The Fallen

Post » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:04 am

Overview

Six years after the Oblivion Crisis, a Dark Elf named Dern has a vision. In his dreams, he sees a massive, obsidian door that cannot be conceivably opened. He sees Khajiit slaves working to open the door. They have silver picks in their hand, and they are hacking away at the obsidian door. Finally, a huge chunk of obsidian breaks loose, and falls off the door. Where the chunk used to be, there is a gaping hole, and looking through it, one can see an orange flame.

Suddenly, someone jumps down from inside the hole. Dern sees only a vague outline of the figure, but it looks humanoid. Dern's vision starts to become harder to process; he sees flashes of someone butchering a group of Khajiit, presumably the unseen figure killing the slaves in the mine. An image flashes across his mind of someone kneeling in front of the shadowy figure. The figure unsheathes an obsidian sword and bellows in a deep voice, "Swear your loyalty to Agromak the Fallen." At the end of Dern's dream, the figure comes into view, fully armored in glossy obsidian, for a split second. Through the vertical slits in his tall helmet, Dern sees glowing red flames in the place of eyes.

Dern awakes from his dream and pins a poster everywhere across Tamriel. He travels across the whole continent, from Morrowind, through Cyrodiil, all the way to the Summerset Isles. Everywhere he goes, he puts up at least one poster. His mission is to find the best warriors, mages, and rogues that Tamriel has to offer. When they are ready, they must meet him in Balmora at the Lucky Lockup. When they find him, he will lead an expedition with one of the following goals: find the door if it hasn't been opened yet, or find this mysterious Agromak.


Approved Character Sheets

Shadowed_Hunter
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Name: Dern Redoran
Race: Dark Elf
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Physical Description: Bluish-greenish skin characteristic to all Dunmer. Red eyes for the same reason. Grey-whitish hair spiked up and then combed back, so it looks like he has spikes coming from the back of his head.

Class/Profession: Battlemage
Skills: Great with a blade. An OK archer. Good at tracking. Some training in Destruction Magic. Light/Med armor.
Weapons/Magic: Ebony Longsword; Ebony Bow and Arrows; Fire spells
Armor/Clothes: Bonemold Gah-Julan Armor; Chitin Armor in his pack for when he needs it. No helms.

Personality: Good leader, but has problems taking orders from others. Stubborn. Doesn’t take crap (or advice) from anyone. When he is unsure about something, he tries to be calm to reassure his followers. However, on the inside, behind the calm fa?ade, lies a complicated soul. His main flaw is that he is a Skooma addict, and if his withdrawal sets in during combat, it could all be over for him.

Biography/History: Dern was born into poverty in the dark alleyways of Mournhold. He and his family resorted to a life of thievery in order to survive. Eventually, however, they were caught. When Dern was eight, his parents were hung, and he escaped the Mournhold prison five years later. When he shook off his tail, he decided to try his luck in Vvardenfell. When he arrived there, he went to Balmora.

However, he was still poor, and couldn’t resist the urge to steal. In the middle of a heist, he was caught by a shopkeeper. In shock, Dern took his dagger and killed him. He knew he had to flee before the body was discovered, so he went to Ald’ruhn, the Headquarters of House Redoran. There, he was caught by a Redoran guard. The guard, Varmas Redoran, decided to take a dangerous gamble: instead of bringing the fugitive in, he decided to take Dern under his wing. He taught the young Dunmer to fight, and he let Dern do some work for him to get some money. When Dern turned seventeen, he was admitted into House Redoran.

As a gift, Varmas gave Dern a brand new set of Bonemold armor. Dern wore it quite often after joining House Redoran. When Varmas brought Dern with him to bring a gang of bandits to justice, the armor saved his life.

Varmas, however, wasn’t so lucky.

An arrow from a bandit tore right through Varmas’s helmet. He died instantly. Dern, enraged, slaughtered the bandits. He brought Varmas back to Ald’ruhn to bury him. Varmas was honored by House Redoran, and they cremated him and spread his ashes to the winds.

Dern was looking through Varmas’s house to find something to remember him by. He found about eight flasks in Varmas’s closet and, thinking it was Cyrodiilic Brandy, he drank every last one in one night. However, Dern discovered the hard way that what he thought was brandy…was Skooma.

And it was that night that Dern, seventeen year-old Redoran prodigy, went from being a hero to being a pariah. Whoever saw him knew that he was using Skooma. He was shunned by many and despised by all. His Skooma supplier didn't have anything against him, but Dern hated the man. He was a greedy scumbag that preyed on people's addiction to Skooma.

But Dern wouldn't let his addiction take over his life.

Every day, Dern spent several hours fighting. He would go into Varmas's basemant (now his basemant) and practice against the dummies made of bags of grain. He had started losing his edge when he got hooked on Skooma, but he was still a great fighter. He trained as hard as he could each day to bring himself back. The only good part of himself people had ever known.

The Warrior.


Kahlan
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Name: McKenna Rhannon
Race: human
Gender: female
Age: 21
Physical Description: Black hair and emerald eyes. 5'3", average body type, pale skin. Full lips and a slight bump in her nose, as it has been broken once or twice.

Class/Profession: Thief
Skills: Great at hand to hand combat. Fair with a blade. Above-average intelligence and great at lockpicking and pickpocketing.
Weapons/Magic: Silver dagger.
Armor/Clothes: Leather armor; usually wears tight, doeskin pants and soft-leather boots. Prefers flowy, brightly colored tunics.

Personality: Though she has is quick to voice her opinion, whether or not you want it, she always tries to make a valid point. Leaning more on her own intelligence than that of others, she tends to block people out when concentrating. She's very charismatic, befriending anyone and everyone who will have her, though she usually has her own reasons for doing so. Well-versed in sarcasm and always looking for a good debate or battle of the wits, she tries to make it so there will never be a dull moment when she's around. Her adventurous nature, however, usually gets her into trouble.

Biography/History: McKenna Rhannon was born in the Imperial City. Raised in a wealthy family, she became accustomed to getting what she wanted, whenever she wanted it. Little did her 8 year-old self know, that was soon to change.

Her father became wrapped up in some shady business deals and was ganged up on one night on the way home from work. He was found three days later. McKenna's mother was forced to sell the shop and their house and move to the Waterfront.

It was a rude awakening for McKenna, who received a harsh b*tchslap from reality. Soon, her mother began taking sewing jobs and doing whatever work she could find- everything from cleaning to less desirable things- leaving McKenna to her own devices.

She ended up hanging out with a group of kids who would pickpocket and break into houses, once they had scouted to make sure no one was home. Once she realized that there was money to be made, and a way to contribute to her mother, McKenna decided to become the best at what she did.

McKenna also became really good at defending herself, especially with as small as she was. She trained with some of the boys from the neighborhood, learning holds and how to throw a punch without breaking her hand- only after a couple hundred black eyes and busted lips.

Now she's 21 and she's one of the best thieves around. She's been itching for adventure, though, because she's tired of the Imperial City. She's aching for a challenge and to be someplace new.
Misc. Info: She's terrified of water, as she almost drown at the Waterfront.


Blackhand4
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Name:Sethor Fireblade
Race: Dunmer
Gender:Male
Age:20
Physical Description: Six feet tall. Tattoo's of dragons and fire all over his body. Muscular. Short, ash-gray hair.

Class/Profession: Battlemage
Skills: Long Blades, Medium Armor, Light Armor, Athletics, Destruction
Weapons/Magic:Carries a Dai-Katana. Mastery of flame conjuration.
Armor/Clothes: Gray Bone-Mold Armor with a ash-gray cloak wrapped around. Wears gray pants and short-sleeve shirt when in town.

Personality: Arrogant, Cocky, Slightly selfish.
Biography/History: Born to be the son of a powerful Telvanni wizard, only to be neglected and raised instead by the Dunmer Tribe of Molag Mar, Sethor's life has been filled with a need to prove himself stronger then those around him. For many years he lived amongst the tribe that took him in, thanks to the wishes of his mother whom died transporting him through the ash wasteland. During those years, Sethor trained himself to be a strong hunter, and warrior. His ability to get along with others however was... lacking. His selfish need to be stronger then those around him made him a very snappy person.

At the age of 9, Sethor began to practice his skill with Magicka, favoring destruction over all else. What resulted was a strong mastery in fire. Some say his abilities in combat make up for his lack in patience and self control. Others believe his need to prove himself stronger then everyone will lead to not only his downfall, but those that choose to be with him. His motives for going on this journey will surely be shouted by him soon enough...

Misc. Info: I has a fish.


Not Provided
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Name: Asum
Race: Argonian
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical Description: White scales, with two light blue streaks going down his snout. Slightly shorter then average. Very skinny, to the point where he's been asked if he eats. Has three small spikes protruding from his head. One of his eyes is pale blue, well the other is the normal red.

Class/Profession: Adventurer
Skills: Skilled with a bow, and decent with daggers. Knows enough Illusion and Restoration magic to get by, but is far from a master of either. Can wear light armor. Knows how to pick locks and sneak around.
Weapons/Magic: Steel dagger, yew bow and arrows. Knows how to briefly turn invisible, a weak charm spell, a weak night eye spell and can silence for about sixty seconds. Also knows a minor healing spell, and can cure common diseases.
Armor/Clothes: Has netch leather armor with common clothes underneath.


Personality: Snarky and critical, his humor has a habit of getting him into bad situations; luckily, his sense of self preservation counteracts that... Usually. Despite his cynicism and lack of manners, he holds himself to surprisingly high standards, although he rarely talks about them.
Biography/History: Asum was born the son of two slaves to House Dres. A secretive, violent abolitionist group stormed the plantation they worked on when he was nine, and freed most of them, leaving no slavers or residents alive. He and his parents chose not to go back to Black Marsh and moved to Ebonheart, wear his father worked as an intern at the Argonian Mission.
When he was sixteen he began working as a guard for the Thieve's Guild, and frequently got into scraqes with Camonna Tong, and, even the guards on a few occasions. When he was nineteen he quit the guild and moved to Cyrodiil, where he began adventuring, making himself a reasonable fortune after getting several lucky finds in Ayleid ruins. However, a few months ago his home was robbed, leaving him completely broke. He decided to move back to Morrowind, sneaking aboard a boat and getting dropped off in Seyda Neen. Upon his arrival he discovered that his father was caught smuggling several slaves out of a rogue Telvanni tower. The Telvanni mages there killed him so he wouldn't be able to tell anyone of they're operations. His mother was kidnapped by them and sold to a Camonna Tong splinter group in the Ashlands called the Ashstorm Guild. He has practically given up all hope of finding her now, and decided to find a gig to support himself.
Misc. Info: Has one Journeyman lockpick.


Yttrium (Char 1)
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Name: Abel E. Breen
Race: Imperial
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Height: 5'9
Weight: 130
Physical description: The Gods must have been in a joyous mood when they created Abel. Abel has an angelic sort of face, heart shaped and always seems to give off this glow. His smile is warm and friendly and usually that alone just makes people like him. His hair is a thick blonde reaching to about the shoulder blades and bangs ending above the eyes; it manages to simultaneously look groomed and messy, his eyes are of sky blue and seem to glow. His skin is soft and white, it's unblemished and smooth, showing signs of little physical labor and sun, but it stills posses a healthy shine. His hands are the only thing that is blemished, they are relatively large and covered with burns and scars. Overall his body is that of a scholar than a fighter.

Class: Priest
Skills: Great at reading Alyeid and Daedric, Knows in depth of the Rites and Rituals of many religions and beliefs. Well taught in literature and calligraphy. Knows in depth the schools of Alteration, Restoration, Destruction, and proficient in enchanting. A support fighter if their every was one.
Weapons/Magic: Major; Healing Spells, Absorb, Shield, Fortitude, and Shock spells.
Armor/Clothes: Elegant robes of snow white inscribed with red runes that give it a powerful shield.

Personality: The White Knight. A high code of honor, he never lets a friend down on a promise under any circumstances, unless they cause harm to the innocent. He is relentless in his pursuits and when he sets his mind on something, give up, he's not changing it. He will, without fail, stick up for the underdog. But despite the immovable beliefs, he has a quite bubbly and lively nature. The best type of companion to have, through thick and thin, this noble guy will protect you to the end.

Bio: Born of David and Veronica Breen, Abel's mom robbed their father blind and left them to go run a brothel in a neighboring city. He grew up his whole life without his mother and wondering what happened to her for their father would reveal nothing. Abel spent the first years of youth with his brother Cain on a small ranch they ran, both of them already working in the field at the age of nine, though Cain was always stuck with the heavier labor and spent more time working then his brother did.

Abel grew up being loved and cherished by his father and neighbors because of the warm charm he emitted, people just couldn't enough of his bubbly nature. He didn't bask in it and was humble but it just made people like him more. And when he showed early signs of being a mage, his father was so thrilled that he bought him scrolls, parchment, ink , quills, robes and enrolled him in a mage academy.

Later that night while wandering the moon-lit roads of their property he was attacked by Cain. He was beaten suddenly and viciously, but he gave out no scream and when he was beaten within an inch of his life: ribs broken, face swollen....He released a blast of shock magic so powerful that it burnt his own hands and nearly killed his brother, Cain, taking out one of his eyeballs.

When he got back in, his father was furious that Cain had tried to do something so heinous. And against Abel's pleadings, locked Cain inside his room for three days without food, then a week with limited rations. And when that finally ended and Cain's wound were healed, he whipped him twenty times. But strange enough a bond was formed between them from this.

Afterward they sold their ranch and moved further into the city where David enrolled Abel in a magic academy in high hopes. Abel did not disappoint his father as he showed a large readiness to learn and what he could not master with smarts he mastered with determination. He was age fourteen at this time and even then his relentlessness showed with his pursuit of love and the Nord female Asta Klausen. As the story goes he scaled the the magically reinforced gates of the mage guild to get to girls side and proclaim his love.

There are many more stories like this; shouting with elders because they contradicted what he believed, picking a fight with a tall Orc mage when he had beaten up an underclass men, and many other stories showing his early signs of honor. But one thing is known for sure and that is the love that he and Asta shared, ask anyone in the academy and they would agree that Abel and Asta were a couple, even if they hardly touched each other.

He spent most of his days studying one school of magic, reading ancient scrolls, and deciphering text. His days off were mostly spent with his beloved, or his family. Indeed, even though he hardly ever saw his brother anymore, the two still maintained a close bond and he constantly wrote him of his experiences.

Dear Brother,

You may have heard, today I blasted an Orc! I know what your thinking, your thinking I am a liar, but it's true I tell you! Ask anyone and they'll agree with me and let me tell you, that Orc had it coming.... Prancing around like some kind of buffoon after he shoved Las into a wardrobe, if you would have saw him you would have though he had become the Archmage himself! So I walked up to him and told him to release the kid at once, just like that. He just flexed those puke green muscles of his and says “whatcha ya going doing about it” so I hit him with a bolt of lighting...Haha, you should have seen the look in his eyes, didn't know what hit him. And the best part, the elders gave me only two days of punishment, isn't that marvelous? I guess that Orc isn't going to be shoving people in wardrobes any time soon. So how goes it with you? Give my regards to dad.

-Abel

He remembers his last years in the academy as both his sweetest and saddest year of his life. He remembers the smell of the flowers in spring, that year had seen an abundance in rain and it had transformed the land into a beautiful vista of reds, greens, blues, whites, and yellows. It was also they year he asked Asta to marry him, he remembers them lying down in that field of bright colors,

“Hey, Asta?”

“Yes Abel?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“Will you marry me.”

“Yes.”

It seemed ridiculously simple and nonchalant, but to them the answer had always been obvious, when relationships crumbled, their stayed afloat, and even though it had some very little rocky patches, they couldn't be happier together. So when she was [censored] and killed by a drunk Redguard while visiting her family, he couldn't be more hurt than if someone had killed him. Luckily for him, his brother was by his side and saved him from further grief.

With the help of his brother and with his relentless nature they managed to track the killer and even though they could kill him easily, Abel decided to turn him into the guards. His brother was incredulous at his behavior but Abel was steadfast in his beliefs and code of honor. Afterward he graduated at the top of his class and was released as a full fledged mage ready to travel the world and better learn himself in the ways of the world.

With his brothers agreement and backing they decided to leave for Cyrodiil in hopes of adventure and new opportunities. His father gave him the nicest set of robes he had ever lain eyes on, elegant and white, they looked formal but were sturdy enough to handle even the hardest rains. With his fathers blessing they moved out across the great deserts of Hammerfell. For the sake of your interest will cut out most of their travelers, but know this, Cain lost his right eye and left ear on the journey.

When they reached Cyrodiil they were surprised with it's lushness and the amount of people it housed and the massive cities, but they quickly learned and started to float with the current fairly quickly. About six months after drifting into Cyrodiil they find posters asking for the most powerful men available. They think that due to the fact that they could read was enough to qualify them to show up at the meeting.

Misc: Locket from Asta


Yttrium (Char 2)
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Name: Cain C. Breen
Race: Imperial
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Height: 6'2
Weight: 150
Physical Description: If the Gods looked upon Abel with favor, they looked away from Cain. Cain shares none of Abel's good looks and charm. His hair is the same shade of chocolate and is thin and hangs down to his shoulders and covers his face though he usually has it combed back. His eyes are hazel and sunken into his face with dark bags underneath them, his smile is crooked, his teeth huge and sharp and often leave people shivering. His cheeks are concave, the cheek bones high, his nose is large, he has a rough beard that is jet black. His skin is a light brown and seems to have a sickly paleness to it, as if he was just recovering from a plague. His body is seems compact and he doesn't appear bulky but closer inspection will reveal that his body is all muscles, not a single place for fat. His body has been horrible maimed, the victim of a dark spell that causes skin to rot, exposing both the flesh and bone, rendering him something like a zombie. The only placed that seems to be his hands which are small, soft and unblemished.

Class: Necromancer
Skills: The intimate knowledge of the anatomy of bother Man and Mer, Necromancy/Dark magic, martial arts, sneaking.
Magic: Resurrect, Bind Soul, Fear, Flesh Rot, Invisibility, Blind, Silence, Summon Zombie.
Clothes: His body is wrapped in gray bandages that leave only a gap where his eyes are, a slab of iron rests on top of his chest and beneath the bandages when going into battle.

Personality: The Outcast. A man who's generosity is only matched by his kindness, he is creative in his work and is always willing to give help to those who are need. He is a person who understands the torment of others yet is tormented himself. He is secretive and morbid, he will never complain of any burden and will usually carry others without being asked. Yet at the end of the day he still finds people whispering behind his back and shrinking away from him when he gets near.

Bio: Born of James and Veronica Breen, his father being a one night stand and his mother being a heartless monster that left him to run a brothel. Cain grew up his whole life not knowing that David wasn't his actually father, in fact David didn't even know that with the boys being twins. Being stuck on a small ranch with his brother, Abel, for years, Cain quickly realized that his father liked Abel better. In fact almost everyone liked Abel more, but Cain was not resentful. He realized that Abel wasn't doing it on purpose, that it was just his personality.

Still, Cain fought hard against jealousy and wasn't too successful until the night David enrolled Abel into the magic academy. Cain himself had magical abilities, but they weren't as marvelous as Abel's and David could only afford one person to go to school. He even bought Abel gifts and completely ignored Cain at the dinner table.

So Cain decided to ambush Abel as he walking in the moonlight, he jumped on him, beating him out of pure anger, hoping to make him cry. When Abel didn't even shout, Cain became even more furious and punch and kicked with renewed energy, not even aware that Abel was close to dying until he was blasted up into the sky by a bolt of lighting.

Abel was able to limp himself, but Cain was unable to move for the better part of six hours. When he realized what he had just tried to do, he cried to himself and promised to never get angry or jealous at Abel again. When he finally managed to crawl back to the house he was greeted by a furious father that threw him into a room without dinner.

Yet Cain was able to heal and when the punishment finally ended and he was taken out to be whipped, his skin had just begun to stitch itself together. The wounds were reopened due to the whipping and the healing process was interrupted, leaving him with ugly scar tissue all over his back. When he finally saw his brother again for the first time in two weeks, he embraced him. Tears ran down his cheeks and he kissed his forehead, promising him to never hurt him again.

Then they moved inwards to the city and Cain's life changed for the worst. While Abel was sent to schooling, Cain had to find some other way to earn money for his father and him....Being a person that like to wander in the night and living in the poorest part of the city, it wasn't unpredictable that he got himself involved with the shadier side of town.

Cain was not dumb, he did not get involve with Skooma or any other of those dangerous substances, he stayed away from petty crime. But he was a kid and he was easily influenced and though he was smart there was other smarter than him, particularly a Necromancer named Hadi Singh that won him in with charm and elegance.

While Abel was schooled in the finer arts of Restoration and Alteration, Cain was taught the powerful spells of resurrecting the dead, of binding souls and stealing the sight of others. He also taught him martial arts as learning the body was vital to destroying it and martial arts combined both of those things. What Handi could have have done with Cain is unknown for the first mission he wanted him to take on was to kill a member of the mage guild.

This jogged Cain's memory, he remembered his brother and realized he had been tricked with magic, a clever illusion spell. On the night that the mission was to take place he sneaked into his masters house and tried to kill him....It wasn't entirely effective. He broke his arm but wasn't able to kill him instantly which lead to a large fight involving a mixture of martial arts and magic.

Cain was a teenager at the time and surely would've lost if it weren't for Handi's wound, cockiness, and just plain luck on Cain's part. Handi had managed to cast a powerful flesh rot spell on Cain, leaving him writing in pain as the skin literally melted off him. And as Handi stepped in for the killing blow, he slipped on the newly made puddle of liquied skin.

Cain seized this opportunity to rip out Handi's soul and bind it to a black soul gem Handi had gave to him. Handi was a powerful man and their might have been some contracts for Cain's head if Handi's guard had not retold the tale:

“He arose from the dead, his flesh had rotten, he was a zombie. And he ripped the soul out of the old man....I mean he literally ripped the soul out, we could see it, hear it....I just want to forget it.”

After this Cain found that his was left alone. When he came home, his father said not a word he knew better than to question. He cleaned Cain up and gave him fresh bandages to wrap his body in, it wasn't all that different from what the nomads of the deserts wore. The bond between son and father was repaired a little in that instance. Cain was done with dark magic and decided to go after a more honorable profession, a simple merchant assistance.

He tried to push the thoughts of dark magic out of his mind, but it was a hard thing to forget when he saw I every time he looked in a mirror. The letters from his brother were the few things that kept him from falling to pieces, his brother became his best friend. And the letters they shared kept him sane.

Dear Brother,

Sure. That must have been the smallest Orc in existence if you were able to beat it, the runt of the litter. In fact I'm beginning to think that this Orc of yours was just a lie to impress Asta, you said she likes strong men, makes me wonder why she likes you. Haha. I jest. So how is she doing? Tell her I send my regards and that my future sister in-law should make sure that my little brother doesn't kill himself fighting “Orcs”. Dads doing fine, he would be a doing a lot better if you just sent him a damn letter. You should see his face every time I get a letter and he doesn't.

-Love, Cain

When Asta was killed, Cain knew the damage it would do to his brother. He made sure to keep a close eye on him lest he tried for suicide and when his brother said he wanted to go after the murderer, Cain agreed fervently. Cain was able to track him easily enough, the man was a fool after all. A lone man skilled only as a sailor stood no chance against a Necromancer and a Mage, and though they could have easily killed him and gotten away with it, his brother was against it. Cain pondered why but did not question his brother's judgment and instead they turned him in.

When his brother finished schooling he declared that he wanted to see the world. Cain could agree more, he wanted his past put behind him and so he left with Abel in hopes of a new life. His father gave Abel a lovely gift but when it came to Cain he realized that he knew nothing about the son that had been with him the longest, the had an awkward embrace, but the distance between them was far to great by then.

Cain and Abel traveled across the deserts of Hammerfell, where Cain lost his right eye and left ear defending Abel, and crossed over into Cyrodiil. Cyrodiil was a land that was drastically different from their own and to them it was a land of opportunity and adventure. When they saw the poster they immediately knew that they would be at the meeting.

Misc: Black Soul Gem with spirit of Handi


Erandur-Vangaril
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Name: Maric
Race: Imperial
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical Description: Muscular, 6'1", green eyes and brown hair

Class/Profession: Warrior
Skills: Blade, Block, Blunt, Hand-to-Hand, Heavy Armor, Light Armor
Weapons/Magic: Ebony Longsword (family heirloom), Steel Shield
Armor/Clothes: Steel armor, except for the helmet.

Personality: Loves fooling around, jokes all the time, and he's usually nice.

Biography/History: Raised in Chorrol, Maric lived a pretty normal life. For a while, he helped his father in their Smithy, but he soon joined the Fighter's Guild. Ever since he was 15, he has been training every day to become the best he can be. When he turned 18, his father made him his own steel armor, and it's been with him ever since. At 22, his father died, and left him his Smithy in the deed. For two years, he's been training less and focusing more on keeping money coming in. But then he saw a poster...

Misc. Info: I also keep a healing potion in my necklace.


Sybbyl
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Name: Medril
Race: Woodelf
Gender: Male
Age: 50 (appears 20)
Physical Description: Slightly gaunt face with a predominant nose. Bright Blue Eyes and Light Grey hair.

Class/Profession: Bard of Hircine
Skills: skilled in the school of Illusion, he is also a very highly proficient Archer, he knows how to play the lute and is rather charming and charismatic.
Weapons/Magic: Bardsong (enchanted Elven bow), and Command humanoid + Command creature. Iron Arrow x20, Various Poisons
Armor/Clothes: Green Woodsmans clothes with scruffy fur boots

Personality: A loud, likeable fellow when with his friends in the tavern, but a silent, murderous predator when he is with an enemy.

Biography/History: A Valenwood citizen living with a small group of Hircine worshippers, he grew up to be a murderous and skilful hunter, and with the rest of the group, he couldn’t help being social, and they didn’t seem to mind. The Hunters eventually split ways for various reasons, and Medril went his own way north, to Hammerfell. There he was shunned and alienated for his background of Daedra worship. He moved East, towards Cyrodiil, where the enlightened population cared nothing of his background, he settled in Skingrad and enjoyed a quiet life of practising his people-skills
But his quiet life could go on forever, if not for when an old friend of his from the Hunter group arrived, breathless at the Grateful Pass stables, who told him of a sighting of Hircine in solstheim, they took off at once, gathering more Hunters, however when they finally arrived at Morrowind, the Oblivion Crisis had begun, and they had to fight for their lives inside one of the daedric portals. Afterwards, only Medril in his prime managed to escape alive, when he read a poster of the meeting in the Lucky Lockup.

Misc. Info: He carries a small necklace granted to Hircine’s followers which the leader of the Hunters gifted upon Medril in his dying breath, inside the Oblivion gate. Medril carries it always and it reminds him of the Hunt and grants him a shroud of Invisibility when squeezed, but the Talisman can only be activated once a day, and when shrouded, he may become lost in the Hunt...

He does not carry anything but the bow, for he cherishes the extra thrill, if a hunt goes to close quarters, he has only his bow. He also owns a Lute, which he plays around the campfire to raise his comrades morale.


Bazz22
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Character Sheet
Name:Rufus Catanius
Race:Imperial
Gender:Male
Age:27
Physical Description:Tall and wiry, with jet-black hair cut short. Tan skin due to all the time he's spent hunting, Rufus is very much so in shape. He has dark blue eyes, a scar above his left eye from when a shopkeep beat him for stealing from him. A angular face, gaunt cheeks, and a small goatee.

Class/Profession:Hunter, Thief
Skills:Marksman-From a young age, when Rufus got his first bow, and old rusty iron one found laying in the gutter, it was love at first sight...Rufus showed natural talent and proficency with the bow.
Sneaking-From hunting so much, Rufus is very experienced at staying out of sight and stalking methods
Alchemy-An unusual skill for a poor street urchin, Rufus know's his potions and poisons very well.
Althetics-Living on the streets, Rufus quickly learned to move quickly or get killed quickly. He keeps himself in shape, needless to say\
Weapons/Magic:A Fine Iron bow from his childhood, refurbished and cleaned up. A quiver of 35 iron arrows, 10 of which are poisoned.
And a small steel dagger, that he rarely uses
Armor/Clothes:
Rufus tends to wear a Huntsmans apparel, but on nice occasions he'll change into his father's burgundy linens. For armor, he has leather bracers, leather boots, and leather greaves
Personality:Rufius, is loud and boisterous at times, but quiet when need be. He finds it hard to trust people, but when he does trust them, he protect them, Rufus isn't a bad person but if an oppurtunity presents itself to make some money he'll take it...doesn't feel guilt when stealing, but has a kind heart. Despite being an avid hunter, Rufis still feels a pang of sadness for an animal he takes down.

Biography/History:Rufius was born on the docks of Anvil...no literally, his mother had him outside of an inn, on the wet dock, in front of a bunch of drunk, hollering sailors, while his father ran to find a healer. He never got to meet his mother, and his father raised him til he was six, at which time his father was drowned mysteriously. Rufius was raised by the sailors, who taught him the ways of the sea, and raised him rough. Growing up next to the sea, Rufius has a natural born love for the water. When he was around 12 he found an old iron bow that became his closest companion. He was a natural born archer, and earned money by betting with sailors if he could make a shot or not. When he was around 15, he met a boy of the same age named Murbery, a young hunter who introduced Rufius to the world of hunting. The two hit it off, and made a decent haul of selling hides.

Rufius wanted more though, more money, so he began to steal from merchants around town and soon earned enough to buy a house. When he was 21, he was living the good life, and had become quite the theif extrodanaire, and all was going good until Murbery was murdered by a shopkeeper who thought Murbery was the one stealing. Rufius was devestated, and spiarled into depression. The next 6 years were rough, as without Murbery the hunting buisness staggered and Rufius lost his home, and most of his money

Now 27, Rufius has seen the posters put up in the towns and has used the last of his gold, to travel to Balmora and meet this man.
He is also, still activley looking for info of the murderer of Murbery

Misc. Info:His favorite meal is cooked crab meat, with a beer, and some fish
He carries Murbery's old Steel Dagger.


Hi!
Spoiler
Name: Yaken Direnni
Age: 32
Race: High Elf
Birthsign: The Lady
Class: Monk of Ebonarm

Skills: Yaken, being a disicple of Ebonarm, is trained heavily in almost all forms of combat. Although he is very particular in his method of fighting. He prefers to use small concealed blades and his own bare fists...

General Appearance: He's around 6'6, his head is entirely shaven and he has an essortment of many tattoos across his body. His skin is an unnatural white color versus other Altmer who have a golden tone. He has typical sharp features one would see in a High Elf.

Clothing/Armour: Yaken very rarely wears armor due to the fact that all of his fights are started by him and he almost always gets the first and final strike but when he does he wears leather armor thats been dyed black. Other than that he wears a common monk robe along with regular sandals...

Weapons: Although he is trained heavily in all forms of weaponry he only carries around a concealed glass dagger given to him by his master at the Citadel of Ebonarm. Also he carries around fifteen to twenty throwing knives which he keeps hidden in a special sheath that he constructed to wear around his arm underneath his robe

Character Traits: Yaken is a very odd Altmer due to his humblness versus his kinfolk who are usually snooty and almight. He also has a lack of respect for authority outside of the Citadel, not to be mistooken for rudness just he doesnt follow orders well. Yaken also has a strong hatred for all non elves. Although hes not a snooty bastard the enviroment he grew up in influnced his racism...

Biography/History: Born in Daggerfall he was abandonded as a child and left at a fighter guilds doorstep in the Alik'r Desert. He was taken in and showed true potential. He became the guild masters favorite very quickly and also became hated by the other students. One thing he had that everyother Altmer lacked was humility. His modesty always came off as disrespect to others and usually caused him trouble. He learned how to take a beating and pain became no stranger to him. After eighteen years at the guild he was given the choice to become the new guild master but instead gave it up and traveled to The Citadel of Ebonarm where he was taken in as a monk. There he was treated with utmost respect and honor. He still remained a very modest man and rarely ever left the Citadel. Although at a first glance he seems like a man who looked very quiet and keeped to himself and this was true for the most part, once he opened up to someone it was hard to keep him from gushing. He stayed there untill his twenty-eighth birthday where he said his farewells and moved to Skyrim. Because Ebonarm is enemys with almost all Daedra princes Yaken made it his job to hunt down and kill all creations of deadra gods... He spotted a poster requesting powerful warriors and mages. And because of his lack of finding deadra creations he decided that it couldnt hurt to give it a try...


Story

Part 1: The heroes meet at the Lucky Lockup in Balmora.
Pages: Pg. 1- ???
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OOC> Yeah, first post!

IC>Medril walked through the entrance of Balmora, and stopped, he had only been in two Cities in Morrowind since he got the Poster, and both were controlled by the Imperial Legion, and weren't much different to buildings in Hammerfell or Cyrodiil, but this city, it was Beautiful, a flowing river ran through, and square houses dotted it, Hlaalu guards in spectacular Bonemold Armor patrolled its streets, Dunmers speaking under their breath in some indecipherable language. It took his breath away, he couldn't even read any of the signs for their being in Dunmeri. It was the most amazing and mysterious city he had seen. But he had to find the Lucky Lockup.

He moved to the first door on his right, and started at the sign, then he recognized the language, Daedric, and he could read a little of that, not much. He muttered under his breath as he deciphered the first word.

"Lyr" "Yoodt" "Cess" "Koht" "Yahkem"

Lyukm?

Licky?

Lucky?

Lucky!


He walked through the door and felt a hand on his chest, and a guard on the inside asked him for a poster. Meldir handed his over. The guard let him pass, and he continued into the bar. Nobody had arrived as of yet, which gave Meldir a perfect chance to tune his Lute, people who heard him tune it often thought he was playing, but it sounded horrible, so he tried to tune it when nobody was around.

Like now.

He was testing the very last string, and he thought he had it done. 'And in record time,' he thought, as he played a little ditty, but abruptly stopped when he heard the door open, and the guard's gruff voice letting the newcomer in.
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OOC:W00T my very first RP post ever! Here we go!

IC:
Rufus stared at the sign, trying to understand what it said "diagonal line, horizontal, 2 up....yeah I got nothing". Confused, Rufus decided the best course of action would be to ask the guard at the door for directions
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"Sir, I'm looking for a place called "The Lucky Lockup", could you point me in the right way?"
The guard looked at him curiously for a moment, and said "You found the place, outlander, but what is your buisness here?"
Rufus unfurled the poster and presented it to the guard
"Ahh, your one of those adventurer's! Head on in, there's already someone in there"

Rufus thanked the guard and walked in. The first thing he heard were the sweet notes of a Lute being played. Looking over, he saw a young looking wood-elf, the player of aforementioned Lute.

"Might as well be sociable" Rufus thought, and walked over to the Bosmer.
"Hello, friend, my name's Rufus" he said with a smile, extending his hand.
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Asum grinned and walked into the Lucky Lockup, handing the guard his poster. His stomach rumbled.
"The pay better be good..." He muttered under his breath. He walked toward the group who had already arrived, disappointed at the lack of Argonian woman.
"Hello." He said, sitting down with them.
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'Hello friend, my name's Rufus" the wiry Imperial said with a smile, extending his hand in a gesture of friendship.

Meldir took the hand and spoke, "Meldir is never one to reject a friend," he looked at his Lute, "Did you hear my playing, I am sorry I just finished tuning it, and you gave me a start." He explained, before breaking back into a pleasant Ditty, it was called, the Farmers field.

He tapped his foot along to the fast beat, and started to sing, his voice was pleasant, and fitting for the song, but before he knew it, the song was over.

He took breath and spoke, "So tell me about yourself, Rufus."

Before the Imperial could answer, an Argonian walked in, and sat down, saying, "Hello."

"Pleased to meet you, I am Meldir, and this is Rufus, I see you are hungry," as Meldir prepared a quick meal of bread and venison, he asked, over his shoulder, "What would be your name, Argonian?"
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"Meldir is never one to reject a friend" The Bosmer said

Rufus felt an inward sigh of relief Thank the Nine he's not anti-social

Meldir started into a rather pleasant song on the lute after explaining why he'd stopped so suddenly. When he finished, Rufus gave a small round of applause, impressed at the wood-elf's playing.
"So tell me about yourself, Rufus." Meldir inquired

"Not much to tell, I suppose. I grew up on the docks of Anvil, as just another street urchin, and somehow found my way into an inn far from Anvil, about to embark on the adventure of my life" He said.
That I hope I survive he added silently to himself. Rufus noticed a very thin Argonian enter.

"Hello" The argonian said, taking a seat.

"Pleased to meet you, I am Meldir, and this is Rufus, I see you are hungry," as Meldir prepared a quick meal of bread and venison, he asked, over his shoulder, "What would be your name, Argonian?"

"Hello there Argonian! Ahh, Meldir here plays the lute like he's gifted, but cooks like a prison chef" said Rufus, smiling to let him know it was a kind-hearted joke

Jeez that argonian is skinny! Rufus thought silently
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OOC: Nice posts everyone, since two people may get confusing, I color coded everything, tell me if it's causes your eyes to bleed, melt, or just plain combust.

Cain & Abel: Finding There Way To Lucky's

“I hate boats...I hate them,”
Abel said. This was of course after he thrown up the whole boat ride and a little bit after.

“I don't know, I kinda like them. There so lively, remember the Orc who-”

“No. Just stop there. I think I am going to puke again.”

Cain was smiling, though it was impossible to tell thanks to his bandages. Teasing his brother was one of his favorite past times and after spending days cramped on a ship, it felt good to stretch both his limbs and his tongue.

“I've walked through deserts and marshes, but a boat...never...again.”


Cain merely laughed as he watched the other passengers tentatively walk off the boat. Arriving by boat to a new country could be rather exciting and nervous experience, they all took careful care not to look at Cain, but they weren't above flashing Abel a smile, especially the women.


“Looks like your new friends don't mind your pathetic condition.”

Abel grunted in response not chancing speak in case another horrible bout of nausea gripped him. His legs were shaking and he looked rather unsteady but at least his strength was returning, he was still clinging to the railing though.


“Well, I hope your recover quickly, we're going to be running from guards soon.”


“Necromancer laws?”


“Illegal.”


Abel nodded his head, most people did not take too kindly to Necromancers as they found out wandering the desert of Hammerfell, though it was frowned upon in all nations, it was downright illegal in Morrowind.

When Abel was finally able to start walking, they made there way to the immigration office were all new arrivals had to check in, have their belongings searched and background checked. You could honestly make up whatever the hell you wanted, it was just a reference thing. But when you had a Black Soul Gem in your pocket, well...you kid kiss your ass goodbye because in the best case scenario they depart and ban your from the country. The worst? Lets not go there.


They shuffled forward in the line in time with the rest of the passengers, the sun was just rising and touching the nape of their necks, spreading a feeling of warmth across their bodies. The breeze was light and gentle, tossing peoples hair playfully and causing leaves to dance.

“Perfect day for crime, would you not agree, brother?”

They watched as the door to the immigration office drew closer, their was only two guards posted at the entrance and they had their eyes on the line but leaned lazily against the wall. Behind them another guard was directing the flow of people,

“The best day for crime, brother.”

With that both started sprinting off the docks and into the wilderness, the guards behind them screamed a futile

“Stop!”

Like it was actually going to do anything, one of them actually pulled out his bow and knocked an arrow before putting it back, they were gone by now, the guard just shrugged.


“I'm not getting payed extra for this [censored].”

In the wilderness Cain and Abel stood panting, the had covered much distance, though they were certain the guards had given up near the beginning. The trees were pretty thick and they could here the sound of running water, the grass was up to their knees and was scratchy and irritable.

“I think-Oh, look! A mushroom!.”

Able cocked his eyebrow in amusemant as his brother eagerly bent down to pick a blue capped, yellow spotted mushroom and put it carefully in his knapsack.

“Wonderful attention span you got there, is it poisonous?”

“Would you like to try and see, “ Cain cocked his head and smiled, the bandages twitched slightly.

“I'm fine, do you think the guards are still chasing us?”

The worry in his voice was tangible,


“Oh yeah, this is brothers first time committing a crime, how does it feel? Feel the rush of adrenaline pumping through your veins? The heightens sense, hear things you haven't hear before, see things you never would have, wonderful, no?”


“Disgusting actually and I'll be praying to the Nines as soon as we find our way to town. Follow the river?”

“To each his own and yeah, let's just follow the river. It will either lead us in the right or wrong direction. This grass is killing me.”

Three hours later with much hardship, mud, grass, and mushroom picking, they finally found themselves in a town. Some of the townsfolk shirked away from the, travelers were not uncommon. Travelers appearing out of the woods, sweating and covered in dirt tended to look a little wild.

“Oh good, it worked. Now lets just hope this is the right town.”


“And for a moment I was happy.”


Cain looked across the street to find a Dunmer staring at them, sweeping a spotless doorstep. Cain started to jog up to her, she looked around hoping he was coming to someone else, before realizing she was the only one in that direction. She rapidly back paddled into the wall and inched her way across until she found the door and quickly escaped inside. Cain could hear at least three bolts locking into place.

“Next time we find somebody, you ask.”

The next person they found happened to be a guard,

“Oh god, what happens if he recognizes us.”
Able was visibly shaking, he did not like the idea of being caught for a misdemeanor.

“What? How could he-never mind, just ask him.”


Abel pouted but obliged,


“S-sir, I-is this Balmora?”

The guard smiled, he couldn't help it when looking at that boy, there was just something about him that filled him with warmth.

“Yes sir. And-"

“BY THE NINE DIVINE, THANK YOU!”

The guard frowned silently and pretended not to hear Cain,


“By the looks of you, you'll be wanting to go to bar down the street right their. If your here for the posters.”


“Thanks very much sir, that is exactly what we needed. Have a nice day and I must say, standing in that armor must be hot.”


The guard laughed, he liked this boy, no the bandaged one though.


“You bet kid, hot as hell but it's my job so it's not like I can complain.”


Abel thanked him and grabbed Cain, they made it to the pub in two minutes. There posters were already out and the guard let them through,


“Do you think it cost a lot to rent this place?”

“Depends on how much of a [censored] hole it is.”

The placed felt warm, a fire was going which was good considering how could it would get when night had fully fallen and the it was filled with pleasant aromas of chicken and mead. Three travelers were already centered around the table, Cain went and sat in the back where the shadows nearly obscured him. Abel was better when it came to talking anyway.

There was an extremely odd looking Argonian, besides looking anorexic, he had pale blue streaks striping down his snow white scales. On the other side of him was a young Woodelf with the gray hair, like that of ash and vibrant blue eyes. On the other side of him was a tall and slender Imperial with hair the color of raven feathers.

An odd group of travelers, it really looked like they could use a warrior other wise they would be in some serious trouble if all they had were these skinny guys. Able pulled up a chair and struck in on their conversation,

“Hey, the name is Able. I just got in this country an hour ago, how about you guys?”

His hunger struck him and his stomach began to rumble.


“Sorry for my brother over their, he's not a people person,”


He moved his eyes to the Argonian.

“Interesting color patter there my friend, how did you come by such unique scales...And eyes?”

He eyes wandered towards the Woodelf,

“Was that you playing the lute? I heard it's soft touch on my ears right outside my door, I wouldn't be surprised if you were a bard.”

Finally he came to rest on the Imperial,


“If you don't mind me asking, were did you get that scar?”
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"I'm Asum." He said flatly, then stared at the food.
Asum gobbled down the food as quickly as possible and sighed in relief, letting out a loud belch. He hadn't a bite to eat since the day before, on account of being dirt poor. Quickly, he turned to face the newcomers. He quietly thanked Medril and then turned towards the two Imperials. He quickly sized them up. He instantly disliked Abel; the young man didn't look like someone who could survive in a fight, and he certainly doubted he was a seasoned adventurer. His brother, on the other hand, gave off the impression of being more of a seasoned vet, but he gave Asum the creeps.
"Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to," Asum said bluntly to Abel. "But if you must know, the scales are natural, and the eye isn't." He finished, hoping to confuse him as much as possible.
His gaze drifted over to Medril and he began tapping his fingers on the table in rhythm with the song. "You have talent." He said, grinning.
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"Well, uh, nice to meet ya, Asum" Rufius said. Trying not to stare, he noticed how quickly he ate. Guess he enjoyed the food, he thought

Rufius watched two people enter, an Imperial, and presumably also an Imperial though it was hard to tell, considering that his entire body was swathed in grey wrappings, besides slits for his eyes. Just looking at the corpse-like man gave him a very un-nerving feeling.

The blonde one, who all-together seemed more friendly, approached the table where Rufius and his new companions sat.
“Hey, the name is Able. I just got in this country an hour ago, how about you guys? Sorry for my brother over their, he's not a people person,” he explained.

Looking at Asum, he remarked upon his scale pattern and eye color, which seemed to elicit a negative response from the Argonian.
Great...so a guy wrapped in bandages, and a sensitive argonian...just great. Gah, stop being so judgemental you barely know these people, Rufius thought

"If you don't mind me asking, where did you get that scar?" Abel asked.

"I guess you could say it's one of the few child-hood memories I have" he said with a grin, "It's what I got for trying to nab some crab meat from a street vendor. I usually forget it's there, but it's a constant reminder, not to never steal, just not to get caught" Rufius said, still smiling that grin. "By the way,,the names Rufius", he added, extending his hand.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Abel's brother seem to melt into the shadows. Rufius couldn't help but shiver.

Turning away from the man, so that he wasn't in his peripheral vision anymore, Rufius asked Abel a question
"So, anything interesting happen on your trip here?'
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Sethor walked through the front entrance of Balmora, his eyes going to the Silt Strider nearby and narrowing. His ash-gray cloak was wrapped around his body, a blade handle sticking out of it. His eyes scanned the street's of Balmora, looking around carefully as he pulled a rolled up poster out of his boot, looking the tarnished paper over.

"The Lucky Lockup ehh?" His eyes narrowed as he gave off a amused snort, "It can't be that lucky if it is built in this poorly defended stinkhole." Sethor looked to some of the Hllalu Guards, giving off a irritated snort before looking about, his eyes going to a building near the Silt Strider. A sign hanging on the outside read 'The Lucky Lockup.' A smirk formed on his face as he walked in it's direction, opening the door and stepping in. A guard stood at the door and began to say something, but was interrupted as Sethor shoved the tarnished paper in his face.

"Don't bother me you twit, I am here on important business and do not need to waste time talking to you!" He gave off a grunt, going directly to a table occupied with a fair amount of people that looked like they had at least some idea of what they were doing and taking a seat. The guard could be heard mumbling something that involved n'wahs as Sethor leaned against the table, letting off a sigh. After walking for days to get to Balmora, he was in a rather bitter mood.
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Asum, the rather thin Argonian quickly absorbed the simple meal Medril had made for him, and Medril said, "You looked hungry, I thought you should have something to eat." Medril smirked at Rufius' comment about his cooking, knowing he meant well. Medril smiled, he liked Rufius, he seemed very good natured and trustworthy, apart from the scar, but Medril tried not to think about people for their appearance.

The door opened again, and admitted two men, an Imperial with an oddly heart-shaped head, and somebody that strangely resembled a mummified human. Medril wiped the frown off his face quickly, as soon as the heart-shaped headed Imperial approached, his companion slinking over to the shadows.

As the Imperial introduced himself to Asum as Abel, and explained that his "brother", presumably the mummy-man, was not really a people person, and Medril could understand why.

The Argonian, as well as Abel, commented on his music, complimenting his talent with his Lute. Medril thanked them, and explained that,

"A musician is nothing without an audience, and, yes I am a Bard... Of Sorts".

Abel turned from Medril and started to talk to Rufius, when a Dunmer covered in tattoo's of fire, and clad in ash gray clothing, saying rather bitterly to the guard outside;

"Don't bother me you twit, I am here on important business and do not need to waste time talking to you!"

There was a bitter feel surrounding the Dunmer, and Medril did not particularly like this new addition to the group. With the newcomers, especially the mummy-man and the Dunmer, the group felt touchy and wary of each other. Medril knew that if they were going to defeat "Agromak", they would need to be bonded together like a family.

To lighten the mood, Medril drained the glass of beer he got when cooking, and stood on his chair, and grabbed his Lute, singing a fast, fun little song about a knight who was completely unco-ordinated. The atmosphere of the bar started to lighten, and the group laughed, especially at the knights feeble attempt at slaying a dragon.
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Dern, Balmora

Dern followed the Odai River, through the stone archway, into Balmora. The sky was clear, and the sides of the exotic bronze buildings glimmered in the sunlight. High above, hawks cawed at the seemingly insignificant people below. It must have been strange seeing a warrior armored in Gah-Julan, the favored armor of House Redoran, walk casually into Balmora, the headquarters of House Hlaalu. But these were hard times, and the Houses were not as conflicted as they once were, so the Hlaalu guards gave him no problems, aside from venomous glares.

Dern stumbled on his way toward the Lucky Lockup. He pulled a silver flask from his belt and fumbled with the cap, finally bringing it to his lips. He only allowed himself a quick sip of skooma, however, and when he felt it rejuvenate him, he put the cap firmly back on and replaced the flask at his belt. Having had his fix, he started on his way to the inn.

The guard at the door, though he would have barred the way for anyone else, knew Dern's face, and let him in without a word. Dern nodded his thanks, and strode through the open door.

In the tavern, he noticed a good mix of people. As soon as he entered, he noticed a scarred Imperial, a strangely-colored Argonian, a Bosmer with a lute, and an Imperial pretty-boy. After some looking, he also saw a mummified man sitting in the corner, and a Dark Elf clothed in grey.

Dern made his way casually over to a table in the middle of the room. He would wait for a while for anyone else to make their appearance, and then he would announce his identity, and the fact that he was the one who brought them all together. For now, he waited.
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Medril-Lucky Lockup

As the song was ending and the atmosphere lightened, another walked in, a Dunmer with bonemould Gah-Juhlan armor and an ebony bow slung over his back. There was something about that face, he looked slightly sunken, like a skooma addict. If this man was a Skooma addict, and if he gets involved in long combat, he would not be a very capable warrior, and would probably lose his head.

Medril noticed a silver flask just underneath the mans cloak, possibly a Skooma bottle?

Medril shook his head to clear it, and started singing another song, called, "home among the hillside"

It started off slow and sad, and became faster and bubbly at the midpoint, and loud and heroic at the end, it was slightly different to the songs he had sung so far, but a good song in any case.

At the end of the song, Medril began to hunger, and searched the kitchen for food, but remembered he had used it for Asums meal.

He set down his Lute and unslung his bow, his hand clasping his amulet, he muttered a small prayer to Hircine, and declared to his companions;
"I'm going for a hunt."
The last words rolled of his tongue and his eyes glazed over, he squeezed the amulet. And disappeared.

He stalked the forest while invisible, the only thing that was his enemy was his own scent, so he had put a guar pelt over his shoulders, hoping to mask his smell. He caught sight of a family of guar, and took off the pelt, as he was downwind, and the pelt would get in the way of his quiver. He nocked an arrow and slowly pulled back, then, grinning wildly, he released. His arrow whistled and Bardsong sang, in a deadly duet. The guar raised its head, at the singing of the bow. It readied it legs to run away, but too late, it's legs buckled and it went down under the arrow. Its children sprang away, they would likely be eaten by nix hounds.

He crept up to the dead guar, his feet making only muffled padding sounds on the dry leaves. Medril looked around, and squeezed the amulet once more, his need for the hunt gone, with it, his invisibility. He picked up the corpse and carried it back to Balmora, stopping before the door of the Lucky Lockup, and frowned. 'What would the others have thought of his sudden disappearance?'

But he entered.
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Sethor was climbing up a mountain, a ash storm blowing fiercely against his body. Below was a great river of lava threatening to swallow him completely. His gloved hands came to a ledge, and with great strength the Dunmer pulled himself up. He collapsed on the tiny gray ledge, breathing heavily and wrapping his cloak tightly around him. He looked at the wasteland below, seeing many Dunmer armies charge at one another over fields of dust and corpses. Spears and arrows rained from the skies with fire as battle cries emitted, beast of war smashing through the soldiers. A smirk slowly formed on Sethor's face as he drew his sword from it's sheathe, slowly rising and pointing it in the direction of the armies.

"People of Morrowind," his voice boomed loudly, like a volcano, "here my name! I am Sethor Fireblade, Flame of the East! Blademaster of the Dunmer! I, AM, YOUR KING!"

The sky suddenly turned a burning orange color as the mountain Sethor stood on burst at the top, waves of lava pouring downward around Sethor and to the armies that dared defy him. He raised his right hand in front of his face, squeezing it into a tight fist as flames formed upon it. Another boom emitted, and the skies gave off a great white flash as the ash storm howled.



Sethor's eyes opened as he gave off a tiny gasp, looking around the table quickly to see that little time had passed. The one with the lute seemed to have disappeared while Sethor slept. He gave off a grunt, looking everyone at the table over and seeing a newcomer. Another Dunmer with bonemold armor, and a ebony bow.

Hrmm... another warrior it seems like. This one seems old though, outdated. Surely, he won't be hard to triumph over.

Sethor wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaning against the table. "Alright, im getting tired of waiting. Where is the man that has been setting up all these posters? Come to think of it, where did the lute player go?"

As if to answer his question, the door to the Lucky Lockup opened, and there stood... was that a Guar with a human-like body?

"What in the world is that?!"
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Abel smiled nervously and said "Oh, nothing exciting, really. Just a long trip. Rather un-eventful and boring to be honest". He threw a glance at his brother, who just receded further into the shadows.

Rufus felt his instincts tell him something was amiss, but he quelled the feeling and simply grinned, saying "Same here mate, I can only hope the actual adventure is a bit more thrilling".

Rufus noticed Medril's playing had stopped. He scanned the room trying to find the Bosmer.
Eh, maybe he's relieving himself he thought silently.

For the first time, he noticed two Dunmer he hadn't noticed before. One of them looked rather angry, and was dressed in Bone-mold armor and covered in tattoo's. He seemed capable already

The other one, a typical Dunmer with greying hair, and also in Bone-mold, walked in and sat away from the group.
Great, he thought, I can already tell these two are people persons

The one in gray bone-mold, and tattoos seemed to have fallen asleep. Didn't even introduce himself Rufus thought

Suddenly, the tattooed dunmer's eye's fluttered awake and he let out a gasp. He had a bead of sweat on his forehead. "Alright, im getting tired of waiting. Where is the man that has been setting up all these posters? Come to think of it, where did the lute player go?" He said

"Your guess is as good as mine, Dark Elf", Rufus replied "By the way, what is your name?"

Before he could answer, the door opened and in walked a guar?
"What in the world is that?!" The dark-elf in tattoo's exclaimed

Rufus was reaching for his steel dagger, when he saw Medril's form under-neath it. Letting out a laugh he walked over to him.

"You should've told me you were going out hunting, I would've joined you! I didn't even see ya leave!" he said "Here, lemme help you".
Rufus began to help Medril carry the Guar
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Yaken quickly walked forward into Balmora. He had only arrived into this country half an hour ago. He felt as though he was running late and hated being late...

"Excuse me sir, but do you know where the, um, "Locky Luckup" is?" Yaken asked a guard trying to recall the name of the meet up location off the top of his head.

"I do believe that you mean the Lucky Lockup, and thats just down the road there." Yaken didn't enjoy being corrected, especially by Dumner... Yaken had half a mind to slit the guards throat here and there but he had more pressing matters to tend to.

"Thank you kindly sir... Blessings of Ebonarm upon ye." Yaken muttered the last part and quickly walked in the direction the guard was pointing. He produced the poster from his sleeve and showed it to the bouncer. He pushed past not even bothering to speak to the guard. Yaken noticed the large group of people but a man who seemed pushed away from the others caught his eye first.

He was bound in bandages and had aurora of death about him. Although Yaken himself seemed to dislike him he couldn't help but realize that if he could make Yaken slightly unnerved then he would be a great ally. He slowly made his way to the man in bandages and stood next to him. The feeling of death was so powerful the Yaken wouldn't be surprised if he was a necromancer.

"Hello, my name is Yaken... Who might you be?"
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Sethor wiped his eyes as he realized the Guar itself was merely being carried. He gave off a chuckle, though sounding somewhat irritated at himself, before leaning against the table. "I suppose I have been walking around the Ashlands for to long. Getting to paranoid, hrmmph." He gave off a cough before looking to the one that had spoken to him. "I am Sethor Fireblade. Warrior of Morrowind, and perhaps its future king." He gave off a snort at the idea, shaking his head, "What about yourself?"

His eyes then drifted to the Guar as he gave off a smirk. "Perhaps I can help cook that. I am quite handy with fire."
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Post » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:39 am

Medril

As Rufus approached to help him carry the guar, Medril nodded his thanks, and they set the guar down over a fire pit. The Dunmer with the flaming tattoos spoke.

"I suppose I have been walking around the Ashlands for to long. Getting to paranoid, hrmmph." he coughed before continuing, "I am Sethor Fireblade. Warrior of Morrowind, and perhaps its future king." He seemed to snort at the idea, and continued again, "What about yourself?"

Medril took a breath and was about to answer when the Dunmer interrupted.

"Perhaps I can help cook that. I am quite handy with fire."

Medril's eyes catching another glance at the tattoos, which seemed very much to resemble flames, as is appropriate to the Dunmers name, and he replied with a smirk, "I'll bet you are."

He stepped back at signaled to the Dunmer to cook. Then he picked up his Lute and played a soft, low song.
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Cain & Abel: Lucky's

"Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to.”

Abel merely smiled and leaned back in his chair, apparently this lizard was sensitive about his appearance. A shame really for it was superficial and why would he want to hide his reasons, what could turn an eye that color?

But Able glanced at his brother and realized that there were some secrets that a man just had to keep, and so he turned his attention back to Rufus who was filling him on the tale of an angry shopkeeper and some crab.

Wait about then is when trouble walked through the door, you could tell by the way he carried himself. Back posture erect, shouting at the guards, covered in tattoos. Yes, this guy could be a regular [censored],
it was the way he carried himself. His dark skin and ash gray hair also just seemed to give him a presence of malevolence.

He promptly sat and the table and fell asleep, not even bother to introduce himself to the group, Abel merely cocked an eyebrow at Rufus at this man's rude behavior. Shortly thereafter the lute player left and a stillness invaded the air that was broken by a gasp. The gray haired man had finally awoken from his slumber, it had only been a couple minutes anyway.

That was when a Guar burst open the door, except it wasn't. It was simply the lute player and Abel leaned back and laughed as Rufus got up to help move it, he was starting to like these two.

"I am Sethor Fireblade. Warrior of Morrowind, and perhaps its future king.”

Abel turned his head towards Sethor and smiled,

“Your rather ambitious and how exactly do you plan on being king, your not really a people person.”


Abel didn't even know why he said it, that seemed like something his brother would say, he was just hoping the man wouldn't decide to pummel him or roast for that matter. Not taking his chances he rushed over behind the Guar, there wasn't really a need for three people but it lessens the burden.

“Hey, you know any good Guar recipes,” he asked Rufus. As Fireblade, haha, started a fire.

Over in the shadows Cain watched his brother and the strangers, his eyes almost never blinking followed people in a way that sent shivers down most people's spine or spines. His brother was always the people person, for the most part at least. He seemed to be getting along with them well, that was good. In order to function together they would have to work as a team.

He was thinking about taking out that mushroom he had found, he knew just by looking at it that it was poisonous, it would make good potion to dip on some blades or arrows.

Or in your brothers drink.

That was the soul gem talking, having an immensely evil soul with you at all times sometimes could cause a man to go insane, at the very least he was just plain annoying. Cain easily shoved his old mentor assisted and continue to view both the door and his brother. That “Fireblade” warrior looked pretty strong, he would make a nice addition. But the lute player....He might just have to kill him....Just
kidding, but seriously, what did he bring to the table?


"Hello, my name is Yaken... Who might you be?"

First impression: He's [censored] huge.

Cain was use to towering above most people, but this guy was enormous and the shaved head with the tattoos just added sheer intimidation value. But Cain did not fear him like his brother might have, he ripped a man's soul out once and had raised corpses back from hell, so size was nothing. Still was an impressive figure.

Cain kept his eyes both on his brother and on the stranger while answering.

“Cain's the name, don't be offended if I don't shake your hand, lack of flesh you understand? Let's move this topic to you, your not your run of the mill monk or even Altmer. In fact, you have to know some kind of combat skill if your here by yourself, so who are you?”

Cain had both his eyes on the monk now, he was extremely interested on what he would have to say, bot many people approached Cain or even pretend he existed.
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The gray-haired Dunmer finally replied, asking his name "Well, king to be Sethor, just call me Rufus", he said almost mockingly. He didn't trust this Sethor, not one bit.

Setting the Guar down so that it could be cooked, Abel asked him if he knew any good guar recipes. Rufus thought for a moment, and replied
"Well, I'm no cook, but you'd be amazed at how good something stuffed with crab meat would taste".

As Medril started to play a somber song on the lute, Rufus watched Sethor prepare to cook the Guar. Closing his eyes for a moment, he let the sad notes carry off to memories of his best friend Murbery.

"Hey Roof, you'll never guess what I bagged today!" Murbery said cheerfully.
"If it's not those fine wood elf twins that just arrived, I don't wanna hear it" Rufus joked. Looking up from the table that held all his Bow maintenance supplies, he gasped.
Murbery was holding up, (and admittedly sagging under the weight of) a huge buck.
"By the Nine! Where'd you find that monster" Rufus exclaimed, barely able to believe his eyes.
"It matters not, all that does, is that we're eating good tonight! And even better I got those twins to agree to a date!"
Rufus grabbed his friend and hugged him. Life couldn't get any better


Opening his eyes, he noticed some-one he hadn't noticed before, a huge, muscular High Elf, over in the corner talking to Abel's brother. He wasn't your typical Altmer, and he looked like he could handle himself.
Wish we were all in one big group though, Rufus thought to himself

Turning to Medril, he asked "Where'd you learn to play the Lute so well, friend!"
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Yaken listened intently at everything this Cain character was saying. Even his stare gave off the cold embrace of death, a feeling that Yaken was all to familiar with... He couldn't help but chuckle when he told him he wasn't a regular monk, or Altmer.

"No friend i am neither you regular monk or Altmer. I am not trained in the schools of magicka or am peace loving... I am a disciple of Ebonarm, God of War. I was abandon as a child and was taken in by a fighters guild in the Alik'r Desert. I passed up the chance to become master of the guild there and decided that i would serve Ebonarm. After a some what short stay there i made my way across Tamerial hunting down Daedric creations... So necromancer, and don't deny it you reek of death, what brings you here?"

Yaken never looked at Cain while he spoke, he kept his eyes on the others who were crowding around a freshly killed Guar. He hated being near Dunmer, they all worshiped daedra and that was enough reason to dislike them... He had never found a race he could stand, not even his own... The Imperials weren't so bad and neither were the Bretons, so long that they didn't try to talk to him about the Nine...

While finishing his sentence he noticed a small Wood Elf, he attempted to catch his eye. Something about this elf reeked of Daedra...
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"Where'd you learn to play the Lute so well, friend?" Rufus exclaimed, and Medril smiled, as he always did when somebody complimented his playing, and replied.

"Well, I spent some years in Skingrad, 9 years ago, I met a man, he was very nice, almost a second father to me, anyway, he was a very capable bard, he loved his Lute, and he taught me to play, but then he moved to Kvatch, and never returned. I heard some years later, here, in Morrowind, that Kvatch had been destroyed, and all the inhabitants killed." Medrils eyes misted up when he saw a massively built Altmer staring at him.

Something in those eyes told Medrils hunter instinct that this man was a danger, but Medril smiled, excused himself, and stood up, heading to the Altmer. When he approached he stopped, he weighed the option of bluntly asking the Altmer if he had a problem. But he deccided against it, going for a more tactful, friendly manner.

"Hello friend, I am Medril, follower of Hircine, what may I do for you?" He said cheerily, the Altmer's eyes filled with distaste.

Sorry it was short, but I cant character control.
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Yaken looked down at the small wood elf and sneered at the word Hircine. Yaken knew that this was neither the time nor place to deal with Daedric worshipers but his boldness at announcing that foul name was enough to provoke a slight reaction.

"Greetings Medril, I am Yaken Direnni. I am a disciple of Ebonarm, God of War and as you might know all daedric gods, with the exception of Sheogorath, are enemies to my lord. You will have to excuse my staring as i am simply trying to figure out what kind of people i am going to be around for the time being..." He drew out the word people as if it were a string. Yaken then thought about this and realized that he didnt want to send off the signal that he wasnt a like able person.

"Im sorry if that came off as rude, let us start over." He extended his massive hand out to shake. Yaken realized that this was going to be a long trip and didnt want to be on the bad side of any of them, even if some of them were filthy daedra worshipers...
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The Altmer sneered when Medril stated his loyalty to the great Hircine, and Medril felt slightly annoyed, and looked down at his amulet, he clasped it, and, overcoming the surge of "huntlust" as he liked to call it, he put the amulet under his shirt.

"Greetings Medril, I am Yaken Direnni. I am a disciple of Ebonarm, God of War and as you might know all daedric gods, with the exception of Sheogorath, are enemies to my lord. You will have to excuse my staring as i am simply trying to figure out what kind of people i am going to be around for the time being..." The Altmer, Yaken, said, drawing out the world people, Medril snarled momentarily, he did not really like this man. He glanced at his bow on the other side of the room, and growled in frustration, but he knew it was Hircine, the amulet's contact to him.

"I'm sorry if that came off as rude, let us start over." The Ebonarm disciple apologized.

Taking off his amulet and stuffing it in his pocket, Medril felt dizzy, and his vision blurred for a moment, his improved balance and eyesight went away, and he looked at his Lute, and without his enhanced perception, he couldn't find it. Medril took Yaken's hand and shook it, deciding that the Altmer had to have a second chance, and without the amulet, Medril should be able to control himself.

"Well, I think that if --" he paused, then grinned, and laughed, "ah, screw it! Let's start over!" Medril took a gamble, he didn't know if this man would be moved by his wily charms, it was unlikely, Ebonarm didn't seem to take kindly to Daedra worshipers, especially not ones that have a direct link to their chosen deity.
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Yaken stared quizzically at the small Wood Elf as he looked towards his bow. He hoped that it would not come to a fight but if it did he knew that the small elf wouldn't make it to his bow before he had two knives in his back. Instead however Medril took off his amulet and put it into his pocket. The small elf looked as though he was about to collapse but he stood and clasped Yaken's hand.

"Well, I think that if --" Medril paused, then grinned, and laughed, "ah, screw it! Let's start over!" He was confused whether the sudden change of hostility was genuine or if he was simply svcking it up like Yaken was... He smiled either way and shook Medril's hand.

"I am curious about something wood elf, what brings you here? Surely being a follower of Hiricine and a wood elf you must be quite good with a bow." Yaken asked sounding sincere. In actuality he could care less. Yaken was simply attempting appear as though he was being friendly. He knew that his guise would be easy to see through but he simply didn't care, he didn't have to be on everyones good side he just had to not be on anyones bad side
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