The Trinity of Fate
By TheUndyingCrystal
-PROLOGUE-
On 3E 433, the Oblivion Crisis started and ended. Martin Septim sacrificed himself to summon Akatosh to this world and defeat the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon. However, he was not the only Hero of this "Oblivion Crisis". When Uriel Septim attempted to flee the Mythic Dawn assassins that assaulted him, in the cell that bore the only way out, a secret passage, he met the prisoner touched by Fate herself. This prisoner's name was Sasha Velenwud, a young Bosmer. Framed for a crime she did not commit, Uriel and his Blades bodyguards pardoned the prisoner and allowed her to escape with them. When Uriel was an inch before death, he bequeathed upon her the Amulet of Kings, to take to Grandmaster Jauffre of the Blades. By then, Captain Renault was murdered, Glenroy had died fighting off the assassins, and only Baurus was left. Sasha escaped through the sewers, and brought the Amulet to Jauffre. He entrusted her to find the last Heir in Kvatch. Arriving there, she found the city in ruins, an Oblivion Gate adorning the entrance to the now-destroyed city. She entered the gate, and retrieved the Sigil Stone, thus destroying the gate. Martin and she returned, and found the Mythic Dawn had attacked the Priory where Jauffre resided, and found they had stolen the Amulet of Kings and attempted to kill Martin, but the trio fought them off. They made their way to Cloud Ruler Temple, the Blades' secret fortress. Jauffre reasoned that the Mythic Dawn would, in fact, make another attempt at Martin's life, and he was determined to be right. Sasha, making a trip to study the Bound Armor Stone at the bottom of the cliff, found Jearl, a resident of nearby Bruma. After some time studying her bloodied corpse, Sasha found the document detailing the location of another spy in Bruma and plans to open a Great Gate to destroy Bruma, as they did Kvatch. After slaughtering the last spy, who came to investigate Jearl's absence, Sasha met with an old friend, Baurus, who spent his time secretly looking for the Mythic Dawn spies in the Imperial City. They both discovered the secret of the Commentaries the Mythic Dawn's leader, Mankar Camoran, had written, realizing that the Sponser was recruiting those intelligent enough to figure out his location. They travelled to the sewers underneath the city, and engaged in battle with the Sponser. Baurus died during the fighting, leaving only Sasha alive. She ascertained that the Lake Arrius Caverns were their home base, and returned to Cloud Ruler Temple to prepare to infiltrate them. By then, Sasha and Martin began to develop feelings for one another, and beknownest to all but them, made love to each other the night before her departure.
She left that morning, and travelled to the Caverns, and after successfully infiltrating them, stole the Mysterium Xarxes, the unholy book written by Dagon himself, and slaughtered the Dawn, Camoran had escaped to his Paradise. When Sasha returned, it was revealed that they could open the gate to Paradise with a Great Sigil Stone, a Great Welkynd Stone, a Daedric Artifact, and the Blood of the Aedra Tiber Septim, more known as Talos. After retrieving all but the Great Sigil Stone, they came up with a daring plan to allow the Great Gate to assault Bruma so they could steal the Stone. During the fighting, Sasha managed to recover the stone, casting the Great Siege Machine into Ruin. During that time, Sasha found a incredibly powerful sword known as the Ebony Blade. She found it had the incredible power she never imagined would exist…it was alive. She could speak to it, and it to her. It wanted blood, and it's thirst was slaked many times, be it by bandits, cutthroats, or innocents. She decided to carry it along, as Martin opened the gate to Paradise. After much hardship, she killed Mankar Camoran and retrieved the Amulet of Kings, and wrecked his paradise, freeing his trapped, yet undying, followers, collapsing the Mythic Dawn.
Martin, Jauffre, and Sasha began a rushed journey to the Imperial Palace to relight the Dragonfires, and stop Dagon from entering this realm. Unfortunately, Dagon entered this realm, and killed Jauffre as he tried in vain to drive him back. Sasha fought him ineffectively, launching arrows that staggered him long enough for them to get to the Temple of the One. The two had lost all hope until Martin realized he could defeat Mehrunes Dagon by shattering the Amulet of Kings and summoning Akatosh, no…BECOMING Akatosh. After kissing Sasha one last time, he bravely faced Dagon as he broke the Amulet, becoming Akatosh himself. Akatosh fought Dagon, as Sasha watched, and defeated him, sending him back to Oblivion. However, this came at a deadly price; he was turned into stone, showing the glory of Akatosh for all to see.
For her heroic actions, Sasha was made the Champion of Cyrodiil. However, she resented the title, only wanting the man she loved back. In this resentment, the Bosmer's mind further was bent to the will of the Ebony Blade. What she never even told Martin was that she bore him a son. Another Septim, but she knew the Septims were now powerless, their Dynasty broken by the Daedra of Oblivion. She gave birth to him a few years later, naming him Gabranth. She never told him his lineage, but instead trained him in swordsmanship, archery, heavy armor, and even blacksmithing. When he grew up, Gabranth became a Judge, a sort of General in the Imperial Legion, and he was the most honorbound warrior anyone there had ever met.
Unfortunately, he was unable to protect Sasha that fateful night, when a un-named, and un-identified Argonian broke into her home in Bruma. She fought him, but even with her legendary sword skills, the Argonian defeated her, and to further shame her at her defeat, this assassin, this thief raped her, and made her pregnant. When this event happened, the Ebony blade abandoned her, falling off the deep cliffs into the lake, never to be seen again.
Gabranth, when he found out, went on a hunt for this Argonian, and after months of searching, found and cornered him on Dive Rock, overlooking the entirety of Cyrodiil. Using the power of Innocence, Gabranth beheaded the Argonian and tossed his corpse and head off the cliff. The corpse was never found. Later, Sasha gave birth to a Argonian child, who she named Nian, after a dagger she once found in an Ayleid ruin. Gabranth and Nian heavily disliked each other, and the two went their separate ways.
Gabranth remained in Cyrodiil, and continued his Judgeship, eventually fighting in the war between the Madness metal obsessed Madites, and the Amber-loving Amberites. He would later fall in love with an Amberite named Natasha, who turned out to be a spy. During the battle between the two factions, Natasha betrayed and killed Gabranth, trapping him in a old house with several explosive fire wards, which she set off. The entire section of the city exploded and collapsed into the water. He was never found among the ashes, only his blackened helm, which had the letters E-HO CA-E carved into the stone nearby, though the message was damaged.
Nian travelled to Skyrim. There she sired a single child known as Hymar Velenwud. She died a peaceful death in her home. Hymar gave two children, direct descendants of the Champion of Cyrodiil, and he named the girl Thalia, and the older brother Blueyes. Hymar died fighting in the Great War.
The two siblings would later find they play a part in Skyrim's future…along with another person. They would decide if they survived the next Era. This….is their story.