This is some ive been working on for a little bit hope you guys like and if anything tell me if i need ANY kind of improvement.
The horrid screams echo in my head as I watch my family being slaughter in front of me at that instant I thought it was a dream that I will wake up from, but every time I blinked all I can see is the blood stained hands of an Orcsimer beating away at my son "Apelle my boy please stay strong.... PLEASE!!" I told him in a short powerless scream.
After a Nord man knocked me out, leaving a scar on my right cheek unaware of what happened to Apelle or the rest of my family when I awoke I was moving somehow and felt something rather odd on my wrists something cold and metallic I was still rather dazed from that sucker punch I had gotten before. I quickly wondered what happened to my family and as soon as I thought that I looked up to find myself being held captive on an imperial carriage siting with two Stormcloak soldiers, a dimwitted horse thief and the rogue Jarl himself Ulfric Stormcloak.
"How could I be here where am I going?" were the thoughts that went through my head at that moment I already knew about the civil war going on among the Imperials and the Stormcloaks a war that has divided Skyrim putting old friends against one another, my thoughts on it was only natural as being an Imperial myself I could not go against my people. With the war in mind new thoughts came into my head
"Maybe they think I am a Stormcloak, an IMPERIAL TRAITOR!"
"Those Bandits had set me up to die at my own people's hand!"
Then an Imperial soldier spoke with a hard voice stating "We're here" When I looked around I saw a sigh saying Helgen, Helgen was a place that I was not to familiar with all I knew it was that it was a small town in the Falkreach Hold. When we came off to get our turn at the chopping block that stupid horse from my ride was whining and tried to make a run for it, but unfortunately there were some Imperial archers and down went the horse thief after one shot from the archers. To my surprise they continue like this is stuff all ways happen which i would not be surprised if it did not an Imperial soldier spoke our name one by one when it was my turn i stepped forward "Who are you?" I answered back with a hard solid voice "Crassius!" with that he started look to find any record of me being here but to his surprise he could not find my name at all but his captain insisted that i should go to the block any way.
Confused as ever having no clue why I was there or how did I get here in the first place, shortly after surveying everyone around they started the first execution with a brave a massive turp of a man, He was one of Ulfric soldiers.The executioner took a massive swing with the great axe he held and with that the storm cloak's head fell straight into a basket right under where the prisoner had put his head over. "Next the renegade from Cyrodiil."
I knew it was all over for me when i heard those words, I came forward and rested my head down ready for the axe to come down at any moment but then some strange noises came up out of no where which detracted everyone down to the rogue Jarl himself. While my eyes transfixed on the Nord man who was about to take my life then something horrific had appeared when he was about to swing my eyes still hazy a black figure had came into view
"WHAT IN OBLIVION IS THAT!?!"
"Sentries what do you see?"
The Imperials scattered as the thing in front of us .. in front of me... was a dragon, while everyone focus was on that unholy beast a stormcloak soldier picked me up on to my feet and brought me to a tower up a head from the block. The tower was filled with stormcloaks and their leader the Jarl of windhelm Ulfic Stormcloak "Jarl Ulfric are the legends true?" asked the soldier how had brought me in from the chaos outside Ulfric answered back with a "Legends don't burn down towns"
if i not mistake my ears weren't to good due to the various sounds and screams that were coming outside. I thought maybe this is my way to redeem myself for my past... not to concern about the Jarl and his band of misfits i went up the tower looking for a way out but it was a dead end. There was a stormcloak soldier present pulling away some gruel then BOOM! that demonic dragon burst his way though the tower which me and the lone soldier were in with that the dragon instantly kill the soldier with its breath attack and then left but it left an entrance of escape for me.
With that I took my chances and went through the hole in the wall after making my way though a burning house I found myself trapped with an old Nord man, a kid and an Imperial Soldier due to one angry dragon right ahead of us. With that moment i had a flash back of my life as a Imperial soldier and then the sight of my son getting beaten in by that orc! My mind went numb all the muscles in my body tightens and my hands harden" I WILL LIVE" screamed in my head. I shortly came back to reality I was being lead by the Imperial soldier, I asked him
"Where are we going?"
"To the barracks we will be safe there"
"Seems unlikely but worth a try"
After that short meaning less chat we were off to the hold barracks. The other Imperial soldiers were dying left and right that dragon was something out of a child's book but more terrifying, we did not stop we kept on going straight to the barracks when we made it in we exchanged names in a more prober fashion and he had unshackled me from my bindings" There should be some equipment here in one of these chests" I took his word and started looking for a shield and some heavy armor the reason being that in my youth I was a shield Mage who specialized in all elements but that was a long time ago. To my discomfort 3-4 iron swords and some Imperial light armor.
"Damn is that all?"
"Afraid so"
"Ah! alright then lets move"
I put on the armor and left the iron swords I figured I would practice my destruction magic and master it all over again. So me and Hadvar * the imperial soldier* went through the keep, finding some really hostile Stormcloaks down the out of it
"How much more I thought we would be out by now!"
"Just a little more just hold on Crassius"
I was sweating, my hands were torched cause of the multiple flame spells that i casted when we finally made it to the keep dungeon we found four dead corpses two stormcloak and two Imperial. I realized that one Imperial had an iron shield with them it was blood stained and dull but i took it up and thought of my life as a soldier, grasping it I took it with me on our little journey out. When we started walking into a little cave that was connected to the hold.
All i hear is a loud uproar of people " ATTACK!!" we were caught in a stormcloak ambush! Without a moment noticed i leaped right in front of Hadvar with my shield raised and my other hand wielding a flames spell at the ready to burn anyone who opposed me. Hadvar hide right behind me as the stormcloaks rushed on me, deflecting, they're blows putting them back every time and when the time was right i let loose my flames spell charring them to ashes Hadvar amazed he asked me
"So your a Imperial SpellShield huh?"
Really puzzled how he knew that i was a SpellShield I answered him back
"Yeah I served in the great war after that I put away my shield and armor for good, settled down with my wife started a family"
"But how did you get your self sentenced to death?"
" I don't know, ALL I remember was bandits attacking my home in the middle of the night and a Orc beating my son to death THEN I got sucker punched by a Nord BLACKED OUT and found myself on a wagon being sentenced to Helgen to get my head chopped OFF"
Hadvar was a bit remorsefully after learning the truth he softly spoke " I'm so sorry I should have not ask those personal questions like that"
I sighed " No it's ok you didn't know any better is all"
After that like installment we were kept quite till we got up to a cave infested with spider egg sacks thinking that someone had cleared it already we kept on moving forward BUT there were four small frost spiders with ease we killed them with no problem " well that was easy" Hadvar had said with a cocky voice then two giant frost spiders came down for the ceiling "YOU HAD TO JINX IT!" I bellowed back at him. Shield raised i kept my form taking each hit from the spiders, I finally bashed one and set it a blaze with a flames spell while Hadvar some how killed other one.
As thing were looking better Hadvar stopped me "Wait there a bear up ahead" he sounded quite softer than usual, He then implied that we should sneak pass it but i didn't listen i CHARGED it head on with my shield raised high the bear woke up and quickly started attacking I took its first blow moving back just a little then bashed it right in the face then lit it up with my flames spell killing it instantly*a usual tactic i do*.
Hadvar shell shocked about what he had just seen I gave him a quick slap on the back and he was back to normal again soon after we found the exit of this horrible place we rushed straight for it when we came out we embraced the light and the sweet air "Maybe things are looking better" I stated with a grin
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