The Call Gavin Dunne 2013

Echoes from the west
Great hammers will fall
Under high rocks all will
Answer the call

Bring us your arms
Pariahs of yore
All faces turn now to war
Exiles of the ash

Stare through crimson glow
Guards of the north
Sing their songs of the snow

Bring us the breath
Of the marshes and rain
Courage is rising again!

War will weather the souls of the lost
Stand together whatever the cost
Shields will falter and many will fall
Time has come for us all
To answer the call

Pride of Summer's shores
Guide the voices of kings
Children of bark
They will tighten their strings

Bring us the wits
Of the warm southern sands
Clouds over all of the lands

War will weather the souls of the lost
Stand together whatever the cost
Shields will falter and many will fall
Time has come for us all
To answer the call

White gold
Burning sky
(For the souls of the lost)
Purify

War will weather the souls of the lost
Stand together whatever the cost
Shields will falter and many will fall
Time has come for us all
To answer the call

"They must all die Ocheeva, Teinaava, Mraj-dar, Talendril, Gogron, Antoinetta Marie, and Vicente Valtieri. The right of Purification must be complete. Take Shadowmere as your mount." I bow to Lucien, "Your will is my command my Speaker." I leave the fort and head to the Sanctuary. The first person I find is Vicente, "Hello Sister. Is something on your mind?" "This one cannot say. Although she wonders if Brother vampire will turn her." "Are you sure Shabhira? Once I turn you, you cannot go back." "This one is sure."

"All right Sister go to sleep and I will turn you." He leaves the room and I lay down on the stone he calls a bed. "Still can't sleep?" I've been tossing and turning for hours, "Yep." He sits next to me, "You know you can be awake it's just er… easier if your asleep." I smack him on the back of his head, "This one has been tossing and turning for hours and the vampire just decides to tell her now!? By Sithis what is wrong with you man?"

"Was it completely necessary to hit me?" "Yes, yes it was." I scoot closer to him and tilt my head to the side a bit. "No moving, I don't want to hurt you." "By Sithis Vicente! Just turn me already!" I might have been just a bit too quick to ask him to turn me because his fangs sink into my neck, and I let out a gasp of pain. I try to scoot away from the pain but he's holding me so I can't move. It feels like fire in my veins and a thousand knives cutting me apart from the inside. "I'm sorry Sister it will be over soon."

I see the soft glow of healing magic, and I feel warm and sleepy. "Just go to sleep and it will be all over." His voice sounds very far away and my vision swims and blurs the last thing I see before fading into oblivion is red eyes with a small echo of life and long white fangs. I wake up with a massive headache and not much of a memory of what happened last night. At least I think it was last night.

I look down at my fur and let out a small sigh. My fur, which was once the darkest ebony, is now white as the snow of Skyrim. I pull out a mirror and look at my new self. My fur is snow white, my eyes are blood red, and my fangs peek out slightly from my lips. My war paint has come off, and I make a decision, I take black war paint and put a handprint on my arm then draw the symbol for the thieves on the inside of my wrist. I bring the paint up to my face and hesitate for a moment then make my mark.

The paint starts in the right corner of my right eye and swirls up above it, and in the left corner of my eye the paint goes down curving down just a few inches below my eye. The last thing I do is cast a spell that will make the paint permanent, at least until I take off the spell. I go find my family.

My first victim is Antoinetta, I find her near the entry way and kill her quickly, "Why Sister?" "I do what I must to protect my family." I leave her in a pool of blood and find Gogron in the training room with M'raaj-Dar; I quickly send an arrow through them both. I find Teinaava in his room and quickly slash his throat and as I turn to leave I see Ocheeva standing in the doorway and before she can react I have already shot her. Next is the little elf Telaendril asleep in her bed and dead in a moment.

The last person is the one I have been dreading; Vicente. When I go into his room he is seated cross-legged on his bed with his sword next to him, "I have been awaiting you Sister. Before you kill me may I ask why you are doing this?" I have the Blade of Woe out and take a step closer, "I am doing this for the safety of my family." He practically growls, "As am I." in an instant he is on his feet and I barely avoid the slash of his sword. I can see the look of complete hatred in his eyes and am momentarily shocked but bring the blade up and around aiming for his stomach. He narrowly avoids it and goes for my head but I quickly parry and disarm him.

"Sister, do not do this." I do not falter as I lift my blade and strike down my brother, "I shall follow my destiny no matter where it takes me." I leave the sanctuary to report back to my Speaker. "You have done well child, very well. From now on you shall receive your contracts from dead drops and will not come back here unless I summon you. Understood?" I bow low to the ground, "Yes my Speaker." He waves me away, "Go now and do not return to this place. Keep Shadowmere she has helped me many times in my time."

I return to the sanctuary to awaken my family. Everyone is confused at first but then I explain that I used Languorwine poison which mimics the effects of death. I go into Vicente's room to revive him.