Go to Sheogorad, and reap the benefits.

By secret glyph: dreamsleeve transmission
Dreamsleeve: elevated, security protocols granted
Security protocols: brilliance, scalebound, nirnroot

To Councilor Sjorenfried, in praise and honor for your Wise and Glorious Stewardship of the Empire!

My Lord, it has been some time since I last made contact, for there is grave news indeed. But before I randomly spout pieces of information at Your Excellency, allow me to start from the beginning, stating beforehand that the following may or may not be the whole truth; it is being passed down second and third-hand.

As you knows, the Bruma vandal, S'fara, was apprehended and charged for her crime. The dungeon of Castle Bruma is famous for its ability to deter potential villians simply upon their remembering what happens to them should they be caught, so I need not go into detail with Your Lordship as to the environment in which she was awaiting trial. As a lawmaker from Bruma yourself, you know full well the fate of those wretches. It is no surprise then that Countess Carvain managed to speed S'fara's trial along, unswayed by the insanity of the feline criminal. As always, the rule of the Empire is "all are guilty until proven innocent", and S'fara's dementia did little to aid in that effort to prove her so. Few were surprised when she was sentenced to the gallows.

All of Bruma turned out for the spectacle of a trial. As the trial ended and verdict about to be read, the law house door burst open and a gasping Bruma guard panted aloud that the regular garrison were in need of assistance.

Now, my Lord, is the part of the news that is unverified. We have reports that the guards charged a figure striding mightily towards the law house. It is unknown what this figure did to attract the lethal attention of the Watch or why he was so intent on getting to the trial. Nonetheless, it is said that an entire squadron of Bruma's best stormed this man on the main street of Bruma in broad daylight.

Countess Carvain, who had heard the commotion, looked down upon the scene from the safety of her balcony window. What she saw was a sky churning red, much like the days before the Breaking, and a figure dressed in the golden Imperial Dragon armor of the Emperor himself holding aloft a strange staff, unlike any she had seen before, crowned with what looked like a human eye. The man opened his mouth and his spoke a single word: "HOLD".

The figure's thu'um was so powerful that the guards froze in mid-charge, allowing the man to inspect them for a moment before shouting "RELEASE". The guards collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen with awe of the man's power. Captain Burd raised his head from the snow and gazed at the Champion, the Imperial Dragon. Burd threw himself back to the snow in reverence, chanting "Ysmir".

Your Excellency, I have nothing further to add at this time due to the news blackout from Bruma other than the person assigned to remove the "SKOOMA CAT" inscription has subsequently been executed, reportedly by direct command of the Champion, alongside twelve other men. The twelve were reportedly pushed off of the city walls as punishment for having beards of all things, and the one repairing the statue for "desecrating" it.

S'fara was last seen in Bravil mumbling something about "gettin' to Rimmen" and "the golden road glows at Rimmen".

We beseech you and all the other Honorable Councilors to turn your eyes away from the troubles of the provinces and inward to what stirs right under our noses in Cyrodiil. I would state that I pray for your swift answer and even swifter action, but my prayers, along with my fellows in the Chapel, seem to be going unheard. Until then, I remain.....

Yours in the Scrolls,

____[The Word Merchant of Julianos]

Very interesting reading.

Who is The Word Merchant?

your protector until the end of days, which are numbered 12.

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That Guy.

*bows*

By the nine! Show some respect. It's a holy man of Julianos.

I enjoyed reading this. It was a great bit of lore.

Indeed, so did I.

Time to go to sleep.

Must be a bad merchant, he's giving it away for free.

I'm sure that's what he wants you to think...

Oh, like when the prosttute wants to give you a free one you ought to turn it down because of the STD potential? Is that what you mean?

Are you suggesting that TWMJ is trying to give me Brain Herpes?

Word Merchant, I want compensation.

Why?

'Cause my brain just exploded.

More like brain syphilis, but only if he's out for some kind of profit. If he's peddling words out of the goodness of his heart for free, then he's just a bad merchant. Maybe he should be more like the clothing charity dropbox, just kind of redistributing words instead of selling them. Surely he isn't a merchant like Shylock who is out for Christian flesh in payment. He will get no blood.

Not all compensation comes in the form of green.

And you're paying.

You're paying attention.

___TWM

I've never understood this. What is this anyway, some sort of scrying technique?

Ever sent or recieved anything by telegraph? It's like that, except more like the way it was encrypted and not which wire route it took.

I must say TWM you outdone yourself in this one. What you provided was exactly as I would do in the version which was given, should I have enough time to attempt subcreation.

A feat well done, my hat goes down save for the fact that I don't have one.

Muthsera Almindor2,

Thank you for the kind words. I didn't expect to see this topic pop back up. I enjoyed writing it and actually had a few more chapters to throw in, but I got bogged down with irl stuff, which seems to be happening more and more these days. As a matter of fact, I promised AstionM (who was gracious enough to design my new avatar sua sponte) some material ages ago and still haven't gotten around to doing it.

___TWM

Aye, it's good to see this again. I always enjoy a bit of character spurred fan fiction. I tried my hand at it but couldn't quite hit the mark you scorred.

Same here. And now-a-days I dont got the time to think so much so it will even look 1% as good as this.

I still say it's great, man. Better than cheese! Well, maybe not better than cheese, but as good as cheese, anyway.

So, when did this zombie pop back up, anyway?

Today, 12:17 AM by Almindor2

Excellent work! I'm a big fan of the Hero > Champion > Crusader > Madgod school of thought. Well done.

I loved reading this