Crookback Bog

The next day Vincent wakes up finding Ellana still sitting on him while Karliah was on his left side hugging his arm with Serana hugging his right arm.

Kirvena was sitting on a chair feeling sore between her legs as she says, "He really wants to impregnate us all again."

"Not really just trying my best to please you all," says Vincent as he frees himself without waking the others up.

"You are awake. Good then you can help me clean myself," says Kirvena as she was naked waiting for Vincent to use his magic to clean her.

Vincent then cleans himself as they dress themselves when they leave the room and Kirvena says, "We overdid it yesterday."

"And wasted a day in which we could have searched for the Crones," says Vincent as he sighs because of it.

"It seems we will be sleeping in some tents tonight instead of an Inn or tavern," says Kirvena as the two sat down to eat breakfast.

"I really hope we can deal with this today, so we can help the girl in Fyke Isle," says Vincent as he wanted to make Karliah happy since it was her idea.

"I think that if the girl really is a beauty you should marry her. If one day you want to conquer this world it would become legitimate because of your bond of marriage," says Kirvena as Vincent sighs because of Kirvena"s suggestion.

"You sound almost like Mina there when you said 'become legitimate' you all know why I don't marry female Men anymore," says Vincent as Kirvena miles from seeing his serious face.

"We all know the truth and don't say we have imagined it because we women know when another woman falls in you with our man. Yoana for example is a nice woman. She was shocked and maybe a bit scared of seeing the real you, but she didn't want to return to Velen choosing to live on Nirn," says Kirvena hinting at Yoana when Vincent wanted to say something but she interrupted him.

"Then there is Ciri as well. You might be playing dumb but the month you were away from Highwind City changed something since she left with excitement but returned with giving glances towards you like a little schoolgirl does when she looks at her crush," says Kirvena as Vincent was now confused.

"Are you sure? I thought Ciri was into women since she nailed the High Queen," says Vincent confused about the whole thing.

"She is like us we love your godly made trunk between your legs but once in a while we need a tush to relax and have fun while it isn't around," says Kirvena as she then hinted, "But I think you are too old to notice those signals. You didn't even notice her sad expression when we parted from each other."

"I will look out for it next time we meet her," says Vincent as Kirvena kisses him.

"I hope so the girl is quite innocent and Yoana will most likely fall for your son before we return," says Kirvena as it was possible that Karliah's son and Yoana could fall for each other since they would be working long enough with each other.

"Then I could at least be relieved that he finally found someone and I would only need to worry about Orug who still ha-," says Vincent when Kirvena smiles.

"You haven't heard it from Mina it seems but Orug is in a relationship with one of the Elves that came from the world that Dagon is having fun with. You have seen her before," says Kirvena as Vincent looked confused.

"The only ones I have seen were the recent becoming mother and the other was a Mer taking care of a child when I almost walking in on them bathing. They looked like mother and son still," says Vincent as Kirvena smiles.

"She is the older sister, not his mother. It seemed that the boy was spying on the adults training when Orug caught him. Orug gifted the boy his old wood sword to train under him and that's how he met your future daughter-in-law," says Kirvena informing Vincent as he had a warm smile on his face.

"It seems that he will give me a grandson even if it isn't an Orsimer," says Vincent happy and excited to hear that.

The others began to join them as it was midday they were ready to leave Lindenvale as they mounted their horses and traveled south entering a forest. They find some wildlife but they didn't approach them out of fear.

"It seems they can feel that an Alpha is around us," says Karliah as she looked at Vincent.

"Being a Dragon has his perks after all," says Vincent as they traveled quietly through the forest reaching the entrance of the swamps when the horses seemed to be fearful.

"It seems we are there now we only need to find the Trail of Treats," says Serana as they begin to search when Ellana finds the beginning of the trail.

"If we follow the instruction we need to follow the trail of candy hanging on the trees," says Vincent remembering what the book contained.

"Then let us follow the trail and bring it behind us," says Ellana as she hated swamps even when she was a Dalish she hated them because they could be creepy.

They follow the trail through the swamps hearing some beasts around them but they seemed fearful of them like the beasts of the forest before as they find the sun slowly going down.

"The worst possible thing that could have happened to us," says Vincent as they would be trapped in the swamps if they don't reach their destination as fast as possible.

"Arvak, I need you here," says Serana as suddenly the undead horse came out of a black portal.

She mounted Arvak helping Ellana and Karliah since they were lightweights compared to Kirvena and Vincent that were wearing heavy armor when suddenly a black mare with red eyes slowly emerged from the nearby swamp.

"Good to see you girl," says Vincent happy that Shadowmere came to his aide.

He mounts Shadowmere and helps Kirvena up and Vincent says, "We need to reach the end of the trail before the sun is completely gone so let's hurry."

They rode as fast as possible as the sun was about to disappear when they reach the end of the trail finding three buildings standing in a circle making it obvious that one of the buildings seemed to be a little chapel.

"It seems we made it," says Serana as they dismount when Arvak runs in one direction and a portal appears taking him away while Shadowmere walked into the swamp disappearing in it.

"Yes, but we are still not out of danger but in enemy's territory don't forget that," says Vincent as they walked towards the chapel and knocked on the door.

"Is someone there? We are travelers looking for hospitality tonight," says Vincent as the door only opened enough to make an elderly woman look at them.

"You shouldn't be here. They won't like that you are here. Only children and I are allowed to stay on this holy ground," says the old woman hiding behind the door.

Vincent and the others could see that she was scared making them understand that she is a prisoner of the Crones. They were thinking about why only children and she was allowed to stay there when they found it too quiet for children to be staying around here.

"Where are the children?" asks Vincent worried as the old woman couldn't look them in the eyes making Vincent shiver not out of fear but out of anger.

"What do they do to the children?" asks Vincent as he wasn't there to play any longer.

"I can't tell you or they will turn me into a creature," says the old woman as she tried to close the door when she finds Vincent's foot blocking it.

"I wasn't asking, I was commanding you to tell me what they did to the children," says Vincent as his eyes told the old woman what was going to happen next if she didn't answer him.

"I really can-" says the old woman when just Vincent pressure destroyed the door while the old woman was now sitting on the ground.

"Vincent, killing her won't change anything. We should concentrate on finding the Crones instead of killing a slave of theirs," says Kirvena as Vincent retracts his pressure.

"You are right killing her won't help us in finding the Crones but I think sending a message would get their attention," says Vincent as his eyes were cold.

"But first I want to know what they do to the children and from where the children are coming," says Vincent looking at the old woman.

"Kill me I'm dead anyway if I betray them," says the old woman as she would see it as a blessing to die than keep doing the Crones' biddings.

"I would tell him. There are worse things than death. Trust me, I have seen how a whole nation got burnt down to the ground while he was waging war against it," says Ellana as she saw how Antiva was burning.

"The worst thing that can happen is that your soul will be trapped in Soul Cairn forever until your soul is completely consumed by those damn Masters," says Serana as Vincent only looked at the old woman that was scared to death.

"I will give you only this chance to talk. Tell me from where and what they do with the children?" asks Vincent for one last time.

"The children are either orphans or children that can't be taken care of by their family. My job is to feed them making their vitality rise before they come and cook the children eating them to increase their power and lifespan," says the old woman as Vincent closed his eyes.

"It seems Velen will burn," says Serana seeing that Vincent was fighting against himself.

"Do the family know what is happening to the children they sent here?" asks Vincent as the old woman nods.

"Why do you think they sent them. It's to pray for a good harvest or to protect themselves," says the old woman telling them while hitting the last nail into the coffin.

"Now you have doomed Velen," says Kirvena knowing Vincent wouldn't stand for human sacrifices even more so when it involves child sacrifices.

"Did the old Lord know of this practice?" asks Vincent as he opened his eyes.

"I don't think so the new one also didn't know about it. It's mostly the villages around here that know about this practice," says the old woman as suddenly her arm turned blue.

"It seems your masters have heard of your betrayal. But what they don't know is that I can just do this," says Vincent as holy light was shining over his palm.

He pushes it into her releasing her of the curse while saying, "You should leave while you can."

"You should leave Velen while you can. Vincent is someone that can be extreme when it involves war or human sacrifices. Velen will soon find out that they woke up a sleeping Dragon," says Karliah with a smile that sent chills down the old woman's spine.

She ran for her life as Serana asks, "What are we going to do now?"

"We will burn this place down. I don't know if I should turn everything to ash or just find the cause and kill them before more harm is done," says Vincent as he walked out of the chapel with the others before shouting his Fire Breathe burning the three buildings down creating a great bonfire in the swamps.