The Erebus

• Posted by Reeve July 13, 2015 - 679 views

         I was born in a noble House with great battle tradition in Cyrodiil. There, strength meant everything, something I had not at the time, also, being the lord's son made my situation even worse. I truly had no talent with magic nor with the blade, only thing I could do was make a few shots with the bow before I became tired and my aim then would get messy. In the end my family gave up on me and no warrior or wizard  of the House was accepting to teach me anything, instead they were making fun of me.
  
          The only one who was looking out for me was my guardian Estena a high elf who came and asked to be hired by my father as a healer and a guard when I was but a child so I couldn't help it and became attached to her. My daily routine was to grab a few books and go watch her training in the forest and enjoy some reading. One day while searching for books in the old library I opened a door leading to a small room and what I found there changed my life and my destiny or should I say destinies. The only things inside was a small bookshelf, a desk, a chair and papers with strange writings scattered all over the place. On the desk I found a book wrapped in linens, in the first page was written, Dark Book of Heavens , observations and teachings on Shadow Magic by Alan Shadoweaver. After reading and realizing the possibilities of Shadow Magic i thought that was it, with this I could be  reborn and become like the great mages and warriors I was reading in my books. First thing I did was το start rigorous training guided by Estena to stimulate and circulate the mana within my body since I wasn 't even capable of that.
  
         A few years passed, I studied the Dark Book and I even created my own theories and observations on shadow magic I also studied Rune magic and Enchanting even though I wasn't able to use them yet they were quite interesting, also, I was able to control my magicka freely and although I couldn't give it any elemental attribute or solid shape it was enough  to train my shadow magic. On top of that I went through strict training by Estena in what she called Mysticism an art of magic first developed by the Psijics although I couldn't achieve much in practice, in theory I could be concidered already an expert and also in archery the only physical skill I ever shown some signs of "talent" if you could call the three or five shots within the range of the target talent and tried to train my body to the utmost of my capabilities which weren't that great at the time.

  I was quite content with my life back then I was making progress with my training and the person I loved the most was always beside me and I knew that someday with my hard work and my Shadow Magic I could become strong, strong enough to stand beside that person who had the 1st rank among the strongest warriors, mages and battlemages in our House Estena, "The Untouchable" was called by the members of the House even though she was pretending not to like it I think she was taking some pride to it heh,. Her mastery of the sword and magic was unparalleled and especially in restoration magic she was so great that she could heal almost any injury inflicted on her during combat instantly, Sometimes I was wondering why such a person was troubling herself with me.

          But, one day returning from training I saw the Tower surrounded by Thalmor soldiers, every guard and servant was in the garden, walking in  I heard a scream, that was Estena, pushing everyone I reached in the front and saw her on her knees inside a ward created by soul gems to supress her powers and covered in blood, before her stood someone who looked like the head of the  Thalmor hitting her with his ice magic and displaying a smile of satisfaction in his face. I, will never forget how I felt that moment, Anger, Rage, Hatred a Will to Destroy and Kill my enemies and the painful feeling of powerlessness to protect the only person that helped me, accepted and acknowledged my worth and existence in the world. So, in my rage I  decided  to take them down even if I had to go down with them and shouted with all my might and with a voice I couldn't believe it was mine, everyone around me was blown away, the sky was split and the earth was shaken with every word I spelled, "You lowly beings, today I am Death and the Ender of things, prepare yourselves, I, will erase your very existence from this world. Ranked 2nd in the Dark Book of Heavens Forbidden Arts - The Darkening, Myself in the forbidden realms I summon you."  Then shadows took me, and what came out afterwards was the strongest being existed in the past, present and future. I desired the demise of my enemies and so it was done, I desired their existence forever closed and buried in the shadows and so it was done. My body though couldn't stand the strain of the Darkening which was the name given by Alan in the spell which could make a person's essence of every possible existence in the countless shadow realms to concentrate into one, it was the purpose, the perfection, the absolute, the unassailable eternal beauty, a zenith that no one in existence can destroy, is the way he described it. Then I went close to Estena removed the ward and after I used the remaining of my strength to restore herself I fell and felt my power and conscience leaving me, the darkening was backfiring on me. While I was still conscious she held my head and told me,

  "Hmph, what a troublesome master not only you kept hidden these dangerous powers you wield from me but you also made me, the Great  Estena owe my life  to the little master  I 'm supposed to protect! Anyways it seems  I 'll repay your foolishness shortly, you can rest for now and when I wake up we have a lot of things to talk about young master!" and that is the last thing i remember from back then.

  
  When i woke up I heard a woman's voice saying in a sarcastic tone

  "Slept well, young master?"

  I got up immediately to see who it was, she was an Altmer woman  with an intimidating aura and posture but anyway I took a stance ready to defend or attack  and asked,

  "Whhere am I? Who are you? and Where's Estena and my family?" 

  "Well, you've got quite a few questions and what bad manners getting ready to attack in the first opening how could a brute little beast like you win my esteemed teacher's favor? Anyway, I 'll answer your questions, I am Andralia and I was instructed by the  Psijic Order to keep a watch over you for a few days, also  I was Estena's apprentice many years ago and if you didn't guess already from this dirty environment, the smell of poorly cooked food in the air and the overtone of stupidity from the conversations between people who have degraded to animals by the consumption of alcohol, we 're at a lowly inn. Regarding your family they 're okay for the time being but they might become a target for the Thalmor, after all you took out a little army of them and a high ranked official quite impressive for a novice like yourself. Now, regarding my esteemed teacher Estena after you used your shadow magic you were going to die so in order to save you she performed one of her greatest restoration ritual spells and binded her soul with yours  but before that she restored your destroyed body and amplified all the effects of your magic on it,  you little brute novice warlock, you can 't even imagine what great feat of wizardry my teacher pulled off for you. The effects of the ritual are that the two of you are now more or less, immortal which means you won 't age but you can still die by other means. What's more importan is that there was a price to be paid, in order to restore your body she had to sacrifice her life force, her soul almost disappeared and she fell in a deep slumber until she can restore her powers and her soul, also if you die which could be a hard feat to achieve thanks to your magic, even for an incompetent novice like yourself she will die along with you but if she dies you probably won't die, thanks to your shadow magic only one of your multiple "aspects" or "existences" or whatever will disappear, how unfair, really!

    Now listen to me young man, 1st you are not allowed to die, 2nd become strong and learn to wield your magic properly you novice, since your soul is now bound with Estena's if you become stronger she might be able to wake up sooner also your shadow magic is a type of magic with limitless possibilities you might find a way to heal her or else this might take decades or even one, two or three hundred years or who knows how much and 3rd know that the Psijics and especially me will be watching you closely so be sure to make progress and remove this air of incompetence you exceed. Now you and me will stay here for a few days since i have to watch you then i will leave and you will go to do exactly what i told you!

  "Where is she now?"

  "There is no need for you to worry, she is somewhere safe! Right now the only thing you should worry about is how you will become stronger you amateur wizard!" And besides I 'm sure when she wakes up she will run to her young master's side, really how can a fool like you win Estena's favor, hey what was that idiotic grin on your face you imbecile, you are disgusting!" 

  "Ok Ok calm down. By the way Andralia lets be friends"

  "Hmph like I'd ever want to be friends with a little fool like you!"

  "Haha come on"

  "Don 't laugh you fool!"

  "Ok, Ok"

       After spending some time at the inn and some friendly bonding with the aloof and short tempered Altmer Andralia I went back to visit my family. I told them to accuse me for the attack on the Thalmor and give them some false information about my whereabouts. Because of the incomplete Darkening even though I succeeded to mold my existences from the shadow realms into one their potential was "locked" so I needed to train in order to acquire my powers and ultimately find a way to wake up Estena sooner. That led me the same day after some planing to take the decision and go to Skyrim at the College of Winterhold in order to train my magic. I learned from some members of the House that it's a quiet place disconnected from the rest of the land and it might be a good place to avoid any more confrontations with the Thalmor, for now. The next morning every member of the House that was at the tower and my family were there to see me off which was quite surprising but I guess it's natural after they saw me using my shadow magic they must have acknowledged my power. And so my journey begun.

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