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// Dragon: Infiltrating the Embassy 
// Story: Skyrim: The Faces of Death 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Amaryllis didn't rush back to Dawnstar, like one might suspect given everything she had learned so far, rather she flew at a decent speed that would allow her to land outside her destination within an hour or two, where she was sure that no one would be around to see her land outside the city or use the grate to head into the Sanctuary that happened to be her new home, or the newest one anyway, though the flight gave her time to consider her options and what sort of plan Delphine might have to get inside the Thalmor Embassy. Based on what little she actually knew about the Thalmor, or Elenwen for that matter, her best options were to either disguise herself as a member of the organization and bluff her way into the building in question, eventually pulling her target out to a place where she could kill her, or as a guest and cause a bit of chaos before silencing Elenwen, escaping while the chaos consumed the Embassy. She was hoping that the former would be acceptable, since she had a few ideas that would allow her to acquire some information on the dragons and what the Thalmor knew about what was going on, though that might involve letting Delphine in on her secret, something she didn't want to do, so when she returned to Riverwood she was going to have to take on the form of a high ranking Thalmor, as such a thing would allow her to bluff her way through the Embassy without raising too much suspicion. Of course she also took a few moments to think about the fact that they were able to take down a dragon, where she was sure that Sahloknir must have been weakened from being revived from his slumber, otherwise taking him down and killing him would have been nearly impossible, since fighting a full powered dragon would have been a disaster, something that made her take another second to wonder how they were going to bring down Alduin, before sighing as she focused on flying through the air and made sure no one spotted her while she was doing this.

Despite what she was thinking about Amaryllis found that she was able to reach Dawnstar not an hour and fifteen minutes after leaving Kynesgrove behind, where she discovered no one happened to be near the area that the hatch for the hidden tunnel was located in and opened it without delay, allowing her to slip into the passage and walk down to the entrance of the Sanctuary, where she raised her right hand for a moment and pulled her hood back as she reached her destination, to which she stepped down into the dining chamber and found her Family waiting for her.

"Amaryllis, there you are! We were worried about you." Babette said, speaking the moment she and the others noticed her arrival in the Sanctuary, even though it was only her, Nazir, and Cicero right now, which meant that finding new assassins to replace all of their fallen brothers and sisters must be incredibly hard for just the two of them, since Cicero was sticking to his role as the Night Mother's Keeper, which meant doing no assignments, something she wondered if she could change and not be punished by Sithis or whatever enforced his will.

"Please tell me that you aren't going to be doing this too frequently... disappearing for a time without saying anything to either of us," Nazir remarked, informing Amaryllis that her vanishing for a day or two and then returning had to be nerve racking, since she was the only one who could hear the voice of the Night Mother, who revealed the contracts to them so they could assassinate someone, even though he found that Amaryllis was still in her true form and could see all of her new cow additions that she preferred to hide with her magic.

"Sorry, I bumped into Akatosh's champion, the Dragonborn, and helped her kill a dragon," Amaryllis replied, as that was an event she was still coming to terms with in some regard, that she had faced a mighty creature of this world and survived to tell the tale, though at the same time she held up a hand to stop Babette and Nazir from bombing her with questions on if she was sane or just totally insane, the latter was up for debate since she had found the Prince of Madness not a couple of days ago and gained her partial blessed and partial cursed true form, "anyway, I was able to talk with our client and found that he wants us to kill Elenwen. Now, before either of you say anything about this, or start to come up with a plan that will allow someone to get in the Embassy to kill her, allow me to say this: while I was aiding the Dragonborn, one of her allies made a comment about infiltrating the structure in question and I might be able to use her plan to kill two birds with one stone... they get the information they're after, we get to kill Elenwen and move on with our lives."

"That... actually sounds reasonable." Nazir said, because while he knew that they could come up with a plan that revolved around gaining an invitation to one of Elenwen's famous parties, so Amaryllis could acquire the form of whoever she took the paper from, he had to assume that whoever happened to be aiding the Dragonborn had an idea on how to do such a thing without murdering their way to one of the invitations, to make sure Elenwen suspected nothing, and he had to agree that using them made sense for Amaryllis, to which he sighed for a moment, "Very well, we'll use them for our benefit and try to move on with our lives... though something tells me that, given your brief history with godly beings, you might find yourself roped into aiding the Dragonborn for some time."

Amaryllis, despite her feelings on the matter, suspected that Nazir was right and part of her actually wanted to see what might happen once she was done infiltrating the Embassy, though while she thought about that she heard the voice of the Night Mother beckoning for her to come to her coffin, to which she pulled her hood on and wondered who else needed to die, though what she got was a surprise, as the moment she knelt before the coffin the Night Mother she received a list of names and locations, clients that would be performing the Black Sacrament and where to find each of them, and on which day, meaning Akatosh must have had a hand in doing this, so she wouldn't be tied down. Of course she made sure to write down all of the information she was being given, so Nazir could divide the list between himself or Babette, leaving Cicero to his duties, though all of them, as in her, Cicero, Babette, and Nazir were surprised by this, since they figured she would only given Amaryllis one contract at a time and were surprised by what Amaryllis discovered when she talked to the Night Mother, which was good for the Family as a whole. Once that was done she walked back to her chamber for a time, as she had to take some time off to ensure that Za'kera and Lydia reached Riverwood, though while she did that she stared at the mirror that had been left behind, which didn't seem to have any magic attached to it right now, and closed the door as she used her magic to assume the form of an Altmer, because if she was going to use the form of one of the Justiciars during this mission she needed to have a good disguise and send the remaining Thalmor on a wild goose chase once they figured out she was the one who killed Elenwen. While she messed with her face and the shape of her body, to make an elegant form that would distract some of the people who would be at the party, even though she had next to no experience using the forms of the Altmer, she discovered that Sheogorath was still messing with her in some manner, as she tried to shrink the size of her breasts a few times, to make them more manageable, and they returned to the size he gave her as his good blessing, since the cow parts were in the bad part of this madness, before she eventually sighed and decided not to even bother trying to mess with them at all.

Once Amaryllis was sure that enough time had passed, as in an hour or two after her return to the Sanctuary, she walked out of her chamber, bid her family farewell for the time being, and then used the hidden passage again, where it took her no time to return to the opening and found that no one was near the grate, to which she sealed the opening and took off, heading for Riverwood once more, and this time she went faster than she had done before, allowing her to reach her next destination with ease. She spotted the guards, who were focused on the roads and not the skies, despite the fact that they knew there were dragons wandering around the province, since she was sure that Alduin had to be raising more of them for some reason, though with that information gained she glanced around and spotted Delphine approaching the bridge that would bring her to the small village, with Za'kera and Lydia not a few minutes behind them, though neither group had noticed her either. As such she quickly moved towards the other entrance of Riverwood, which happened to lead to both Falkreath and Helgen, before the latter was destroyed anyway, and landed behind the bend so none of the guards could see her, where she weaved her magic around her and assumed her new female Thalmor Justiciar form, letting her armor change accordingly as well, and when she approached the village she could see that the guard on the wall she approached did turn to look at her for a few seconds, but seeing her attire he briefly nodded and let her continue. With that done she walked over to the Sleeping Giant Inn and headed inside, before Delphine even realized someone had entered ahead of her, where she found that Orgnar had his back turned and the door leading to the room their ally slept in was open, so she walked over to the room and made sure to close the door behind her, mostly to surprise Delphine before speaking to her and her allies so they could get this operation underway and infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy.

"I don't think you were followed." Delphine commented, where Amaryllis heard her speak the moment Za'kera and Lydia entered the inn, not a few moments behind her, though in the following moments she heard the door open and knew that her new friends and their annoying ally were about to discover her, hence why Amaryllis turned around and glanced at the group as they entered the room, where she found Delphine reaching for her weapon as Za'kera raised an eyebrow before seeing Amaryllis' eye colors, the clue that allowed her to identify her instantly, "You... how in Oblivion did one of you track me down, without leaving a clue that I was being watched?"

"I'm good at what I do, surviving member of the Blades, and I'm trained not to leave clues behind," Amaryllis replied, doing her best to sound similar to the annoying Justiciars she had encountered on the road before, which she found easy to do given the conversation she had with some of them, but at the same time she held up a hand to stop Delphine from pulling out her sword and attacking her, since that would waste time and that was the last time she wanted right now, "but right now you are the least of my worries or concerns, as my companion told me about your plan and how I can surprise the Ambassador by helping you learn what my organization knows about the dragons... I get some information from Elenwen and you get what you want as well, we both win."

"...Fine." Delphine said, her tone revealing that she wasn't too keen on the idea of working with a Thalmor agent, despite the fact that Amaryllis could easily be an Altmer pretending to be a member of the organization that crushed the Blades all those years ago, before she turned towards Za'kera and beckoned for her to follow, something that was followed by the main door of her room closing and the hidden door opening, allowing them to walk down into the hidden room she made at some point in the past, "Thanks to the walk, I have decided on a plan that will allow us to get all of the information we need, so we can figure out what to do about the dragons returning."

"I'm glad that it didn't take you too long to figure out which idea was the best for us," Za'kera replied, though they stood around the table that seemed to serve as the heart of the hidden room, since Delphine stood on the other side of it and her group stood on the side that the stairs lead to, where she was glad that Amaryllis was back with them and hadn't just decided to ditch them after aiding in Sahloknir's death.

"I've been doing this a long time, remember?" Delphine stated, where it was easy for them to tell that she wasn't happy at the moment, either due to the fact that she felt that Za'kera was insulting her or the fact that Amaryllis' current disguise happened to be a Thalmor agent, the very organization she was planning on bringing down at some point, before she took a moment to glance at Amaryllis for a couple of seconds, believing the lie she had been told, "While the Thalmor's been looking for me, I've been watching them... though obviously not as well as I would have liked, given that one finally found out where I've been hiding."

"Tell you what, in exchange for your help I won't tell the others what I know," Amaryllis spoke up, as she knew it was a card that anyone would love to hold over Delphine's head, that if she failed to do what someone told her or asked of her than her secret, one that she had been trying to keep hidden for so long, would be spilled to the Thalmor, where she found that Delphine considered the information that she was being given and sighed as she nodded her head, showing that she had to accept this deal, "Good, now you'll be able to operate in peace for a few more years... unless the others find you first, of course, but you have my word that I won't tell anyone else about your existence. Now, tell us about your plan to infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy... I'm dying to know what sort of plan you've come up with."

"As you no doubt know the Thalmor ambassador, Elenwen, regularly throws parties where the rich and connected cozy up to the Thalmor." Delphine explained, though it was easy for Amaryllis to tell that Lydia didn't care about this and Za'kera had no idea that such a thing had been going on, despite the fact that it was clear Delphine was speaking to her, as in the agent she had presented herself as, hence why she nodded her head to show that such a thing had been reported at one point in the past, before their annoying ally continued speaking, "Now I'm sure that you can get inside on your own, due to your... connections... but since you want to surprise Elenwen, since she likely has no idea who you are, I can get you into one of those parties, though once your inside you'll get away and find Elenwen's secret files and find out what they know about the black dragon and the return of the dragons. Now normally I wouldn't tell someone like you this, but I'll have to bet on you keeping this a secret as well: I have a contact inside the Embassy, a Wood Elf by the name of Malborn... truth be told, he's not up for this kind of high-risk mission, but he can help you, especially since he has plenty of reason to hate the Thalmor. I'll get word for him to meet you in Solitude, at the Winking Skeever..."

"Delphine, I'm an agent of the Thalmor. You don't have to act like I'm the Dragonborn when you talk to me, unless it helps you ignore what I am," Amaryllis replied, as Delphine was speaking like this was a mission where this Malborn would aid them by smuggling in all sorts of equipment, so whoever joined the party could have everything they needed to carry out their mission, though at the same time she really didn't like the fact that the lady was trying to ruin another person's life in her attempt to learn everything that the Thalmor knew about Alduin and the return of the dragons, "just tell Malborn that he has to acquire an invitation for Andrasha, not to mention adding my name to the list of guests, and that nothing else is required of him for the time being... if I need more assistance in the Embassy, which is highly unlikely, I'll be sure to track him down and enlist his assistance, without ratting him out to Elenwen or the rest of the Thalmor. Trust me on this, if you aid me in my mission I will ensure that none of the secrets you have shared with me will be spilled to the other Justiciars, and the same applies to my Khajiit assistant, who is busy with something else, she won't say anything about this either, of that you have my word on."

Za'kera found that Delphine stood there for a moment, debating between telling Amaryllis off, or 'Andrasha' since the lady had no idea what was going on, or agreeing with the plan that was proposed, though it didn't take long for Delphine to just nod her head and depart from the inn once more, no doubt heading to Solitude to find Malborn and tell him what he had to know before the next party started. Once that was done the three of them left the inn as well, making sure to lock up all of Delphine's secrets before heading out into the main chamber and walked outside, returning to the road again, where it was easy for them to see that Delphine was heading off in the direction of Falkreath or Markarth, though as they departed from Riverwood Amaryllis found something interesting as all of them turned towards the eastern path, the lady turned not a few seconds later and approached Za'kera's group. It turned out that Delphine had sucked up her pride for a moment, as in doing anything with an agent of the Thalmor, and joined Za'kera as they headed for Whiterun, even though it was easy for Amaryllis to know that Delphine didn't trust her all that much and would be glaring at her the entire time while they made their way to Solitude, even though she was surprised to find that Za'kera was planning on using the carriage to get to the city in question, to which they produced a number of coins and climbed onto the back of the wagon. Amaryllis also found that Delphine didn't talk at all while they traveled to Solitude, instead she stared at her and made sure she didn't do anything except glance out at the plains and structures that the carriage went by, giving Amaryllis time to make sure her disguise was up to par with what all of the other Thalmor used when they walked and talked with those who happened to get in their way, so she could be ready for what was coming up in the near future.

It took about seven to eight hours for them to reach Solitude, though given that they were closer to the point in time that all of the shops closed for the day it would be hard for Delphine to get the invitation, so Za'kera purchased a room for the night, giving them a place to sleep and rest while they waiting for their ally to get the item they needed, while Amaryllis did notice a male Wood Elf sitting at a lone table and that their ally spoke with him for a time, likely informing him about what they needed to acquire. Amaryllis knew that it would take some time for Malborn to acquire the invitation and deliver it to Delphine, who would hand it over to them when she was ready for them to, hence why she debated between taking a seat in the corner of the room and making it look like she was studying everyone in the Winking Skeever, or heading outside for a time and 'take a walk', as there was a building that the Thalmor owned that she was curious about. With Delphine sitting on the other side of the section of the inn they were in, staring at her, she had no choice by to remain in the inn and wait for Malborn to return with the invitation, something that eventually lead to her heading to the room as well and heading to bed for the night, even though she also knew that Delphine would remain watchful over her and Za'kera, with Lydia doing the same thing at the same time. Even though the room was safe Amaryllis kept her disguise up, since she didn't want her secret to be revealed to Delphine and have to worry about her threatening to spill the beans to ensure her cooperation for the foreseeable future, as she really didn't trust her to keep her power a secret, not after everything she had learned since she and her new friends had encountered the lady in question, and eventually she fell asleep in her disguise, though part of her power was set up to make sure that if someone knocked on the door either Za'kera would wake up and her power would do the same or she'd wake up first to see what was wrong.

As it turned out Amaryllis and Za'kera were able to sleep for the night and woke up without Delphine annoying them, to which both of them headed down to the table they had sat at earlier before ordering something for breakfast, despite the fact that Lydia made sure no one was going to bother them before sitting down in the third chair. As they did that, and all of them enjoyed their breakfast, Amaryllis found that Delphine chose to sit at the table Malborn had been sitting at earlier, where the elf in question was nowhere to be seen, meaning he was at the Embassy. She was proven wrong when Malborn walked into the inn a few moments later and handed Delphine a slip of paper, something the lady looked at for a couple of seconds, to be sure it was what they needed, before lightly nodding her head so he could get moving. While she silently observed them a pair of guards walked in and sat nearby, discussing a development inside the Blue Palace about how two of their staff became cow creatures and the Jarl might have suffered the same fate, all because both staff members decided to have a little fun in their new forms.

Amaryllis, while embarrassed by the idea of causing such a thing to happen by annoying Sheogorath, turned her focus to Delphine and her companion, figuring she could draw less suspicion if she pretended not to hear the guards talk about such an odd thing.

"Seems like the operation might be starting soon," Amaryllis commented, speaking the moment she noticed the exchange go down, even though she did note that Malborn also picked up a shipment of mead and other wines that would likely be transported to the Embassy, which caused her companions to notice what she had spotted, but instead of getting up she just sat there and waited for Delphine to walk over to them, which she did without delay, "So, did your contact procure an invitation to one of Elenwen's parties? Or do I have to do things myself?"

"And this is why I don't like your organization... yes, Malborn got an invitation," Delphine remarked, keeping her voice low in the off chance that someone who worked for the Thalmor, and wasn't who Amaryllis was pretending to be, was listening to what they said, so her words were only for Za'kera and her group, to which she sighed and set the piece of paper on the table, letting Amaryllis take the invitation and carefully stash it away before anything else was said, "It just so happens that there is a party today, so you'll be able to take a carriage from the stables and see what the rest of the Thalmor know, but to ensure that no one finds us, as in your companions and I, we're heading back to Riverwood... you'll know where to find us once you have the information that we're after."

Instead of correcting Delphine, and saying that she would be meeting the Khajiit from earlier, Amaryllis just nodded for a second and bid her companions farewell, something that was followed by her getting up from where she was sitting and headed for the door, allowing her to leave the inn and make for the gates of Solitude, even though her final destination was the carriage that Malborn must have arranged for her to use, and soon she nodded to the carriage driver and climbed onto the back before bracing herself for what came next.





Amaryllis found that the carriage river took his time traveling from the stables and the Thalmor Embassy, as she expected it to take about thirty minutes to reach her destination, since Elenwen's place was supposed to be close to Solitude, but in the end it ended up taking her nearly an hour to get up the mountain and find the stone settlement, due to three buildings and a metallic fence that covered the entire area, complete with a gate that some Thalmor Justiciars unlocked for them so they could enter, before eventually coming to a stop in front of some stairs.

"Ah, another fellow latecomer," a voice said, where Amaryllis turned her head a little and found that there was a Reguard, a businessman based on what she was seeing since he seemed to be dressed like someone who discussed business with others, meaning he had to be someone who worked with the East Empire Company, though right now it seemed like he was in a bad mood about something, not that she cared that much, "and you arrived by carriage no less... I salute you for arriving in style, though I would have preferred to arrive the day before..."

Instead of listening to him Amaryllis walked up the steps and found one of the Justiciars was standing outside what had to be the main door of the Embassy, where she reached into her small pouch and withdrew the invitation for the soldier to glance over, who seemed worried that he might be outranked by someone like her and quickly admitted her to the party, while making sure to hand the invitation over, though when she walked into the building she heard several voices talking and found an elegant Altmer lady, who had an aura that suggested she was Elenwen, standing near the entrance, who did pause when Amaryllis entered and moved to intercept her.

"Welcome. I don't believe we've met. I am Elenwen, the Thalmor Ambassador to Skyrim." Elenwen said, sounding like she was glad to have another guest to tend to, even though this time she had no idea who was in front of her and seemed to be keeping her stunned feelings to herself for the time being, not that Amaryllis cared since she would be dealing with her in due time, before the lady focused on her as Amaryllis noticed Malborn was off to her right, not a few steps after all of the visitors entered this place, "And you are...?"

"I am Andrasha, one of the Unseen, and I was sent to speak with you and judge your security," Amaryllis replied, where she noticed Elenwen raised one of her eyebrows for a second or two before lowering it, not fast enough for someone like her to notice the movement in the first place, though for the time being it looked like her target was buying her story and did seem interested in what she might learn if they talked, "I may look like a simple Justiciar, but that is the point, as those we are sent to spy on won't assume that a more dangerous foe is lurking nearby, giving someone like me time to learn more secrets that will aid the Thalmor in our glorious mission... I trust you know what that means."

"I see... a secret sect, only revealing themselves when necessary," Elenwen commented, showing that she understood what Amaryllis had told her so far, something that caused a wave of worry to wash over her for some reason, making her take a moment to wonder how in the world she could believe such a blatant lie like that, but she had to assume that this was due to her training giving her an edge over everyone Elenwen might be used to dealing with, to which she sighed for a moment as she considered something, "Very well, you and I will speak in due time... right now I have a few people that I have to talk with and make sure our forces are working to fulfill our missions, but once I'm done I'll send for one of the guards to come collect you and we can speak about your assignment and how we can use it to our advantage."

Amaryllis nodded and found that Elenwen pulled back, talking to one of the guards and allowing her to enter the chamber that was in front of her, something that allowed her to focus on the guests and whatever she might discover while she studied the area she was in at the moment, even though she did find a number of Jarls, a few Stewards, a fair number of businessmen who wanted to cozy up to the Thalmor for their businesses, and even a few Justiciars who must have been pulled from their duties to be here. She ended up taking one of the goblets that Malborn offered her, choosing not to even listen to what sort of drink had been poured for her, since she wasn't planning on drinking it and would make a show of it while teleporting bits of it to one of the potted plants in the chamber, before she walked over to where the other guests were standing and mingled with them for a time. The fascinating thing she discovered was that none of the Jarls, or even any of their Stewards, seemed to be concerned with the presence of the Thalmor, even though she did find that General Tullius was present at this party and appeared to be keeping an eye on all of the Justiciars, like he was expecting a trap or something, despite the fact that her powers revealed that he didn't trust the organization she was pretending to be part of and might be looking for a way to end this civil war so the Empire could focus on the more immediate threat. It reminded her of what Delphine said, that only the Thalmor benefited from Ulfric escaping, because if the war really kicked off, and it became a true battle for the province of Skyrim, than people would die and it would weaken both this province and the Empire as a whole, making it that much easier for the Aldmeri Dominion, the masters of the Thalmor, to stomp everyone into the ground and take over, though for now she filed that information away for later, as there was a chance this might become useful later on.

Elisif, as she discovered, looked like the cow form Amaryllis had been forced to become during her time in Pelagius' mind, only she was wearing clothing that fit her altered frame, but she was being given a wide berth, because others feared that they'd be changed into a similar form if they touched her or the milk stained sections of her clothing. As Amaryllis glanced at the transformed Jarl she realized that she was feeling a little strange, where her breasts felt fuller than before and she could see both starting to enlarge a little, which meant that milk had to be building inside them, before a familiar shudder washed over her body. In the followings seconds she could feel the tips of her udder starting to push through her disguise, in fact it was easy for her to see that the entire mass was starting to slowly grow out in her pants and Amaryllis had to take a moment to wonder if there was a way for her to stop this from happening while she was on this mission. This was the worst timing imaginable, especially since such a thing would draw unnecessary attention to her from not only Elisif, who would accuse her of corrupting her, and the guards, who would likely arrest her for bringing a curse to the party.

As she determined what to do, however, she found that the drunk redguard, Razelan as the guards called him, was finally let into the building after being searched by the guards, though his statement about getting somewhat drunk seemed to be true, given his wandering movements. For some reason he seemed to think that Elisif was a beer tap or a fountain that he could drink from, as he had a smile on his face as he bit down on the Jarl's left nipple, not caring about the clothing in the way, and let the corrupted milk quickly flow into his mouth without a care in the world. Amaryllis could only watch in horror as the curse made itself known again as his body turned feminine before all of their eyes, breasts bursting out of his shirt, or her shirt now, as she was given a form that matched those inflicted with the curse. Sure enough her body went through a number of changes, adopting the cursed cow form that Amaryllis had unwillingly brought to this world, and it wasn't long before Razelan had her own udder, leaking milk like her new breasts as she was locked into the cursed form that the Jarl had been cursed with.

She had to wonder if the scene was enough to relive her symptoms, as her breasts returned to normal and the outline of the utter disappeared in a matter of seconds, allowing her to mentally breathe a sigh of relief as she turned her attention to the people that were all around them, to maintain her illusion as people backed away from the corrupted pair.

Some of the businessmen were focused solely on building relations with the Thalmor, and one of them seemed to be of the opinion that selling out his Hold's secrets to them might be the best way to get all sorts of deals, as someone actually approached her and spoke to her about that, meaning her disguise was working far better than she intended for it to and she also tucked his shared information away as well. The Jarls, on the other hand, were also worried about the return of the dragons and what it meant for their Holds, especially since it appeared that the only one most of them knew about, as far as she could tell, was a large black beast who ignored all of the settlements and stayed in the wilderness, something that told her that Alduin must have been looking for the various dragon burial mounds and was reviving those that had been slain in the past. Such a thing didn't explain where all of the revived dragons went, as the one who attacked part of Whiterun, the watchtower, had perished at Za'kera's hand and Sahloknir had died after she and her companions took him down outside Kynesgrove not that long ago, but Delphine was sure that more dragons had been revived and it didn't tell her where all of them could have gone, though she suspected Alduin was having them gather in a certain location so they could prepare for an eventual assault on Skyrim, to purge the land or something like that. As she thought about that some of the Stewards talked with each other, sharing information on trade routes and what might be coming in the future, as in confirming that goods were moving between the Holds of Skyrim and making sure their business partners would get their items in no time, though for the most part she ignored what they talked about and focused on waiting for the guards to inform her that Elenwen was ready to talk with her, so she could end this mission and get out of here after searching for all of the information the Thalmor knew about the dragons and their return.

Eventually she found that one of the guards beckoned for her to come with him, to which she handed her goblet to one of the servants and followed her guide through a door, one that had been locked until this point in time, where he lead her through the rest of the building and quickly took her outside, where she found a few guards patrolling the final building of the Embassy, where he allowed her to head inside and she did so without delay, where she silently closed the door, as she did see a guard some steps in front of her, and shifted back into her assassin form before hiding in the shades near the door on her left, as she heard some voices and it appeared that a conversation was wrapping up.

"Before our new guest arrives, tell me you've found the Stone." Elenwen stated, something that caused Amaryllis to raise an eyebrow for a moment as she heard that statement, as she was curious as to what this 'Stone' was and why one of the Thalmor seemed interested in recovering it, or at least finding out where in the world it was resting, though this did tell her that there was someone else inside the room that needed to be eliminated, just to tie up some loose ends or something, but she remained silent as she listened to whoever was inside the room.

"Not yet, ma'am, but we've determined that it has to either be inside High Hrothgar, under the protection of the monks the primitive Nords revere, or further beyond their domain," another voice replied, which had to be a male Altmer, a Justiciar no doubt, though it made Amaryllis wonder what in the world they were searching for, and why they thought it might be in the area that the Greybeards called home, or beyond it for that matter, though she was sure that if she asked someone in Winterhold about this she might get a good answer, before she heard the Justiciar sigh, "Also, as per your request, I sent out a group of Justiciar to search for the missing Khajiit you hauled to Helgen, and as far as we can tell she's the latest hero to take on the title of 'Dragonborn' and stands as a potential threat to our plans to bring down the Empire... you were right to frame her for a crime that one of our agents committed, as it allowed us to move her without suspicion, but right now it seems like she's hanging out somewhere in Balgruuf's Hold."

"With the Emperor dead, and with him having no heirs, it falls to the Elder Council to pick a new ruler, and they'll fight over it for a while before someone is picked," Elenwen commented, something that caused Amaryllis to think about it while the pair were talking, because if Amaund had been an actual person in the Motierre family, and not a fragment of a Divine that was in hiding for a long time, this would have given him a chance to be elected as the next ruler of the Empire, which just so happened to be what Astrid thought when she learned the news, "but with Akatosh and the Divines choosing a brand new Dragonborn, who is connected to the dragons, there's a chance that she might try to take control of the Empire, as I'm sure the Elder Council would bow to her if such a thing happened, and such a thing cannot be allowed to happen. Rulindil, order your Justiciars to step up their searches, for both the Stone of the Snow Tower and the Dragonborn, as both of our missions must be completed, before our guest learns of our current failures."

That sealed the deal for Amaryllis as she waited for a few seconds, as she was going to kill Elenwen and Rulindil, because it would weaken all of the Thalmor who were scattered around Skyrim and prevent her friend from coming under assault in the future, though her luck was good as a male Justiciar stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him, to which she waited for him to step away from the door before slicing open his throat with her dagger. As that happened she made sure to grab his body before it hit the floor, due to the fact that the noise would alert the others to something the fact that something was wrong, and carefully hid it in the shadows she had been lurking in for some time, waiting for his life to fade before ensuring that he was dead, though once that was done, and no one came rushing at her to kill her, Amaryllis took a moment to take Rulindil's coins and any keys that were on him. With that done she carefully approached the door that had been closed and slowly opened it as she peered in front the other side, where it was easy for her to find that Elenwen was standing in front of a display case that, if she was seeing things right, she was in the middle of locking, though since her target was busy Amaryllis made sure to carefully open the door to the point where she could enter the room and was just a tad bit surprised that Elenwen hadn't heard anything yet. Such a thing allowed her to invade Elenwen's domain and close the door behind her, all without her target doing anything other than stare down at what was inside the case, though once she did that, and nothing had changed, she pulled out both of her powerful daggers and braced herself for a few seconds, before she made her way over to where her foe was standing and used the Blade of Woe to stab Elenwen right in the back, stunning her for a moment as she dropped the key to the display case, before ending her target's life with a quick swing of Mehrunes' Razor across her neck, leading to her sheathing her blades and catching the corpse.

With that done Amaryllis made sure that the lone guard who was inside this building didn't come to investigate what was going on with the room her target had been in, before picking up the key as she stood up and glanced into the display case her target had been staring at, where she found a pair of midnight black swords, ebony swords to be exact, that had a bit of a curve to them, not to the extreme that a scimitar possessed, while possessing a good grip that meant they wouldn't slip out of their user's hands. The blades had an elegant design etched into the area near their edges, maybe of Imperial make or something since Za'kera mentioned she had been a hero of Cyrodiil until she was framed for the crime Elenwen had mentioned, and both had their scabbards resting near them, the upper one having it above the blade and the lower of the two having it right below it, before she noticed that one blade had a flame marking on the side and the second had what she guessed was a frost marking. As such Amaryllis slipped the key into the display case and unlocked it, allowing her to open it up before pulling out the first blade, finding that it was incredibly light, just like the ebony sword she had picked up with the ebony battleaxe, to which she glanced at the other one and picked it up with her right hand, something that did cause her to actually swing the two blades for a few seconds, like she was using her daggers, and realized how Za'kera had been able to deal with the dangers of Cyrodiil, as she had some awesome weapons. With that done she sheathed both of the weapons in their own sheathes and then stashed them inside her pack, as Za'kera would be happy to have these back in her possession, before she looted whatever was useful from Elenwen's corpse, finding a letter that revealed how one could actually dismantle the false crime they had pinned on her friend, to which she grinned since this mean they could do all sorts of things once she was back with her companions, before she carefully explored the rest of the building for what the Thalmor knew about the dragons, as it was her other reason for coming here.

It didn't take her that long to find her way to another desk, one that happened to have a chest near it, one that had a note that detailed the current status of the Thalmor's investigation on the dragons, a journal that appeared to be a dossier on all of the information Elenwen had on Delphine, another one for Ulfric, interestingly enough, and a key that went to a door she hadn't found yet, though after collecting the items she found a set of stairs heading down to another door, which had to be the one she was looking for. Sure enough Amaryllis discovered that the key she had found went into the keyhole and unlocked what had to be the final door of this building, where she entered what looked like a dungeon of some kind, due to three cells that happened to be down on the floor below her, though she found a lone guard wandering around nearby, hence why she crouched before he spotted her. Based on what she was seeing there also seemed to be someone resting in one of the cells, meaning the Thalmor had kidnapped someone and had to be interrogating them, to which she waited for a few moments and moved when an opening revealed itself, allowing her to head down a short path that rested to her left and walk down some stairs, before she snuck out into the more open area, which had a number of torture devices all over the floor. Thanks to the enchantments on her armor she was able to reach the area that the guard was in and quickly sliced open his neck, killing him before he even had a chance to understand what was going on, before discovering a pair of keys in her target's pack, one that went to the main door and one that happened to go to a nearby trapdoor, an exit no doubt, before she made her way over to a chest she had spotted a few moments ago and opened it, finding a dossier for someone called Esbern inside it, which she claimed as well, though once that was done she entered the cell and undid all of the locks on the male Breton who was inside it.

The man said nothing, no doubt terrified of a Dark Brotherhood assassin killing the Thalmor and freeing him, and he made sure to tell her that he wouldn't say anything about this, out of fear of her tracking him down if he told anyone about this, before they used the nearby trapdoor and exited the Embassy as quickly as possible, finding that the passage lead to what appeared to be a troll's lair, to which they avoided it and headed through another opening, one which lead out to a road in the mountains, to which Amaryllis left the Breton to do whatever he wanted as she started to head back to Riverwood, to give her companions the good news.