The ship continues through the sea and onward to the island of Shadowglem.

"Land ho!" A voice shouts.

I look to the front of the ship and there it is... Shadowglem. The giant islands shadow swooping over the ocean covering our ship as we get closer. The ship continues along the coast.

"Take us to shore there!" Lauren shouts while pointing off towards a small beach like area with a cave.

The ship starts moving towards the shore and stops at about a 50 foot distance.

"Everyone to the life boats," Commands Lauren.

We all walk towards the side of the ship and start climbing into small wooden boats. I look to the side back toward the ship.

"Jaird... aren't you coming?" I ask.

"Not this time, I am going back home... I dont belong here," Jaird replies.

"Are you sure?" Chase asks.

"Yes... I wish you all goodluck in your quest, And Kasper... Kill slash his eye from me," Jaird says while stepping back from the small boat.

The boat starts lowering into the water and the soldiers on with us start rowing, As we close in on the island I cant help but feel at unease, I never though we would actually get here and now that we are here... I wish we were not. The soldiers row the boat onto shore and we all jump out into the sand... somehow the sand is comforting, It feels right.

"So... Ready?" Avery asks.

"I never thought I would step foot on this island..." Chase replies.

"Yeah it feels... Wrong." I say.

We all look behind us to see the other life boats departing, we look forward and start walking towards the cave entrance, I take a deep breath and walk inside, The small amount of soldiers that were with us follow us into the cave. In side it's are torch's lining a long hallway. We continue down the hall and stop at some strange markings on the wall...

"Those are nordic," One of the soldiers says.

"Nordic? So these are ruins?" I ask.

"I suppose so," the solider replies.

We all start walking down the hall again and it opens into a large room lined with coffins, All of which appear to be nordic. We walk into the large room and start walking across towards a door but suddenly a smashing noise can be heard. We all turn weapons drawn the the right were what appears to be a undead like creature is walking towards us wielding an axe. One of the soldiers starts shooting it riddling it with bullet holes.

"Think it's dead?" The soldier asks.

I peer over the corpse and the glowing blue eyes start to dim as the soul leaves its body.

"Its dead," I reply.

"That was a bloody Draugr... Never thought I would see one in my life." one of the soldiers says.

"Wait... Do you hear that?" Says Avery.

We turn around and suddenly the coffins in the room start to open, some of the covers on them flying over five feet from them. We all draw our weapons forming a circle of people weapons pointing at every angle facing the Draugr that are outnumbering us.

"Attack!" I shout.

The soldiers open fire shooting some of them down, I start slashing through them they're tainted blood staining my clothing I cut down Draugr after Draugr but they keep coming. Avery joins the Soldiers and starts shooting taking out some. Chase starts lighting them ablaze burning them to a crisp. I look around us to see the Draugr closing in... There is way to many and we are running out of ammo. I look franticly around the room for an Exit or some form of escape and there it is a lever connected to a trap surrounding the circle that everyone is standing on. I sprint for it the Draugr quickly notice me and start chasing after me. The lever seems so far away but I keep running, each step feeling as if my death is getting closer I finally reach the lever slamming it down towards the ground making a wall of fire spin around the room killing anything within the radius. I drop to the floor missing the flames by inches, I can feel the heat from the flames consuming the area making it almost hard to breath, the fire starts fading away and all that remains of the Draugr are corpses. I stand up brushing the dust from my coat and jeans.

"I thought we were done for," Says Chase.

"Good thinking on the lever," Avery says.

"Yeah thanks, So you all alright?" I ask.

"I'm fine," Avery says.

"Yeah me two... Thanks" Chase says.

"How about you soldiers... What are the casualties," I ask.

"We lost some good men, but we still stand strong," One of the guards replies.

We all sit down as to regain our strength, Chase and Avery start lighting a fire, As the fire starts up one of the soldiers sits beside me, He is not like the others... for starters he doesn't look anywhere near their age... He looks like hes only Sixteen at most, He removes his helmet, He has short dark hair, and light stubble on his chin, He turns to me.

"So... You're the chosen one?" He asks me.

"Yeah... I guess I am, And you are?" I reply.

"Names Brenden, And yours?" Brenden asks.

"Kasper... So why are you here?" I ask.

"Well... I'm here because I didn't want to miss out on what could be the last battle." Brenden replies.

"Isn't that a good thing?" I ask.

"For me... Its a let down, I love war... The battlefield is my playground," Brenden replies.

"How can you love war?" I say.

"Well my family is known for their Honor on the battlefield, I wanna make em proud you know? I think I'm doing that right now though." Brenden says while letting out a short laugh at the end, "However... Thats not why I came to talk to you,"

"What is it?" I ask.

"I wish to accompany you on your dangerous quest," Brenden replies.

"You want to come and possibly die from Alduin?" I ask.

"If I die, I want it to be on a battlefield, I want to die with honor in my blood and a gun in my hand," Brenden states.

"Are you sure?" I say hoping he will change his mind.

"Absolutely, I'm ready to kick some ass," Brenden says.

"Well alright then, I guess you should meet the crew." I say while standing up.

Brenden and I start walking towards a campfire that Avery and Chase are sitting by and cooking food with.

"Avery, Chase, This is Brenden," I say.

"And?" Avery says.

"He's coming with us to kill Alduin," I reply.

"Charmed to meet you Brenden." Chase says while shaking Brenden's hand, "I'm Chase by the way."

"Good to know," Brenden replies.

Chase sits back down by the fire and continues cooking.

Avery stands up and shakes Brenden's hand, "Names Avery but... You probably already knew that."

"Well alright then," Brenden replies.

"So... You want to come with us to what could be death row?" Chase asks.

"Like I said to Kasper here, If I die... I want it to be on a battlefield," Brenden replies.

"Oh... I see," Chase replies.

"So what are we eating?" I ask.

"Well... we got some bread and some meat from a skeever. So not a whole lot." Chase says.

Chase hands everyone a share of whats left, we all sit there eating. I stare at the food wondering if this will be my last meal... Will I die tomorrow? Is this the last night I will be alive? I dont even want to think about it, My thoughts seem to bring on nightmares so I'll try to forget... I look up to see everyone eating looking the same as I they all seem to be pondering the same things I do...

"I think we should all just... get some sleep," I say.

"Yeah... yeah I think you're right," Chase says.

"Tonight we rest, tomorrow we fight," Brenden says.

"Or we die," Avery says.

We all walk off toward our own small tents and lie down, I look to the top of my tent and wonder, Why would Avery say that... its just not like him, Maybe he just finally realized that tonight might very well be the end... Maybe he has just tuned into reality and know sees what I see... Our death, I close my eyes and fall into a sleep, Where I awake in the plainlands of Shadowglem...

I stand up off of the ground and start running towards the battle, I see the battle going on and we are losing I can see Everyone dead and I am about to die. I keep running it seems as if I cant reach myself in time but then suddenly I am in front of me, I try to reach out and grab myself away from the certain death but I am not there, I cant save myself. Alduin starts talking to me but... I cant understand him, all the voices are muffled as is mine, I look to myself to see me clutch my sword in my hand and stand up, I start walking towards Alduin slowly, raising my sword and turning my slow walk into a sprint, I can faintly hear Alduin tempting myself with dark wishes of power, and then... I stop. I watch as I stand there not moving just staring and talking with the beast, then swirls of black magic surrounds me turning me into a monster and then... I awake...