Jihl of Hart Options

[Heather V]

Hello

I'm Heather V and this is pretty new for me. I'm an avid user of the Bethsoft forums under a different names and loved all the FanFics that were posted on there. But when I decided to post my own, following some pretty handy advice I was led here, and I'm glad I was!

This first part is somewhat a data dump, but to me it is just the perfect way to introduce my character and show a taste of what she is like. I hope you enjoy it Hehe

INTRODUCTION

My name is Jihl. Some know me as Electra, others know me as the Shadow, but my name is Jihl.

I’m in prison. Cool, huh? NO. It’s not. It’s rancid, putrid, infested and lots of other negative words ending with ‘D’. It’s vile and disgusting, but this is home now.

How did I get here I hear you ask? Maybe you didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway.

I used to be a member of an elite group of rebel fighters called the Hart Resistance. What did we do? We fought the fights that nobody else would. It’s that simple.

There was this one fight, though, and it was bad. Very bad. People died, and the wrong people lived.

All because of a necromancer named Nerastarel.

She was bad. Well, at first she was bad. She used to just do little things like raise the odd skeleton every now and then, but then her power grew too great. She got a taste for it. Soon enough she wasn’t just ‘Bad’. What she was didn’t even have a name.

It’s funny isn’t it? Someone who you once loved like a sister can change just like that. The feeling you once had can vanish. I have no idea how that can happen. It just does.

So yeah, I’m stuck in this cell in what I can only assume is the Imperial City and it is NOT fun.

I don’t know if I’ll even get out.

Although I do know one thing; should I get out Nerastarel will pay.

That I’m deadly sure of.

This post has been edited by Heather V: Aug 31 2012, 09:14 PM

[Heather V]

Thank you so much guys for your responses! I'm glad you enjoyed the twist regarding baurus's return and thank you both for noticing my editing errors; hopefully I've done a bit better this time! haha.

For those of you who haven't seen, here is a TV screenshot of Jihl

In chapter 4, The emperor and Jihl assisted the Blades fight the assassins. The emperor gave Jihl his family dagger to fight with. Unfortunatly, Renault was lost in the battle and the others continued on without Jihl. At the end of the chapter, Baurus came back to retrieve Jihl so she could join them in their escape.

5. A Walk with Baurus

The Emperor, Baurus, Glenroy and I continued to traverse through the ruins. We hadn't run into any more assassins, but we all knew that wasn't necessarily a good thing. I knew that at the end of our current path there would be something waiting for us; something that would inevitably kill the Emperor.

It tied my stomach in knots thinking that the Emperor was destined to die before the day was out, and that there was nothing any of us could do to stop it. But would he die? Just because he was sure of his visions didn't mean we couldn't prevent them from happening?

It was impossible to predict what would become of the Emperor and all we could do was protect him with our lives.

I still wasn't sure as to why was so adamant to lay my life down for the Emperor. My heart wanted to say it was because he showed me the same respect my Master Mason showed me.

"You okay?" Baurus asked me, noticed a look of deep though upon my face.

I looked at him, smiled and then looked away, laughing with embarrassment, "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry."

We continued to move. I could see from my peripheral vision that Baurus continued to look at me, but I pretended not to notice.

"You're nothing like any prisoner I've ever come into contact with." Baurus told me, somewhat amazed.

I looked at him, my eyebrow raised, "Huh?"

He laughed, "Sorry," He then smiled at me, "Just saying a thought out loud. Doesn't matter."

I couldn’t help but think that Baurus was a little bit sweet on me. I decided to look at him with my eyes wide and my lips slightly pursed in a flirtatious manner. Baurus was cute, and if he had a thing for me I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity.

"I'm curious now," I said with a grin. "Tell me what you meant."

We stared at each other a moment. I folded my arms and kept my eyebrow raised; a mischievous smile etched on my face.

"Fine!" Baurus laughed, giving in to my irresistible charm, "I just noticed you have morals. Good morals. You're nothing like a petty criminal."

"...Go on..." I smiled, enjoying the compliments.

"You laid down your life for the Emperor despite the fact that his protection is not your responsibility. You fought the Assassins practically unarmed." He continued, "That takes guts."

I smiled. His words warmed my heart, "Thanks," I said, blushing.

We continued to walk for a moment before Baurus broke the silence again.

"May I ask why you were in prison?" He asked. He then smiled mischievously, "I'm curious..."

"You may ask..." I said, the looked at him with a teasingly, "but that doesn't mean I'll tell you."

We shared a smile, but I could tell that I could trust Baurus with the information.

"You really want to know?" I asked.

He replied with a nod.

"...I used to be a member of the Hart Resistance." I started, "We were somewhat a rebel group; fighting against the corrupt 'powers that be'."

"'Powers that be'?" Baurus asked.

"People who misused any power they had for selfish purposes; like the Elder Council or the Count of a city, for example." I continued, for some reason I wasn't nervous about badmouthing the people I assumed Baurus worked for.

I looked at the Emperor for a moment. I started to feel bad that he'd been getting such a bad reputation within the Resistance due to the way his council had behaved. I knew now that it wasn't his fault; there was no way this sweet and gentle man was capable of the things the Council had done.

"Anyway, there was this one member of the resistance, Nerastarel, who we gave the nickname Nerry, who was a powerful Breton mage. Seriously, she was a master at everything magical. Nobody could touch her." I said, remembering the person I was speaking about. It brought a smile to my face for some reason, remembering who she used to be. "She was a good friend. She, myself, another Bosmer named Faendil and a Redguard named Faythe were tight. We were practically family."

Baurus looked captivated by my story. A look in his eyes suggested genuine interest.

I carried on speaking, "When our master, Mason Hart passed away he gave leadership duties to me in his will. Everyone was so happy for me; apart from Nerry. To cut a long story short she thought I was undeserving of the role of Master and vowed to destroy the Resistance because of it."

"By the nine!" Baurus said, "Then what happened?"

I was hesitant to continue at first, but I did anyway, "A few months later Nerry called me out to fight for leadership in the Heartlands, and I accepted. However, despite the fact I was supposed to go alone the entire Resistance decided to come with me. I thought it would be a bad idea for them to come with me as fifty-on-one wouldn't be fair. But Nerry herself brought a few of her necromancer friends to the fight. The battle was huge, and at the end of it only Nerry and I barely survived." I could feel a tear welling behind my eye, but I tried to ignore it so I could finish my story, “She ran away and I followed her to the Imperial City. A citizen died after getting in the middle of our fight and I got arrested for it."

"And Nerastarel?" Baurus asked. "What happened to her?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. She probably cast an invisibility spell and got away, knowing her." I then looked at Baurus, whose expression looked quite grim. I tried to lighten the mood, "And there's my story!" I said joyfully.

"It's a good thing we came along and got you outta prison then." Baurus smiled.

I smiled back, "Yeah..." I edged a bit closer to him, "My hero..." I said in a joke like manner. He seemed to like it.

"BAURUS!" Glenroy said from ahead of us.

Both Baurus and I shot him a look, seeing a few assassins pouring down from ledges in the walls and started to attack Glenroy and the Emperor. Baurus unsheathed his sword and charged for the assassins. I got into a suitable position and took aim with my bow, notching an arrow. Once I had my target I let go of the string, watching as the arrow shot ahead and pierced the skull of an assassin that attempted to approach the Emperor.

It didn't take long for us to overcome the assassins. Once they were all dead Baurus and Glenroy approached the Emperor.

"Are you okay Sire?" Baurus asked him.

The emperor nodded, "I am unharmed."

"Their numbers seem to be decreasing," Glenroy added, "I think this is a good sign-"

Suddenly I spotted one of the 'dead' assassins quickly get back onto its feet and prepare to attack the Blades.

Just as quickly, however, I took an arrow, notched it, fired and killed said assassin. Baurus spun, looked at the assassin then looked at me.

"You missed one," I smirked flirtatiously. Baurus smiled back, letting out a small chuckle.

This post has been edited by Heather V: Sep 18 2012, 01:09 PM