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

[SubRosa]

“Here lies Sir Casnar, the reality met his expectation.”
Sadly, the reality was more than he bargained for. Still, it was a wonderful scene of the fab four preparing for their final mission in Sancre Tor. After seeing them dead for so long, it was nice to get a glimpse of them while blood still flowed in their veins.

The rest of the episode is a nice little recap of Julian's adventures so far. Quick and concise so as to not bore those who have read those chapters, yet at the same time informative for those who are just starting to read OHDH.

“We’ll stop shaving for the winter - some of us, anyway.”
Playoff Beards then? It figures that the Blades would be hockey players, given the location of Cloud Ruler.

You can’t go home again. It’s true.
Indeed. Because while home does not change, you do. You can never find that person you once were when you lived there. Just ghosts of memories.

“If Grandmaster Jauffre will allow it, that is.”
This was a nice touch of reality here. Once Julian joined the Blades, she gave up her right to choose her future. She might be sent to High Rock next week, or to Akavir, and never see Cyrodiil again.

“So I can either take lives or save them?”
There is an old saying: "A Witch who cannot hex is a Witch who cannot heal."

And finally we close with one more tantalizing tidbit of Julian's romantic life. Steffan it is then? Interesting. I was holding out for Countess Carvain, or Caroline. But I suppose I can save that for the slash version...