"Ash, I have a contract for you," said Nazir, his voice had grown impatient with Ash over the years he had spent with him.
"Okay, what is it?" Ash asked.
"Go to Riften and kill Balimund,"
"Why? what's he done?" Ash asked though both Nazir and everyone in the sanctuary knew he would kill for free if given a target.
"As if you need a reason, Ash, now go!" Nazir had learnt that the only way to deal with him was to be harsh sometimes.
Ash trudged up the stairs, he was hoping that he would be able to escape the sanctuary without alerting his mother.
Astrid had grown old and deaf over the years so it made it easier for him to sneak past her when she was staring down on the table and planning a new attack.
Ash was able to sneak past Astrid easily enough and he left the black door behind him as he pulled up his hood. He walked over to the pool and summoned ShadowMere.
Ash had been given ownership to the steed after both his mother and father had grown too old to ride the horse.
He shivered under the light armour and pulled his hood further over his ears. Ash began to make his was down the road to Riften and into the city gates. He jumped off the horse before pushing open the heavy steels gates and heading off to kill yet another
victim...