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• Luck of the Draw - Adventures of a Pickpocket Ch. 2

  by Master Zixx October 10, 2013
  A heavy banging on the door reverberated through the Bunkhouse’s thin wooden walls. Haelga was in the middle of serving her latest customer. I was helping Svana refresh the beds upstairs. Haelga roughly put on a robe and opened the door, sleeve slipping down her shoulders, hair a mess. Generally loo...
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• Luck of the Draw – Adventures of a Pickpocket Ch. 1

  by Master Zixx October 9, 2013
  Pungent fumes of rotting food and feces that plagued and corrupted the waters of the canals wrung their way up my nostrils as I shifted between the market crowd early Turdas morning. They hadn’t bothered me for the twenty-three years that I have survived in Riften. I say survived, as living is a ble...
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• Retribution Ch. 15; The Path of Dawn

  by Master Zixx October 9, 2013
  Tarthas kept his hood up as he passed the guards. His reflection now unnerved people. His irises were not emerald green anymore they were black as a night’s sky though no stars shone from them. Thus he kept his hood low. How long would it last? They had turned black before, usually in high stages of...

• Retribution Ch. 14; Transcendence

  by Master Zixx June 18, 2013
  Martin asked no questions on the road, which suited Tarthas just fine. He was chewing his lip over whether or not he was too late. Galloping was heard from behind, rushed and a frantic panting from the overtired horse. A farmer on a fine black stallion was coming from the road they had been walking ...

• Restored Dawn - 1: Rivalry

  by Master Zixx June 18, 2013
  Merely a decade had passed since Isran had attempted reforming the Dawnguard and all of his followers and companions abandoned his paranoid hatred. Whiterun was celebrating Lorchel’s tenth year of living in the city. An uproar of hearty cheers and laughter filled the Bannered Mare. The Nords used e...
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• Silenced Wish | Ch. 3 Frost

  by Master Zixx March 12, 2013
  She loved the frosty air, the chilly winds on her cheeks. It made her feel at home, at peace. Hiking down south to get to a crossing at Solitude Sawmill, she saw a dragon fly up above her head. Since Alduin’s death most dragons had submitted to Paarthurnax and his Way of the Voice. This dragon wasn’...
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• Retribution Chapter 13; The Deadlands - Part 2

  by Master Zixx March 9, 2013
  The Spellsword eventually found his way to a secondary tower and as he looked up he saw a precarious walkway connecting it to the main tower.  He felt like he had won the Arena. The door to the tower had a burning daedric O carved into it he pushed the door open and it creaked like flesh being rippe...

• Silenced Wish | Ch. 2 A Long Walk

  by Master Zixx March 8, 2013
  Lilith remembered her hikes through the Vale with her mother. It was hard for her to picture her now. She couldn’t look above her chin in the eye of her memory. Her mother had died when she was merely eight years old. What she did remember was a faceless imperial woman clad in dragon scales. A katan...

• Silenced Wish | Ch. 1 Gone But Not Forgotten

  by Master Zixx March 7, 2013
  Outside the Snow Elven Chapel to Auri-El deep within the snowy paradise known as the Forgotten Vale hugs were being handed out gleefully but remorsefully. Knight-Paladin Gelebor was saying farewell to his daughter. She wanted to see the world, leave the isolation of the Vale and he could do little m...
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• Silenced Wish | Ch. 1 Gone But Not Forgotten

  by Master Zixx March 7, 2013
  Outside the Snow Elven Chapel to Auri-El deep within the snowy paradise known as the Forgotten Vale hugs were being handed out gleefully but remorsefully. Knight-Paladin Gelebor was saying farewell to his daughter. She wanted to see the world, leave the isolation of the Vale and he could do little...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #9

  by Master Zixx February 26, 2013
  I. Am. Dragonborn. It seems that you cannot avoid fate. And the world truly needs me.   While walking around town selling my spoils and restocking, I heard that a bounty was up for anyone willing to slay a dragon in its mountain lair just west from Riften. There and then I dismissed the thought. But...

• A Day At the Arena

  by Master Zixx February 26, 2013
  This is a side story that I wrote to practice my fighting skits. It is situated between chapter 9 and chapter 10 of Retribution. I hope you enjoy. Warning: slaughter will ensue.... On his fourth morning in the Imperial City, at breakfast Zach started a conversation about the Arena matches that Tart...

• Retribution Chapter 13; The Deadlands - Part 1

  by Master Zixx February 26, 2013
  It was a site similar to Kvatch. Though it was even more hellish. Dagon’s realms were known as the Deadlands. It was an ocean of lava with small volcanic islands scattered across and around, ruined daedric war gates and monoliths dotted these islands. At the centre island was the largest tower. He a...
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• Fawn's Journal; Entry #8

  by Master Zixx February 22, 2013
  Conflicted. That’s how I feel now. Too many choices have crossed my path the last four days, as well as a lot of doubts.  I decided where I was camping was not ideal because it was miles from any stream or river. Screw plentiful game and nice forests. I needed to keep water so I packed up and checke...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #7

  by Master Zixx February 22, 2013
  The carriage ride was excellent! Not… All I can say is that the town of Shor’s Stone is abandoned. I will leave it at that. I’m not even sure what happened. One moment the moon was shining the next moment I was dribbling blood from a freshly eaten Orc. I will leave it at that. I do not want to expla...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #6

  by Master Zixx February 21, 2013
  Divines! These carriage rides are as boring as Apocrypha! Ironically it gives me time to write in this journal.   It has only been one or two days since my last Journal entry. There seemed to be a war going on between bandits and witches down the mountain from where I was camping. I tried to lie low...
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• Fawn's Journal; Entry #5

  by Master Zixx February 19, 2013
  One thing I had not anticipated from the Reach were the damned winds. And my rotten luck had struck me again. Vampires were attacking Markarth. And not the petty kind either. These were ancient ones. The whole city was in an uproar. I decided to join in the fray but their life drain knocked me right...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #4

  by Master Zixx February 18, 2013
  I’m a monster. I have said this countless times but it is still true. I am lying on a stone slab in a tavern in Markarth city. The City of blood and silver they call it. I call it the city of uncomfortable beds. I forgot to mention… I have a hangover. Yes, I decided to drown my sorrows. It livened u...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #3

  by Master Zixx February 18, 2013
  I have one thing to say. Why me? I guess I have to explain now. Don't I dear Journal? I'll start from where I left off. I left the Inn at eight in the morning. Ready to leave for Valtheim towers. The mist from last night was still there and had grown thicker and wetter. While walking south I spott...

• Fawn's Journal; Entry #2

  by Master Zixx February 18, 2013
  I’m writing in this journal more frequently than I expected. I guess that helps with getting today’s events off my chest and not having to remember days back. It has only been a day since my last entry so this might be a short one.   I have to admit… I had forgotten how much I have missed social com...
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• Fawn's Journal; Entry #1

  by Master Zixx February 18, 2013
  A friend once told me that I should writ a journal about my experiences of being a werewolf. She was the one person I had confided my curse with. Now she is gone. But her memory lasted and here I am… writing this journal.   I think I’ll start by writing who I am. My name is Fawn, or that was the nam...
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• Retribution Chapter 12; Reminiscence

  by Master Zixx February 17, 2013
  Keri had tried to rationalize her thoughts through the month that followed her manic outburst the morning Tarthas had disappeared. That name invoked mixed feelings, ones of care and loving but of repulsion as well. No matter it being a daedric Prince. He had slept with another woman. She was sick, l...
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• Retribution Chapter 11; When the Gates Open

  by Master Zixx February 12, 2013
  With a jolt he woke up. A feeling of determination rushed through him. It was obvious that fate was waiting for him now to get a move on. He had to get to Chorrol fast. The empire must not fall. This was his chance to change the world. If he could get Martin Septim on the throne, which is where the ...
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• Retribution Chapter 10; Shattered Dreams

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  The next few days Tarthas stayed in the market district, occasionally watching one of Zaknolu’s matches from a reserved seat. He started to learn the generally linear districts and how they worked. But his stay at the dunmer’s house was extending its limit. Or so he felt. While walking through the q...
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• Retribution Chapter 9; The Imperial City

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  Fresh air was a blessing for Tarthas after the rotten sewers. It took him a while to get used to daylight. But as the world came into view it was stunning. The grass was more vivid and the sun’s rays warmed him pleasantly. That was something the northern sun of Skyrim couldn’t do. He needed a place ...

• Retribution Chapter 8; Imperial Escape

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  Mangled rats scurried across the mouldy straw floor of the dank prison cell. They were gaining confidence around the inanimate mountain of rags, nibbling on the body’s linen rags and scampering over its chest. Tarthas stirred when a rat ran over his face, all the rats ran back into the cracks in the...
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• Retribution Chapter 7; Revelations by the Brotherhood

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  A lot of doubt was in the boy's mind. And a lot of questions were running through his head when he turned around to face the cold stare of the listener. A thousand words were on his lips but they evaporated like a breath in the snow. The tall vampire wasn't one to take lightly. He hadn't received hi...
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• Retribution Chapter 6; Emptiness to the Core

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  The young woman packed the bare essentials for a two-day journey on the road while everyone was asleep. She did not want anyone to be woken up or know that she was leaving the Companions this early in the morning. She padded her armour with leather to muffle it, a trick she had been taught by Jenass...
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• Retribution Chapter 5; Nights in Helgen

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  The Jarl of Falkreath was not impressed by Tarthas’ appeal for a murder investigation. On the contrary, he was accusing Tarthas of starting a ruse to cause panic in his hold that was so close to the border so that it was weakened and the Imperials could retake Skyrim. Tarthas stood his ground heated...

• Retribution Chapter 4; Coming Home

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  Dawn was well over when Tarthas left Whiterun’s huge gates. It wasn’t normal for him to leave the large city on his own. He would always have been with either a shield brother or sister sometimes even his adoptive sister. In fact, he was hoping that they would leave together but she was nowhere to b...
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• Retribution Chapter 3; Swordsmanship & Spellcraft

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  Months passed and so did the seasons like a flower opening to the sunlight. Autumn fell, winter passed, and now it was spring in Skyrim. Jobs never ceased in Jorrvaskr, and in between jobs there was training, mornings of spell craft and afternoons in the art of the sword. Tarthas had lost a lot of w...
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• Retribution Chapter 2; The Companions

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  An arrow shot over Tarthas' head. A yelp erupted from his throat. It was early evening and the crickets hiding in the reeds near the stream adjacent to Whiterun's tall walls were chirping. But up ahead there was fighting to be heard. Not man versus man. No, there were huge roars, humane roars in a w...
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• Retribution Chapter 1; A Fighting Chance

  by Master Zixx February 10, 2013
  So this is my first post. I have already written quite a bit of the story already. It technically isn't a backstory but more of a fan fiction. I hope you enjoy. The morning is young. No birds are singing, they are fleeing from the clearing behind Pinewoods Cottage. The clashing and clanging is ring...
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