Returning to Nirn

After helping Valerica to pack up her things into his bag they returned and Vincent asks, {Can you take us to the entrance of the Soul Cairn?}

{How do you knew that I know where the entrance is?} asks Durnehviir back.

{I'm like a firework that illuminates the sky. Also, I could feel you spying on us since we entered the Cairn. Now can you take us the faster we are out the faster we can deal with your problem,} says Vincent as Durnehviir let them ride him as he took them to the entrance then Durnehviir gave Vincent three words of the Thu'um if he couldn't get back that he would at least summon him to inform him about the situation on his side.

Once at the entrance Durnehviir leaves and Valerica who still was in disbelief that her nemesis could be this obedient. They left as they entered Nirn again the find the room with some black bones lying on the ground as Vyrve and Kirvena pointed their weapon at them thinking more Skeletons were coming out of the portal.

They relaxed when they saw the three and Vincent asks, "Did you have a hard time?"

"Not really they fall after one precise hit," says Vyrve as the group walk towards them and they put the weapon away Kirvena walks over to Serana as they begin to talk.

Valerica was watching them and asks Vincent, "Who is that girl? Serana always had a hard time finding friends. It's good that she found one."

"Knight-Paladin Kirvena, she is like Serana, my wife candidate," says Vincent as Valerica looked at Vincent confused.

"My wife, Mina, made me open a harem as she thought it would make me more powerful by having more women of different races," says Vincent as he explained to Valerica that he was already married to two women and will be marrying three more in two months or at least after his friend's wedding was celebrated in a month.

"So my Serana isn't the first?" asks Valerica as Vincent only nods.

"You really don't want to be on Mina's bad side. Just remembering the fight between her and Elisif was quite a challenge to survive for me and the girls back then," says Vincent just remembering how Lucia and Sofie hide behind him when the discussion began.

"Girls?" asks Valerica as Vincent explains that he adopted four children as his own and that the women all accept them as their own. They all continued talking as Serana presented Kirvena and Vyrve to her mother.

Then Valerica closed the entrance of the Soul Cairn and they begin to make their way back down arriving at the garden after walking out if the Ruins as Valerica says angry, "My Garden! My beautiful beautiful garden. If that man was still alive I would have killed him myself."

"You can make it beautiful again. You just don't forget that you will be sharing the Castle with Vincent's Spy Network from now on since he needs an outpost near High Rock and Hammerfell," says Serana as she informed her mother about what was going to happen in the castle in the next few days when the Network begins to send people to live and operate from there.

"I will need a section for Alchemist if you want you could open it and take some of the recruits to learn from you. It would be useful in the long run," says Vincent as he then turns into a Dragon and takes them all out of the garden getting a glare from Valerica for destroying further her precious garden.

Once they landed in front of the bridge he turns back and they enter as they find Mirsha making herself feel at home. The Death Hounds were walking around the Castle as Valerica asks, "I thought you told me every Vampire died."

"Not everyone. She wasn't one of father's people but lived under the castle planning vengeance on father. When father died and we needed to find a way to the garden we found her. Vincent recruited her for his Network and it seems that she is already working hard," says Serana as she explained everything to her mother.

"My liege, I already began it will take some time to produce more but the ones I had before recruiting can be used by the Vampires in your ranks," says Mirsha as she pointed at her three Hounds.

Vincent wanted to pet them but stopped before he touched them because Mirsha warned him that they are made for the undead only making it hard for a mortal to touch them without wearing a gauntlet at least.

He was feeling the cold without touching them but it wasn't as cold as the winter in Ishgard as he petted them without a trouble, making all in the room to be stunned by Vincent's action.

Then he turns to Mirsha and says, "You did a good job. They didn't attack me like the first time. I hope they stay like that once they are on the field and only attack their enemy."

"They are the first generation. The next generation of Hounds will be better and so on. You won't be disappointed with them, my liege," says Mirsha as she bows showing respect as she felt happy that her work was recognized by Vincent.

"Good. We need to improve only in it we can advance maybe one day the mortals will raise them as pets or maybe not but you will be a key in making them being accepted in society, remember that," says Vincent as he then turns to Valerica and introduces her to Mirsha as they didn't bound right away since she saw in her a little of Harkon while Valerica thought that this Vampire was quite too young to command her around until Karliah and the Network arrived.

"Now we only need to spread that Harkon died by my hand and the Vampires should calm down. Some might join the Network as my Division Head Vlad did. But first, we have a wedding to attend," says Vincent as they bid farewell and called Odahviing to take them home.

Once at home he sends a message to Karliah informing here to relocate the Headquarter to Volkihar Castle making the Thieves HQ now an outpost for Morrowind and Cyrodiil.

"You know Karliah found the Blade that Delphine was looking for," says Mina as she informed Vincent about everything that happened in his absence.

"Where was he?" asks Vincent curious to find out where he was hiding.

"He was living in the Ratway near the Network. Brynjolf was paid by him to not reveal his location. Too bad for the man that the Thieves Guild isn't any longer," says Mina as she had a smile on her face as she was almost like the real leader of the Network as she was dealing with it every time.

"Did you inform Delphine about it already?" asks Vincent as Mina shakes her head and Vincent continues, "Don't inform her yet. I want to talk to the man before we sent him away."

"But there is still something worrisome," says Mina as she got Vincent's full attention.

"What is it?" asks Vincent as Mina takes a report out. Vincent reads it and he was red in anger as he shouts, {I want the Thalmor of my land.}

He then takes it back as Odahviing was ready to purge the Thalmors of Skyrim the moment he heard Vincent like every other Dragon. They stopped as Vincent wrote another letter to be sent to Karliah informing her that she shall storm the embassy, as well as the Northwatch Keep, to free all the prisoners.

They shall keep them all alive to be questioned and to find out how to write letters so they can send fake reports to Summerset and to keep a close eye on Maven since she is the only one they couldn't kill just yet it would raise too much suspicion. They should recruit the people that wanted to join them and let the others go their way.

Vincent was going over everything that Mina and Elisif put on his desk to overlook the documents before putting them away or even burn them.

He found a report about the Forsworn being aggressive in Markarth as they plundered supplies that were passing through the Reach from Haafingar to Whiterun Hold.

"We need to deal with the Forsworn before we go to war and leave Skyrim defenseless," says Vincent to himself as he tapped his finger on the desk while reading the report about the Alik'r Warriors looking for a female Redguard all over Skyrim and Vincent continues, "I will need to ask Saadia about it or should I call her Iman. Well, we will have to find out if she is of any use before doing something with her."

He goes through all reports and it seemed the recruiting of the Brotherhood as well as Thieves Guild in Morrowind, Black Marsh, Cyrodiil, Hammerfell, and High Rock was going faster than expected making Vincent suspicious that maybe some Thalmor spies could be in it and informing Karliah to weed them out so they won't have any trouble later on.

After all that he went to bed finally finding Mina and Elisif already sleeping in it when he lies beside both and begins to sleep.

He awakens in his mindscape as the people there were happy to see him. He told them about Ysayle being in Skyrim as she somehow was dragged as Aether to Skyrim by accident when he came over. They were happy about it when suddenly an female Au-Ra with white scales appeared in their midst.

"Yugiri," says Bultechu as Yugiri was the third Au-Ra in their midst when he asks, "What are you doing here?"

"I was brought here by Thancred. He asked Hydaelyn if there was a way and she made an exception so I could train Vincent," says Yugiri as she then turns to Vincent and says, "Long time since we have seen each other, Vincent. I heard what happened to you. I'm really happy to find out that you still live even if it isn't in Eorzea."

"Thank you. I heard you reconquered Othard in my absence," says Vincent with a smile as Yugiri only nods when Vincent says, "Good at least I know that my ancestor's land is free again."

"Now then," says Yugiri as she now looked serious and says, "From today on I will be your master. You will become a shadow if you like it or not. A Ninja isn't an easy job but the hardest of them all. One false move and you can bring your whole operation down if not even kill all of your teammates because you attacked too early or too late. That's why I will be hard on you until you don't make mistakes any longer."

And so Vincent training of hell began under Yugiri Mistwalker led.