As for the rumors Faendal said, i made my way to Embershard mine. I climb the wooden steps -

"Hey fucking back off !" They bandit says. Holding my hands up i back to the main road following it, turning and going up until the next turn i noticed the trail Faendal told me about. Crouching and moving on i follow it until the depression.

Looks like i am above the mine entrance of the mine now. And now the bandit guard. Going right, I take a stone and make it roll down the Hill. And The bandit now alert crouches and takes his sword before checking quickly. And as soon as that i descend the wooden platform and hide in a bush behind the first pillar.

The bandit returns and leans against it giving me his back. Taking my Steel dagger and moving in, i hold the bandit's scabbard with my left pinning him to the pillar, and as he tries to understand the why of the pressure, i strike with my dagger to his neck. He dies in one hit and as he does , i clean the dagger on his clothes and enter inside.

Going down the lit tunnel i can hear voice. Blowing two torch lights off , i take my hunting bow and an arrow. Moving on i see 2 bandits, one walking to a bedroll below me and one on the wooden bridge. The water below makes reflections on the cave walls. Leading to another cave by the bridge, i see the second bandit patrolling stop at the cave opening and turns.

Taking aim at her face i let the arrow fly and watch her holding her neck and falling. The other one stands up and laughs

"Hey Freyia babe get us some wine ! I wanna have some fun !" Everything silent he makes his way up on the stairs and badge " dont think about jumping me again babe, it aint funny anymore"

He stops, i move forward and aim pulling the string back and letting go. The arrow hits him in the collar but he stumbles on the ground trying to get up

"AGH YOU FUCK BASTARD" wounded as it is i take the knife and finish him but as i get close , he gets up And takes a mace out and blindly hit behind him. Not expecting this i crouch and he stops which i use to leap and plant my dagger into his gut "no ..." twisting and pulling out i see the bridge leading deeper is up. (Sigh) i thank my friend and teacher for this ... Oh and Faendal too. I got better with a bow thanks to him.

After finding and lowering the bridge lever 2 bandits come in the cave, i hide in the shadow and wait, knocking an arrow too and wait.

One gets to the entrance and once comes to me. What a dumb fucker. Not taking another chance i aim for the head and see him going down with just a grunt

As soon, the other one comes running in " better not be The ghosts ... no pleas no ... " he inspects the body and turns around "INTRU-" Just in time to get an arrow in his throat, chocking and dying.

Passing the other bridge i see light and torches. Sneaking deeper and around a cave wall, i ready my -

And feel a force taking the bow off my hands and then around my throat, hitting Iron bars with my back. I see now the bandit chocking me with a hand and punching my face, making me dizzy. Trying to retaliate and pushing away, he throws me to my right against a cave wall and going for my neck "im going to fucking cho-"

My last decision i probably take, is taking the dagger stabbing and cutting the surprised bandit until its down and i catch my breath ... that was so close ...

Turning to to the left i see an Iron bars door with whats looks like a weapon rack and a chest. Looting a key from the dead bandit, i get up to see all white and stumble. Hit me well enough...

After looting coin purses and a leather helmet and armor, which i wear, i leave.

Again taking out torches, i find myself in a bigger cave with a forge and a bandit using it and on the left two platforms, one going up And one down to another bridge and on the hanging bridge a bandit patrolling.

Behind me a small cave with bedrolls and a coin purse. I then aim to the bandit at the forge and put and arrow in his upper back , making the body half fall in the forge. A nauseating smell of burned meat and fur almost makes me throw up. Awful

Leaping down a workbench with a few Iron ingots and a book which i take. Looking up i see yet another small cave at the start of the bridge, and carefully backtrack to the ramp. On it a bandit with a longbow which i strike and he falls into the small water lake below.

But what i failed to notice was another bandit waiting for me, a nord woman with a battleaxe "pick a bad time to get lost !"

She charges with a vertical attack , i jump back and evade it, get the dagger in my hand and bow in the other and do a leap attack forward which she blocks, punching out with the bow high but she dodges and bashing me back with her axe handle. Powering her attack after i am distracted she moves to her right try a horizontal cut to finish me , but its not fast enough and i shoulder charge her making her lose the balance going to fall from the platform

And with a quick move she lets the axe go and grab the wooden raining to prevent the fall with a hand

"Kid .. kid help me .. help me and i will give you all the treasure " dont trust this

"Where is it"

"In the room behind you on the right now help me !"

I move to grab her other hand but she tries to grab me down as i push away "HAHA IDIOT"

She holds the raining and me , i resist, stab her pulling arm "HAARGH FUCK"

And looking her trying to pull up i raise it and stab through the other hand pinning it to the wooden "NOOO FUCK YOU"

"PLEASE! "

"Last mistake"

Pulling it out i watch as she falls like her previous friend "NOOOOOO" Hitting the ground...

Went better now ... I get the food from the table behind me, find the room with many coin purses and amethists, even more coins in the chest at the end of the cave where i found many Iron arrows too. Going out of all of this i breathe the fresh and clean air

"Hey" i turn to the voice, Faendal's

"Hi"

"Your back pack looks really heavy"

"Yes i found lots of Gold and minerals, that and the damn bandits"

"Hmm well there is no more scum to worry about now. Looks like my lesson have paid well. You did good Hade, now lets go to Riverwood, drinks are on me"

Cool and fresh morning air, a tankard of mead and gold.

"Uuhh i am not very used to drink"

"No worries you will get used to it"

"Alright"

"So what were you doing with Ralof ? Are you with the Stormcloaks ?"

"No not really but i like their idea. Me and a friend were tracking some bandits who raided a village close to the imperial border. We got rumors and found out they were going to skyrim or the border. We stayed at inns and asked questions, tracked and killed them but we got the imperial legion attention"

"Did you fight them along the Stormcloaks ?"

"My friend said we should get ready if that happens but we got in one of their camps. The legion probably followed us or were already there. I didnt know who to fight and i was knocked out. I havent seen him since then, he maybe ran away , got killed or i dont know. I think i havent seen him at Helgen"

"Ah bad story and that dragon ... I didnt want to believe it. Gods protect us" hopefully...

"Damn Thalm- uh i am going to buy something from the smith"

"Alright Hade see you soon"

Dragons, Thalmor and maybe another imminent war. Nine divines help us ...