Riden's NEW Journal of Cyrodiil, The new version since my old one got wiped from my computer T_T Options

[DarkZerker]

Um so here I am. I was going to say one month but what the heck, I just started up Oblivion since my Oblivion save file and all my Microsoft Word files were wiped. Thank god I had both my Fallout 3 fan fiction saved on a USB so does my Oblivion ASSASSIN save file.

This is the new Riden Snowe as my new thumbnail and signature suggests. This was actually my first real roleplaying type character. An assassin based off the "Assassin's Creed" games(at least the armor and hidden blade). Since I have better writing skills, it will be better. Bladesong rewrite! Annoying but what the heck.

Chapter One, Corruption is the root of my money.

I looked down at my latest contract given to me by the corrupt Count Regulus of Bravil. Sipping some tea in the local tavern, I readied my weapons. As usual, the target was very paranoid. I couldn't get a good look on the man's face but during one of my stakeouts on a bench nearby, it was clear that he was an Argonian.

I sighed at the Count's racism to beastfolk but shrugged it off, the pay will be amazing. The Argonian started running and I raised an eyebrow.

Behind him were three people in armor flanking him. The Argonian stopped and started talking to them calmly. I didn't get a single word but it was clear what he wanted them to do, Attack anybody following him.

With a grumpy huff, I climbed my way up on the housetops and started following him from above. Even then, I had a few close calls as the man's bodyguards looked up occasionally. I had probably followed him for an hour before the bodyguards left. I got out my secret weapon, the Hidden Blade.

I jumped down a couple feet behind him. As I crept up, the bodyguards started to return. Noticing me, they yelled to the man, "Usheeja! Behind you!" But it was too late. I sank my knife in his throat and laid him down peacefully. I took off running with three very angry bodyguards behind me.

They were pretty determined to kill me. I spent probably a good thirty minutes trying to avoid them before I was boxed into a corner. One of the men swung his battle axe like a madman trying to make contact with me. After the display of madness, I realized that these guards were very unskilled.

Another one with a hammer rushed and came down at me with all his strength. With quick footing, I barely dodged the heavy lump of steel. With the huge power came a long recovery time. Enough for me to slash with my trusty sword, Gwilth. He fell while the other two guards started to question if attacking me was a good idea.

The one with the battle axe charged at me and slashed. Obviously not learning from his comrade, I jumped back and rushed forward with Gwilth. With a thrust, he also fell. The last one with the sword was smart enough to run. Feeling generous, I let him go.

After a small trek through the streets of Bravil, I headed to the castle. The guards immediately stopped me before the Count nodded to let me through. I whispered, "It's done."

The Count nodded and tried not to smile. He grabbed my arm and handed me a pouch with a letter in it. I greedily snatched the pouch and left. When I was safely back at the tavern, I opened the pouch. Inside was a huge pile of gold and a letter sitting on top of the mound. I grabbed the letter and started to read it.

Dear Riden Snowe,
I'm very happy to hear word of your success. I have no more contracts for you and the Dark Brotherhood is after my head since I'm contracting a rogue assassin instead of them. If you have any friends, I'll be more than willing to pay you an extra five hundred gold to bring them here to guard me. Oh and have fun with the 1000 gold I gave you.

Your client, Count Terentius

I smiled at the gold and threw out the letter to keep the "where did you get that gold" question a mystery. The gold weighed me down a bit but it didn't stop me from packing up my weapons and venturing back to the Imperial City, my base of operations.
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Yeah yeah, Kinda redundant and a bit short. Not to mention that the whole "Imperial City" thing was from my last story.

My roleplaying is pretty standard when it comes to the first chapter of my story or in game. I rushed QUITE A BIT. Took me a good 20 minutes to finish off this. Not long...

Remember to Read and Review. R&R

[DarkZerker]

Alright, this is my real first chapter of the second arc. So…um…here we go. I’ll edit this one and not be a cheap idiot like in my filler one.
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Chapter 7 or Chapter 1, Arc 2, “Childbirth and Flashes.”
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“Tess…it's almost time for the baby to come out.” I quietly said.

It’s been eight months and the baby would be coming any moment now. Tess was anxiously waiting ever since the 1st of Frostfall, the month when our own child would be brought onto this world.

Tess embraced me with shaky hands, “Thank you Riden.”

I hugged her tighter, “For what?” I asked.

“You were there for me the moment I met you…I mean officially. I mean, we barely knew each other but you still wanted to help me, no matter what.”

I slowly let go and stared into her eyes, “Tess, I’ll be there for you till death.” I said, trying to keep the mood of the conversation. She smiled, “It would be touching if it wasn’t so cheesy.”

Tess started to sway back and forth until she was knocked unconscious. I was both scared and curious until I read a small pamphlet that came with the last batch of potions the healer gave us.

The thing that concerned me before I even read it was the large label with the words, “WARNING” printed in big red letters.

I pressed onwards and read the pamphlet. Nothing was of interest until I got to the part concerning the last potion in the batch, “Caution, the user of the last potion in this set will be knocked unconscious as to prevent any mishaps during childbirth. Be sure to drink this potion during the month the patient will have the child. It will cause childbirth in three days, to prevent any complications with the medication”

“WHAT, Why would you make this?!” I yelled at the pamphlet. Tess was still blissfully asleep without any knowledge of what was going on around her. Seeing her unconscious on the living room bench started a series of flashes in my mind. Most of the flashes were brief, just lasting a couple seconds before I snapped back. But one was so long, it showed the whole picture. What the flash showed me was vivid and amazing. During my energy transfer with Tess in Thomak’s cave, I saw Tess’ lifeless body start to regenerate itself. All the wounds started to heal up as a large blue light traveled up and down her body, regenerating all wounds it came in contact with.

Then she awoke, screaming. After that, she was rendered unconscious by the same blue light. I saw Grenaw praying to the Nine, “Oh thank you!” He exclaimed to the Nine. He gently picked up Tess and peacefully laid her down on her bed.

I snapped back, panting. Trying to shake the thought from my head, I stumbled out of the house. The healer was passing by at that time and I collapsed right on his feet. During that time, I was still very much conscious and aware of what was going on.

The healer was surprised as his face seemed to take a very gloomy look, “What’s the matter?” He asked, kneeling down.

I got my breathing under control, “I…I saw a vivid dream…no…a vivid nightmare of a moment with Tess.”

The healer seemed intrigued and his face lit up, “Really? Tell me more.”

I recounted my events with the flashes and how Tess became unconscious while the healer directed me to his workplace. As I progressed with my story, the healer became more and more intrigued until he looked like a child with a new toy, “Amazing! Firstly, I’d like to congratulate you on your new upcoming child.”

I nodded and the healer continued, “But this is astounding! You have a gift, Riden Snowe. I never knew that mortals could gain the powers of the Daedra.”

When he said “Daedra” I was both shocked and even more worried about the child, “Wait, what was that about the Daedra?”

He smiled, “Well…do you remember the Orcs from eight months ago?”

“The Dagrukai, they were called the Dagrukai.” I said.

“Yes, the Dagrukai. Well you might not know this but they are a hybrid race. The Daedra have had way too much fun cross breeding their race with mortals. The result was the Dagrukai…” He explained.

“But that still doesn’t explain me.” I said.

“Well…some mortals have remnants of other race experiments of the Daedra. You’re an Imperial so your ancestors must have had some direct link to the Daedra or had contact with somebody with Daedric blood. As you know, they have otherworld powers and mortals can also get them from cross breeding with a high level Daedra.”

I remembered a small letter I read, “I found a letter one time. It was called the Snowe family tree and it had a parent who was part Demora and part Imperial….”

The healer looked a bit skeptical and even more surprised, “You…you’re the first instance of a mortal crossed with a Demora I’ve ever studied. Your child will have these powers.”

“No…I don’t want MY child to suffer these curses.” I said, recounting my single event. Even though it was just one time, it was vivid and could easily drive any mind to insanity.

“But this is a great instance of power! You are no mere mortal, you’re part Daedra. I see that your appearance took form of a mortal. Thank the Nine for that but…your abilities and strengths all come from the Daedric bloodline you have.” The healer explained joyfully.
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3 Days Later.
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“It’s a boy!”

I was so happy from that moment on that I forgot about all the contracts my clients started sending me. The healer was also very happy to see what a part Daedra child could do and was ecstatic.

I shook his hands, “Thank you for helping us deliver our child onto this world. I never did get your name though.”

“Phoebus Felix.”

I nodded, thinking the name was familiar but I didn’t give any thought to it. Phoebus looked over our child, “So what will you name him?”

I looked over to our child. Tess was cuddling it and panting heavily. She smiled at me as an “I’m Okay” sign.

I returned a weak smile and the child started to move about, as if he was fighting off the air around him. Tess seemed to find that amusing as she started to laugh a little.

‘Great, the child already wants to fight.’ I thought grimly.

I paused for a while, thinking about a suitable name for an Imperial child.

“Geovanni Snowe.” I proclaimed.

Tess seemed to like it and nodded, “Alright…Geo it is.” She agreed, with a shortened name.
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A/N: Alright, this isn’t me to make notes in the middle of a story but this has to be said. Geovanni is NOT A spelling error. It’s a cheap gimmick to call the child “Geo” which is the name of the protagonist in Megaman Starforce, which is my all time favorite RPG on the DS. I’ll be getting Starforce 3 and maybe 4 if it comes out at Christmas. YAY!

Oh yeah and um…3 days later…
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“Tess, are you doing okay?” I asked.

She smiled and nodded. In her arms was a small, pale Imperial boy, just three days old but already kicking and swatting at the air as if he knows he’s going to grow up in a family that’s based on combat.

Tess doesn’t know about my Daedric heritage and I want to keep it that way until…she’s ready to accept the fact.

She smiled down at the child, “Well I guess he gets his violent nature from you…” She said jokingly.

“Yeah, and since you’re not a fighter at heart and I’m a killer at heart, I wonder how that’ll play out.” I said back, with a widening smile on my face.

She lightly punched me and started to give Geo the baby formula. I got dressed in my robes and started to head out.

“Well Tess, I’ll be back in a few.” I said.

Tess was keeping a steady face but I knew she was itching to yell at me, “Go? Where are you going?” She asked, trying to keep the anger out of her voice.

“The baby is born…we need money. I’m the only one here who can get us a steady supply of money.” I said.

Tess silently put down the baby in the crib and glared at me, “Remember what you said!? That you’ll never work until we’re ready?” She yelled. The baby could hear her easily and started crying.

I sighed, “Yes but…” Tess cut me off, “What do you think Geo is going to think when he’s older?! Is he going to say to his friends, ‘My dad works as an assassin and can kill anyone in Cyrodiil if you give him a week’?”

Tess was driving me to madness in her own way, “You know what? I’ve been trying to provide enough money for our family to support Geo! I’ll be back in three hours, I’ve got a contract.” I snapped.

Tess clung to me and refused to let go, her composure quickly switched from rage to begging, “Please Riden…don’t go.” She said, “I can’t take care of the baby alone…” she whimpered, her voice starting to turn soft and all the anger leaving her.

“Well you have to for three hours.” I said, prying Tess off me.
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2 hours later, Assassination target: Samuel Bantien.
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I watched my unlucky target walk happily with his wife, Rochelle. It was a pain to locate him, but after two hours of searching, I found the target.

As I primed the Hidden Blade from my perch on the rooftops, I watched him and Rochelle having the time of their lives. My thoughts immediately went back to Tess at home. Then the flashes returned.

I saw Tess being taken away by a robed man with little Geo wrapped tightly in a white blanket, being held tightly by Tess. The man chuckled and brought down a large axe on the pair.

I snapped back into reality, trying to contemplate what I saw during the flash. Samuel was now near the large statue of Akatosh in the center of the Talos Plaza district. My hidden blade was primed and ready for the kill. I thought it over for a while, thinking about my own relationship with Tess. Eventually, I realized that I should only care for my family and nobody else.

After all the guards in the area left, I grabbed a small gas arrow in my pack and threw it hard on the floor next to Samuel. It exploded into a green cloud and everybody near it was knocked out. In seconds, the cloud dissipated but it did its job.

Samuel and his wife were knocked out. I leaped from my perch down to the unconscious body of Samuel Bantien. With a swift movement, my hidden blade buried itself deep inside his neck. As is custom, I whispered a small prayer, “May you find happiness in death as you did in life, Rest in peace.”

I quickly ran towards my own house. The screams of his wife were heard as the guards near the entrance of the city ran towards the screams. I ran faster when the screams were heard. When I burst into the house, Tess was trying to get Geo to go to sleep.

She looked at me with teary eyes, “Riden…please stop this. I need you here…with me.” She whispered, trying not to get the baby to wake up.

“Alright…the contract was just enough to finish construction of Geo’s room. Was it delivered?” I asked.

Tess looked down at the floor, “I…” she started to say but quickly changed the subject, “Yes, it came. The money’s on the dining table.”

I looked at the table and sure enough, a badly made pouch was sitting there with a small letter next to it. The pouch was filled with gold. There would’ve been almost three thousand coins in it!

I read the letter, not knowing much about the client yet.

Thank you Riden Snowe. There’s a total of 2800 gold in the pouch, I added an extra 300 for an extra thank you. That fool Samuel now lies in the grave and the Imperial City is a better place because of it. It’s good to see that this city has professionals instead of murdering brutes.

-Roderick Lupe, City Watch Guard.

“Wow…city watch. Talk about corrupt.” I commented.

Tess tugged on my robe sleeve, “Come on Riden. It’s late…let’s go to bed…I have something to tell you.” She said, looking very nervous.

I followed Tess upstairs to our Master Suite. She sat down on the bed before breathing heavily, “Riden…”She looked up from the bed, “You have to quit being an assassin.” She blurted out.

“Tess, you know I can’t do that. My job is the only thing that keeps us from being beggars sleeping out in the open.” I said back.

“Well think about Geo’s future! He’s going to have to go to school and he’s going to have a horrible reputation because of YOU!” Tess snapped.

I couldn’t respond to that and simply sat next to her, “Tess…I know what you’re trying to do. You’re trying to keep me close, right?”

She started to babble out no’s and yes’s before admitting the truth, “Yes…that’s why I’ve stopped you. I’m scared Riden, about Geo and your band of rogue assassins. Even worse, the Dark Brotherhood.”

I was intrigued immediately, “The Dark Brotherhood hasn’t bothered me in a year.” I said.

Tess silently slid me a letter, it was stained in dried blood and had the logo of a red palm print. “The Dark Brotherhood wrote this…” I commented.

I hesitantly opened the letter and saw it was written very neatly and was titled, “A Promise”

Hello Riden Snowe and family.

The Night Mother and the Dread Father Sithis wants your soul Riden. You have greatly angered him by killing our Listener. Since you seem to have somebody you care about, we’ll…persuade them first. Of course you can stop this just by heading to Cheydinhal. Then we promise no harm will come to your little girlfriend or the child. Just come to Cheydinhal…

-Children of the Night Mother

“Alright, they are DEAD” I said hoarsely.
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Yep! The Dark Brotherhood is going to have a lengthy feud with Riden’s faction of rogue assassins. By lengthy, I mean like…10 years. Trying to get the baby a significant part in the second arc. A vendetta!

Spent two whole day (literally 48 hours) revising this. I spent lots of time reading some unusual fan fictions…you know, iCarly fan fics and Megaman fics and the like. They are an interesting read and helped me improve my character development side of things.

This post has been edited by DarkZerker: Aug 2 2010, 03:28 AM