Part 2: His Bloody Face
_'You were taken by Dres slavers when you were young?_' The Argonian nodded to the question. He sat down at the small table and took a sip from his goblet. _'Did you ever return to your home?'_ 'Not for a long time,' he replied as he put the goblet...
8th Crescent Past Memories
**_"Daddy... Why is Mommy crying...?"_** **_"Daddy...?"_** **_"Mommy...?"_** **~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-** I stared into the bowl of water I held in my hands, my reflection stared...
16th Crescent Past Sadness
**_"I hate you!"_** **_"She's gone, and she's never coming back!"_** **_"Who do you even think you are!?!?"_** ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Those words echoed through my head that day. Repeating over and over, like someone...
Dear Lover
Dear Lover, I am sorry to impose, But I write to you now with the utmost regret. I must confess to you my cardinal crime: I have masqueraded as something I am not. You think the world of me, Never a day goes by where you don't sing my...
Memories of Lightwave
**"--And take a shower, please!"** My mom called out from the kitchen, as I walked up the stairs. **"Yes mom! I will!"** I shouted back over the railing, before walking up the steps to the upstairs and then started walking towards my room. I...
It's Not So Cold in Coldharbour
Stops-His-Heart was pallid, very much so for an Argonian. Though he shied away from the light, sitting as still as the dead against the wall, it was evident his scales were a cold white-purple- a far cry from his original shimmering black. His pale...
Part 8: Our Tribe
_'First assaulting a priest of Akatosh, and then "actually" throwing younglings into the arena? By the Divines, that's... That's madness!'_ Bloodies said nothing for a little while and finished what was left in his goblet before pouring more wine....
Part 5: The Face of Akavir
'The Face of Akavir trained Fleet and myself,' Bloodies explained as he paced with goblet in hand, 'first in how to use a blade without hurting ourselves, then actual swordplay and stances. The next night, we would stow away a training sword to teach...
Part 7: The Grand Melee
_'The Emperor had a priest of Akatosh beaten close to death? That's... Unthinkable!'_ Bloodies put his cutlery together on his polished-off plate and set it aside. 'I thought so too, especially when we had been taught that we must "serve and obey the...
Part 6: The Longhouse Emperor
'_Astounding--oh, thank you.'_ Two plates of Colovian roast turkey were set down by a server, who excused herself and left the room. '_So, the Face of Akavir was a Dragon Knight?'_ Bloodies had already started eating and swallowed his first bite...
Part 9: Just Live
_'And you ended up becoming a knight after all.'_ Bloodies smirked. 'Sure, but you wanted to know my origin story rather than what I do for a living nowadays,' he replied. _'Of course. Did you ever take Sir Simon up on his offer, though?'_ Bloodies...