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Dragonborn and Vanadis – Chapter 5
"Seems everything is going as planned."
Fenris whispered to himself as he observed his surroundings. Around him were Ellen, Lim and a detachment from the small Zhcted army. Tigre was there and was having his hand treated by a young girl with her brown hair tied into twin tails. She was wearing cloak over her ruined clothes. They were all in front of a mansion within a town, which suffered from looting.
They were Alsace, but Thenardier's army arrived before them and were plundering the town. When they arrived, Fenris requested to go on his own and seek out any soldiers. He seeks to drive them off to prevent further damage to the town. Ellen accepted and he left while promising Tigre he will minimize his spells to prevent collateral damage.
As a number of detachments spread across the town with one lead by Ellen and others moved towards Tigre's mansion. He moved across one district and saw many enemy soldiers looting. When they laid their eyes on him as he approached, they were terrified due to knowing the rumors. Some brave soldiers charged at him, but he used Spark on them and they were electrocuted to death before they reached him.
The remaining soldiers fled for their lives seeing that the rumor they heard was true, but Fenris didn't give chase. He wanted survivors to reach the Thenardier's main army and hurt their morale. He was angered of the damage they have done to the town, but he wishes to let all the soldiers know that he will not tolerate such actions.
'Seems I am known to those soldiers as the "Demon of Dinant". I can't say I blame them after what I did."
The enemy soldiers in other parts of the town heard the news and were in a state of panic when the rumor they heard of so much was somehow true. They ended up trying to leave the town or go into hiding.
After a few clashes, he moved to regroup with Ellen and reached the mansion, he witnessed Tigre grabbed a flying arrow aimed for the young girl and fired it back at the shooter. He ended hurting his hand, which was now wrapped by the girl herself. Fernis was impressed of his reflexes and speed, but then his ears heard something at the distance.
Soon they heard gallops and saw there was a group of knight charging at them, roaring on the way.
"Reinforcements. Rise the Black Dragon Flag! Better make yourself noticeable Fenris!"
"Understood Ellen!"
As the flag was being raised, Fenris rode forward with one of his katanas drawn. The knights saw both sights and now filled with fear. Many among them were survivors of Dinant and some among them saw Fenris in battle, known as the rumored "Demon of Dinant" in Brune.
"That is the Zchted army!"
"Why are they here?!"
"That armor! It's the demon!"
"What! The demon fights with Zchted?!"
"Retreat!"
Losing the will to fight, they turned their horses around and fled. Fenris then turned his gaze to Ellen.
"Orders!"
"We are going after them! Everyone get ready to move!"
Nodding, Fenris turned to see Tigre and noticed some wrong with his bow. 'A crack? It is particularly useless in battle now.'
He then lay sight to a black bow that the girl gave to Tigre. He could feel a powerful aura surrounding it and could tell it was no ordinary bow. He felt a unique feeling when Tigre pluck the string of the bow.
'That bow… It is not like Ellen's Dragon Tool… It is almost like…'
His thoughts were interrupted by Rurick and Bertrand who were relieved of seeing Tigre alright. Fenris knew Bertrand was not use to his presence, but he was more comfortable after Tigre told him he could be trusted. The girl beside Tigre was shaking as she gazes at him in fear as she sees his dragonscale armor.
"Tigre-sama… What those soldiers said… Is that person the "Demon of Dinant?"
"His name is Fenris, Titta. He is quite friendly and treated me, please trust him. He only shows that side of him when he is in battle against enemies."
The girl named Titta understood Tigre, but was nevertheless cautious of Fenris. She heard the rumors about his prowess in Dinant, his fearsome reputation and his armor. She heard that he could take outscores of soldiers with dangerous magic. But if her master seems to trust him, she would try to as well.
"Tigre, what is that bow?"
"It is a family heirloom. My father told me to use it unless if its dire. Like right now."
Fenris nodded his head as Tigre entrusts Rurick in taking care of her and she got on his horse. Fenris felt a bit amused when Titta asked Ellen about her relationship with Tigre. The way Ellen answered, it could be easily misunderstood, which happened Titta and claim she will not lose.
'You should have thought of your words carefully Ellen. You should have said he was your prisoner instead of he was yours. Seems that Titta is closer to Tigre than I expected.'
Then a soldier arrived to report that the leader escaped and is regrouping for a full withdrawal. It was then Ellen ordered about 100 of her own soldiers to remain in Alsace to take out any remaining enemies inside the town. Everyone else then moved out to engage the main army before they make they withdraw.
"What! Zhcted!?
Zion Thenardier, the commander of the attacking army, managed to escape and regrouped with his men. He had black messy hair and was wearing a heavy suit of him, which tired him out as he tried to get away.
He expected no resistance during the attack on Alsace, so the attack caught him off guard. He was clutching his right hand due to it being pieced by an arrow, courtesy of Tigre back at the mansion.
"Yes! We saw the Black Dragon Flag!"
"I fear the situation is much worse my lord! The "Demon of Dinant" fight alongside the Zhcted army!"
"You lie! That is just a rumor! Such a thing doesn't exist!"
Zion heard about the rumor about a demon that fought in the battle of Dinant, who cut down many men with its blades and unleashed destructive spells to destroy entire groups of soldiers. The way the rumor describes the so-called demon is absolutely ridiculous in his eyes.
Which was unsurprising as he was one of the few people to not witness Fenris prowess during the battle.
"It's true! We saw a warrior wearing armor made of dragon scales!"
"I saw him cut down a group of soldiers in a blink of an eye!"
"He unleashed streams of fire from his hands and decimated my men!"
Now the entire of army of Thenardier is in a state of panic as not only the Zhcted army is here, the rumor they heard some much was true after all.
"We are going to be slaughtered!"
"I don't know what worse! The Zhcted army or the "Demon of Dinant"!"
"We don't stand a chance if the demon stands alongside Zhcted!"
Cursing of Tigre's "betrayal", Zion was able to refocus his men and organized a plan for the battle against the Zhcted army. He split his surviving men of 2,700 into 3 lines while he planned to use his most powerful weapons.
Two tamed dragons; a wyvern and an earth dragon. Due to their scales, no ordinary weapon could even leave a scratch on them.
He was confident that the Zhcted army would not stand a chance against the dragons even if this so-called demon fought beside them.
Back at the mansion in Alsace, Ellen, Lim, Tigre and Fenris were planning their engagement against Thenardier's army. Tigre explained the strength of Brune's knights, which involve charging attacks and piercing enemy defenses. The best place for such tactic in the area is the Molsheim Plains, which was just gentle hills.
Due to their armor and shields, Tigre recommend hitting them with a barrage of arrows, which Ellen agreed. He also requests for thin bundles of rope along having a plan for the 2,000 spare horses they bought.
Fenris was intrigued of what plans Tigre have created for the battle. 'Guess I could now see if he has the potential of being a strategist as well as an expert archer.'
Although he felt bothered of his dragon senses. He hasn't felt the feeling again since the days they travelled to Alsace. He keeps that in mind as he prepared himself for battle.
As they depart, Ellen and Tigre would lead 400 men into the frontlines while Lim would lead another 400 men as an ambush unit. 100 men would remain in Alsace while the remaining 100 men are in reserve.
Ellen chose to have Fenris be part of her unit. His presence would hurt the enemy's morale and also boosting the morale of her men. His spells would also even the odds since they are outnumbered.
An hour later, the Battle of the Molsheim Plains began. Those leading the Zhcted army were nervous, but have no intention to lose this battle.
"Charge!"
With Ellen's order, the Zhcted soldiers under her command charged at the first 1st line of Thenardier's army, who unleashed a shower of arrows at them. Shouting out Arifal, she unleashes a gust of wind which caused the arrows to drop to the ground. As Ellen gracefully cut down soldiers with ease, Tigre took several down with his arrows, including the line's commander and flag bearer.
Fenris had little trouble as he unleashed his Destruction spells and caused many to flee out of fear. His mere presence has caused many to run away than fight him in battle. Their will to fight ebbed more when he drew his katanas and cut down many soldiers before they could even block them. Some who tried to block were nevertheless cut down, for their weapons and shields broke before his blows.
The field was soon stained with blood and corpses. Some of the bodies were unrecognizable due to Fenris's magic. With the loss of morale and soldiers, the 1st line of Thenardier's army collapsed. But they are now up against the 2nd line, which consist of Brune knights who were now charging at them.
Fenris was at the far right of the front line of the Zhcted army and was glad to requested the fastest horse available for the departure from Leitmeritz. They 2nd line was some distance away as they sped up for the charge, so his unorthodox plan could work.
"Halt everyone! I got this!" Seeing that Fenris had a plan and trust him, she made the very risky decision of order her troops to halt. She was soon richly rewarded for such a decision.
Fenris rode the to other side of the Zhcted army as fast as he could on his horse. At the same time, he was unleashing the spell from his right hand, Wall of Flames, on the ground which separates the Thenardier's army from them.
Everyone could only look in awe as Fenris reached the other side of the Zhcted army. Before them was a flaming wall that is as tall as an ordinary man. The Brune knights was effectively stopped in their tracks as their horses halted in panic of the intense flames. Some of the knights behind were unable to stop and ended up bumping into one another. Others were unlucky enough to be knock off their horses when the charge suddenly halted.
"Unbelievable Fenris! You stopped the enemy's charge!"
"You actually knew such a spell?!"
"I will explain when the battle is over Tigre! Ellen! The flames will vanish in less than a minute! We cannot let the enemy knights renew their charge! Get everyone ready before the they get back in formation!"
"Understood! Everyone! Prepare to charge when the flames die down!"
Her army prepared themselves for a charge as the Wall of Flames started to die down, showing the Brune knights in disarray as their horses were panicking from the sudden sight of flames and trying to reorganize. They soon bear witness to the Zhcted army charging at them.
Without their initial charging power, the knights were at a disadvantage despite their numbers and were pushed to the defensive. Tigre fought on, yet witness Ellen cut through the heavy armor and shields of the knights like it was nothing. He also saw Fenris using the katanas in an unorthodox way by holding them in a reverse grip fashion as he rode toward the knights still on horseback, with his blade gaining a new paint of blood for each kill he made.
Seeing how the battle is going, Ellen felt confident at their victory as the enemy was losing their will to fight against them.
'Nice going Fenris. Thanks to you, we have them at the run.'
However, it soon was about to change…
"Dragon! An Earth Dragon is approaching!"
Everyone in the Zhcted army saw a large, wingless dragon with copper-coloured scales moving towards them slowly. Fenris was shocked to finally see a full-size dragon in this world. From what he could tell, it was much different from the ones in Skyrim. A key difference with this one was it was wingless.
"Was Thenardier able to tame a dragon?"
Ellen spoke she watches her own men were decimated in brutal ways from being eaten to being stomped into a bloody mess. The fallen began to pile up as there with pools of blood and bodies with blood dripping rapidly from the mouth.
Anyone who attacked it had their weapons broken thanks to its tough scales. Tigre even fired an arrow at its eyes, but it didn't even graze it.
Fenris could only watch how resilient its scales are against ordinary iron and steel weapons.
'That dragon has much tougher scales than the ones I fought before! I have to use my Shouts to bring it down, but the men are in the way! Wait... Why did it stop?'
It was then he noticed that the dragon suddenly stopped, which soon everyone noticed as well. They were shocked that the Earth Dragon was gazing upon Fenris, who was staring back at it without any fear but in confusion.
To everyone surprise, it shook as it stared at Fenris. The dragon then suddenly releases a powerful roar and lumbered towards him.
"What the…!"
Fenris quickly rode away from the army to prevent the dragon from trampling them, but noticed that it was focusing all its attention on him. He unleased a number of spells and did some damage to it exposed parts. His intention however was to get away from the army so he could unleash the power of his Shouts to defeat it.
The Zhcted army were shocked that the Earth Dragon was chasing Fenris and completely ignoring them. They wanted to help Fenris, but their weapons could do nothing against the dragon.
At this time, Lim's detachment joined the fray, but Zion allocated hundreds of his soldiers from his main force to counter the ambush. Lim however made a false withdrawal of her troops to lead the enemies to a trap. Using the rope that Tigre requested, the enemy's' horses ended up tripping and its riders fell to the ground. It was then her detachment attacked the now-vulnerable troops.
'I was waiting for this'
Seeing the distraction, Ellen charged forward at the Earth Dragon chasing Fenris. He was about to unleash his secret until he saw her charge forward.
"Ellen! Don't! Let me handle this!"
"Though fighting a Dragon was unexpected. Seeing it chase after you and ignoring us was more unexpected. But let me show you a little trick with this Earth Dragon. Get Clear Fenris!"
She pointed Arifal into the sky and it channeled multiple waves of winds. Soon a miniature storm has condensed over the blade.
Seeing the sword's power, Fenris quickly used Lightning Bolts against the dragon's eyes, causing it to be disorientated from the sudden brightness in its vision. As it was shaking its head, he managed to get a considerable distance away and saw the storm on top of Ellen.
Seeing he is not in range of her attack, Ellen swung the blade downward.
"Cleave the Wind!"
A powerful torrent of wind was released and it bored the ground as it moved towards the Earth Dragon. When it struck the dragon, it was decimated as it was torn to hundreds of pieces.
Those in Thenardier's army was staring in shock of the death of their Earth Dragon, but in the Zhcted army, Tigre made an excited shout as it was the first time of seeing such power.
"What was that? I never seen it before!"
"Of course, as it was the first time I showed you and no doubt Fenris."
As Ellen answered his questions of what she did, they were approached by Fenris.
'That Dragon Tool… Are they really that powerful? Even the Artifacts back in Skyrim can't compare to its power….'
He turned to Ellen to thank her, but now he had to find another time to show his secret of his Shouts…
"Thanks for the assist Ellen. I had something planned for that dragon though."
"I think otherwise as you were being chased without end. Though I wished to see what plan you had in mind."
"I wonder why that dragon focused only on you and ignore us?"
"We will talk about that later Tigre. We are still in battle. Continue forward to the main army."
With the order, the Zhcted army moved forward to last remnants of Thenardier's army.
Zion was frustrated more as he heard the reports come in as the battle began.
After the collapse of the 1st line, the 2nd line was supposed to charge, but the so-called demon summoned a wall of fire which stopped the charge, which he refuses to believe such an act is possible. Next, the force he dispatched to go against Lim's forces were wiped out. Then the Earth Dragon that was sent to the field was destroyed completely despite its strength.
There a slight boost of morale in the army as some saw the "Demon of Dinant" was chased by the Earth Dragon, but it plummeted when the dragon was killed and the demon was confirmed to still be alive.
Now he heard reports of another Zhcted army of 2,000 men was coming from the rear. It was then he decided to order a full withdrawal despite his men insistence of holding their ground.
Ellen saw it occur and took advantage of the retreat. Ordering her army to charge as her soldiers roared against the now-disorganized enemy. Fenris was impress that the ploy worked as Tigre hoped. Taking advantage and time, Tigre made it look like 100 soldiers and the reserve horses look like 2,000 size force.
Despite being outnumbered and faced a dragon, the army of Zhcted were ultimately be the victors of this battle.
Zion remaining forces were able to retreat a considerable distance, yet they suffered many losses during the retreat. They were stopped by Ellen's forces, whose speed was able to circle around and cut them off.
Tigre and Fenris were with her along with a number of soldiers. The rest of the army was put in Lim's command. The Ztched army clashed with Thenardier's main army, so Zion only had with him were a number of knights and his last dragon, which was hidden.
Fenris watched as Tigre and Zion argue with each other regarding their actions. Zion called Tigre a traitor for working with the Zhcted army, but Tigre response was that Zion is a thief for his raid on Aslace.
He was beside Ellen as she sees that his appearance would force the enemy to submit, which seems to be working as the soldiers behind Zion were scared as they saw Fenris in person.
When the two sides encountered, Thenardier's men request to flee to the opposite direction when they saw him. Zion however refused and called Fenris a faker who took advantage of a "ridiculous rumor" and wore a clever imitation of the rumored armor. Fenris could tell he has yet to see his display of power and was about to channel his magic at him when Tigre rode up.
The argument between Brune nobles soon reached the point where Zion challenged Tigre to a duel and he accepted. To Fenris surprise, Tigre chose to have his black bow as his only weapon as Zion had both a spear and shield. It started with Tigre firing about three shots, but Zion blocked it with his shield. Yet Fenris noticed something as when it occurred.
'Those shots are hitting the same spot… Could possibly Tigre be...'
"Enough!"
Fenris saw the Zion had enough of Tigre's shots and began to charge at him with his spear. However, Tigre didn't move and instead prepared to fire another shot.
'What are you doing Tigre?!'
He couldn't believe what Tigre was doing and Ellen was worried as Zion closed in.
To everyone's' surprise, Tigre receive only a light cut, escaping from a fatal blow by a margin. Yet Zion ended screaming in pain as his shield arm was pierced by Tigre's 4th shot.
'Will I be… He focused his fire on spot of the shield and weakened it enough for that last shot to break though. Impressive Tigre.' Fenris cannot help to think that Tigre truly suppress him in the art of archery.
As Tigre prepared to finish off Zion, the enemy knights charged to protect their commander. Ellen then ordered her troops to charge as well. Fenris blocked a sword blow meant for Tigre and killed his attacker as both sides clashed at each other.
"Reckless of you to standby while someone is charging at you. Although the fact you focused fire on the same spot of his shield was impressive."
"I knew I was doing Fenris."
"Look at you."
They turned to see Ellen approach as she moved up to Tigre and traced her finger on his wound from the duel.
"It is just a cut. Don't worry about me."
"Dammit. I should have healed you at your mansion." Fenris grabbed Tigre's left hand and saw that the wound that Titta treated has reopened, since the wrapping is soaked in blood.
He then ripped of the bloody wrapping, held it firmly and use his remaining hand to touch Tigre's other wound.
"Let me help."
He began to channel the Restoration spell, Healing Hands as he touched Tigre's wound. Before Tigre's and Ellen's eyes, a light golden glow appeared in his hands. Tigre could feel a soothing effect across his body as he witnesses the wound on his left hand heal before his eyes and left no scar behind. In the end, his wounds were gone and he was good as new.
"Incredible… What do you do?"
"Fenris is also a skilled healer Tigre. He could also heal his own wounds as well." Ellen smiled as she recalled the day they met and he showed him his healing spell.
As Tigre thanked Fenris, a powerful gust of wind blew around them as they saw a blue-scaled dragon taking flight with Zion on its back. Yet it was flapping its wings rapidly, like it was fleeing for its life. It was due to feeling Fenris's presence and the aura he has.
"A Wyvern?!"
"Zion has another dragon! Can you hit it Ellen with that attack?"
"My wind can't go that far Fenris…"
Fenris realized that maybe his Shouts could reach it and also reveal that very secret. As he began to breathe, he saw a powerful shot which almost hit the dragon. He turned to the source and it was Tigre who fired his black bow. Based on the backlash and the force, it seems the arrow he fired was imbrued with incredible power.
'What is going on here?! Why is that black bow and the Dragon Tools so powerful?! There is no artifact in Tamriel that could have that much power!'
It was then Ellen came up to support Tigre's shot and Fenris could feel the powerful bond between the two weapons.
Tigre then fired another shot and it was more powerful than the last. Everyone witness the shot struck the Wyvern with destructive power and went through its body. Its body fell into a nearby marsh and sunk to the bottom. Zion was no doubt wiped out from the face of the world.
The enemy soldiers dropped their weapons in shock as they witness the dragon fell to the earth. It was then their morale was completely destroyed as Ellen shouted out what have happened.
"Tigrevurmud Vorn has killed Zion Thenardier!"
Soon, everyone in Thenardier's Army fled for their lives as they dropped their weapons and discarded their armors. Everyone in the Zchted cheered for their victory, yet Fenris only made a small smile.
'This battle is won, but I know there are more to come. Huh… I have lost my opportunities in this battle to reveal my secret. It is going to be awkward now to reveal it as everyone is cheering…'
As he listened to everyone cheers, he suddenly felt his dragon sense flare up. He muttered as made a serious look under his helm…
"At a time like this…"
Soon he and the others heard a loud roar and quickly scanned their surroundings. To everyone, it sounded like another dragon and it was close. Many thought it was another of Thenardier's dragons, but they soon felt something was off.
"Ellen, where that came from?"
"It came from that direction Tigre, but that is were Lim and the rest of the army is!" To everyone shock, Fenris rode as fast he could pass them and moved to Lim's position.
"Wait Fenris, you are not going alone! Everyone, lets go!"
Ellen shouted her order as everyone moved out and followed Fenris. They navigated quickly to reach Lim and the rest of the army, but Fenris was way ahead of them as he forced his horse to go faster. Ellen was able to catch up with him briefly and felt that he wasn't acting himself.
"Fenris, what wrong? Why are you…"
"Ellen, I see it is now the best time to reveal my secret. One I have been keeping from all from you since I arrived. My mastery with Shouts. I promise that to answer all your questions truthfully in the end. I will allow you to give me any punishment for keeping such a secret away from you all."
Then he got his horse to blitz away from Ellen and went to the distance ahead, who was confused of what he said. "Fenris, wait! What do you mean…"
She was interrupted as they heard another roar along with it screams of her soldiers. Ellen ordered everyone to move faster as the screams became more apparent; a dragon was attacking her army.
Fenris arrived first at a large field littered with bodies that belong to Thenardier's Army. It was where the main army was against the Zchted army lead by Lim. He looked ahead and saw what he was expecting.
"I knew it…"
A white and blue scaled dragon with large dorsal spines was trashing around the soldiers that attacked it. Around it was bodies covered it ice, large puddles of gore and broken corpses. Some bodies under the dragon pierced by its claws and particular crushed under its weight.
He saw an one soldier got bitten by the dragon and tossed it away in a shower of blood with his body riddled with holes. Another was crushed into a pulp by its tail when he tried to attack from behind. There was also one who was wracked by its wing and cracked his head on a nearby tree and dropped dead.
Based on the carnage, it seems to be over 40 soldiers were killed by the dragon. He heard a whisper to his right. "Fenris. Right here."
He turned to see it was a few soldiers hiding behind a large rock and saw Lim, who clutching her bleeding right arm. Her armor was severely battered and had a number of bruises on her face and legs. He went to her to treat her injured arm. There other injured with her, but Fenris saw their wounds were not serious.
"Everyone hold on. I will treat all your wounds."
Fernis quickly used Healing Hands to heal her injuries as she and the soldiers look in awe as the wound healed. She tried to get up but Fenris put his hands on her shoulder, gesturing her to stay put as he moved to the other injured.
"Thanks Fernis… This dragon suddenly appeared and attacked us. It breathed ice as it flew and killed many of the troops. It caused the majority of the army to flee back to the plains…"
While Lim seem calm by the way she spoke, she was in turmoil in her head.
'The words it spoke before it breathe ice and then caused the men to flee… The way it countered our every attack… This dragon actually knows how to speak and think like person. But that shouldn't be possible…'
"Lim. Stay back and watch. I have a secret to show." After listing to Lim and healing the injured, he took of his helmet and dropped it to the ground. They saw that Fernis had a serious expression on his face.
He then drew the sword, Dragonbane, from his back as he moved to meet with the dragon. Lim was shocked of his words and action. "This isn't like him…"
By this time, the dragon has already killed the soldiers around and its back was turned to Fenris. It was also the time Ellen and the others arrived to the scene. Some went to help Lim while the others looked at Fenris without his helm approach the dragon with the sword on his back drawn. She also saw the bodies scattered around the dragon…
"Fenris! Don't! You can't…"
"Don't interfere Ellen! Stay back! Just watch! It is time to reveal my Shouts!"
Everyone was shocked of Fenris declaration, which caught the dragons' attention and turned to face Fenris. It was then he made a shout which echoed across the entire battlefield…
"OD AH VIING!"
I looked like a loud shout, but what Fenris did was call forth his greatest ally, which he knew was somewhere in the land. The dragon suddenly made a roar at Fenris, who didn't show any fear as he stared at it.
"So… You were here all this time, Dovahkiin…"
"Did that dragon just talk…!?"
"It called him what?"
The soldiers of Zchted watching only mutter of the impossible. Before them was a dragon that could talk the human language. Ellen, Lim and Tigre watched in shock of what they saw.
"Fenris…"
"So I was right… But is Dovahkiin?"
"A talking dragon… How?!"
The dragon turned to them and gaze at them. "So you have brought witnesses to see your death by my shouts." Fenris remain unfazed.
"I have yet a clue why you were able to come here dragon, but I will not let dominate the people of this world! And you will pay for the lives you have taken here!"
"MEY! Fool! I refuse to see you as an equal! You are just a mortal like the fallen here! My teeth on your flesh, Dovahkiin!" It then roared at him and began to move towards for battle.
It attempted to bite him in half, but Fenris jumped to the right. to avoid the attack. He made a slash to the neck, which caused it to hit him with its wing. He skidded on the ground, but he recovered quickly from the hit.
Seeing its chance, the dragon raised its head to prepared to unleash its own Shout. The army couldn't understand what it said, but they saw it was like an incantation.
"FO KRAH DIIN!"
The dragon's Frost Breath, a blizzard of extreme cold and ice, was fired directly at Fenris. Everyone from Zchted looked in horror of the attack as he was consumed by the attack and he didn't move away,
"Fenris! No!"
When the attack died down, everyone was completely shocked that Fenris was unharmed while the ground was covered with ice. He was covered as well, but the ice melted rather quickly. His exposed face didn't show signs of damage despite being hit by extreme cold.
Fenris merely brushed it off and then entered his combat stance with Dragonbane in his hand and with determined eyes. "Watch everyone… Watch with your own eyes… The vengeful flames of a dragon!"
He then unleased his own Shout in retaliation for the dragon's attack. The words he spoke echoed across the area as everyone watched.
"YOL TOOR SHUL!"
He unleashed a powerful fire blast from his mouth at the dragon, the path the blast followed burned the ground. The dragon flinched and roared in pain from the extreme heat and flames. Seconds later, it was still alive, but injured and was standing a large patch of brunt earth.
"Did he just…"
"This is what he means by secret…"
"He just breathed fire!?"
Ellen, Lim and Tigre had many thoughts as they witness Fenris withstand a breath of ice and breathed out fire to attack the dragon. Ellen noticed gusts of wind from Arifal, showing it was excited of what Fenris did.
They and the other soldiers watched as Fenris engages the dragon in close combat. He dodges the dragon's attempts to bite him and countered with a slash. To their surprise, each slash was powerful enough to stagger its head and leave a deep cut. It recovered quickly however and continue to fight.
After a few minutes of aggressive fighting, the dragon took flight and began to circle the field. It unleashed another Frost Beath when it flew pass him, but he dodged the attack quickly like it was nothing. It then made a dive with the intent of grabbing him with its teeth, yet he again evaded it. Then Fenris prepared a shout that was meant only for dragons when he was in Skyrim.
"JOOR ZAH FRUL!"
Shouting out Dragonrend, he forced the dragon to understand the concept of mortality when the force hit it. To the dragons of Skyrim, who are immortal, learning the concept was unbearable. Losing its focus, the dragon crashed into the ground and skid for meters. Luckily it was no where close to the observers.
"He just forced that dragon to the ground from the sky!"
"If he was this powerful, why didn't he use it before…"
The men ponder of his power and why he never used in during the battle before. As Arifal continue to release streams of wind, Ellen remembered what Fenris said when they first meet up in her office over a month ago. Along with the power that came from his strange shouts, she had a feeling it was far stronger than his magics…
'Fenris… You wish not to dominate… You have such a gift and yet dare not risk corrupt yourself with such overwhelming power…' She thought out as she made a revelation.
Fenris continue to fight against the dragon for another few minutes, which was taking a beating from Fenris's Dragonbane, which inflict greater damage if it strikes against a dragon. It was also unfocused due to using Dragonrend several times, which affected its battle performance. He then made another shout as he sheathed his blade on his back and drew his katanas.
"SU GRAH DUN!"
With his weapons imbrued with Elemental Fury, he unleashes an incredible barrage of slashes at the dragon. Everyone continue to look in awe as Fenris was slashing his blades at blinding speeds as they were covered with a swirl of magical wind, which suddenly appreared when he finished his Shout. His mastery of the Shout allowed him to use it on any type of weapons, including those already enchanted.
Ellen now saw Arifal releasing incredible amounts of air and seems to be shaking from her hip. Its couldn't hold back its excitement and was now gushing its winds out all over. Everyone noticed this as well.
'What did he shout to make his attacks so fast and made Arifal this excited?"
Soon there was another roar at the distance and everyone looked to the sky and witness another dragon approaching the field in high speeds. It was similar to the dragon that Fenris was fighting, but had red scales and less dorsal spines.
"Fenris, look out! Another dragon!"
Tigre shouted to Fenris as he was fighting against the purple-scaled dragon. He only turned to smiled at Tigre as launched a few shots of Ignite at foe, which weakened the dragon further.
"Don't worry. It is my friend and ally!"
Everyone were speechless of what they heard. They were now in awe when the red-scaled dragon hovered above and unleashed its own Fire Breath shout at the enemy dragon, causing it to recoil in even more pain. It then spoke to Fenris.
"FUL HI LOST HET. So you were here. Dovahkiin."
"Odahviing. How did you come to this world?"
"I could ask the same. But allow me to provide FREY. Aid."
"That is why I called you here."
Fenris's greatest ally, Odahviing, then landed on the ground and bit onto the neck of the enemy dragon as it struggled to get free. The observers could only watch as the red-scaled dragon fought by Fenris's side and they remember what he done before the fight.
"Odahviing… He shouted out that name before the fight!"
"He tamed a dragon!? Which can talk as well!? What is he!?"
As everyone could chat all kinds of topics about the battle they witnessed. Fenris could unleash incredible powers through shouts and had a dragon that seems to serve him. Tigre could only watch in silence while Ellen and Lim talked.
"Lim, do you recall what he said when we talked my office months ago?"
"Yes. Seeing how powerful these shouts of his are, he took his words to heart."
"Have you lost any respect for Fenris for hiding such a secret?"
"No, it actually increased. The power I feel from these Shouts are unbelievable. Its usage could easily bring peace or destruction to all. I see now Fenris only uses them if the need is dire in a battle, the same like you when using your Dragon Arts."
"Very true."
It was then they saw Fenris deliver the deathblow. He jumped on the enemy dragon's head as Odahviing held it down. He brought forth a downward trust with his katanas and then it made a loud roar being slumping down dead.
In a few seconds after its death, the dragon's body began to crack along its scales. It slowly become engulfed in flames and its scales began to fall to the ground. To the shock of everyone, a wave of energy escaped from the dragon's burning body and entered Fenris's own, who stand still as he absorbed it. Soon the flames died and the only thing left of the dragon is its bones and scales.
He then looked at the others, who were completely speechless of what they witnessed. Odahviing looked at them as well.
"They're your FAHDON? Friends?
"They are my allies, unless they changed their minds about me. Especially what they seen today. Stay until I say so Odahviing."
"Very well."
Fenris jumped off the bones of the fallen dragon and walked towards Ellen. He was both dirtied and battered from the fight, but didn't use his restoration spells yet. He wanted to hear everyone's response. It was seen they were face-to-face to each other. Fenris then bowed his head as spoke sadly.
"Ellen… I am sorry for hiding such a secret. The power of the Voice isn't one to be used lightly. I only use it when the need is one of great importance. I wanted to reveal this secret when against Thenardier's dragons, but that I lost those opportunities."
"Say nothing. I understand."
Fenris was inwardly surprised since that was not the response he expected from Ellen. But he remained silent as he listened to her.
"I remember what you said about your nature months ago. You have incredible skill with weapons, could unleash powerful magic from you and your display here shows the true extent of your powers. You are indeed powerful when using what you call Shouts, but you know how to use it responsibly. Many would flaunt such gifts to prove their superiority and gain personal glory, yet in the end be corrupted by their own greed. But you… You wish not to dominate… You know when the time is right to use them… A trait that I understand well and respect."
He made an astonished expression as he heard Ellen's words. He told her about his nature months ago, but he never expected her to take his words that far. Ellen made a genuine smile.
"Regardless what you think, I accept you who you are and I know the others feel the same. Please remain by my side till the very end." She then gives him back his helm that be dropped before.
Fenris then felt a gentle flow of air on his body and could tell it was from Arifal. He turned to the others for their response. Lim and Tigre walked forward and spoke first.
"You have an incredible power and you know how to use it responsibly. You could easily dominate others for selfish ends, but I can see that you never for once misused your gifts. I respected you during your time with us and now I respected even more."
"I never expected you to be this powerful. But I know you use your powers well. You are not arrogant and treated everyone well including me. I can without doubt trust you to watch my back."
They gave Fenris their response with a smile and then to his surprise, the soldiers were cheering for him.
"It doesn't matter you hide such power from us! We are glad you are with us today Fenris!"
"Yes! You helped us changed the tide of battle to our favor!"
"Seeing how powerful you truly are. I am relieved to see you know restraint of those Shouts!"
"With you and your dragon with us, Zchted's supremacy is secured!"
Fenris felt overwhelm of hearing such positive responses. He feared that they would reject him for hiding such a secret from everyone. He made a relieved smile for everyone to see.
"Thank you all… Thank you…"
Fenris was pleased that everything was going as he wished. They won the battle against Thenardier and his army. He was able to reveal his secret after months of hiding and he was still accepted despite them seeing how powerful the Shouts are.
He watched as Ellen declared the remains of the purple-scaled dragon he had killed to be collected. Well, part of the remains. Like Fenris said before, the scales and bones were quite heavy, but the scales were slightly lighter. The men had with them a decent load of the dragon's scales and bones, but the remaining parts had to be left behind for future recovery the next day.
Knowing that Fenris could forged equipment from these parts, she wished to watch him forged such marvels. Ellen felt she would be quite a sight if she goes into battle with her own set of dragonscale armor.
Despite Ellen acceptance of Fenris, she decided to "punish" him. She knew that he was always reluctant of talking about his past and exploits, but now that he promised to reveal everything. As his "punishment", he is to share details of all his exploits when the army return to Alsace to celebrate their victory.
With the celebration starting in the evening, the sharing of his exploits would take hours to talk about everyone in small details. He also warns that most of his exploits would be seen as tall tales, but Ellen knew he spoke truthfully and what she has seen with Fenris, those exploits wouldn't be farfetched. Also, since the army is to help rebuild Alsace, the men would no doubt listen to his exploits in their breaks.
However, that was only one part of the so-called punishment…
"This is incredible! Can't help but envy you Fenris!"
"Dovahkiin… Must I do such a demeaning task…"
"Please bear with it Odahviing. I also need you to be there for the celebration."
"Very well… Can't say about my pride…"
Fernis made a sigh as he was riding on Odahviing's head as it flew in the sky. He had a passenger gripping on his shoulder, which was actually Ellen.
After telling her that Odahviing pledge its utmost loyal to him, she then said she wanted to ride on it and observing everything from the sky. Fenris ordered the dragon and it agreed, but without doubt it had taken a jab to its pride to allow an excited young girl to ride on his head and just go sightseeing.
Ellen had an ecstatic look on her face as he looked at the earth below. It was a remarkable experience to see the forests, mountains and plains from the view of a flying dragon. They left the plains where Fenris killed the dragon and were flying back to the Molsheim Plains.
They were to make a large circle around Alsace before they land at the town's entrance. She wanted to first discuss with Tigre about his black bow and then prepare Fenris to tell his tales while they celebrate their victory.
She recalls the Shouts that Fenris have made and its effects. She has no doubt he has a diverse set of Shouts like his spells. However, she wondered why the dragon called him that word…
"So what does Dovahkiin mean Fenris? You were called that several times during that fight."
Fenris smiled as he turned to her. He promised her that he will reveal everything, so this was the start.
"Dovahkiin means Dragonborn in the Dragon's Language. Mortals with dragon blood in their veins."
Information about Fenris – Dragon Shouts Background
As a Dragonborn, he has the ability to learn and use Dragon Shouts or Thu'um with ease. He could also absorb the soul of any dragon he defeated to gain additional power and knowledge in using Shouts. When he learned about Shouts, he used it extensively against his enemies to show his martial skill. However, he soon understands the philosophy known as the Way of the Voice and how he could better himself in not his strength, but his own inner spirit.
By the time he fought against Alduin, he vowed to never to use Shouts in every engagement he enters due to his understanding of the Voice. Only if he is fighting against a dragon, a powerful foe or a battle that threatens to spread chaos, that he would use Shouts. In his own view of the Way of the Voice, Shouts are to be used to protect the peace, not for personal gain and glory.
Despite following such a philosophy, he still a powerful user of Shouts due to his mastery of many shouts during his journey to defeat Alduin and his other adventures. His most powerful shouts were gained from his quest to stop Miraak, but he only used them during the final battle against him. He vowed to only use such Shouts if a destructive force threatens to bring ruin to many lives, for its powers could easily change the world.
Dragon Shouts used by Fenris:
Aura Whisper = LAAS YAH NIR (First Used: Chapter 1)
Unrelenting Force = FUS RO DAH (First Used: Chapter 1)
Become Ethereal = FEIM ZII GRON (First Used: Chapter 1)
Call Dragon = OD AH VIING (First Used: Chapter 5)
Fire Breath = YOL TOOR SHUL (First Used: Chapter 5)
Dragonrend = JOOR ZAH FRUL (First Used: Chapter 5)
Elemental Fury = SU GRAH DUN (First Used: Chapter 5)
Author's Note:
I am officially done with my classes this semester and only have the finals left to do. Since I been doing good in my classes, I could focus my thoughts more on writing. While my upload time would be more frequent for the next few weeks, I have to go on vacation on Dec 19. After I come back, I will have another semester at college and possibly a part-time job, so the time for uploads will be uncertain.
I am aware of what I did on this chapter would be seen as far-fetched, but it is bested on my thoughts and ideas. Please bear with me if my ideas may not make good sense.
Like I stated last chapter, Fenris will have a harem. Some of the pairings will have some implications, so I left some notes about such issues.
Harem: Ellen, Lim, Mila, Sofy, Liza, Valentina (1), Olga, Sasha (2)
(1) Without doubt, it would take a lot of convincing and reasoning to get her to realize that her ambition is misguided and wrong. In Skyrim terms, a number of persuasion checks of increasing difficulty have to be passed for her to abandon her dangerous ambition. I see it as the only way for this pairing to work.
(2) I have yet to decided if her sickness will be cured instantly or very slowly in a period of time through the use of Restoration spells and Alchemy.