Edited for publication by Vigilant Oriella Caught a glimpse of my reflection in the dirty water of the canal on our way to the temple this morning. Hardly recognized the face. I am not the same young man who escaped the burning castle in High Rock. He was little more than a boy with hardly a hair on his chin. My own beard has become peppered with gray, of late. And the crow's feet are new. Would Sibastion even recognize me, were he alive? No, I guess not. Not because of my face, but because of who I am. The young rebel cared for little else than gaining his big brother's approval. And here I am, in the service of a Divine. Well, he always di

A Vigilant's Journal - Vol. 3 by ThomasLess, literature

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A Vigilant's Journal - Vol. 3

Edited for publication by Vigilant Oriella Hidden among the snowy peaks west of Winterhold we have found it at last: Alftand. I realize that I have been here before, during my misadventure with Erandur years ago. This was where we found the bodies of an ill-fated expedition to the ruin. They are still here. There can be no hope of finding them alive now, however – not after all this time. * We have clawed our way through Alftand – through the primitive, blind Falmer as well as through old dwarven machines still bent on deterring intruders – and we have made it down into Blackreach. It is a wondrous place &

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A Vigilant's Journal - Vol. 4

Edited for publication by Vigilant Oriella It is worse than I feared. Not only is Sinding a werewolf – an abominable plague that must be burned from the world – but he is also in possession of a ring given to him by the Daedric Lord Hircine. This artifact makes the beasts transformations violent and unpredictable – even more so than they would ordinarily have been. What is worse, as I was questioning Sinding, he transformed – and managed to break through the window of his cell. Erandur and I were unable to stop him, and now the monster is at large. We must find him. We must hunt him down like the animal that he