Hello, first of all I would like to say that English is not my native language and that I am helping myself with some online tools to translate this, if you find any errors please tell me and I will try to correct it as quickly as possible.

Ushao hates the woods, of course he was born in an Orsimer fortress in the middle of the Riften woods, but he still hates the damn woods, or at least he hates moving through them, he actually loves how quiet they are and the noises of nature, but he hates bumping shoulders with every damn tree.

The worst of all is that it is not even the fault of the forests, it was his own physique that was to blame for such blows, but the day that he would curse his glorious physique would never come.

Although sometimes he would like to be a little less broad-shouldered and imposing, being an orc about 220cm tall with arms as thick as a woman's waist is difficult when you have to go through tight places.

"By Malacath, am I an idiot or what?" He said to himself, reminding himself that despite his physique he is a damn talented wizard, using an alteration spell he shrunk his own body to a more manageable height in which his shoulders would not collide. against the trees.

Feeling satisfied with that, he continued to advance through this strange forest which he does not remember ever having visited, which is strange because he was sure he had traveled all the places in Skyrim, perhaps finding out in that strange portal at the end of that cave was not a good idea…well it's no use repenting, he already thought.

After all, one of his many mantras was "Whoever is afraid to die should not be born" that made him reckless in some of his choices, for example, anyone would not have entered a strange portal that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of a cave that was inhabited by renegade wizards who by all appearances in the cave did a lot of dangerous experiments with the most common result being death.

But Ushao is not just any person, so as soon as he saw the portal he thought about it for only five seconds and then he entered it hoping to see what incredible adventure it would take him to, after all the last portal he took that led him to face Molag Bal.

"Maybe this time I'll face Hircine, with so much damned forest I wouldn't be surprised" He spoke to himself again, a habit he got after years traveling all over Skyrim alone.

He discovered that loneliness sometimes does more damage than some wounds, in the same way he discovered that talking to himself reduces the feeling of loneliness a little, which is why he began to do it continuously, something that tends to confuse his allies on the occasions that work with some

In any case, despite his words, he is sure that he is not in Hircine's plane and little by little he begins to realize that perhaps he is not in Nirn either.

It was easy for him to know if he was in Hircine's plane or not, after all, the curse of the beast runs through his blood, being a bear man, his beast blood makes it clear that he is not in the territories of his This pattern intensifies every time Hircine or something related to him is near and Ushao is sure that if he were in his plane, his beast blood would throb with a force rarely seen.

As for the reason why he thinks he is no longer in Nirn, it is due to various factors and almost all of them have to do with magic, as he himself said before, he is a talented magician, so much so that he even acquired the title of Archmage of Hibernalia before of giving it to another person and resuming his adventures, the fact is that being a magician with talent and experience he knows how to feel the magic around him and compared to any place in Nirn this place has very little magic.

Then there was the sky, the sun and stars of Nirn are just holes that give into Aetherius and any magician talented enough can feel the magical energy flow from said holes to the plane of Mundus, right now Ushao only feels heat coming from the sky.

Finally, it was the recharge of his mana, living beings recover their mana over time both generating it from their own body and absorbing it from their surroundings, due to the little magic around and the null that comes from the sun and the stars, their mana is It's recovering much slower than it should.

Due to those three details he theorizes that he is no longer in Nirn and to be absolutely sure of that he must get out of this thick forest and find any trace of civilization to get information.

So he kept walking, enjoying his reduced form that allowed him not to collide with any tree on his way out of the lush forest in which he finds himself, he had to walk for hours something that was not so annoying because he is used to it, after of all orcs are heavy by nature not just any mount can hold them that meant orcs weren't exactly well versed in horsemanship Ushao was no different.

But as he always says "Every step is one less" so keeping a good mood he reached his great goal, to get out of the forest, as soon as that happened he annulled the reduction spell returning to his original size and carefully observed his surroundings in looking for any trace of civilization, luckily he was able to find one a short distance in the person of a small path that seemed to have been created after years of people passing through it, surely if he followed it he could reach civilization so he was ready to continue that trail.

But just when he was about to take the first step he stopped, as a werebear (or orc bear...it doesn't matter) his sense of smell was better than that of any member of his species allowing him to pick up odors that are even 30 kilometers around him, when a wind coming from the forest passed near him, he could feel the indistinguishable smell of fear, a smell that he felt many times coming from those who had the worst idea to face him.

Ushao moved fast running in the direction of the forest this time going through another place from which he had come, this time he didn't mind bumping his shoulders with the trees, focused on his run he didn't even bother to dodge the trees which were destroyed at the contact of his body, driven by his superhuman strength and resistance, moving faster than something of his size has the right, Ushao arrived quickly towards the origin of that fear.

He watched with anger as a young girl was surrounded by some small green creatures similar to Goblins, the creatures had been intimidated to see him and trembled at his mere presence, the young girl too, but Ushao ignored that in favor of noticing that the girl was is naked in the lower part of her body.

His eyes went furiously towards the Goblins who began to urinate on themselves upon seeing the fury on his face, they were about to start running in a pathetic attempt to escape, but before they turned around Ushao brought his hands towards his back releasing his Daedric metal battle axe, in a wide and fast movement from left to right the Orsimer cut the small vermin in two releasing their red and disgusting blood on the ground.

The massacre did not even last a second because as always Ushao was faster than someone of his size has the right to be, after that he turned towards the girl who was desperately trying to get away from him with her face covered in terror —Hey calm , I'm not going to hurt you— He pronounced trying to sound comforting, something difficult because his voice is as thick as one would expect from someone with his physique.

The girl kept backing away until her back collided with something, Ushao would have preferred that something to be a tree.

Behind the girl appeared an ugly tall dark brown skinned creature of at least three meters tall, incredibly muscular and with lower tusks reminiscent of an orc, to tell the truth, the creature looks a lot like an orc...although uglier.

"Hey friend, stay away from the girl and you won't have to try the axe," Ushao pronounced, noticing how the creature looked at the girl with predatory eyes, the monster looked at him and seemed confused for a few seconds.

—Your little one, you don't give orders to me, I'm big, I'm strong— Pronounced the entity with a deep voice but full of primitive stupidity.

—I've knocked down sons of bitches twice your size, you don't want to have me as an enemy, that's for sure— In normal time Ushao would have already charged, after all another of his mantras is "Hit first ask questions later" but in this case the girl she would find herself in the middle of a fight and it is not something the Orsimer wishes to subject her to.

—You are small, I am big, I win, I crush you— Moved by that logic, the monster began to advance towards Ushao Completely ignoring the girl, sure he was aware that as long as the green skin was present he could not take her —Die!— This scream while throwing a powerful punch at Ushao.

The latter raised the ax and using the hilt of the ax stopped the attack, the Orsimer did not even back down from the strong blow that made everything around him resound, while the beast let out a grimace of pain as he felt his fingers being destroyed by having hit with all his strength something as hard as Daedric metal.

Ushao pushed forward taking advantage of the confusion that caused the monster to stagger, in a quick succession of movements the ax severed a leg and then the head of the monster, the skin and bone were cut like butter would be cut by a hot knife thank you very much to the immense quality of the weapon and its material as well as the brute force of those who use it and their mastery.

Another massacre that didn't last long —I've known Alfiq who has given me more fights— I pronounce the corpse that lies in the place in a derogatory manner.

Now Ushao turned his attention to the girl who seemed to have been paralyzed with fear, looking at her better, the orc noticed confused how she has pointed ears which instead of going upwards as with the elves (and himself) are directed to the sides, her facial features are very human and not very elvish but the long ears are undoubtedly those of an elf with the only anomaly of being thrown sideways rather than upwards, she is certainly a rare girl.

Ushao dropped his weapon on the ground and raised his hands in a way to show her that he is unarmed, he tried to soften his voice as much as possible —I don't want to hurt you, you can trust me you're safe— He said while maintaining eye contact with the girl trying to create a feeling of trust in her.

The scent of her fear slowly fading seemed to tell her that she was on the right track.

—My name is Ushao Burarku, to tell the truth, I'm a bit lost and I could really use someone to guide me through these places I don't know, I was looking for a town to get some information when I could smell that you were in danger and I came running, creatures You're ugly, huh?— I try to bring a bit of humor to the situation to calm her down and it seemed to work a bit because she was no longer paralyzed with fear and managed to get up from the floor.

"W-won't you rape me?" She asked, still terrified and her voice cracking with fear.

—Gods no, I would never do something like that, any man who commits an act as infamous as forcing others should rot in the flames of Oblivion— His disgust was real, Ushao was never good at lying anyway it's what it is to be an orc , being direct is a matter of culture in them.

The girl stared at him for a few minutes trying to know if he was telling the truth, during that time her fear lowered more and more enough for her to realize that her dress was bare from the waist down, having been torn by the Goblins. She quickly covered that part that Ushao wasn't looking at anyway, a matter of respect.

—If you want I have a dress that I could lend you, an old woman gave it to me saying that I should give it to my daughter, I mean I don't have a daughter but for some reason that old woman thinks that I do have one— While Ushao spoke she had lowered her arms and carried one of them to her waist where a bag rests that at first glance seemed to be a bag of coins, she put her hand in the bag and a green dress came out of it, the girl was surprised that a dress came out of a bag that at At first glance, it doesn't seem to be the size to hold that dress. "Here.

Ushao threw it at her knowing that approaching them would surely scare her more than anything, she caught the dress with some clumsiness and quickly hid behind a tree to start dressing.

"So what are you doing in a forest like this?" Doesn't seem like the safest place in the world— Ushao asked trying to get something to talk.

—I-I…I was picking mushrooms…my mother prepares a delicious soup with them— Ushao frowned slightly at such a statement, thinking that no father worthy of the name would send his daughter to a dangerous forest just for mushrooms.

"You faced this danger just for mushrooms?" It must be the best fucking soup in the world" The orc joked trying to hide the first bad impression he had acquired from the girl's mother.

"N-no, this forest is quiet...it's supposed to be, Goblins and orcs had never appeared around here." Ushao looked at the little green creatures...well they weren't exactly identical to the Goblins she knows, but they look similar enough, but the other being… well has some traits —You are small for an orc— Again Ushao frowned.

"I think you're confused girl, for my race I'm actually quite tall." She came out behind the tree already dressed and looking calmer.

—He's taller than you— He said pointing to the monster that Ushao killed.

"They call them orcs?" I mean, it does have a slight resemblance, but where I come from the rest of the orcs are more similar to me and a little smaller than me… I feel like it will create a lot of confusion here if they start calling me orc and calling these things orc too.

The girl looked very confused at Ushao's words. "Aren't you an orc?"

—Where I come from we are called that or Orsimer, but this thing…it has similarities, but it is not enough to consider it the same race as me.

"Orsimer?" We call them orcs or green skins, although this is not one of those with green skins, there are different types with different skin colors… are all Orsimers like you, that is, they don't rape and eat people?

—No Orsimer worthy of the name would do something like that, we are somewhat temperamental, but eating the meat of other intelligent species is something too disgusting, and we don't abuse people either... well, some idiot would do it, but all races have their crazy people You can't judge a race for the crimes of a few, you know— The girl was still confused with the orc in front of her which defies everything she knows about the members of such a species.

First of all, she speaks well, something that the orcs she has heard of is something impossible, second, she looks pretty good considering that she is an orc with combed hair and wearing clothes that, although somewhat barbaric, look better than anything that they would carry the orcs and their weapon as well.

And finally his behavior is calm, he gave her a dress and protected her from the Goblins and other orcs, from this little conversation she took out that it is possibly a different species of orcs that can be called Orsimer for which she would know him more with that name that has a better connotation in his mind than orc.

"I see… I, my name is Lireahil Grayan, a pleasure Mr. Ushao" Ushao made a funny face when the girl called him sir.

"Hey, I'm not that old, okay?" I'm barely 42 years old…I mean it's very old for an orc, but…don't tell me sir it makes me feel old— The orc defended himself by acting childishly, something that seemed slightly funny to Lireahil.

"Ho's fine...then just Ushao, he said he's lost, right?"

—I am, I was in a cave infected with renegade wizards, the routine, at the end of the cave I found a portal and well… I entered it, I have no idea where it brought me, the bad thing is that it closed behind me so I can't go back where I was, if you could tell me exactly where I am it would be a great help.

—I-did I enter a portal that I didn't know where it would lead?— The Orsimer nodded. —I-I…I'm sure doing that is a bad idea.

—Those who are afraid of dying may not be born, you never know what a great adventure that kind of thing could lead you to, also think, if I hadn't taken the portal I wouldn't have come to save you, I'm not the type to say "Everything has a reason." "But you have to admit that without me doing that you…well you know—" Lireahil gulped realizing that.

—C-true, well we are right now in Alfheim, a gigantic forest which is the kingdom of us high elves— Ushao looked at the girl confused.

"High elves?" he asked with confusion in his voice.

"Y-yes, is something wrong?"

"Well, where do high elves come from... well, they're tall, you know, as much as I am, they also have yellow skin and elongated faces and their ears point upwards, not to the sides." Now it was Lireahil's turn to look at him strangely.

—That…it doesn't sound like elves, besides the ears that point up are the mark of half-elfs, I'm pure blood that's why my ears point to the sides all high elves are like that…and I've never heard of any elves that They look like you describe them.

—I guess I'm quite far from home then, because nothing you say makes sense to me, but let's go back to the explanation of where I am now— Ushao is now sure that he is no longer in Nirn and that somehow excites him more than restless, because in their language that only means adventure.

"Okay, then Alfheim gigantic forest kingdom of the high elves, we are in the continent of Selenus more precisely in its center, Alfheim is on the border with all the kingdoms of Selenus" the girl pronounced almost academically.

—Wow, you know a lot, girl, I was lucky to have found you— Ushao congratulated her.

—First of all, I'm not a girl, I've just reached my 16th birthday, according to humans, I'd already be of legal age, and second, I like to make my mother happy and seeing me learn makes her happy.

—He…if whatever you say, then I appreciate your help girl— Ushao picked up his ax and was ready to resume his path along that path he had seen in the distance, now he is sure that no danger is around to attack the girl for which he could return to his home somewhat calm.

—W-wait!— She said immediately —Y-you can't just leave…my mother says that one should always thank people when they do something good for us, you saved me.

- Girl, I'm not a modest guy or anything like that, but I'm not insensitive either, if your mother sends you to look for mushrooms in the forest they shouldn't have a lot of money and I don't want to take away something they need, just thank me.

"No, that wouldn't be enough... well it's true that my family doesn't have much money, but we can reward you in another way... my mother's soup is very good and... well we could give you shelter as long as you get used to it, you said you're far from home." your home— Lireahil looked at the Orsimer hoping that he would accept her proposal, it was both her genuine desire to thank him and the simple emotion of showing her mother that she had met a good orc.

—Let's see Lireahil, you were extremely scared to see me, I'm stubborn, emotional, unconscious and arrogant, but what I'm not is an idiot, from what you've told me your people have a bad opinion of orcs and when they see me they'll think I'm like this guy— He said pointing to the monster —Even if they see me with you they might try to attack me and I don't want to have to hurt people who think they're doing good.

—I-I'll explain them— I pronounce something dejected because she knows very well that he's right.

Ushao let out a sigh and placed her big hand on Lireahil's head, smoothly covering her head with her whole hand. "Listen, you're a good girl, smart and all, but right now you're feeling grateful to me because I saved you and you want to make it up to me." , is a common way to act in these situations and frankly there is nothing wrong with acting like this, but on this occasion your desire to reward me could be very counterproductive for everyone.

-But…

—Lireahil!— A man's shout was heard which attracted the attention of both, the man, like Lireahil, has pointed ears that point to the sides and has light brown hair like the girl is thin and has androgynous features and he ran straight at Ushao with a short sword in hand. "Get away from my monster daughter!" the man yelled.

Before he reached the Ushao, he raised his hand pointing at it and let out a paralysis spell from it, the elf froze in the middle of his run and immediately fell to the ground —father!— Lireahil shouted, terrified to see her father falling like that, she immediately ran towards him and began to move him with tears beginning to form on her face.

—Don't worry, he's just paralyzed, he doesn't have any type of injury look— Ushao immediately deactivated the effect of the paralysis allowing the man to move back, the problem is that he seemed to be just as aggressive as before the paralysis for which Ushao cast a new spell towards him, this time calming which immediately reduced the man's aggressiveness to zero.

"Father?" Lireahil asked confused, watching her father go from furious to calm in an instant.

—Lireahil, you had us worried, I came to see why you took so long to come back— The man looked at the orc, the calm spell undoubtedly has an excellent effect on people, nullifying aggression and fear, allowing him to have clear thoughts.

"Don't worry, father, he's Ushao, he's not bad, he's an Orsimer, they look like orcs, but they don't eat people and they don't rape women, he saved me from the Goblins and an orc looks" Said the girl pointing to the corpses still present.

The man still looked at Ushao with doubt, although his thoughts were clear, he was still facing a stranger who looks like an orc who was recently touching his daughter's head —He tells the truth, I came as soon as I smelled fear, I found those little shits and cut them, then the big one came and cut it with almost the same ease, I asked him for some information about where we are since I am lost and I was going to leave, but your daughter insisted on taking me home to thank me for having saved her.

The man looked at his daughter which he confirmed with a slight smile and a nod, although he immediately seemed to realize something because his facial expression changed —did you use magic?

—Yes, I was an archmage a while ago, I left the position because it was more paperwork than anything else— The father could not be affected by the surprise due to the calming spell, but the girl was.

"Were you an archmage?!" But that title is only given to the most powerful and talented wizards— Ushao nodded showing pride on his face.

—Obviously, I'm one of those, don't let my physique fool you, I'm as good a magician as I am a warrior— Now Lireahil seemed to be very excited.

"An orc wizard... I guess I've seen it all, so aren't you a danger to my daughter?" asked the father, before which Ushao nodded "I see... this is hard to believe, but you certainly don't behave like other orcs .

"I call him Orsimer, he also said that his people are usually called that and I feel that it has a better connotation than orc" Lireahil said with emotion.

—Yes… well, it has a better connotation because it wasn't a name we knew before— Now the calming effect was being stamped and it was beginning to be noticed.

"Father, can we take him to town?" He's lost , we could give him some food and shelter, he saved my life, mother always says that we should be thankful for those who do us good.

"It's not necessary, I already told you that my presence would scare people, I don't want to cause useless chaos." The father looked at Ushao agreeing with those words, but then he looked at his daughter looking at him with pleading eyes... the man tried to resist as much as possible. he could, but he was always weak to said gaze.

"I…well I could convince them that you're not dangerous," the man said a little embarrassed.

—Gods you are so weak, he convinced you just by looking at you— Ushao looked at Lireahil who gave her the same look… the Orsimer broke faster than the elf —And I'm even weaker, that's fine, but I warn them if they attack me I defend.

Lireahil began to jump with happiness while the man seemed slightly regretful for the decision made —Well… my name is Ganer Grayan.

—A pleasure, Ushao Burarku, don't call me sir, I'm not that old.

"He's 40 years old, according to the books I've read, that's quite old for an orc," Lireahil pronounced as she began to walk out of the forest followed by Ganer and Ushao.

"Go from terrified to brazen in a few minutes, I'm already regretting this."

—If my daughter was always…something imperative…by the way, before entering the town, let me go ahead, stay outside and then I'll come back to look for you, people would be scared if they saw you arrive out of nowhere…I'm also worried about that, Goblins and an orc around these parts of the woods is something to worry about.

"Okay, on that subject, how weird is it?"

"W-well...a lot, we haven't had an attack from those beings in a hundred and seventy years, orcs and goblins rarely go in small numbers, much less when they approach inhabited places, it worries me that there is a band of orcs and goblins hanging around." through the forest— Ganer had said such words with obvious concern marked on his face and he has reason to, his town is small and they don't have any type of defense or walls or guards, if Goblins and orcs attacked the town it would fall in a short time.

—Well, you and your people are seriously lucky, because it turns out that I'm the kind of guy to take jobs like these, you tell me and I'll go hunt those Goblins and orcs— Ganer looked at Ushao with confusion, he certainly looks like someone strong with arms thicker than even himself and with a battle ax that just looking at it already seemed to be cutting you, but I didn't know how capable he is of fighting against a gang of orcs and goblins.

—This… well, we should talk about this with the village leader— They continued advancing until they reached the said village, it barely seems to be composed of about fifteen structures and some do not even seem to be houses, it is not the largest village of all.

Ushao noticed that the town is located in a clearing in the forest, I suspect that all the inhabited places of the great forest would be like this in the middle of some clearing, strange he expected houses built in the very trees as he had read that some towns in Valenwood were, but these people apart from living in forests do not seem to have any similarities with the Bosmer.

He also noticed that precisely the path that he thought to walk when he arrived in this world was actually the one that leads to this forest... in retrospect he feels happy to have saved Lireahil, both for... well saving her, and for the fact that she and his father turned out to be of help to integrate the society of this place that would be reluctant to see him near due to those beings that they call orcs.

Anyway, Ushao stayed outside the town and let Ganer and Lireahil enter, these two rang the bell in the middle of the town that was only used for urgent matters that required the presence of all the members of the town, confused everyone approached and in That's when the conversation broke out.

It took them a long time, several hours, so long that the night was already coming and it was just at that moment that Ushao saw Ganer approach accompanied by about five men with long ears and androgynous features armed with agricultural tools, next to them an elf who He seemed older than the rest with his white hair and wrinkled body, everyone trembled as they approached.

They decided to stop about ten meters from the Orsimer —Sorry Ushao…no, they don't seem very convinced to let you in.

Ushao let out a light sigh, as he said, he's not an idiot, a part of him already expected it —Okay, no hard feelings.

—W-wait! — The old man spoke, forcing his voice due to the distance —I wanted to see you with my own eyes… you certainly don't look like other orcs I… I can't let you enter the town, people wouldn't be calm with a foreigner, but …we want to ask you to eliminate the possible gang of orcs and goblins that may be nearby…we will pay you.

—An assignment then, well you pay me with food money I have enough, hey Ganer, Lireahil said her mother makes a good mushroom soup I want a good bowl— With a half smile Ushao turned around and started heading towards the woods.

Such a reaction to his presence was already expected, he doesn't know exactly where he fell, but it seems the orcs have a bad reputation, he is already used to that even in his own world the orcs don't have the best reputation, he managed to live his entire life. Living among the contempt and insults of the Norsemen, the fear and distrust of these strange elves was not something that disconcerted him too much, but he hoped that they would be able to see more of his appearance and judge his actions more.