The tale of Telina Delvanni, chapter 4., Mournhold, City of light City of magic. Options

[Tellie]

Ok, so just a small one today, as this is all I managed to write at this time...



The Tale of Telina Delvanni. Chapter 4. Mournhold, city of light city of magic.



I was surprised by how much longer the teleportation was, compared to the other one’s I had made…I guess travelling over longer distances took longer time. When I had managed to get a look at the room I stood in, I was dumbfounded…sure I had heard of the beauty of Mournhold Almalexia, the city of Lady Ayem…but nothing could prepare me for the sight.

The floor was made up of huge brass and black coloured tiles. The recesses filled with silver, and the walls was of some dark green stone. Gold metal bandings spread along the wall in mid height, and they was crested with rubies and emeralds…Never have I seen such a beautiful room as the throne room though…large round, blood red coloured pillars stretched themselves up to the roof, which had a painting of the battle at Red Mountain…the King was not here, but a Man that seemed to be slightly more significant than the other guards there…I figured that out with all the gold and silver bandings that decorated his armour.

Have I mentioned how much I hate the Royal Guard armour…it have an unsettling colour of…dried blood, the helmets are so tight that you cant see the face of the guard either, and I always get a shock when I suddenly stand nose to nose with one…but enough of that. The imperial seemed reluctant to speak tome, although I could see his eye flickering around the room…as if he was looking for escape routes…hmm, strange. I opened my mouth, but he cut me off…”Excuse me, I have much to do…get out of the throne room”.

Fine, he did not want to talk to me…well, no need for irritating him, as the enchanted Daedric Dai-Katana at his back, was clearly vibrating by all the power contained. As I was in the courtyard, I suddenly realised there was two doors, and with me hating to guess at things like this, I asked the old Imperial sitting on the flowerbed, where to go.

Plitinius Maro, was his name…and I suddenly realised that I stood and talked to the famous writer of the Real Barenzia novels…I may have mentioned before my love for books…it is a hobby of mine that have helped me much with decreasing the number of money in my bank account…but to actually talk to the writer of a book series that I loved was thrilling. We had talked a long time, before I mentioned the subject of the brotherhood being after me…since he could not do anything else than to tell me that they was supposedly in the Great Bazaar sewers, I should contact the temple, as maybe they could help me out. I had just started to walk towards the entrance to the temple courtyard, when a Cyrodiilic voice came tome.

-“Excuse me ma’am, but do I understand you correctly that you’re going down to the sewers”?…”As a matter of fact you did, how’s that”, I asked back, trying to keep the bitterness in my voice to the minimum.

-“Well, I wondered if you would like a companion, I am a good fighter, can carry heavy loads, and I know the sewers well enough, for your needs”. “Now before you answer, there are some rules, I don’t work for free, so I’ll need 250 septims a month…you’re free to give me new equipment anytime you want, and also take equipment…as long I have my gold, and at least 500 septims worth of equipment…so what do you say…we got a deal”.

Ok…he wanted to be my personal bodyguard for an entire month…for only 250 septims…best deal I’ve ever made…I shook his hand, and gave him the gold…after that I gave him some 2000septims, to get equipped and ready for action…Then we parted, and I entered the temple courtyard.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Apr 26 2006, 10:48 AM

[Tellie]

ok, I'm on a borrowed comp for the moment, so this is not so edited as my last updates have been...but I'll edit it as soon as I get home....and I'll write another update today as well...

After I had healed myself, I helped Calvius a bit, so that he could get his footing back...I supported the big man, back to the Imperial Cult, and had them treat his wounds proparly, meanwhile I had a bone to pick with Delitian.

-"Delitian, I must speak with you...official matters", he looked hastily around himself...not here, follow me out of the throne room, he whispered. I followed him out, and then he breathed out..."Well, what was it you wished to tell me"?

-"I have found out all the info you want...the Temple will do everything in their power, to stop Helseth from claiming the throne...but there is also disagreements withing the Temple, sevearal have broken all bonds to the Temple, and become members of what is called the Dissident Priests, while others are speculating if the Tribunals powers are being weakened...do you want to know more"?

-"No, but I have yet another mission for you...you see I have...excuse me, His Royal Majesty, fears that there are disloyal guards around, and that there will be but a short moment of time, before they try to assassinate the King...fidnout who these guards are"!!!

Ok, disloyal guards eh...sounds like they was doing me a service...but still, a King have powerful resources, and this King had already proved that he had no qualms about having my head on a pike...so I got right to it.

I wandered around abit, before I saw an isolated guards, who was conviniently standing next to a closet...a quick slash across his throat, made me eligable to "borrow" his armour...which miracly fitted perfect...just my spot of luck...or was it...the amulet perhaps?

So, dressed in the new, bit blood soaked armour, I wandered into the Royal Guard dormitaries. I walked back and forth, looking suspiciously at every chest, and every basket. I think I spent over five hours in there...when I decided to go out, and try something else, and by "pure" accident, I managed to step on a piece of paper, looking around, I saw all the guards staring at me...so i telepathcally made one of the wardrobes in the other side of the room tip over, so all the guards ran as fast as they could....I picked up the paper, and made my way into the throne room.

There, I asked a few guards about some other guards could possibly be disloyal, and I got some luck at last...when I asked the question to Ivulen Irano, he looked suspiciously around the room...before he told me, if you are interested, meet me outside the museum of artifacts in Godsreach tonight at eight...be precise, and then he refused to to talk to me...strange indeed!!!