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ghastley
post Nov 29 2019, 08:32 PM
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Now I've created a second-era Clark, I need a story of how he got there. I'd started something similar for Minx, but it wasn't going anywhere, so I've adjusted a bit. This may be a bit infrequent, as my logic is that Azura sends him back to Morrowind, which is special for her, and needs some attention in this era. However, ESO Clark probably won't go there until we get him up to Champion level, and he can start doing things for the story, and not just levels and skill points.


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Chapter 1 - Arrival


It wasn't exactly deja vu, because this was the first time, and the other happened in the fiuture. Which is why I can't remember it clearly.

Azura told me it would be like this. I would have no memory of the things that hadn't happened yet, because that would cause problems with temporal causality, or something like that. But yet, things that hadn't changed much, like Seyda Neen, where I'd just got off the boat, would seem familiar.

I could remember anything that happened in a Daedric realm, because time worked differently there. So I remember all about my dealings with Azura and Nocturnal, and why they'd made me immortal. I had some recollections of mortal women, including my wife, Dralsi, and our daughter Karliah, but only the things that happened in Nocturnal's Realm. Fortunately, both had been Nightingales, so there was a lot that took place in Evergloam, which might have included Karliah's conception.

I remembered a Bosmer called Cyndil, who'd been made a Nightingale at the same time I was. I had fond, but sparse, memories of a Nord called Gilda, who'd also been a Nightingale with my daughter. There was a Dunmer called Minx, that had joined me in Cyndil's rescue from Mehrunes Dagon's Dremora. Azura tells me that were a lot more that I wouldn't remember in my future.

Most of my memories about Mundus seemed to relate to Nocturnal, and quests that I'd done for her, and yet it was Azura that sent me back here. The mission I was on was particularly hers, as Morrowind was under her protection, perhaps as a result of her turning the Chimer into Dunmer all that time ago. And yet, I didn't really know what that mission was. It would work itself out, just because I was here at the right time.

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This promised to be an interesting time. Azura had told me about Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec, and how they'd used the power of Lorkhan's heart to become like gods. And unlike the Daedric Princes, they had nothing restraining them from interfering as much as they liked in the affairs of mortals. Indeed, it was Sotha Sil who had engineered much of that restraint upon their Daedric rivals.

That didn't seem to concern her too much. I imagine that she felt it was the best arrangement for both sides. I got the impression that she felt that the Tribunal were at least as constrained themselves.

And I knew that Balmora was in that direction, and the city of Vivec was in the other. I might know some of the rocks along the way, but not the trees or mushrooms. I have no idea when I was here before, or rather, when I would be here in future. I might be a child when I learn my way around, or an adult. I'm an adult now, but I'm not sure how old to consider myself, considering that I haven't been born yet. It's so confusing.

I wasn't likely to bump into anyone I knew in future. This was far enough back in my past, according to Azura, that no mortal could live that long. Not even the elven mages could prolong their lives that much. If I did see a familiar face, it might be one of her winged twilights with a message.

Azura had also warned me about history. Everything I'd learned about the past, I'd still remember, up to the now I was in. However, some of the accounts may have been revised before I'd learned them, so they'd be false memories, and anything that had just happened here would be fresh in everyone else's memory, but seem vague and distant in mine. This would be especially true about the Tribunal, who Azura felt bent the truth liberally in their records of this time. If I though I recalled something, I shouldn't trust that feeling until I checked the facts.

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post Mar 19 2022, 03:20 PM
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@Acadian: This isn't Skyrim. It would be twist and shout there!

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Previously: Clark found out more about what Nocturnal is doing, but that has just added more
questions.

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Part 2.7 - Gascone

As I rode my guar along the road to the Ventral Terminus, I considered Nocturnal's requirements. Neramo and the Dunmer siblings worked well as a team, but she needed an independent individual. Naryu, the Dunmer assassin, was inseparable from the Morag Tong. Divayth Fyr wouldn't work for anyone but himself. The various Apostles I'd met all were devoted to Sotha Sil, or else people that were going to get weeded out. I didn't have any candidates for her at present, as she'd said.

I did have Gascone to deal with, and he'd run to ground among the skaafin.

Once I got past the guard of daedra at the main door to the Ventral Terminus, I found it locked, and the voice of Gascone told me so through the speaker device nearby. Somehow, maybe from the little voice in the back of my mind, which was as likely to be Nocturnal's as Azura's, I knew there was another entrance.

So I went up the ramp to higher ground to start searching.

More skaafin were waiting up there. I wasn't surprised, just a bit delayed. And the fabricants were taking no notice of them, and just attacking me, which seemed a bit unfair. Still, I soon had another door in front of me, and it wasn't locked.

It might as well have been, as it wasn't long before I came to a dead end at a solid wall of masonary. At some point in the past, the structure had been sectioned off, and this part was no longer connected to the one Gascone was in. The only thing on my side of the wall that had any hope of breaching it was a large clockwork automaton, which of course, was powered down.

I rummaged around looking for alternatives, trying the steam valves to see what they'd do. and flipping any switches I came across. Then I noticed that the pipes were getting some pressure, and judicious use of the valves let me direct it towards the station where the automaton was slumped.

All that happened was that a cylinder started to glow, as if it had just filled and was ready to use. I picked it up and looked for somewhere to place it in the automaton, not really expecting to find one. But there was a socket that matched.

I must have done the right thing, as it started to stand up straight, and a number of skaafin materialized to try and stop it. Without any guidance from me, it flung them aside and demolished the wall, as if it had been programmed to do so before it was shut down.

I followed, using my bow to help it with the stragglers, until it seemed to run out of power just short of another wall. I looked around for any more of the glowing cylinders, but there weren't any visible. I did find a stairway that took me up a level, and I had more luck up there. Just the one core, and I hoped it would be enough.

Going through the second wall was much like the first. Skaafin arrived to try and impede our progress, and failed. Soon I was in the section where Gascone was hiding.

It appeared that Gascone was the one summoning the skaafin, as he did so again as I entered, perhaps playing his final trump. This was a more powerful one than the others, and maybe not entirely in the chancellor's control. "You summon me again? I grow tired of this, mortal!"

The Daedra didn't seem reluctant to attack me, however, it just wasn't so pleased to be aiding Gascone. And after I defeated it and talked to the chancellor, I think I understood why. He didn't have the key any more. It had been stolen by crows, before he could hand it over to Clavicus Vile. I didn't need to ask what key he was talking about. It could only be the Skeleton Key.

Why had Nocturnal let an idiot like this guard it for her? I angrily killed him, and stormed off back to the Shadow Cleft to have another talk with Nocturnal.

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"And who else was I going to give it to?" she asked me."Anyone more trustworthy is loyal to Sotha Sil. If I'd given it to Varuni or Luciana, then Varuni would have done the research to figure out what it was, and then Luciana would have gone off trying to release Seht.

"That would have been a disaster whatever the outcome. If she failed, then the Clockwork City would be lacking a good Proctor, and if she'd succeeded, then Sotha Sil would have been returned prematurely and Vile would probably have succeeded."

"But, Gascone ..."

"He was the sort of bureaucrat that just files things away, and does as little as possible. He put it with all the other items he needed to guard, and detailed his minions to watch over them. No curiosity, so it should have just remained where it was until I needed it again.

"However, I did make a mistake at that point. I told my minions to go and get it, forgetting to add 'and bring it to me'. The crows just took it for themselves - it is shiny, after all - and who knows where they went with it. They don't remember, and it's probably been stolen from the first ones by a rival flock by now. You're going to have to find it for me."

"So Sotha Sil doesn't need to be imprisoned any longer?"

"No, it appears that Vile has decided that Mephala's use of the Sload is more promising, and he's given up here. So as soon as you've released Seht, I need to figure out how to deal with that. If I'm not careful, I'll get left out of the plot, and not know what's in store. But if Meridia gets involved, he'll need the extra help"

"What should I be doing next?" I asked. "If the crows have the key, then it's at least where Vile can't find it, if he decides he needs it adter all. I'd think you need me finding you an agent before I go hunt down the key."

"That's true, but either quest relies on luck at this point. There aren't any clear leads to finding either of them."

I decided to go back to Vivec City, and find out what Seryn wanted me to do for her. There was always a chance it would connect in to everything else.

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Well there was a connection, and it was Naryu. She'd been given a contract to take out one of the councilors of House Redoran, and found out about their dealings with the Ashlanders. She'd tried to contact me, and found Seryn instead. And that's what Seryn had meant when she said she had a job for me.

It appeared that the pro-slavery faction of House Redoran had also been trying to sieze land from the Ashlanders. It was not clear whether Ulran Releth sided with the Ashlanders, or against the slavers, but the result was the same, and he'd been eliminated with prejudice.

Now his sister Veya was out to avenge him, and as a colleague of Naryu's, that wasn't allowed. The Morag Tong weren't supposed to persue their own personal vendettas, as it was bad for business if they killed without a formal contract. So Naryu wanted me to stop Veya, and Seryn wanted me to do the job for Veya, and avenge the Ashlanders' protector.

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ghastley   Clark - Second Era   Nov 29 2019, 08:32 PM
Renee   That's so wicked. So Clark remembers what happ...   Nov 29 2019, 09:01 PM
Acadian   Welcome to the Second Era, Clark! I'm de...   Nov 29 2019, 09:21 PM
SubRosa   Let's hope Clark doesn't follow in the Fla...   Nov 30 2019, 12:16 AM
ghastley   @Renee: No, Clark doesn't remember the future,...   Dec 15 2019, 03:57 AM
Acadian   I’m sure Clark finds his new situation terribly ...   Dec 15 2019, 08:14 PM
Renee   Ha! He's witnessing Players using Wayshrin...   Dec 16 2019, 08:20 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: I'm more impressed by Sotha Sil than...   Jan 2 2020, 11:27 PM
Acadian   Oh this is great fun, seeing Clark’s perceptions...   Jan 3 2020, 01:38 AM
Renee   Nice, he's doing some crafting. That's one...   Jan 3 2020, 06:03 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: There's a lot of Azura in this quest...   Jan 30 2020, 07:05 PM
Acadian   Wow, Clark covered a lot of terrain in this one. ...   Jan 31 2020, 07:19 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: He's about to have that reinforced b...   Feb 28 2020, 05:14 AM
Acadian   I remember enjoying this quest of the false Nereva...   Feb 29 2020, 01:11 AM
Grits   I am delighted that Clark is telling this story in...   Mar 18 2020, 12:23 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: I'm not sure if Clark will ever want...   Mar 19 2020, 08:31 PM
Acadian   I chuckled over Clark’s concerns about asking Se...   Mar 19 2020, 11:39 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: Fortunately, guar-qualification has not ...   Apr 28 2020, 12:05 AM
Acadian   Clark is such a charmer as he draws the arm of Cho...   Apr 28 2020, 05:40 PM
Renee   Ha ha ha ha! :lol: That's always a sig...   May 13 2020, 01:51 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: It's the people who see what's w...   Aug 18 2020, 03:31 AM
Acadian   Some good teamwork fighting those guarding Barilza...   Aug 18 2020, 11:11 PM
Renee   I love that line. :lol: In general I have no i...   Aug 24 2020, 06:58 PM
ghastley   @Acadian Clark has to hope that Seryn will continu...   Jan 26 2021, 09:38 PM
Acadian   Welcome back to Clark! Thanks for the ‘Pr...   Jan 26 2021, 10:09 PM
ghastley   @Acadian Vivec would like to be back together. --...   Feb 8 2021, 12:47 AM
Renee   Clockwork City sounds amazing. I assume Barbas is ...   Feb 8 2021, 06:49 PM
Acadian   A fun run through part of Clockwork City. I enjoy...   Feb 8 2021, 09:32 PM
ghastley   @Renee: Yes, and Barbas was in Oblivion, too. Appa...   Apr 10 2021, 10:48 PM
Acadian   All's well that ends well. I should think Cla...   Apr 11 2021, 01:31 PM
Renee   Congrats on attaining Champion of Vivec. :cake: Do...   Apr 20 2021, 01:58 PM
ghastley   Can you post a picture of Clark in the Second Er...   Apr 20 2021, 04:06 PM
Renee   Ha, his name is Clark Kent. The look on his face h...   Apr 20 2021, 05:17 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: Notice how both Vivec and Azura made him...   May 26 2021, 01:53 AM
Acadian   Off on the next adventure! I like your logic...   May 26 2021, 04:56 PM
Renee   I hate when I've apparently had a great night,...   May 30 2021, 03:23 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: If she doesn't shop there, I'm s...   Dec 10 2021, 02:34 AM
Acadian   ’With the key in my pocket, I set out for the fa...   Dec 10 2021, 07:41 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: At least her assignment wasn't rats....   Dec 18 2021, 04:12 AM
Renee   That is true, all the daedric princes surrounding ...   Dec 18 2021, 02:55 PM
Acadian   So Clark demonstrates that he's not just a boy...   Dec 18 2021, 07:45 PM
ghastley   @Renee:See below, and Clark is the same Clark he a...   Jan 10 2022, 07:08 PM
macole   Stunning the firepot spiders to maximize oil colle...   Jan 10 2022, 08:59 PM
Acadian   Wonderful intro of Proctor Luciana Pullo – one o...   Jan 10 2022, 09:56 PM
Renee   Wow, Luciano sounds intense, with all her mechanic...   Jan 28 2022, 03:09 PM
ghastley   '' One of these days I need to return to ...   Jan 30 2022, 05:02 PM
Renee   Beautiful, is it every Tuesday? I think I'd li...   Jan 31 2022, 01:48 PM
ghastley   Monthly, not weekly. As Guildmaster, I can add you...   Jan 31 2022, 03:02 PM
Renee   Sure. It's been over a year since I fired up E...   Jan 31 2022, 03:33 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: This stays vanilla for a short while, in...   Mar 1 2022, 06:32 PM
Acadian   Black oily water - ugh! Well, Kirith's be...   Mar 1 2022, 07:12 PM
Renee   That must be great to have extra Wayshrines just p...   Mar 1 2022, 07:13 PM
ghastley   @Acadian Well, sort of an imposter. It's not h...   Mar 6 2022, 02:13 AM
Acadian   Twists and turns! Daedric Princes conspiring ...   Mar 6 2022, 09:40 PM
Renee   Yes indeed, this is a very busy update. Not to men...   Mar 10 2022, 02:50 PM
ghastley   Wow, he gets to sit down and chat with Nocturnal....   Mar 10 2022, 03:53 PM
Acadian   Ahah. Skeleton key + Nocturnal. . . begins to mak...   Mar 20 2022, 12:10 AM
Renee   About the section which is blocked off, too bad th...   Mar 28 2022, 05:29 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: Shhh... mirocu may be listening. And R...   Apr 24 2022, 12:40 AM
Renee   I like the way they are discussing which daedric b...   Apr 25 2022, 12:17 PM
Acadian   I confess that in the game, Buffy and I were cheer...   Apr 25 2022, 08:19 PM


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