Things were going smoothly. The people he protected were now able to look after themselves. His apprentices were doing great work and the farm were already producing food. It was surprising to see how fast things grew here.

He saw them plant the seed a few days ago and it was already coming out of the soil. The being that made this world, or modified it either did care a lot about it's inhabitant or did not care to regulate the power of the land.

In just three month, the small group became a community. They went from a dozen people to a hundred and when he looked by the window he could see the children playing in the courtyard while the warrior were training and the civilian doing their jobs.

It was surprising to see a culture so similar to his while so different. They placed men and women on the same level and did not seem to care about role as much as the aesir did. He should have guessed it when he saw a woman as the leader of the warriors.

Also, e recently gave them his first order.

While he did not care how they spent their time or what they had their faith in, he made school for children and people that needed it obligatory. He wanted them to be able to read and write and be able to do some simple calculation. He made sure to establish some rules, while he found most of theirs relied on common sense, some were too backward for his taste.

As such, sacrifice or violence because of faith were forbidden.

Daro'ahni made sure to keep things running while his Huscarl always stood guard near him. It was amusing. He still remember when he had to kill those stupid elves that attacked the fort. They threw spell at his protection and kept spouting nonsense about the people here being heretic and whatnot.

They looked a lot like the dark elves.

A simple rain of fire took care of them. They were hardly worse any thought. When his helper told him about them, he expected wizard of high standard, not some common thug throwing spells of poor quality.

Anyway, his runes protected the fort as intended and he did not need to worry about future attack if it was the best they had.

It was the only notable event he could think of. There was also story of a dragonborn killing a dragon recently, a man with the soul of a dragon and the body of a warrior. It sounded more impressive than it was. While he never saw a drake here, he defeated a few of them back when he was exploring the nine realms.

The beast while very resistant were not invincible and if you prepared yourself, you could easily take care of them.

The moons were showing themselves, he did not see the day pass. He was about to go to sleep but he could feel a presence in his room. It was raw but felt like darkness. Not evil but neutral. As if darkness came to life.

"I heard of your race. Being of raw power able to shape reality. Worshipped by many but more in fear than awe. If I am right, you must be Nocturne. Pleasure to meet you."

If it was surprised to be seen or detected, it did not show it. it remained immobile, it's face hidden in the darkness. He could not see her only feel her presence.

"A pleasure."

He leaned on his seat and looked at her. If he had to guess, "it" was a "she". The voice gave him this much information. Her voice did not waver, as plain as possible.

"Could you explain why you are here?"

Usually, he would have casted a spell to protect himself or keep her from leaving but he did not want to initiate a fight here. He did not want to endanger the people that fed him and looked up to him. Based on the what he could sense from here, she would be hard to contain, harder to track.

"You are a mystery and I don't like mystery. Already my brothers and sisters are trying to find information about you. None could observe you and it took me considerable effort to bypass your protection."

It wasn't unexpected. Powerful being always searched for others powerful being. She seemed disinterested but he now knew better. She wanted to know what and who he was.

"I... see."

She disappeared as soon as she finished her sentence. He expected her to probe him but apparently she had other plan.

She was either really discrete or disinterested. Either way, she warned him and he could prepare for them. Sheogorath and Molag bal were the most dangerous but it did not mean other wouldn't try anything.

He would need to work on the runes, they would need massive power up. Maybe add something to keep the dragon from his fort? He would need to speak with his apprentices. They needed to prepare counter measure or at least be ready to flee if the daedra came in person.

He could fight them if needed but they stood no chance as they were.

XoX Windhelm XoX

It was worrying. Somehow, a new city appeared out of nowhere in his territory. He heard about it by chance when two of his guard spoke about it. Apparently this new city was led by a sorcerer with high power.

This city was still mysterious as no thief or spy managed to enter it. He tried to send some but they all failed to enter it. He had virtually no information on the man and this fort. His presence wasn't really a problem, the area they lived in was barren after all, but he needed to know if they were neutral , against or with him.

The good news tough, was that they were not the dominion ally. If the story were any thing to go by, the sorcerer killed them all when they attacked him.

He would need to call a meeting with all the Jarl. While they did not all agree about the empire, they still wished for skyrim to be relatively peaceful. They needed to decide what to do with this.

It looked like Skyrim would soon have a tenth city. It would be a good thing as the territory this old fort was situated was mostly abandoned and people rarely travelled because of the emptiness between the cities.

New border would need to be drawn and they would need to meet the man to officially "recognize" his rule and city.

XoX Domion PoV XoX

Those idiots, they had to attack him. She told them to approach with extreme caution. Whoever was this man, he was dangerous. Their position in skyrim was shaky enough, they did not need to make another powerful enemy.

When they ended the war, they were in a position of power but now, the human and other species were a lot more numerous while they had difficulty to buff their number. Having long life kept them from reproducing as fast as the human and even if they were more experienced, they were still mortal and loosing even one of their people was a heavy cost.

She know they were monsters in the way they dealt with the faiths of this country but she would not see another war because of some backward religion. The Nord wer the worst when they met them, spilling nonsense about acquiring godhood by killing for glory and fame. She knew they needed to forget about their old way but they were stubborn.

Because of her subordinate, she would need to meet this man in person. A show of good faith would maybe change his view about them.

It was difficult enough to keep her men in leash, she did not need to worry about something else.