Skyrim truly is a beautiful place, I never really knew what was I missing all these years. Lucrowe sniffed the air as he slowly rode his horse down the marked roads that Brynjolf set up for him on his map.

"The air out here is so much better then in Riften." Lucrowe pulled his horse away near a river to take a rest. He sat down and got out a carrot for the horse.

"Here you go." He said as he pet it on the nose. He pulled out the map. "Looks like I still got a ways to go." Lucrowe relaxed for awhile until he heard some voices coming down the road. It was three soldiers dressed in red escorting an other man in rags

"Be quiet rebel, or I'll gut you myself right now!"

"Go ahead you empire priss you're taking me to be executed anyway." Lucrowe looked right at them.

"Nothing to see here citizen, just a Stormcloak rebel."

"Stormcloak rebel?" The soldier dressed in red looked really surprised.

"Skyrim is in civil war and you don't know the name Starmcloak!?" Lucrowe just shook his head puzzled. An other soldier spoke up.

"These idiots think they can take on the empire."

"Ulfric will succeed you imperial puppet."

"That's enough out of you." He hit him in the back of the head with the handle of his sword.

"Well, good day citizen by careful travelling."

"I will thanks." They left. "A civil war huh? I thought there was something about dragons, why would there be a war now?" Lucrowe went back to his horse and left back on his way to Markarth. He travelled on the roads until he made it to Helgan. The whole town was nearly destroyed.

"Was this really the work of a dragon..." Lucrowe got off his horse and walked around in what used to be Helgan. "The town is gone, all the homes.." Lucrowe heard a noise and looked around.

"Is... is someone there." Out of nowhere he got shot in his right arm with an arrow. "Ahhh!" Lucrowe screamed in pain as some thugs came out of the rubble.

"Hehehe... looks like we got ourselves a wanderer." The thug with the bow jumped down off one of the broken down houses.

"Got you good eh? You see lizard because of the dragon attack no guards dare come back here. Because of that we can pray on any foolish traveller that falls into our trap." Blood was dripping down Lucrowe's arm.

How did I get myself into this situation! I'm no warrior I don't even know how to fight... fuck I'm as good as dead! I have one shot... the shadow, but how to use it.. come on think!

"What are you thinking about huh? You know you're dead but can't except it?" He walked up to Lucrowe who looked frozen in fear. "You're scared lizard I can tell, I'll help you snap out of it." He punched Lucrowe in the stomach and he fell to his knees.

"Argh!" Lucrowe growled in pain

Come on.. please turn invisible! Please...

"Gut him and take his things, I'm done with him." The thug said as he walked away, another one walked up with his mace ready.

"Here goes..." He stopped his sentence mid way as Lucrowe disappear. "Uh... boss." He turned around angrily.

"What is it?" His eyes widened as he couldn't see Lucrowe. "What the hell happened you fool!"

"I.. I don't know.. he just disappeared! I was about to kill him and he just disappeared!"

"What kind of sorcery is this!? Look around men no one just vanishes out of mid air!" With all the confusion Lucrowe could just barley escape badly injured. He held his right arm and continued forward trying to get away as fast as he could.

I got to keep moving! I can't stop now... he held the arm where the arrow is sticking out. It's bleeding to much as he tries to stop it as best as he can. The right side of his outfit is covered in blood.

"I got to keep.. I got to keep..." Lucrowe passed out.

He woke up in a bed, as his eyes opened and his blurry vision went away he noticed a woman watching him. Thinking about what just happened he got up quickly and looked at his arm, the arrow was gone and it appeared to be rapped with a cloth.

"Whoa take it easy now, you just woke up." She said with her hands up. Lucrowe put his hand on his head and took a deep breath.

"Where... where am I."

"Your at the Dead's Man's Drink in Falkreath."

"Falkreath..."

"Yes, Skulnar said he found you passed out on the roads and carried you here. You owe him your life." Lucrowe sat back down on the bed and put both hands on his head.

"Thank you..."

"What happened to you?" Lucrowe stayed to way he was.

"I was attacked by thugs."

"Bandits!?"

"I thought I was going to die."

"How did you escape!?" Lucrowe didn't respond, instead he pulled out his pouch of gold.

"How much do I owe you."

"You've been though a lot, you don't know me anything."

"How much is a room here?"

"It's 10 gold, but like I already said..." Lucrowe tossed her the gold.

"I'll stay another day then, now please... leave me alone for awhile.." She nodded and left, Lucrowe lied down to rest. He held his right arm as if a reminder to what happened as he shut is eyes.