Old Habits Die Hard Part Six, some old habits never die Options

[haute ecole rider]

Hello all, and welcome to the final thread of Old Habits Die Hard. Those of you who are familiar with the Main Quest know that we are fast approaching the end game. Only three more artifacts to obtain, then we can recover the Amulet of Kings and light those Dragonfires and see Martin to the Dragon Throne at last. Right?

For those who are coming late to the party, here are the links to the other five threads:

Chapters 1 − 7: From the Prison to finding the Path of Dawn.
Chapters 8 − 13: From Dagon’s Shrine to Bravil.
Chapters 14 − 18: From Sheogorath’s Shrine to the start of the Grand Tour of Cyrodiil.
Chapters 19 − 22: From Leyawiin to Skingrad.
Chapters 23 − 25: From returning home to Anvil to the final Mages Guild recommendation.

Here in this last thread we will see the Main Quest through to its tragic conclusion. Some questions will be answered, including who is the man Julian loves? Other questions will be raised, including what’s next for Julian? Those of you who have suspected a second story in the making, you are correct.

After a year and a half of writing this story, I am happy to bring this to a close, yet I am sad to bid it adieu. Hopefully I won’t let any and all of you down as we wrap up.

This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Jun 26 2011, 01:10 AM

[Captain Hammer]

Wow. Quite the finish to a fantastic fight. And we see how Casnar came to carry that dai-katana. But how did Valdemar get a hold of it? Wait, sorry, I'm asking the wrong person. Where's a Destri when you need him? I figure if George Martin can finish Dance, Destri Melarg can finish the next month in Interregnum. (I kid, Destri, I kid. Besides, I still have a ton of writing to do as well, and if I don't start before Tuesday...)

One not-quite-a-nit-yet (Bring Out Your Nits!):

"He gave me Mishaxi’s Cleaver in trade. And a fair one it was, too.”

You tend to italicize properly-named weapons. Is there a reason you haven't done so for Casnar's katana?

Lastly, Julian's a retired pilus prior, yes? That means one thing:

Jelin’s hard training kicked in, and I spun the shield at the undead bones’ lower legs, releasing the grip so it flew from my arm sidewise just above the floor.

*Sings loudly*
"When Captain Anvil-Julian throws her mighty shield!..."

This post has been edited by Captain Hammer: Jul 7 2011, 05:08 PM