Eimile traveled down a lonely road with nothing but the grey sky, and expansive fields around her. Though the world around her was gloomy, it reminded her of the wilds of Wrothgar.
As much as Eimile loved Skyrim, she longed to go home to Jehanna. She wondered if her father still had the beautiful boat on the docks.
She then thought back to why she was here in the first place. She had decided all those years ago to seek her own fortune after a fight with her mother.
She was part of one of Jehanna's most elite families, the younger of a set of twins. Her twin brother would receive their father's wealth whenever he died, and she would marry whoever her father decided she would marry.
The trouble with that was that Eimile was never very lady-like, and none of the other young heirs of Jehanna wanted anything to do with her. No fancy parties or offers of gold could sway anyone to marry Eimile.
One day, someone finally listened and the governor visited Eimile's home with his youngest son. Eimile's father readily made the match without asking Eimile.
Eimile vehemently refused to marry someone she did not like. She tried to sabotage the match in a manner of ways, all ending up in failure.
One such attempt started a fight between her and her mother. The governor's son came to train swords with her brother to better earn her favor.
It turned out that it was not her brother in the armor after training. It was her. Her mother grabbed her by the hair and brought her inside.
"You are shaming this family with your inexcusable behavior!" shrieked her mother.
Eimile snapped, "I don't care. I will keep this up until you promise not to marry me to that man."
Her mother snarled, "You can break off this engagement or be recognized as my daughter."
Eimile shrugged, "Easy choice."
That night, she put on her armor from earlier, and rode off.
After weeks of being lost, a man called Correlc told her to follow him as he was on his way to Skyrim.
They robbed one house near the border to Skyrim and killed the family there. They celebrated their victory as the corpses lay on the floor in pools of blood.
They looked through the house for any gold or items they missed when they happened upon the bedroom.
Correlc asked, "Want to celebrate a little more?"
Eimile shook her head and answered, "No. I'm drunk, and I think of you as a friend and mentor more than anything else."
Correlc replied, "No hard feelings. I'm going into town for a drink."
Eimile nodded and went to bed.
She awoke to the sounds of shouting men. She stood to fight them, but one man knocked her out with the handle of his sword and took her away in irons. Correlc had betrayed her to the Imperials.
When she came to, she was among other men in irons, including Ulfric Stormcloak, whom she had heard her parents talking about at one point in the past.
When she arrived in Helgen, she was not on the list to be executed, but was sentenced to death like everyone else.
That same day, a dragon devastated Helgen, allowing her to escape.
With some guidance from a kind man called Hadvar, she was able to go off on her own to do as she pleased in Skyrim.
She made her way to Whiterun after following Hadvar to Riverwood to collect supplies.
There, she had to report to the Jarl about the dragon she had seen in Helgen, and she had helped his wizard get the Dragonstone to help look for more dragons.
In the process, she learned a word of power, which she did not pay any mind to until her first real battle with a dragon.
After it had died, a white light circled her, and many people bowed to her, calling her the Dragonborn.
This realization meant she had to go to High Hrothgar to learn more about her abilities.
After learning more shouts and passing tests thrown at her by the Greybeards, she had to retrieve the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller.
On her way to find it, she picked up a battle axe from a draugur she had killed. She swung it a few times and decided that no other weapon would be as good as the axe and took it with her.
She soon discovered that this horn was apparently stolen by someone called Delphine, which meant extra travel as she had to go to Riverwood, then back to High Hrothgar to return the horn.
After that whole nightmare, Eimile decided to go off on her own. She passed through a town, and a guard there suggested that she go to Windhelm to join the Stormcloaks.
She heeded his advice, and soon enough Galmar Stone-Fist gave her the first orders, which were to kill an ice wraith.
She laughed, "A few smacks with my axe will do," and marched off to the Serpent Stone.
Soon enough, she had returned victorious and was initiated into the Stormcloaks. She was immediately sent off to a hold to take it back from the imperials.
As she continued in battles, she earned much respect and gold from Ulfric, earning the name Storm-Blade when they took on Solitude.
As Eimile, Ulfric, and Galmar marched in to meet Tullius, Ulfric permitted her to kill his enemy, which she did.
After this war ended, she walked away from it all, somehow ending up in Riverwood.
This reunited her with Delphine, who urged her to help her find out why dragons were coming back after killing Sahloknir, another dragon.
This eventually meant that Eimile would have to retrieve Esbern from Riften alone. She was more than glad to be away from Delphine.
When she arrived in town, she caught the eye of a handsome man. He came to her and introduced himself.
He smiled, "Hey there lass, I'm Brynjolf. What brings you here to Riften?"
Eimile answered, "I'm looking for a man named Esbern."
He nodded and said, "I might know him. I'll give you some information if you help me out."
Eimile helped him plant some evidence on someone in the marketplace, and her skills piqued his interest even more.
Brynjolf invited her to join the Thieves Guild, though some were not as welcoming as he was.
One man came up to Eimile after she joined the Guild and said, "Another one of Brynjolf's protégés, eh? Don't look like much to me."
A few others looked down upon her because of Brynjolf's tendency to bring random people into the guild.
She proved her worth again and again, and Mercer the guildmaster took notice. He sent her on missions to find out information on an anonymous enemy the guild had.
This enemy turned out to be an old member called Karliah. She apparently killed the last guildmaster and wanted to kill Mercer as well.
Mercer invited Eimile to track down Karliah with him. They entered a sanctum where Karliah was hiding.
Once inside, Mercer shot Eimile with a poison arrow and stabbed her, promising to give Brynjolf her regards.
Before Eimile blacked out, she discovered that it was Mercer that killed Gallus and he planned to do much worse than what he had already done.
When she awoke, Karliah revealed that she had been caring for her. She gave Eimile more information on what Mercer had done.
"We have to tell Brynjolf about this," said Karliah, as she held her hand out to Eimile. The two made it back to the Ragged Flagon.
Eimile entered with Karliah, but everyone drew their weapons at the women, including Brynjolf.
Eimile quickly explained what was going on. Brynjolf sighed with relief that Eimile and Karliah were innocent.
He embraced Eimile saying, "I couldn't believe my ears when he told us what you apparently did, lass. I'm so glad he was wrong."
Eimile responded, "I'm capable of worse, but I couldn't betray you, after all the kindness you've shown me."
Brynjolf kissed her forehead gently and said, "Don't leave my side again, lass."
They continued on to become nightingales and eventually they killed Mercer together. When they returned from that fight hand in hand, everyone generally accepted that Brynjolf and Eimile were in love.
Eimile then shook her head sadly. She wondered why she agreed to leave that comfortable life for this mission.
She knew she swore an oath to protect her king long ago, but at what cost? She did not want to be away from Brynjolf and her guild, but she knew that Skyrim, which included Riften would not be safe if she did not follow orders.