Balgruuf the Lesser 14: Force-Balance-Push: The Way of Battle (or Schrodinger's Dovahkiin)

Posted December 28, 2012

“FUS, RO-DAH!!”  I Shouted, and had the satisfaction of watching Arngeir’s projection stumble and fade into nothing. “Your Thu’um is powerful,” Arngeir said with satisfaction.  “How did you come to an understanding of this Shout so quickly?” “Any warrior would understand it,” I replied. “It’s the Wa...

BALGRUUF THE LESSER 13: No Closer to Honor

Posted December 5, 2012

My stomach churned as Farkas and I walked back up the steps to Jorvasskr.  Knowing what walked beside me… it gave me chills and sweats at the same time.  I’d seen what he was, down in that crypt… and then the monster that was Farkas apologized to me, like, like… like I was a child whom he’d startled...

Balgruuf the Lesser 12: Tested

Posted November 24, 2012

Uthgird was understandably reluctant to follow me into Jorvasskr, but I was feeling reckless.  The Companions had frightened me all my life, and I could not say why.  Somehow, they just made me feel very small and helpless and unimportant.  Yet, I had always dreamed of being one of them.  It was Uth...

ASSIGNMENT SKYRIM BORDERS: Forrest Pingham gets Told. 10th of Heartfire

Posted November 13, 2012

“What happened back there in Karthwasten, Ghorbash?” I was sitting next to the fire, staring into the flames, trying to puzzle it out, when I asked him this.  He had laid out his bedroll and was already lying down, with his back to me and the flames. “Huh?  What’s to tell?  You gave her the sword. S...

Balgruuf the Lesser, 11: The Search for Purpose

Posted November 12, 2012

13th of Heartfire 4E 201 I have not felt up to writing in a long time.  The war is won, and Ulfric is king in all but name. Skyrim for the Nords has come to pass, and my father hates me for it.  Ulfric has no further use for me.  The question that hangs over me like a pall is this: Have I any furthe...