The Tale Of Telina Delvanni: Chapter Two., Of Mad Wizard's, duty and faith. Options

[Tellie]

Here is the previous one.
The story of Telina Delvanni.Chapter one

Hi, a new chapter is now here, and before we start, I'd like to thank Starge, and the other, who created this site, and made it possible for me to write my tale here.


Chapter 2. Of mad Wizards, duty and faith.

We stood in the center of Baladas study room, at the top of Arvs-Drelen. He looked me sharply in my eyes.

-"Telina, know this, I took you as my mouth, beacuse you need a friend and mentor, an I'm propably the best friend you'll ever have here the next month's, but also beacuse you're an extremely powerfull individual, and after a little training, I believe you'll surpass even the ancient and powerfull Divyath Fyr, and that says quite a bit".

I just stared into his friendly, and knowledegable eyes, totally bereft of words.

-"Now, I have a small chore for you, I am in need of someone to deliver this message to Berel Sala, at Vivec, it explains what happened at the hall-of-justice yesterday".

I stared at him with no small feeling of guilt and confusion.

-"You see, I said that I could find out what caused the big catrastrophe, at the teple, now naturally it is just a big lie as I knew what you did, but I could not let you get caught with it, as that would have cost you you're life". "Now, go and deliever this to Berel Sala, he is currently resided in the Vivec High-Fane".

With that I took my leave, and I deposited most of my personal effects in Baladas studyroom, so that he could study them and maby improve some of it, while I went to Vivec, the only thing I took with me, was my Silver-staff-of-peace; in case the guards in the temple required some sort of identification for entrancance, after such a serious accident had occured.

I walked outside Arvs-Drelen, and accidentlu pushed the into the face of an orc.

-"Watch where you're going" I snapped at her, and then I continued to the silt strider.

-"Under sun and sky mutshera, we greet you warmly, do you want to travel somewhere"? The silt-strider operator, proved to be quite friendly, he even gave a discount for being a telvanni. "Oh, my daugther is in that house, it's quite facinating that house, so what position did you hold in the house, again"?

-"Why me, I'm the mouth of Master Baladas, but I intend to go even further in the house, so right now, I'm on official house buisness, to the Vivec High-Fane".

After some cosy seven hours, we was at Vivec, but he did not land, instead he stopped over the temple.

-"Here, go down by this rope, as I have to hurry up with a shipment to Vos".

I slid down the rope, and my suspicions were soon proved, the temple square was heavyly befested with the guards, whom I'd come to know as Ordinators. I stopped before the netrance to the Vivec High-Fane, and presented me to one of the Ordinators.

-"Telina Delvanni, mouth of Master Baladas in house telvanni, are here to give the investigation report to Berel Sala, and I seek entrance to the High-Fane".

I waited for a minute, while the Ordinator was in the High-Fane Talking. Finally he came out with Berel Sala, who looked on me with suspicion, in his eyes.

-"Ser Delvanni, we cant take anyone into the high fane at the moment, before we have read the report, so hand it over, and take this letter of confirmation back to Master Baladas, as a sign of me have recieved the report".

With that he walked back in again, while reading the report, and since I was in a hurry, I quickly made my way back to Arvs-Drelen, and up to Baladas.

-"Hello Telina, may I have the letter you were given "?

"How in the name of oblivion, does he know things like that, are he telepathic of something", I thought inside me.

-"Yes, Telina, I'm actually quite good in telepathy, and in time I shall teach it to ou, but now, I have prepared you're room, it is the room on your right hand side, when you go into the side corridor, in the first floor, I also strongly advice you to go and rest now, and come back here later, as you need some sleep now".

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Feb 12 2006, 01:18 AM

[Tellie]

Well,I finally managed to pursuade my doctor to be allowed to write on a computer, as I had a work accident, and am now writing with elleven stitches in my hand...but you lot are worth it.So please enjoy.

When I woke up the following morning, The breakfast was already waiting for me…some baked bread, and scrib jerky. I stepped outside a bit, and there Manilian was training already…it was six in the morning, and already he was outside running in a full set of Orcish armour, geered up to the teeth with dwemer weapons, and he was running dodging, doing rolls jumps and fighting invisible opponents, I saw that this was a man who had been greatly admired and respected, his shape was unquestionable and refined, and his skills with the blade, was…well just spectacular.

-“Good morning Manilian, are you ready to give me my training lessons”?, I asked him with a joking kind of voice.

-“Oh yes, Telina, I’m ready…the question is, are you ready…we wont take any breaks before noon”, ok, so he was going to train me non-stop for six hours…definitely he had been a good legioneer.

I realised that when he meant training, he wanted me to come into shape first…I had always considered me as a woman in tip top shape, he proved me wrong. We spent three hours just running around my land, and after that it was into the obstacle course he had prepared for me. Over and over again, I went through the course, swinging from ropes held by pillars standing high up, jumping over walls and other obstacles, crawling under thorn bushes, being held about some fifteen inches over the ground. It was the hardest day I have had in my life, and when we had the first brake I was ripped up by thorns, my clothes was in shreds and I had dirt and dust all over me, sweat running down my face…while he was merely having a little shade of pink in his cheeks. I had to admit that there was no way I could have any hopes in defeating this man for the next years, but maybe one day I would be able to best him in duel.

After ten minutes, the brake was obviously over, and we went through the same program again, having another ten minute break every fifth hour, and when I went to bed that day, I felt….well just dreadful, I had trained for an entire day, and had aches all over me. The next day came without any mercy to me, and we spent the next day repeating the exercises done the day before, and again I went to bed full of aches…but I insisted to do this…I would become great, but in order to do that I had to get in shape. We spent two entire weeks doing this…day out and day in we trained, and slowly I found myself become even faster more enduring, and my strength had to increased by the ten folds…at least I felt that way. But what I needed was combat training, and magical training…sure I was handy enough when it came to daggers, and I knew some nasty spells, but still there was this little piece missing.

We spent another month training entirely with short blades…or the dwemer short blades to be correct. I became better and better, but although I was now a skilled fighter with the dwemer blades, I had still much to learn about the use of a blade…for all I knew there was ten different fighting techniques or styles some might call it, when it came to the dual wielding of short blades…I only learned two of them…the aggressive one called the blows of the wind. You concentrated on delivering a storm of hissing blade attacks, and it fitted me since I still lacked the brute strength most experienced fighters had, so I just liked that this style was about the use of speedy attacks to confuse or scare the enemy until he did a mistake…only then were you going to put in the death move.

The other one was mostly a parrying technique, while most fighters hold their guard around the torso area, this technique demanded that you held the blades high over your head in order to deliver strong parry’s or block’s and then give them a furious counterattack. This one required a bit more strength rather than speed, but I would manage. It took me nearly three months in total with training with short blades and the other training, before I felt confidant enough to use the techniques. I had decided that I wanted to stay away from Telvanni business for a while, and instead concentrate on helping the people by doing good…and what would fit more than continue on my path within the temple. I had received a Dunmer woman named Raina Assemaras, a lawman of the house, she had been hired by Llunela Hleran to be the manager of my stronghold, so I could concentrate on other things. I had also been given a hooded Telvanni cloak, as all cloaks made to represent a house, it was dark brown with golden symbols on it, Mine told the name of the house, my name, and my rank in the house.

So after telling my employees goodbye, I left for Balmora, but it was quite rainy there, and I was in the mood for a drink, so I entered the eight-plates to have a little “something”.

-“Bartender, give me a glass of mazte fast”, I said without removing the hood.

-“As you wish…Telvanni”, he muttered.

I sipped my mazte, and happened to overhear a conversation between the mers opposite me. “Oh yeah…I heard that it was an argonian that killed Hlaalo, not a Dunmer…I mean would a faithful mer kill one of his own people…I think not”, one of them said.

I gave out a snort of laugh, and turned my head towards them…..”Not kill one of their own, I think you have miscalculated a little bit there serjo…here on this bloody island you have to watch your back from your own brothers, I hardly think that the Dunmers would not kill other Dunmers…if they had the right contacts”.

-“Hey, Telvanni, let me give a good advice….SHUT UP”.
“Wait amoment…Telina Delvanni, I heard that Larrius Varro up at the fort wishes your aid on a matter…but he did not wish to tell what it was”.

I drunk up my mazte, and left the building after paying a huge amount of “extra gold”. So this Varro wanted me…could it be about me killing that guard and escaping that time…or was it something else. I said some words that wont fit in here due to the language , but I used the time walking up to the temple, cursing many a thing that was under imperial rule.

I finally came to the temple…but sadly they did not have anything for me to do…but I could always check up in Ald Rhuun for a mission there, so I shrugged, and spoke the cantrip that would take me there

Ok, so that was all for today.,..but I will write more in the closest future...friday that wouldbe...I think:unsure:.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Mar 22 2006, 08:04 PM