True enough. The day afterwards must have been one of the most challenging days in my life. From early morning, to late at night we was out….just running, so that we would know the real meaning of getting fatigued. Several of those who wanted to become an Ordinator collapsed on the road, but we were given direct orders to keep on running, those who failed, was not worthy of becoming an Ordinator.

Things like this happened several weeks, and I realised at that time, so long ago, why there was very few female Ordinators. At our training sections we normally trained ourselves in physics, medium armour, and Blunt weapon. Our trainers were ranking Ordinators, in a good shape. Another part of our training was in mental stability, and to become one with your inner self….I guess most Ordinators fail at that particular requirement. The training sessions would last for half a year…half a year we were blocked out from the other inhabitants on this island.

I can not tell where the Ordinator training take place, that would be to betray my brothers and sisters, something that I wont do…but I can tell that it is equally, if not more hidden than the Dark Brotherhood head quarters are in Cyrodiil…and that tells a little of how serious the temple takes their Ordinators. I had nearly finished my training session, and was going to make the last part of it…I would have to take a part in an Ordinator attack. I was placed under the command of Ravil Othraven, the lead Ordinator at Ghostgate, and was getting ready to gear up, when I had to meet in the briefing room.

The room was filled up with both Ordinators, and Boyant Armigers. And the Person standing at the large table, an Armiger I believe, was to be the leader of this attack.

-“Alright my brothers, and sisters, pay attention”. Said Ravil.
“The Boyant Armiger, Mnedel Eves, is leading this incursion into Red Mountain, Mnedel, you have the word”.

-“Alright, we are going up to clear out the Ash Vampire lair of Tureynulal, from it’s taint”. “I am leading the attack myself”. “Now, remember the road to Tureynulal, is quite difficult, and we have to walk along the slopes, if we do not wish to traverse the perilous cliffs up there”.

-“The Ordinator Telina Delvanni, will accompany us, and in case I die, you take your orders from her”. “Since you are all rookies, we will have to be careful, do not just storm in there, but after we have been attacked, or we attack, we will have to make our advance quickly, be swift, and leave none alive”……Oh great, the were rookie armigers…how comfy, an Armiger was only given a three week training, before he was ready, and now they wanted us to storm an ash vampire lair….the armigers are definitely crazy.

I took my trusty Indoril cuirass on me, as well as my Indoril shield, and a dwarven shortsword. We had reached the path that would take us either up to the shrine, another road leading around the mountain, and the last road that would lead us up to the place where I had thrown Umbra into the lava pool….that happened to be Dagoth Ur, itslef. We was having a little break so the rookies could catch their breath, meanwhile I walked over to Mnedel.

-“Mnedel, I know you have already planned the route and such, but if you look at this map here”, I took up a map given to me.

-“We would be better off taking the path through Dagoth Ur, by not entering the cursed citadel itself, we can easily go this route here, and be at Tureynulal, within the morrow, instead of this week long camping trip with the rookies”.

He nodded, as he realized that I was right…it was much faster than the route he had planned.
-“Ok, gather up your equipment, we’re leaving in five minutes, and we have also decided on a new route, so just follow Delvanni, as I believe she know the route best”.

The trip to Tureynulal was a long one, and I stopped to give them a break….once. Down at the crater outside Dagoth Ur, one of the Armigers had neglected to pay attention, and not being careful as I said he had to be, he slipped, and fell into the hissing lava pool. The cliffies was not coming near us, we were to big a group to attack, so we made it safely to Tureynulal, where we set up a camp for the night, and we sat up guards as well, so I was pretty pleased with my effort for the day.

Me and Mnedil woke up early in the morning….no surprise the rookies was still sleeping tight, sake for the guards, so we prepared a quick breakfast, before waking them up. I wandered along the Armigers, silently waking them up, most got up without even protesting, but I heard some loud voices a little behind me.

-“Sir, why we gotta attack at three o’clock, at night, you gotta be crazy”, Mnedil looked as though he was nearly going to shout, he apparently did not know the answer, but since I had read many documentary books about the creatures of Red Mountain, written by Ordinators, I was more than happy to tell.

-“Be quiet Armiger”, I hissed. “The reason is that at this time of night, the cursed spawning’s inside this area, is most inactive, due to the coldness of the night, they get slower, and more dumb than before”.
¨
-“There is no reason to not be careful though, the Ash Vampires, and dagoth’s are vile creatures with an intelligence that is greater than most mer’s, do not attack them without caution”, I wandered on, waking up the rest, who had listened to me. Some five minutes we stood outside the entrance of the large dwemer ruin, so I carefully opened the ancient door, and led my team inside, quickly followed my Mnedil.

The creaking sounds that normally sings out in Dwemer ruins was here as well…but they were….different. They sang a song of ancient malice, added on by the foul stench of rotting flesh, and the blood splattered walls, with full of nail scrapings in them, I understood why several of the rookies I had with me was virtually shaking, and I must admit I felt a coldness erupt deep in my spine as well, but we just continued, we had to continue.

We came to a fork, and I pointed to Mnedil that we would take the road to the left, while he took the way to the right. So we split up, and continued. We came to a large room, with several doors. I wordlessly gave signs to the Armigers to go door by door, and kill the inhabitants swift and quick…but something went wrong……


Loud noises came from below, and I realised that Mnedil had run into trouble. Shortly after, creatures started to wander out of the doors, only to be brutally hacked to pieces by the Armigers. The central door opened, and out stepped a…thing, he looked as though he was a mer…but his skin was as black as the ashes itself, and I realized that we stood over an opponent to mighty to destroy…alone…he was Dagoth Tureynul, stood tall, watching me with cold eyes that made me shudder, before pointing a thin finger at me……

-“You Mortal, you shall regret about disturbing my studies, I shall have great pleasure in killing you”.

-“Oh yeah, well, Come on, kill him” I yelled and charged forward. I do not believe he had thought about fighting and Ordinator, and about seven Armigers at once, so I understand why he was so hasty to retreat outside the reach of sharp blades. Instead we suddenly had several spells flung against us, by the other lesser Dagoths, and such…three Armigers was flayed to the bone by a nasty spell impact.

-“FLEE”, I screamed, as I beheaded another vile creature, and we systematically fought our way out, we had just gotten to the fork, when we met Mnedil, he had a very bad looking wound at his left side, and I could see he was close to death.

-“D-Delvanni, I’m sorry, this was a failure, but get the rest of my men out of here…alive”, then he ran down the corridor, cutting of a few heads while he was at it.

I lead the Armigers out. We were all afraid now, we ran like I never believed was possible, and we did not stop before seven hours later, when we stood outside the ghostgate. As we were resting, several Armigers, and Ordinators, including Ravil, came out.

-“Sir, the-the raid was a failure…we lost many, including Mnedil, but we also gave the foul creatures down there a little something to remember us by…..a huge mound of corpses, so I’m sorry sir, there was nothing we could do”.

-“That’s ok, Telina, you have succeeded, so take this letter to Berel Sala in Vivec, to get your position”, he handed me a stamped letter, and a warm smile.

The short trip trough the woid was as always, just a blur of colours, and then I stood outside the Vivec High Fane. Berel was as always behind his fancy desk, and smiled broadly as he read the letter, giving a description of my training session, as well the info about the failed raid at Tureynulal.

-“Ok now there are different parts within the Ordinator ranks, you can have guard duties, or you might join the team at ghostgate, or”…….I interrupted him.

-“Sir, I-I would like to join the inquisition, as the office of the watch, if that is possible”.

-“Hmm, the inquisition eh…not many who have joined there lately, well, you will be assigned to High Inquisitor Czevahk’s command, so you take this, he handed me a couple of boots, and gave me back my helmet, as well, as this letter, give it to Czevahk himself, no others, oh yes the password to enter is, Faith in the tribunes they shall guide us”.

I got into my earlier room, and lied down to get me a little nap, before entering the service of the inquisition.

Wonderful update! I really liked the raid into Red Mountain with the noob Armigers. It was really like one of my own little raids in there. I also liked how Berel Sala gave Telina a choice of duties which varied in a realistic way. Oh, Telina is joining those fanatic Inquisitors, interesting. I hope they don't transform her into a fanatic meat bag like all the other Ordinators.

Haven't kept up with many fan fictions here since I've been away but catched the chapters of you're story Tele and it's very well written, good english, descriptive enough to get the important details in the story This last update was very nice and hope you can feed us with another one soon

Bra!

Holy muffin! Tellie an Ordinator? Now that is really amazing....I wonder what Serene would say when she finds that out!

Great job Tel! Artistic liberty is what makes a story really go! Keep it up ya hear? Continue to give usthe result of your wonderful imagination!

Braaaaavo!

Hehe..nice to see you back fuzzy...and you minkey...so minkey do you have any idea when the final part of the clash against the titans round IV is finished???. Thanks to all of you who read and comment on my humble story.



My little nap proved to be a little to long, as I was woken up by a rather angry Berel Sala.

-“Delvanni, what tha hell are you doing, you’ve slept for nearly fourteen hours, get yourself up to Czevahk right now”.

I jumped up from my bed, and quickly got my armour on, and grasped the letter, and ran like hell out onto the temple courtyard. I looked up at the Office of the Watch, the huge rock held up by the tremendous mind power of lord Vehk. I spoke the levitating cantrip, that would give me the lift I needed to get up there. I smiled as I levitated up to the large rock…the inquisition was without doubt the most powerful organization on all of Vvardenfell, and here I was, going into the service of one of the respected High Inquisitors, I was honoured.

I knocked on the door, only to be asked for the password…. “Faith in the tribunes they shall guide us”…the lock clicked, and the door was swung open, and I entered. The halls was dimly lit, and the flickering torch light was disturbing, but there was nothing to do, but continue. The office of Czevahk, was at the top of the rock, and he grasped the letter, mumbling something that sounded like “hmph….late as usual”.

-“Ahh, well Delvanni, you have been assigned to me, so you must do EXACTLY what I tell you….understood”?....Yes, High Inquisitor”, I answered.
“Now, I have gotten reports of a potential necromancer residing near Dagon Fel…now, listen carefully, as this is important”.

-“The legion is aleready sending someone, and it is imperative that we get him before the before the legion does, you got that”?

-“Yes…My Lord”, I added humbly just for the effect.

The journey to Dagon Fel was a….expensive one, as I had to buy another woid walk spell from the greedy mages in Ald Rhuun. Dagon Fel, was a small fishing village, just slightly bigger than Seyda Neen, and the temperature was uncomfortably low, and I wished I had brought a cloak with me. The people around me, was keeping distance…probably because of my armour, and the hefty dwarwen claymore at my back.

A little further out at the sea, I saw a ship emerge…filled up to the point of it being unstable with imperial legioneers…all of them most likely having a rather itch sword hand…and an arrogant mood.

I grabbed the nearest local guard, promptly asking him out.

-“Do you know where the so called necromancer here is…I like to have a little chat with him”.

-“Oh yeah…well, my fellow legion members are coming in at the bay to get him…so why don’t you make me tell you where he is”.

Well, I do not say I was disappointed, I was happy, I got a chance to toy a little with the type of soldiers who had done unspeakable things to me in prison. I used a little telepathy, and soon he was dancing around like another idiot…but the fun part came when he undressed himself, and found it a good idea, to command his fellow guards to shoot at the incoming ship….Volley after volley of fire arrows hit the ship, and the ship was forced to turn away to avoid burning up….I smiled to the guard who was allowed to control himself again.

-“So, why don’t you tell me where this necromancer is….or I’ll make you do worse things…eh”….I looked on him, from underneath my helmet, and saw him shudder at the thoughts of what else I could make him do.

-“T-t-the n-necromancer is ju-just outside the town….i-i-in t-the n-n-north d-dwemer ruin…but be-be carefull, he have several guards”.

I gave him a sardonic smile, and stalked up the dusty slopes, towards the northern dwemer tower. The climb was long, but not to difficult, and I soon stood outside the strange door, that was to be found in dwemer ruins. The inside stank of….rotten flesh, so at least Czevahk was right, there was a necromancer here, and at the smell, he was ready for his next experiment.

I walked cautiously down the hall, the creaking sounds disturbed my concentration for other sounds greatly, and it was with a big luck, I saw the two persons standing a little further up the hall….

-“You there...on behalf of the office of the watch, I ask you to leave this place, and never return…my business is with your master”.

Why did people always have to choose the hard way on this cursed island, I had no idea, but the walked closer to me, measuring me up and down, before drawing a little steel dagger each.

-“So, a little steel dagger…is that it”, I told them, as I drew my large dwarven claymore…and held it up. They looked on the size of the big sword, before getting the point…they dropped their daggers, and ran past me, and out to freedom. The ruin was free from any other servant or creature, so that only left the hatch in the central room to investigate.

And sure enough, there by a large table with a stinking corpse on it, stood the necromancer…he had a strange mask on him, that felt…alluring, and whispered to me…of how peaceful he was, that he would not harm me. I shook of the whispers inside my head, and held my sword, ready to attack…or parry any incoming attack.

-“Oh…Damn, I guess this is it”, the necromancer said. “My name is Sorkvild the Raven, and I shall go with you peacefully”…..I lowered my sword a bit….big mistake. “I shall go peacefully with you, the day Vivec starts as a farmer”, then he threw a dagger towards me. The dagger penetrated my Indoril pauldron with ease, and the searing pain in my left arm, told me that it was a incredibly sharp weapon.

I sircled him a little, ha had drawn another dagger just like the one he had thrown at me, I really wished to kill him, but I had orders to get him alive. I tricked him, as I chopped the dwarven claymore towards him, but then I let go of it, and it flew straight towards his chest…naturally he dodged it, but it gave me the time I needed to perform a paralyze spell. He stood on the floor, the fear in his eyes nearly illuminated the room, so it was with great pleasure I slowly folded out my ropes, and tied him up….good.
I marked the place, and returned to my stronghold for some much needed firepower, and it took me a further two hours to rig up the explosive devices, after that I dragged Sorkvild outside, and look down in the village. The ship with legioneers had arrived now, and they advanced slowly towards my position.

I quickly made the fuse…from what I could see the soldiers would be here in a matter of five minutes, so I set the fuse on four and a half…just to give the a nice firework. After igniting the fuse, I dragged Sorkvild with me up in the hills, a little distance away, and sat down to watch.

The fuse had been well designated, and the closest legioneer was merely feet away from the door, when the dwemer satchels exploded. The soldiers was thrown away like small dolls in a storm, and the whole ruin, sorta just sank slowly down into the earth, and created a thick layer of dust.

I returned to Vivec by a woid walk spell, and entertained Czevahk immensely, by telling him what I had done…and he was most pleased when I told him that I had “cleansed” the ruin, by fire, so we sat down to further discuss my career in the Inquisition.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Apr 9 2006, 09:38 PM

Great update! I loved it how Telina beat those Imperial Soldiers at their own game then blew up the tower. I hope she has a sparkling future in the Inquisition. Keep up the great work!

She joined the High Inquisition? Does this mean that she'll have to hunt down the Nerevarine? (the real one, not the countless fakes that run around with just their pants.)

Loved the comparison between the Dwarven Claymore and the daggers.

Excellent as usual:goodjob: I liked the mind control bit, very funny.

poor Casius... i've had that done to me by some girl too (i don't even know her she just pushed me into her pool. I only had a little beer...)

This post has been edited by DarkHunter: Apr 11 2006, 12:22 PM

Muahaha the mind control was hilarous. Poor guy didn't know what hit him. Great update as always.

I'mjust going to infor that the next update is on the way....hopefully it'l be finshed to the night....

And again...thanks to all of you who read and reply...you make me feel special...no wait....YOU are special....

Nice I think the nercomancer learned his lesson although i think the legionars had a little surpise too then

Gah, I just noticed that there were new posts here and that I hadn't commented on your last update. Please forgive me Tellie, it is very interesting to see the latest developements that keep readers guessing, please continue soon.

Superb

Very nice as always, keep it up - Nothing to say

Ok, here comes the long awaited, (hopefully) update. oh, thanks for all the patience you have shown me...I have been VERy busy lately, so I haven't had the time to write or update.



-“You see Delvanni, we have heard rumours that the Dark Brotherhood, have established a base here in Vvardenfell, and that they have been getting increasingly aggressive”.

-“Last night there was an attempt on lord Vehk’s life, that was obviously stopped, so we want you to retrieve the information from the assassin…as he was taken alive”, ok, so Czevahk wanted me to do a little interrogation, on the organisation that I had started to hate…hehe, fine by me.

-“As a matter of fact my lord, I happen to know who the leader of the Brotherhood here on Vvardenfell is…but well, you probably won’t believe me”, I said…”Oh, I do…spit out”, he said back with an exaggerated voice.

-“Ok, you see I happened to be a member of the brotherhood…many years ago, and I was told who he was…I know where to find several of them…but the main leader is actually Vedam Dren…but we have to be careful about him”.

-“Now I do have some contacts, so I’ll make them give us information enough to get to Dren, meanwhile I’ll try and get as many of the other Brotherhood members as possible, ok”?

The look upon his face is one I will never forget. He rubbed his hands together in glee, as he saw a Big opportunity to actually get rid of Dren…the main person who could cause trouble for the Temple….and I could see that he was greatly pleased with me.

-“Oh, may the Almsivi bless you Delvanni…I think a promotion is in order, so, for the moment, you’re promoted to chief interrogator, of the order of Indoril…but if you manage to catch or root out a certain number of Dark Brotherhood members…maybe the rank as Inquisitor or High Inquisitor is at an order…as I will probably be chosen as Lord Inquisitor of Indoril, that is the highest rank, here in the Inquisition”.

-“But, here is the key, to the cell of the brotherhood member, just…do your thing, meanwhile I’ll take a visit to lord Vehk, and arrange the papers that will give you full authority to get to these places, and arrest or kill anyone you know or think is a member…sake for the duke of course”.

I took the key, and headed for the cells, there I asked the lead Ordinator, Ilnori Staurosin, where I could find the assassin. I closed the door after me…and we were completely…alone.

-“Ok scum…tell me, who gave you this mission”?...the answer was a huge pile of spit that landed right before my feet…a kick in the chest made sure that he would not be able to do that again.

-“I ASK YOU AGAIN…WHO GAVE YOU THIS MISSION”, and this time my voice was VERY loud. He looked up at me, hatred in his eyes, before he told me, “go to Oblivion you filthy outlander”.

I shouted for Ilnori, who came in fast…and I gave him a little nod. He smiled, and enclosed upon the Dark Brotherhood assassin, the he unsheathed his ebony longsword, and put it in his hands…a little jerk later, and the blade snapped in two pieces…and the assassin’s eyes widened when he was told by Ilnori, that if he did not answer my questions, Ilnori would do the same thing with his….essentials.

-“My name is Raven Berenal, Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, I was given a contract by the leader of the Cammona Tong, to assassinate Lord Vivec”, he rambled out…clearly he cared about his essentials….”OK, wait a moment, who is the leader of the Cammona Tong”?, I asked him.

-“It…it…it’s Orvas Dren, he rambled something about Lord Vivec being a threat to the country, that’s why ha wanted Vivec….dead”.

I nodded to him, and I and Ilnori left him in there, while we went out to discuss his punishment…”He tried to kill Lord Vehk, that’s punishable by death, so how do you want him to be killed”?, Ilnori asked…”make it fast…and clean”, I answered. Then I left him, to talk to Czevak.

-“Ah, so Orvas Dren is the leader of the Cammona Tong…and he wants Lord Vehk dead…well, I want you to persuade him otherwise, I’ll give you five Ordinators, to take with you, his plantation is about half an hour north of here…good luck”.

I was given my letter of Emergency authority, and collected five Ordinators, and headed out towards the Dren plantation. We had just gotten away from Vivec, when the rain started, and within five minutes we were soaking wet, and I was almost shivering when we had come to the Dren plantation. With a single knock on the door, we entered, and made our way, up to where Orvas Dren was….

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Apr 15 2006, 11:15 PM

Awesome Update Tellie and yes it has been long awaited. I feel for that DB listener though, but in his position I simply would've stopped breathing. No ratting out my boss, no painful loss of essentials .

Ouch, remind me to recall the moment the Ordinators capture me, ok?
Great update. Telina's career is going to soar.

Great update. Telina's career is blosoming. Let's see what happens in Dren manor. I also liked the interogation sequence but I have one question, was the assasin a Dunmer? Cause' if he was, Telina could have put a fire to his bare feet. That would surely get the blood flowing and the fear blowing. And btw, Indoril is a Great House not some Ordinator. The Ordinator armour is named Indoril Armour just because many Ordinators are from Great House Indoril. The actual order of the Ordinators is the order of X and Ordination. But I think you knew that already.

Hehe....I do so know Griffie...but the Ordinators are actually called, the Brothers of Indoril...or the Order of Indoril, since 80% of their members is recriuted from house Indoril...But yes the assassin was a Dunmer....but remember fire against a Dunmer isn't always so smart, since a Dunmer have a high resistance to fire...hehe, pluss a man will be worried about his...essentials when an ordinator treathens to brake them of...

I do not know when you can expect a new update...but hopefully it will not be so long a wait, as this one was.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Apr 16 2006, 01:42 PM

That's exactly what I was saying. Because they have a resistance to fire he won't fear it. But after long exposure to fire, particularly at his heels and feet he'll get a new notion of fear. Us humans for example, if you throw water at us it won't harm us, at first. But if you throw water at someone for some time you'll break him. And, not trying to argue with you or anything, the Ordinators are not an order of House Indoril. They're just an order that fights for the Temple. The order of X (doctrine or something like that) and Ordination as I've already said. People in Morrowind say this, just talk to random folk in Vivec, near the High Fane, about religious matters and you'll eventually hear about the order.