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| Tadric's Tale: Tomorrow may never come | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 19 2017, 11:25 PM (657 Views) | |
| Serethil | Dec 19 2017, 11:25 PM Post #1 |
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Beginnings.... Tadric sat cross-legged on the cold turf of the rock height below the old fort north and west of home. It was long a ruin, that fort.... but somehow, it hadn’t ever bothered him the way some of the other ruins did.... Ma would likely know why this pile of old stones and dead bones didn’t bother him. And he’d ask her. Eventually. But right now.... he needed to watch the sunsrise over the marshes. Because.... something wasn’t right. And home - Morthal - Hjaalmarch.... was at risk. He didn’t yet know why or from where.... But.... he would. Soon. |
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| neildarkstar | Dec 20 2017, 01:51 AM Post #2 |
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:banana: |
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| Areial | Dec 20 2017, 04:02 AM Post #3 |
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Et'Ada
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Ominous beginning! :clap: more! ;D |
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| Serethil | Dec 20 2017, 10:03 AM Post #4 |
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Thanks neil and Sis! Yep, once more into the Morthal breach.... Tad just jumped into my mind last evening, from literal nowhere! |
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| Kane | Dec 20 2017, 10:17 AM Post #5 |
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Awesome, I love these stories centered around Morthal. Windstad was always my favorite HF home, and I do hope this is more from the Ravenwing family. :D |
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| Serethil | Dec 20 2017, 10:19 AM Post #6 |
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Et'Ada
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Oh, of course it is! |
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| Kane | Dec 20 2017, 10:20 AM Post #7 |
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:clap: :pop: :book: |
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| Serethil | Dec 20 2017, 10:21 AM Post #8 |
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Et'Ada
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Thank you Kane! |
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| Serethil | Dec 20 2017, 10:20 PM Post #9 |
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Et'Ada
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Chapter 1 - Ma’s.... upset.... “But.... Tad.... what isn’t right? I’ve not felt a thing. Nor has Melki. Or.... at least - he hasn’t said anything....” “I’ve.... felt it too, love. But I’m not.... fey. So I didn’t know what to say, how to say it.” Melki wrapped an arm around Serana, and they both waited for the youngest of their nine children to respond. “Ma, Da.... I’m not blowing smoke here. There’s - something - looming. Over us - over Morthal, Hjaalmarch - over Skyrim. I.... well.... I’m worried. This is - something - really.... bad....” “Well then. First things. We send to the twins in Whiterun, and to Valerica. Then - we.... I.... go talk to the Princes.” Tadric let out a tight-held breath “Yes. That’s - all to the good. I.... have some.... thoughts about what I should be doing.” “No. We don’t want to know. If - the worst happens.... we can’t betray you.” Melki grabbed his youngest son into a bear hug, and then turned away. Tad knew it was so he didn’t see tears..... |
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| Areial | Dec 20 2017, 11:54 PM Post #10 |
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:clap: Still pretty ominous, but a time line! |
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| Kane | Dec 21 2017, 09:01 AM Post #11 |
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Nine kids?! Yikes - they have been busy! :O |
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| Serethil | Dec 21 2017, 10:02 AM Post #12 |
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Thanks Sis and Kane! Eh, Melki wasn't young when they married.... Tiercel was a decade older or thereabouts, and by the time Serana's story got finished Tier would have been in her 50s, so Melki would have been forty-ish....
Edited by Serethil, Dec 21 2017, 10:31 AM.
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| Lapuaboy | Dec 21 2017, 08:06 PM Post #13 |
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Wow, that's a lot to process! Nine kids....and that teaser at the end... :) :thumb: |
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| Serethil | Dec 21 2017, 08:32 PM Post #14 |
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Thank you Lap! Yeah - I'm like (to my imagination-self....) NINE? And she (my imagination-self) said, well, obviously. No way to get around that! |
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| Serethil | Dec 22 2017, 10:07 PM Post #15 |
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Chapter 2 - Of course the couriers are waiting Serana found three of them falling over each other in the courtyard of her home. She rolled her eyes, and then thought - three? Hmm. So she sent the first off to Whiterun, and the second to Volkihar Castle (he gave her the same look they all did, and she gave him the same reassurance: “There’s a box by the boat when you get there. Put it in the box, and then take the boat back. You’ll be safe, I promise you.”) The third. Ah. He handed HER a letter. “Got a letter for you. Let’s see. Oh. There’s a new master at High Hrothgar, and she’s wanting to talk to you. Looks like that’s it. Got to go!” WHAT? Serana held the letter by its tiniest corner, as if it might reach out to bite her. Then she turned without haste - haste was so.... aging... (and having avoided immortality, she now had no interest in aging beforetime....), heading into the house to find her husband. Of all the things that had ever happened to her, including rape by Molag Bal, and the sale of her very self and soul by her parents to that same repellent daedric Prince, the one thing that made her soul sing every day of her life was that she had found Melki. His love for her was deep as the sea and wide as the sky. Every breath she took, she thanked the Princes for his love of her - which she returned as much as she was able. She rather thought he didn’t receive as much as she did.... She found her husband with his sister and the High King. “Ah. Just the three I wanted to see.” She detailed the whole thing - beginning with Tadric’s disturbing revelations, and ending with the “new master at High Hrothgar”. “Damn. I wish...” They all echoed “ma was still alive”.... but of course, no one could live forever - and Veri was long gone to Sovngarde now. Tiercel finally said “So - who wants to open it?” “Well, who’s it actually addressed to, then?” Vartain asked. “Me. Serana Volkihar-Ravenwing.” “Good. YOU do it.” “Thank you sister mine. I’ll remember that next time you want a potion....” Serana popped the wax seal and opened the folded parchment. |
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| Areial | Dec 22 2017, 11:19 PM Post #16 |
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Oh boy.. excitement on the horizon! |
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| Serethil | Dec 22 2017, 11:24 PM Post #17 |
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Thank you Sis! |
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| Lapuaboy | Dec 24 2017, 05:51 PM Post #18 |
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My brain is melting! A new Master? She? Hmmm, probably not Delphine ;) I can't keep my timelines straight (my issue, not your writing!), but is Gremlaith in play here? Love the Serana detail, the growth of her emotional capacity and introspection of same. I'll give it :thumb: :thumb: |
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| Serethil | Dec 24 2017, 07:29 PM Post #19 |
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Thanks a bunch Lap! Nope, Grem's tale is earlier in the timeline - before Serana and Melki decided to repopulate Morthal on their own - and she's not apt to the Thu'um either (at least as far as I know at this point....) |
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| neildarkstar | Dec 24 2017, 09:12 PM Post #20 |
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I dunno where it's going, but so far so good... :) |
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