Tales of a Dragonborn
Prologue
"Kathinir, you have to listen to me VERY carefully." The words of his father were sharp and somewhat anxious. "You are going to have to be very, very brave." This time it was his mother who spoke. "When we tell you, you get as far away from here as you can do you understand?" "Yes father" Kathinir continued "But, why are you nervous father?" he had never known his father to be scared.
Instead of answering, his father just stood up and spoke over to the house bard, "Oriella, your services are no longer needed, go home to your family, you will be much safer there." The pale faced woman nodded and briskly left the room. Kathinir's father then turned back, put his hands on his shoulders, and looked down at him. "Listen my boy, you are going to grow up and be a strong, wonderful young man. The divines shall lead you to your destiny, no matter where that may take you. But you hear me out, you must promise to never return to or even speak of Heljarchen Hall ever again."
Kathinir had not understood what his father had meant by this, but he trusted his father, so he accepted it and promised. Mother had told Kathinir all about the tales of his father; how he slayed dragons and even killed the World – Eater, Alduin. He had become harbinger of the companions, Guild Master of the Thieves Guild, Arch – Mage at the College of Winterhold and Leader of the Dark Brotherhood. He was never told what half of these were however, which he thought was strange.
"They're here" exclaimed Kathinir's Father. He was called Kathan, or as the children's books referred to him, Kathan the Almighty. Kathinir was named after his father, all though his Nordic mother had wanted it to sound Nordic at the same time, hence, Kathinir. "Kathinir, we love you so much, but trust us, now you must go, don't look back whatever you do, take the balcony exit above our bedroom, Now!" Without hesitation, Kathinir ran. Behind him he heard the whistle of arrows from his father's quiver, and the clashing of ebony on steel from his Mother's sword. Then, came a loud sort of yelling from what sounded like his father, but it couldn't have been, it was in a different language.
Kathinir ignored the thought and carried on running until he neared Blizzard's Rest. The Giant Camp Kathan warned him not to go near. Forgetting what his father had said, he turned back to look at what was his home, that, was a mistake. The alchemy tower that Kathinir had always gone to throw stones off of was now broken in half, and the main structure of the building now looked like a skeleton with the Throat of the World towering high behind it overlooking the valley.
He could make out loads of men in brown, reddish armour with leather helmets surrounding the building. He then noticed two eye catching figures in the middle of the soldiers, immediately, he recognised them. Kathinir squinted as if it were honing his vision. Something was not right, the soldiers were closing in and it seemed it was an army against two people. The men were dropping like flies, an arrow in one man, and another arrow in the next. But it wasn't enough, these men didn't have strength, but they had numbers.
Kathinir could have sworn for a second that Kathan looked up at his son. It was weird, it seemed like time froze and it was just the two of them alive in the world. As if like magic, his father's voice echoed through his head, "I promise in the name of Talos, I will always be watching over you, be it from Sovngarde or what. You just have to trust me…" at that last syllable, time unfroze and before Kathinir's eyes, he saw his father and mother put down their weapons, as a blade went through each of their backs. Kathinir felt a rush of emotion; anger, hatred, sadness and fear. The emotions were like a poison, blowing him to the ground. Kathinir heard a chorus of booming voices that he could have sworn was Dragon's tongue, "Prozahguur Dovahkiin, Farewell Dragonborn…"
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed the prologue of my first fanfic! I am working really hard on this, and i would love it if you wrote a review on whether you liked it or not, and what i could do to improve! But anyway, stay tuned for the next part of Kathinir's tale!