Cearbhail:

Well...stuff happens again. I won't ruin it for you. But at the bottom, I have something to announce. I think you'll enjoy the history tidbit.

[Zetta]

"So, what's going on?" I looked at J'Ariana and Ja'Pran. They were walking as casually as they could, looking like normal Khajiit teenagers going to town to go shopping. Little did everyone know that these Khajiits were hardcore killers, very capable of killing everyone in these crowded streets.

Ja'Pran, easily the scariest Khajiit I've ever met looked back at me. "We've been contacted via crystal ball that a team is meeting up with us to help us with the town. After which, our two squads are linking together to find the underground temple that can get rid of all the Aedra."

I nodded. Ok, so … more mass murderers were coming to town to mass murder? I suppressed a sigh as I shrugged. "This town will never be the same."

J'Ariana nodded, humming something uppity. "Yup! Soon, this town will go back to how it should be…not drug-ridden and threatening war with the Tribal Council." She looked back at me and smiled. "And we'll expect you to keep this to yourself."

Ja'Pran smirked and shook her head. "Yeah, I'd hate to have to rip out your eyeballs and shove them down your throat while I rip your dick off and shove it up your ass and make you fuck yourself while you choke to death." She sounded so happy about the visual in her head that when she looked at me with the sickest eyes I've ever seen…I had to look away.

"Look, if you want to hold my dick so badly…" I started to say, but with how fast Ja'Pran was on me, grabbing onto my collar, her tail flicking madly behind her, her face fur fully riled…I thought it was best to hold my tongue before she bit it off.

"You want to finish your thought?" She growled to me.

I sighed. "Not really."

She pushed me back, grunting. "And who says you can't teach a tree new tricks?" She turned around and continued on. "Just keep your mouth shut and walk behind us. In fact… go stay back a bit further. I don't want people to think we're associated with you."

I didn't want to piss her off more than she already was so I stopped in my tracks. J'Ariana looked at me, pleading me to stay with her, but I pointed to Ja'Pran and she gave me a sympathetic glance before turning to follow her. I was still standing there, waiting until they were far enough to follow behind them.

"Is that them?" I heard a Crusher behind me. Before I could turn to look at them, several heavily armored Crushers shouldered past me, not even giving me a second glance. More than a dozen quickly passed across me, a few of them drawing crossbows filled with what looked like paralyzed darts.

"Yeah, Zap's description fits. One white-furred Khajiit traveling with a hot orange-fur. They're J'Erian's 'cousins'." I could tell the Argonian was a tracker. "And according to the Ya'Tirrje J'Erian and all his companions are agents of the Mane. She wants them alive. So…stun bolts. We're taking them to Zap's warehouse. You know the one; the one he holds all his secret meetings at." Zap? I used to be one of his enforcers; I knew where he held his meetings.

I was frozen in my place as I saw more Crushers coming out of nowhere, surrounding them. There was no way they could beat that many. But that didn't stop me from shouting, "Ja'Pran, if you want to hold my dick so badly, don't let me stop you!" as loud as I could.

It didn't take more than that for Ja'Pran to draw two tonfa blades and turn to face me. It didn't take longer than that for her to see that armored Crushers were surrounding her and J'Ariana. "Cover blown." She said to J'Ariana and she nodded. When she turned, her naginata appeared out of nowhere and she was ready for battle.

I, on the other hand, was getting disgusted glares from the other Crushers. "You're dating that hot piece of ass?" That was all he could ask before two tonfa blades slid through his throat.

"You say I'm sucking him one more time and I'll kill you." She screamed to the headless corpse. She turned to face the other Crushers. "You think I'd sleep with that elf?" She screamed. She charged into the group, slashing them up with her tonfas with a sick battle scream that sent chills down my spine. She got through maybe ten or twelve of them before a green-tipped bolt hit her in the arm. She turned to look at it and then spun around, throwing a tonfa into the crossbow firer. She nailed him in his right eye and the guy screamed as he fell to his death. She stumbled on her feet and she turned to look at me. She was breathing hard, like she was barely able to keep standing. "Three Khajiits: Vatu, Nisha, J'skar; all orange-furred, one teen boy, one preteen girl, one adult. One Nord: Cecilie; black hair, white eyes, blind. Teenager. One Imperial: Crassi: brown hair, brown eyes. Teenager. One Breton vampire: Babette. Black hair, yellow eyes. Child. One Redguard: Travis. Teenager." She looked at me, waving me off. "Go find them; rendezvous at beach outside the East Gate. Find us when you rendezvous."

With how Ja'Pran looked at me with pleading eyes; the first time I've ever seen her without a sneer that it scared me. She knew they weren't going to win this fight. And it became reality when she crumbled to the ground, growling out a curse as she went down. I nodded to the unconscious Ja'Pran and turned to run off. The Crushers were still fighting with J'Ariana so I had a clear exit. She was holding her own, but I could see more archers coming up on her blind spot. "Behind you!" I screamed to her. It was too late. By the time she snapped around, three bolts caught her in the stomach. She dropped her naginata and fell to her knees. I didn't wait as I ran into the crowd.

"Get the elf! He's with them." I heard the Argonian call after me. The streets were filled with plenty of people who weren't with the Crushers, though. It would take them a while to find me.

"Everyone on the floor, now!" I heard a Crusher scream. An alchemist fire exploded in the street, causing a massive explosion. And when it went off, everyone around me, and everyone else in the street dived for the ground. It was amazing how quickly everyone in town would comply with the Crushers' orders. There were plenty of screams, plenty of children crying, but suddenly…I was the only one still standing on my feet, excluding several heavily-armored Crushers looking for me. "There he is!" The same Crusher said, pointing at me. He pulled out his crossbow. "He's not wanted. Kill him."

I didn't stand still as I took off for the nearest alleyway. I know these streets like the back of my hand. And I knew I wouldn't escape them so easily. I had to find this squad. Ja'Pran and J'Ariana were counting on me. Heck, if these guys were out here ready for my two friends, I wondered what would happen to J'Erian and the old man. No doubt they were already taken care of. It was all up to me now. I knew where they were taking them so that was a plus. I just had to get away. And in the alleyway, as long as there were no cutoff guards, I was sure to get away. But…that's exactly how the Crushers operate. I paused before I got to the alleyway. I looked back to see that the archers weren't adamant about chasing me. This was a trap. I had to avoid it. I looked around for any other options. There was a sewer grate. Not my first choice but as I ran for it and slid down for it, I saw the expressions of the archers. They looked worried and taking aim on me. I was right then. They were ready for the two girls to run away. They weren't expecting anyone to sewage dive. Bolts clanked against the stone street as I started lowering into the sewer gate. With a tiny squeeze I got through and let myself fall straight down. I had no choice. There was nothing for me to grab onto.

I fell straight down, closing my eyes and mouth as I saw the giant river of shit and urine underneath me. I felt that slime cover me completely and I hated that I chose this as my exit point. Oh well, it was the only way. Now I just had to find the squad. Shouldn't be too hard. I know the sewers well enough. I know where to go.

…

[Vatu]

So, this was Rimmen? It didn't look so bad. I could see the huge buildings near the center of the town, but where we were now was a small outdoor community near a large beach outside the river running on the eastern side. This was our rendezvous point. We were supposed to meet with some Khajiit Leo squad. I've never met them before, but they're supposed to be these elite warrior scouts that could single-handedly beat an entire nation. They had fought in the war. My ancestor Ri'dato had been one such Khajiit, as well as my grandfather. They had been Leos.

I had to admit, I liked being here on the beach with my squad. We had shown up in swimming suits to blend in with the populace. Crassi was still packing magical exploding C4 in her bra, making her bust look bigger than a B cup. Travis couldn't take his eyes off her in her two piece bikini, her hair not pulled into a tight bun for once. I had to admit, Crassi looked pretty cute when she let her hair down. Too bad I'm the only one that knows that Crassi has no chest. If Travis knew that, I wasn't sure if he'd still like her. It didn't help that the explosive stuff was the same color as her skin tone. I could barely tell it was fake.

My sister was wearing a normal Khajiit one piece. It was really frilly and bright pink. Don't ask me why we love our frills, but we do. She looked like she was having fun burying Babette in the sand, another one who wore a full one piece. She was afraid that she'd melt in the sun if she didn't wear full layers. So, she wore a beach hoodie over her swimsuit. Lilly was hanging out with me and J'skar. She had no problems wearing a normal bikini, even though she was blind as hell. She kept her malachite bracelet on so that she could see for a grand total of ten feet in front of her.

I looked from her over to J'skar, who spent his time sipping on some alcoholic moon margarita with a tiny umbrella in it and moon sugar on the edges of the wide triangular glass. He had these really shiny sunglasses tinted with orange lenses on. When I looked at him, he nodded to me. "Why not have some fun?" He said as he took a sip of his drink. "Have a moongarita, or go play with your sister?"

I looked at Lilly. She looked just fine with standing in her little spot just a few feet from me. She was drawing in the sand with her foot. "Lilly." She perked her head up at me. "There's a question I want to ask."

"Is it about the future? Because I told you…I can't tell you anything anymore. I can't see the future; I can't even see more than ten feet in front of me." She said it with a smiling face, like she was happy for the first time. "For once in my life…I'm blind. I'm actually finding the whole concept…odd."

"It's not about the future. Well, kind of. Primrose or Nexa?" I said to her. "Which one would you choose?"

She laughed at that and then turned to look at me. She grabbed me by the arm. "What about me?" She pulled me closer. I felt my heart skip a beat as she glared into my eyes like she was reading my entire past through my eyes. She laughed as she patted me on the head. "Just kidding, Vats. But really…Crassi, Primrose, Nexa, Victoria…" She shook her head. "There are so many choices; you don't have to be limited to just those two." Then she looked over at me. "But if I were you…I'd think about what you want. Primrose…she's a sweetheart; and Nexa…she's well… you know what she is. But the past you loved her, and the two of you lived your whole lives together happily in love I might add."

I had spent a lot of time with Primrose, and I felt like I did love her. There was certainly this longing to be with her. But there was this entirely different longing to be with Nexa. Like she completed me in a way that Primrose didn't. I was glad I was away from both of them. It gave me time to figure out which one I loved more. Which one couldn't I live without? Which one?

Lilly looked away from me over to Crassi, who was playing in the water. She couldn't actually see her because Crassi was like 40 feet away, way out of the malachite's reach for Cecilie's special vision. "I know I haven't said anything, but does anyone else notice that Crassi packs her bra with explosive C4?"

I nodded. "I found out the hard way last year during our graduation exam. We had to blow open a wall and so she started feeling herself up. I tried to look away but really…ok no I didn't try to look away. Then she pulled her hands out completely filled with these giant globs of this rubbery stuff. She started smearing it on the wall and then…she shot lightning at it. It exploded and we fell through the hall. Then she pretty much beat the crap out of me; promising I wouldn't tell anyone."

"Yes, you did." I heard Crassi's voice crack as she walked up with Travis linked in her arms. He looked surprised as he looked at me and then over at Crassi. Her face was red as J'skar's drinking glass. "You…I'll…" Lightning started crackling around her body, her wet hair levitating as lightning coursed through it.

Travis could see that it was going to end with me in pain so he pushed forward grabbing Crassi by her shoulders, spinning her towards him, and full on kissed her. The lightning around her body faded away as she went from a surprised face to one of longing. She wrapped him up in her arms and kissed him back. The two started making out on the beach and I looked over at Lilly.

She watched with great enthusiasm at the two making out. "Aw…I never knew this would happen." She said to me as she turned around. "I just expected her to shoot lightning at you and then I'd get a good laugh."

I looked down at my malachite bracelet. It was nice to have my magicka back. It was better to know that the Thalmor couldn't find us with their maps. And they had no idea where the temple housing the ancient device was either. Lilly actually sat down and put a dot right where the temple lied under centuries and centuries of piled on sand. We'd have to dig it out, but that wasn't such a big problem for us. Magicka has great appeal when it comes to manual labor.

My sister looked up from the sand-covered Babette. "Well, it's about time." She grumbled.

"About time for what?" Babette called. She tried to move her head but she couldn't see over the sand castle built up on top of her body. "What's going on?"

I was about to answer her when I smelled one of the foulest things on the planet coming towards us. I pinched my nose shut; so did J'skar and my sister. "What on Nirn is that?" My sister squeaked out through her pinched nose.

"Yuck." Babette called out. "Even I can smell that."

I looked for the source of the smell so I could kill it. There, running for the beach, was a short wood elf covered head-to-toe in sewage. He looked like he had just climbed out of the sewer. He stopped long enough to look around quickly. He saw the five of us standing in a circle and he nodded a welcome, running over to us. No way! I'm not letting this sewage guy coming near me. I warmed up a fireball and threw it at his feet, stopping him immediately. "Don't come any closer!" I screamed to him. "You smell bad."

"I need your help! You're the squad, right? My friends were ambushed on the way down." He screamed to us.

That caught Crassi's attention. She tore away from Travis and turned towards the elf. "Our contact was ambushed?" She looked at me and then over to him again. "Are they dead?"

He shook his head. "No, they were wanted alive to face the Ya'Tirrje for public execution. I know where they were taken. If we hurry, we can make it."

I looked at Crassi. She huffed as she looked at Travis. "To be continued."

He nodded. "You bet we will."

She looked around. "Ok everyone, get dressed for combat and make it quick."

"There's no time!" The wood elf called. "We have to go now. They could be killed at any second."

Crassi sighed. "Ok, no time to change." She walked up to him and stuck out her hand. Water formed in her hand and she hosed him down really quick, which I was really grateful for. "Lead us to them."

…

[Ja'Daan]

"Stupid boy."

I looked down at the Mane. He wasn't moving. He had to be dead. There was no way he would have survived that malicious stabbing. The floor was quickly filling with his blood.

The Ya'Tirrje, who we knew as Councilor Ri'Pruta, walked from his downed body, looking over at us. "Now that he's dead, I guess I have no use for his servants anymore." She said in defeat. She looked back at the Mane and sighed. "I killed the Mane."

I looked at Do'Risan. He nodded to her. "Yes, and now it's too late. The Winddrakes will have felt his passing. They will send the entire nation's army here to Rimmen and burn it to the ground to find you."

"War was inevitable." She turned to leave the door. "I didn't know. I am sorry." She left the building, leaving us with Zap. "Kill them." She called from outside the warehouse.

"Gladly." Zap yelled after her. "Ok, so this is how it's gonna happen. First…"

"Babette and Nisha! Heal the Mane!" I heard some girl scream from outside the doorway.

"Lilly, this isn't your squad." Some other girl with a deeper voice screamed.

"I'm sending them because it's fate!" Lilly screamed back. "Trust me."

"Right in there!" Zetta called from outside the building.

That drew Zap's attention. "Is that little piss-fuck still alive?" Before he could get an answer the wall near the back of the building exploded. Light filled into the room and in came charging a Khajiit with a sword, with another Khajiit, younger and shorter, running in with just his claws. Another part of the wall exploded and in came charging a flat-chested Imperial with a Redguard behind him. Right behind them was Zetta and the blind Nord. It was our reinforcements! They found us! I looked at Zetta as he looked around. He must have collected them and brought them right to us. I take back everything I've ever thought about him. He's earned his right to be with us.

The Redguard looked at the Imperial, nodding to her. "And so…you carry all that in your bra?"

Her face reddened and she turned to face him. "Travis…not now." Then she got all sparky with shock magicka and started shooting it around at some of Zap's enforcers. She did not look like someone you messed with.

"I got to admit, I was fun to see you pull all that out, Crassi." Travis chuckled as he started pounding one enforcer snuck past the girl blasting lightning everywhere.

"Shut up!" She squealed and more lightning shot out at the ones she was fighting. This was our reinforcements? They were so…childish.

I looked over to the Mane to see a young Khajiit girl and the Breton girl pulling out alchemy potions, shoving them in the Mane's mouth. The Breton was mixing brews while the Khajiit girl was rubbing some green plant salve on the chest to halt the bleeding. Once they had that fixed, they were feeding him some sort of plasma replenishing potion while feeding him with Restoration magicka. "He's heavily wounded. I don't think we can save him."

"You will!" Lilly called from somewhere behind me. "He has to live. The lives of your future children depend on it!"

"What?" The tiny Khajiit girl called. But that was all she could ask before Prashin's eyes snapped open and he reached out for her hand, taking a gasping breath as he did so. It scared her to have him suddenly grab her arm and pull her down. "EEEK! Zombie!"

"Water…" He said, pulling on her arm. "Need…water."

He passed out and the tiny Khajiit girl started shoving on his shoulder. "Hey…you…wake up!" She said as she pushed on his shoulder. "You have to wake up." She looked at Lilly. "What did you say, Lilly? I didn't quite catch it!"

"Nothing!" Lilly called from somewhere behind me. "That's for me to know, and for you to find out one day…like in three years or so. But you can't do that if he dies!"

She looked so confused that she climbed on top of him. She started slapping him on the face. "Wake your butt up!" She slapped him again. "You can't die! I need to find out what happens in three years! You're not dying on me!"

"Careful!" I screamed at the cub but she wasn't listening to me.

Do'Risan, on the other hand, was laughing as he cheered her on. "You can do it! Wake that lazy boy up." He looked over at me for a second, saying, "What? Young love is so wonderful. Why, I remember when I was sixteen and going on my first mission, there was this beautiful girl on my squad. And well…we got separated from the rest of the squad during a recon hike through Skyrim. Well, it got cold so we had to carve out a cave in the middle of this massive snowstorm up near Winterhold, right next to the college. We almost froze to death…and this was long ago, mind you. Well, to stay warm, we shed off all our clothes and spooned together the whole night with our clothes wrapped around us to keep both of us warm while warming ourselves with each others body heat. And well…things happened." He arched his eyebrows at me.

I refused to create an image for that and looked away. Zap was trying to run away but right as he stepped away, Travis showed up out of nowhere, moving so fast that I couldn't believe it was him. He launched a fist covered in fire magicka at his face, and then followed with two rib shots with lightning. Zap crumbled to the ground, but not before J'Rinma jumped out of nowhere behind me. She charged up to him, completely feral with rage. "How dare you hurt my friends!" She screamed in Ta'agra and then raked his face apart with her claws. She didn't stop until he had no face left. And he was crying through the whole thing. "You forced my friend to lose her virginity!" She continued raking her claws through him. Only when he had nothing left on his face did she run her claw right into his heart, tearing his chest open and actually pulling the heart out.

After that was done, there was no one left to fight. J'Rinma looked at me. It was then I could see just how jacked up she was. Her face was covered in her own blood; her left eye was so swollen that it wouldn't open. Her once beautiful muzzle was crooked like it had been smashed. She hugged her ribs so tightly I was sure she had a few broken ones inside. She saw the look on my face and she growled. "How bad is it?"

I couldn't tell her how mutilated her face really was so I looked away. "You look perfect…as always."

She purred out a complaint before limping up to me. She unsheathed her claws and took a swipe at me. I closed my eyes, fearing she was going to hurt me for lying to her. Then I felt the rope around me slacken around me. She tried to catch me as I fell forward, but when she attempted to catch me, she fell as well; crying in pain as her ribs cried out in pain. She held onto me so tightly that I almost couldn't breathe. She held me close to her; and I could hear her panting. "I was jealous…you know." She whispered in my ear. "The way Trinjje got to be close to you…to hug you." She pulled me closer. "I wanted someone like you…someone to hold me and not do other things to me as a prize." She started crying harder now, and I could feel her trembling in my arms. "But…I never tried to get close, never tried to be anything to anyone. I thought whatever illusion I had about any of the friends I would make would be shattered and I'd be betrayed like so many times in the past."

I had never known Rinma was capable of crying like this…or expressing any emotion other than spite. "Rinma…"

"Shut up; don't ruin this." She hissed to me. "I…I was jealous. I know why now… and no, before you ask, it's not because I love you or anything. I never knew love, but I know now what it feels like. I just wanted you to know…I love having you as a friend…someone I can count on…depend on. And now…there's someone else I can depend on." She looked from me over to Zetta. She waved him to join her. "Zetta. Come here."

"Um…" He looked around. "Is this a trap?"

"Only if you don't get your shebs over here!" She started growling. That got him moving. When he came close enough, she reached out for his hand. He took it and pulled her up. She quickly wrapped her arms around him and squeezed him in a quick hug. "You saved us. I didn't know if you would be able to…but…you did it. You proved to me that you'd do what was best for us. You didn't run…you didn't try to save yourself. You told us about the ambush…prepared us. You could have run, but you didn't. And…I said such awful things to you. But…that moment right before I went down, that look in your eye, that feeling that you would do anything to protect me. I knew…right then…" She kissed him right there in front of everyone. When she pulled away from him. "I love you." He looked so stunned that he didn't say anything or move at all.

And if that wasn't enough, Trinjje walked over to me, not as bruised as Rinma, but still crying. "Ja'Daan…" She sat down, hugging me close to her. "They…all those men…they…"

I held her close. "I know…I'm sorry. It-it shouldn't have happened like that." She had been forced to have sex with probably every dead bandit in this room. I counted nearly 20 of them. I couldn't believe the horrors she had to endure. And to make it worse, Zap told me the entire time she was calling for me to wake up and save her. My heart wrenched at hearing that. I couldn't protect her…after all these years of doing the very same thing, I couldn't protect her when it mattered most.

"You were always there." She cried into my chest. "And…I wanted you to be my first." She cried onto my chest. "And they ruined it." She pulled on my shoulder. "Can I please have you next? As my official first?" She looked so rushed and focused that I didn't really recognize her.

That was quite the question to ask but by the way she was looking into my eyes, I think she wanted to do this for more than just wanting to be with me. I think it was in some way an escape for her so that she could reject what she had just gone through with all the bandits. She wanted one time to be out of her wanting it, not being forced into it. I guess this could be just another way of protecting her. Not saying I hadn't thought of it before. I secretly longed for it for a while now, but had never thought she'd be so interested. So I nodded. "Ok. We'll get cleaned up, healed, and then…we'll join together."

She cried into my shoulder. We didn't say anything for the longest time, but finally after several minutes, Nisha and Babette had successfully revived Prashin. He looked dazed and confused, but happy to be alive. "What? What happened?"

Crassi walked up to all of us. "Ok…now that this entire love fest is over…" She looked at Travis and winked to him. "How about you brief us on what's been happening?" She looked at Do'Risan.

Do'Risan stood up and nodded to Crassi. "We came here to find the Ya'Tirrje, who had somehow taken over Rimmen with her gang. The gang was known for selling illegal skooma, dog fighting, and selling slaves to Redguards. That was how they made their money. Well, the gang, known as the Crushers, was becoming more than just a gang, but turning into a full militia. Once the Ya'Tirrje secured her place as underground ruler of Rimmen, we received reports that Rimmen was planning on leaving Elsweyr and becoming its own region. The Mane…" He pointed to Prashin. "didn't want this town to go off the map. Much of our moon sugar comes from the sugarcane crops right here in Rimmen. Without the supply of this moon sugar, the economy would falter and we'd see a moon sugar recession like never before. In short…a lot of pissed off Khajiits rioting in the streets." He looked at everyone before saying, "When we got here, I reported in to Councilor Ri'Pruta. I told her of our mission and asked for her support. She gave it. And after a few meetings and told her about how we'd sneaked into the Crushers and found out where their big players lived…she turned on us. She's the Ya'Tirrje, it seems. And now…that's all we know."

Crassi nodded. "Ok then. We're at war with pretty much the whole town." She looked around. "How do we proceed?"

The tiny Breton girl was the one to answer. "We kill the Ya'Tirrje and all the Crusher elites?"

Do'Risan nodded. "We have to. This place is diseased worse than we could have believed, but…there are still good people living here. We need to protect them as much as we need to kill the Ya'Tirrje. This will not be fixed overnight…but with constant pressure, the Crushers will cease to exist."

Zetta nodded to him. "Just leave that to me. Once you leave, I'll stay here and clean it up. I promise."

Rinma hugged him close. "You're coming with us." She hissed. "I am not leaving you here to be killed by some lucky upstart assassin." She kissed him on the cheek and then looked at me. She looked at me and then over to Trinjje. "You two look cute together. Ash fur with white fur. Got to wonder what the kids will look like." Kids? Were we already thinking about kids? I looked at Trinjje, who looked just as shocked as I did. But when she met my eyes, she grabbed onto my hand and gave it a light squeeze. She purred at me and I pretty much became ok with that.

Cearbhail:

Ok, so the interesting little tidbit. Did you ever wonder who Pantu was related to? It's Ja'Daan and Ja'Trinjje. Now...I know I've pretty much connected the characters of this series to the characters in the Chronicles of Lydia. Nisha is related to Ruby... Hans is related to Lydia. Davilia is related to Brelyna. Primrose is the great-aunt of Berner. And Crassi is related to Ria, Asger's sister. Don't believe me? Ria's father, the Imperial, is related to Crassi and Travis. Yeah. He's also the one that raised Asger into a Bard. oh, and Yuvenni, Julanza, Oleeme, and Nakuma are all related to Maleek. Nakuma's daughter gets with Julanza's son. Sorry if I'm ruining any surprises here, but you know...it's interesting if you think about it. I'm sure there are more out there I've set up but I can't think of them yet. Oh yeah, Veselle Tenvanni...she's related to Ven Tenvanni...the Dunmer with Jurard. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Trying to throw in some comedy.

Oh, one more thing. There was for one second, where I wrote in that Nisha asked Cecilie about Prashin being her future husband, Cecilie confirmed it, and then she started bouncing on Prashin's stomach, telling him to wake up because she heard about Ruby and said she had to exist. But...I felt that a subtle relationship was in order for this...not forced from the beginning. I have way too many of those running around.