Chapter 2
The Cave
Last Seed 8, 427, 3rd Era of Tamriel, 2:00 P.M
Eldinflame walked over to Kamos and said, "I am ready to depart, my humble brute."
"That be good, Eldinflame." replied the Nord.
"I would like to walk to Balmora. And considering that you are merely here to make sure I don't do anything malicious, I choose how we travel." They started walking when Eldinflame saw a Willow Anther, and picked it up, and they continued down the road.
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Same time, Morag Tong Guild Hall, Balmora
The Argonian, Whisper in the Wind, walked up to the local Steward. The Steward, who was a Dunmer blind in one eye, said, "A High Ranking Priest in the Tribunal has ordered the death of an Altmer, Eldinflame Firewell. He may be difficult to reach, even though he has just been released from prison. He has many allies throughout Morrowind, even though he does not understand its politics. Tribunal Agents have reported that he comes to Balmora to start again, what he did: manipulate, elevate, annihilate, and dominate. My final warning to you is this: he is a Shadow Weaver, and could prove deadly. Be warned, you have not battled one of them before. Before I became a member of the Morag Tong, I was in the fighters guild. The Tribunal hired the fighters guild to send a company of mercenaries to kill a Shadow Waver, Edwin Albers, who lived in Vivec. At first, he Fighters Guild sent a company of seven. The next day there mutilated corpses were found floating in the river. The Fighters Guild next sent a company of twenty of there finest, including me. Albers killed my companions and blinded me in my left eye. When he turned around I killed him, but twenty-six men were killed trying to kill one Shadow Weaver. The reason the Tribunal has turned to us this time is because stealth may work better than a front assault."
Whisper in the Wind could not speak ever since his family, his Mother, Father, Grandfather, Grandmother, and three year old Sister was killed by slavers, and their bodies were never seen again. As he heard what the Steward said, he grunted and nodded. He was what people would call strange. He would not be miserable or content after killing. That is, except when it is a Cammona Tong agent. Then, he would be, well not happy, but he would take pleasure in there death. And this is because the Cammona Tong and House Dres raided Black Marsh, and that's when is family was killed. He would not take his assignment lightly, and would go find this Eldinflame.
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Last Seed 8, 427, 3rd Era of Tamriel, 2:05 P.M
Eldinflame and Kamos walked into Addamastarus. When they entered, they saw the body of a smuggler. Kamos gave a slight gasp when he saw the body. Oka-Sheko opened the wooden door behind the fireplace and Eldinflame said, "Oka-Sheko, I have changed my mind. Keep him alive." As he said that, he jumped off the cave's cliff into the chamber and lifted his hand at the door. He said to Kamos, "Kamos, ironic, isn't it? I'm the prisoner, yet your trapped." Kamos charged at Eldinflame, but Oka-Sheko jumped in the way, wielding a large Daedric Axe. Kamos took out a Nordic Broadsword and lunged at Oka-Sheko, who was able to dodge the point of the blade. Oka-Sheko than lifted his axe, and struck Kamos on the left of his head. Kamos fell unconscious, and was nearly dying. Eldinflame walked over to Oka-Sheko and said, "Leave now. Await me outside the cave, and I'll explain everything." Oka-Sheko left the cave, as Eldinflame took out a black powder he was carrying in his robes. "Kamos, Kamos. You really thought I wouldn't escape." As he spoke, he closed his eyes. Blood red, raven black and royal violet energy flew out of Eldinflame's eyes.
The thoughts of his prey ran through his head, and he had almost found what he was looking for: fear. The energies continued flowing out of his eyes, and he found it. The energy ceased flowing, and Eldinflame stuck his finger in the black powder, placing a cross on the head of the Nord. Eldinflame also took out the Willow Anther and placed a cross of the black powder on it. He ran to the wooden door, threw the flower into the water, and said, "Dominae Arzantu Kandora Anhila." Eldinflame started to run out of the cave as the Willow Anther lit up.
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Last Seed 8, 427, 3rd Era of Tamriel, 2:10 P.M
Eldinflame and Oka-Sheko were right outside the cave when Oka-Sheko asked, "What happened in the cave?"
"I preformed an ancient Shadow Weaver Ritual. His worst fear shall come true in the cave." Replied Eldinflame.
"And that is?" Asked the Orc.
"Vampires. The source of power of the ritual will generate Vampires, in his case, in the cavern until I perform that ritual again, or the source is destroyed. The interesting part, however, is that the Vampires are only real to him. But just in case, I sealed the door as well." Responded Eldinflame, who continued saying; "Now we must go to Balmora. However, I do need a skull, and judging by what I've read on Dunmer traditions, they have skeletons guarding their ancestral tombs, so we must go into one. According to the map I glanced at in the trade house in Seyda Neen, the nearest Ancestral Tomb is the Vivmasilaine Ancestral Tomb, who were a very rich and possessed valuable magical rubies and diamonds."
"Good, we will be rich." Replied the Orc.
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Last Seed 8, 427, 3rd Era of Tamriel, 3:00 P.M
"Hurry up, we've finally reached the tomb." Whispered Eldinflame to Oka-Sheko. He continued saying, "Well, what are you waiting for, go in."
"Fine, Eldinflame." Oka-Sheko entered the tomb, and saw an Imperial fighting with three skeletons. The Imperial shouted, "Help, I'm looking for the Vivmasilaine treasures, and these skeletons attacked me!"
"Leave him, Oka-Sheko. He is competition, nothing more. Although I would rather have a skull, I want the rubies and diamonds as well." Coldly ordered Eldinflame. Oka-Sheko was starting to walk past him when he though and said, "Wait Eldinflame! If you kill the skeletons you'll have three skulls instead." The Imperial was still battling the three skeletons, and had now been trapped in a corner.
"Very well, save him from the skeletons." Replied an Angry and depressed Eldinflame. Oka-Sheko charged the skeletons with his Daedric axe, striking the first one down. The other two skeletons now turned there attention to Oka-Sheko who destroyed another one. The Imperial, while Oka-Sheko was fighting the skeleton, attacked it, knocking it down, leaving Oka-Sheko to finish it off. After the battle, Eldinflame cruelly said, "Well, now that that's done, Oka-Sheko, kill this Imperial, whatever his name is, before he steals my rubies and diamonds!"
"Pleasant, isn't he." Sarcastically said the Imperial to Oka-Sheko.
"Eldinflame let him live. He is not much of a danger to you or I, and he could be quite useful." Said Oka-Sheko.
Eldinflame hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Although he is an annoyance, I will reluctantly keep him alive if he obeys these conditions. One, he will find the rubies and diamonds for us, and in the end he will only keep one diamond. Secondly, he goes first."
"What makes you think you could kill me?" Asked the Imperial.
"I wouldn't kill you. That's being to kind. I'm a Shadow Weaver." Replied Eldinflame.
"I'll accept your conditions, Eldinflame. By the way, my name is Valdor." Said the Imperial.
"I don't care what your name is, I will most likely address you as serf." Responded Eldinflame, adding, "And you should feel lucky that I pointed that out to you."
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Last Seed 8, 427, 3rd Era of Tamriel, 3:00 P.M
Kamos had awoken from his unconsciousness. He had just been able to stand up, and started walking toward the door. He paused for a moment, thinking 'If Eldinflame schemed to such a complex degree, he would have made sure I couldn't get out.' As he finished the thought, he heard a wooden door on the opposite side of the room open. A Berne Vampire rushed out to attack him. Kamos became very pale, but still took out his Nordic Broadsword, and stabbed the beast killing it. He ran for the cave door, attempting to open it, yet he couldn't. He tried forcing it, but it wouldn't open. He then heard the wooden door open again. Two Quarra Vampires were quickly moving toward him, as he got even paler, he looked as if he were going to faint. The Vampires took out enchanted Daedric long swords and Kamos started fighting them. The first Vampire had Kamos fighting him alone as the second Vampire stabbed Kamos in the back. Blood flew out of his back, as he was falling to the ground, he was able to decapitate the first vampire. Kamos fell unconscious. As Kamos fell into that deep sleep, the Vampire disappeared.
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Authors Note: The End of Chapter 2. I'd like to comment on your reviews so, here I go.
To Reviewer: Kamos is going to live, don't worry.
To Zelda Zealot: Clangor will become more involved in later chapters. Oh, and if you think it makes sense, this takes place only shortly after your story, so Clangor would want the 50 Septims!
To Elvish Mistress: Thanks for the character; he is useful in this story!
To AGDude: Your character is going to be very important next chapter!
To TomDragonblade: I'm sorry I didn't include your character yet, but I will start using him in the next chapters.
To Zealit: I hope you like that I gave your character reason for hating the Cammona Tong.
Out of curiosity, does anyone think of Veruca Salt (the Character, not the band) when you read this story? Eldinflame reminds me a bit of her. And BtW: I might take a while to update because I'll be starting my third story, Black Alliance Chronicles 2: the Hunt for Chaos. Reading that and it's prequel would be nice! Well, I had better start that. Maybe listening to Enya will give me some ideas. Sorry about the long and semi pointless authors note.