Chapter 1: Prologue
The year was 4E 201, in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel. Just as the legendary Elder Scrolls and the ancient Alduin's Wall had foretold, the fabled Dragonborn slew the fearsome Alduin, saving Skyrim from certain doom.
This story, however, isn't about such events, rather, it's a story starting from as far back as the Great War. It is a story of a family torn apart.
Born to a Dunmer survivor of the Red Year and an Imperial captain, Andendryn was born in 4E 170, in the Grey Quarter of Windhelm. His father, Tapentius Plepter, was never around as long as he could remember, as he had left when he was only a year old to join the Great War. There was another reason, as well. He was a vampire. His mother, Irimeni Llomo, didn't like the idea of a vampire raising her child. So when the father left, she told him never to return. But he did.
When Andendryn reached his eight winter, Tapentius returned, attempting to take Andendryn from her. The two fought verbally, then physically, as they attacked each other with spells. It was a short battle, and by the time guards and citizens came to see the commotion, the house burned in a great fire. Both of the parents' fates were unknown.
The child however, escaped the home and left Windhelm by hiding in a cart of cargo headed for Whiterun, living off thievery and dishonesty, as he had nothing to eat. He had an inborn gift of larceny, as he was born under the sign of the Thief. Later in his teenage years, he'd get into the skooma business after encountering a Khajiit working for a drug kingpin operating somewhere in Rihad. He dealt skooma either to travelers on the road, or in the cities themselves, always on his toes with the help of fellow dealers he'd befriended.
They perished, however, after one of the dealers had betrayed the drug lord by ratting him out to the authorities and stealing the funds. Andendryn had been captured and sentenced to execution in Riften, and would've been dead, had it not been for Brynjolf and the Thieves Guild bailing him out. After they invited him into the Guild, which he accepted, began working for them as a home burglar.
He enjoyed the benefits of being in the Guild, but only for a while. The injustice and fear the Guild brought upon the hardworking citizens had given Andendryn great guilt. After a botched robbery, he left the Guild, stealing a portion of their finances and injuring Dirge. He was certain the Guild was after him now, so he took on several aliases as he stole only for beggars and struggling families across Skyrim.
This story will detail this vigilante's war on corruption from the shadows, as he rights his wrongs, and encounters people from his dark past.