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[A/N]: It's come to my attention that I was unclear in the last chapter about something. The MC only has alteration magic as his skill. He got to pick his top 3 he wanted, but only received 1 of them.

A bright beam of unavoidable sunlight glared onto Rictus's face. Rubbing his face with his hands, he slowly fought his way out of his slumber and into the land of the living once more. 'That was one heck of a dream.' Looking around the room Rictus noticed that everything seemed to be in place. 'Grandfather always did love those iron great swords. No idea why he would put them above the headboard though. Seems a little risky to have 2 huge swords just sitting over your sleeping head. Nords are strange like that though…'

Staring hard at the swords caused a sense of confusion to stir within Rictus. 'Why would Grandaddy even have those come to think about it…he was only about 5 foot tall and preferred classic car posters to medieval swords. How did he even manage to get those monsters on the wall since they were both about as big as he was? I know Alabama is a little backwards, but this is taking it a little too far…'

A brightly glowing piece of paper on the end table interrupted Rictus train of thought. As he began to read, his confusion seemed to grow more and more.

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Congratulations on your exciting new journey in Skyrim! There are a few things you should know before you enter the world.

1. As one of the Skilled, you will gain levels in whatever skill you possess just like your character would in The Elder Scrolls Skyrim. Anything else you want to learn will have to be done the hard way just like everyone else. Skills related to your Skill will level up much faster than normal, but with nowhere near your Skill. So for those who have a magic skill, you will be learn faster and be better at magic related skills than others. Those having a magic skill each get a soul bound grimoire they can summon to review their known spells in their Skill.

2. You will still gain the perks of your skill as soon as you reach that level and go to sleep the next day.

3. We have also decided to implement minions! You can name 1 minion every 10 skill levels. They will have greatly increased skill and learning in your Skill. You can get rid of your minion anytime you want or grant them minion status again if they bow down to your greatness. So hurry and level to make more Minions! (A minion or a hero cannot become the minion of another Skilled.)

4. There is NO respawning here. So try not to die or be eaten by trolls, or falmer, or vampires, or cannibals, or wolves, or skeevers, or dragons, or anything else really.

5. As your background memories are integrating into your consciousness you may experience any of the following: confusion, memory loss, bloody nose, cloudy vision, heart palpitations, depression, apathy, anger, violent behaviors, mental retardation, gaining a British accent, paranoia, slight sociopathic tendencies, or a catastrophic failure during the soul merging process resulting in spontaneous combustion and soul dissipation.

Good luck in your new world and have fun with it!

"…What the hell have I got myself into."