As the bandits rapidly approached the town, Ronan, Baurest & Maurmon drew their weapons. Doria drew a dagger & Cormer readied some spells. Jorgal knew better, so he grabbed Zenia, who had drawn her sword.

'What are you doing?' She shouted.

'Come on!' He shouted, dragging her behind one of the houses.

Most of the villiage was running away, into houses or the inn. The fight was in the centre of town, where most of the bandits were centering the attack. The fighters were severely outnumbered, with bandits attacking from all directions. It wasn't long before one of the bandits was able to find a way to fing Jorgal & Zenia hiding behind a house. He smirked at the terrified expressions on their faces.

Zenia attacked, swinging her sword at him. She missed & the bandit disarmed her quickly, now they were at his mercy...

As the bandit raised his axe, there was the sound of a bow being fired. An arrow then embedded itself in his chest. He let out a cry, stumbling back as another arrow found it's way into his chest.

Looking in the direction that the arrow came from, there was a figure on the roof. She put away her bow, gleaming & made of bones. She then drew a golden katana & jumped off of the building, killing a bandit in the process.

Looking around the corner, the fight was in full blow. Cormer & Doria were back to back, Maurmon had two unique swords drawn, Baurest was using two axes, Ronan was using his battleaxe & the archer was fighting with her sword. As she struck each foe, they seemed to catch on fire, burning them as she finished them off.

Eventually, the surviving bandits figured out that they were quickly losing the fight & decided to call off the attack. As they regrouped & ran off, the few civilians that had decided to stay outside cheered.

When they were finally out of sight, Ronan spoke:

'Everyone okay? Is anyone hurt?'

There were a few replies, but no one was seriously injured, much to his relief.

Jorgal & Zenia approached the group. As they approached, they got a closer look at the archer-warrior. She wore a Dragonplate cuirass, Blades gauntlets & boots & was wearing some sort of mask.

'So,' She said to Ronan. 'You've come home & dragged Baurest, Cormer & Maurmon along with you,'

'There's a reason for that,' Ronan said. 'The Imperial has been looking for you,'

'And you are?' She asked, turning to Zenia.

'Zenia Gratus,' Zenia said. 'I'm looking for the Dragonborn,'

'You won't have to look any further,' the archer said, removing the mask. 'I'm the Dragonborn,'

After helping the village with the recovery, Zenia handed Sonia the letter as they sat on the steps to Jorgal's house.

'It's been opened,' Sonia said. 'Has anyone else read this?'

'It's okay,' Zenia said. 'It hasn't been seen by anyone we can't trust,'

'If Ronan has read this, then we should kill him. We can't trust him,'

Zenia looked horrified. 'But...'

Sonia laughed. 'I was only joking! Why would I kill my brother?'

Sonia then proceeded to read the note. When she was finished, she handed it back to Zenia.

'Well,' She said. 'Looks like the Chancellor isn't so high & mighty now,'

'What do you mean?'

'I mean, that if he wants my help,' Sonia began. 'He's obviously got a problem the Imperial Legion can't solve. It makes sense. They've made no progress on the emperor's murder,'

Zenia didn't know what to say. She did have a point.

'But,' Sonia started. 'It's been a while since I've done some travelling. It'll be nice to see Cyrodiil again. Doria,' She said, turning to her cousin, who had come outside with her father. 'Do you want to come along?'

'I think you should sit this one out,' Jorgal said. 'Remember what happened last time?'

'Father, I'll be fine,' Doria reassured.

Jorgal hesitated. 'If I get a letter saying that you have been killed, maimed or injured, when you & Ronan get back, Sonia,' Jorgal said, turning to Sonia. 'I will kill, maim or injure the two of you,'

'Yeah. I know old man,' Sonia said with a chuckle. 'So, we leave tomorrow,'