Author's Note: VERY BORING BUT PLOT-ESSENTIAL CHAPTER! This is an "answers" chapter. A lot of questions from earlier chapters are being answered, but the BIG questions "who is Eats, and what does he know" remain unanswered as yet. The long gap is because of my Oblivion fanfictions and an actual (rather, "publishable") book that I have been newly inspired to. This is fairly lengthy with not a lot of action, but it's important. It'll pick up next chapter.
Disclaimer: Don't own, etc.
The Legend of Zelda: Akavir War
Chapter 11
Link woke as they reached Akavir at the ancient port of Ionith. It had long been abandoned, as the Tsaesci had left Akavir. The ship made birth at the harbor. Link prepared to leave, and a knock sounded at his door. He opened it, and immidiately prepared to do battle with a tall being in black and red armor who, with a disgusted grunt, shoved a note at Link. Before Link could speak, the messenger dissapeared.
Link opened the envelope and read the letter:
Link
You, Ammas, and Eats must meet me at the ruins of the old command post at midnight. There is much you three must know.
The Nerevarine
P.S. Nathetet is imposing, but you need not fear him. He is one of my bound Dremora servants. If need be, you may meet him many times in the future.
Link recovered from the shock of seeing ahumanoid evil-looking creature at his cabin door, and made his way to the top deck. It was nearly summer, and the air was very dry, but not uncomfortably hot. He jumped over the railing of the ship and landed gracefully on the dock.
Link went into the Imperial Command Tent, and checked his men in with the Legion Commander, a Breton named Claude Gerard. After giving an exact casualty count, the four who perished in the battle at the Black Marsh-Morrowind Border. Gerard was impressed, no less than a hundred Imperial troops had been lost in the sea ambush.
An entire day was spent setting up the troops at the old base. Tents were set up around the dilapitaded structures. Even the newest of buildings, the Tsaesci homesteads, were falling into disrepair since the genocide and exodus.
Late that night, Link made his way up a grassy hill to an old Imperial-looking structure. The building was in ruins. The roof was gone, and the wood of the floor had long been burned away, and the pillars stretched up crookedly from the bare earth like fingers on a crippled hand, reaching to the stars pleading for death. The Nerevarine had a small fire set up, with a strange animal being roasted over it. There were some odd chairs, probably salvaged from a Tsaesci home based on their appearance. Link sat and waited.
At midnight, the Nerevarine arrived. Soon after came Eats, then Ammas. Everyone got a cut of the food, then the Nerevarine began to speak.
"It is high time you three knew exactly what was going on and why we are here." The Nerevarine said. "There is much more to this war than meets the eye. Tosh Raka is not the only enemy. Perhaps you have already seen the signs?"
Link and Eats both knew what was coming. The Nerevarine continued. "The Emperor, who released me from prison and helped me fulfill my destiny, called me out to the Imperial City to consult with the Mages at the Arcane University. According to them, Magic presents itself outside of Aetherius, which is known in Hyrule as the Golden Land, as Magicka, or 'Mana.' Apparently, there has been a shortage of Magicka in this world. As you noticed on the ship, Eats. This shortage has shown itself in many ways. For example, the Hylians, since before being forced from Tamriel, have been very in-tune with magicka, and this shortage shows physically in the dulling of their ears-"
"Wait!" Link exclaimed, "I thought the Tamrielic theory was-"
"Don't believe everything you read. That man was hugely discredited. The theory held among the few in Tamriel who even know of your existancew is that your kind left Tamriel, and your gods, whose names, Din, Nayru and Farore, translate to Power, Wisdom and Corage from old Cyrodiilic to modern Tamrielic, gave you a new land and the Triforce to serve as the conduit from that land to Aetherius. The Triforce is one of the few examples of actual Magic on the mortal plane. Hylians were forced out of Tamriel by the ancient Nedic peoples. Your magic and gods scared them beyond reason, so they chose to exile a potential threat rather than embrace a valuable ally."
"Oh…" Link pondered.
"Akavir has been ever-mysterious to Tamriel. But the Mages have determined that a great vacuum of Magicka has sprung up in a region Northeast of here, and in two weeks both moons will eclipse the sun. During this and only this time, the two moons become like a portal to Oblivion."
"Oblivion…" Link said.
"The realms of the Daedra. Every dual lunar eclipse one can use vast amounts of Magicka to open a portal. Tosh Raka has been gathering Magicka for decades. More than enough to open the portal. We are here to make sure that dosen't happen." The Nerevarine explained.
"So Tosh Raka…" Link began.
"He plans to open the portal. The former Tiger-Man is a servant of Mehrunes Dagon." The Nerevarine said.
"In Hylian Demonology, there is a being named 'Dehgon,' who is a destroyer of entire kingdoms. Is this him?" Link asked.
"Yes. The Destroyer, who has been trapped in Oblivion for milenia. He wants nothing more than to completely eradicate the mortal world. There will be but one battle, in the field Northeast of here. There is a little more you need to know. These are more immediate."
"What?"
"Officialy, we are not here. The last time Akavir was invaded, there was a massacre, and an Emperor was lost. The people of Tamriel do not know what is happening, they would never allow it. We've leaked a rumor that I've come on a solo expeditition."
"So we've come here to die, is that it?" Link muttered, seething.
The Nerevarine shook his head. "No, not this time. This time we will have them by surprise. The four of us are taking horses and scouting ahead at dawn. We all go in different directions, Gerard will brief us tomorrow."
Please don't kill me. I know it was boring and some of it seems cliché (Dagon), but it was necessary from the beginning, and it picks up next chapter. Though Oblivion helped back up the story with the Nerevarine going to Akavir, some things have done more harm to the origionality than good. You'll see, but I swear this is all origional. Well, the plot and non-Link chars anyway.