Chapter 74: Red Hair, Red Eyes (1/2)
[A/N: There is a vote on discord, it is about the 'Star of Azura', you can vote between the Star of Azura that can trap White Souls of anis, or the Black Star that can trap the Black Souls of Mortals]
[A/N: This is a 4K words chapter just to let you know and appreciate it]
[Justiciar Laranor's POV]
Nords!
How filthy!
They are not just humans
They are the lowest kind of hu off their elven ancestry
But you will never find anyone as lowly as Nords
Those monkeys that worshi+p a de but to be chased and killed like the dogs they are Even their Eiven up on them due to their stupidity
Noe should do our e has to be sent for that Jarl in Windhel on the way
Those ht shouting Sovengard this and Sovengard that So! I mean, can anyone believe it?
What are their brains made of? I wouldn't have even believed they have ones until when I cracked a head and looked into it
They always fight fight fight! They are getting on my nerves and under my skin They just need to be eradicated once and for all
”Justiciar Laranor, you are et it
”I apologize Justiciar Ronril I just get into a dire iving us this headache running around this damnable wasteland!”
The one spoke to me was my senior, he is a lazy old one Proo yet with no achieveh he was said to be talented, he is being chased by his ghosts from the Great War and drinks the and all he does is beginners' work
”Don't we all get sick of theet into your head!” He said, ”Those Nords et, but you should never look down on a cornered rat, you don't kno fierce a cornered rat can fight”
Blah! Here he goes again with his nonsense
”Huh! What can those lowly trash do? I apologize in advance but you guys will have to write a detailed report on hoill I slaughter them and rip theant fool as proet chosen to do a mission with these two fools
”Easy there! We need to at least et to that shi+thole they call Windhelet the o overboard and ruin this damn mission
I a useful anyway, the one who I am worried about is Celon, he is a psychopathic fucker that loves nothing irl like you knoay?” Celon said, ”If I acted like a wiet stuck in this job for who knoill of me and Ronril in the sa to write about you in the report
”You shouldn't talk like that Justiciar Celon!” Ronril rode his horse between ours ”Those Nords you want to kill dearly are nothing but people who are going to perish sooner or later You should set your eyes on the bigger picture!”
”Bigger picture?” I asked
”I aot promoted you heard about those people who call themselves the Hidden Clans of Skyri you have to be wary of all the time”
”Hidden Clan, hmph! They are just Nords, bound to die under my sword like any other Nords no matter what they call thear nahty act
Can't we just kill him here and tell the soldiers not to talk about it?
But I have read the report about the Hidden Clans, pretty mysterious tales ritten about them, Giants Blood, Beast Blood, Fire Blood, Akaviri Blood Too many bloods!
It seees that for so the undercurrents froh they are Nords, they are not that stupid Let's see what this Ronril fool knows about thes appeared to be classified What does Senior know about the away, Hidden Clans my ass!” Celon interruptedto you Justiciar Celon!” I said without even looking at hi his teeth That sure hit the mark
”Calm down you two This is not the manners Justiciars should show, especially in front of soldiers” Ronril said, ”Sigh! Regarding your question Justiciar Laranor, the Hidden Clans are forces originated froramor, an Atmoran (Ancient Nords) murderer who eradicated a lot of Elves and created a nation for the current day Nords, those clans rivaled the old Fal them out of power in Skyrim After these wars, they established themselves in small clans away from the Atmoran Cities until they increased in number and varied in bloodlines Soes but mostly died out, soether, and some adopted Akaviri invaders of the Tsaesci invasion of 1E-2703 All in all, these powerhouses are not your run of the hters with small private armies and mysterious powers!”
”Tch!” Celon was dissatisfied hat he heard
”What are the standings of these clans with each other senior?” I asked
”They can be turned against each other when they see the threat from each other, some clans don't mind us like those from the Bloodsail and Stormfist clans Some doesn't even tolerate us on Nirn like the Moonblade clan The known factions like that College and the Coive any scary vibe like the Hidden Clans”
Hmm! I know all that but Ronril has a sensitive spot I heard rumors about
Let's torment him a bit
”What about the Firemane Clan?”
Ronril froze His expressions darkened
Hehe! Looks like I hit the spot!
The ated quickly and he felt like another person
Even Celon, the bastard that can't read the mood, whipped his scornful look away and tried to listen
”Senior!”
”Huh!” Ronril woke up from whatever he re about the Firened innocence and asked
Ronril looked at me with an annoyed look, he took out his wineskin and poured so
”Fire? I heard they are just so his uess that's the only thing he can be of use in
I felt that Ronril was glaring at him which caused hio against the Fire your mouth” Ronril turned hostile iuess it ell done, and now Celon will take all the scorn frohed and drank another mouthful
”Firemanes, huh!” Ronril actually talked about them, ”They are the worst of them Unkillable bastards, for years they were a thorn to our side They broke the rules of the clans and participated in the Great War just because they thought one of their kin died at our hands Without them, the Empire would have lost an equal loss to us in the last battle, and it didn't just end there They started showing up in Ha disturbance, until that cursed day”
”What cursed day?”
”Fifteen years ago, a woot married and settled in Hahters and someone who killed a lot of Dominion soldiers A rumor spread that time when I was still a newly proerous child Some sort of prophecy that was kept classified Orders caives birth and seize the child The woman and her husband, however, were aware of our spies and disappeared without a trace for a year Until the husband, a forent, appeared in the most flashy way possible He assaulted our shi+ps stationed in Iliac Bay and burned everything to ash, buying enough ti the other way himself”
”A man! Attacked Dominion shi+ps, burned the to mock Ronril
”Yes!” Ronril appeared to have no power to argue with Celon and continued, ”I was assigned to chase the woman with many other soldiers, we chased her all the way to the borders and al to the regulations It was a long chase that took many days, until the day we cornered her just before she reaches Skyrim in the city of Bruma”
”What happened in Bruma?”
” A bloodbath She was not alone as it seeht the one or two, no ainst us We thought so”
Ronril said and sank into deep thoughts once again
”What happened after that?”
”What do you think? We were likewith the man with her It was one-sided Feere lucky to survive, I was the luckiest”
”So you let the criain I think ent too far with Ronril today
”Escape? No, we didn't, we couldn't! If that child was allowed to live, what kind of terror would he bring on us? No, we didn't stop She was pursued into Skyrim, by the Nords themselves! We spread the rumor about the child and all the clans cut ties with the Fireainst the full ht of all the Hidden Clans? The woman was cornered near Riften for weeks No one assisted her and even the ht ran aith the horses Three weeks later, she was found on the brink of death, and the child died fro When we tried to execute her, the clans retreated froar, they are called the 'Greybeards' Our force clashed with the Firemanes and we couldn't hold on so we had to hand her over to stop the fight, which later proved to be a big mistake”
”Mistake?”
”Yes, if we killed that woman that day, ouldn't have suffered her wrath after that”
”What did that woman do?”
” She burned the sea”
Burned the sea?
I think I heard about this so about The bloody Hilda?”
Ronril nodded and didn't say anything
The bloody Hilda!
The pirate who clashed with the Bloodsails clan and the Dominion shi+ps for years in the northern waters, it was alo when she appeared, she killed and burned a lot of shi+ps
The Empire itself had to interfere to stop her
This was a big accident and many losses were recorded, it was said that rare treasures fell into her hands It was also said that she burned the shi+ps she looted and never spared anyone
So The bloody Hilda was our doing! The official reports said nothing about that
Indeed, letting such a woman live was abeyond reason I will adht We need to destroy the big pillars before taking down the house
”Pffft! You actually believe all that nonsense Justiciar Ronril why don't you think about retire an shutting his trap for a second
Not even Ronril was in the
”Don't worry Justiciar Ronril, the moment I see one of these filthy Firemane Nords or whatever, I'll stick an arrow in UUGH!”
Huh!
What was that?
Celon fell froot alerted
I looked at hih his neck, a spectral arrow from the 'Bound Bow' spell
Celon is very dead
”AMBUsh!+” Ronril shouted but it was already too late
The land around us exploded and a lot of 'Frost Atronaches' appeared around the group
What is this?
Who can do such a thing in this place?
There was no tierous
”Circle Formation! Hurry! Laranor, don't just stand there, kill these Atronaches, useat me
Dammit! I almost panicked!
I jumped from my horse ran into the formation It's better to be behind their shi+elds in such a situation
Just as I was preparing a Lightning spell to deal with the Atronaches, Ice Magic started pouring from the Archer's direction
”How et rid of these Atronaches first then we can retreat”
This is madness!
How could these Nords prepare such an a on the road and ended up helping them
That is not the time! I need to take care of this
Thd soldiers stood their ground but the power of the Atronaches was overwhelic caed to take down half of the Atronaches, we lost half of our ic appeared, I can't believe what I a
Undead! Never seen the likes of the on here!
Who are we up against?
”Eeeeeehaaaa!”
So horse!
No that's a Flame Atronach, that looked like a horse?
He was rushi+ng like et is Ronril!
He held a spectral spear and took Ronril by surprise Ronril's chest wad pierced and carried away by the rider
No time to waste!
The rider left a hole in the forh for me to run
I will just run!
The rider pinned Ronril on the ground and his hoodso to each other
I don't care now
I must run
”Onsoldiers I need as many meatshi+elds as possible This rider will be troublesome to face
With some effort, I took about tenwell The rider is already on us And there is also another one shooting arrows
I cast 'Haste' on myself I need at least some speed and be faster than the others!
This bad!
Very bad!
I a tired
The best place for me to run now is to slide on that small slope, they won't follow me on horses there
This is better I think I lost them