Entry 38
Middas, 8th of Frostfall
The peace treaty was somewhat successful. Delphine rather imposed herself upon the Greybeards by turning up uninvited but she and Esbern had their uses though Arngier was very angry. Once we sat down, with Vilkas and Inigo standing off to the sides looking bored, Ulfric refused to be seated. Elenwen, head of the Thalmor embassy, was there. It made this one's hackles rise, too. Khajiit thinks it was a risky move on the Empire's part, bringing the very woman that had tortured Ulfric to the table.
Neither Tullius or Ulfric could agree on whether she stayed or went, so Khajiit decided for them; she went. With that little scuffle out of the way, Ulfric demanded Markarth at the negotiation table. Tullius wanted the Rift in exchange for Markarth which Khajiit thought was fair, Ulfric did as well to this one's surprise. The Rift was Stormcloak territory. Ah but now the Black-Briar's will own Riften. Disgusting.
Tullius wanted recompense for some slaughter at Markarth. Khajiit had heard of the unjust treatment of the Forsworn uprisers of course, but having read Elenwen's dossier on Ulfric, he was imprisoned shortly after the uprising was crushed and therefore this one could not say whether he had butchered innocents or not so she denied his request for recompense.
Tullius was displeased and asked for Winterhold but Khajiit thought that a major hold for both sides was good enough and refused. Tullius was not happy at all but went along with the terms. Ulfric and Galmar left, quite smugly, and Esbern revealed that he knew the name of a dragon this one could call to Whiterun; Odahviing. The Jarl of Whiterun is all set to capture a dragon so Khajiit heads there later today.
Delphine approached this one after the treaty. She knew about Paarthurnax. He committed some of the most barbaric acts when he was with Alduin's dragon cult. She believed he deserved death and told this one that either she was with them or against them if she refused. Khajiit could not believe it! All this talk about how important she is to the Blades, how she is their last hope, and they'd throw her aside like this?
Khajiit told her she could forget it; none of this could have been done without Paarthurnax's efforts. He did terrible things in the past, certainly, and yet he has spent years denying himself his very nature and instead teaching others the Way and he has done so much to help her defeat Alduin. This one counts him as her friend. Delphine was disgusted and in an instant, all that we'd done together was forgotten. She said, "You'll regret this, Dragonborn."
Inigo snorted as she walked away. "Regret what? Pissing off two Blades? Oh, how terrifying!"
Khajiit never liked her. She will not harm a scale on Paarthurnax's body. Not ever.