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The Metal Mallet
post Jan 6 2007, 09:12 PM
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Well, here's the link to the previous thread: Bloodlust - The Beginning

You can continue your praisings of my written words here. Expect an update next Saturday. I don't expect I'll get one out sooner. School starts again kvright.gif


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The Metal Mallet
post Apr 14 2007, 07:03 PM
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All righty! Our slight detour is at an end. Let's see how Taris is doing!

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A stiff sea breeze blew off of Taris’ face as he stood on the prow of Mercy’s Gift, a transport boat that ran from Ebonheart to Sadrith Mora. Zafirbel Bay was exceptionally beautiful this time of year, but Taris’ mind was preoccupied with more important things. His talk with Fast Eddie still ran through his head:

“That dagger, Taris, is bad news. Very bad news.”

Taris examined the fear-stricken Dunmer with concern on his face. “Take your time, Eddie.”

Fast Eddie got to his feet and attempted to compose himself. Running his fingers through his hair only made him look even more dishevelled than before. It took a few more moments of Eddie take deep breaths before he was finally able to talk.

“Silverbrand is definitely a weapon associated with Boethiah just like you surmised. My initial examination of the blade revealed a relatively strong fire enchantment, much like the one that the legendary katana, Goldbrand, possesses. But considering the concern you expressed about the weapon I decided to further delve into the enchantment on the blade,” Eddie stated in slew of words before his breath gave out.

“Whoa, whoa! Slow down Eddie, I need to follow along remember,” Taris instructed Fast Eddie.

Eddie nodded and took a deep slow breath. “As most native Dunmer know, Boethiah is a revered God around here, so any artefact blessed by Boethiah is equally as revered. It is also known that Boethiah has a lust of battle and of bloodshed, which is why tournaments and duels are held to celebrate and serve him. The lust of bloodshed is key here. Boethiah loves it, and by examining this blade, I found something.

“The enchantment on this blade reacts to the blood that’s spilt over it; in more ways than one. It’s as if the blade can judge a person by having their blood placed upon it. It’s like a trial by fire, if you survive the ordeal a “gift” is placed upon you, otherwise the blade kills you. This gift is basically a manifestation of Boethiah’s bloodlust, which is created by isolating sections of the user’s mind with like-minded ideals as Boethiah. It then basically creates a separate identity within the user and harbours itself there, choosing when to take control of the user basically at will.

“For some, this manifestation might only be inclined to get into fist fights all the time and satisfy itself with broken bones or a bloody face. But for others, let’s say those who are all ready murderers or killers, the manifestation is constantly hungering for bloodshed and death. That is why your father, and this assassin killed so many people, to appease the manifestation.”

Taris took the information in silence, processing all the information that was given to him. Something glaring came to mind though.

“Why were you about to kill yourself then?”

“Like I told you before, the blade judges you. It knew what I intended to do once I decided to use my blood on it. It didn’t want such information to be revealed so it sought to get rid of me. Fortunately you showed up. And I’m certain that it didn’t bestow its “gift” upon me if that concern comes upon you as well. I just can’t handle that blade anymore. Gods, I suggest that no one should handle,” Eddie answered as he paled once more as the event that could’ve happened resurfaced in his mind, “But if you do have to handle it, make sure you kill the person with it and make sure you don’t bleed on it. Your manifestation would be a bad one due to your profession,” Eddie answered.

“Is there any way to get rid of the manifestation?” Taris inquired, somewhat relieved that Eddie was going to be ok.

Eddie scratched his chin; his eyes had a look of contemplation upon them. “Possibly, I personally can’t try anything because of the current situation I placed upon myself. I do know someone you can trust who might be able to figure out a way.”




That person was where Taris was heading to now. Genille Aenagwen was a private enchanter in Sadrith Mora and a supposed friend of Eddie. The Telvanni allowed her to perform her practice within the city because she provided her services at discounted rates for House members. Taris silently hoped that she was everything that Eddie said.

Stepping off of the docks Taris approached the gateway entrance to Sadrith Mora. Staring up at the mushroom towers and homes Taris couldn’t help but think about how unique Vvardenfell was, and about how strange the Telvanni could be that they would think a giant, hollowed out mushroom would be ideal shape for a home.

Pushing the thought aside, Taris flashed his Hospitality Papers to the guard attending the gateway and was waved through. Taris had long since given up on the reasoning behind the papers that allowed him access to the city. If anything, it was just a scam for the Inn to make some extra money.

Taris made his way past the street vendors hawking their wares and proceeded past the Morag Tong Guildhall, placing him into the private business district of the town. Taris read the banner outside of one of the mushroom homes: Private Enchanter: Genille Aenagwen. Taris entered the home, bowing through the small door.

The home was relatively dark; the light source was a cool blue emanating from pods that grew out of the walls of the building. Genille, an Altmer, was sitting at a table, busily working on what looked like a robe. Taris cleared his throat.

“Yes, yes! Just get comfortable. Can’t you see I’m busy?” she said in an annoyed tone, her eyes not once looking over to see who her customer was.

Taris’ face tightened, but he didn’t say anything as he took a chair that was conveniently placed beside the exit. As he waited, Taris paid particular attention to Genille. As with most elves, it was difficult to determine exact age, but Taris felt confident that Genille was much older than he was. Taris thought he could see small wisps of grey in her auburn hair, yet her golden skinned face was not creased by time. Her brows were furrowed in concentration as she worked on the robe, which for the most part involved her going through shelves of soul gems, which sparkled against the blue light. Once she finally picked a soul gem, it didn’t take long for her to place the small stone onto the robe and cupping her hands over it. Genille closed her eyes and Taris could see her mouthing unheard words before a flash of purple burst through the cracks between her fingers and vanished. Taking her hands away, Taris could see that the gem no longer was there and that the robe now appeared to have a slight purple hue to it.

Shaking the robe, Genille examined the robe at an arm’s length. With a sound of satisfaction, she folded up the robe and placed it in a closet. Finally, she turned to Taris.
“What can I do for you, sera?”

“I have an object for you to look at. Fast Eddie said you could help me out,” Taris said as he began to rummage through his pack.

A warm smile crossed Genille’s face. “Oh! So you know Eddie! I hope he hasn’t been in any trouble lately. How’s he doing?” she asked.

“Well, he nearly killed himself when he was looking at this, but besides that he’s seemed to be doing fine,” Taris said, hoping to cut the small talk as soon as possible.

It seemed his comment worked as Genille’s face turned serious. “Well let’s see it then.”

Taris removed an object covered in cloth. He unfolded the cloth to reveal Silverbrand and a letter. “That letter is from Eddie. It contains his account of his discoveries; I strongly suggest you read that first,” Taris instructed.

Genille scanned through the note. Her expression changing from wonder, to shock, to horror at times. Finally she placed the note down, her face was paler than it was before and she kept casting glances at the blade resting on the table.

“Are you all right, Genille?” Taris asked.

“All right… No, I don’t think I am. You’re asking me to tinker around with an enchantment that could kill me!” she snapped.

“Oh… Well, if that’s the case I’ll just be on my way and find someone else to look at it,” Taris said, crestfallen.

“No! You can’t go. Eddie’s right about trusting me. Any other enchanter you go to with this will likely try to exploit a weapon like this. We can’t risk that,” Genille said in a rush.

“So you’ll look at it?” Taris asked.

Genille sighed. “Yes, I’ll look at it. I want you to come in each day though; I don’t want to end up killing myself either.”


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The Metal Mallet   Bloodlust - The Continuation   Jan 6 2007, 09:12 PM
jack cloudy   The losses were greater than expected. Savlian mu...   Jan 6 2007, 10:25 PM
Black Hand   Whoa....nicely done. Savage in its descriptions, b...   Jan 7 2007, 08:23 AM
canis216   Seems like everyone wants to visit Simion now... S...   Jan 7 2007, 08:31 AM
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jack cloudy   I'm convinced that Savlian will meet the MT ag...   Jan 13 2007, 09:36 PM
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jack cloudy   Words of truth there, words of truth. Finding a di...   Jan 20 2007, 08:03 PM
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jack cloudy   Sorry, I didn't plan to! Seriously, you ha...   Feb 3 2007, 10:25 PM
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