You can find the previous topics in the Teresa Fiction below:
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1047284-teresa-not-a-hero/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1054548-teresa-moving-through-darkness-i/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1063261-teresa-moving-through-darkness-ii/
You can also find the entire TF on my website http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/fiction.html.
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/fiction_not_a_hero.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_01.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_02.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_03.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_04.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_05.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_06.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_07.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_08.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_09.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_10.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_11.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_12.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_13.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_14.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_15.html
http://home.comcast.net/~subrosa_florens/witch/moving_through_darkness_16.html
We are now on Moving Through Darkness III, and start with Chapter 13d.
For those who have not read the entire TF (which is short for Teresa Fiction), here is a brief recap to bring you up to this thread: Teresa is a stringy wood elf who dyes her hair red. Generally shy and timid, she is an orphan who spent most of her life on the streets of the Imperial City, until a fate arranged her to be in the Imperial Prison when the Emperor was making his escape from Mythic Dawn assassins. Meeting the Emperor changed her forever, as in the brief time she knew him, he taught her to respect herself, and that her life had meaning. She would have done anything for him, and did, carrying the Amulet of Kings to Jauffre at Weynon Priory at his behest, where the Grandmaster of the Blades took over.
Teresa returned to the Imperial City after a brief stop in the village of Weye, where she met a sultry innkeeper named Nerussa and a fisherman in need of her help to catch some slaughterfish for him. After doing so, she contined home, only to find that it was not where she belonged anymore. Not because it had changed, but because she had. The forest was her home now, the only place she felt she truly belonged. Given that, she began a career of harvesting alchemical supplies and then making potions from them to sell. She was in the Imperial City selling potions from one such expedition with her adoptive mother Simplicia when the Daedra of Mehrunes Dagon attacked in an attempt to kill the new Emperor Martin before he could relight the dragonfires. She holed up in a shop along with Simplicia, a legionary named Volsinius, and several others and fought off wave after wave of Daedra, until it was over.
Afterward she was hired by a mysterious Altmer named Umbacano to collect curious Ayleid statues called Ancestors. She also learned the chilling truth of how Simplicia had been brutally tortured and maimed before she was born, leading her to skooma addiction and eventually becoming a beggar. She had been about to kill herself when she discovered the infant Teresa abandoned in an alley, and caring for the wood elf became her reason for living. Teresa also learned of Volsinius' own part in the horror, for it was he who tracked down Simplicia's assailant and murdered him in revenge, losing his own humanity in the process.
Whetted by Umbacano's promise of gold, and a few chance encounters with bandits and a single exploration of the Ayleid ruin of Vilverin, Teresa broadened her horizons from simply gathering alchemical ingredients to full-on ruin exploration. While exploring the ruins of Fort Magia she was nearly killed by a ghost because she was poorly prepared. This was the first of several occasions where she realized that she had much to learn about the life of an adventurer. She also discovered a pair of bottles of Shadowbanish Wine, which Nerussa had asked her to look out for.
Returning to the Imperial City to sell her loot and buy new clothes, Teresa ran into Volsinius again, and was present when rather than arresting a young girl stealing food, he fed her instead. This was a powerful experience for Teresa, as when she was the same age Volsinius had caught her doing the same, and knocked out one of her teeth. Teresa was left to wonder if perhaps knowing her had caused the gruff legionary to change.
Teresa continued to Weye, where she met Nerussa and sold her Shadowbanish Wine. More importantly, she lost her virginity to the innkeeper, who she learned was a former courtesan. This was another experience that would change Teresa forever, as Nerussa taught her to follow her desires and be confident in herself.
Afterward she found that she was no longer welcome among the dregs of society in the Imperial City, thanks to her friendship with Volsinius. However, she managed to retain her childhood friend of Methredhel, who had just entered the Thieves Guild.
Learning that the Ancestor Statues which Umbacano was looking for where located in south-eastern Cyrodiil, Teresa headed south for Bravil, intending to stay there indefinitely while she searched for the artifacts. Along the way a chance encounter with bandits and a legionary made her think about joining the Fighters Guild, lured by the promise of training. A stop at the Faregyl Inn only reinforced this idea. By the time she reached Bravil Teresa decided to try out for the guild. After a friendly greeting by the vice commander Tadrose Helas, she endured a torturous examination by the commander, Pappy Vitellus, and was told to wait while he performed a background check on her.
During just her first few days in Bravil Teresa also met Aia, a beggar who reminds her of her adoptive mother Simplicia, and who knows a great deal about the comings and goings of the people in Bravil. She also met an orc warrior-poet named Ancondil, who was also a new member of the Fighters guild. At the Mages Guild she became friends with their alchemist Ardaline, a young high elf who shares her passion for alchemy.