Chapter 421: Blue Flames In The Marsh (1/2)

For hundreds of years, Tear City was controlled by the Great House Dres Now and for the past 190 years, Tear becahout history, Tear was the Purgatory of the Saxhleel race (Argonians) and House Dres was nothing but the bane of their kind The slavery to the so-called lesser races was a common practice in the societies of the Elves and Houses like Dres and Telvanni were really invested in slavery

When the Oblivion Crisis struck 200 years ago, the Eot its Defense Legion pulled back to Cyrodiil Followed by the destruction of Vivec and the Red Year, Morroas one of the nations that suffered the onians pushed the Daedra back during the Oblivion Crisis and overnainst Morrowind sacking it to Vvardenfell Houses Dres, Telvanni and Hlaalu were hit badly in the process but House Redoran united the other houses in one Aronian back beyond Mournhold to Deshaan

The war may have ended but the southern half of Deshaan became a No Man's Land only with Narsis and Mournhold on a side and Tear on the other The area in-between becay froht that the war between Morrowind and Black Marsh can't be onians would send a horde of their troops every year to fight the Dunmer just to make sure that Morrowind's power do not increase and to keep culling its strength

That's why Tear City was an iic city-state They weeded out every Dunmer trace and built their mud huts all around the place The city that was once their kind's nightmare beca tree that would produce a lot of sap daily

The Hist is the onian culture They are sentient trees with large trunks that provide the Argonians withof the society The Hist also worshi+p Sithis, the Spirit of the Great Chaos

Aside fro jewelry and possess a natural resistance to disease, one of the reasons why their country was fa diseases as defensive onians were very wary and protective of what they hold Tear City is their stronghold and the Hist is their spiritual guide

A feeeks ago, the Governor of Tear made a connection with an Orc tribe that also had odds with the Dunreed to take down Narsis to push the Dunmer back as their activities have increased in Deshaan and some were kidnapped To make a mole inside the Dun Dunreat candidates for the fight By hiring a mole inside, they found out who is the supporter of Narsis and tried to eliminate her but she was too slimy Their plans went in shaested to use an old disease With soue was spread successfully and they waited for House Dres to take part in then trigger a hidden factor in the plague and create a breakout that would s the whole population of Narsis and would spread north But that didn't work for soonians and the Hist of Tear wouldn't stop before they could carve a big scar on the Dun was so their nu for an opportunity to return the favor

Tear's current architecture style is Argonian, the common folk would love in houses s were built by stone on a style similar to the Aztec

In the center of the city lied the Hist grove where a single towering tree standing on its roots with a very thick trunk that looked siuarded by the Root Preservers and Hist Menders Argonians would co purposes or drink the sap which causes various effects aender

At day, the Hist Grove have visitors and at night, the Hist Menders and the Hist Speaker work to maintain the tree and the sap pool beneath it

One night, however, things were about to face a change The Argonians were not aware of the beast aht, the walls of Deshaan saw blue flickers of fla closer, the shape resembled a skeleton or was rather one That skeleton on blue fire ran to the wall like !”

”Stop that!”

The Argonian guards screa skeleton only to stop it by a few meters from the wall The bike flauish but that wasn't the time, they needed to infor so, two more skeletons appeared and the same scenario repeated itself Blue fla

Four others appeared, the guards becaic was cast to stop the skeletons

Then it was eight The situation started to becoonians started to prepare for oing on then it would beco

Thirty two skeletons Controlling such a nue is quite capable The city was alarmed

Sixty four By that ti what's down there becaates

One hundred and twenty eight That's not a nue can make The city is under attack and the whole town felt it A bitter fight started but the An-Xileel wizards were not sos

Two hundred and fifty six The situation was alaruards waited for the wave to end and ran down the walls to see who is in the marsh before the next wave starts but only their screams in the darkness answered the ones on the city

Five hundred and twelve The whole town screauards were all pulled on the walls The es started a defensive foricka did the other party possess to be able to summon such an army?

Truth be told, that was Jon's liht where he wants them to be

The next as not a thousand skeleton but rather a flock of Cold Flame Atronaches that took various shapes Some were birds, some were animals

At the Hist Grove, the Root Preservers and the Hist Menders stood their grounds for their sacred duty is to guard the Hist Around the areas surrounding the grove, things started to change

Explosions and screams

The Blue Flame Skeletons appeared inside the city and not even the Hist saw that one coht whateverBehind the building, appeared a four e spear

”By Bark and Root! What is that?” The Root Preservers were just too terrified by the giant de was just too big

Those of theic aimed their hands forward a new cast whatever spell they could cast Whatever kind of flame it is, Frost can at least put it down but it was the opposite

As the Root Preservers struggled, one of them turned tail and walked the other direction to where the Hist Menders were

”Guard, what is it? Why don't you assist you bro”