Chapter 20: interrogation.
Mirvanye walked up to me when i rode through the main gate of the fort. "Sir the man have returned who where send out with the new armor." I dismounted and nodded to her. "They await you in the main hall and how did your little jailbreak turned out?"
"It went perfectly well, and she has a silver tongue which is helpful in the future." I walked towards the main hall with Mirvanye."Have they reported to you Mirvanye?"
"Yes sir! But it is better if they give it to you than me. You might have questions that i don't." she said opening the door to the main hall. The four soldiers sat at the table conversing amongst themselves.
"Report your mission soldiers." I said in a commanding voice. They all shot up and saluted me,
"we went to ambush the Stormcloak patrol, the archers shot them from both rears and we charged from the front, the armor was better than we could have hoped the arrow's couldn't penetrate it completely and we captured two of the stormcloaks and are in the holding cell for you to judge." A female warrior answered.
"Good and do you commend for further use or look for something else?" i asked while wrote everything down.
"It will be good for heavy duty and it looks intimidating to our foes so yes even the light version is good." The same one replied.
"Thank you for your opinion, you're dismissed." I turned to Mirvanye. "Let Calinwen get as much ebony ores and ingots as she can find and those mask." I walked towards the holding cells. "Now i am going to interrogate our prisoners."
"Understood, sir. I will let you know when something comes up." She slammed her fist against her breastplate and walked off.
When i arrived at the holding cells, there were two soldiers complaining about the prisoners. "Damn that Breton has a foul mouth probably a nord father or mother." One joked.
"Maybe but the woman was quiet for a Nord." The other replied "But i wonder why a Breton would join the Stormcloaks. We haven't any plans for them do we?"
"Who cares about the Bretons they are descended from the ancient elves." The first one said. "They will fall in line like the rest. O my Lord we didn't see you there. We were just."
"Talking about the prisoners yes i heard. What can you tell me about them?" i asked adjusting my gauntlet.
"A female nord hasn't said a thing and a male Breton who runs by the mouth." I lifted my left eyebrow and looked at him questioning. "The female nord seems to be thinking and the Breton well we only got insults from him so not much really."
I simply nodded and opened the door." I don't want to be disturbed by anyone except Mirvanye. Am i understood?"I said sternly.
"Yes sir." they both said.
I turned and shut the door close. I walked closer to the desk in the middle of the room and watched the prisoners. Both where shackled to the wall. The female nord was red haired with freckles and green eyes stronger build then Altmer woman with a normal height of the nords. The Breton who started throwing insults as i looked at him. Blond haired with dark colored eyes slim build, average Breton height.
"Are you finished Breton?" i spat at the male. "Good now let us keep this civil shall we?"
"Civil? Haha." The Breton said flatly. "Your kind doesn't keep things civil filthy Thalmor."
"I will ask you several questions if everything checks out you are free to go." I said ignoring the Breton's accusations. I turned my head towards the woman. "Do you agree?"
"Fuck you Thalmor, we are dead and you know it Natalie." The Breton said.
The woman looked at me. "We are both warriors, Natalie if i may call you that." I said to her. "You have my word of honor that if you cooperate i will let you go no strings attached."
"Why should i believe you?" she said. I walked towards her cell from the side and unshackled her chains.
"A peace offering to show i am not heartless like your friend here thinks." I said waving to the Breton. "So what say you? Do you think i would break a word of honor or do you still believe me as a heartless Thalmor?"
She contemplated her answer for a moment before sighing and said. "I will take a leap of faith here High elf what do you want to know?"
"You're a fool Natalie he will kill you when he is done." The Breton whined.
"Why did you join the Stormcloaks?" i asked ignoring the Breton.
"I joined because Ulfric's cause is just none should decide who we can and cannot worship not the empire nor the Thalmor." She said with determination in her voice.
I wrote her answer down. "And how old are you?" i looked up from the paper towards her and guessed she couldn't be older than thirty years.
"I was born at the end of the great war. Why do you wish to know this?"She said with curiosity.
"Well that makes you what twenty-five years old. And no precise reason we are just checking your background and parents with this information. You see after the great war the empire had to document every person in the empire and thanks to this we can cross reverence this to soldiers who committed crimes against dominion forces before and during the Great War." I said simply. "Now what is your last name Natalie?"
"Natalie Fultheim." She said with a hint of disgust.
"Wait Fultheim as in the daughter of Eirik Fultheim? I asked surprised.
"Wait your father is that crazy old man up in Nightgate?" the Breton jumped in from his silence. "They tell stories about him." Completely forgetting that he didn't want to cooperate with me.
"Yes that is sadly my father, he abandoned my mother and i when i was born as my mother tells it don't know much about him though." She said.
"And where is this Nightgate?" i asked. "This is the last thing i wish to know if everything checks you will be free to go."
"Nightgate inn near Windhelm, he is there why?" she asked.
I stood up." Your father murdered several Aldmeri civilians before the Great War simply because they where somewhere a Thalmor Justicar was." I walked closer to her and whispered. "If we have him you will be released as i promised." I walked away without any further words. The Breton started arguing with Natalie about what she has done. I walked back to the main hall where Mirvanye conversed with Ramiana and Calinwen. As i came closer i heard where they were talking about.
"I don't want to be treated different Mirvanye, i just joined everyone needs to earn their place i understand."Calinwen said simply.
"Good, now i have several tasks for you."Mirvanye said sounding a tat relaxed than before. "I want you to get some men for Ramiana here and finding dragon priest masks and allot of Ebony."
I wanted to join in on the conversation when Arundil came in with Sasha walking behind her. "So this is where i will live now Arundil." Sasha asked cheerfully. "This is so awesome, too bad about dad though." I walked closer towards Arundil and Sasha.
I kneeled in front of Sasha and said. "You have my sympathy for your father child, we have a room here for you." I stood up and nodded to Arundil which she returned and took Sasha's hand and walked away. I walked towards Mirvanye and said. "Mirvanye send Ramiana and some of our bosmer members to Nightgate inn to retrieve Fultheim there and bring him here." I looked at Calinwen and nodded. "Follow me." They started walking towards my office. When we arrived at the office and turned towards Calinwen. "Did you make a deal about where he can find information about our deal with him?"
She simply nodded. "Yes when you have something you want him to do simply make a note and i will get it to him via his family." She looked at me deep in the eyes.
"That went well but you should be wary in the future your silver tongue doesn't get you in trouble." I said with a smirk.
"Thank you." She said jokingly. "But i better be off. I will change and leave to do what Mirvanye asked of me." I nodded in response and went to work on what Mirvanye had to do in the next couple of months and make everything ready for my departure to Alinor.