Chapter 10 battle for the fort.
"Mirvanye assemble the commanders we are going to take a fort." I said while i approached Mirvanye.
"yes sir right away sir!" Mirvanye bumped her fist on her chest and walked away.
"so you have what you wanted Lord?" Elenwen asked from her office.
"off course my dear ambassador i always get what i want." I replied simply. "besides we wont take space in your embassy any longer."
"well you weren't a huge trouble you helped me more then you think." Elenwen said with a wink."Besides you are welcome here."
"well thanks i guess. If i am welcome maybe i will visit sometimes." I replied with a smile."but if you will excuse yourself i have something to do."
The commanders started to entering the room shortly after Elenwen left.
"allright commanders here is the plan." I looked around and saw every one of them nod. "i, Mirvanye and 2 other commanders will seize the fort. While the rest of you will gather supplies any type of ingots wood and clay and the like for rebuilding efforts. And two or three commanders will march later to secure the perimeter of the fort when we seized it understood?"
"yes sir!" all commanders shouted at once.
"Mirvanye will choose who will do what we march in an hour." I stood and watched every commander leave the room. "do we do the right thing?" i mused out loud.
"if not we doomed everything." Mirvanye said simply. "Besides we won't wage war against the empire yet, maybe in a few years yes."
"before that i want to bring every mer race into the dominion if possible." I looked up and saw her smile. "Let's go before i doubt everything we do."
"mother where are you?"a small boy cried out."The men upstairs are dea-.. no no no MOTHER!
I saw a young boy run up to the traitor woman."step back from her she is a traitor and died a traitors dead." I took a step at the boy. "if you want we will bring you to you-"
"never!" the boy took his mother dagger. "I'll rather die!" the boy charged at me and tried several strikes. I unsheated my sword and pointed it at him.
"if you surrender i will do nothing to you continue and you will perish." The boy ignored my warnings and continued to attack me. I swiped at his hands disarming him in the process and pointed the sword under his chin.
"kill me you traitor kill me like you killed my mother." The boy cried out in anger.
"your mother chose her fate now you will chose yours, be careful with your decision." I replied with a condescending voice. "pick up the dagger fight and die or kneel and live a normal life without the influence of these so called defenders."
The boy picked up the dagger and tried to attack me once more i parried his attack and stabbed him through his heart. "may Auri-el have mercy on your soul."
"sir we took everything worthy of note and what shall we do about the leaders?" The commander said after i wiped the blood of my blade. "you said to take them away, right?"
"right but leave them they wanted to burn our land now let them burn in their little piece of land." I replied after a while.
"right away sir shall we leave?"
"yes lets leave the queen want to know this truth at once." I repied walking away.
"Sir the fort is over there." Mirvanye pointed to a mostly intact fort. "they have archers on the walkway, how do we proceed."
"draw them out all of them then kill them all." I said simply. "first the archers will kill the archers then our soldiers can charge in without fear of ranged attacks."
"understood, archer take aim!" Mirvanye said not loudly but still loud enough to hear her. "target an archer and fire at the command."
"now fire!" i shouted before sprinting ahead of my men into battle. I heard the soldiers running after me when they saw me charge.
"Now men give them hell because they won't go to heaven." I shouted while pointing at the fort. "FOR THE DOMINION!"
"FOR THE DOMINION!" everyone shouted simultaneously.
Several bandits ran up towards me, the first died by a spear to the heart but the second one sidestepped my spear and tried to shield bash me before an arrow found it's way into his neck. I spun around and saw a soldier nocking another arrow. I charged a group of bandits and stabbed one in her neck before the others saw me. A female bandit with a greatsword called out to me. "fight me coward and let us finish this one-on-one."
"what are the rules of this duel?" i said with a shruk to the would be chief.
"till death, victor takes all." The female bandit said. "you win my men yield, i win and your men yield. Do you accept?"
"i looked around and saw men ready to continue to fight but the bandits looked like they where ready to flee from battle.
"i accept your terms but i will only fight the chief no one else." I said to the female.
"then you fight me elf."she snarled at me.
"mer! I am a mer! You barbaric nord scum." I snapped back at her.
"whatever are we going to fight or talk pretty boy." She readied her gretsword.
I waited for her to make the first move which she did by trying to chop my head off with a wide slash. I ducked and tried to stab her in her knee. "you have to do better then that fool." She said before bringing her sword down upon me. I rolled to the side and threw my spear at her heel, she sidestepped the spear and looked at me with a smile. "fool you missed." I shield bashed her face. She fell over to the ground and i took mu sword to her chin. "any last request before you die?" i said mockingly.
"show my men mercy they just wanted to make a living." She coughed. "do with me what you want but let them go.
I looked at her and prepared to stab her true her heart. "pray to your gods for mercy because we give none." I said before impaling her on my sword.
I looked around at the fort and saw every bandit drop their weapons. Mirvanye stepped closer to me. "sir what shall we do with these bandits?" i looked at her with a smile.
"same as the ones at home they deserve no mercy." As i said i saw a bandit pick up his mace and charge a soldier. "kill them. Kill them all!" i shouted when the soldier impaled his sword through the bandits neck. My men killed the bandits quickly.
"sir what are your orders." Mirvanye asked as i stepped inside the fort.
"clear out everything, loot the bandits sell what we can't use and then we will repair and expent the fort into something worthy." I said with a chuckle. "o and can you look for a good place for a prison block?"
"yes Thorein it will be done immediately." Mirvanye said before she chest bumped and strode away.
I looked around the place. This fort will be excellent for us. If we expand the fort we can make a small town here kind of.
"Sir Congratulations on the fort." Arundil said while looking around. "so the men are looking for supplies to rebuild this fort."
"good i will draw up some plans i want after i know what the rest look like. Arundil can you get Aiden and Trandil here to me?" i asked while sitting at a table.
"off course sir." Arundil walked away as i pulled a map of the region.
"Lord Thorein. I heard you began making a pressence of red legion forces in skyrim, that is all and well but don't forget your purpess in skyrim you need to do what i commanded you to do and not taking over the ambassador's objective, may i hear good news from you when you contacted our mutual you have done what i wanted you will recieve further news.
May the glory of our spirit ancestors guide you."
When someone knocked on the door i putted the letter away and said. "enter."
The door opened and Trandil and Aiden walked in. "you called for us my lord?" Aiden asked me when he bumped his fist on his chest.
"yes, Trandil i need your soldier expertise on the rebuilding on the fort and you Aiden will go to the ambassy and get the rest of the commanders who are still there with half of their men here." I said while looking at the two mer before me.
"understood sir!" both of them said simultaneously.
As i worked with Trandil to make this fort something worth living in and preparing in a knock on the door stopped us. Trandil walked towards the door and opened it and Mirvanye strode in.
"sir there is a prisoner in the cell clams she has been there for 2 weeks now. What should we do with her?" she asked me with a inquiring brow.
"bring her here and i will decide her fate and post several soldiers near the door for emergencies." I said after a thought.
"understood sir." Was all she said before leaving as quickly as she came.
"come Trandil we still need to improve the fort." I said after Mirvanye left.
"yes so if we repair these walls we could make a training ground, barracks and a litlle farm outside which we build a wall around we have everything we could possible need in the long run." Trandil said while using his hands to make his point known.
"good inform the builders and the smith what they must do in the next couple of weeks." I said while giving him the schematics for the fort. "i will keep the plans here with me and you have the layout with you."
Trandil nodded before he walked out of the room. I looked up from the map after i heard a cough for attention.
"a come in with the prisoner." I waved her to come in. as i looked past Mirvanye i saw a female redguard walk proud behind her. I looked closely to the redguard and saw black hair sides shaved and the rest in a Mohawk with a braid to the side ,green eyes like emerald. Mirvanye put her on a chair and bounded her arms behind the chair. "Leave us."
I sat in a chair opposite of the redguard and just looked into her emerald eyes. "what do you want with me? " she asked me.
"information only for now." I replied with a cool voice.
"well ask what you want then i have nothing to hide so to speak." She replied.
"what is your name, what is your business in skyrim and why in the gods name where you in these bandits cell?" i asked without a second thought.
"my name is Ramiana Uskanda, i am in skyrim for my father and i was in their cells because they captured me while i was a sleep." She said without a trace of hatred.
"why didn't these bandits just kill you and why is it that you have no grugde against? me most people do. "i said after i wrote everything she just said.
"why are you writing this down?" she asked after i looked up.
"o just making sure i have everything i need." I replied with a shrug.
"well i have information which could hurt the dominion kind of and i have no grudge against you because my father taught me aldmeri protocols." I looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She sighed. "my mother is a redguard and my father is a altmer, mother taught me to fight he taught me loyalty to my heritage and because my father aided dominion forces in hammerfell."
"hmm interesting, though you don't look a bit mer to me how is that?" i replied while eyeing her face a bit more.
"you can't really because my ears are behind my hair and i can't show you." I stood up and pulled away her hair and saw instead of round it had a slight tip at the end nothing that would say manmer but still.
"oke one more thing and i am done." I sat back down and looked her in the eyes. " what will you do if i release you?"
"i will complete what my father and father started." She said while looking me defiantly in the eyes.
"which is?" i asked for elaboration.
"to make sure hammerfell and the dominion will work together as one we are warriors without renown my mother taught me but father said that the altmer always treated those who knew their place good." She said affter letting out a heavy sign.
"what will you do to make that happen?" i asked after thinking about it.
"i don't know maybe make them see how badly they are treated by these nords and imperials and other races." She said while looking at me still.
"okay well we are done her but before i say what i will do with you what do you want from me?" i asked while standing up.
"what i want is... to stay here with the dominion and aid my people in the process. And to know your name." She said with conviction in her voice.
I walked behind her and pulled out my dagger, leaning closer to her ears. "will you do what ever i want you to do Ramiana? and my name is Thorein." i whispered in her ear.
"if you ask me to serve you, yes, if you ask me to be your slave and do everything without a thought no and nice name by the way." She said while shuddering from breath on her earlob.
I cut her bonds free and walked back towards the table. "first you will need some gear if you want we can fashion you some or maybe these bandits kept your gear." I replied. "Mirvanye come in now!"
"yes sir what is it?" mirvanye said when she opened the door and looked at the prisoner.
"take Ramiana here to the bandits stuff for her gear." Mirvanye nodded before walking away. "o Ramiana before i forget, welcome to the red legion."