4E, Fredas 20th Last Seed
"Kathinir!? Kathinir! Get up you stupid rug! You haven't finished the dishes from last night" yelled a voice into Kathinir's lifeless ear. "Mmph... Sorry Hulda..." moaned Kathinir lethargically. He was working in the Bannered Mare in Whiterun, and as you may have already guessed, he was the cleaner. He was far used to being called a rug and that he would be made into a cloak if he wasn't ready for when Hulda wanted. Hulda, by the way, owns the bannered mare, or should I say 'Owned'. It is now owned by Ysolda, but we will get to that later on.
Anyways, the work was boring, and hard, but provided just enough gold for Kathinir to survive, just. Occasionally when the barmaids were sick, he would be granted the privilege to take their place, meaning more gold.
However being made up of mostly Nords, the townsfolk would often complain that there were whiskers or hairs in their food and Kathinir would have to take it back and make another dish. To be honest, I remember whishing that one guy would go and contracted Bone Break Fever or something, pretty dark, I know.
After a long day's work rubbing a cloth around a cast iron pot, Kathinir saw the last inn-goers out, ironic huh, Hulda ushered his over to the to the bench opposite the bar. "Oh divines, this can't be good" he thought. "Listen, a shipment of Argonian Bloodwine is being delivered from Black Marsh. It has made it all the way to the Cyrodiilian border city of Bruma. If you go and pick it up from there and bring it here I will pay you double for the rest of your time here and…" before she could finish, Kathinir interrupted her, "triple, and you pay me a separate sum of say, 500 gold."
Hulda raised an eyebrow before speaking up, "Are you barking mad? You have to be joking right?!" Confidently, Kathinir replied. "You listen hear madam. Do you honestly think for one second, I am going to travel across the entirety of Skyrim to get some Bloodwine, for 100 Septims a week?" Hulda sat staring at Kathinir, like she had never seen a Khajiit before. "Fine, but you speak to me like that one more time, and I will make sure the Guards see to it you never set foot in this hold again, got that?" Kathinir nodded lazily and walked towards the door. Hulda spoke behind him, "You do know how to drive a carriage don't you?" before chuckling happily to herself.
4E, Loredas 21st Last Seed
The cart journey to the border was a long one. It had costed almost three weeks' worth of Kathinir's wages, but he just thought, once he was done, he would actually be able to not go to work for maybe five months. "I assume you have a permit with you, sir" explained the Carriage Driver, who surprised Kathinir, as he had forgotten he was there. "Err… yeah, I do" he replied. "Okay, I'll be off then, good day to you" "And you." Kathinir waited until the carriage driver was out of sight before stepping over the border into Cyrodiil.
The Driver's words repeated through his head, what was a permit? "Ah screw it" he spoke out loud to himself, what's the worst thing that could happen. No guards are here or anything anyway. Bruma was about an hour's walk from the border, it looked magnificent. The North Gate had two towers that overlooked the entrance, outside stood a statue of a warrior. "Magnificent, isn't it." A voice behind Kathinir spoke out of nowhere, "Oh yes, yes. Erm, who is it?" "That? You don't know?" Kathinir shook his head; the elf's face showed astonishment and shock, "That is the hero of the oblivion crisis; Caused by Mehrunes Dagon himself!" Kathinir shivered at the thought, and looked back at the statue, before the elf spoke again. "Are you here for the Argonian Bloodwine shipment to the Bannered Mare?" "Yes are you the one who drove it from Black Marsh?" asked Kathinir, "That's me! The wine's fresh as the ice in the sea of ghosts, she's all yours."
Kathinir nodded in acknowledgement before walking over to the carriage. Pulling it was a stark white horse, who was snorting in the nippy air of Last Seed.
He climbed up on the cart before a man said to him "Go easy on the reigns friend; she's a sassy one with one hell of an attitude." "It's nothing I can't hand…" but before Kathinir could finish, the steed set off into a canter, as if it understood what he said and wanted to test him. "Easy girl, I didn't mean anything of it." Just like that, the horse slowed, "Okay, that's weird."
Before long the Skyrim border came back into view but it looked different. There were men at the top and across it with two horse carriages. There were four men dressed in blueish clothing in one and in the other, was one man in blue, a man in ragged clothes and a man that looked like a Jarl from the way he was dressed. Kathinir continued on knowing he had nothing to fear.
Two of the men got off their horses and unsheathed their swords, "You there, show us your permit and state your cargo" shouted the broadest one. "It's Argonian Bloodwine sir for the Bannered Mare in Whiterun sir." Kathinir anxiously said. "And your permit?" the soldier stared at him as he could feel sweat building on his neck, "You should know Khajiit, that persons without a border permit, are not allowed to cross; otherwise they are committing a crime against the Empire. Now, show me your permit." 'Oh Great Kathinir, now you've done it.' The thought was tormenting him; "I don't have one sir." 'It couldn't be that bad, worst things worst, I'll have to pay a bounty.' "Then in the name of General Tullius and the Empire of Tamriel, you are hereby sentenced to death." The men with swords approached him, dragged him off the cart, and then, in the blink of an eye, blackness.
Hey Guys, here is the next chapter in Kathinir's adventure! I'm not currently aware of how many chapters this will be, but I currently have the next chapter ready and waiting! This may take a while to get into but i wanted it really to feel like a story, which is why i have written it from Kathinir's childhood. It is a lot harder than it may seem, and i have had to put a lot of time, effort and surprisingly research into this. But any way guys, hope you enjoyed, write a review (it will really help me and i would love to hear what you guys think about it and you might get a shoutout!) and stay tuned for the next one! ~TESStories