Dragon Kin, Chapter 76: Daedric Musings by Evil-is-Relative, literature
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Dragon Kin, Chapter 76: Daedric Musings
Spectral draugr. That was new. Ysmir looked down at the thing—and its dog—with interest, noting how the bones seemed to shine through like frozen lightning through mists. It was actually rather fascinating when it wasn’t trying to kill her anymore. She could only imagine what the rest of the mages at the College would have made of it. “So is this what happens when their bodies finally give out?” she asked, poking it with Dawnbreaker. “They become ghostly grumpy undead?” Miraak shrugged disgustedly. “At a guess, this is what happens when Morokei decides he wants something different from all the other Priests.” Her mind chased ...
PrologueThe horse huffed through its nose and whined, tilting his head from side to side but kept trotting onwards. The blonde Nord who called himself Sigaar was humming a tune to himself, seeming uninterested in the scenes around him.
Won't be long now , I thought to myself. We're almost at Windhelm . I thought back to the reason why I was leaving my hometown in the first place.
Ah, yes. Aventus, the idiot, escaped from Honorhall Orphanage and returned to his former home while I was gone. I rolled my eyes and pulled the cloak around me tighter. The kids from the Orphanage kept repeating that he'd left to kill Grelod The Kind.
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Dragon Kin, Chapter 57: Containment by Evil-is-Relative, literature
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Dragon Kin, Chapter 57: Containment
She heard the screaming first. Cries for mercy and the normal battlecries she had become accustomed to since coming to Skyrim, along with a strange hissing that got louder as she urged Jughead into a gallop, only to pull up short at the sight that greeted her.Winterhold—unimpressive to begin with—was in shambles. Ysmir watched people duck into houses pursued by strange, glowing orbs of light that looked something like wisps, only darker. The creatures flew to and fro, wreaking havoc on whatever they touched, and seeming to take a bit of delight in destroying whatever was nearest. Beyond that, the College was encased in a sphere of magicka ...