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ShraX
post Jul 5 2005, 01:39 PM
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I posted this on the official TES forums, and although it's not finished, I'll continue updating both here and there.

If you haven't read the other two stories I've written, one of them is in the Fan Fiction section of this site, and you can PM me for the other. There really is not much needed to know when reading this one, except who the already well-known characters such as Gaenor and Almalexia are.

Enjoy--

The Nerevarine lay a lifeless corpse upon the Mournhold Temple steps. His blood trickled out of the slashed openings in his neck, limbs and torso, and down each stair, leaving its stains as it went before collecting into a shapeless pool on the tiled courtyard floor. The High Ordinators were still, their armored masks hiding the looks of terror on their faces as they stared at their defeated savior. The Temple doors were now wide open, and Almalexia hovered at the entrance. Her Hands were nowhere in sight.

"My champion," she said softly in disbelief, her golden face emotionless. "Who is responsible for this?" She spoke quietly but the entire city heard her. A Hand emerged from the darkness of the Temple and removed his helmet., engraved with the Daedric runes for S and V. "Our guards watched the battle," he explained in his low, rumbling voice. "They dared not aid your Nerevar for fear of death by his murderer - the Bosmer, Gaenor." The Demigoddess floated down the stairs, over the the corpse of the Nerevarine and turned back to the Temple. "Salas, this wood elf has gotten his revenge, but Terenius' life is nowhere close to Nerevar's in worth. Remain here and clean this mess. I will find young Gaenor and speak with him." Her Hand bowed and ordered the two Ordinators, still in a stupor, to dispose of the Nerevarine's body, as well as those of the four slain Hands within the Temple. Almalexia's wrath was unbridalled, and vengeance consumed her. Her fury at the news of Nerevar's death manifested physically, killing all but her favored Hand, Salas Volar, in an explosion of goldy flames.

She flew from her place in the Temple courtyard high above the city and into the clouds which concealed the late afternoon sun's light. The moons were now more than halfway over the mountainous horizon and brought their stars with them. With a gesture of her wrist the dense clouds parted in two and the light of the lowering sun lit the city aglow. She closed her eyes and began searching for her prey. However, this was unnecessary. Almalexia expected this mortal to flee into hiding from her might, but he welcomed it. He was sitting on a bench in the Bazaar, doodling shapes in the dirt with his sword.

His armor was sundered, dented and sliced through. One pauldron was missing as well as both gauntlets and parts of his greaves. It wasn't clear to tell from his ebony armor, but he was covered in blood from head to toe. He leaned his blade on the bench and removed his helmet, then placed it over the hilt. It was hot and sweat was dripping from his forehead to his beard. He put both hands to his face and wiped it, and ran his fingers through his stiff hair. He sighed heavily and closed his eyes, waiting with open arms for death's embrace.

Almalexia dove towards him like a starving hawk upon a field mouse, disintegrating the clouds with the aura of flame around her. This mortal wood elf defeated her martyr in combat and had the audacity to sit on a park bench in plain sight! Masser and Secunda were rising in unnatural quickness and the sun was already out of sight. The furious demigoddess did not realize in her blind rage, but Gaenor tore away from his hands and looked up past her to see it: both moons took position directly above him, Secunda in front. As they slowed to a stop everything around him turned pitch black, aside from the raging Almalexia, now halted in mid-air, as well as both moons.

The elf slowly stood and faced his enemy in partial confusion. After his ordeal he truly cared not what his fate was. 'An eye for an eye,' was his logic. 'She took Terenius and I take the Nerevarine.. but this is very strange. perhaps this witch's debt is still not repaid.' He walked past her toward the moons, which were glowing and pulsating with light, as if to communicate.

"Much has happened this day. We must speak."
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ShraX
post Jul 15 2005, 12:23 AM
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Gaenor had been slashed along his back, from rib to shoulder, by what felt like a large creatures' talon. He shouted out in pain as the cold air hit the open gash through his heavy coat, and he fell limply to the ground on his open palms. His eyes shut hard as his flesh tore along the sides of the wound from falling, and he could feel nothing else. He slid onto his elbows and slowly turned, gritting his teeth, to see what had attacked him. Before he could see anything, he heard a piercing screech made by something that sounded as if it had four voices grouped into one, each at a different tone. It shrieked at the elf in ferocity, and at once ceased with a suddenly high pitched, nasal squeal.

At last he saw it; a half-bat, half-serpent matted with thick fur over tough scales. Enormous wings spread from its sides that spanned over three yards each from which spiked bone sprouted at every new segment. Its face consisted of seven large eyes on its forehead, a vampire bats' nose and a wide hole under where a chin would be for a mouth, lined with sharp, cone-like teeth. It was completely black except for a giant, white horn pointing backward atop its head. It stopped flapping and lowered itself to reveal two muscular arms and legs, with daggers for claws. With its long, fatty snake body, it was roughly four times the size of the Bosmer. He descended to the ice with a powerful boom and the powdery snow around him trembled and flew away.

He retracted his wings behind him and closed his hands, then let out a forceful battlecry like the first. Many would be petrified in terror at this.. some may even have had enough of a consciousness at that point to flee. The elf turned away from Jkoryl but kept him in his periferal vision, and stared down at the ground blankly. The beast blinked, from left to right and down each of its three rows of eyes, in partial confusion; he was used to such creatures as Gaenor being stricken with fear at his display and exhibition of strength, but he ran not. Bewilderment quickly changed itself to anger which brought with it a need for blood and death. It screeched again to the sky and shook with rage, then looked back to his prey.

But the Bosmer was different from his other victims; he had one special gift that had been given to him in Mournhold, but without his knowing. This gift allowed him to see past fear, past the common view of the world, and most importantly, past of what he thought he was capable. Without being taught, he knew he could do much, much more than what he only thought he could do, and it was this that showed his true self in such dire situations. He closed his eyes and lowered his head, concentrating with all his focus on his amulet, his Blade, and the power they held. Laying before Jkoryl there in Skyrim, his back rended and a nightmarish demon standing over him, he knew he would become what Azura had called him. He would take the title of Bearer of Fire and Light, the bearer of the Blade of Cinders and Gaenor's Amulet.

Pain was nothing to him anymore. His injury became numb not by the cold, but by his own inner power building inside him. He stood and faced his opponent, the demon Jkoryl who had plagued the countryside for centuries. The creature could not see his face from under his hood, but he sensed him smile. It let out a furious scream which he knew would deter the elf, but it was pointless. Gaenor had become new; whole. He came to the realization that with his amulet and sword, nothing was impossible, and the traits of the physical world were mere illusions. He had been blessed by Azura, Queen of the Night Sky, and his new aspect of the world would be shaped as if she was looking through his eyes. It was finally time for the little Bosmer to prove his worth.

The demon flew at him with every ounce of strength it had, bolstered by rage and the darkness that was his very soul. It swiped at the elf but it missed, and he launched himself with spread wings into the air and looked down to find that his enemy had not appeared to move away from his attack. It shot down again and clawed wildly, feeling the blows rain down on Gaenor.. but he was fooled. It stopped and threw itself back, its talons clinging to the icey ground and coming to a halt. He fixed his eyes on the Bosmer but quickly turned away, for his Amulet exploded with blue and white light in a ray aimed directly at his foe. Jkoryl pulled both arms up and crossed them in an attempt to deflect it, but the force was overpowering and it pushed him away. With strength that could lift a giant, the demon was helpless before this new power and snarled visciously as he was slid across the sleet. The Amulet grew dim as quickly as it lit, and all Jkoryl saw before his death was the flames of the Blade coming down on him and erupting his very body in a ball of fire that set the tundra aglow for miles in an orange light.

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EDIT: fixed a spelling error *bonks his head*

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ShraX   Gaenor: Reloaded   Jul 5 2005, 01:39 PM
ShraX   Gaenor was hardly surprised. "Talking moons, eh?" ...   Jul 5 2005, 02:40 PM
ShraX   The Legend of Knight Henar [i]as told by Thelan, ...   Jul 5 2005, 02:41 PM
ShraX   I understand that most forum-goers have not read m...   Jul 5 2005, 02:45 PM
minque   Ahhh great to see the story of Gaenor here as well...   Jul 5 2005, 03:04 PM
Dantrag   Cool. I was disappointed when trials of the mad go...   Jul 5 2005, 03:19 PM
ShraX   Despite his seriousness, his plan was simple, real...   Jul 5 2005, 08:50 PM
ShraX   This is the last entry which was already written. ...   Jul 5 2005, 11:59 PM
ShraX   Gaenor held his sword with both palms forward at b...   Jul 6 2005, 10:01 PM
treydog   Cool! More Gaenor. I enjoyed the previous one ver...   Jul 7 2005, 12:40 AM
ShraX   Several hours passed and Gaenor rested well. Excep...   Jul 9 2005, 01:29 AM
gamer10   Nice, In fact you get a well deserved Jonajosa...   Jul 9 2005, 02:47 AM
ShraX   They both entered through the wooden doorway, firs...   Jul 10 2005, 01:49 PM
ShraX   He tore open the paper wrapping to find a large, h...   Jul 12 2005, 11:15 PM
ShraX   The flames of the Blade ceased as Gaenor sheathed ...   Jul 17 2005, 10:26 PM
ShraX   Gaenor awoke hours later at the spot he collapsed ...   Jul 19 2005, 04:07 PM
ShraX   By morning of the next day Mournhold was completel...   Jul 23 2005, 02:25 PM
ShraX   Gaenor gazed into his eyes with a blank glare, as ...   Jul 26 2005, 09:02 PM
ShraX   The citizens of Eredjan were in mixed feelings abo...   Jul 29 2005, 12:58 PM
ShraX   Sorry I've been a bit slow with updates.. ther...   Aug 2 2005, 04:35 AM
ShraX   "I don't know what makes you believe I ne...   Aug 5 2005, 02:30 AM
ShraX   One guard who came with the General was standing a...   Aug 7 2005, 03:39 PM
ShraX   Naztheril was scaling the plateau on which the cit...   Aug 11 2005, 02:25 PM
ShraX   Gaenor had nearly fainted from blood loss by the t...   Aug 15 2005, 09:13 PM
minque   H-h-holy crap.......soo many additions here.....ve...   Aug 16 2005, 06:57 PM
treydog   This is beyond epic fiction- your vision of the st...   Aug 18 2005, 02:22 PM
ShraX   :D -------------------- Gaenor's will gre...   Aug 19 2005, 02:52 PM
treydog   Excellent update. The plot thickens as Iranon and...   Aug 22 2005, 02:55 PM
ShraX   By morning of the next day they'd reached the ...   Aug 23 2005, 01:33 PM
treydog   Woo-Hoo! Great writing here. Again, the imag...   Aug 23 2005, 05:46 PM
ShraX   *shamelessly continues his story after an unexplai...   Mar 15 2006, 08:48 PM
treydog   :ninja: :bigsmile: ShraX is back! And still ...   Mar 15 2006, 11:19 PM
ShraX   "In your what?" "Face. In the face...   Mar 16 2006, 07:52 PM
minque   Woah!! Gaenor is back!!! great...   Mar 17 2006, 09:04 PM
Dantrag   What? There's a Gaenor reloaded? :O I have...   Mar 18 2006, 12:59 AM
jack cloudy   Whoo, this is nice. Makes me wish I had Tribunal, ...   Mar 18 2006, 08:51 PM
ShraX   Two days passed since Gaenor and Naztheril made th...   Mar 18 2006, 11:53 PM
ShraX   The star-filled sky choked on the burning smoke ri...   Mar 21 2006, 09:51 PM
treydog   Still going strong. I really enjoy your work here...   Mar 21 2006, 11:19 PM
ShraX   My sorry attempt at Khajiiti :-/o --------------...   Mar 24 2006, 06:26 PM
ShraX   "What language is this?" asked the elf f...   Mar 26 2006, 05:03 PM
ShraX   The Origin of Iranon as told by an anonymous lorek...   Mar 28 2006, 08:14 PM
jack cloudy   Nice bit of history, you've got there. I like ...   Mar 28 2006, 08:50 PM
minque   Ahhh enjoyable reading.....as always... Very good...   Mar 29 2006, 08:24 PM
ShraX   It was Garonar's voice which transformed Irano...   Apr 2 2006, 04:21 PM
treydog   Glad to see more additions to this engaging story....   Apr 3 2006, 02:59 PM
minque   Agree with treydog here.....itīs fascinating, an...   Apr 3 2006, 09:11 PM
ShraX   Gaenor knew he would be killed if he opened his mo...   Apr 4 2006, 06:27 PM
jack cloudy   He he. This is wonderfull. That Khajitt is so goin...   Apr 4 2006, 07:57 PM
ShraX   Iranon was raised as a warrior of Argonia. From ch...   Apr 9 2006, 02:44 AM
ShraX   The shocked Khajiit shuffled backwards and made wa...   Apr 11 2006, 06:44 PM
ShraX   It was in Naztheril's god-given nature to foll...   Apr 16 2006, 06:45 PM
ShraX   Sometimes, shorter entries are appropriate :D ...   Apr 23 2006, 01:54 AM
minque   Very nice and interesting as usual....really good ...   Apr 23 2006, 02:35 PM
treydog   More fine work from ShraX! Still an epic stor...   Apr 25 2006, 04:51 PM
ShraX   The skeletal warrior burst straight through the ba...   Apr 28 2006, 07:40 PM
ShraX   The Prince brought with him approximately 200 sold...   Apr 29 2006, 10:45 PM
minque   Oh aye...impressive as always....itīs amazing how ...   Apr 29 2006, 11:10 PM
Taillus   Like Minque said. Quite impressive as always. Now ...   Apr 30 2006, 04:11 PM
jack cloudy   He's totally nuts. :wacko: Nice updates. I c...   Apr 30 2006, 08:58 PM
mplantinga   I've been following this story for a long time...   May 1 2006, 06:47 PM
ShraX   It was night and the week-long smoldering left the...   May 3 2006, 02:13 AM
ShraX   Scaling the wide stump was more difficult for the ...   May 3 2006, 05:47 PM
ShraX   "And there it is.. I've not seen it in qu...   May 4 2006, 09:53 PM
ShraX   Iranon's corpse turned loose and broke apart w...   May 5 2006, 05:44 AM
mplantinga   I will admit to mixed feelings at the end of this ...   May 8 2006, 08:34 PM
treydog   What a magnificent ending to a magnificent story. ...   May 8 2006, 11:22 PM
minque   Me too will express my gratitude to having had the...   May 9 2006, 07:02 PM
Kiln   Great end to it mate, I too have followed this for...   May 9 2006, 07:25 PM


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