Journal of Torlin Options

[Jac]

I started this awhile back as a journal of my current character. The start may be a bit shaky because I haven't gone over it again. If there's interest, I'll post more of it.

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16 Last Seed:

Jiub told me that we've reached Morrowind and that we may be freed soon. He was proven correct when the guards came for me, unfortunately they left him behind. I have grown to respect and admire the Dunmer and will miss his stories. I hope to see him again, but I feel that our paths will take two very different paths.

The guard led me up through the bowls of the ship and I tasted my first taste of freedom in many months. The sun shone down on me, causing me to blink as I exited the trap door and set foot on the deck of the ship. The guard posted there directed me to a waiting officer at the end of the dock, an unfurled scroll in his hands and a blank expression on his face. I knew that expression well, using it to my advantage more than once. I hurried down the ramp as fast as my unsteady legs could take me and stopped before the Imperial, answering his questions about my past to the best of my ability, though it pained me to remember why I spent so much time on that ship.

The officers in the Census and Excise office were quick and thorough. I quickly made my way through their processing before finally meeting with the captain, who handed me a sealed package and directions to one Caius Cosades. I tucked the package and note into my shirt and stepped outside.

To call Seyda Neen a town would be a misnomer, it is a slightly built up fishing village, with both shacks and stone houses. There were few people on the streets: mostly Dunmer fishermen, their wives, and a small garrison of Imperial soldiers. A Bosmer accosted me and asked me if I had seen a ring of his that he claimed was stolen. I gave him one I found in a rain barrel in the Census office because it fit his description and I had no use for it. He was pleased and said that he would speak to Arrille, the local goods proprietor. Smiling at my luck, I bid him a good day and sought out Arrille to purchase the supplies I would certainly need for the long journey to Balmora.

I saw the Altmer Arrille today and must say that I was rather surprised to see a Mer that tall and...golden. I had heard stories of them in Hammerfell, but never thought I would actually see one in person. He was a nice fellow and gave me a discount on his wares due to my helping his friend, Fargoth. I spent what little release money I had and asked Arrille if he knew of any work in the area. It seems that one of the guards upstairs was interested in recovering some money, but when I spoke to him about it, it didn't sound right and I turned the offer down. I see even in this distance province, greed and corruption are alive and well. I shall have to remember to be on guard against them, lest I have a repeat of what happened almost a year ago...

I talked to the other patrons of the trade house: an older Dunmer named Tolvise who said she offered comfort and kindness. I had to turn her down due to my lack of funds; a Dunmer bard who told me of his many adventures; an Imperial Battlemage who had little to say, which surprised me because I thought Imperials always had something to say, even when they didn't say anything; a bald Nord who wouldn't tell me what he did and a pretty young Redguard female named Elone. Elone and I chatted a bit until she mentioned that a friend of hers went missing the other day and she was worried. I rear end her that I would look for her friend and let her know if I discovered anything. Elone told me her friend said she was going to explore a reputed cave of smugglers just outside of town, but that was almost two days ago. I checked my gear and set out to explore this cave for myself. If they really were bandits in this cave, the law would be glad I rid the cave of them. Besides, after I was finished with them, they wouldn't need their gear anymore.

[canis216]

Well, it's a bit dry. It reads right now as a journal NOT intended for public consumption--which I suppose was how you started it. If you do continue with this (and I hope you do, because I see some potential in some of the little offhand observations and remarks, like about the imperial battlemage) you can do more to bring out Torlin's personality, and maybe throw in a bit o' dialogue so the reader gets a chance to set their own judgment of NPCs versus Torlin's perspective.