The Dragon Lands/chapters 3-6 Options

[Andric]

I will post the next three chapters here, but so far, I only have three typed. Enjoy it, as I probably wont have the next two chapters typed in a while.

Chapter Three: The Family Seal.
(Cascus)

My name is Cascus. I come from the Cines family, a family that once was a powerful and honorable family. But one day, my family was disgraced by my brother. He left the knightly order of Raven, in Dwynnen, of High Rock, and joined a Daedric cult. And one day, he returned, leading hundreds of Daedra. That night, the entire district of my town was destroyed. Except for the family mansion. This is why the people hate us now. They think its suspicious that only our house stood. And that the army was lead by my brother. That night, I vowed to search him out, and bring him justice.

I walked down the hall to my guild dorm. Along the way, people glared at me. One even called me a swine. I ignored them as I always do. But I put up with this every day. I walked into my room. I looked above the fire place, where my guild seal hung. The seal was an emblem of two Imperial dragons, bounded together by a ribbon. But one of the heads was missing, after my brother broke it in a fight with my dad. That was the day my brother left. The room had been cleaned, so I knew that Ellone had been in here today. She left a note as well. It said on it:

“ Deer Cascus Cines
I cleaned your room for you, but you could thank me later. You shouldn’t live like such a slob. You know that rats are attracted by messy rooms.

Anyways, I met a young woman, who requested your attendance. She wants to meet up with you in the Dragon and Rock inn.

~Ellone”

Why would anybody want to meet with me? Whatever the reason, I changed out of my training cloths, which were drenched with sweat. I put my silver long sword at my side. I didn’t need my shield, as the Inn was only on the other side of the street from the guild.

There was an Imperial guard at the entrance. I walked up to him. He asked

“Are you Cascus Cines?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Please enter.” He said, stepping off to the side.

As I walked into the Inn, I noticed no one was there except a girl with long blonde hair and two guards that stood next to her. She looked over and waved.

“Where is everyone? This Inn is normally full of people at this time of the day.” I said.
“We rented the place until we finish with it. Can’t really talk to you if there’s people listening.”
“Alright, what do you want?”

She walked over and sat on a stool at the table next to me. “Come and sit.” I shut the door and sat down.

“My name is Victoria. You know, your more hansom than I you would be.” She said.
“Why does she have to do this every time?” muttered one of the guards.
“So what do you want?” I asked, getting frustrated.
“Oh, sorry. Anyways, the Emperor requested you to come on a quest. I’ve heard about your family. This could be your one chance to clear your family’s name.”
“I’m sorry, I’m not interested.” I said.
“But where else could you go? You cant stay here forever.”
“I don’t care.”

I got up and walked toward the door. But before I got there, she said something that stopped me right in my tracks.

“We have information about your brother.”

I turned around and waited.

“He is alive. But at the same time, He isn‘t.”
“That doesn’t make since at all.”
“It will if you come with us”
“…Okay. I agree.”
“I knew you wou” “However” I said interrupting.
“If I encounter him along the way, I will do anything necessary to kill him. Even if that means abandoning the mission.”
“Okay, I understand”

I walked back to my room to pack a few things before I left. I ate a quick meal, and wrote a letter to Ellone, thanking her for all her hard work. I put my shield on my back. And as I walked out, I found myself looking the seal again. And without thinking, I put it into my bag. It was now time to forge a new name. Not for my family, but for myself. The one that will track down my brother, and destroy him.

[Andric]

Alright. Im finaly done typing chapter six. And Im still writting chapter ten (one of the far longer/more intresting chapters.)

Chapter six: The calm before the storm
(Waits for the Red Moon [AKA: Kane])
<Writer’s note: Kane’s translation is loosely translated, as he doesn’t speak much English>

I am called Waits for the Red Moon in my tribe. But the warm bloods call me Kane. I left my tribe in search of knowledge and strength to defend my people from the dark skinned Elvin slavers of Morrowind. I traveled North to the lands known as Hammerfall. While I was hunting in the Dragon tail mountains, I was captured by a gold skinned Elf named Darroll. Nine days later, I was freed by a Redguard named Locke, along with two others. I now travel with them to there destination.

It has been several nights after the events of the small town. The land around us grew less natural and more artificial. The sun was warm, and the birds where chirping as we went through the forest trail. We stopped to eat. I ventured out to a large creek with large rocks along the bay. But while there, I could smell a Daedra. Then I smelled a human.

“There you are!” Isabel yelled, surprising me.
“Be quiet Isabel.” Kai said, coming out of the bushes after Isabel.
“Why? What’s wrong?” She whispered.
“There’s something near.” He said.

He could smell it too. He wasn’t like others of his race. He was more disciplined, more aware of his surroundings. It did seem strange to me why he was, but it didn’t bother me much.

“It’s a Clanfear. We should be able to take it.” Kai said

We moved to the center of a clearing ahead of us. Isabel’s heavy breathing was enough to attract it. I heard it move through the bushed. I raised my spear. It moved closer. I raised the spear over my head. This first attack wasn’t to kill the Daedra, but to surprise it, giving me the advantage. When it came close enough, I brought my spear down and hit it over the head.

“Ouch!” A voice came, just as I was about to jab my spear in for the second attack. An’Jirr came from the bushes. His hands on top of his head.

“Why did you do that?!”
“What are you doing sneaking around like that!” Kai said.
“I was following you!”
“Could we stop yelling?” Isabel asked.

Then something jumped out of the bushes at Kai. He reacted by slashing his blade into the Clanfear.
“There! Its dead, and we found Kane. Lets go back.” Kai said, wiping the blood from his sword.

We walked back to the wagon, dragging An’Jirr. Locke looked up at us.

“So you guys found him. We’re running late. We should get going.” Locke said.
“Yes, lets get going. We’ve spent far to much time here.”

The wagon continued on its way. An’Jirr continued to complain about his life. Kai appeared to be asleep, but he wasn’t. He was just tired. He sleeps gets that way when he stays up for more than three days. Isabel asked me.

“Can you tell me about yourself? I want to know about your home. In the Black Marsh.”
“Why does it want to know?”
“Well, you never tell me anything about your self. I am just curious.”

I remained quiet. She continued to look at me, and I could tell that she would not stop until she got a response.

“This one comes from the Blue sun tribe in Argonia. My tribe was attacked by slavers.”
“Hey. Your starting to speak our language better. Just remember to use “I” when you refer to yourself, and when your talking about some one else, use “HE” if it’s a boy, and “SHE” if it’s a girl. You should only use “IT” if your referring to things that don’t have a gender.”
“Too much to remember” I said.
“Oh, sorry. So why did you leave?”
“I left to find ways to protect them. I need strength to hold back the invaders.”

She looked at me in a weird way.

“There are other ways to solve things than violence. Just try to reason with them” she said.
“They won’t listen to us. They think of us as animals without souls.”
“That’s stupid…” Kai said. He opened his eyes.
“How could anything be alive with out a soul?” He continued.

His question remained unanswered.

“So what about you, An’Jirr? What happened to get you into the Imperial High courts?” Isabel asked.
“I’d rather not talk about it.” He replied.
“Come on. You couldn’t shut up just a few minutes ago.” Kai said.
“He stole an artifact from a temple.” Dorrog said.
“I stole it to protect it!” An’Jirr yelled.
“Wait. What did he steal?” Isabel asked.
“The Hiensemane.” Locke said.
“And what exactly is that?” Kai asked.
“The Hiensemane is a crystal that is highly enchanted. It is rumored to give the one who wields it intense powers.” Dorrog answered.
“It is an item so powerful, it had to be sealed away to protect it.”
“Which is exactly why my friends couldn’t let Duke Winston get his hands on it.”
“To tell the truth, I believe your side of the story, but I’m not the one is going to decide who is guilty or not.” Dorrog said.

“So how much longer till we reach the capital?” Kai asked.
“By tomorrow.” Locke said.

“So, I heard things aren’t going so well in Daggerfall. What’s going on down there?” Dorrog said, changing the topic.
“I don’t really know. Lots of rumors are flying over the city. At night, we hear the dead rise and walk the streets. Many think that the end of the world is coming. My sister transferred me to the temple in Skyrim for my own safety.”
“Wow. Do you think it could be a daedric prince?” Dorrog said.
“I don’t know. That’s one of the many rumors going around. I hope my sister is okay.”





Writer's note: I have been writing another book on my free time thats a prequel to this one. Its about the events in An'Jirr's past that got him into the trouble he's in right now.