Shadowstep: Dead and Hating It

by Mister Buch

Selected entries from the diary of Booch Mishtar, Cyrodiil's most irritable adventurer. Chronicling his rise to mediocrity in the Dark Brotherhood and his transformation into Cyrodiil's most irritable vampire.

4. Of Bloom and of Blood

Shadowstep: Dead and Hating It

Being a series of excerpts from the Diary of Booch Mishtar (aka Shadowstep), the famed Dunmeri hero who insists he taught Martin Septim 'everything he knew' about transforming into a giant dragon.

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Part the Fourth,

Of Bloom and of Blood

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19th Frostfall,

Here is what I know about Cyrodiilic vampires.

One – they all look like old men, even the women.

Two – They live in caves and sleep on the floor.

Three – They're vulnerable to fire, even more so than ordinary humans and Bosmer.

Four – They decorate their caves with hanging corpses.

Five – They scream like girls when you kill them.

As you can imagine I am not happy about becoming a vampire.

As I write this I am waiting for Valtieri to return, so that I may politely ask him why he got me drunk and turned me into a vampire, and what is to be done about it.

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20th Frostfall,

I won't go into details, but I have been banished from the Sanctuary. Also in an unsurprising turn of events, I have apparently invoked the wrath of Sithis. Quaking in my leather boots.

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20th Frostfall, additional

And he screamed like a girl.