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16th of Sun's Height "Except for the figure at its center it is a copy of the monument that stands above the final resting place of General Tullius." Aric said. "Does that figure hold a little girl as this one does?" Samuel asked "Did General Tullius have children?" Sara asked. "I believe it...

Chapter 38 21st of Rain's Hand "You are back to your old self." Serana said. "Did you wait a sufficient amount of time beforehand?" "Such a lascivious smile should not be worn by someone who made quite as much noise last night as you did." I said, matching her smile with my own. "She drank...

Chapter 37 20th of Rain's Hand "There is someone on the stairs." Jenassa whispered. The sun had only just risen. Jenassa and I were packing our few belongings, but we had not yet donned our armor. The final steps of our plan were all that remained. "You must arrive as two simple warriors...

Chapter 36 “If you continue to speak as you always do, your disguise as a simple warrior will fail.” Jenassa said as our route exited the hills above Solitude and joined the main road. “You must cease to speak like a Priestess and begin to speak like a warrior.” We traveled a short...

Chapter 35 19th of Rain’s Hand “It will cost you extra, Milord.” The Captain of the Dainty Sload said after Aric informed him of our altered route. “That island is crawling with vampires.” “vampires do not crawl Captain.” Aric replied, “and there are now only two vampires remaining on...

Chapter 34 18th of Rain’s Hand “Well, Thane, your visits seem marked by delay.” Idgrod said in lieu of a greeting. “My messenger to you yesterday evening was considerably delayed in her return. And when Aslfur investigated why she tarried so long on our front porch what did he discover...

Chapter 33 “He will be away for a few days only.” Aric said to Freya. “We will ride west into the hills to Labyrinthian and then turn north to rejoin the main road to Morthal.” “I understand.” Freya said. “Our guest in the stables will have fewer roommates.” Samuel said as he climbed into...

Chapter 32 17th of Rain’s Hand “I Return my patients to your care, Commander.” I said to Fasion Aldus. “I will not instruct you to take care of them, for I know you take care of all your soldiers.” “They are alive and well because of you, your Grace.” The Commander replied. “I will...

Chapter 31 “This level of fanaticism is beyond all reason.” Fasion said. “It is not just Talos worship they mean to eradicate. They aim at anyone who does not pass their test of purity. They intended to assassinate the Aldmeri Ambassador to Skyrim, and when they could not accomplish that...

Chapter 30 We continued north until we came to a grotto where a giant was shepherding his mammoths. “They turned west to avoid the giant.” Vilkas said as he continued to follow the tracks of the group that had attacked the camp, tracks that began to follow a dell higher into the hills, where...

Chapter 29 16th of Rain’s Hand “Lucia asked me to speak with you.” Aric said as we rode side by side, heading north, the outline of Dragon’s Reach growing more distant. “I am sorry that I did not have an opportunity earlier.” “You were very busy up until the moment of our departure.” I...

Chapter 28 14th of Rain’s Hand “What time did they return?” I asked “Only Father returned, either very late or very early. “Runa said. “But she had only just rejoined us.” I said. “She keeps to her own schedule.” She answered. “Though I sometimes feel that domestic settings such as this...

13th of Rain's Hand It was the most beautiful armor I had ever seen. Leather and dragon hide tunic and breeches, leather, dragon hide and ebony scale gauntlets, an ebony mail shirt with half sleeves, ebony scale and plate pauldrons, ebony scale tasses, ebony plate cuisses and greaves. "My...

Chapter 26 12th of Rain’s Hand “No one in Whiterun would dare alter these dresses” Lydia said, “Lest the bare the wrath of the sisters of Solitude. A ribbon will serve to gather it around your waist. But perhaps it would be best to lay them aside for the time. Breeches and tunic will do...