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Arc 8 Chapter CXXI: Oblivious Observations

An: This one is actually a bit relevant so do read if you usually skip it.

I did say I'd be whining about the whole side story shtick when I was done with th...

Arc 8 Interlude I, Part 3: A Narcissistic Gambit

The sounds of battle rang through the helmet he had been given, the imperfectly fitted scalemail weighing his shoulders down and making him sweat like some kind of menial as he stood beside the Sea...

Arc 8 Interlude I, Part 2: A Narcissistic Negotiation

The throne room of Tiguna's palace was taken by a heavy silence after the Altmer's outburst, the Maormer Sealord patiently waiting for the self proclaimed Kinlord who had caught his attention to sh...

Arc 8 Interlude I: A Narcissistic Adventure

(General POV, months before Reyvin's Solstheim trip)

Heavy breaths and heavier steps drowned in the noise of the rainforest as a lone figure trudged along what he believed may have at one poi...

Arc 8 Chapter CXX: Windup Begins

An: Minor changes to the previous chapter as is tradition by this point.

I have something a tad different planned for the next trio of chapters so do buckle your breeches!

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Arc 8 Chapter CXIX: Of Tomes And Towers

"Come on Phineas" I loudly tap on said lich's doors "You knew it wasn't going to last for long, stop sulking."

The door is swung open with all he force of a hurricane, revealing...

Arc 8 Chapter CXVIII: Winddown

(General POV)

Captain Fridvar of the Jagged Crown felt his fingers nervously tap the bulwark of his ship as the small army disembarked onto the docks of Winterhold. Even days after he was bot...

Arc 8 Chapter CXVII: Solstheim Wrapup

As I sat atop the towers of Raven Rock, legs dangling off the crenulations and the salty sea air whistling past me I allowed my thoughts to drift through the events of the past three days.

Ou...

Arc 8 Chapter CXVI: Apocryphal Aftershocks

(Reyvin's POV)

I burst through the portal to Apocrypha, a fuming Minthara and a freshly nugget-ed vampire (who somehow survived) in my hands. I didn't even bother looking back before I slamme...

Arc 8 Chapter CXV: The Sundering Of Apocrypha

(Reyvin's POV)

Facing a great enemy, Auri-El's bow in hand and a particularly nasty improvised arrow loosed made me feel all kinds of nostalgic.

The surprise of the enemy, their imminen...

Arc 8 Chapter CXIV: The Battle Of Apocrypha

(Reyvin's POV, Minutes Earlier)

The entire realm around me shook, the force of the tremors feeling somewhat detached as I went about my work carving glyphs and runes into the stone surroundin...

Arc 8 Chapter CXIII: The War Of Apocrypha

(General POV, Before Minthara fought Miraak)

Hermaeus Mora floated ominously above and within his forbidden realm of lost knowledge, an act that would warrant no special mention as he had bee...

Arc 8 Chapter CXII: The Summit Of Apocrypha

Minthara fully expected her supposed kinsman to use his advantaged position to attack her immediately, which is why his following actions took her a bit by surprise.

He rose his right hand an...

Arc 8 Chapter CXI: The Trials Of Apocrypha

"Why can I not see you?"

Instead of answering, I let the silence stretch for what would have been a very uncomfortably long time to a mortal, letting the ...

Arc 8 Chapter CX: The Depths Of Apocrypha

An: Yus, I have defeated the lethargy! (for now)

Once more, your feedback shall feed my soul!

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(Reyvin's POV)

Within the blink of an eye that lasted far too long...

Arc 8 Side Story 4: Mephalan Mischief

An: Changed Savos' statement that the ritual would take thousands of black soul gems to hundreds (a bit too ridiculous even for what they were doing) in chapter 109.

That aside, I am once aga...

Arc 8 Chapter CIX: Stepping Into Tentacle Hell

(Reyvin's POV)

The commonfolk of Tel Mithryn still felt quite miffed by my presence even days after the 'incident' but they went about their day after the novelty of my return wore o...

Arc 8 Chapter CVIII: Grand Theft Book

I giggled like a little child as I fiddled with my Orb™ and changed Neloth's nickname for the tenth time today. Having sifted through every possible bald insult I could come up with (he was notif...

Arc 8 Chapter CVII: Closure And Next Steps

(Reyvin's POV)

My foot tapped the freshly unfrozen sand below me as I stared at the bound serpentine dragon with a fair bit of irritation in my eyes. The creature was no doubt just as miffed ...

Arc 8 Chapter CVI: Miraak's Gambit

(Reyvin's POV)

My perception slowed to a crawl as I wasted no time in levitating upwards and summoning Scorch, the three dragons immediately shifting their flight paths as they noticed me and...

Arc 8 Chapter CV: The Scouring Of Solstheim

The sun had already reached its zenith by the time the meeting came to an end. Lines were drawn, routes planned, supplies drafted, and inspiring words shared, the latter utterly unnecessary even as...

Arc 8 Chapter CIV: Earthing One's Self

(Reyvin's POV)

We appeared within the walls of Raven Rock with barely a sound, the quiet port/ex-mining town turned bustling military garrison failing to notice us even as dozens of off-duty ...

Arc 8 Chapter CIII: Bloodskaal

Alor frowned as he followed the group into the core of the 'dungeon' as his lord liked to call places such as these, the walls within far less degraded than those without, having been left utterly ...

Arc 8 Chapter CII: And They Call It A Mine?

(General POV)

The second day of Raven Rock's rescue, as some of the more eager residents would end up calling it, came with an odd air of peace surrounding the town. A few hundred reiklings s...

Arc 8 Chapter CI: The Deadly Duet's Jaunt

"So you have some general idea as to where it is but not really?" I deadpan at the old man so terribly cursed with baldness "Not terribly helpful, is it now?"

Tharstan, the...

Arc 8 Chapter C: A Small Feast And a Plan

"And here I was hoping we would arrive first" Minthara greets as her group nears us, a light skip in her step and the distinct tinge of eaten dragon soul around her "You manage everything you wante...

Arc 8 Chapter XCIX: Meeting The Skaal

An: A bit later than I intended but I had to confirm names and places while I wrote so that took a good chunk of time (definitely wasn't the puns)

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(Reyvin's POV)

My head bo...

Arc 8 Chapter XCVIII: In The Halls Of The Dragon Priest

And the chosen side story for the month isss... drumroll Mephalan Shenanigans!

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By the time Frea had managed to collect her wits every single cultist around t...

Arc 8 Chapter XCVII: Temples And Shamans

(General POV)

The ancient elf of many lifetimes who was Moon and Star found himself feeling increasingly regretful of his life choices as he observed the wife of his successor swoon<...