The days had gone by slowly after the guild had pushed back the forces of Oblivion.

"Hericia, how did you manage to lead the Blackwood Company?" Raziel asked.

"Well, I was going hunting and came across a group of deer. I was down wind and they were looking away . Then, through the brush I heard a loud noise. Deer heard it too. I raised my bow and shot four arrows. I hit three of the deer in the group and then a bear came through the brush. I shot instantly at the bear with two arrows. One went towards it's heart and the other went towards it's head. It dropped instantly," explained Hericia.

"That still..."

"Don't interupt me if you want to hear it, cause I'm not finished yet. The bear was being chased by a group of archers. They were on a little quest for a farmer. You see the bear had been killing off his sheep and he set up a bill with the Blackwood Company."

"I seen the bear go this way."

When they came into the clearing they had seen the three deer and the bear.

"Who killed it?" asked the leader of the group.

"It was me. I heard the bear coming through the brush so I quickly shot four arrows and got two of the deer. Then I shot the bear thinking my hunt was in danger."

"That bear was a quest that our master sent us on. The one who killed it was going to be promoted. You should come with us. We will bring your kill."

I followed them to Leyawiin. This was where their guild was centered at. When we got there the Master Kinold was waiting with open arms.

"So who has killed..." He trailed off.

"It was an outsider who killed the bear Master Kinold. He agreed to come here with us."

"Oh, okay where is he."

"I am right here sir. I killed two deer and then saw the bear through some bushes and thought he was going for my deer. So I shot."

"Well if thats the case then I think you are able to become a member of the Blackwood Company." said Kinold.

"I will if you have any openings. I'm kind of flat broke so I could use the money."

"Okay so you killed a nusence bear and you got into the Blackwood Company. But that still doesn't explain..." said Raziel.

"You don't know how to shut your mouth do you. As I was saying the rank these guys were hunting the bear for was the Expert Sniper rank. So naturaly thats the rank that I started as. Then a year later with the same status I became the leader of Blackwood Company.

This all happened because of a rotten Hisp Tree that they smuggeled into Cyridiil. This made you hallucinate. On one mission I went on I had a vial of this Hisp syrup. I went down to the small little village and it had a goblin infestation. I killed all the goblins and returned to the Company hall. The next day I went back down to the village and found that I had not killed just goblins, but I had killed all the residents in the village. After that horrific sight I went back to the hall and adressed Master Kinold about the present events.

"Master, what was that sap you gave to me before I went on that quest?" I asked.

"It was Hisp sap. Why?"

"I went back down to the village that I was suppose to have saved and everybody was dead. They were killed by my sword. What do you know about the Hisp sap? Where did you get it?"

"I got it from some new recruits about a month ago. They told that it gave men strength and stamina. I didn't know that it made people hallucinate. Go down to the book store and buy a book on hisp trees with the companies money."

I went down there and found the book easily. I brought it back to the company hall and gave the Master the book. He read it quickly and found that rotten Hisp sap makes you hallucinate.

"Where is this new recruit at? I will go and bring him back."

"He is in Bruma and is fighting some ogres. Take any bottle of sap you find and despose of them"

On my way up to Bruma I ran into some of our younger and more reckless members.

"Hello there. I was sent here by Master Kinold to collect hisp sap from all our members. People who don't listen to him will be burned."

"We have some," he said. He went digging around in his pack and brought out four vials of it. "Here, we don't want any trouble."

I took them then asked, "Have you seen one of our new recruits? He was supose to have gone to Bruma to fight an ogre."

"No sorry."

They left going the way I had come from and I went the way they had come. That night I bunked down by a bridge, and got my fire going and my tent up. When I finally became motivated I made me some stew. Then after I had finished my supper I went to bed.

The next morning I headed north again and by seven I had reach an intersection just south of Bruma. I decided I would set up camp here this way I had energy for the confrontation, and the journey home. As soon as I put my tent up I went to gather some firewood. When I got back I found that someone set up camp right next to me.

There were three tents but four men. Two were Orcs, one was an Imperial, and the other was a Woodelf. The orcs had left for more wood as I strode into camp. When I walked to my tent the Imperial and Woodelf had looked up.

"Hello, I am Wheatsha," said the woodelf, "This is Ponchic. We seen your tent and thought you might like some company for te night."

"I am Hericia. Thank you for the company, but may I ask if you have any hisp sap?"

"Yes, we have six bottles. We keep them handy just in case we need them. Why do you want to know?"

"The hisp sap that we have been making has been making people hullucinate and kill innicent people. The Master has sent me out to find the recruit that brought the hisp tree here and bring him back. Along with the disposal of all hisp bottles."

"Well then I will see that these bottles get dumped out. Orders sent by the Master himself."

He went behind the tent and dumped the hisp bottles out. When he came back they were empty and the orcs were coming back into camp.

"Jack-Pet, Box-Draw, our friend is back from gathering firewood."said Ponchic.

"I don't think we have been properly introduced? I am Jack-Pet, and this is my cousin Box-Draw. Our family has been slaves for years and when our master died we inherited his estate. We are proud of our heritage but not of our masters." said Jack-Pet.

"I am Hericia, expert sniper. Our Master's right-hand man. I do his bidding for whatever he wants me to do as long as it is in the conifines of our creed."

Back to the present. "So let me get this straight you had friends? I accually thought you only had friends with money not just the poor people inside your guild." Raziel said.

"Well as I was saying, they asked me how the road was to get to Bruma and I had told them it was quite peacefull. Nothing will stop me from my mission. I will be leaving in the morning, though. What are you guys planning on doing?"

"We are heading back to the guild house in Leyawiin. We would go with you but we have just completed a mission sent to us by our master."

A couple hours later I went to bed. I was getting up early in the morning and had planned to have my tent packed up before they were awake.

When I awoke I took my tent down in two minutes. As soon as it was down I headed back on course to Bruma. It took me about one day to get to Bruma after I had rested at the camp. When I got to Bruma I asked the gaurds if there was any Blackwood Company men up here. He said that he was heading up to the cave just south of the front gate. I headed there and found him standing over a recently killed ogre.

"Are you the new recruit that brought the hisp tree in the guild? If so I have been sent here to take you back to the guild master." I said.

"I am but I am not going with you. You are not going to ruin all that I have worked so hard to accomplish. If you want to take me in then you will take me in dead. But the thing is is I know the truth about the hisp tree."

"What are you talking about? You know the truth? Tell me or I will silence you right here."

"The guild master is my uncle. He asked me to send him a hisp tree to bolster his mens moral. So I made some demands. One, was I get a place in the Company. Two, I get a high rank within the company to where I can do whatever I want."

"Enough, I will end this trail of lies."

I swung at him hitting his shoulder. He pulled his shield up to block my next two attacks. When he got his sword into attacking position I ran a ways back. When I felt I was far enough away I turned and unslung my bow, knocked an arrow and shot him in his chest. He stop in his tracts and looked at the wound. He looked up at me and said, " that was a clever shot. I now see why my uncle held you in such esteem." With that he fell to the ground pushing the arrow all the way through his chest.

I got a horse to go back to Leyawiin and rested in the Water's Edge Inn in Bravil. The next day I would be back at my master's side to question him. When I woke up that morning I put a knife under my arm sleeve and put an arrow in my leggings. Then I headed towards Leyawiin.

When I arrived many of the people who treated me well looked at me like a ghost. I stoped at the guild house and walked into the door. Kinold was there waiting, but not for me.

"Wh-wh-what are you doing here? You are supposed to be dead. My nephew what did you do to him?"

"Master I killed him. And now, I have some questions for you. Are you the one who ordered the hisp tree to be brought into the guild house?"

"Yes, but you will not stop me I will die like my nephew to keep my dream alive."

He swung at me from where he was standing and a knife flew throught the air at me. I ducked and the knife stuck into the door behind me. When I looked up he was charging me. I brought out my knife I had under my sleeve and thrust it into his waist. He staggered backwards then charged toward one of the display cases. Inside was the guild sword. He grabbed it and came back into the fight. He swung it at my head and I brought out chillrend. After I blocked it I stabbed him in the kidney area puncturing him deeply. He staggered again and I took a swing at his head. The next thing I knew was that he was on the floor beheaded.

After the confrontation with the guild master some of the guild members had arrived, including the four from the camp.

"What is going on in here?" ask Ponchic.

"The guild master has violated the creed of the company. Now the company is no more and I will burn the guild hall as the result."

"No, you will not. You, in every right, are the new guild master. If you want you could set the guild straight again and lead it justfully."

"I joined to have a job, not to become someone of importance. If that is what the guild wants I will take the spot let empty by our master's foolishness."

That night the guild ordered all the leaders to send a vote to Leyawiin on their new guild master. It was uncontested that I, Hericia, was to be the new guild master.

"And that was that. I burned the guild hall and we started all over again."

"That is very interesting. Mine is a little different."