This is my first attempt at a fanfic so if it's bad I apologies

All credit to the Elder scrolls series goes to Bethesda

The Skyrim weather was cold. But that was to be expected in the north of Tamriel. "Cold' is all Aragon could say. He may be a Nord, but being raised in southern High rock made him used to milder weather.

He was a tall man but still very young being only twenty. As he wrapped his fur cloak over him he began to hold the pommel of his family's hand-and-a-half sword. It was about three and a half feet long with an upward curved guard and dark blue wrapping around the hilt, and in the pommel was a worn carving of the Imperial dragon. His shoulder length black hair kept falling in front of his eyes as he walked.

He was crossing into Skyrim from Morrowind to escape from the bandits who butchered almost everyone he knew and loved. He was a Ranger, a man of the wild, and his thoughts soon drifted to his cousin and the woman he loved. "Cyrus, Astrid, gods I hope you got to the Imperial city by now" he thought. He was in Skyrim trying to keep those bandits from caching them.

As he walked through the snowy path leading to the mining village of Darkwater crossing when he heard a twig snap behind him. Quick as lightning he spun around and at the same time drew his sword to come face to face with a Nordic woman wearing a type of fur armor with dark blue cloth around it. "If you want to kill a Ranger watch where you step, we may be men but we have the ears of elves" he said while knocking her axe from her hands and then pressing his blades tip against her through.

As he was looking at his captive he suddenly felt the cold feel of a blade press against his own neck. "Damn it" he thought." Look what we got here Sigi, an Imperial spy it looks like judging by the blade". Knowing he was beaten, Aragon slowly lowered his weapon from the woman's neck. "Thanks Gunjar, should we kill him." The woman, Sigi, said. "No, where going to take him to Ulfric, bind him" Gunjar said.

As they led him through the forest Gunjar kept hold of him while Sigi held his sword. Eventually, they came to a clearing with a fire and several tents, and it was full of Nords wearing the same armor Sigi and Gunjar were wearing except for an older Blonde Nord with rich fur on. "Must be there leader" Aragon thought. "Look who we found wandering around camp my Jarl", Gunjar said to the leader. The man looked at Aragon for several minutes until he spoke to his captor in a voice that was definitely a commander's voice. "Where did you find him?", "On the road not a mile from camp Jarl Ulfric, almost killed Sigi before I stop him''. Then Ulfric looked at Aragon. ''Unbind him''. The men quickly but reluctantly obeyed. "What's your name kid"? For a moment Aragon considered if he should or not but quickly decided it wouldn't be wise to tell this man no. "Aragon, Aragon Storm-Blade." Then added ''and yours".

The man seemed slightly surprised but didn't act on it. "Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak of Windhelm and leader of the Stormcloak rebellion." Now it was Aragon's turn to be suppressed, he hadn't heard of a rebellion in Skyrim. Unrest yes but not a war. '' I didn't know a war was going on" he said. Suddenly another of the solders, at least that's what Aragon now presumed that's what they were, stepped forward. ''Have you been deaf for the past few-". Ulfric cut him off. "Peace, Ralof". "With all due respect Jarl Ulfric, I have been with hold of recent events because of personal reasons". "So you're not in the legion" Ulfric said. "No just a Ranger tracking down bandits".

Suddenly there was a scream as one of the Stormcloaks cook was hit by an arrow. "Ambush!" someone yelled then another yell, this one from Ralof "Imperials!" Then around a hundred screaming solders clad in the armor of the Imperial legion rushed in and started killing several Stormcloaks. As Aragon got up several figures came in to join the Frey upon horses including an old man with grey thinning hair and the ornate armor of an Imperial general. "Cavalry, damn I'm dead". Ulfric looked at his men fighting to protect him, then at Aragon.

As several more Stormcloaks passed into Sovngarde Ulfric yelled to his men, "Surrender, we will die for nothing if we keep this up, I say again, lay down your arms!" The rebels where at first reluctant and kept hold of their weapons but stopped the fighting. Finally Gunjar lowered his sword and the others also followed in surrendering except for Aragon.

Then a woman from the legion came up and hissed "lower your weapon or your dead Nord." But Aragon only smiled and said "would you really kill a Ranger, I probably saved someone you know before from a bandit or wild bead or something" hoping the woman wouldn't think he was bluffing. Now it was the woman's turn to smile "Kill him" but then another Imperial yelled "Captain, he's not fighting or running, just capture him and-". "Shut it Hadvar" the captain yelled.

A second later a man in farmer's clothes rode up on a horse and, taking one look at the scene, bolted off in the other direction. " We got us a runner" a few Imperials said before some of the horse men ran after the stranger. Taking the moment of commotion, Ralof yelled at Aragon "Run, kid!" .Taking the man's advice, Aragon started to run, but barely got out of the clearing when the woman from before tackled him.

"Going some ware" she said very mockingly. Aragon replied "Nope, but you are" before drawing his Long sword. The woman then drew her Gladius and charged. Aragon parried the attack before kicking the woman in the chest, stunning her. Then he smashed his pommel into her head