Hello, Suilebhan here. This story focuses on Ignis, a fifteen year old teen thrown into a conflict over the rule of Skyrim, and will discover the truth held within the stories of her lineage, while overcoming the need to disguise her gender because of a traumatic event in her past.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Skyrim, or any of the characters that are part of the game. Those all belong to Bethsoft and Zenimax. I do, however, own Ignis, as she is my own creation.
EDIT: I have rewritten the prologue and first chapter, so, yeah, please reread them if you have read the old versions. ~ 21/3/13
Falkreath Hold, 15th of Rain's Hand, 197 4E.
As the sun was descending slowly behind the mountains of the Reach, a young girl, about eleven years of age, awoke, coughing. She opened her eyes, but saw nothing. "You're blind," she heard an elderly woman say, approaching from behind her. "I did what I could, but there are somethings even I am not capable of doing." The woman told the girl, looking down at her. "I'm sorry, but you will have to learn to live without your natural sight. I can teach you what I know of the old magics, that the wise women once used to see after they lost their sight."
The teen girl nodded, struggling to stand. "You will have to work hard to recover, and to become strong enough to survive in this world." The woman stood still, not helping the recently blinded girl to her feet. "I shall allow you one month to recover your strength, then, if I deem you worthy, I shall train you." The elder informed the young girl. "Return here on the 15th of Second Seed, and I will view you worthy of receiving my lessons, young one. Now then, be gone." The woman hit her staff upon the floor twice, and the young girl was suddenly a short ways away from the town of Falkreath.
For a month, the young girl trained, striving to survive as best as she could without her sight. She scrounged for food from the locals when she was unable to find herbs to sustain herself in the forest, and relied on a mostly plant diet, rarely eating meat, as she found herself reluctant to actually kill animals, when she was able to actually catch them. Occasionally, she would eat rabbit, but only if she found one already dead, likely killed by someone with little care for life. In the day time, she practiced the few magic spells she was taught by her mother as a child before the woman had passed during the girl's seventh winter. She would freeze a small pond a short distance away from the town, then melt it with fire, finishing up by jolting the water with electricity.
The girl recovered significantly from her burns, although she was still unable to see. Eventually, she started to come to terms with the fact that she would be unable to see, she just hoped that the woman in the forest would be able to teach her a new way to see. When the time came, the girl left into the forest, searching for the woman's sanctuary again. After some time, the girl came across a ruined structure hidden away within the woods, and entered, feeling a strange presence within. The found herself surrounded by natives who did not seem to like her intrusion into their land, but did not attack as a powerful presence entered the room. "That's enough, kinsmen. This girl has proven herself just by surviving, let alone finding this place. It would not be fair to harm her now, and it would likely be worse for you than for her." The woman addressed the Forsworn, who retreated deeper into the ruin. The elder turned to the girl. "So then, what was it that drove you to survive? What helped you strive to find me?"
"Fire." The girl replied. "The fire that burns within me. The fires that consumed my body and fill me now with anger, toward myself and my attackers."
"So then that shall be your name." The elder declared. "Ignis: fire in the old Colovian tongue, a fitting name for you. Come then, and learn the arts of my people." The woman beckoned the young girl to follow her into the ruin, and the whelp followed behind eagerly, desiring her training to happen as quick as possible.
So, I decided to make a different start for Ignis's story, because I don't want Ignis to go through the regular channels of becoming the Dragonborn, since it is somewhat to... formulaic. I am sort of sad that the prologue is really short now, but I can't really go into too much more detail without spoiling things that are going to be revealed later. Oh well... Please review, as I really feel as though I need the criticism for this (but please make it actual helpful criticism, not flaming).