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 the interludes but I just wasn't in the mood for it back then so here we go:
The side story vote thing was interesting as an idea but the longer I keep doing it the more I feel constrained by the fact I have to constantly plan around myself to fit it all in, now usually that wouldn't be too bad ...
2025-05-03 22:25:35 +0000 UTC
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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 Sealord and his Serpentguards.
A pained scream made him fidget, and drew his eyes to the sight of a Maormer warrior being devoured by a large blue scaled serpent, the beast leaping out of the sea as the elf tried boarding one of the attacking ships.
The Sealord muttered something in his own...
2025-04-30 14:39:22 +0000 UTC
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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 show more of himself while Narsis battled with the realization of just how utterly fucked he was.
He was no mewling child however, and he managed to calm himself swiftly enough, especially after embarrassing himself so openly "I see" He spoke "And who rules Pyandonea now, Sealord?"
The Mao...
2025-04-29 23:27:49 +0000 UTC
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(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 point been a road, his legs barely keeping themselves upright as he fought for each and every gulp of air.
'Even the damned air of this place is wet' Kinlord Narsis of Shimmerene complained in the safety of his mind "Veil of mist indeed." He rasped, willfully ignoring just how tired he was feelin...
2025-04-28 23:32:29 +0000 UTC
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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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(Reyvin's POV)
"You sure you don't want to fashion something out of that?" I ask as Minthara rather uselessly tries attaching Alduin's horn to a high wall "Could make for a powerful banner enchantment."
She fails to reach the intended height and finally surrenders, levitating up like a no...
2025-04-25 22:16:57 +0000 UTC
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"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 the burning eyes of a furious undead "I am not sulking!" Dust is thrown all over the place "You fools just had to rush me before I could get all the data I needed! Now I have to work on an entirely new prototype and it will take me weeks!"
Liver poisoning really...
2025-04-24 22:31:57 +0000 UTC
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(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 both repeatedly healed and had all the time to rest, his heart would begin beating harshly at the slightest rise in sound.
He was making good effort in hiding it from his crew, but he knew that before long something would break.
Unfortunately, for all the authority of being the Captain of t...
2025-04-23 23:19:50 +0000 UTC
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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.
Our victory in Apocrypha was a muted one, and even if the sense of wrongness lightly suffusing the island disappeared, an event noticeable only by the attuned or able, the general populace remained unaware of all that had truly transpired.
Oh were certainly all quite happy that the threat of Mir...
2025-04-15 21:11:32 +0000 UTC
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(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 slammed my foot into the edge of the portal and collapsed it, stopping the wave of inky destruction from following us outside.
As I slowly let my fuming wife stand, I was taken by a profound sense deja vu, it took me exactly one nanosecond to decide upon the wisest course of actio...
2025-04-14 23:37:31 +0000 UTC
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(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 imminent pain and the glorious song of a plan well executed.
Except I was not facing a rage dragon but someone who had planned around people far more experienced than I. Each breath felt an effort and each movement was akin to pushing through mud as his attention did not leave me excepting Ithelia's ...
2025-04-12 00:48:47 +0000 UTC
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(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 surrounding Ithelia's prison.
The small fact I couldn't simply wish the necessary ritual into existence would have probably irritated me but one did not paint an entire movie equivalent without developing just a bit of patience.
Besides, using geomancy to do my carving for me would b...
2025-04-11 01:07:32 +0000 UTC
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(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 been doing much the same for uncountable years already... if not for the small fact he was not currently shuffling through all the forbidden knowledge he hoarded alongside his menagerie of entrapped mortal souls.
Instead, the usually dread inducing Woodland Man was currently trying, and ...
2025-04-10 00:35:15 +0000 UTC
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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 and the pool of ink shuddered, a large staircase ascending from within, the stone it was made of still unnaturally clean and pale even after who knows how long it was submerged.
"Come, join me atop the summit of this place." Miraak's voice reached her again "I would have...
2025-04-07 01:08:19 +0000 UTC
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"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 tension in the air build and build, and just as I felt she was about to address me again I speak up, voice a dry drawl "Have you considered the fact that you are inside of a tree?"
Her gaze remains but she remains silent.
"Right" I cough and ignore Scorch's snickering "How aware are you ...
2025-04-06 00:19:07 +0000 UTC
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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, the air that wasn't quite air around me distorted with a loud crack, throwing a small wave of dust in each and every direction and briefly illuminating the passage I found myself within.
My perception of time slowed down as I scanned the area, quickly revealing that I was compl...
2025-04-05 05:51:03 +0000 UTC
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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 again asking that you direct upon me your feedback. The recent lack of interaction has made things feel less interesting and as much as I'd prefer to "tough it out" a bit of engagement is always appreciated.
The actual chapter should be coming in a few hours (probably 4 to 6 if I am...
2025-04-04 23:20:39 +0000 UTC
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(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 off and the understanding of who exactly I was settled in their enraged little brains.
Not that I was too concerned as I sat my ass atop one of the emperor mushroom's roots, feet dangling off the edge and a steaming cup of coffee in my hand. Thus positioned, I was just about to begin delving in...
2025-04-01 23:57:27 +0000 UTC
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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 notified about each and every one) before settling on Maldy and ignoring the ensuing rant.
'Won't play the jester my grey ass' I snorted, drawing the freshly returned Minthara's exasperated sigh.
"Finally done with our dear Sahrotaar?" I look up with a light smirk "I do hope I didn't damage h...
2025-03-31 23:45:15 +0000 UTC
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(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 as I, being bound in barbed chains as he was...
Even if that fact brought little relief.
On the one hand, the little shit killed around three dozen of my men and froze most of the rest while planning to no doubt do unspeakable things to them later...
Considering its master's patron...
2025-03-30 23:24:21 +0000 UTC
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(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 moving to keep their distance while still remaining in range to shout at my forces.
A damaging tactic to be certain, but not a winning one, no matter how much hit and run the scaly fuckers committed themselves to...
Which meant this was a distraction.
The eastern flank of the expe...
2025-03-27 01:06:35 +0000 UTC
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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 I spoke them.
My subjects knew why we were here, or at least they knew enough to understand the importance of the mission, and the Nords of the Dragon Banner needed no motivation save for the chance to participate at all.
And yet the act had grown on me, as ridiculous as the very idea s...
2025-03-26 00:45:12 +0000 UTC
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(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 soldiers passed us by, even as they were meant to be on high alert.
"Hmmm" I narrow my eyes.
Minthara pats my shoulder "Give them a break, you can't expect them to be strung up the entire time."
"Not the issue" I correct her "Some of our followers are missing."
"Trouble?" She...
2025-03-25 01:15:01 +0000 UTC
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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 undisturbed even with the Eastern Empire Company's rampant mining operations.
He made an internal scoff at that 'At least they weren't complete idiots.'
The burial chamber was eerily silent, no sound made save for the echoes of their own feet, and Skirnir's excited whi...
2025-03-22 00:17:38 +0000 UTC
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(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 still remained scattered in the surroundings but save for the rare report of a crossbow releasing one could be forgiven if they mistook the city to be under no threat.
A siege did not simply disappear and yet here they all were, safe as could be.
Which is why for all th...
2025-03-21 00:04:26 +0000 UTC
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"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 Nord scholar who had spent the previous year researching the Skaal, merely chuckles at my admittedly rude response "I am afraid such is rather usual to finding lost tombs and works, Flame-Tongue." He raises a hand to forestall me "But no, I managed to do more than that. I know th...
2025-03-20 00:36:53 +0000 UTC
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"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 wanted?" She doesn't stop said skipping until she is leaning onto me and smiling happily.
"Yup" I nod happily while drawing her into a light side hug "Got two books and the old fart in tow, even shot down a dragon."
I feel Neloth's gaze trying to burn into my back.
Her eyes brighten in ...
2025-03-17 00:08:09 +0000 UTC
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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 bobs left to right as I whistle an old tavern tune I heard somewhere, the large metal boat (you never know when you might need one!) below me cutting through the calm sea with enchanted surety.
A perfect moment to enjoy the mist-covered vista that are the shores of northern Solstheim.
'Wou...
2025-03-15 23:53:30 +0000 UTC
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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 the risen temple had been ended with an ease that both impressed and horrified her. She remained a Nord however, and did not hesitate to rejoin the trio of heroes from the mainland.
She pointedly did not pay attention to the pale one's retracting claws.
"Well" Said definitely not bloodsuc...
2025-03-14 23:55:20 +0000 UTC
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(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 at the sight of said successor incinerating a small army and walking off like nothing happened.
Not that he particularly minded the deed itself of course. He'd done much worse in his many lives, he just didn't find it as... risible.
The odd vampire woman looked mo...
2025-03-11 22:34:11 +0000 UTC
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(General POV)
Master Neloth of Great House Telvanni, an elf who inspired terror in his foes and wonder in his supplicants for centuries without end, found himself rather disconcerted with the current state of affairs.
Scratch that, he was absolutely fucking livid!
The very reason he had come to the shithole that was Solstheim was to get away from the constant politicking of his lessers and enjoy a few decades of retirement studying Mora's tomes before he found something more...
2025-03-10 23:29:42 +0000 UTC
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