Tolgalf was returning to Skyrim from a visit to his brother in the Imperial city his brother Molgalf had been celebrating his 29th birthday. Tolgalf was always the younger brother though he was six inches taller and was far more muscular than most would believe to be possible, especially since he was only 19. Tolgalf hand long black hair and beard, the beard was so long it put the Greybeard's to shame.

Tolgalf was almost at his family's farm when he saw smoke rising from that direction. He rushed to the farm as quickly as he could only to have his heart broken. There was nothing more than ash.

Tolgalf spent hours just sitting on the ground weeping, his father, his mother and sister all dead. He went to search for remnants of their bodies In the ash only to discover a specific pattern, it was that of Eastmarch, a bear the same symbol used by the Stormcloaks, those rebelling against the Empire led by the man they were named after, Ulfric Stormcloak the Jarl of Windhelm capital of Eastmarch. Tolgalf began to follow some tracks he found.

Days past, but he finally caught up to the Stormcloaks at a place near as Darkwater Crossing, they had just begun to march. Tolgalf was a mage, a fact he kept hidden from his family, but was going to avenge them with it now. Following right behind the Stormcloaks he was about to unleash his spells on them as they walked into and Imperial ambush. The Stormcloaks were ready to fight, but Ulfric ordered them to stand down admitting defeat. Tolgalf was mistaken by the Imperials to be a Stormcloak and was arrested with them.

They were all bound and Ulfric gagged and were placed on carts. It took several days for them to reach their destination, Helgen. Tolgalf had been taking a nap for a while when he woke up a blonde nord dressed in Stormcloak armor started talking to him.

"Hey your finally awake you were that one the nabbed right behind us right? So were you going to try and join are fight to free ourselves from Tyranny?" he asked.

"My name is Tolgalf, tell me yours and I'll answer your question." Tolgalf ordered.

"Ralof"

"Ralof, I was there for revenge. You Stormcloaks murdered my parents and my sister and burnt our farm and I just hope a get to watch all of your heads roll from the block even if I to share your fate."

"Hah, boy your parents wouldn't give us food or shelter"

"It was there choice not to, and you Stormcloaks only made their lives more difficult that could barely get to the market to sale their crops. You bastards also didn't have to kill my sister she was only 14 years old!"

"General Tullius the headsman is waiting!" came from a soldier in Helgen.

As they came into the town Ralof took notice to Elenwen, the Thalmor Ambassador to Skyrim.

"Damn elves, I bet they had something to do with this" Ralof said.

"I doubt it; they gain nothing from this war ending." Tolgalf said.

As the prisoners were lining up to the block a roar filled the sky, but everyone continued as if it were nothing.

"Step up to the block as your name is called" General Tullius said.

"Calder, housecarl of Windhelm"

"My ancestors are smiling at me Imperials, can you say the same?" Calder asked as the headsman brought his axe down, dislodging Calder's head.

"Next, Tolgalf of Whiterun hold" Tullius called.

Another loud roar rang across the sky, again it was ignored but fear was evident in the eyes of many of the soldiers. Tolgalf stepped up to the block prepared for his fate, though disappointed that he didn't get to see Ulfric's head roll. As the headsman raised his axe a dragon black as night landed on the tower behind him, the force causing him to stumble over.

" Fus Ro Dah" the dragon said causing a strong pushing force causing several soldiers to fall over. All of the prisoners took advantage running into towers trying to escape. Tolgalf took advantage himself running into a tower nearby ignoring Ralof and Ulfric and jumping through a hole in the tower to a destroyed inn and onto the ground. The dragon landed right in his way and in front of a kid. Thinking quickly he grabbed the kid and sprinted out of the dragons way as it prepared to blast them away with fire. When they were behind cover Tolgalf saw a soldier and an old man.

"Thank you prisoner. Gunner, take care of the boy. Prisoner stay close to me if you don't want that thing to kill you" the soldier said.

As the two ran through Helgen the close in on yet another tower with two entrances, soldiers were being killed all around by the dragon.

"Hadvar into the keep soldier we're leaving" General Tullius ordered to the soldier with Tolgalf.

As they were headed toward the keep Ralof showed up unbound holding an axe.

"Ralof you damn traitor! Get oughta my way."

"We're escaping Hadvar, your not stopping us this time."

Each went towards a door and urged Tolgalf to go with them though the choice was obvious for him. As he headed toward Hadvar he heard a shriek from the other direction. Turning he saw the dragon grabbing Ralof in its jaws. After seeing this, the two dove into the tower and slammed the door behind them.

"That was rather gruesome" Tolgalf commented, slightly amused.

"Was that really a dragon, the bringers of the end times?" Hadvar asked. "Come here, and let me get those bindings off."

Tolgalf grabbed himself a sword off a rack and the two proceeded into the keep. Every now and then they encountered some stormcloaks that would be killed by a sword through the chest or some lightning bolts from Tolgalf while Hadvar stuck to his sword and bow. When they finally got out, the dragon was flying away and luckily, didn't notice them.

"You know the legion is always looking for strong capable warriors we could really use someone like you."

"I'll get to kill Stormcloaks?"

"Yeah I guess so. You got a real bloodthirst for them don't you?"

"They killed my parents and little sister in cold blood and burned down our farm while I was visiting my brother."

"I'm sorry. Hey we're almost to Riverwood my uncle's the blacksmith I'm sure he'll help you out.

End Prologue

(Author's note: I apologize for any grammatical errors I missed when I went back and edited this. Thank you for reading and please review.) extra authors note: I got a review telling me to align these to the right, but I didnt find that option so I aligned it to the left if this causes more problems or makes it easier to read let me know.