I was cutting this one close tonight but other things had my attention but Please enjoy the next installment!

During the walk to Whiterun I contemplated my surroundings and thought the best course of action in the future would be camouflage, though I would have to make cloaks for each area of Skyrim and that was going to take quite some traveling, perhaps I could find a way to travel quickly after I stop at Whiterun I thought to myself. The walk was fairly quiet, the short distance between Whiterun and Riverwood was all main road and I suspect it was patrolled daily; I found myself day dreaming and looked up at the sky admiring the weather, anything that could take my mind off the cold feeling up my spine from before I left. I stopped at a farm to sit on the wall and study my map and placed one of the thinner marked papers over top and there it was, the source was marked as a temple named Morwitijaal though it didn't explain the other feeling that came before the one of impending death.

I put the map and marking paper away and continued on hearing fighting in the distance, for safety I pulled the bow off my shoulder and readied an arrow. There were some folks fighting a giant and it looked like it was winning, I took a deep breath and knelt to the ground and took aim I loosed the drawn arrow and it sailed across the way directly into the skull of the giant, it sent the beast tumbling to the ground and the people fighting it all looked at each other puzzled. I walked up to reclaim the arrow if I could since I didn't want to waste any but was stopped by a woman who had face paint of claw marks going across her face "You are a pretty sure shot with that bow, though we had the beast under control." She had said and all I could think was how full of herself she was when I looked at the rest of her traveling company battered and exhausted "Yeah, I just recently figured out how well my shot was, I guess you could say it's learning while under pressure right?" I had joked to at least bring a smile to her face for crying out loud she looked as stoic as the statues of Talos I had crossed on my way to Skyrim.

The woman only stared me down and shrugged "Well in any case thank you, if you ever think of joining a real cause go see Kodlak at Jorrvaskr to join the companions friend." She had said before they all walked toward town, I rolled my eyes and picked up the pace to the town myself, I wasn't going to get anything done for myself delaying my arrival to the Jarl. It wasn't hard to notice I had quickly passed the traveling troop of bruises and dented armor where that same woman looked astonished that just my jogging was like I was at a full sprint, I had always been quite agile and my strides were fast I could cover double the ground of a common man in less than half the time. Upon reaching the Whiterun gate a guard put his arm against my chest plate and stopped me though I had nearly knocked him over because of my momentum, "Stop! city is closed under order of the Jarl, what brings you here stranger?" The guard had questioned, I couldn't see his face through his helmet but he seemed fully uninterested.

"I'm here to ask for Riverwood's aid in case of a dragon attack, and I have news of an attack at I think it was called Helgan." I had started when he let go "Right this way, head to the largest building in town and double time it, the Jarl will want to hear about the dragon attack, we were told to alert the housecarl if we spotted any more." The guard had said quickly opening the gate and pointing me to a large building at the top of the town hill. "Thank you, I'm on quite a short amount of time I can't stay long before I have to head south of Riverwood." I had explained as quick as I could the guard nodded and let me through, I didn't high tail it up to the keep but I did move fast the guards all moved out of the way sensing there was not time for me to stop. Once I had gotten into the keep I walked up the stairs and was stopped by a dark elf "Halt! What is the meaning of this? I thought the guards weren't suppose to let anyone new into town." she had said with her sword drawn, had I only had half a brain I would have drawn mine as well just to teach her a lesson about getting feisty with someone like me but I kept my cool "I need to speak to the Jarl, Riverwood calls for aid." I had explained quickly her stance relaxed and she put away her iron made sword. "Well that explains why the guards let you in, step to the Jarl he'll want to speak to you personally then." She had explained motioning her hand towards the throne at the top of the stairs.

I climbed the stairs to see a bearded man talking to some poor sap of an underling "who's this then?" the Jarl said "This woman informed me about Riverwood's calls, We're right in assuming we saw a Dragon over the skies." the dark elf said, "So you saw this dragon causing a stir in the people?" The Jarl asked me looking me over puzzled as if he knew who I was or what I was I kept a mental note of his reaction to seeing me. "Yes, I had a clear view of that blasted beast while the legion was about to rid me of my head at Helgan." I had said as if I had hissed the very words "Well you're sure honest about your criminal past, no matter I can overlook it right now, Riverwood is in most danger then." The Jarl had said as he motioned to his housecarl to send troops there as quickly as possible she put her fist to her chest and bowed before departing the hall. "Now I'd like to thank you, but first we must speak to the court wizard Farengar about this Dragon problem, he's been working on something." The Jarl had said just before I could protest he was leading me to the room on the side, the very sight of the bookshelf nearly made me lose control as I drew my sword and hopped over the desk pushing the wizard against the wall "WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE BOOKS!" I had demanded, the guards moved quickly but didn't dare get near after they saw the emblem on my back had matched the thirty books that lined the shelf.

It was if time was at a standstill for everyone except for me and the wizard he stammered and tried to get out the words as I locked eyes with him, staring daggers of anger "T-T-They were retrieved from the surface rooms of several ruins across Skyrim, I sent men out to try and enter these ruins for the Dragonstone but we don't know where it is nor could we go deeper in these ruins, W-Why are they so important?" Farengar had said still afraid to say the wrong thing knowing it would be his end "They do not belong in the hands of anyone in Tamriel, I want you to pack them neatly for me by order if there are several books linked as a series, And I also want a map of all of the ruins you just mentioned you folk may not be able to enter but I can." I had demanded and instructed after letting go of the wizard, the guards stayed back at the order of the Jarl's hand "You're Hylian aren't you?" He had asked looking over me again. "Well now that the cats out of the bag for everyone in this room, Yes I am from a long forgotten line of The Hylian Royal Guard, My name is Kotera Kilyerd and I suspect since you're not throwing me in irons you have no protest into my orders?" I had asked turning to face the Jarl.

He only shook his head before he approached me "No, we do not intend to keep you from what belongs to you, I noticed what you were the second you hopped that table the emblem on the back of your armor matched, I've had people travel Skyrim in search for the Hylians we could give them to, but decided to let Farengar try to decipher the text and learn the spells for our use, forgive us Knight we do not mean offence to the old kingdom as we nords are familiar with the stories." the Jarl said bowing for forgiveness I sighed and relaxed a little "Well at least you're not the people trying to make my people extinct, this supposed Dragon Cult is to blame for half of it." I had said while walking to the books and picking one up to me the words were as clear as day, no ancient language just what I was taught when I was very little "Wait I thought you said you couldn't decipher these?" I had asked, they all looked around puzzled as if they didn't know what I was talking about. "We can't, the text is not a language familiar to anyone here, the old Hylian alphabets were lost to time two hundred years ago when it was first recorded of the fall by survivors that fled to Skyrim after the great quake supposedly signified the worlds of Nirn and Hyrule merged. do you mean to tell me you can read them?" the Jarl said as he walked behind me to look over my shoulder at the spell book for Hylian Force Energy was its subject.

I nodded my approval that I was fluent in Hylian language from the time I was little my father taught me both languages, I never knew Hylian was this important but he said it was for secret codes for fun and I just went along with it. "Yes I can read them clear as day what you have are all spell books and there's an Ocarina book as well apparently, I didn't know that instrument existed until I read some of the legends myself back home before my journey." I had explained "That's perfect, Do you think you can show us how to harness these powers to use them for this dragon menace?" Farengar had asked, I shook my head and pointed to a specific paragraph "Says here any Hylian spells can only be cast by those of the blood of the Goddess Hylia it would not work for anyone else that tried so I imagine that the spells are directly linked to the Hylian people and the Goddess." I had explained I heard one of the guards scoff "Don't let the Thalmor hear you talking about another Goddess, they'll throw you in irons just for fun." he had said but the Jarl quietly hushed the guard "Kotera was it? Do you think your blood is linked enough to try the one you're holding?" Farengar said I hadn't considered it but by Blood Of The Goddess I didn't exactly put it as Hylian blood alone.

I sighed and quickly studied how to perform the spell though I felt the energies going to my mind and a chill run down my body causing me to shudder, "I-I guess it's worth a try, but it says here this one is fairly dangerous to surroundings, there somewhere safe we can test this?" I had asked, Without a word I was led out to the balcony of Dragonsreach where the floor was completely stone and the walls reinforced. "This chamber is meant to trap a dragon in the old times, This should hold up against Hylian magic." The Jarl said, I breathed in deep and moved to the center of the room after letting Farengar hold the book, I closed my eyes and focused on the spell itself and felt energy quickly gathering at my core I opened my eyes and let out a yell and suddenly that energy dispersed across my body and the entire keep shook as if it were an earthquake, the stones about 10 meters around me pushed down deeper and some even lifted from their resting place as the energy flowed around me. After it settled I went to take a step and I realized just what it was, Speed and Strength multiplied by possibly thousands because just three steps I suddenly felt a rush of air and almost ran right into Farengar with how quickly I covered ground just from this burst, I realized this would be dangerous so I focused on bringing the energy back down and it vanished leaving looks of astonishment in the crowd around me, It seems like I was getting closer to killing Alduin after all.

We spent a little more time looking over the books that Farengar had kept in his possession most were just unrelated to any of the neighboring temples bound to Hyrule itself but were journal entries of the lost souls as well as minor spells but it didn't seem like there was anything of direct knowledge on where I should go to find out how to find every temple, I guess I was on my own there. "Alright seeing as how the rest are spell books in my own time I'll learn the spells and make notes on their effects to give to you Farengar, maybe through time you'll be able to use the magical energy you folks inherit to craft your own versions." I had said as I started putting the books into my pack before I was stopped "I actually have an easier solution for you, this will also help you with gaining the relics since you have such a small pack." Farengar said handing me an alteration book, I opened the book and the spell seemed to meld into my mind as I flipped through the pages it was a mass storage spell that would allow me to transport anything I found to a small pocket world of my subconscious that I would have access to at any point in time.

"Thank you Farengar, this will be useful to me since I intend on collecting anything from old Hyrule, though I should get going the place in Falkreath isn't going to come to me." I had thanked him and started making my way out. "Here take both of these with you, open this first one in private the second is to the Dragon stone I'd like you to help us recover from bleakfalls barrow just adjacent to Riverwood." Farengar said, after handing me the first one he had a very concerned look on his face before handing me the details of the little mission he wanted to send me on when I had the time, I nodded stuffing the second away before bowing to the Jarl. "Thank you for the hospitality Jarl Balgruuf." I had said in an apology for the way I first acted "Think nothing of it, and do not worry no one outside the keep will know about you as a Hylian, and I will order guards that do know to recognize you and keep it all under wraps but they will help you with written information when ever they can." The Jarl had said giving orders to the captain of the guard who bowed and quickly left the keep.

I made my way out of the keep and moved to a secluded corner so I could read the first note which read: "I don't know how well you keep it a secret but please avoid any Thalmor agents on the road, if they catch wind of your declaration to Hylia they will capture you to interrogate if not just kill you, please be careful and burn this note after you've read it through." Farengar had wrote that to warn me? Smart man, though if there was someone listening in at the Keep, I'm sure I'm already screwed in that regard, I tossed the note into one of the open fires that lit the path to the keep the guard only nodded his acknowledgement of what I was up to for that and I set about out of the town towards Riverwood again.

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