(Reyvin's POV)
The silence stretched quite far as the poor fuckers were not sure if they should continue gaping or grab their weapons. They wouldn't of course, none were quite so stupid as to charge a currently peaceful dragon no matter the supposed glory they could get out of it.
'Th...
2024-07-05 01:36:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: The vaunted Ulfric chapter, hopefully I managed to fit his viewpoint well enough even if I feel a bit is still missing at almost 3k words lol
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(General POV, many, many years ago)
He did not know how long he had spent in the damnable stone hole his captors calle...
2024-07-03 22:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Going to be taking an extra two days break after this one, need to go over previous chapters and plan out where the story is going to be going and just generally let my mind wonder for a bit, I've been getting dangerously close to a burnout recently and that is a massive no no.
Apologi...
2024-06-29 23:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: I may or may not have let the little dragon battle turn not so little... tehe~?
(General POV)
An axe slammed into the head of a reanimated legionary, the Orismer wielding it backing off just in time to avoid another zombie from jumping him and biting down on his throat, its head ...
2024-06-29 01:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostAlternate title: Big Brain Moment
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(General POV, days earlier)
"And what will this... ritual of yours accomplish?" Ulfric Stormcloak asked the floating undead beside his throne, the disdain in his voice completely unhidden.
"Worry not for your ...
2024-06-28 02:01:32 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
The constant thudding of arrows hitting shields and armors and flesh was all that occupied Torygg's mind as he marched in lockstep with his men, their shields interlocked in front of them while the lines behind them rose them over their heads. He had abandoned his horse the mo...
2024-06-26 00:26:21 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Damn do I love going on random tangents! You get more stuff for it so it is all good tho :P
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(General POV, hours before the assault)
Hundreds of torches burst into light as a group of Dunmer entered a vast underground chamber, illuminating the vast ...
2024-06-25 00:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
Leaving Davos to check on the troops one last time I entered a highly warded circular room in the deepest basement of Tel Dagoth. It was a place which to the ignorant would seem completely empty save for the circular staircase in its center and the seemingly decorative arches...
2024-06-24 01:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostAfter reading it thoroughly, a couple of times as well, I put the scroll down on the table and look up "So they have passed Valtheim completely unopposed and are a day away from the city itself?"
Hearing the doubt in my voice Davos shakes his head "I sent scouts everywhere and had them chec...
2024-06-22 01:05:22 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: The summer sucks my soul, send help!
A bit of a slower chap today but fear not for the excitement shall return soon enough!
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(Reyvin's POV)
Ever since returning from my most recent outing I spent most of my time holed up in my chambers, research...
2024-06-21 01:08:48 +0000 UTC View PostAs the pipes finally stop falling all over the place and we are sure that no one got their head crushed under the weight Edrassa hesitantly speaks up "...Does this count as catastrophic?"
I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose "Yep."
"Of course." She too joins in my...
2024-06-20 01:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post(Eldor's POV, a tad earlier)
My eyes snap open and immediately close as sweat pours into them straight from my forehead, wincing at the slightly acidic feeling I quickly wipe it off and get up. My sight clears in mere moments and I blink as I realize we were outside of the forge though some...
2024-06-17 21:36:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Enjoy the gift of le chonker! A good 3.1k words, just couldn't find a good place to stop so I went "Fuck it" and just wrote the whole thing lol
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(Reyvin's POV)
As the wave of steam equivalent to an archmage's spell slams into my wards my lips twist into a grin, finally...
2024-06-17 01:43:55 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV)
Morning came much lower than many in the camp desired, most of all Katria who was not able to get a wink of sleep as she kept pacing in front of the unearthed Dwemer resonator, frantically scribbling down every detail she could see in an attempt to make time pass faster.
A/n: Increased the construct's height by a meter in last chapter
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"What, no indignant accusations?" I ask the specter as the silence stretches.
He stares at me for a while yet and then finally speaks in a scratchy rasp of a voice "Why have you disturbed my resting place,...
2024-06-14 01:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith the night still being quite young I soon found myself strolling through my underground foundry. Its tall metal-reinforced ceilings only served to increase the echoing noise from the dozens upon dozens of different machines working all over the place and yet today the great workshop still fel...
2024-06-13 00:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: After this one we are finally getting back in some action, I know some of you may not have enjoyed the slow bits quite as much but we gotta have some of that vaunted character development
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"Ugh." Minthara grunts in disgust as she bites down "That is sti...
2024-06-12 01:37:42 +0000 UTC View Post(General POV, back in the orphanage)
The divines chosen hero prophesized to save the world from its devourer found herself rather incapable of saying anything as one of her adoptive siblings stared at her demandingly and refused to speak, as if expecting her to say or do something so obviou...
2024-06-10 02:04:56 +0000 UTC View Post(Reyvin's POV)
"...So yeah, that is just about what happened in recent years." I finish recounting my tale and take a sip from my steaming cup of coffee.
The ghost of my father stares at me with a mix of respect and plain disbelief, though he quickly shakes that off and folds his arms...
2024-06-08 19:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: A bit slower than usual, I know, but I can't have wild shit happening all the time :P
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"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Minthara whispers worriedly eyeing the bucket I was hefting, a bucket filled to the brim with ice water.
I turn from wooden door that...
2024-06-08 01:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time we finished with our testing and sent the mildly annoyed Krein on his way, the sun had the time to rise again. I left the rest of the archmages with a tome tucked underneath my arm and a fat study session on my schedule.
The spell Tolfdir made with Savos' help was an utter monst...
2024-06-06 01:08:13 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Sorry about the lateness lol, went for a nap and brain decided nah imma sleep now.
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As I was whooshing about on my newfound... spiritual extension? Limbs? I had no bloody idea! Anyway, as I was doing that I failed to notice myself cackling like a co...
2024-06-05 04:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostA/n: Was planning on having this as only a part of the chapter but I maybe kinda possibly went a bit wild with it xD Enjoy~!
The sudden shift took me by such surprise I didn't realize what was happening until it was already over. I tried blinking the searing white light away, only to realiz...
2024-06-04 00:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostEven after all these years, the Midden of bellow the college was an exceptionally eerie place to find one's self at any time, maybe it was the echoes of the thousands of experiments gone wrong or just the general barely contained deranged insanity of its usual inhabitants echoing against the wall...
2024-05-31 00:57:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe air around the College of Winterhold was familiar yet greatly changed as I leisurely walked across the great bridge which separated it from its eponymous city. It still felt like the ancient house of lore and study like it always had but its immense aura was now underlined with what almost fe...
2024-05-30 01:23:13 +0000 UTC View PostOne year of writing today, wohoo!
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Our hosts at High Hrothgar were far more solemn when the time came to say our goodbyes, Arngeir's usual well concealed haughtiness thoroughly replaced by a genuine wish for our, or namely the Dragonborn's success.
The knowledge ...
2024-05-29 00:53:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe explanation was, luckily for the old men, completely devoid of any such things in need of immediate cleansing, even if it did come close when Arngeir demonstrated a proper way of circulating one's breath for greatly increased stamina when shouting.
As he spoke of how the Greybeards stud...
2024-05-27 00:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostOnce we stepped out into the open air of the temple's back yard I could not help but let out a light whistle of appreciation. It was, as most things were, far grander than my vague memories of the place made me believe.
What I expected to find was a blank snow covered piece of dirt where a ...
2024-05-25 19:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Minthara is able to finish her approach, the thick metallic gates open on their own, the slight wave of warmth coming from within beckoning us to enter. The Dragonborn entered without hesitation, and we followed but a moment later.
The dim halls, lit only by a few oddly symmetrically...
2024-05-25 00:21:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe atmosphere turned somewhat awkward as I stared at the whole group, with even Delphine unconsciously scratching her neck as her nerves started getting to her.
Deciding that that was enough mind games I grinned and started clapping, causing Minthara to wince in anticipation "Magnificent!"...
2024-05-22 00:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post