Chapter 5: Back Home
Elika Ashenclaw was an Imperial girl that was kidnapped from her home.
I spoke with her for a while and after healing my broken face, who a certain blonde was responsible for and is currently munching on some breadsticks I had made.
She told me that her father, who is a freaking Moth Priest! Told her to avoid any Elf and stay at home.
It seems he was blinded from reading the same Elder Scroll repeatedly multiple times before it vannished before the entire Imperial court.
He had never disclosed the contents of the Vision he had seen in the Elder Scrolls, only giving vague pieces of Information.
This was known by many if the higher ups and of course the daughter and mother - Imperial Commander Rella Ashenclaw.
What is a Moth Priest?
A Moth Priest is associated with the Cult of the Moth, which focuses on learning the ability to read an Elder Scroll to Divine Prophecies and future events.
An Elder Scroll is an godly artifact of unknown origins with unknown amount of Elder Scrolls.
They exist in an uncountable form, because the Elder Scroll one could be holding might be from the future or an alterate timeline entirely, meaning there is an infinite and unknown number of them at any given moment.
Obtaining an Elder Scroll and a Dragon's Soul or corpse is a guarantee objective for me.
Ahbiilok is a named Dragon recorded into the "Atlas of Dragons" book written by a Blade member.
The book lists all known Dov/Dovah (Dragons) slain or are discovered to have survived the Dragon War in the Merethic Era.
Ahbiilok is a Dragon that survived and fled to Morrowind where he resided until a Mage battled him.
Ahbiilok refused to give the mage his name but instead taught the mage how to imbue two enchantments onto a singular item.
(A/n In Lore it can be identified that the Dragon of Morrowind the mage fought is Anbiilok, he still is alive...maybe?)
This mage would be responsible for the Enchanting book called "Twin Souls" which explains how one would be able to enchant two magical properties onto a simular item.
This discovery had revolutionised the School of Enchant and present day magical Artifacts and items as nearly every item belonging to prominent magic users would have Two enchantments placed upon their items.
I intend to travel to Morrowind before Alduin's return and Miraak's attempt to escape the realm of Apocrypha and set foot in Tamriel once again.
If I can find Ahbiilok and have him reveal his secrets to me, then I would be able to do incredible things with the Elder Scroll by the time Miraak would enslave the populace of Solstheim to erect his Shrines around the All-Maker stones.
Which brings me back to the girl before me.
Her father is a Moth Priest and had read an Elder Scroll.
I need to interrogate him.one way or another to learn what secrets he hold.
To do that I need to know where he lives.
I turned to face the girl as she still muched on the breadsticks like some kind of Caveman that has discovered fire for the first time.
"Hey, Elika. Where do you live? I need to take you back home."
She pondered for a few moments wondering if she should tell me such personal information. In the end she decided to tell me mostly due to me having just saved her life and gaining her trust.
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After escorting the shy girl who used me as a meat shield at every corner we went around and stuck to me like a cicada.
We finally arrived at her home in the High class district.
It was similar to what a noble district is, except the High class district was for those that are what can be considered hlaf-nobility in some way or are are of high ranking positions of being well recognised.
Elika's mother is a gurad to the Emperor and a Imperial commander serving under General Tullius who was still here in the Imperial City.
Additionally, her father is a Moth Priest, that alone will garner attention.
I theorise that the kidnappers kidnapped Elika in order to threaten and blackmail the Moth Priest into revealing the contents of the Elder Scrolls prophecy he saw.
"Hey!"
Elika's voice had broken me out of my thoughts as I turned to face her. He face beamed with with a radiant smile of pure joy, definitely because I had kept my word and brought her home.
I indicated to her that I was listening and for her to continue, she fidgety with her fingers as I saw her mouth open and close.
"C-could-I-I mean! Do you want to come inside?!"
I was a little perplexed and confused with her sudden request.
I wasn't a numbskull, as I can tell she was very grateful, if the redness on her face as she spoke was anything to go off of.
While in my Past Life I would have accepted such an offer if I had time to.
But I am a Falmer, I am seriously screwed if I am caught red handed, or more like "white handed"...
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Bad pun?
Oh well...
Meh 😐
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"Sorry, but I must decline, I'm going to be very busy for a while and someone like me in this area of the Imperial City will be arrested."
The real reason is that I don't want to meet a Moth Priest yet as I would prefer to avoid politics for now as this is my safest course of action to take.
"Come on! Please!"
"No."
"Why not?!"
"No."
"Hey! I'll get my mom to take you in by force!"
"No. Also you are both bluffing and lying. Your mother Commander Rella is out performing her duties, and she is not in your home as of the moment."
"Please!!!"
"No."
"My parents will reward you for saving me!"
"No."
"Stop saying "No" all the time! Also, you didn't tell me your name yet!"
"???"
I am pretty sure I did.
Didn't I?
"My name is Sivreth. No last name."
"Okay! You're name is Sivreth Ashenclaw from this day forth!"
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"Oi! Don't say such ridiculous things! Aslo something of this level can only be decided by the whole family and not by any singular person, let alone a girl who is ignorant of politics and society." I responded in what could be considered in between both yelling and whispering.
"I am smart!" She complained having felt insulted and looked down upon by her saviour.
"I doubt that..."
"Hey!"
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This constant back and forth argument had continued for a while until she had eventually given up.
"Is that really your decision?" She asked me while looking deflated with a sad face.
"Yes, sorry but I can't. I must be going now."
"I understand."
I turned around to leave and walked away leaving the girl to go back to her home alone.
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I felt two strong arms lock themselves around my neck placing me in a chokehold!
I could barely breath let alone push the arms off of me from how strong they were clamped down on me.
"I'm sorry too."
Those were the last words I heard as my consciousness faded and my sight went black.
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Happy Diwali to my fellow Indian and Non-Indian brothers and sisters!
(A/n I was gonna post this on Diwali 24th but I fell asleep while writing and naturally didn't post)
I'm back kiddos! For those that do not now what happened don't sweat it cause I had deleted the previous notice Chapter due to reasons that would affect me. To those that do know, my "circumstances" have improved and I am getting along fine. I was going to post a Chapter on Monday but I got inspired so I wrote out a plan for a different story before I forget it.
As a heads up on how long story is:
Star Wars fic - estimated 350 to 500 chapters
Skyrim fic - 500 to 1500 Chapters
Borderlands fic - around 150 to 250 Chapters