Seriously, my eardrums hurt. Not even the imperial watch yell so damn laud.
By the way that thing screamed for this mare I clear that isn’t a friend of hers.
And is clear that he is not searching for Sheo- The Champion of Cyrodill, but instead searching for Twilight Sparkle.
I run in the city towards the direction of the scream, I saw some guard ready to fight wherever just invaded their home. If this screamer is an enemy then he just choose one of the worst locations of Tamriel to attack me, well attack Twilight.
Finally I got close to the probable location of the scream, yeah the park where the kids harassed me, the guards were on formation, ready to charge but they are not yet charging, looks they were waiting…
I managed to peek thou the group of guards and I saw something that would be funny, if wasn't so terrible.
There was a blue goat, its horns were too similar to sheep... Anyway he was threatening the town, that alone would be funny in itself, I would make jokes about him being cooked for dinner by the companions. But accompanying him was a group of people in robes… By the Nine!!!
I recognize those robes, the cursed Mythic Dawn, or at least some kind of remnant.
I thought they were totally eradicated, at least this was my final confirmation that Mehrunes Dagon is responsible. By the Nine, part of me wants to go and just tell them about the supposed paradise that merhunes created for them: a circle of torture, death and resurrection, the fitting punishment they deserve.
I would do that, or simply charge in and kill everyone, but I quickly saw why no guard charge in already, they had hostages… children.
That’s low, but it was effective at making the guards refuse to charge in and take their heads as trophies. The children were in their knees and totally scared, the warriors of course refuse to attack because the cultist could burn those children alive, one thing is clear: I will kill that goat and all of those cultists.
¨release the children’s foul monster, harm a single one and we will skin you alive¨
I don’t think making threats would be the most convincing way to make them relase the hostages. He wants me, well Twilight. But if I go there he or the mythic dawn could kill the children just to spite me.
10 cultists and one deformed goat. I dealth worse numbers but I can’t risk the children, and to be fair these nords would simply make me charge to battle instead of going with a plan. I decided to use a invisibility spell, nobody noticed and slip away.
I went directly to Jorrvaskr and I saw the companions reading their weapons, they were ready to fight the group of cultist who are threatening the city.
My invisibility spell worn out and the leader of the companions saw me.
¨looks like one of your friends came to visit, ready to give him a warm welcome?¨
By how calm is about it I can say that they aren’t aware of one factor…
¨they took children as hostages¨
The face of the nord change for jovial to one serious with that little tip of information, he just realized how bad things are.
¨then we will need a plan, we can’t risk those children lives. such dishonorable tactics only deserve the cruelest of deaths ¨
Yeah, but what plan? Think, there are 10 Mythic Dawn cultist. We charge in and a single one of those cultists could kill the children while we dealt with the rest of them, I know nothing about the weird goat, so can’t be sure if is capable of doing magic or what kind of spells have.
¨by the way he shouted your name I can guess he only wants you, he want us to choose between you and the children¨
Yeah he could be right, but… I think I have an idea, the companions are not only warriors, they are also hunters no? I think I have an idea.
I walk through the crown of guards. The guards saw me with surprise, they probably weren’t expecting I would go and try to talk with the cursed goat.
Even thou some minutes have pass the cultist still are in their robes, they still don’t summon their armors yet, so maybe my silly plan can work.
¨so you are Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship. Is good than you finally came out of hiding¨
Princess of friendship? I thought this mare was some kind of warrior, I know next to nothing about the real Twilight or Equestria, I not even know the name of this blue monster.
¨not, I’m Sheogorath. But enough of me, what about you? Who are you?¨
¨you don’t know who i am? I’m part of history, one of the biggest terrors that ever walked Equestria, you must know me¨
Yeah he could be right, but I will continue to play fool, and maybe see if I can get some answers
¨sorry, Equestria has many terrors and monsters, is difficult to keep track of them. Care to remind me who you are?¨
¨i am Grogar, the father of monsters. You next to me are nothing¨
¨and yet you seek me out, you were trying to get to me before I become a threat? Admit it, you are scared¨
Damn, not my brightest response, he got angry, his horns started to shine. Maybe he does magic with his horns? doesn’t matter, I will try to keep him talking.
¨and those cultist? They aren’t from equestrian, probably from this realm¨
¨thy are the Mythic Dawn, what is left of them at least. They alongside their prophet and Mehrunes Dagon tried to merge this realm with-¨
Yeah, I know that part. I still wish I could tell them about the part were the fallen cultist souls just got eternal torment for their trouble instead of the paradise they were promised.
¨and how the legendary Grogar ended up with daedric cultist? You don’t even refer to Mehrunes ' as my lord'' so you probably aren’t a worshiper¨
He smirked at my question.
¨Mankar Camoran, their founder and leader might be death. But these royal followers who survived their onslaught managed to keep hidden, when I approached Merhunes Dagon with the plan he lend me the assistance of last royal members of Mythic Dawn, it was only luck than those cultist were hiding in the same city when you took refuge, they told me all about you and I’m here now¨
Well. at least i now I know how they realized I- i mean Twilight was here, but he doesn’t mention for who he work for. So better ask him directly about that.
¨so, you aren’t a Mehrunes Dagon worshipper, who you serve then?¨
¨in the past I served none other than Molag Bal, but right now I have my sights much higher. I could tell you my objective, but I want to enjoy the knowledge that you will die in ignorance¨
Well, he will not tell me anything else, and this only can end in one way.
Also I have in front of me the last trace of the Mythic Dawn, at least the ones who are still active. But they aren’t going to be a problem anymore.
¨I will tell you something, you will let the children go unharmed, and you and I fight to the death one at one¨
Grogar of course wasn’t intimidated, I didn’t have much to intimidate him really.
¨I have a better idea, i will kill these brats myself now, and then I will kill you. After that I will burn this city to the ground¨
And I thought the nords were bloodthirsty, but I think enough time happen, I think they are ready and the Mythic Dawn and Grogar are in my trap.
¨sorry, I wasn’t doing a deal with you. I was telling you what is going to happen. You don’t have any choice on this¨
And then a barrage of arrows went directly towards the mythic dawn, in one second there was 10 cultist threatening children, in the next those same cultist were in the ground bleeding to death. The children are unharmed and quickly ran away.
My plan was to keep the cultist and Grogar distracted while the best archers of the Companions surrounded the place and prepare themselves to shoot, once I said ¨you don’t have any choice on this¨ they would shoot and kill every one of them.
I would say that my plan went perfectly… but that would be a lie, Grogar horns started to glow for some reason and the arrows were stuck in the air, he has telekinesis and good reflexes.
¨did you really thought some patetic arrows would kill me? You are nothing, I will enjoy killing you¨
And then he used his telekinesis to pick me up and send my flying, that wasn’t part of the plan.
I crash in some house, surprisingly I was alive and without broken bones. But now that thing is in the middle of a city and would probably kill a lot of nords before going after me.
The problem? I’m stuck, only my head and one of my han-hooves are out of the rubble. I make some effort to get out to no avail.
Fortunately some civilians came and move the ruble. I was finally free, one of the nords gave me a sword and well…
I grab that sword with my teeth again, I might be able to fight in my current state. but is really annoying and I would give anything for getting my hands back.
I run towards the battlefield, the nords were fighting grogar who used magic to keep them at bay. Maybe they have numbers on their side but that don’t mean anything if the enemy is too strong, certain group of orcs learn it the hard way.
… and what plan do I have? I mean if those nords have problem what could I do? Well… before i went towards him I noticed that his horns glowed. So is not difficult to deduce that those horns are important.
Yeah recieved this sword as a gift, not being ungrateful but this is not going to help me, I went towards one of the guards and ask him for a mace, I told him that he tap into his magic with his horns, so I would need to break them.
¨smash the rest of his head while you are at it¨
I hope I do.
I finally got to the battlefield, the defenders of whiterun are now injured and in their knees, trying to catch their breath or accept their death. He was torturing one of the warriors while taunting him. Yeah I was fighting another sadist.
A sadist too distracted to see me coming, no stealth, no invisibility spell or even the gray fox mask. I needed none of that to get close and finally hit him.
And I did, right in one of his horns, I could hear how it cracked.
¨HOW DARE YOU!!!¨
Dammit, that shout hurt my ears again. But then again, probably one of his horn shattering to pieces is more painful.
by the way I never taunt my opponents, I’m not talkative in such tense moments. Sometimes I wish I could rub in some of my victories over the face of my foes. But I prefer to concentrate in the fight rather that give some creative insults.
And thanks to that I noticed that his remaining horn was glowing, hopefully without one of his horns this mean that he is weaker… I expected an attack, But he instead did a spell to fly up, away from the battle.
¨YOU KNOW SOMETHING TWILIGHT? THIS IS NOT MUNDUS OR OBLIVION!!!¨
Can you stop yelling like that? or your plan is to kill me with shouts? this is getting really ann- wait a minute, we are not in mundus? How? we are clearly in skyrim, part of Tamriel. there is even a barrier that keep Tamriel safe from daedra… no I think the barrier applies to all of Mundus… or only applies to Nirn?
I remember than Mankar Camoran plan was to send this land to oblivion. Make it part of the deadlands, the barrier is supposed to make sure that doesn’t happen, but if the world in- i mean Equestria is not part of oblivion… BY THE NINE!!!
I watch at the sky, there I could see Equestria, it was not part of oblivion, not affected by the rules and… no a barrier to keep the daedra at bay.
¨THERE IS NO BARRIER HERE!!! THE DAEDRA HAVE FREE REIGN!!!¨
And here we have it, the worst case scenario.
I know what this means, no longer going through loopholes to summon daedra or open portals. I can figure out what Grogar is about to do… and I don’t like it.
¨ENJOY YOUR DOOM PRINCESS!!!¨
And then a portal opened right above Grogar, from it chunks of rock crossed and took shape of a circle. And finally an anchor came from it and nail itself to the ground.
I would complain about my ears, but i am more worried about the army of daedra that came from the portal, the coward Grogar crossed the portal to safety. I now I have to deal with an army of daedra in the middle of the city, with only injured nords as allies, the Companions might help me but numbers weren’t in our favor, and with more daedra coming every second things were bad.
This is Kvatch all over again, just than this time I was in the fire.
If this is my end, so be it.
I fought those monsters for a while now, the guards and companions were either fighting in this hopeless battle or help children and non-combatant flee this carnage.
At least this time I had an armor that protects me from some blows, but they still hurt.
I alternated between fighting the horde of daedra and attacking the anchor. But I doubt I made any difference, I need help to break this cursed thing.
Finally a dremora pin me to the ground, I was about to receive the killing blow…
And then I could hear the sound of thunder, a lightning bolt just hit right at the dremora head killing him instantly, I guess Talia finally came to fight.
She send some other magical attacks, I guess she was trying to get the daedra attention while I attacked the anchor… I would call it a good plan but I’m not strong enough to destroy this thing on my own.
I stood up and watched at the anchor, I started to visualize that cursed thing being smashed, a fist punching it. I really wanted my hands back to do that at least.
And well… maybe I was too distracted on my fantasies that I didn’t notice how my little horn started to glow… or how some beam came from it summoning a big hand.
The hand was on the size of a small house and was made of magika, but the weirder part of all is… that I could feel like I was in control of that hand, it was ratter obvious what I did with that giant floating hand.
I made that hand form a fist and then made it punch the chain repeatedly, again, again and again. Until the cursed chain finally breaks.
It was a sight to behold, the hand slowly disappear as my horn stop glowing. All while the portal closed, the chain didn’t hit any daedra sadly, but fortunately didn’t destroy any building. When I turned to join the cleanup I could see that the nordic warriors were invigorated with the sight. All of their morale up and ready to send these daedra back to oblivon.
The battle took us like 10 to 20 minutes, it took more time than the time Grogar little portal was open. But was difficult to tell considering that we were the ones in control, it felt like 30 seconds.
Now I was resting, trying to catch my breath and think of the estrange form of magic I just used.
Yeah I think that day, when I first encounter those cursed ponies. Starlight used magic to levitate Twilight when she got in my body, i didn’t notice right away that her horn was glowing. Maybe that’s how they get access to their magic.
The same could be applied with Grogar with his horns I guess.
The more I think about it the less sense it has, magic is supposed to be tied to the soul. But the magic from those creatures looks like comes from their bodies, at least their horns.
I can feel when I used my own pool of magika the moment I do a spell. But I didn’t feel like that pool was being drained with the summoning of the hand.
This goes against everything I know about magic, but if I’m right that mean that unicorns and alicorns are capable of doing magic from either an external source… or from these horns.
How did I manage to make that spell? I visualize an action or objet and from sheer will or some other reason I was able to do what I wanted.
Don’t make much sense, but considering all I the things watched andtook part, I guess I’m the last one to talk about normal or sense.
… And assuming that I’m really the daedric prince of madness I guess that type of craziness would be expected.
Really, I might had getting more or less get used to be on 4 legs, but the more I discover about this mare the more I want to be in my body… and the more I worry of what Twilight might be doing with my body.
Yeah, I think I spend quite enough time sulking, I was about to leave town and get back to Cyrodill. But then I saw the Jarl approach me. it would be unwise to walk out on him, so I listen to what he has to say.
¨Twilight sparkle, you not only saved honorable members of the companions, but you also organized the rescue of hostage children and after that you saved this city from a daedric invasion¨
Yeah, he was right. I sometimes wish I could have saved Kvatch, I always found uncomfortable than people call me hero of kvatch when I barely managed to save anyone… I’m glad the same didn’t happen here.
¨and for your actions you were declared a hero by the people of Whiterun, and in my right as Jarl I declare you Thane of Whiterun¨
… What is a thane? Some kind of rank in the army? Or an honor title?
¨no offence, but… what happens now?¨
The jarl simply gave me a sword… I can see that is enchanted.
¨you get a personal weapon from my armory, this sword has an enchantment that absorbs the health from your opponents, and of crouse you will get a housecarl to protect you¨
Oh no, please not, I don’t want anyone on my travels.
¨and by insistence from her part, Talia will be your housecarl¨
Dammit, at least give me one of the compaions, she will spend the entire journey making drawings of me.
I was about to tell them that I refuse the title of Thane, having a follower, specially that girl and leave already… and then a small child approach me… it wasn’t one of the girls that harassed me in the park?
¨thanks you for saving me and my sister life, you are a hero worthy of Sovengarde¨
And then she gave me an apple…
...
yeah I think i shouldn't be ungrateful with these people, I should simply ask Talia to not make drawings of me.
Talia appeared, with a full leather armor and ready for the journey. This is going to be a long journey, but it might be worth it... might.
Specially if i get the opportunity to avenge my ears, i really need to kill that goat for destroying my earsdrums.
Yeah i know that i have to kill him for being threat to all of Tamriel. but i can say the same about a lot of lunatics, but not many of them are so annoyingas as Grogar.
Anyway, next stop: Cloud Ruler Temple