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[Morgana266]

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Posted, and I understand Eolhin. Sorry about my part in it.

[Zrika]

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"That was a bit much with the vampires and all. Though I think I would prefer calling that break down the latter. Much better to think of it as that than a nervous break down. And... Sorry about going through the portal wasn't in the right mind at the time. And I'm quite glad we didn't get completely lost.. First time I've really wandered into Mania... I think? " Zrika tilted her head thinking. She let her attention wander over to Tenebrae, who seemed to be waking up. The big cat opened all his eyes at once and blinked them Zrika slightly shuddered at the sight. But that was the only indication that she found the big cat's eyes creepy, again.

Zrika giggled a bit at the mention of what had happened to Mathias. "Yep saw that. That was funny. Though at first it was quite shocking." Tenebrae sat down beside Zrika and gave a small mumble as though he agreed. Most of his extra eye were closed save the ones on his chest and shoulders. "Is this place always so brightly colorful..?" Zrika heard the cat yawn before she decided to think about on what Fallingstar had said. After what it seemed like five minutes she nodded to herself and looked at Fallingstar. "We would like to, or rather I." she gave a shrug using her tail to point at Tenebrae. "Would like to help you find Eolhin. I'm worried for her. As for the shrine.. I might need to avoid that. Don't want to see frozen vampires like that again. However if you do need help, we can come with you to there regardless." She wagged her tail, again minding the wall where as Tenebrae only rolled his extra eyes.

"I'll give a guess that whatever seems delightfully mad to the mad god, he's okay with it." Tenebrae said. The big cat got up to stretch out his body, causing some eyes to open but they closed as soon as he was done. "As for where we could go while you go to the shrine in the event you do not need us. You may send us to Bruma. I myself need to pick up my armor. Just in case this curse runs out in an unexpected time." As he was speaking, his left fore-paw shifted to look like his back paws. Which was just talons. "Speak of the shift." He mumbled afterward. Tail flicking in annoyance. Tenebrae did take notice in Fallingstar's little orbit of marbles. But decided not to comment. Though, the big cat did seem to be smiling a little.

[Zrika]

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Posted. If there is anything odd let me know. My brain is not there right now. Or something like that.. x-x

[FallingStar7777]

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I've been busy... I'll try to get back to this thread sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. Quick note here so nobody thinks I fell in a black hole.

[Madrias]

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“You don't live to be my age, Cian, by being careless. I trust Alex, and by some extension, you. The last two times I used that portal, I was escaping from a much more capable group of defenders. The first time I used that spell was the year 431 of the Second Era. The second time was the year 41 of the Third Era. If you know your history, or if you can convince Alex to mention some of the ancient lore, you'll know who I was hired on to deal with. As for mentioning it in Solitude, I had no plans to.”

Mathias headed toward Solitude, though stopped near the carriage. “I have a line of credit on the carriages. I tend to send things around with them. I planned to go here alone, but I was glad of the company on the trip. However, I cannot walk the path of peace while traveling with companions, so for now, I leave you. If you have need of me, I will be in Proudspire Manor, but unless the need is great, I won't travel. There's enough money to take the two of you just about anywhere in Skyrim you would want to go.”

Mathias left them with those parting words, then headed for the gate to Solitude. He walked in, headed up to Castle Dour, where Titus Mede II and Queen Ayrenn were waiting, and presented his pardon letter. Within moments, it was signed, stamped, sealed, and word sent by Mages to the far corners of the world that Mathias Valdaan was no longer an enemy of the Thalmor or the Empire. Soon after that, he left Castle Dour and headed home to Proudspire Manor, needing a good rest after the journey.

[Madrias]

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Well, I've taken the opportunity to put Mathias on indefinite leave. Unless someone comes up with a quest that really desperately needs him, he's unlikely to return.

However, I am not out of this just yet. Mathias was a character who is fun to play in game, but not to roleplay as, and as Eolhin pointed out, not fun to be with. He represents the darkest side of me, without the light to balance it.

I have a character who is much more... tolerable. Luke, from New Vegas. A robot with a personality. He's always been designed, in game, to be a fun-loving-and-occasionally-witty character, who usually takes a bad day and finds the good in it.

And yes, I have his arrival planned out, though it will have to wait until those who intend to travel together return to the same location. He's also not carrying a quest, like Mathias had been (and yes, Mathias' quest is done. His main goal was going to be getting to Solitude to deal with those hunting him. When the group split, I saw an opportunity to write off a character I really wasn't enjoying anymore.)

As for how Luke gets to Skyrim, it involves a misadventure with portals.

Edit: and for the telepaths in the group, Luke does have a mind, or at least enough of one that can be read from, though trying to get through his usual mental clutter to speak with him might be difficult. He's multi-threaded, even in thought.

Edited by Madrias, 07 October 2014 - 02:58 PM.

[Morgana266]

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OK, thank you Madrias for inadvertently helping me. I was trying to think of the best way to place Cian on permanent hiatus until when/if we do something with the Dawnguard faction and bring in my current character. Her name is Sapphira and she is a Matera, a race that resembles the Breton’s except that they have the ears and tail of a fox. They really have no backstory except they lived underground but have been driven to the surface by some force so I had to come up with a way to explain them without shoehorning stuff into Mathias’s backstory so here is what I came up with, it is written in a way that a book would be.

The Matera, also called the Howling, are a rare race of humans that resemble Breton’s, but for the fact that they have the ears and tail of a fox which were gifts from the Daedric Prince Hircine. They made a home for themselves in the Dwemer city of Blackreach sometime after the Dwemer disappeared in 1E 700, only to be driven out in 2E 578 by the Falmer.

Sapphira’s backstory is that she was born on the 13th of Suns Dusk in the year 2E 568, so 10 years before the Matera were driven from Blackreach. She was rescued by Alex and Cian on one of their trips to the ancient city and was raised by the clan until 2E 588 when she struck out on her own and Hircine chose to unlock her Lycanthropic abilities and made her a Howling. She was called upon by Alex to help her during the Oblivion Crisis and hasn't seen her friend since. She is now in Skyrim because she was contracted by the Dominion to make sure Queen Ayrenn got to Solitude safely and is now on her way to Rorikstead, at the behest of Emperor Titus Mede II, to try and figure out what happened there and she will bring Alex with her.

[Madrias]

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Simplest way to put it regarding Mathias' backstory is that Blackreach is a big place and he wasn't completely the ruler of all of it. He was the leader of the Vaalsark, and that was it. He had no control over the Falmer, and would likely have never run across the Matera.

As for Luke, he's, well, a bit of an adventurer from the Mojave Wasteland. And it's just like him to find a portal in the wasteland while fleeing from a gunfight he really wanted no part in, decide "Anything's better than this mess." and recklessly throw himself through it without checking where it was going to, or the fact that it was a one-use portal, or even if it was at a safe altitude.

Obviously he survives, but he runs across the trail of where our group once traveled, stumbles into a certain dungeon that a certain cranky Vaalsark used as a spell testing zone, and, well, that's about as far as I've gotten with the preliminary outline for Luke.

As for his abilities... He's very limited comparatively. He's good with flight, he's tougher than he looks, and his vision is, well, state-of-the-art. Well, that, and he never needs to sleep. His major downsides... What little currency he has is worthless, and he's terrified of water. Not that he'd short out in water, but he's had bad experiences with it.

But he's supposed to be a much lighter character than Mathias (who, let's face it, is a very dark and evil character trying to become good), and a character on the other side of the fence: He's not going to get any better with his skills, and most of his former knowledge is now useless.

One skill he still has that will be useful is his ability to pick locks. If we're ever up against a door that can't be opened by one of the group, let Luke take a crack at the lock, and unless it needs a key, he'll probably pick his way through it without snapping lockpicks.

Edited by Madrias, 07 October 2014 - 09:33 PM.

[Morgana266]

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*Has nasty flashback to the eradicated water in Fallout New Vegas* Yeah, I can understand his fear of water. The reason I said about shoehorning stuff into Mathias's backstory is that I had it in my head that the Matera were another experiment of the Dwemer, but that may have messed up Mathias's backstory so I rewrote my thoughts to prevent tangles. Going to post soon.

[Morgana266]

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Alex watched Mathias walk away, wondering what would happen now. Just as she was about to comment a courier ran up to them addressing Cian. “I have a letter for you from Isran of the Dawnguard.” He said and, handing over the letter, headed off for his next delivery. Cian opened the letter and swore under his breath, “I am needed at the fort,” he explained to Alex after a moment, “The Hall of the Vigilants has been attacked and the Dawnguard need all the help they can get. I know you don’t like it there, but you need to come with me or risk repercussions. If only Sapphira was here, then I could leave you without worry of being hunted down by a Devine.” A young woman stood on the path overlooking the scene, she could have been mistaken for a Breton if it wasn't for the fact that she had black fur on her hands and had the ears and tail of a fox. At the sound of her name her right ear twitched. “Did someone mention me?” she asked walking up behind Cian. He jumped a foot in the air and spun around while Alex collapsed because she was laughing so hard. “I told you not to sneak up on me Sapphira!” Cian growled at the girl and then sighed, “At least I can go now if you both think you can handle being on your own.” Cian said. After a nod from both Sapphira and Alex he mounted Umarithial and rode off towards Riften, and Dayspring Canyon.

Alex looked at Sapphira and smiled pulling herself off the ground, “So where are you headed,” she asked after a moment. “I was headed for Rorikstead to look at marks on the ground left by someone near the Shrine of Akatosh because strange symbols have appeared in the soil.” “Can I come along?” Alex asked, “I don’t see why not.” Sapphira replied. The two summoned there horses and headed off to Rorikstead and Sapphira took a quick look at the ground and made her report about it being some remnants of a portal and then the pair headed towards Whiterun and the devastation at the shrine of Talos.