Entry 26
Morndas, 15th of Heartfire
Finally, a chance to rest. Khajiit, Inigo and Vilkas have been traveling none stop since yesterday. Yesterday evening, after this one's conversation with Inigo, we three arrived at the tomb of Jurgen Windcaller. As we prepared to enter, Inigo dismounted his steed, Rusher, and sighed. "So, we're going into the tomb of the founder of the Voice? I have high hopes for singing zombies. A song will make this place bearable." Sadly, they did not sing.
It was an unpleasant place. You'd think the tomb of such an important man would be better preserved! The place was infested! First there were necromages camped inside, resurrecting bodies. Thankfully none of them were raising chickens. Chickens and the undead combined might have given Inigo a nervous breakdown, no?
Then there were the draugr, then there was a whole room with floorplates that nearly burned us both to a crisp when we stepped on them, only good for killing the spiders that were chasing us. Vilkas caught himself on fire multiple times while this one and Inigo, with our catlike reflexes, danced across the floorboards with ease.
No, we actually danced. Inigo sang a spider killing song as we peppered them with arrows while they burned alive trying to catch us. It was fun, though Vilkas' patience was severely strained and he still smells a little charred, heh... But finally, we found our way to the tomb. As this one entered, great statues rose up out of the water as if to greet her. However, the horn was gone. Vilkas was furious, Inigo bemused.
In it's place was a note requesting J'Hirra to book the attic room at the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood. On the way to Riverwood, we delved into Frostmere Crypt in search of a sword, stolen from a bandit chief by one of his own men. Khajiit is still not certain why, but returning the sword sealed away this creature called a Wispmother. Whatever. Vilkas and this one traveled over night to Riverwood and got to the inn in the early hours of the morning where Khajiit approached the innkeep and asked for the attic room.
There was no attic room. A clever trick. Awaiting us there was the innkeep who was also the woman Khajiit saw speaking with Farangar after she retrieved the dragonstone which was actually a map of ancient dragon burial grounds. She led us to a secret room below the inn and was infuriatingly vague; only saying that she was part of a group looking for someone like J'Hirra for a very long time.
At first, she ticked this one off. She had the nerve to insist she needed to trust Khajiit before divulging anything. She couldn't' trust this one? She left a mysterious note, stole a horn this one was supposed to fetch, and she is very obviously in hiding for reasons she took forever to reveal! Makes this one's fur bristle still to think about it!
But whatever. She demanded this one accompany her to kill a dragon as proof that she is Dragonborn. Feh. This one shouldn't have to prove anything to her, but fine.
Speaking of dragons, it turns out they are being brought back to life! Yes, Khajiit could scarcely believe it. What necromancer could have the power to bring a dragon back to life? None, that is for sure!
Once we reached Kynegrove, the dragon was already being resurrected, but by another dragon; the same dragon that destroyed Helgen.
He spoke to this one, mocked her for being arrogant to take the title of Dovahkiin despite not even knowing their language. The dragon, Sahloknir, crawled from his grave, a skeletal beast at first, then came his scales, then his claws and he took flight, reborn.
The big black dragon flew away and left Khajiit, Vilkas, Inigo and Delphine to battle the risen dragon. The dragon fell to this one's blade and Khajiit smirked as she absorbed its soul while Delphine gaped in astonishment.
Delphine confessed to being the last remaining member of a group of dragon slayers called the Blades who were all wiped out by the Thalmor. That explains her paranoia, yes?
Blades have always existed to guide and guard the Dragonborn, the truest dragon slayer of them all but after the last Dragonborn Emperor's death 200 years ago, they have been without purpose. She believes the Thalmor to be behind the dragon attacks and Khajiit thinks there may be a nugget of truth.
As she said, the Empire had Ulfric; the war was over and then the dragon attacks and the war is back on. They have much to gain from the chaos, no? The Thalmor are never trustworthy and certainly worth investigating. She can't get the image of those red eyes, burning in that black dragon's face. They are haunting.
Delphine requested to meet up in Riverwood, she wishes to plan out our next move. By the sounds of it, she wishes to smuggle this one into the Thalmor Embassy. Gods… Tomorrow, Khajiit will return the horn to the Greybeards.
For now, sleep. We're back at the Vilemyr Inn in Ivarstead. The inn's keeper gave us two single beds, but this one curled up in the same bed with Vilkas and we both fit fine. Inigo took the spare so no naughty business tonight. Not that either of us have the energy. The limited space just means we get to hold one another tight. Vilkas is already knocked out. How did Khajiit ever get involved in such madness?
Everything is changing so quickly. At least Khajiit is not alone in this.