Serana's shoes clicked on the crunchy snow beneath her feet. "What's our excuse for being here?"
Sarah's mouth was a thin line. "We have no excuse. We simply slaughter all Thalmor we see."
Serana pushed open the gate. Five agents pointed at them. "Intruder!" The first created a ward around himself and summoned flames to fly from his hand in the girls' direction. Serana resurrected a dead skeever on the ground.
The skeever latched itself onto the second guard. Sarah slashed the remaining soldiers with her axe while Serana used her dagger to rip open Thalmor flesh. After the five were destroyed, Sarah used a wooden bowl and made it into Elenwen's private chambers.
Serana pushed open the lid to a treasure chest containing dossiers. Sarah flipped open the first one.
Status: Alive (Capture QUIETLY), High Priority
Description: Female, Nord
Background: Elisif was the wife of High King Torygg. After his murder at the hands of Ulfric Stormcloak, she became the Jarl of Solitude. At the most recent moot, she was crowned High Queen of Skyrim.
Operational Notes: She resides in the Blue Palace. However, after the assassinations at the moot (it was concluded that the attackers were some of the remaining Stormcloak rebels), she lives in Castle Dour.
*When abducting Elisif, make sure it is quiet. When it becomes public that we invade, Elisif must already be a hostage and will pose no threat to Aldmeri control.*
Sarah's hands shook. "They plan on taking High Queen Elisif!"
Serana ripped out a second report.
Status: Dead
Description: Female, Nord
Background: Legate Rikke fought in the Great War alongside Ulfric Stormcloak. She later joined the Empire in the Civil War and helped lead her troops to victory.
Operational Notes: While the Dragonborn Sarah was away, an agent snuck into her quarters and slit her throat. Legate Rikke is now out of the picture.
Serana slipped the journal into her bag. "These people aren't messing around. What's the last one about?"
Status: Alive (Capture), High Priority, Emissary Level Approval
Description: Female, Breton, 20
Background: Sarah was first brought to our attention at birth as Sir Ycanthres' granddaughter of both Altmer and Nord blood. Due to her grandfather's status, her Nord heritage was tolerated as a rare exception. She went missing from High Rock a year ago when local guards attempted to apprehend her.
She resurfaced at one of Emissary Elenwen's parties when she was an undercover Blades agent and freed a prisoner. After evading numerous attempts on her life, it was discovered that she was the Last Dragonborn who defeated Alduin. She is the thane of many holds.
Operational Notes: Do whatever it takes to subdue the target and present her to Sir Ycanthres.
*Emissary Elenwen ordered Sarah's death multiple times without realizing her heritage. She is being punished accordingly for her negligence.*
Serana stared at Sarah. "You have ties to the Aldmeri Dominion?"
Sarah snatched her file. "I don't want to talk about it. But yes. Let's see if there's anything else of note in here."
They searched through the rooms only to find Fine Clothes inside wardrobes and nothing else. Serana proposed, "Let's check the dungeon." She eased the door open and descended to the accursed room stained with blood and tears.
An interrogator screeched, "You will yield when I'm through with you! Where is the Dragonborn?"
Sarah muttered, "Right here."
A familiar masculine voice cried, "I don't know! She left the Blades ever since Delphine ordered her to kill Paarthurnax!"
"LIAR!"
"It's true. I swear it on my honor as a Nord."
The girls edged closer to see who was captive: Onmund, one of the newest Blades recruits.
"You Nords have no honor. It was an embarrassment when Master Drekonish married a Nord. The Dominion was ashamed one of its own had such . . . demeaning tastes in women."
Onmund questioned, "What does this have to do with me?"
"Nord honor means nothing to me! Tell me where Sarah the Dragonborn is!"
Serana leapt from the shadows and started sucking the life out of the interrogator. Sarah joined her. "I'm right here."
The interrogator lunged at Serana, who jumped out of the way. Sarah struck him with her axe, which dropped him to his knees. Serana dealt the final blow.
Onmund screamed, "How did you know I was in danger?!"
Sarah rubbed her neck nervously. "We didn't. We found out that the Thalmor planned on invading and came here for evidence."
Serana looted the key off the interrogator's corpse and freed him. "Why did they want you?"
Onmund shook his head. "They wanted Sarah's whereabouts. It was all about her."