The walls and towers of Dawnstar became but distant spots on the horizon as Scorch carried me south, the two of us having left as soon as we were able. I still had to ensure my troops knew to retur...
2024-05-21 00:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post[Fury of Dagoth - Awakened: Your power over the concept of blasphemy grows, its direction drawn toward the denial of greater being you consider evil, false, or wrong. You may now invoke your powers...
2024-05-20 01:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostMy consciousness returns partly as I absently note it moving through innumerable images, scenes I have seen, and those I have not changing, mixing, evolving before my very eyes.
The scene shi...
2024-05-18 01:51:59 +0000 UTC View PostWith a complete lack of care for the supposed solemnity of the situation I took Skald's axe and started flipping it in my hand while looking down at the kneeling man. For a moment I debated just cr...
2024-05-17 00:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostWith my rush of adrenaline finally settling I found myself staring into the distance while chainsmoking without even noticing it at first. The day's events replayed in my mind even as a full hour p...
2024-05-16 00:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostWe did not slow down as we emerged from the forest canopy, whatever few reserves still remained outside were cut down just as swiftly as their comrades before them.
My emotions were a numb me...
2024-05-14 01:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostTwo more days had passed since the initial big clash of our armies with neither side gaining all that much ground from the other. The Stormcloaks were still resting and Ulfric was likely scrambling...
2024-05-13 01:17:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe battlefield around us seemed to quieten once more as I rested a foot on a mangled corpse to my side while giving the remaining 'elites' of the enemy a mocking smirk they could more feel than se...
2024-05-12 00:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
The cacophony of battle surrounded me on all sides but seemed to recede the closer to me and my challengers it got, almost forming a bubble of relative silence as Ulfric and hi...
2024-05-09 23:22:45 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, about a day earlier)
A group of some ten gaunt figures dressed in plain black robes covered in nondescript light armor stood around in a circle, the haunting growls of the Draug...
2024-05-08 23:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostCleaning up the close to two and a half thousand corpses took us the better part of the day. The losses were heavily in our favor as the Empire lost only around five hundred in the fighting with th...
2024-05-07 22:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
To the men of Jarl Skald tasked with guarding the only shallow point on the Icevein wide enough for an army the day began as any other they could remember in the past weeks. Eve...
2024-05-04 22:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
As the now former Champion of Boethiah falls unconscious I make a show of wiping my gauntleted hands, lazily pulling Blasphemy out of the legendary armor without making a sound...
2024-05-03 21:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Within a hidden clearing, situated atop a hill to the east of the Icevein River sat a fortified camp, its walls either raised by magic or mechanical labor and its interior fille...
2024-05-02 20:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
In one of the many passes carved through Mount Anothor, a large, if somewhat disorganized, military camp dotted with blue banners with the symbol of the snarling bear stood firm...
2024-04-30 22:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostEven as she kept muttering curses at the now very dead dragon, the proud part of Minthara basked in the adoration the crowd of battered warriors offered, her back straightening just a tiny bit with...
2024-04-29 21:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the panicked guardsman finished speaking, Balgruuf started rapid firing one question after the other, getting as much information from the now sobbing lad as he could before standing up ...
2024-04-28 21:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post"See to it that the people are provided anything you deem necessary for their recovery. In times such as these, they must know they are cared for by their leaders." I tell the imperial quartermaste...
2024-04-26 18:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post"Hate you." The annoyed, grouchy voice of my fellow semi-divine being reaches my ears as she forces herself to get up "Hate you so much."
"You should not just fall asleep in the middle of now...
2024-04-25 20:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostMy customary session of patting myself on the back lasted me for only an hour or so before I grew bored once again and stepped out to be a general bother while I waited for my guests to rest themse...
2024-04-25 01:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post(Flashback, General POV)
The peaceful rustling of Bruma's northern forests was broken as a small group of mounted men rode through its less overgrown paths at a rapid pace, a pack of large hu...
2024-04-22 20:16:23 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
As the Court Mage made the entire group disappear to who knows where General Tullius allowed himself to relax ever so slightly. The task given to him by his liege was now far ha...
2024-04-22 00:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Consciousness slams back into me like a hammer, the sudden lack of deathly suffocation forcing me to take in deep gulps of air before I finally manage to calm down.
My fr...
2024-04-21 01:04:49 +0000 UTC View PostTime seemed to slow down as the mass of pitch black scales barreled straight toward us, his eyes briefly twitched in my direction but his attention was swiftly taken by Minthara glaring at him and ...
2024-04-19 00:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Complete silence descended upon the central square of Helgen.
My sudden entrance and the question that followed it stunned most people on the imperial side and even a goo...
2024-04-17 22:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing she felt was the sound of a cart moving down an uneven road, the hooves of the horse pulling it following soon after. The next was the smell, the sweet smell of mountain spring, 'th...
2024-04-17 01:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Felt like visiting the vaunted quarter once again, also I kinda went wild with it so it turned into a 3k words chonker.
We shall return to the usual program in the next chapter.
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2024-04-14 22:48:50 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, a few moons before Harkon's demise)
A small group comprised of seven elves and one human can be seen moving down a narrow path to the south of Markarth's hold. Five of them were...
2024-04-14 00:54:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sweet taste of victory lasted me only for about a minute longer before the irritating realities of warfare reasserted themselves as Rikke barged into the ruined chapel and browbeat me into chec...
2024-04-13 01:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostA splash of red flashes next to my right eye as I barely dodge the rapid swing of Harkon's blade, the damned thing easily cutting into my mask with barely any resistance. I channel a spontaneous bl...
2024-04-11 01:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post