Oasis chapter 3, In the enemies lair. Umm, mushroom. Options

[jack cloudy]

Oasis chapter 1
Oasis chapter 2

Ok, a new chapter. Let's just see where this goes. I've decided to do a small costume change, the old look got boring.



,,Ah, there you are, Evoker.” I hadn’t even put a step inside the hall, and already the Steward wanted something from me. It made me wonder how they ever managed before I joined.
She dragged me over to Galbedir’s office and waited till the woodelf had left before finally opening her mouth.

,,Tell me, Evoker. Have you by chance come across enchanted weapons or armour?” She asked. What kind of question was that, those things were all over the place.
,,Sure, are you looking for anything specific?” I answered while wondering just what might be so important.

,,Then you must be aware of the fact that no enchanted item seems to be able to hold its charge since a few months back. Only small items, like rings or amulets seem to be safe from it. It is as if something is draining them. Now, I have a very important mission for you.” Ok, so enchanted items couldn’t hold their charge anymore? That sounded familiar.
,,Let me guess, find out who did it and kill him.”

,,No, that would be too hasty. I am convinced that the culprit must be a member of house Telvanni. So I want you to go and join the house. You’ll be our spy on the inside.” Hold on, join Telvanni, the house of psychopathic mages?
,,Are you nuts?! I am already with the mage guild! The guild doesn’t like the Telvanni and the Telvanni doesn’t like the guild. And on top of that, I’m an outlander, how am I supposed to survive longer than ten seconds in their midst?!” I yelled at her face. Now really, this was the most stupid idea ever.

,,Calm down, Evoker. I don’t want the guild to hear this. Now to take care of things, you will be banned from the guild. After your assignment is completed, I’ll get you back in with your old rank, or maybe with a promotion. Skink’s hall in Sadrith Mora will serve as your link with the guild. It is right in Telvanni territory. I want you to prepare and pack. Tomorrow, you’ll leave for the hall in Sadrith Mora. Use the guild guide. Skink will further inform you.” I walked out of the hall with a very confused, and angry look on my face. There went my career as a mage, and I might even lose my life. I could only hope that those Telvanni weren’t as crazy and brainwashed as in mage guild jokes.

Back at my house, I took the time to work out the details. I would be dropped in potentially hostile territory and my only excuse was that I was kicked out of the guild and now wanted to join the enemy for revenge? That was the worst coverstory in history. I decided that a more thorough thing such as a disguise was needed. I had plenty of stuff to dress up with, so I just had to choose.

My new identity would preferably look somewhat magish, so I took Tarhiel’s robe out of the closet. Telvanni supposedly liked shiney stuff, so I replaced my Orcish armour with the new Glass armour I stole from Ghostgate. A Glass staff to walk around with, and my identity was set. I also geared on a Glass longsword for when things got rough. Using a weapon I was unfamiliar with was asking for trouble. I spent the rest of the night removing the markings on my new gear that said who the previous owner was.

Next morning, I got up very early and ate my breakfast enroute to the guild. A quick transportation later, and I arrived in Sadrith Mora.

First thing was to join the house and work my way to the upper ranks. With the skills I had gained during my mage guild career, I would have no problems passing the tests for promotion. That left making friends and making myself known as a loyal house member. How do you do that with a bunch of lunatics?

Sometimes when you don’t know what to do, the bold and direct approach might be the best. So I walked right through the middle of town to the council hall. And any guard who dared to stop me would get a sword in that ridiculous helmet.

[jack cloudy]

Thank you all. Anyway, one quick update before I finish the battle between Arthago and Taillus.



I must have made one hell of a strange sight, walking around with a corpse like that. I went into the office of the guy who gave me this mission and dropped my cargo on the floor.
,,I believe that this is what you where looking for?” I said.
,,What? Oh, yes, that will do. I take it that this dagger makes people sleep? That explains how those Ordinators were slain. Let me present you a gift. You can either have the armour of one of the death Ordinators or an enchanted belt.”

Ok, what was it going to be? The belt or the armour? Well, the armour was probably smelly, didn’t fit and just plain wasn’t my style so I took the belt. My old belt was little more than a bunch of rags so I could use the replacement. The shield spell was nice. Nothing I couldn’t beat with a bit of fingerwiggling, but nice. And if I ever wanted to pick up Ordinator armour for my collection, there were plenty of Ordinators walking around. I bet I could always sneak into their barracks and steal it from under their beds.

After all that, I decided to finally continue with my plan in the library.
,,You may have found the killer, but we’ll be watching you scum.” Wow, embarrassed that I did what you couldn’t do with your whole army of arrogant, selfish, rude smelly Ordinators? That did it. I went out of view, released the powers in my favourite amulet to become invisible and dropped a whole rack of books on the Ordinator. That should teach him some manners. I also took a copy of Chronicles of Nchuleft with me.

The next day was uneventful, I paid Jobasha a visit to get the second book on my list and then went back to the sewers to pick up the loot from the Daedric shrine. One recall later, and I was back in Sadrith Mora where I piled it all up behind a curtain.
,,Luper Alkad, when you reach the rank of Mouth please make the Telvanni build you a stronghold. My guild is getting a bit full here with your goods.” Skink commented with light amusement. Maybe he was right. Having a nice big home would be great, considering all the things I collect.

I repeated the trick with the invisible traveller to get to Balmora. Jobasha had suggested that I checked up on the local bookstore for my last book. This guy knew his stuff. With the last book in my possession, I took a Silt Strider to Gnisis.

,,Ah, thank you. You have been very helpful, mage. Now I shall help you.” Baladas told me when he received his books. He looked tired, but bristling with energy at the same time. Phew, what a bit of good old fashioned motivation couldn’t do with people.
,,How did your translations go?” I asked him.

,,Yes, yes. I copied all three books in their entirety. I’ll give you the originals since you where the one who found them. While I was copying, I’ve learned the Dwemer runes and managed to translate a fair bit. Here are some notes on the whole thing. In short, the Dwemer tried to turn themselves into gods but failed and disappeared. Supposedly, no one has ever unlocked the secret behind immortality.” He put a large emphasis on the word supposedly.

He was thinking the same thing I was thinking. The Tribunal weren’t gods, they were Elves who had unlocked the secret behind immortality after the war with the Dwemer. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dwemer where the source of this immortality.

Immortality, that might be why Dagoth Ur was still alive after all these years. Wait a minute, I had to be going nuts here. Of course he wasn’t alive. All these Dreamers where just trying to be interesting and asking to be noticed. Dagoth Ur was death, he wouldn’t come back and this Nerevarine was the biggest lie since I heard the one about Tiber Septim being a talking horse. And while we where on the subject, I should really try to figure out a sleeping potion of sorts that allows me to spend the night without getting freaking dreams about a guy with a golden mask. What the hell did Caius want with this Nerevarine dude and Dagoth Ur?

I just hoped that Caius would give me a few more days before sending the empire after me. I just couldn’t go spying for two different factions at the same time. I spent the night at Baladas’s house before making the trip to Tel Vos. There I was officially named as the mouth of Master Aryon and I received a fancy Silver Staff with funny markings as the symbol of my office.