Balmora and The Fighters Guild
My arrival in Balmora was a pleasant one. Balmora was the biggest city in Vvardenfell that I have ever seen, it was massive. It was about three times the size of Seyda Neen maybe even greater. There were large steps leading down from the Silt Strider. At the foot of the steps, an Argonian was walking around pacing himself. I spoke to him briefly about Balmora and where to go to find Caius Cosades. He told me to go North-West across the bridge and his house should be located at the top of the steps from the guard tower. This confused me a little because the directions were not accurate. I still thanked him for his help and I was on my way. Someway I managed to find his house with the Argonian's help. I entered to find a man who was pretty muscular. He was wearing no shirt and had tattered pants. He was surely a imperial with white hair and green eyes. Not so tall for such a muscular man. "Excuse me are you Caius Cosades?" He replied, "Why, of course I am, greetings and you are?" "I am Casius." " I have heard a lot about you Casius and I have awaited your arrival to Vvardenfell. You have probably been wondering why they sent you here to Vvardenfell. Well you see it is this, they sent you here to train with the Blade Trainers. I am a Blade associate as well. The Blades are a group of people fighting against Dagoth Ur, who could devastate our world if were not careful. We sent you here to help stop him. We feel that something bad is going to happen very soon." I looked puzzled, I have never heard of Dagoth Ur in my two days of being in Vvardenfell. I asked, "Who is Dagoth Ur?" He replied again, "A monster who is dedicated to the destruction of our world and all its inhabitants. He must be stopped." "Well I have a package from Sellus Gravius, who I met at the Seyda Neen Census and Excise office." He seemed happy, "I thank you for this, here is 200 gold. If you have time please use this money to buy armor and maybe a new weapon so you can progress. Oh, and if you want try finding guilds you can participate in. You can work at the guilds to progress in the ranks and earn some money. Just north of the Silt Strider port, you will find a Trade shop, a Armor shop, and a clothes shop. Also, there will be two popular guilds sitting right next to each other, the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild. Depending on what class you are ranked in, a warrior or a mage of some sort, join the one you feel comfortable with or join both, it is up to you." With this information I left his house to fulfill his request. I found the Armor shop with Caius's Directions. A wood elf named Meldor owned the Armor shop. There were many shelves filled up with armor for purchased. As I Nord I favored the Medium to High Armor. I didn't have but One Thousand gold to spend, at least I could buy something. I purchased a cheap full suit of iron armor. With about 200 septims left I checked out the Fighters Guild. It was a large place. I spoke to one of the members, Wayn, who told me I could talk to "Fire-Eye" if I wanted to join the guild. So I spoke to her and I was soon a member of the Fighters Guild. The first job I was assigned was child's play, but whatever got me up the ranks and got the gold in my pocket I completed. I was to go to a women's house to clear out rats from her house. The house was across the way and not very far. I spoke to the woman who was very scared, "Are you here about the rats, please help me and I will pay 100 septims. That is what I promised to pay the fighters guild." She gave me a key to her storage room where the rats were. I went upstairs and unlocked the door and went in. The rats were very large, but not a threat. I drew my axe and killed 3 rats in 3 swings. After I accomplished my task, I collected the money and headed back to the fighters guild. "Fire-Eye" had promoted me to The Fighters Guild Journeyman. With this accomplished I traveled back across the river, back to Caius Cosades. He asked me, "Are you ready for your first order, friend?" I followed, "Yes, I am ready. What do you want me to do?" He told me he needed me to get information on The Sixth House Base and the Neveraine Cult. He told me to go to the fighters guild to find a man who knows information on the Sixth House Base. I went back to the guild and asked around and finally found the man. I asked kindly for the information for Caius, but he said that he needed a job done for him first, so I accepted. He wanted me to find an ancient artifact known as the Dwemer Puzzle Box. It would be located in Arkthand, an ancient ruin city. He warned me to be cautious of thieves and monsters that might attack me. I knew that this would not be a pleasant day……