?"

"I don't know if it attacked us or the controller was being attacked.."
She sipped her Filn and ate some of her eggs.

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 03:15 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 09:09 PM)

Isidor smiled back at her. "I apologize, again. The next time I have any relatives for you to meet, I'll be sure to stand in front of you with my axe." He took her hand and kissed it.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 03:22 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 09:15 PM)

Isidor smiled back at her. "I apologize, again. The next time I have any relatives for you to meet, I'll be sure to stand in front of you with my axe." He took her hand and kissed it.

"Your kids are adorable," Kethiah smiled. "And so are you. So, we're going shopping for a house tomorrow, or maybe we'll buy that tavern ... Do you have any money?"

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 03:23 AM

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 09:15 PM)

Isidor smiled back at her. "I apologize, again. The next time I have any relatives for you to meet, I'll be sure to stand in front of you with my axe." He took her hand and kissed it.

Loranna just raises her eyebrows. "I think it's time for the healer to let the patient rest," she says, keeping a comment about Isidor's lack of other relatives to herself. "Call me if you need anything, okay?" she says as she gets up.

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 03:24 AM

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 09:23 PM)

"I will, Loranna, and again, I'm sorry I'm not quite ready to pay my dues as a spy," Kethiah said. "We should talk about it more later. Maybe I can still be some help."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:28 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:14 PM)

"I don't know if it attacked us or the controller was being attacked.."
She sipped her Filn and ate some of her eggs.

"The question is, should we investigate it further?"

Posted by: Stargazey Oct 8 2005, 03:30 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 09:22 PM)

"Your kids are adorable," Kethiah smiled. "And so are you. So, we're going shopping for a house tomorrow, or maybe we'll buy that tavern ... Do you have any money?"

Isidor blushed slightly, before looking down at his feet. "Um, no. Not much more then ... 1,000 gold. I was thinking of getting a job, doing the contstruction in Ald Raathim."

It was clear, by his tone, that this idea didn't appeal to him.

QUOTE(Loranna @ Oct 7 2005, 09:23 PM)

"Bye, Loranna, and thanks. For everything."

Posted by: Loranna Oct 8 2005, 03:30 AM

QUOTE(Sheogorath @ Oct 7 2005, 09:24 PM)

"I will, Loranna, and again, I'm sorry I'm not quite ready to pay my dues as a spy," Kethiah said. "We should talk about it more later. Maybe I can still be some help."

Loranna grins. "We will; I'm going to talk to Slyvos about enchanting something for you to help shield your eyes from bright lights until your vision recovers fully. He used a trick back in Gemin to save our eyes that I think could help you."

"And Isidor ... you're welcome. Good luck with house hunting."

With a last grin at the couple, Loranna leaves.

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:31 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:28 PM)

"The question is, should we investigate it further?"

"Well... I don't think it's really something worth looking into.. I mean, I really don't think it was watching us, so why bother?"

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:32 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:31 PM)

"Well... I don't think it's really something worth looking into.. I mean, I really don't think it was watching us, so why bother?"

Thom nodded and said, "Thats true.Whatever it was, I doubt we will see it again."

Posted by: Sheogorath Oct 8 2005, 03:35 AM

"Goodbye, Loranna, and thank you," Kethiah says as Loranna leaves. "And tell Slyvos thank you for whatever help he can give me. I don't want to be locked up indoors forever."

QUOTE(Stargazey @ Oct 7 2005, 09:30 PM)

"The two big issues that cause a couple to have problems are sex and money," Kethiah replies. "I don't think we have anything to worry about with the first one, as I'll be happy to prove to you after I'm a little less sore. We're in a bit of quandary with the second one. I have money. Lots in fact, more than enough for a fine house ... but it's in that dungeon in Vas. And I'd rather not be seen there for quite a while if ever."

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:37 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:32 PM)

Thom nodded and said, "Thats true.Whatever it was, I doubt we will see it again."

"I hope so.."

She looked down at her food, her face solemn.
She doubted the orb was watching them... but the back of her mind knew better.

They were the only ones on the beach at the time... who else could it have been watching?

Maybe it was Han-... No, imposible. He was dead.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:38 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:37 PM)

Seeing her face, Thom took Ahjaar's hand to comfort her. "Whats wrong?"

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:40 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:38 PM)

Seeing her face, Thom took Ahjaar's hand to comfort her. "Whats wrong?"

She looked at Thom for a moment, then turned away.
"It's nothing, I'm just being.. paranoid.."

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:41 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:40 PM)

She looked at Thom for a moment, then turned away.
"It's nothing, I'm just being.. paranoid.."

Thom frowned and continued to hold her hand. "Want to talk about it?"

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:47 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:41 PM)

Thom frowned and continued to hold her hand. "Want to talk about it?"

Ahjaar shook her head. "No.. that's okay, I'm fine."
The khajiit pulled her hand away and looked at Thom for a moment.

Posted by: f15tray22 Oct 8 2005, 03:49 AM

QUOTE(Ahuxi @ Oct 7 2005, 08:47 PM)

Ahjaar shook her head. "No.. that's okay, I'm fine."
The khajiit pulled her hand away and looked at Thom for a moment.

Thom gave Ahjaar a weak grin to try to cheer her up. "Okay, but if you ever need or want to..."

Posted by: Ahuxi Oct 8 2005, 03:51 AM

QUOTE(f15tray22 @ Oct 7 2005, 08:49 PM)

Thom gave Ahjaar a weak grin to try to cheer her up. "Okay, but if you ever need or want to..."

Ahjaar smiled lightly at him, and turned to Reichi.
"What have you been up to, Reich?"

Posted by: syronj Oct 8 2005, 03:55 AM

After the end of the workday, Shaka returned to the yurt and thought about his finances for a moment. He kept his share of the Emperor's reward to the Eight in Loranna's treasury, to be used to build up Ald Raathim in return for no interest paid to Shaka.

If Shaka ever got around to building a permanent home, something he couldn't predict anymore, he might use some of those savings. But for now it seemed better to summon creatures and soultrap them, or periodically return to Vvardenfell to harvest funds.

For now, Shaka decided to continue working to improve Ald Raathim. The yurt was good enough for his needs, since Winter here would bring no snow anyway.

Posted by: Hungry Donner Oct 8 2005, 03:55 AM

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