Introduction - Liara the cursed

• Posted by Infernus March 8, 2013 - 695 views

  

   

  “……Ahhh it seems our time together is running out dear Liara…..but worry not, I will return when next you close your eyes……Hahahahahaaaa….” Said a demonic booming voice, and with a thunderous crash I awoke.

   

  Waking in the same foetal position I always do, sweat dripping from my brow and clasping the sides of my head, how can no one else hear that damn noise? “Still having those nightmares?” A voice quizzed from the door way. Pushing myself up to the side of the bed and rubbing the sleep from my eyes I responded, “Every night since I was little, you know this already”

   

  Standing up, I stretched out my arms and almost reaching the ceiling when on my tip toes, then running my fingers through my short brown hair. Before tying it off in a pony tail, shorter wisps of hair fell to the side of my face, framing it nicely. I had drifted off into my morning routine when Delphine yanked my attention back to reality “what about the Seer’s and wise women you went to see? Were they of no use?” I glared at her, giving her the look that let her know how ignorant of a question that was “well the seer burnt herself alive after seeing my dreams, and the wise woman went mad…..a part of me wants to know what they saw, but the other thinks I should be grateful I remember nothing”.

   

  Delphine fixed me with a stare “perhaps you’re right, but listening to you screaming last night….Lets just say I had to swap rooms with the patron next door”. I swallowed and responded “It won’t happen again Sister….I need to keep moving. Anyway what’s for breakfast? I need to keep Orgnar busy while I change into my armour”. Delphine pinched her eyebrows together “Say no more, I’ll kill him!”

   

  Laying out my armour on the bed, I inspected my weaponry. It was in dire need of some TLC, and I to be careful lest I be recognised. My attention drifted back to my armour, it made me smile how intricate and complicated it was to put on, as I slipped off my nightgown and dropped it to the floor. I picked up the skin tight leather trousers tightening the drawstrings and tying them off. Picking up the leather waistcoat putting it on, I checked my range of movement carefully at each step, adjusting and re-adjusting before tying it off.

   

  It had to be perfect, I remember the armourer telling me. “You get this stuff right, and the rest falls into place” He’d said to me, like I had no idea what I was doing. I inspected my figure and smiled, before sitting on the bed and lay back as I pulled my boot on. I loved those boots, knee high leather with intricate black steel shin guards that interlocked with patterned guards over my feet and knees.

   

  Securing the last of the buckles I got up ready to put on my breastplate. It always amazed me how it folded in on itself allowing such a great freedom of movement, even though it was steel plating. Next the shoulder pouldron, covering all the way down and interlocking with the pattern on my wrist guard. Strapping on the last few plates to cover my thighs and right arm, I now looked the business. I picked up my hand cross bows, bow, assorted daggers, poisons and two intricately carved long daggers.

   

  Making my way out of the seclusion of my room I headed out into the inn, The warmth of the fire hitting me like a wave “Well good morning, glad to see you’re a bit quieter now” Said Orgnar. “Shut up!” I hissed in reply, Orgnar just chuckled in response. Knocking on Delphine’s door as I opened it “Sis…Do you still have that grinding wheel and work station downstairs?” I whispered. “Shh come inside and shut the door” She said opening a cupboard to a secret stairwell. We were quite the pair really, A ‘master Assassin’ even though I had always hated that title, and Delphine a former Blade.

   

  I proceeded down the stairway, and offloaded my gear onto the table, I could deny it as much as I liked. But I really was in my element, when crafting deadly weapons. After a few hours of sharpening, tweaking and replacing crossbow strings, I was ready to press on. Truth be told I had probably stayed in one spot too long already, so I needed to make haste. Sheathing my many daggers and folding my crossbows into hip mounted holsters. I had one last task which I always hated doing as it was so fiddly and dangerous.

   

  I carefully secured retractable wrist blades on my wrist guards and made my way up stairs. Taking my Sister into an embrace I forced a large pouch of Septims into her palm along with an enchanted letter seal. “For last night. If the wax doesn’t glow when you hold this over it, then I havn’t sent it. And I will never ask you to meet me via letter. Take care.” A tear streaked down my cheek as I wiped one off of Delpines face. I gave her one last sheepish stare as I pulled up my hood.

   

  As quickly as my hood was up, I rolled under her bed and down through a spring loaded trap door onto a pile of hay. Straightening myself out and wiping my tears from my eyes, I disappeared from view into the forest.

   

  (I thought i'd write a quick into to how i see my stealthy character, She is not dragon born. let me know if you'd like to here more)