The Hero in Disguise, Chapter 3 Options

[Taillus]

Ah Chapter 3. It starts getting alot better from this point on in my opinion but I will let you all decide for yourselves. I am also thinking of doing a double post tonight so I can make up for not being able to post tomorrow. Enjoy everyone!

Chapter 3 - Don't forget about the amulet!


As my demanding training regiment slowed down and I could feel as though my combat skills were back where they should be I decided that I would check in on Jauffre and Martin. I am afraid that I may have neglected them a tad but I knew that it was for the better. I would be of no use to anyone without my skills sharpened.

I was quickly told that I should go see Baurus in the Elven Gardens of the Imperial City. I knew him as the Redguard Blades member that was with me at the time the Emperor died. I was to go visit him in hopes that he had found any small piece of information on the whereabouts of the Mythic Dawn.

I agreed to pay Baurus a visit and see what he has turned up. Hopping on to my horse once again and setting off along the roads made me realize why Silt Striders were so popular in Vvardenfel. It would be another long ride to the Imperial City but I would be able to run without worrying about people to protect.

I managed to track down my friend in question and at first glance, he angered me. Not very convinced that he was looking too hard because he had his redguard boat plopped down on a barstool having a drink but I thought that it wasn’t up to me to keep tabs with him and as far as I could tell, he was off duty.

I sat down on the stool beside him and smiled. I knew he remembered me and something told me he was expecting me but something was on his mind. He seemed to be preoccupied but he let me in on what was happening…well he kind of let me in on it.

“I am going to get to my feet and walk away. The man behind me will do the same. I want you to follow him following me so we can see what he is up to.” Baurus said quietly before getting up off his stool and walking down into the basement of the Tavern.

I watched as the man did exactly as the Redguard predicted and followed him beyond the door. I decided to wait a second before getting to my feet. I had a nod of approval from the bartender or owner of the tavern as he agreed to watching my bag full of equipment for me without saying a word.

I rushed into the basement and to my amazement, I saw Baurus trying his best to fight off a Mythic Dawn agent. The Redguard Blade member’s akavari katana was on the floor feet away and the Mythic Dawn agent had a short blade to his throat. I figured that enough was enough as I grabbed the robed oaf by the hood and pulled him from Baurus. He swung madly at me but was quickly stopped by a jolt of crippling shock magicka from my fingertips.

I could feel his body convulsing before he fell to the ground before us as the shock effects still crackled around his body. I then used a touch magic that increased the poor fool’s weakness to magicka greatly. He yelped in pain before giving up completely and expiring.

“I knew he was Mythic Dawn! I knew it!” Baurus said as he checked the body. He managed to pull a book from the Agent’s robes and asked me to take it to a contact he had in the Arcane University. An Argonian woman who had a great deal of experience with the Dawn and would prove quite useful in figuring out the contents of the book in question, as well as a possible use for it as well.

[Taillus]

Such a nice day outside here today and I am stuck at work! I really wish I could stumble upon a few millions of dollars and be done with this work nonsense... oh well what can you do? Here is today's update...enjoy all!

The next course of action would have to be put into effect quickly before the Mythic Dawn realize that there will be about four less of them attending their next get together. Hopefully we can decipher the location within a day or two so I can go to the real party.

As I anticipated, the rest of my week was spent looking at books and trying to figure out some sort of pattern in Mankar Camoran’s works. Me, Baurus and our contact in the Arcane University were frantically searching the entire series but in the end, it was our contact that made the discovery.

I can’t say that I remember how the passage went, or what process was taken to find it out but all I do know is that within hours of hearing the location I was on my way out into the wilderness on the late Prior Maborel’s paint horse in search of the cave where the Mythic Dawn Cult was located.

I was going to have to exercise some self control even though the gods knew I wanted to just run in with my blade drawn but doing so would get me nowhere but in a small wooden box. I was going to have to infiltrate the dawn and get my hands on two things: The Amulet of Kings of course and the book of the Mythic Dawn itself, the Mysterium Xarxes. The Xarxes is a book that is said to have been written by the daedric prince Mehrunes Dagon himself.

The book itself was bound by the evil of Dagon and is said to contain powers that are unfathomable to man. It is also said that anyone able to harness the book’s powers could potentially immortalize themselves. I had to get this book from the Mythic Dawn and I had to rip the Amulet of Kings from whoever had it.

Again, I decided to leave the Blades armor behind, It would give me away faster then having a sign that said “I am here to get the Amulet back.” I packed lightly, wearing only modest articles of clothing and an iron shortsword dangling at my side. I knew that if the worst scenario happened, I still remembered my bound daedric armor spell and it would at least give me the protection I needed if I had to fight my way out.

As I entered the cave, I could see a flickering torch light a short distance into the cave itself. Walking deeper inside, I could see a man wearing the familiar blood red hooded robe of the Mythic Dawn. I had found it, the Dawn hideout and I was seconds away from putting my life on the line yet again.

[Kiln]

Such a nice day outside here today and I am stuck at work! I really wish I could stumble upon a few millions of dollars and be done with this work nonsense... oh well what can you do? Here is today's update...enjoy all!

There are lots of good places to do that...they're called banks...

On a more relevant note, I'm glad you decided to continue on with the spoilers, if you removed them it would pretty much take away the point of your story so you know...keep up the great work mate.

This post has been edited by Kiln: May 11 2006, 01:52 AM