Stalleo Chapter 1: Attempt to Flee
Ever since he retook Treva's Watch, Stalleo felt alone and without a sense of purpose. His family was gone. He had decided to leave Treva's Watch behind, leaving it in the hands of the Imperials and the Riften government not wanting to stay there and relive the events that had taken place there.
"Stalleo, you have been here for over a week, don't you think it's time you perhaps moved on?" Hadring asked as he began cleaning of the bar counter.
"I would, it's just I have nowhere else to go. My home is now in the hands of the Imperials. I could not stay there any longer knowing that is where my family had been murdered. What would you have me do?" Stalleo asked as he took another sip of his ale.
"Don't ask me, I'm just the innkeeper." Hadring replied.
"I know it's just I'm lost and I just can't seem to find a way out from this nightmare." Stalleo said as he lowered his head looking down at the floor hoping to find an answer to all his problems.
The drunk named Fultheim got up from his seat and walked outside for some fresh air.
Stalleo turned back towards Hadring and beckoned to him for another drink.
"One ale for me and two Black-Briar mead for my bodyguards over there." Stalleo said pointing over to a table in the back corner of the inn.
Fultheim walked outside and down towards the dock. He looked down at the water, moving slowly back and forth from the cool breeze moving in from the South.
"What are you looking at?!" Fultheim yelled at his reflection in the water.
He threw his empty bottle in the water trying to get rid of the face looking back at him.
He heard a noise coming from the north-east.
He looked towards where the noise had come from and saw the gates to the Great Lift at Alftand open up and creatures pouring out from within.
Fultheim turned back towards the inn and ran to tell the others what was happening.
Stalleo got up from the barstool and walked over to one of the rooms he had rented for the night.
He lied down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling.
How could he have let his family die like that? All because he had to run off and assist in that stupid pointless war rather than stay and protect his family. What could have possessed him to go and join in on that war? Stalleo asked himself just as he heard the front door to the inn slam open.
He got up from the bed and went to see what all the fuss was about.
It was probably that drunken fool Fultheim on one of his rants again, Stalleo thought as he exited the room.
"There are creatures coming from the Great Lift to the north-east!" Fultheim shouted.
Stalleo looked in Fultheim's direction and as Fultheim turned around, Stalleo noticed about 3-4 arrows sticking out of his back.
Fultheim collapsed to the floor, dead from the arrows that had struck him.
Stalleo approached the now deceased Fultheim and pulled out one of the arrows. He took a closer look at it and then recognized what kind of creature it had come from.
"FALMER!" Stalleo yelled as he drew his sword.
The two bodyguards ran towards the inn door and slid one of the tables in front of it to keep the Falmer from getting inside.
Hadring grabbed an iron dagger out from behind the counter and moved towards Stalleo and his bodyguards.
Stalleo's bodyguards continued to move more furniture in front of the door, but soon it was to no avail because just as they were moving another table to place in front of the door, the Falmer broke through.
"ATTACK!" Stalleo shouted as he charged towards the Falmer horde.
Stalleo slashed left and right, moving quickly through the Falmer trying to reach the road and possibly escape.
Behind him, he heard a scream as the Falmer overcame one of his bodyguards.
Hadring pushed through the Falmer; just behind Stalleo's other bodyguard trying hard to reach the road.
An arrow ended Hadring's efforts as it struck him in the back of his head. His body dropped to the ground and was dragged away by the advancing Falmer.
Stalleo turned back to see the second of his bodyguard's become surrounded by Falmer.
He knew there was nothing he could do for him, so he turned to run, but was struck by a bolt of lightning.
A Falmer Shadowmaster standing atop a nearby rocky hill had drew its staff and fired a bolt of lightning at Stalleo.
Stalleo collapsed to the ground and before losing consciousness, felt himself being dragged away by the Falmer.
The Falmer are finally here and the Nightgate Inn has been overrun by the Falmer. Stalleo has been taken by the Falmer. What do you think about the chapter? Leave your comments below.