The Story Of Telina Delvanni Options

[Tellie]

HELLO. finally it comes, the next update on Telinas tale. Hope to have some comments to Christmas, as nothing would please me more right now than to get some replies from me reades in this story.

* Looks out the window for a few moments, watching the snow get increasingly larger*



I walked into the guild hall, and was met by an rather dark room. The room was almost pitch black, only two small red candles was lighting up the room. The red light gave me the creeps all the way down my spine, and I would be glad when I got out of here.

I avoided anyone in the first floor, and walked straightly to the top as the manager would propably be there. After I came to the top he stood there, in a plain black suit, and he turned his head towards me.

-"Hello, outlander". "Are you here to know the newest rumours, or do you want to join the Morag Tong"?

-"The Morag Tong"? I asked unkowingly.

-"Yes, the Morag Tong is the assasination guild here in Morrowind, it is comletly legal, and acts nearly like a part of the law system". "If youkill someone for the guild, you will have gotten a writ for that person, and if you get arrested for that murder you just show the guard the writ, and then you are free to go".

-"Oh yes, I would like to join up", I said, just as he opned his mouth again.

-"Sure you can join outlander, there is one catch though".

-"Catch, what do you mean about catch"?

-"Well you see, only the guildmaster may join in a new person, and therfore you must prove youself, by finding our secret guildhall in Vivec, good luck".

I walked out again, and decided that it was not the time to go to Vivec yet. So instead I walked back to the siltstrider, and bought a ticket to Ald-Rhun.

[Elidor]

Well done, this story is great! This is starting to be a thread im constantly checking so keep up the good work. Man I love this site it has so much cool fanfiction like OverrideB1, Treydog etc.

[Tellie]

Oh hi. Nice that you like my story Elidor. PS: welcome to the forums.

I am a bit tight on my schedule, so I cant give more updates right now, but a new one shall come before or on New.years-eve.

Hope everyone have hadd a nice christmas, bye folks.

[minque]

Right there Telina! Now you´ve had it..hehe Joining the Morag Tong huh? But it´s good to see a lady prove herself in this godforsaken country of Vvardenfell..


btw good luck finding the MT- guildhall in Vivec!

[MerGirl]

I have only read the prologue, and I think you are off to a great start.
It's interesting, and I am going to read more.

Is English your native language (please don't be offended! )? I am asking because there are some typos and run-on sentences, which distracts me from this great story that you are writing. Other than that, I am anxious to read more of this character. (We need more female BrotherHood/assassins! )

Please keep writing and keep up the good work!

EDIT: I'm almost finished reading, and I absolutely adore Telina, especially her, er, unique ways of obtaining stuff, etc. She's a joy to read about!

I'm glad you are feeling better!

This post has been edited by MerGirl: Dec 30 2005, 09:31 PM

[Tellie]

Is English your native language (please don't be offended! )? I am asking because there are some typos and run-on sentences, which distracts me from this great story that you are writing. Other than that, I am anxious to read more of this character. (We need more female BrotherHood/assassins! )


I'm not at all offended, MerGirl, I thank you for the nice comments, and I advice you to check in later today, as I will most propably have given out a new one.


I just want to say one thing though.

Happy New Year

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Dec 31 2005, 02:01 PM

[Tellie]

-"Telina, you have been progressing well"."Today, you must do continue on your path".

-"Find the masters, from the house of magic, only through them can you prevail, find them continue on your path for in you hand lies the fate of an entire nation, save my people Telina".

I woke up, swet was running down my back. For the second time in one week, Azura had spoken to me. "Seek the masters from the house of magic", what did she mean with that.

I walked towards the temple, and without a second thought, I walked inside. After a quick look, around the room, my eyes filled with tears. People were lying all around the room, some was looking just ill, but some was looking directly disgusting, their skin was nearly ash coloured, and all warmt and spark in their eyes was gone.

Other people was begging for food, and not before the temple master came up, did the other in the room silence themselves. He walked in a way that clearly radiated of power, and I knew in an instant that this man was more powerfull than his rank in the temple revealed.

-"All of you, get into lines, and come forward one by one", he said.
-"Those of you who need food and water, line up in the right part of the room, with the counter there, those other who nned treatment get over to the left side of the room".

He wispered something to another temple employee, ant that person quickly got with him four others, and they shoved those, who looked like pure monsters out of the temple. Normally people would have reacted against something like that, but in all the chaous, with people rushing over to the other sides of the room, no one seemed to get attention to it, sake for me.

After some 3 hours, the diseased, and hungry ones, had left, and I walked up to the temple master.

-"Anything on your mind, outlander"? he asked in a bothersome way.

-"Yes, do you know where the masters of the house of magic resides?. I answered back quickly.

-"Ah, you are looking for the Telvannies, you see, here in Morrowind, there are diferent great houses, here on Vvardenfell, you will find only three though".

-"There is the Redorans, who are honorable, but wery strict, and the Hlaalu, who are a bunch of men and mer's, who only want to make money". "Ant then it is the Telvanni, a gang of century old backstabbing mages, whose power is so great, that they can expand their lives by tenfoldds, the master Aryon is the youngest and most modern maste, Merly 900 yers old". He said with a grin on his face.

-"So, go to the mages guild here in Ald-Rhuun, and travel to Sadrith-Mora, from there you will have to ask the mages there how to find the Telvanni council hall".

I walked back ot, while pondering on what I had just learned. So Azura wanted me to join a house full of old crazy dimentional paranoid backstabbers, why did the gods hate me so much?

When I entered the mages guild hall, I had to adjust my eyes, the room was almost completly dark, with only a shimmering blue lamp in the roof. I was suddenly met by another Dunmer.

-"Hello, you are a new one here right". But before I got the chance to answer back, she continued.

-"Would you want me to learn you a woid-walk spell"?

I had heard of these spells, but a small peek into my money pouch told me that I had by no way enough money to even buy one.

-"No, i'm so sorry, but I dont even have a hundred septims, but when I get money I shall come back", with that I took my leave and finally found the one who offered transport.

-"Sadrith-Mora please".


HAPPY NEW YEAR FELLOW READERS.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Dec 31 2005, 04:32 PM

[Elidor]

Aha another update, and a good one it is! I sure hope she joins the Telvanni, theyre the best house keep on writing. Btw why to you type "very" are "wery"? Just curious...

[mplantinga]

Excellent updates. It was an interesting twist to have Azura tell Telina to seek out the Telvanni. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Telvanni treat her.

[Tellie]

for the first time, I travelled, by magic. I felt my body being ripped into small particles and move at an astonishing speed, all was just a whirlwind of colours, and suddenly I felt my body being put together again, and it stopped.

I stood in a building, with some people in it, and altough I was quite dizzy, I moved myself fast out of the room, before anyone got to talk to me. I stood on the top of a large staircase, and figured that the only way out was by going down.at a door I saw the sign of the imperial cult, and since the scenes in the Ald-Rhuun temple still bothered me, I decided to go in and give a little donation.

In there I walked over to the shrine and picked up some five-septim coins and dropped them in the silver bowl, instantly I felt better, and the reduced strength, that I had felt since I was wounded in the cave, was gone, and with that I took my leave and headed out the door.

I quickly noticed where I was, I was obviously in the imperial part of town, and in the fort courtyard where I stood, I noticed some guards standing around. I walked down the stairs, and headed out of the gate, just as I had set my foot on the bridge, some voices reached my ears.

-"Hey, troopers, thats Telina Delvanni the woman that broke out of fort Moonmoth and killed one of the guards".

-"You there Delvanni, you are under arres".

-"Oh bugger, she is choosing the hard way".

-"Delvanni, get back here".

But I was aleredy far away, and at one point the guards just stopped, and started to argue with some other guards, clad in some kind of bone armour.

-"That woman, broke out of prison, and killed one of the legioneers".

-"Well, we'll handle her, and the legioneer, cant possibly such of a loss outlander, as you outlanders have to many of them, to weep over just one".

The imperial guard leader, looked as though he was about to smash that boneclad guard into a hissing pool of protopazmic goo(he he, I read that once, but cant remember wher, but I just had to use it ), but he restrained himself adn the all walked back to the fort.


Ok I know it is a little short, but it was all I had time to write. By the way it's good to se you back mplantinga, I have missed your encouraging comments, and thanks to everyone else to for commenting on it.

[minque]

"Ahhh Telina my child! So Azura speaks to you as well?..my my....She´s a demanding, yet encouraging goddess you know..you better just do as she says!"

regards Serene"


Nice Tellie!.....but now you´re in Sadrith Mora among all those creepy Telvannis....hmmm better think twice if you are thinking of joining them!

Anywho...great update....


note to self: uppdate story!

[mplantinga]

It's good to see the legion and the locals showing their strong dislike for each other. I always thought it was quite amazing that the Telvanni would put up with a legion fort in Sadrith Mora; you've provided a possible explanation: the Telvanni enjoy teasing the legion and creating problems for them. The one thing that never seemed real about Morrowind was how guards in every city knew instantly of crimes you had committed elsewhere; it's not like Telina was a well-known individual before breaking out of jail. I'm curious to see how the Telvanni deal with her, and what they think of the price on her head.

Keep up the great work. Try not to turn the legion into goo; they do have their uses after all

[Tellie]

Hi, I was wondering, if there are anyone good at drawing or animation, wants to try to draw/make an animation, of Telina. If you do just post the answer here, and I'll PM you with a description of how she looks, I hope someone are interrested as I cant draw anything liker that. Looking forward for comments and answers.



The guard turned on me and looked on me with a very puzzled look in his deep
eyes.

-"So, did you kill an imperial legioneer, and in that case why"?

-"Well, yes I did kill one, I broke into someones house and stole some diamonds, so that a child could treat for her mothers treatmen on the hospital, but was cought and arrested, in jail the guards were bullying me and looking down on me propably beacuse I am a woman, so I killed the guard with a spell and got out of there". ( sorry for the long sentence here).

-"Ahh then it is alright" the guard said, " I shall escort you to the council hall and there you will join our house, that is all I'm asking from you".

-"But what of the punishment, I thought I was about to get arrested".

-"Yes well, first I dont care what you did in Balmaroa, as that is the Hlaalu's problem and not mine, and on the other side, this is going to stir it up real good in the legion, they might even go as far as attacking us, and then we'll have a couple of surprises for them".

Smirking widely the guard took my arm and started to move me towards the city. Suddenly I looked what cind of city this was, it consisted of houses made of giant mushrooms, and in the middle stood a tower so big that I couldnt see the top of it.

After some few astonishing fast minutes, I stood before an eacually impressive building with a sign named "Telvanni Council Hall".As I looked back to say goodbye to the guard, he was gone, and I therefore stepped into the hall.

I looked around me, the inside of the walls was as impressive as the outside,and something that got a place in mhy heart was all the circular passages and doors, and as I stepped forwards towards the door in front of me, a woman adressed me.

-"He-he-hello, i a-am, a h-hi-hireling of hou-house -T-T-Telvanni", she managed to stubber.

-"Pleased to meet you" I said, and then I just ignored her, and walked into the main room, where the council was.

I was met by an awesome sight, the room was a round room, with large crystals coming up from the middle, and on large platforms that stood against the walls, stood the councillors, I presumed.

I walked over to the closest one of them , a female with red hair, and a wery elegant skirt, that changed colours every second.

-"Hello, my name is Telina Delvanni, and I wish to join the house, are you one of the councillors"?

-"Hmmm, Delvanni is it, you wouldnt be the descendant of the old Telvanni master Salendil, would you", she answered back.

-"No, i dont know who my parents wore", I muttered low, more to myself than anyone else.

-"Well, you seem good enough, I am not a master, they are to busy to stand around ordering people, no we in here are the mouths, we speak for our masters and give other members assignments and advancement, do you wish to hear our rules"?

-"Yes, tell me the rules".

-"First if you steal from another member, and live to tell the tale, yuo are obviously more worthy to have that which you took, if you kill another member we are propably not going to care, as that would prove you were the better one, as always you can get expelled here as in every other faction, but most Telvanni will just amend you and get you into the house againg, does this appeal to you"?

-"Yes, do you have any assignements for me"?

-"You are hereby Telina Delvanni, hireling of house Telvanni, I am Felissa Ulessen, the mouth of mistress Therana, but you wanted chores"."Well, I need this skirt to be delivered to my mistress in person, so take this skirt to my mistress in Tel-Branora, and by the way, take these two almsivi-intervention-scrolls, as dhe can get a little off...sometimes".

I walked out of the hall again, and started to walk downwards to the docks, when I heard screams, from down the fort, and I quickly went to investigate. When I got there, I saw the imperial legioneers, shouting at eachother, and in the end ran towards the Telvanni guards, with weapons raised high.

Suddenly the telvanni guards threw spells at the imperials, and each of the legioneers, was floating in the air. Piece by piece, they started tho pick of their armour and clothes to the great saitsfaction of the people who were gathered around the guards.

I quickly turned around, and bolted as fast I could towards the dock, while trying not to fall over by the sheer amusement of seing the race whoe had made three years of my life a living hell, being bullied like that, without having a single chance to retaliate.

Well over at the docks, I was greeted by a friendly mer.

-"Good morning, mutshera, what may I do for you"?

-"A boat trip to Tel-Branora please".

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Feb 5 2006, 06:34 PM

[mplantinga]

I was very amused by the approach taken by the Telvanni guards. Serves the legion right for trying to take on the Telvanni. It does make you wonder how the legion ever managed to fight armies with mages; certainly they must have some way to combat the magic?

Thanks for another great installment. I'm looking forward to seeing how Telina deals with Therana. That episode can be quite entertaining.

[Tellie]

As I stood on the deck, I watched the water below me, and suddenly I saw something, and shouted to the boutsman.

-"Stop, I saw something there".

-"What did you se", he asked in a scared voice.

-"It was something strange, a light under the water, I am going down, and if I'm not back in an hour, just go back".

I then jumped into the water, and took a deep breath. below, I could see a crack in the rocks below me, and it was getting increasingly bigger, as it swallowed more water into it.

Suddenly I was caught in its grip, and was dragged into it. As I fell trough the crack, I could see lava below me, and with the best of luck, I managed to get grip on a little platform. I hauled myself up on it, and the sight of the inside made my heart freeze and cold swet was running down my back.

This was a daedric ruin, and the writings on the pillars, clearly shoved a sign of this place guarding something important. and with a look into the middle of the room, I saw a chestfloating in the air, with a clear enchantment on it.

I downed one of my precious levitate potions and walked towards it. As I stod on the flor surrounding the lava pool with the chest around it, I was thinking, of how i could get the chest open without killing myself on the obvious trap.

The answers came in two spells, first an opening spell, ant then telekinesis.

I shouted the words -"Ondoushi shavgytr", and the lock splitted out of the chest, and then the difficoult part, -"Shagrittshiopku vhnelasd", I felt the chest, and I shouted the words over and over again, commanding the chest to open itself.

Finally it open, and seconds later it was blown into a million pieces of wooden shrapnel. I cought the sight of a hammer, shining white and enchanted, fall into the lava. There it laid, slowly starting to sink, and before I knev it, I gripped it with my left hand and picked it up.

I screamed as the lava still on it scorched my hand, and I dropped it to the floor.

-"Momento friskus" I shouted, I felt into the burnt hand, feeling the damage, and I repeaded the words untill my wound was fixed, after that, a fireball flew past me, and I looked into the fiery eyes of a flame atronach, its eyes showing an eternity full of hatred towards the other non-deadra races.

I dropped as another flew past, and then downed my last levitate potion, picked up the hammer, and walked straight up through the water, and I collapsed upon the ship deck.

some time later i woke up with the smell of salt water, and I ran over to the railing, and emtied my entire lunch, an hour later, I was still quite nouseaus, but a little glas of flin helped much. I studied the hammer, and before an hour I still couldnt believe it, it was actually the real famous "Skull Chrusher", and the enchantments, made me fell lighter and my skills, with hammer was better, then with any other weapons sake for knives and daggers.

-"Now, mutshera you must get off, as this is Tel-Branora.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Jan 16 2006, 07:00 PM

[mplantinga]

An unusual way to find Skullcrusher. I'm curious why Telina didn't simply levitate Skullcrusher out of the lave; surely it would have been less painful than grabbing it. I'm glad to see that she got out alright; now all she has to do is survive Therana.

[minque]

Ah Telina! you courageous woman! you have the guts to join those lunatics who call themselves Telvanni.....Oh my....

Now Therana is waiting for you......hmm maybe she isn´t as mad as they say?

Nevertheless.....a good update.......so can I have some more please?

[Tellie]

Sure Minkey, you and all others can have some more, but not before tomorrow night( my time ) .

I have had some fever the last days, thats why I havent posted, but I'm back in buisness ( I just have to find my USP, now where did I put that ).

So check in tomorrow, my time, and you shall see( hopefully ) a new update.

[mplantinga]

Glad to see you back and feeling better. I've been fighting a virus of some sort this week as well; I guess that happens at this time of year. I'll be looking forward to your update.

[Tellie]

As promised, by the way have anyone checked out Geonox's new forum, if not do that, it is really good, but now the story, and I'm happily awaiting any replies.




I was greatly dissapointed, by the way Tel-branora looked, it was only a few wooden shacks, and a little dock. Suddenly i saw a a big feature coming into the sky, adn I quickly realised thet I had to move on, as I came over the hill, I was again impressed by the telvanni nature.

Standing tall in the sunrise, stood the tower of Tel-Branora, and it quickly got a place in my heart. As I walked closer to it, I saw a couple of mer's standing fully dressed in battle gear as they were ready to attak someone. Smiling curtiously to them I walked onto the walkway that led to the tower.

At my left side was the house off a trader named Zurin, and I walked in.

-"Hello, Dunmer, what may I do for you"? the man asked me.

-"Oh hello, i saw the sign and it stood magic school, am I correct"?

-"Yes, you are correct, but untill i get back my wizard staff, I shall not teach anyone". "Wait, you look like the one I'm looking for, If you manage to get my staff back from Theranas servant Mandil, I shall teach you for free, and also allow you to by a special book from me".

I acsepted at once and headed out on the street again. When I came to the top I had to stop a little to catch my breat, and while I stood there I was breathtaken by the beautifullness of the sea, it's small waves, and shiny surface.

I managed to pull myself back together, and walked into the tower itself. There I was met by an angry looking mer, and I was soon right about him.

-"What are you doing here outlander" he asked, with a icy voice.

-"I'm going to see your mistress, servant" I snapped back.

He undressed my with his eyes, measuring me up and down untill he answerd me back.

-"Know this N-wha, I Mandil am Theranas most trusted servant, and if you do anything to her, i shall feed you to her pets, now get out off my sight".

I walked further into the tower, and when I found out that I needed to levitate up to her, I was first angry, butafter a little what and if's, i bought a few levitate potions. I levitated up, and finally found her...

She stood beside a fire, with books in it, and I thought that she obviously didn't like books, besides her stood a little kahjiit, and song a low song about her homecountry, but tit was a more different accent , that I had learned so I did not understand all off it.

Therana hersalf was ....strange, she had a childish look in her face, but the eyes was filled with such an aura off power that it was electrofying.

-"Hello, are you here to feed the spiders my little friend"? she asked with a childish voice.

-"Spiders, what spiders"i asked patiently.

-"You know those with furry tails, complete with ash-jam ears".

She had to be mad I thought, and aking her directly about the skirt could end up entierly wrong, so I decided to take a few jokes firs as childs loved jokes.

-"My mistress", I said in a humble voice "Do you know why the Redorans only have round houses"?

-"Ohh no, are you making jokes, I love jokes,please tell me the answer".

-"Well, the Redorans have round houses, so that the guars cant piss on the corners", it was a pretty lame joke after my opinion, but Therana screamed out with a laugh I only knew to well, the laugh off a child who amuses herself to the limit.

After some twenty minutes with jokes, Therana had tears in her eyes, and I quickly mentioned the skirt.

-"Oh I shall waer it straight away, as soon you prove it is not cursed, take it on you", she said the last words in a tone so dark and scary that I knew something was wrong now.

I took it into my hand, and thought a moment, and then it came into my mind, Mandil.

-"Mistress therana, you see I hold it, so can you just hold this for me a little bit, and I shall go and get your present".

-"Whohoo, a present, go and get it at once", she said in and excited voice.

I ran back down to the entrance hall, and soon found Mandil.

-"Excuse me, ser mandil", I said in an extremly humble voice.
-"Therana wish that you acompany me to her at once".

And after some thinking he came with me, when we came back up, therana looked upon us with a strange look in her eyes.

-"Misstress Therana", I adressed her, "here is Mandil as required of you, now are you going to give him his present now"? I just hoped her own stupidity would work to my advantage.

-"What present", she asked in a surprised voice.

-"you know the fine skirt you wanted him to have, and always wear in front off you, since he gave you such a great breakfast last year", i asked nearly falling over in amusement, as I saw my plan would work.

-"Ohh yes thanks for reminding me about that" she answered in a varmly tone.
-"Now Mandil take it now, NOW MANDIL" she screamed, as he just stood there.

He took it on him and I could see the fear emnating from his spine,and cold-swet was running from his face. He turned around some times, and started to walk away.

-"HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY SKIRT" she screamed, just as she extended a hand towards Mandil.

His look of shock, was the last thing I saw before his ribcage opned up, and sprayed the entire surroundings with blood that I just managed to avoid.

I Walked over the area covered in blood, gore and bone splinters, barely resisting to vomit again, I found Mandils room after a few minutes, and then I left the tower with Zurin's staff, I found his door, in the darkness that surrounded me in the night, knocked and walked in.

This post has been edited by Telendil Delvanni: Feb 5 2006, 06:33 PM