Tale of Four Dragonborn: Elesif's Tribute (Part 2)

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DOVA, and RIKKE stand watch near the shrine to TALOS hidden under an alcove. It's raining. ELESIF leaves Torygg's War Horn near the shrine and kneels down and silently begins to cry.

ELESIF
Can you even imagine what he was going through?

DOVA and RIKKE look down.

ELESIF
My husband was no fool... He knew the empire saw him as a puppet... A mouthpiece to keep Skyrim in line with a law they knew was wrong. He kept telling me it would lead to this... Just more war, more bloodshed, but this time brother fighting against brother. He wanted for Skyrim to speak out against the treaty without open rebellion. He wanted to remind Tamriel that she was strong, and Skyrim was the heart of that strength. The day before he died, he said that he was cutting his strings. He wasn't going to be a puppet anymore.

ELESIF looks up, still crying.

ELESIF
That night we made the decision to seek council from the experienced and outspoken Jarl of Windhelm.

ELESIF looks down.

ELESIF
Imagine our surprise... When he came to visit us.

ELESIF
Now I'm the puppet. I say what I'm told... And I couldn't care less. I only want to see Ulfric dead...

DOVA
With respect, My Jarl... You have to start caring. And you have to start right now.

RIKKE and ELESIF look at DOVA.

RIKKE
Dov... This isn't the time.

DOVA
In a week, this war will be over. There is no other time. Jarl Elesif, you need to leave all of that hate in your heart for Ulfric here. In this cave. Don't let it come near you again.

ELESIF
You say that as if it's easy.

DOVA
I say that knowing its not. Do you remember an Argonian garrisoned at the Blue Palace?

ELESIF
... Yes. I think so... Yes, I do... He jumped in to apprehend Ulfric when... By the nine...

DOVA
We both lost someone that day... My brother had his life cut short by that coward, and only ONE thing mattered to me when I arrived in Skyrim. That poison was the only thing keeping me going... And if that had stayed the case, my life would have been over one week from now.

RIKKE
Dov...

DOVA
That's no life. Sitting there in the worst of yourself... Letting Grief and hate be the only reason you do anything... It will all be over before it begins. Tizrie didn't want that... And neither does Torygg...

ELESIF pinches the bridge of her nose.

DOVA
You're still so young... You can still do so much good... And Skyrim needs you to. They will need a High Queen, not a puppet. You need to have the strength that Torygg was going to have. You need to hold Skyrim together and remind Tamriel that she can still be strong.

ELESIF looks right at DOVA

DOVA
And I promise you... There is still happiness to be found... Even in a world with our him. You're going to be alright.

ELESIF
... You're beginning to sound like my father.

DOVA
You remind me of my Daughter.

ELESIF turns to the shrine.

DOVA
Say your prayers. Make your peace. Leave the hate behind. Take the love with you.

ELESIF touches the Shrine and takes a deep breath.

ELESIF
Talos guide me...

LORCALIN
Straight to oblivion.

DOVA, RIKKE, and ELESIF turn to face Thalmor agent LORCALIN

LORCALIN
Well... I'm in a bit of a pickle. You see, it's my job to eliminate any heretics who come to worship at this pittance of a shrine... That being said... The Jarl of Solitude and two Legion Legates... This is a bit above my paygrade. I think you'll have to come with me.

ELESIF
You misunderstand...

RIKKE
We were...

DOVA begins to laugh.

LORCALIN
You find this Amusing...

DOVA
I'm not sure what's more insulting... The fact that your Elven arrogance makes you think you can stand up to all three of us...

DOVA takes out his greatsword and stabs LORCALIN through the gut.

DOVA
Or the fact that you came to a funeral... uninvited... And mocked the widow.

DOVA removes his sword and LORCALIN falls to the ground.

DOVA
Make no mistake. There is a reckoning coming between our Armies, Elf. A war that we will not lose. In the meantime Rikke.

DOVA looks at RIKKE.

DOVA
Let's win the war we've got... And after that we'll have a coronation to attend.

RIKKE looks at LORCALIN'S body. Then at ELESIF.

RIKKE
Long live the Queen.

RIKKE and DOVA make their way to the Wagon, but ELESIF stays behind for a bit.

ELESIF
... I'll make you proud... I promise you I will... I'll keep Skyrim unified, and Tamriel together...

ELESIF sheds one last tear.

ELESIF
Goodbye Torygg... I love you.

I actually really like Elesif as a character... One of my favorites in the game.