Skyrim - Blood and Honor

[anubisgirl]

Zev to tenced at the sound of the wolfs, and he started working faster. right now he didnt care if it was done well but he didnt want the guy to get stranded again. Pounding in the weg to keep the wheel in place and making sure it would not comeout any time soon. "There...That should get to to Falkreth" he said. If it broke again then atleast he could find someone there for help that would fix it even better than this for the right amount of gold.
Though he wondered if maybe they shouldent go with him when he started dancing "Oh thank you thank you, here for your trouble, shiny gold" he said giving the Redguard a coin purse with 200 septioms in it.
"Umm yea, well jest try not to go off the mane rode much and you should be fine" Zev saud as he went to his horse and tryed to calm her down. Well not they had some money atleast, that would last them a few days. Not only that when they get to a town with a black smith he could make his armer better and but some materels for a better wepion. not that he didnt like his, but it wouldent stand a chance agest a group of warewolfs, and seeing at there was a storm comeing and wolfs were around he wanted to leave as soon as he could. "There, see we got some money and we can go now" he said to Sonja.

 

[SinnerShadow]

Watching the Fool dance and than climb on his wagon she gave him a last look. "Off wiht you before I decide to rob you-Joking!" She added when Zev gave a suddenly very stern look.Climbing on her horse and cirlced her aorund a few times to calm her. "I'm sure your mother will love Falkreach full of dead and what not. Try not to get robbed."
Zev was glareing at the back of her head she could tell. "Again .. joking Ser Fool." She added as a point to attmept to be polite to some degree, manners were ahrdly used anymore as it was. 'His lunicy would etheir attract bandits like flies or repel them with his lunicy. Ethier way I have no wish to find out which it is.'
Traveling to the same place was hardly uncommon so Sonja chalked her concern off as the fact of her current run in with the Brotherhood women than she meets a loon on the side of the road travelign to Falkreach as well. It was nothign more than circumstnace many burried their dead in the graveyard hold.

 

[anubisgirl]

Well Zev had found out that Falkreath as as depressing as it was rumered to be, But then gain when you had a grave yard that was one of the largest around how can it not be somewhat depressing. Though that was not what was the most shocing thing he had hurd so far. "What you want to split up" he said looking at Sonja, They were a little outside of the city and she had jest sprung this on him.
He knew that they would eventuly he jest thought it would have been a lot sooner than this. He had grown used to her companey even though he didnt agree with everything that she did.
But he couldent tecanrly hold her back "Well....if you feel like you need to go do something then it was nice travling with you" he said and took out some gold "here your half. Stay safe and stay out of the sun" he was worried for her ofcorse, he would stay travling with her if he could. Well that was a little of a lie if he could he would have had a home in Whiterun by now but he couldent exactly go back there to that city anymore now. so moving was needed. Maybe he would meet up with Sonja again one day, he did think of her as a friends despite everything. "Dont do anything youll end up regreating, I wont be there to kill anthing thats bigger than you anymore" she tented to take care of the bears and such while they were travling, he was jest better equipted for it. He wanted her to be safe though, he would have to fnd out the one friend he has had died.
He figured that this is ware they split ways. He knew Sonja wasent one for long goodbys, or feelings in generial but he would miss her to some extent. He turned his horse north to head back up to the offil snow and started rideing down the road.
He only stopped when he stumbled a cave, and after illing the saber cat in it he set up there for the night. needing to rest but being twice as on guard as well.

 

[SinnerShadow]

Partign form Zev's company was oddly harder than she had first thaught it to be. She had grown used to him and he her if their lignered goodbye was any indication. Dwelling was pointless and unesseacry she had an appointment, an invetation to keep.
Under the road hiddne form view
Keepign her horse to the side of the road and lookng for .. she didn't even know heonsty. Black door Astrid had told her but than again it could camophlauged and hiddden perfeclty in plane sight, which wouldn't surrpise her. She was forced to travel futher off th road than she had origoanlly wanted but she sumbbled apon a small grattoe with a cave. Dismounting her horse and tying her lightly to a fallen tree unde ht rock face she carefully ventured into the cave.
There was nothign for a time but dust covered cobwebs until ...
"Oh.." Was all she siad staring right at the blakc door conceled nealry uttlery by the darkness of the cave. A dark eerie air radiated formt he door as if somehtign large was breathing right in her face. Compulsion over took her and she placed her hand on the one ont h door suddenly.
"What is the menaing of life?' It asked her.
Rembering and steelign herself she spoke back. "Silance My Brother."
"Welcome Home."
The door seemed to push open effortly under her hand as she glanced back behind her one more time before ventureing into the blackness of the void itself.

That night

"Man this guy runs." Farkas muttered as him and Vilkas traversed the forest ofr what fet like the millionth time. Him and Vilkas had taken the forests while Aela had taken the Reach and Pale to search for their runaway. Farkas dind't get what had ahppened it wans't as if he had menat to scare the lviign crap out of the welp, it was that or die.
Living was more preferable in his mind.
"You know why Brother." Vilkas said ina quit voice kneelign next to a set of tracks. Both coudl still pick the Redgaurds sent up evne threw all this.They had no itnentnion of killing him unless they had no toehr chocie, which saldy happened at times.
Sniffing suddnely he turned and looked while scanning. Tapping his borher on the shoulder he poitned where he was gettign the storngest sent form.
That was all they needed.

 

[anubisgirl]

Zev was on edig more since Sonja and him split, He didnt fool himself into thinking they would stay togather but it was hearder than he thought to leave. But he needed to keep moving, and now that he was on his own he needed to figure out ware he was going to go. He could always go back to Hammerfell but that was a danger in it self, mostly because he was sure that he was still being looked for there, even though he didnt do anything it was his younger sister he mostly was running from.
and could anyone blame him, she had killed everyone else in there family for some delution of them hideing wealth from her.
He jest wasent sure what to do, he didnt feel right leaving Skyrim atleast not yet. Well he still had time, he could figure out what to do in the morning, the sooner he gets some sleep the better. He had to keep moving or he might get cought, that was the last thing he wanted was for the companions to find him.
He had liked it there to, maybe he was a little hesty in running away, but he was scared, He liked to fight, but he knew his limets, He was berly able to take on Vilkas he knew for a fact that he would not live if Farkas found him, or if both of them found him. That did kind of make him a little down, they were both good looking after all, He could still look even if nothing would come of it.

He was about lay bac and try to relax when he thought he hurd something or someone walking around. "great" he said, maybe he would be lucky and they would jest be some bandits. Getting up and getting on his guard he had his had on his sword, Why did he pick a cave again, He didnt have another way out and he ould hear them at the frount of the cave meaning he was stuck there.
He went ridiged hearing familer voices, Great the one night he wasent with Sonja he ended being found, he should have rode threw the night and threw some water. now he was going to get killed in this cave. "I-Im not going to tell anyone, I havent" he said fear and panic comeing in his voice.

 

[SinnerShadow]

"He knows we're here." Farkas said hearing Zev's shakey voice coming form the cave. "Clearly brother." Vilkas replied. Welp get out here. My brother and I have been chaisng her hide across Skyrim, not that you made it very hard." Vilkas called in yes he was tired htough Farkas didn't evne look winded in the least.
"We coudl drag him out." Farkas suggested more to Vilkas than to Zev. "Come out or we're comign in." Farkas called in sense as much as he liked the hunt he was rhate sick of chasing a rabbit threw the forest with litlte not gain in the end of it. Farkas wanted to just drag him out but Vilkas insisted that htey at least give him a chance before they would be foreced to kill him.

Her first night in the Sanctuary with her new family. Such an odd concept now. But everyone was more or less welcoming, if not int heir own way. Nazir sarcastic and distent enough to not care. Gabriella polite and curtious but ruthless just the same. Festis Kraz old and cranky of a wizard she ever met. Arbjon Astrid's husband was a werewolf, that was interesting. Babbete an immortal ten year old vampire tha thad served the Brothhood for over two houndred years. And Astrid the leader unrelenting and iron clad in her rule.
Her bed was more confrotnalbe than she would have htaught. Astrid said she would begin work the next day sense the first night was meeting eryone andleanring the llaydown of the Sancturary itself. It was odd ot say the least after everyone departed the main room she had found odd makring linning the back wall of the room. It felt like Bleak Falls all over again to some extent but differnt the words felt different, dakrer even.

 

[anubisgirl]

Zev looked tords the cave interance and the to the wall he was stuck up agest. He was stuck, He thought about ending it before he was ripped to shreads, After all thats what they were there to do right. He thought that he would have been dead by now, why would they wait to kill him and tell him to come out. Unless they were jest playing with him, He clearly had little choise in the madder. He took a breath and bit his lip "why did i have to suvrive threw that dragon attack" he mumbled more to himself.
If he had died and Helgan then all of this would never have happened. Well He figured if he had faced and killed a dragon on his own, and he knew that what happened after was not normal, then this shouldent be to heard. Jest two werewolfs that happen to be stronger than him in more ways than one. He might as well face his death head on, if he was lucky then it would be quick. Though he was a bit insulted that they found chacing him easy, they wouldent last a day in the desert that much he was sure of.
He wouldent go with out a fight though so he got his sword, what was a piece of crap compared to theres and he knew that much. "Dont think Im jest going to stand still and let you kill me. Im going to die but ill die fighting" he again was more jest giving himself a prep talk before he took some shaky steps to the entrince. getting ready for claws and teeth at any moment.

 

[SinnerShadow]

The Twins stared the Rearud like he was nuts. "Kill?" Farkas mimicked Zev's words as if he wans't sure he heard right. What was the guy thinking? Hoenslty he hadn't menat to intially transform in frotn of him and essentially cause this whole problem but it was tha tor die. "We don't wanna kill you." He said ismply.
"As my brother said." Vilkas added in. "We've been chasing you to get a few things sorted otu wiht you to put it lightly. Simply put you saw somehtign you weren't supposed to see, at least it was to early for you to see it anyway. You knowing our secret is more dangerous for our lives than what is goign threw your head right now." The Welp had no idea the information he had was crucial to them possilby living or dying. "As my borhter simply put it we havne't been wantingto kill you. If it comes ot that than ... well know we would tkae no pleassure in it. But Kodlack sent us to get you hoping that that wont be neseccary. Aela and Skjor wanted to kill you for running my brother and I agreed with Kodlack that you deserve to live and understand the situaiton."

 

[anubisgirl]

Wait, no killing, Meaning he had been running around this freezing wast land for moths for nothing. Come to think of it Zev should have jest gone and talked to them a few days after words. really he would have been in a city filled with people, that was really stupid on his part. Though given what he had gone threw he felt like he was in the right. "I havent said a word to anyone if your worried about that" he really havent, who would blelive him anyway. He was still scared, and he guessed that they could smell it if they had highented sences what he guessed that they did but that still made things even more uneasy for him. "I was trapped in a cage, I understand it was life and death, but the last time i was trapped a dragon attacked and wiped out a hole village." Thinking about it he really shouldent have freaked out as much as he did. "so sorry for not staying around I was sure I was going to be killed for finding out...I kept wondering why i wasent jest killed while in that cage"
With all the weird stuff that was going on with him he really didnt need more on his plate. still he kept his guard up jest in case, something he learned from being around Sonja "I dont want to cause anyone to lose there life, Im wont say anything, Ill leave Skyrim even." Maybe find a new place to call home, and be able to relax. They wernt attacking so he eased his grip a little but he still was on his guard.

 

[SinnerShadow]

"Killing you is the ultimte last resort." Farkas said from beside his brother while the two were indeed identicae twins at birht their were key differances. Farkas had long hair that was wild and unkept while his brother kept his reaosnablly short and kept. Farkas had darker eye than his brother but perhapes that was tattoos he had.
"My brother is aware the chice he made at time may not ahve been ultimatly the wisest but sadly it was a nessecary action. Typcially we are very secretive of our gift as many will kill us on pricible regarldess of who we are. You've met the silver Ahnd they are one of the more fanatical groups and they dont' care who they kill in their way to get at werewolves." Vilkas explaiend while silently remiding his brother to appear somewht less threatening.
That was easier said than done.
"Kodlack wants to speak with you peroanlly. He wants to expalin things ot you in less 'hostile' manner he says." farkas shrugged sense it was the Old Man's orders therefore he lsitned. More inprotnalty his borher listened to himt herefore he fallowed him. "And don't worry nothing will attack us if your travelign with us .. wolves know us and sort of act liek extra eyes and ears for us."

 

[anubisgirl]

Zev knew he should have killed that wolf he saw outside of the city. Okay well it wasent the wolfs falt realy. but still it might have helped a little, he didnt like attacking things that didnt mean him any harm. And he was a little hesatint still, After all he haddent been having the best luck with Nords these past few moths. "I cant run forever" even though he could try, he had had a good streak so far in keeping the fact that he liked men hidden since he was young and only Sonja found out, he figured that would run out sooner or later but he would still keep it hidden none the less. "And even if i did chances are id run into Aila and she would jest kill me on sight" that jest seemed like something she would do.
Besides this way he would atlest get to travle with some really good looking twins, well in his mind they were good looking. And though they did look simaler he was able to tell them apart easely, for a few reasions, for one Farkas was build a little heaver than Varkis, that was to be expected since Farkas was the stronger one of the two. Along with the fact they wore there hear deffenrtly and there tattos around there eyes were a little deffernt. not that anything would ever come of anything he thought, he knew that he couldent be that selfish and think that if he did get feelings for anyone that they would be returned.
"Im guessing we have to leave now..." he didnt know if he was alowed to get his horse or not, he didnt want to leave her here she had been a good horse all this time and it would be a shame to lose her.

 

[SinnerShadow]

Next Day

Vilkas and Farkas allowed Zev to bring his horse as they traveled back to Whiterun as planned nothign bohered them on the way. The horse had ben put up at th stable and when the owner was informed it was one of the Compaions he accepted no gold for the horses holdings.
But when they got in things were wrong.
People were surronding Jravaskir and bodies littered the floor.
Inside was even worse.
Farkas was next to Kodlack lookign uttelry lost. Vilkas had such a barley restrained furyt about him he was unsure waht to do wit himself. Aela was next to Sjkor almsot seemign tyrign to convice herslef he wasn't dead, the red ghash on hsi throat though was a clear indication.
"They just came out of nowhere." One of the woment said hodlign a large gash on her side. "They wanted our weapon fragments Kodlack refused they said somehtign aobut putting dogs down and that's when it all went to ehll." The Nord women was beside Farkas staring at Kodlack. The great mead hall was stained and spalttered iwht blood of both Silver Hand and Compaions.

She had been given one contract to start off with, nothign odd really. Kill a begger though she fetl a tad insulted she figured it was a starting contract and needed to be done. The begger died in hsi sleep feelig nothing and she had made her way back home without any real incident. The contract had been clsoe enough to where she was out and bakc within not even half a day.
It was high noon when she arrived back and slipped insdie after tethering her gray mare int he same spot. As she desended intot eh Sancturary Astrid wasn't int he normal main room, not that she expected her to remain there every moemtn of every day however.
Pushing the hood and mask down as she went down the second set of stairs down into the main chamber where everyone was oddly. She noted than someone else and a large box. "What int he name of Sithis?" She muttered to herself looking at the scene.. wait tha tman!
'Oh Sithis! Your not tellign me he's-!' She thaught reconising the hat the jacket and voice immedalty. 'Transporting hsi mother to her crypt ... Astrid said the Keepr .. was ocmign here .. with .. The Night Mother.' She thaught.

 

[anubisgirl]

Zev never thought this could happen, He had assumed that sure some people might be dumb enough to attack but he never would thinkt hat the companions would have lost as many and it was clearly shown there. Agean he had the urge to run but he wasent going to do it, not this time. What ever it was that Kodlack was going to say to him he would know now.
"You" he tore his eyes away from the carnige when he hurd Aela "If we haddent been chasing you all over Skyrim we could have been here " she was angrey, ofcorse who wouldent be, He understood that he caused this, and if had jest come back a few days after then he could have been there to help to. He may have died but maybe that could have been the one thing that prevented anothers death. He wasent shur what he could say or do to make it up for unentinaly causing this.

Cicero could tell that there might be some problums later on, Jest the way Astrid spoke he knew that she felt threatened, Maddness has a way about it and he was still aware of what was going on around him. and he could hide anything he felt extreamly well, no one was ever able to get into his head, well other than the voices and that constent laughter.
But her, Cicero recanized the the new comer easely enought "You, Cicero rembers you Oh yes, your one of the kind strangers that helped Cicero " he said dancing a little and laughing "Cicero never forgets a face. If you and the other kind stranger haddent stopped. Then mother never would have gatten home"

 

[SinnerShadow]

Vilkas had to suddnely hold Aela back from plungng her dagger into Zev. He held her wrist tihglty. "The Milkdrinker ISNT workth it!" He hissed with equal furry of hers.
"Kodlak wanted hima lvie." Farkas said soudnign almost like a child while next o Kodlak's body. "That's what he siad bring here alive."
"And he's dead becuase of this coward!" Aela spat out at zev her eyes wre dead locked onto his and for a moemtn they were wolves, pure and savage. She tore her arm from Vilkas, had it been Farkas she wouldn't have been able to.
"Teh Silver Hand Aela." Vilkas said to her.
"The Silver Hand." Her fury nor Vilkas's was by any mean gone it was there boilign to the surface. "They did this with or without this-" She looked at Zev again her eyes hardn't changed. "Welp."
"We bring the Welp but first we take care of them. They want blood they will have. They'll have all their blood splattered onthe snows of Skyrim nad no one will mourn them!" Vilkas spat.
"You know what Kodlak intended brother." Farkas muttered formt he floor.
Aela and Vilkas were silent as if the revenge, as it rightfully was, was all that mattered to them. "without it he'll die." Farkas added.
Aela glared hard at Zev her pale eyes seemed ot glow eerie behind her dark face paint. "Than ... let's get this done wiht so the hutn begins."

"I'm so glad I didnt rob you!" She blurted out depsite herself making more than few members stare at her akwardly. Gabrella just gave her a small smile nothing amlciious though. Babbette gave a light laguh as she retreated to her alchemy. "So your mother is ... The Night Mother. Our Mother?" She asked though she caught Astrid's icy glare aiemd rihgt at her.
"When your done speakign with NAzir and ... the Clown. You ahve a real contract we are to discuss. Make it quick." Astrid walked by her cleayr wanting to be gone form Cicero's precne.
"I thaught the Keeper was comign from Cyridal not up north where I first met you." She asked wondeirng if perhapes she may have been over steppign a boundy she didn't now this man save for discovering more or less who he really was. With was Very annerving for her heosnlty.
"The .. rest of yoru joureny .. was unevnetufl I hope .. Keeper." She added the title sense it seemed appropiate thoguh ehr akwardness was evdident.

 

[anubisgirl]

Zev tenced up and got ready for a fight. Though it didnt come he was going to be ready none the less. Though he understood how they felt, He didnt know Kodlak or Skior very well, He did respect them. And jest looking anyone on the outside could see what a hit was taken.
He should have come back, He knew he was a coward, he never should have even applied in the first place but he did like fighting and honor, and well he didnt think he would have ever seen anything. He didnt mean to cause so much pain, even if it was going to happen no madder what he needed to start facing things and not jest run from them. He wanted to help get the silverhand back, to spill there blood but he didnt know if he would be alowed to go.
Was he scared yes, was he angry yes, did he become more angry seeing how lost Farkas looked. deffently "done with what...." he wondered what they ment. He guessed that he would jest go with them, kill a few before he himself got killed and that would be the end of his story. he didnt expect to live, really theres no way he would ever become that lucky as to suvrive something like this after what hes gone threw.

"Oh Cicero is glad to dark sister haha...because then cicero would have had to kill you" Cicero said. and he would have, quite easely, though he wasent as young as he used to be he was still able to pull off a good kill when he needed to. "Yes mother is in her new home...though there is still no lister" he said the last part with a little edig of annoyince "but mother will speek when shes ready."
He hoped so anyway, and he hoped that it would be soon as well "Well Yes...Cicero is the last Dark Brotherhood member from Cyridal...the rest have been sent to the void." So many years alone with no one but the night mother. always looking to see if there was anyone that could be the listner and no one ever spoke the words. "thats why mother needed to come here, to the last sancuary that hasent been found."
Though this hole place could do with a good perging there numbers were far to low for that right now.