Will now start posting this in November 2010 on the run up to the Holiday Season


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New Life, Old Life ? A Morrowind New Year


From The Imperial Library:

Old Life - 30th Evening Star (30th December)

On the last day of the year the Empire celebrates the holiday called Old Life. Many go to the temples to reflect on their past. Some go for more than this, for it is rumored that priests will, as the last act of the year, perform resurrections on beloved friends and family members free of the usual charge. Worshippers know better than to expect this philanthropy, but they arrive in a macabre procession with the recently deceased nevertheless.

New Life Festival - 1st Morning Star (1st January)

Today the people of Tamriel are having the New Life Festival in celebration of a new year. The Emperor has ordered yet another tax increase in his New Life Address, and there is much grumbling about this. Still, despite financial difficulties, the New Life tradition of free ale at all the taverns of Tamriel continues.


Table Of Contents

1. Prologue
2. An Unusual Trip (Part 1)
3. The Super Secret Mages Guild Mission (Part 1)
4. Desele's New Dancer
5. An Assassins Holiday Tale
6. High Neen
7. Kausha Sarvayn And The Case Of The Missing Noble
8. Keep The Lamps Burning Bright
9. Gifts Of The Blades
10. The Super Secret Mages Guild Mission (Part 2)
11. An Unusual Trip (Part 2)
12. Epilogue

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Prologue

Morrowind. The name itself brings to mind a land of contradictions, a country of exotic beauty and savage violence, from the civilised cities to the lawless frontiers. It's a land where ancient tradition and religious beliefs uneasily mix with progressive Imperial Rule. A country populated with ancient wizards, power hungry politicians, assassins, thieves and soldiers. A land where life is cheap and corruption rife and racial tensions are always simmering just beneath the surface.

For all this diverse selection of people though, the end of the year is a time of celebration. The transition of Old Life into New Life, the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next, full of the promise of change and hope. Men and Mer (and Orc) dance, drink, and tell tales of the year ending and talk of their dreams of the future. Sometimes these tales are actually true. There are the grand tales that talk of great heroism and honour, redemption and sacrifice and trickery and deceit. Then there are the small tales, frozen moments of everyday life ? sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and sometimes mundane.

These are just some of those grand and small tales.

Well, that's interesting. It's been a while since I've seen a good short story series. I almost wrote some myself once, if you remember that story I entered for Feyfolken

Though I'm not sure if those holidays are celebrated in Morrowind, if I'm not mistaken the page you got those from are regarding High Rock.

Regardless, the setting looks great, and based on the table of contents this should be fairly exciting. I'm looking forward to the real stories

I am very interested in your concept here. Just the small bit above certainly whets my appetite for more. Continue please, sir.

Yes, I will be looking for tomorrows episode!!

I'm looking forward to the rest of this, Sierra, I've never read an Elder Scrolls holiday fic! Old Life/New Life is a great springboard... but are you going to have a section for Scour Day?

lol.

BT.

Anyone that lives in the UK knows why that's funny.

It's been snowing the last few days, so the inevitable happened. Phone line down, internet down. So my carefully prepared schedule is out the window already.

And if anyone wants to know a good joke, BT is an excellent punchline.