AN: Sorry for this guys, just some minor updates to this part.
Hello dear readers, this is my first foray into the fan fic that is/are Dragon Age and Elder Scroll: Skyrim. After reading quite a few of these xovers I began forming an idea that I hope you'll find satisfactory or good enough. Without further ado I give you...
*drum roll*
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Age or Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and their contents. I do own OCs and AU events.
Prologue
Somewhere...
A young man, in his mid twenties, tall, light brown skin, short black hair, not overly muscular maybe somewhere in the middle but well toned, moderately handsome (in his opinion), wearing long khaki pants, a pair of old combat boots and a black tanktop, is found standing in front of a large book shelf.
He is in the library of his small suburban town of Grayton, California. This little hamlet is also the home of several prospective writers, hence the library. His eyes scanning the shelf for a book until he found one that looked mildly interesting. The title read: Twilight Saga.
In an instant the book was shoved back from whence it came as the young man shuddered and looked around to see if anyone saw his little blunder. Sighing with relief he continued perusing the shelf but found nothing of note causing him to shake his head in defeat and making his way out of the library.
He noticed the young librarian, likely a part timer, ogling him like a hawk. Her eyes following his every move which caused his muscles to ripple. He ignored this and went about his way, opening the front doors and stepping onto the sidewalk. The small town was a modest one with a population of no more than three thousand.
Palm trees and cacti were everywhere as well as an assortment of shrubs and small bushes. Identical houses adorned each block but that's further away from the town center. The young man walked down the sidewalk for about five minutes before reaching a road junction, he crossed to the other side and quickly found the small parking lot.
His father's old four door four wheel drive, pick up truck, sat waiting for him like a loyal steed. He got in and keyed the ignition, the vehicle coughed twice the came to life. Backing out of park and driving out onto the main road the man drove silently back to his house on the far side of town.
The house he drove up to was a modest two storey building with a garage for three cars. He parked expertly, a record since he'd passed his driving test just the day before, after having failed for sixteen times. The sixteenth time was for something aside from his god awful driving skills. He had a smug look of pride on his face, getting out he walked through the side door from the garage to the house and found the kitchen.
He saw his aging mother, going past sixty now, behind the kitchen counter chopping onions and other vegetables on the board with a wicked looking knife. Deep down he was ashamed that he was living in his parents house. She looked up and smiled warmly at her son.
"Hiya, Eric!" his mother greeted him loudly, her voice was a welcome distraction from his wandering thoughts.
"Hi, mom." he returned the greeting, but it seemed somewhat forced. "What's for dinner?"
"Oh...its a surprise." her eyes twinkled under the kitchen lights as she grinned.
"Well I'll be in my room if you need me." he told her and she nodded. It was an unspoken rule of the house, that family members keep to themselves when not actively participating in any chores. Being of Germanic descent the Krugers were all about efficiency and when one needs help one need only ask and help, in whatever form it takes, will be given.
Eric walked in his room, the same room that hadn't changed since he was a kid, and flopped down on his bed. He was tired but not in the sense of physical exertion but rather a mental one. He groaned inwardly and punched his pillow several times before he stopped and grumbled.
Damned idiots, he thought. His mind raced with memories of his part time job at 17. He had only exposed the manager's blatant embezzlement of the mall's profits. How the hell was he to know that the man he reported the manager to was also the head of the same embezzlement ring. Next thing Eric knew he was framed for the embezzlement and subsequently arrested.
Five years in the slammer, juvenile prison but prison nonetheless, and then onto a minimum security prison and he had missed five years of his life. Five years that could have gone into a college degree. Eric was pissed, having survived being shanked in his cell three times, four times in the courtyard, two times in the shower and one time in a prison riot. That had changed his outlook on life pretty drastically, he almost got his stay in jail extended when he brutally beat an inmate half to death.
It was later found he did so in self-defense but he was put into solitary confinement. His parents supported him throughout his trial, even his brother and sister but now it didn't matter
He can't get a job because of him being a convict, and even if he did he wouldn't like it. He can't resume his academic studies because his parents had spent his entire college fund combatting his trial. And he definitely can't be a lawyer now that he has a record so basically his dream career is piped.
"Great..." he sighed heavily. Not knowing what else to do he sat at his desk and turned on his PC. Perhaps a round of Call of Duty Online is what he needs. After several rounds, he switched to Battlefield 3 online, Star Trek Online then finally he gave up on video games and decided to surf the web.
He'd only opened the search engine, when an ad for an online survey about some self discovery shit popped up. It asked: Are you out of choices?
Eric found it weird and a bit disturbing that this ad showed up when he was being indecisive. It had come to a point in his life where the internet was going to give him advices now? He laughed lightly at this thought but clicked on the ad anyway.
A survey sight with multiple choice questions on it showed on his screen. He read the first question and shook his head. It read:
If given the choice would you accept any form of empowerment?
He chose yes
From which of the following would you choose your powers from?
He thought it was weird that all of his favorite games (the ones that gave players powers) were listed but decided to play along. He read the list then chose Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Choose your preferred school of magic. You may choose three.
Eric paused here as he took in the next list of multiple choices. A lot of the choices were basically the many variety of spells one finds in Skyrim, but they were divided into their respective schools. Shrugging he clicked on School of destruction, restoration, and conjuration.
What skill sets do you prefer? (Choose five)
'Okay, not to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything but...' he sighed and looked at the list. It was basically the constellations that are associated with the various skills that affect Skyrim characters' base attributes. He found what skills he wanted and clicked on them, One-handed, Smithing, Block, Alchemy and Heavy-Armor.
Thinking about it, Eric realized that he'd basically just copied his Skyrim character's preferred stats, a mix between a heavy tanker and a powerful destruction mage with back up healing in case he runs out potions and conjuration just to be safe. He found it eerily creepy yet satisfying. 'Maybe this survey is helpful...ish. Then came the next question, it seemed his fantasies might come true.
(Oh how right he was...*evil chuckle*)
If you were to be transported to another universe or alternate reality, which of the following would you choose to visit?
He chuckled as he scrolled down the list. It ranged from Harry Potter universe to Call of Duty and others. Even Halo! He found a game he hadn't played in a long time. His mind made up he clicked on Dragon Age.
Have you read and do you accept the terms of this agreement, and of the choices you have made?
He was more than confused by this but it didn't matter. He had only decided to indulge his curiosity about this strange survey so he didn't actually read the terms. There was a link to the terms as indicated by the underlined word in the question. However, Eric ignored it out of boredom and strained the left mouse button by clicking yes.
No sooner had he clicked said button when he was engulfed in a bright light and then his vision turned black having fallen unconscious. He drifted into a dreamless sleep as his mind wondered, what the fuck just happened?!
Well folks. There you have it. The Intro of the story. This will cover all three Dragon Age games but will focus mainly on Eric Kruger as he explores Thedas and develops his newfound powers. There will be a lot of OCs but you'll find that the DA main characters or support characters will interact with Eric as he travels the world.I'll try to make his appearance in the DA universe affect aspects of the games that otherwise ended unfavorably for all of us (mostly me) as I'll be changing a few things. I don't know if I'll put in DLCs but we'll see. Further development of Eric will be discussed in story.So yeah, review, comment and or just say hi. I don't know if there is a similar concept like this out there but if there is then PM me about it so we can work something out that our ideas don't crash.Thanks and good luck everybody.
