Jasper had begun to notice, he was growing older as the winters passed, his friends on the Guard were already married and some had families. It seemed that he was the only Whiterun Guard without a husband or wife, and it was a problem.
Ever since he was a young boy, Jasper always had his sights on becoming a Whiterun Guard, growing up he never thought of marriage or anything else involving settling down.
It had taken him two years to address the problem and it seemed to be too late with the dragons running about and just about every eligible man and woman in Whiterun swooning over the new Thane. To Jasper the Thane must have lost a few screws once or twice in her life as the tales of her jumping off cliffs for a sweet roll, or perusing a rabbit into a bandits camp only to come out with a minor wound were almost seemingly made up.
While just about everyone else had accepted the Thane for who she was and had grown used to her antics, Jasper had yet to fully grasp the existence of their new Thane.
So why did he find himself in front of her home, Breezehome, at such an un-divine hour of the night?
Exactly for the reason he didn't want to admit, he needed a wife.
The door opened and the Thane almost crashed into him, bright gold eyes looked up and an even brighter smile spread across her face as she took a hold of his hands and dragged him inside, the door slamming shut behind them.
"Well Jasper, such a great time to visit! I actually need someone to test out a new potion! You see, usually I'd test it on myself, but it doesn't seem to have an affect on me this time!" The thane babbled in excitement as she dragged Jasper into a small side room behind the stairs, the smell of nirn was heavy in this room as the faint sound of bubbles popping reached Jasper. Herbs hung off the walls, bottles of all shapes, sizes and colors littered the table as stained leather bound tomes laid beneath them, open to seemingly random pages filled with faded spidery handwriting.
The said vial of potion sat upon the alchemy table, it was in a clear vial and seemed to be filled with a colorless liquid, but he could see the faint swirl of fiery gold settling on top of the plane of liquid.
"You see I tried mixing fire salts with melted ice wraith teeth, I'm not sure if this is even a real potion or will just explode in your face! Don't worry though, I have plenty of other potions to keep you from dying... At least I think I do..." She trailed off, touching her fingers to her lips in thought. The thane was a pretty imperial with bright gold eyes and copper hair, her face marred with scars crossing her lips and under her eyes. An old coat of red war paint was fading off, unveiling the dark circles under her eyes, the thane was known to go days, even weeks without a moments rest.
The dull gleam of a small, simple band around her finger stood out to Jasper as he faintly recalled the marriage between the thane and a Mage known as Onmund. The thane hadn't been seen or heard from for nearly a week after the marriage and when she finally returned she was practically glowing, although covered head to toe in ash from Solstheim, her husband in tow and clasping her hand in his.
"Jasper?" The thane asked, her hand waving before his eyes as he snapped back to completing his task.
"I need to ask you something." He stated, his voice carrying the official tone of a Whiterun Guard.
"What is it?" The thane inquired, an eye brow lifted in question.
"I want to impress a lady." Jasper replied, watching the thanes eyes widen in surprise and her smile falter.
"Well well, it seems little Jasper wants to get married." The thane sighed as she walked past him out of the room, "well the first thing is, who's heart will you fight for?"
Hello readers, today I present to you, For the Lady, a Skyrim fanfic centered around a Whiterun guard seeking relationship advice from the Thane. It shouldn't be that long of a fic, but I hope you dear readers stick with me throughout Jasper's Tale. Constructive criticism is accepted, please leave a review down below and I'll address the issue in the up coming chapters.