Greeting, this is my first fan fiction based on the story I made up for my dragonborn to make the game more interesting for myself. As I told this story to a friend of mine he suggested me to write it down and publish it on this site. I have more chapters already written that still need some editing.

As for the story, there is two chapter long intro of how Leiah ended up in Skyrim. She will meet Serana, who will become her lover and second main character soon but there will be some other events before that, so please stay patient.

I'm eager to hear your feedback to improve my writing skills and consider your suggestions in further chapters.

Have a nice ride everyone.


Leiah was lounging in the natural hot spring that was being heated by complicated dwemer mechanics. She loved the way how architects had left the mechanics untouched when building this bathhouse. It was rare to be there all alone considering that it was the most luxurious bathhouse in Imperial City.

It was already night time when she and her Khajit friend Django had returned from an old Dwemer ruin, where she was studying the dwemer mechanics. Just like every archeologist, she was also fascinated about the mysterious culture.

Leiah and Django went way back. Leiah had found the Khajit when she was catching butterflies in the forest behind her house. It was early in the morning and the air was still cold from the heavy storm from last night.


She was trying to untangle her butterfly net from the branches, when she heard some noises coming from the bushes. Leiah picked up a club from her backpack and raised it before her. "Come out" she shouted with a slight tone of fear in her voice. Then she saw bushes being pushed aside and soaking wet Khajit was standing in front of her. She had never seen a Khajit that close before, only encounters she had with the cat-people were the times when she traveled to Whiterun with her mother. "Please..." was the only thing the Kahjit managed to say before he collapsed on the muddy ground.

Django saw someones face above him, his vision was blurry but he recognised the girl he met before, from her scent. "Hey, can you hear me" Leiah said softly. Django simply nodded and raised himself, leaning on the tree behind him.

It was young Khajit with black ad white fur. To Leiah he reminded a large kitten and she found him rather cute.

"Here, take it", Leiah reached him a bowl filled with water. "My name is Leiah" she said, "What's yours?". Django didn't know knew what to do, he had recently arrived to Skyrim and hadn't seen a nord up close either. "I'm Django... thanks..." he whispered.

"No problem, my mother had always taught me to help those in need" she said. "How did you end up here, in the woods anyway?" she asked.

Django told him the whole story of how he was on Khajit caravan with his uncle and was forgot behind, young nord was egearly listening how Django told her his story. Eversence Leiah had enjoyed his stories of tropical Elsweyr.


She was deep in her thoughts and lazily looking at the small flame coming out of her index finger that she had created using her magicka. She didn't have much knowledge of destruction magic but she knew some basics and she had always found looking at fire to be a relaxing way to gather her thoughts. She just couldn't figure out how this dwemer lexicon before her had activated ruins defence mechanisms.

Usually she was in the ruins alone or with some other scholars but she was lucky to have Django with her this time. When venturing around the ruins she found a cave opening inside of the wall. Curiosity got the better of her and she wanted to look inside the cave. It was dark and there weren't any other passages parting from the large cave.

"Hmm, it smells weird here, I don't think we should go further" the cat said. "C'mon, this ruin had been scouted by the legion who knows how many times, there isn't anything dangerous in there" she claimed. " Yes but you know my nose never lies" Django argued, " And that's what every Khajit in Tamriel says, still you guys are the biggest liars around" she said jokingly while slowly moving deeper into the cave, trying not to step into the water flowing through the cave.

On the other side they had found an obelisk. "I told you that there's something off about this place" Django said, he he didn't expect any answers because he knew that Leiah was too curious to listen to him after going this far. The obelisk had an odd looking lexicon on top of it. It seemed to be made out of silver and had blue carvings in it.

Leiah reached out her hand to touch it and the moment she slid her fingers over the lexicon it started to emit weak blue light. She immediately pulled back her arm from surprise and after collecting herself a little she picked up the lexicon.

"I think we should just leave it and move on", Django whispered, checking their surroundings. "Little kitty is scared" she said mockingly. "Maybe it's time for you to admit that you're hanging around with me in the ruins, just to watch my ass, instead of my back" Leiah laughed, but Django hushed and pulled her to the corner. They heard some metal grinding noise coming towards them.

After few tense seconds a dwemer spider showed up. "What is this thing", Django hissed. "It's a dwemer spider, they were left by the..." She couldn't finish her sentence when she saw Django getting ready to attack. When the spider turned around to leave, Django sprinted out of their hiding place and cut off it's legs with his steel katana.

"Why did you break it" Leiah screamed "Maybe we would have been able to find something interesting from it". But there were more of the spider workers moving to them, Django pushed Leiah back to the hiding spot and pulled out his second katana. He ran toward the spiders and started slicing them up like a whirlwind.

When Leiah didn't hear any more fighting, she peeked out from her cover just to see heavily breathing Django, surrounded by the scrap metal, he put katanas onto his back.

Leiah always felt useless when Django was fighting. After she was sent to Cyrodil university she became, what's called a 'city girl'. She was unfamiliar to combat and only weapon she had ever used was bow that her mother taught her to use. She enjoyed using a bow, but only for practise and target shooting for fun.

"You're hurt" she gasped, walking to Django. "Yes, bastards scratched my leg, but I can still move" Khajit claimed. After few more encounters they finally reached the main entrance of that ruin.

The sun was setting behind the lake when they exited the ruin and they could feel the cold wind of night approaching. "Let's not do this again" Django laughed while resting on the rock. "Agreed" Leiah said, lying on the grass.

"It must be getting light soon" Leiah thought, "Better get some sleep before I go to Nilfheim with this lexicon" she said to herself while drying off. She put on her underwear and shorts, buttoned her long sleeved green shirt and took her cloak from the hanger.


Next morning Leiah was woken by someone knocking on her door. She dragged herself out of the bed and put on her night dress, "I'm coming" she shouted.

When she opened the door, there were 5 imperial guards standing in front of her. "Leiah Galaviel, you are accused in murder of Silvia Gerrad and must come with us at once" guards pushed her into her house and closed the door behind them. "Silvia is dead, but... how?" she felt shocked from the sudden news of her friends death. "You will discuss it with captain but for now you have 5 minutes to get dresses and come with us" guard pouted, lookind at the interiors.

Leiah didn't know what to feel. Besides Django, Silvia was her only friend in Imperial City. They met on their first day in university, Leiah didn't enjoy communicating with people in general and prefered reading books or spending time alone in the ruins. All things aside, she quickly took liking to the Bosmer girl.

She felt warm tears flowing down her cheeks as she put on her scholar uniform. She wiped her tears and opened the door. "I'm ready" she told to the guards and they left her house.