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Thy Flesh Consumed
Topic Started: Mar 14 2009, 12:54 AM (355 Views)
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Chapter 5
Vivec City
Present day

Lex looked over the scene of the crime. The body was that of an Orc, Rogdul gro-Bularz, who had been with the Morag Tong for some time. The body had been stashed in the Vivec sewers and the marking was on this man’s chest as well. Ordinators had found the body and were keeping civilians out of the sewers, though that was hard to do. Lex walked up to the body and began looking over the body for clues. The Orc had the usual slit across the throat but there was also blood on his hands and sword, the blood was not that of an Orc.

“Rogdul got a shot in. We need to identify this type of blood.” Lex said, the Ordinators turned with a look of disgust on their face, it was very well known that Ordinators hated imperials and outlanders, and now there was one taking over the investigation. The Ordinators walked over and began casting spells to determine the type of blood. While he waited, Lex returned to inspecting the body, the Orc was wearing standard clothes for a Morag Tong assailant and they were soaking wet, Lex pulled the shirt off to reveal the tattoo in its usual place, but this time it was not a black dagger, but a white one. The tattoo had changed.

“Damn it!” He yelled, the Ordinators turned at the yell and then went back to their work. The tattoo had changed, meaning that somebody was leaking information to the killer. Lex looked back at the body and noticed that there was a note in the Orc’s hand, Lex pulled it out and eyed it cautiously. It was not a Writ of any kind, neither a dark brotherhood contract. It said “Turn the body over and see what I left you.” Lex followed the notes order and pushed the Orc onto its front. There were cuts on his back but the biggest one formed a sentence:
YOU’RE NEXT LEX!!!

Lex jumped backwards and slammed into the Ordinators. How the hell did the guy know who was after him? Their must be someone that he was working with that knew. Lex got off the Ordinators and dusted himself off. He once again looked over the body but now he was shaking. If this guy was true to his word, he would soon die.

“What about the other body?” Lex asked an Ordinator.

“It’s in the High Fane, Outlander.” The Ordinator said with a hiss.

“How’s the blood work going?”

“We’ve narrowed it down to either Breton or High Elf blood.”

“Good, that means a lot.” Lex walked away from the Ordinators and climbed up the ladder leading to the Market District.


Unknown area
Present day

“You fool!” the old imperial cried, The killer was finally back in the caves that were once his home, and now his teacher was lecturing him, as always.

“I have returned to our homeland.” The killer called and the cult seemed to grow more excited.

“You are still young and don’t understand. Your returning has brought Lex to Morrowind, Hieronymus Lex; do you understand how bad that is?” The old man yelled.

“No, you are the foolish. I have started what you old bastards could never hope to achieve. I have become Sithis and Mephala’s greatest soldier.” The killer said.

“I will have to teach you once again.” The old man raised his hand and a fireball grew in his palm, he threw it and the killer raised his dagger, blocking the fireballs strike.

“So, you would turn on your own child, one you have raised since he was a baby? You are all heretics and I shall destroy you all, for the glory of Sithis!” The killer jumped forward and plunged the dagger into the old imperial’s heart, he fell to the floor within seconds and the rest of the cult ran in terror. The killer pulled the dagger from the imperial’s chest and ran into the cave tunnels, searching for the last of his prey.



Lex walked into the temple district and looked up to see the High Fane; it looked like a giant piece of rock suspended in air. Lex downed his rising force potion and the effect was instantaneous, Lex rose into the sky like a leaf in the wind and flew into the High fane. It was a prison and there were prisoners, they all looked evil and they all had committed crimes of some sort. Lex imagined getting the killer into one of the cells so that he could beat him senseless, he would enjoy it too.

The body was lying lifelessly on a table, Ordinators were guarding the entrance and only Lex was allowed in. He walked over and began examining the body.

“Can you identify him for me?” Lex asked one of the Ordinator guards.

“Eno Hllalu, Grand master of the Morag Tong.” The Ordinator replied, Lex looked at the body with disbelief. The first murder was the Grand Master of the Morag tong, if the killer could kill him that quickly then there was little hope for his own survival. Lex examined his clothing and indentified the killer’s trademark cut, the tattoo was also white on this corpse. He looked around the body for some more clues and searched the body’s pockets. He pulled out a note and read it

Dear Lex

I know your reading this and I know that I’m winning in this race, you followed me from Cyrodil and yet, you have no answers. Quite a foolish quest you are on. But I am pleased to inform you that I will target The Grey Fox after I am done with the Morag Tong, and then I will finish the Dark Brotherhood. If you stay out of my way, I will let you live.

From your adversary
X
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Chapter 6
High Fane, Vivec City
Present day

Lex was unsure what to think. The Grey Fox would be out of his way if he left X alone, yet the body of Rogdul showed that Lex was next. Was the killer trying to mess with his mind and easily take him over?

“There must be an informant; I have to find out whom.” Lex said to himself, he once again looked over the body; he turned the body over and looked at the victims back. There were cuts but they seemed to be from the dagger that was covered in blood, Lex took off the victims top and had a look at the cuts. They formed two words that Lex could read; the others seemed to be of the Daedric alphabet. The words were “High Elf”. Lex was confused for a moment and the remembered what the Ordinator had said:
“We’ve narrowed it down to High Elf or Breton blood.”

“So, our killer is a high elf. He would have needed some kind of training in order to defeat such assassins and he would have needed a base of operations. It would have to be near Vivec and I wager that it would be in plain sight in order to satisfy this guy’s ego.” Lex said to himself. He was still in thought when the doors to the room flew open stood in the doorway.

“Outlander, there has been an attack on Ald Sotha. There was a message left specifically for you.” One of the Ordinators said.

“Lead the way.” Lex replied and they walked out of the room and back to Vivec.


Ald Sotha
Present Day.

Lex surveyed the scene of death; he was standing in the middle of a shrine with pictures of both Sithis and Mephala. A group of 15 men were lying dead in a circle around a note with his name on it; all of the bodies had slit throats.

“What the hell?” Lex asked himself, he walked over to the body of an old imperial and opened up his shirt, there was no tattoo of any kind nor were there any writs or Dark Brotherhood contracts, “what do these guys have to do with our killer?” He waited for an answer from one of the Ordinators but did not receive one. He sighed and looked at each of the bodies separately; all had elven daggers still in there sheathe. This must have been some kind of cult, maybe even the cult that X was serving. Lex walked over to the pictures of Sithis and Mephala and looked them over. The picture of Sithis had a 1 painted on it with blood while the picture of Mephala had a 2 in blood. Lex thought for a second and then it hit him. The Dark Brotherhood were to be exterminated now, with his cult out of the way and the grandmaster of the Morag Tong dead, he would have no guidelines in his killing. He would be aloud to exterminate anyone with no problems.

“Why is he killing though, it makes no sense.” Lex said to himself. He ran his hands through his hair and he thought of an explanation, but he could not see one. The killer had eluded every trap, every twist in order to escape detection and he had succeeded with flying colors, how was this possible?

“Ok, in order for the killer to know that I was here, he would have needed a reference point, someone that could have told him that I was coming.” Lex said aloud, The Ordinators turned and looked at him

“Who knows you’re here?” One of the Ordinators asked.

“Only a few people knew. The Grey Fox, Giovanni, the shipwright and Sugar Lips-Habasi.”

“I suggest that you return to the Imperial City for some answers. Interrogate all of them for information.” Lex looked up at the Ordinator and knew he was right.

“But how can I get back to the Imperial City quickly though?” Lex asked
“You must talk to Vivec, he will send you there.” The Ordinator replied. Lex looked at the Ordinator quickly and then walked out of the Daedric Ruin; he had to solve this somehow before the bastard turned his sights onto him.
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In chapter 1, Lex says "Ok, the cuts are scabbing so she died over 3 hours ago." I thought your blood stopped clotting after you died? I could be wrong, but apart from that it's pretty good. A slick crime story.
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It's been a while, but it's finally arived!!! :cake:

Chapter 7
Unknown area
14 years ago

The boy stood once again before his old Imperial master. The elven dagger he had taken when he was younger was now in a sheathe resting on his thigh, the boy was clad in black robes and he was no longer a child with no cares in the world.

“Boy, there is someone I want you to meet.” The old master said, he stepped to the left and an imperial boy walked in, the imperial could not be any older then the boy in robes was already. The imperial child walked forward and raised its hand, in a show of good manners.

“Hello, my name is Giovanni… Giovanni Civello.”

Vivec City
Present Day

Lex knocked 3 times on the door to the Palace of Vivec, the door majestically swung open and flames flicked on throughout the room.

“Come in Hieronymus Lex, why do you seek out Lord Vivec?” An ancient voice spoke, Lex walked through the door and the dark elven form of Vivec appeared before him. Lex jumped backwards and reached for his sword, and then realized that it was Vivec and not some form of monster.

“I need passage to the Imperial City in order to…” Lex said, but Vivec cut him off.

“I know the circumstances that bring you into my humble abode,” Vivec said, “But before you continue, you must think on your own two feet. You can not trust anybody but your own self, there are some close to you that are your worst enemy, and you don’t even realize that. Stay alert Lex.”

“What?” Lex said, but Vivec ignored him. The Tribunal lord threw his arms up in the air and the room darkened, Lex could feel his body tingling with a strange sensation and then he was in pain. He fell to the floor and looked up to see the starry sky. He had returned to the Imperial city.

Imperial City, Waterfront District
Present day.

Giovanni watched the ship sail into the harbor; he had waited a very long time to see his master in the flesh and he had finally grasped the opportunity. The ship weighed anchor and people started leaving the ship. Different races walked off, mostly Dark Elf. One person stood at the back of the crowd, he was wearing a large black robe with a hood to cover his face, but Giovanni knew exactly who it was. The man walked off and threw off his hood, revealing the features of a High Elf.

“It’s been a while Giovanni.” The High Elf said,

“Indeed it has X, Indeed it has.” Giovanni said. He motioned X to walk with him; they both began walking alongside the river.

“How goes the killing?” Giovanni asked in a whisper of a voice.

“Our masters are dead, I killed them. I’ve also killed Eno Hllalu. Now there are only 2 that stand in our way to enlightenment. Lucien Lachance and the Nerevarine.” X said, Giovanni’s eyes widened at the mention of the Nerevarine.

“X, you can’t be serious. The Nerevarine is a powerful warrior, he holds the Sword of Trueflame. You wouldn’t stand a chance.” Giovanni protested. X turned and faced Giovanni.

“He is here, in the Imperial City. Dagoth Ur has been silenced; he is not a necessity to Tamriel anymore. He is the leader of the Morag Tong. When he dies in the city of the Dark Brotherhood, The Morag Tong will have no choice but to launch an attack, and when that happens, Enlightenment shall be ahead of us Giovanni.” X returned to walking, Giovanni quickly followed.

“Lucien Lachance will be a problem however. The guy is clever; he knows I’m coming for him. I’m going to need your help on this one. He will come to you if you kill someone, then I will strike,” X turned to Giovanni again, “Do I have your support?”

“You need not ask that question master, I’ve supported you for years.” Giovanni answered, X smiled and continued to walk down the waterfront, planning the assasination.
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Chapter 8
Imperial City, Green Emperor way
Present day

Lucien Lachance teleported into the room. He had watched this man kill an innocent beggar and now he was to be rewarded. The Dark Brotherhood was the place for him now, for society had rejected him. He kicked the sleeping man, who quickly awoke and flicked upright in his bed.

“I am Lucien Lachance, who are you?”

“Giovanni, Giovanni Civello.” The man in the bed replied

“The Dark Brotherhood could use a man of your expertise. To do the work of Sithis…” Lucien began to say but was cut off by a high elf that had entered the room.
“Is Sithis real? Are his methods explainable? Answer me Lucien!” The High Elf ordered.

“Well… I’ve finally met X, I’m flattered that you’re here to kill me. I’m going to put up a fight.” Lucien reached for the blade of Woe and wrapped his hand around it. X charged forward and slammed Lucien out the window and into the streets of Imperial City.

Lex had given up, the chase was over. He had found no sign of Giovanni or of X. He had no idea who the next target was going to be. He had to figure out something.

“FIGHT!!” He heard someone scream, Lex ran after the rampaging crowd to the site of a High elf and an Imperial in the middle of a duel. The Imperial was clad in black robes while the High elf was clad in some kind of leather armor painted black. He knew automatically that it was X.

“X! Stop now or we will shoot you!” Lex yelled, he grabbed a bow and arrow of an imperial Archer and signaled a few others to grab their bows as well. The two men stopped fighting and the imperial teleported away.

“Do you have ANY idea what you have done!?!?” X asked. He grabbed his elven dagger tightly and Lex knew that trouble was soon to come.

“We stopped you from taking out one of the main parts of the Dark Brotherhood. You’re coming with us, or we will have to kill you.”

“Don’t expect this to be easy Lex. I’ll give you a little tip. I’m going to take out him first.” X pointed to an archer at his right. The Archer automatically fired and X ducked the arrow, ran over and stabbed the archer in the head. Blood ran down the dagger and the archer fell down dead.

“He’s next,” X once again pointed at another archer, but this one did not fire, “And the best part is, I’m not going to be the one that does it.”

Lex blinked in astonishment, X was really getting into his head. He had to be stopped.

“Open fire!” Lex called, the archers released their arrows. X grabbed the archer that he had pointed at before and threw him at the arrows. The archer fell to the floor in a pit of blood. The other archers stopped firing and X took the opportunity, He ran from archer to archer, stabbing each in the back of the head until all but Lex were dead.

“That really didn’t work the way you planned it to, did it?” X asked, a smile twisted on his face and he clenched his elven dagger in his hand. He pounced forward and pushed Lex to the ground, holding his elven dagger to Lex’s throat

“And here is the best part; I’m going to kill you Lex!”
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Chapter 9
Imperial City, Green emperor way
Present day

Lex could feel the cold elven blade on his neck, he could hear his heartbeat quicken and his mind flick through images of his life. If this was his way to die, he would accept it.

“I don’t think so, X.” A familiar voice said. Lex snapped back into reality to see The Grey Fox pointing an arrow at X.

“Well looky here, The Grey Fox. I’m honored to meet your acquaintance, it’ll be even better when I kill you.” X replied, turning to face The Grey Fox.

“Incase you haven’t noticed, I’m the one with the bow and arrow.”

“Well, we’re both in a bit of a bother here then,” X said, the grey fox looked down and noticed that X’s elven dagger was pressed across his crotch, “A weak point, I agree, but I’m in a desperate situation… I suggest you let me go.”

The Grey fox lowered his bow and X withdrew the dagger and put it back in the sheathe. He turned and grabbed Lex by the collar and lifted him off the ground.

“I’ll be back for you Lex, mark my words… Come Giovanni!” X yelled, Giovanni walked out of the house and smiled at Lex.

“Yeah, I’m the snitch, and I have been for a long time now Lex. I serve X, not the emperor. I couldn’t care less about the empire.” Giovanni laughed. Lex stepped backwards in horror. It made perfect sense, but he did not want to accept it. He thought back to what Vivec had said merely hours ago:

There are some close to you that are your worst enemy, and you don’t even realize that.

“I’ll get you both; you won’t be able to hide from me. I’ll track you down and send you to jail!” Lex cried and X began to laugh.

“Fool, you can’t hope to defeat both of us at the same time.” X replied, the two of them then ran to the wall and gulped down a rising force potion, which they used to glide over the wall of the Imperial City.

Lex sunk to the ground in shock. Giovanni, one of his best friends, had turned out to be the apprentice of a psychotic madman. The Grey Fox sat down next to Lex and looked up at the stars.

“You’ll get him Lex; you have the eyes of the Beggars and the ears of the Guild on your side. I’m going to help you catch him, or kill him if need be.” The grey fox said, still looking up at the stars.

“There are some close to you that are your worst enemy, and you don’t even realize that…” Lex recited what Vivec had said.

“What?”

“It’s something Vivec said to me while I was in Morrowind.” Lex replied, it was obvious that the man had lost hope of everything. The Grey fox leant over and slapped Lex in the face.

“Pull yourself together Lex! You have to catch this guy, don’t lose hope yet. The Dark Brotherhood and the Morag Tong will gladly help you if it involves there own lives being saved, well not so much for the Morag tong but anyway, and if you want to fight fire, you need fire… call in someone that knows the land and the Brotherhood. We’re not finished yet Lex.” The Grey Fox ordered, Lex thought over what The Grey Fox had said. He stood up.

“I know the perfect candidate… Are you coming?”

“Of course Lex, I’m just going to be able to walk right into the prison without getting thrown into a cage, sounds like a plan.”

“They won’t, you have my protection… Partner.” Lex said. He raised his arm; the Grey Fox got off the ground and shook it.

“You better look out X, because we’re coming for you.”
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Imperial City, Prison
Present day

The Imperial Guard walked down the long hall of killers. He heard people cursing him, calling him a Kerr and other vicious names, but it did not affect the guard, he was only there to collect one prisoner, The Magician.

“Come on, you’ve got a visitor. Lex wants a word.” The guard ordered, the imperial figure on the bed leapt to the ground and stood before the guard.

“I’d hate to miss an appointment with the guy that put me in prison.” The imperial said before being escorted to the interrogation rooms.


Lex was going to be alone with The Magician; The Grey Fox had gone to investigate another lead and he needed answers quick.

“Here he is Lex; try to have him back in his cell in the next few hours.” The guard called before pushing The Magician into the room, he got up and dusted himself off before turning around and looking Lex in the face.

“Been a while, Lexy… Why don’t you ever write or visit?” The Magician asked in a manipulative voice.

“I need to ask you some questions, and you’re going to answer them, got it?” Lex ordered.

“This is about X, isn’t it? ‘The killer of killers’…just like me.”

“How do you know about him?”

“Because I helped train him Lex, I was the one that twisted Giovanni from the pompous young child into the slave of a killer… I peeled back his mind and stripped him of all he had…”

“Shut up…”

“I poisoned his soul. Drinking that which he treasured most…”

“Shut up…”

“I killed Giovanni Civello and replaced him with something else, a killer in guards clothing… the perfect disguise.”

“I SAID SHUT UP!!” Lex’s fist collided with The Magicians jaw and he fell to the floor, He jumped atop of The Magician and held his hand to his throat, “Who the hell does he work for?”

“They… are more powerful then the…Brotherhood and the Morag Tong combined… You don’t stand a chance…” Another fist collided into the Magician’s face and blood spurted onto the fist, the grip around his throat tightened.

“Who are they??”

“A cult… devoted to Mephala and….Sithis… They feel that the brotherhood is…an abomination…”

“And X… What’s his purpose?”

“I…don’t know.” Lex punched the Magician in the face again. A blinding flash of light emanated from underneath Lex and he was thrown against the wall and he slumped to the floor, he could not move.

“You think that petty spells of silence can block out my powers? I am The Magician!” He cried, he jumped up from the ground and pointed his hand at Lex. He felt as though all life was being sucked out of him. He breathed in what little air he could before he could breathe no more, and then The Magician lowered his hand.

“I’m not going to kill you Lex, far from it. I will tell you this… X is crucial to the cult’s plan. If you destroy him, you destroy their whole existence. You are the only thing standing between them and their goal. You must end them. This will be the battle of a lifetime. Now Sleep.” The Magician waved his hand over Lex’s head and he fell into a deep slumber.


Lex opened his eyes to see himself outside of a burning down castle. He quickly got to his feet to see prisoners being quickly escorted out of the building and buckets of water being poured onto the flames that were flickering out of existence. The Magician had caused one hell of an explosion.

“Where did he go?” Lex asked himself, He turned and ran to the meeting place with The Grey Fox.
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