The end... I'm quite sad, really. Now I can only hope we're going to see Rashelle in Cyrodiil, or continuing her adventures in Vvardenfell... But oh well. Even if there's nothing more to Rashelle's story, I can say that this was a very enjoyable and great story, as was the Mournhold one.

That was a very satisfying ending. It wrapped things up in way that was unexpected yet very welcome. Although I am sad to see the story come to an end, I am happy that it ended well.

AhhhhApronia a werewolf? Now that was unexpected....but it really made sense.Quite an interesting and very beautiful ending..hmmmm

Ok so the inevitable question arises:

Will she come back? Will we learn more about this extraordinary woman?

Please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaase!

Wow, you had planned the Apronia-plot from the start? I'm impressed by the little details you used there.

And it does seem like she's cursed to never achieve rank in the legion. That's one of those things TES does in a weird way. Most people would be amazed at achieving a high rank in one faction but here, gaining the highest rank in ten different factions can be done in less than a game year.

Minque:

I think a few people here (Lord Revan, metal mallet) had figured out the Apronia werewolf thing early on. I can't fool you people ... can I? This is not in the game, by the way.

jack cloudy:

While Rashelle has become on very good terms with a few members of the Legion, in general she has mixed feelings about them. That whole prison ship to Vvardenfell thing, you know?

Gaius Maximus:

Thank you. Have you read the Lokken story yet? It takes place after this one. I think it was posted before you joined the forums. It's here on this forum.

Thank you everyone, for the comments through the whole story. They really helped.


A few scattered observations ...

The final word count for this thing (according to the handy unix "wc" program) is 106273. For comparison, the english version of Jules Verne's "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" is 103037 words. I have written my first novel! Whoa.

The reason for this is that I actually wrote everything in (save for one quest). In my Lokken fanfic and in my Tribunal Fanfic (to a great extent) I dropped some quest/plot lines.

The Dwemer ruins in Solstheim are from my "Bloodmoon Dwemer Additions" plugin. It's fun to write a plugin into a story. The Ice Witch book is not in the plugin, however.

Nano was used to write the stories: I like a nice minimal text-editor. ispell was used to check the spelling. Though Morrowind is a Windows game, my fanfic are all written in linux.

The idea of the Shrine of Azura being a serene and calming place is taken from Treydog's first story, "The Story of Trey".

The idea of Daedric Grace does not actually exist in Lore (that I know of). I got the idea from a Doctor Who episode (either 4th or 5th doctor), where it was explained that the interior of the TARDIS is supposed to be under "Temporal Grace."

The personality for Bereditte Jastal, the Breton in Thirsk was partially inspired by Joxter from Xena. Which reminds me: there's a cameo from that show in my Tribunal fanfic: Rashelle sees Gabby in the sewers under Mournhold.

Most of the Fryse Hag "Lore" in this story is entirely made up, although some is taken from research into real Celtic & Scandinavian folklore. In-game, there is no information about the Hags save for one or two dialog entries that essentially say "They worship Kyne, the mother of men and they kill anyone not of their order". That's all! The fact of them being called Ice witches can be ascertained by looking at some unused NPCs in the Construction Set. And I *think* that "Fryse" translates as "Ice". Not sure ... maybe minque might know?

I'm not sure if Bethesda intended the Fryse Hags to be Valkyries or not ... there are differences (a valkrie does not slay, but instead chooses corpses from the battlefield). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie

Bethesda could also have taken the idea from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cailleach
"In Scotland, The Cailleachan (lit. 'old women') are also known as The Storm Hags, and seen as personifications of the elemental powers of nature, especially in a destructive aspect."

The "old style" non-murderous healer Fryse Hags are were inspired by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lva (Volva) "They were highly respected members of society who took care of people's ailments, both physical and spiritual with their herbalism and prophecies."

Wikipedia is real handy.

Rashelle herself is inspired from many sources, including:

• John Carter from Edgar Rice Burrough's Barsoom novels.
• Xena and Gabrielle (Mmmmmmmmm, Gabby, sigh).
• Conan (original Howard stories, not the movies & comics)

As to what I write next ... not sure. Taking a few days off right now. NaNoWriMo is coming up and perhaps if I participate in that, I can finally figure out how to think up original stories/plots. All I've ever been able to do was rewrites of existing plots, although with variation (the Ice Witch subplot and the Apronia subplot ... but those are only subplots - they would not work as standalone stories).

I've had a Lokken 2 story in the works for some time, but it is STUCK and may never get finished. There's this little matter of it HAVING NO PLOT. Argh.

Again, thank you all for your comments.

Now I'm off to read jack cloudy's latest installment.

I wasnt quite aware of it until now, I accidentally found it while searching for fanfics to read. Up in chapter 3 already, and so far it's as good, if not better, as this one. I never played the mod that it is taking place in (apparently), so it's all new and interesting to me.

And yes, it was posted after I joined... Mmm, good thing I joined later. Now I can read all the stories in the chronological order!