Chapter 3
Somewhere Over the Pale
Kunnilzshun
He knew not what direction he should head in, only that he should move quickly. He said his farewells to Paarthurnax and to the other dragons and set off. Before he left Paarthurnax told him he should head towards the North. When he asked him why, Paarthurnax said that he had a gut feeling. It was good to know that he wasn't going on a wild goose chase.
He soared for many uneventful miles. As he traveled his mind also wandered. He thought of a great many things, the weakening of the dragons, the coming war, and his place in the potential war. His was distracting by a coughing spasm he had, or rather the smoke that caused the coughing. Underneath him he could see what appeared to be a house on fire. While he pondered what this could mean movement from the west caught his attraction. It seemed a large group of people were running away the house, but upon closer inspection he could tell they weren't running away, they were chasing. Kunnilzshun immediately flew after the pursuit. The lone runner appeared to be wearing robes, most likely a vigilant of Stendarr, and the pursuers were wearing an odd armor and had glowing glowing eyes. Vampires. Whatever Kunnilzshun could do he had to save the vigilant, who appeared to a Nord.
His first instinct was to dive bomb the vampires and burn them to death with his shout, however he could not risk burning the whole forest down. Luckily there was a clearing up ahead where he could confront them. The Nord was running out of breath but he had to keep running to gain separation from the ever advancing vampires. When they finally entered the clearing Kunnilzshun let the vampires get far enough in until retreating was no longer a option. Once Kunnilzshun thought the distance was right he landed in between the Nord and vampires.
The vampires, who were bewildered, shouted at him, "What are you doing here monster. This isn't your fight. This is between Molag Bal and Stendarr.
For an answer Kunnilzshun showed them the power of Akatosh, " YOL TOOR SHUL!" The vampires were dead before they hit the ground. It was almost disturbing how much he enjoyed killing the vampires. Almost. He turned around and spoke in the mortal tongue to the Nord that was cowering behind a medium-sized rock, "Do not worry, son of Skyrim, I am not here to harm you. Why were these spawn of Coldharbour chasing you?"
The Nord tentatively rose from the rock, "They are soldiers of the Daedra army. The Aedra and Daedra are going to fight if it isn't prevented. I don't know why they wanted to kill us that bad, our force wouldn't make a difference in a large scale battle."
"They were trying to undermine Stendarr's influence in the mortal world. Think about it, you are now the only true connection he has with Mundus." The vigilant just sat their in silence so Kunnilzshun continued, "Anyway... I'm also a recruit of the war, as are you, but we fight for the Aedra. I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm trying to find..."
Kunnilzshun's speech was interrupted by an explosion from the sky. A beam of light come down to the ground and formed a ball of pure light. A miniature dragon of fire stepped from this light and announce itself, "Hello Kunnilzshun, my son, hello Brandr, my ally. I am Akatosh, chief deity of the nine divines. I know this is not my normal form, but it was all I could muster, times are trying. Since you two have finally been joined together I have a mission for you. My son, the dragonborn, is the "blade" that both of you are searching for. He is in grave danger. The Thalmor have aligned themselves with the Daedra and are on route to kill the dragonborn. I need you two to travel to Falkreath Hold. In the forest you find a small cabin where he had decided to live for the past year. Once you save him, explain the situation to him, I trust he will know the right steps to take. Do not fail me, all of our lives depend on you. Good luck. And one more thing... smile, this is exciting." And with that Akatosh left, not allowing either Kunnilzshun or Brandr to say something.
Kunnilzshun spoke first, "Well I guess we know where to go."
"I guess we do." Brandr laughed nervously after he spoke. It sounded my like a whimper. At least he was trying to take Akatosh's advice.
