Chapter 30 : the night before the college.
We rode fast, Calinwen was worried that ancano was doing something with the Eye. We saw a fort in the distance but she led us through a canyon. It was near nightfall when we reached nightgate inn, My warriors would be waiting there. We entered the tavern. it was nearly empty except for maybe 3 people, the six red legion warriors all stayed together in the corner. One approached us and nodded. "we took the liberty to rent four rooms. Some of us will sleep on the floor so you two have sperate rooms." Calinwen smiled and took her key.
"i don't mind sharing if you need more room." i walked with the him to the table, Sitting down the others looked at me. "carry on." they continued there stories about rumors they heard about Ulfric and his stormcloaks. I listened intently as i was curious about the stormcloaks. We know they fight for talos and hate the Empire for betraying them. The Empire however is wasting recourses fighting the rebellion. Wich suits us just fine.
"So, the tale goes." one says. "that the bear of Eastmarch. Ulfric's father couldn't fight in the first war, something about no heirs. But what is ulfric then?" He looked around. "Well Ulfric took up the mantle. And i hear that messed up family likes to roar as bears when they fight. Or they have some messed up kinky fantasy." the other soldiers groaned.
"Well i heard he shouted the high king apart. Some say murder. Others they say it was traditional way. No matter wich one is true. He used it in the great war, Even in markarth."
The others chuckles. "Read one of these nordic books have you?" A other asked. "But in the end. This land has some weird things. Dragons, those Senche like tigers. With fangs.. By the spirits. It's like this country is made for messed up people." I stopped listening before leaving to the barkeep. as i approached he welcomed me.
"Hail. i am just looking for information." the barkeep nodded. "What can you tell me about what is going around here recently?" The man told em about some orcish tribes been spotted around the woods near Kynesgrove. About the College of Winterhold going around the Nordic honored death meaning saarthal. How the stormcloaks and imperial are still having small skirmishes waiting on wich side makes the first move on Whiterun. If the empire does wich seemed highly unlikely the Stormcloaks can say they are marching to aid Balgruuf against the empire. Wich is also truein reverse. If the stormcloaks move first the Empire is moving to aid Balgruuf. So the man has enemies at both sides. He also told me something paticulair. That the dragonborn was seen in High Hrothgar, The rumor is that the dragonborn is a female. Non can say for sure what race. Only that the person is tall and wears full covering armor. i thanked the man and went to the door Calinwen entered and knocked. After a second she said i could enter. I opened the door and smiles. She was dressed in some regal clothing, Fur trimmed but still inticrate like most altmer Dresses. "Mind if we talk some? About you're love and this home you live in."
"Sure." she smiled as she sat down and waited for me to sit opposite of her. "Well about my love. When we are done with the College bussiness you can meet her." I nodded at that accepting her terms. "And well small story i told you, Well long story. I needed more space. Whiterun is all well and good. But except for that both sides are going to fight for it. And i needed to be somewhere closer to the dominion." i nodded softly. "Something i needed to do was clear out a cave from necromancers, Deliver a horn to a talos shrine for Jarl Elisif. After that i had to clear the catacombs under Solitude. Draw a map on where i exited just incase."
Taking everything in i smiled. "Seems you had plenty to do. And what else since i left for the isle?"
"Well i did some odd jobs for the people of Whiterun, solitude College and also helped Mirvanye with some talos worshippers and Markarth the justiciar there." She chuckled. "got some dragon priest masks. turns out there is a secret one. But that i will show and give when i got all." We talked for atlest few more hours about the isle and other things before i excused myself and retired for the night.