To show you that I haven't forgotten you, I leave you with this teaser of what is to come. I will continue hopefully in June when I'm more available. We pick up right where we left off.
I watched as my unit was demolished. Our commander charged at the attacker, the moonlight shinning off of his steel imperial armor. Our attacker saw him coming, his long ebony blade swung low and fast. The blade went through the commander's leg, splitting his armor like it was paper. The commander's momentum carried him past the attacker. The ebony blade came down and pinned the commander's chest to the ground. I had no idea who this strange man was, just that he was single handedly wiping out one of the Empire's best units. He pulled his sword out of the commander and stood tall, bodies of my comrades strewn about his feet. He was wearing steel plated armor that we hadn't even scratched, a helmet that covered his full face and had two long horns. It reminded me of the Daedra. He had multiple rings on his fingers and he was carrying a two handed ebony sword that glowed red when he struck an opponent. He had me petrified. I saw my last remaining comrade leap from his hiding place, sword drawn. The man's hand shot into the air and my comrade stopped in mid air, he had a faint glow about him. Great, this monster knows magic too.
"You waited for an opportune moment." The man's voice boomed from behind the masque. (correct spelling). "You watched idly a I slaughtered your unit, trying to save yourself." His head turned to the suspended soldier. "Well done." I could hear the smile on his voice. "You couldn't have known I use magic, if I didn't, you might have succeeded." He raised his blade and pointed it at me. "If I didn't need him to see this, I might have spared you." Suddenly the soldier shot into the air. The man shot a fireball into the air and I watched as the soldier collided with the spell. There was a huge explosion and then he was gone. The monster, for that is what he must have been, turned his attention to me. I tried to move but saw that the ice covering my body had not thawed. Before the battle commenced, the monster froze me in ice with his voice. He now tapped the ice with his sword and it all fell away. I fell to my knees at his feet, helpless to escape. I raised my head and looked into the emotionless eyes of the masque.
"Why?" was all I managed to say.
"For one simple reason." He said as he drew a small, three pointed dagger and knelt in front of me. "I needed you to see this."
"Why me?" I asked. Again I could almost feel his smirk.
"Not you," he chuckled, and pointed a finger at my eye. "Her, the Nord woman that will be watching this through your eyes tonight." I had no idea what he was talking about. "If you'll excuse me?" he asked before, supposedly addressing the Nord woman. "Lydia, tell Malachi that I am in fact not dead, and that I'm coming for him." He raised the blade to my throat and stopped as if remembering something. "By the way, the name is Freylock. Don't forget it." Then he slit my throat and it all went dark.
I shot up in the sleeping roll. I placed my hand down where he was, searching for him. He wasn't there. I looked around frantically before I spotted him perched on a rock, surveying the road ahead. Malachi seemed to notice that I was up and hurried over to me.
"Good morning." He said cheerfully, but when he saw my face his smile dropped and he rushed to my side. In a moment, his hands were on my shoulders and he was giving me a concerned look. "Lydia, what's the matter?" I couldn't help it, I pulled him into a hug and allowed a few drops to escape my eyes. It felt good to hold him close after that dream, or rather message. After a few moments he pulled back and repeated his question. "What happened?" I was silent for a minute, wondering if it was truly a message or a horrid dream.
"Nothing." I told him after a minute, "Just a bad dream, nothing to worry about." He seemed to buy that. Besides I'm sure it was true. Nothing to worry about.
Well, what do you think of Lydia's dream, or more importantly, the mysterious Freylock? Lydia and the Dragonborn will return June 2013