Seradia had planned on leaving the next day but she was still far too weak. It took her about two days to recover enough to stand on her feet, even than Iraka was reluctant on letting her go. Seradia could walk but she couldn't get far with out getting light headed and having to sit down. "I told you dear it is far too soon!" Iraka helped Seradia sit down in a chair. "But I need to.." Seradia leaned over and rubbed her aching head. "Please just give it more time, you must take baby steps." Iraka gave her a sweet but worried smile. Seradia sighed and nodded agreeing to stay for at least a few more days.
It took June, Vilkas, and Farkas days to reach Solstheim, it surprised June on how close it was to Skyrim considering it was in Morrowind but than again it was on the border. "Here it is, pretty little Solstheim." Gjalund said sarcastically. June stood up from her seat and walked to the front of the ship. From where she was it just looked like a simple little fishing village but something in the distance caught her eye.
In the distance there was some kind of strange shrine. "Hey you guys see that?" June pointed. Farkas and Vilkas both walked up and looked. "Looks like some kind of alter?" Vilkas said. "But why is it glowing?" June pointed out. Coming from the alter was a strange blue aura. "Glowing? I don't see anything glowing." Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down. "Me neither." Vilkas looked more closely. "What do you mean you don't see it? How can you miss it?" June furrowed her eyebrows down at them. "Must the be the sun getting to you." Vilkas gave her shoulder a squeeze and than walked away with Farkas behind him. She watched them and than looked back at it, it was so bright she didn't understand how she was the only one seeing it.
The ship started to slow down as it got closer to the dock. When they finally reached it an older looking Dark Elf man was there to greet them. "Gjalund, didn't think I'd be seeing you again. Who are these three with you?" He looked at them with an eyebrow raised. "I am June, this is Vilkas and Farkas." June pointed at them. "You may call me Adril Arano and I don't like outsiders. Outsiders bring trouble." Adril furrowed his eyebrows down at them.
June raised an eyebrow up at him. "Well we are here because of trouble that came from here." Vilkas stepped forward. Adril looked at him confused. "Stranger came from here and attacked us. We are here to find out the reason behind it." Vilkas explained. "Do you know anybody by the name Miraak?" June asked him. Adril looked at her a bit surprised and than looked down confused. "I..I don't think..I don't know..." Adril rubbed his chin. "I feel like I do know who that is but..I just can't really remember.." Adril seemed more confused the more he thought about it.
"Also." June grabbed his attention again. "What's up with that..Shrine over there?" June pointed at it. He turned looking at it. "Oh that. It's just something the locals started building. They're really dedicated, they work on it 24/7." He explained. "You don't find that weird?" June asked. "No, it seems to be just normal construction." He replied with a shrug. "But what about it's glow?" She asked him. "Glow?" Adril turned around to look at it again. "I don't see any glow coming from it." He raised an eyebrow up.
"Of course you don't." She sighed as she stepped out of the boat. Vilkas and Farkas followed close behind. "Well at any rate, I welcome you to Solstheim. Stay out of trouble will you?" He than turned and walked away from them. They stood there watching him for a moment and than turned to each other. "So what do you want to do first?" Farkas asked. "We should probably go check in at the Inn first, they might even have information as well." Vilkas suggested. June nodded and turned walking into the town.
They asked a local where they could find the Inn, once they were pointed in the right direction they didn't waste time getting there. They walked into the small building and looked around. "Welcome!" Inn keeper greeted them cheerfully. Just like everyone else, he was a Dunmar. It was strange being surrounded by so many Dark Elves but it was probably strange for them to see random Nords come to their home land.
"We need three rooms." Farkas said putting a coin purse on the counter. "Actually we just-" Vilkas started but he was cut off by the Inn keeper quickly taking the coin. "There are three rooms down the hall, enjoy your stay!" He said with another cheerful smile. Vilkas mumbled under his breath as he grabbed his stuff and followed June and Farkas down the hall.
"I'll take this one." June said quickly walking into one of the rooms. The other two were right across from it. Vilkas let out a small sigh as he walked into one claiming it for himself. Farkad didn't say anything, he just went into his room and closed the door. Ever since what happened with Seradia Farkas hadn't really spoken much. Who could blame him, it depressed Vilkas a little.
June acting like..June and Farkas just keeping to himself. Vilkas let out another sigh as he threw his things to the floor next to the bed. To his surprise it was a full size bed with silky covers on it. It looked comfortable, more comfortable than the cot he slept on the past few days on the ship. He couldn't help but lay down on the comfy bed, once he hit the soft covers he let out a satisfied sigh. His door than quickly opened making him jump. He sat up and turned around seeing it was June.
She started to look around his room and than got an annoyed look on her face. "Problem?" He asked as he got up from his bed. "Why is your room so much better than mine?" She walked in looking around more. Vilkas chuckled as he approached her. "Shouldn't of been so quick to pick." He crossed his arms. June looked at him for a moment and than looked past him. She scoffed at the site of his bed. "You're bed is even bigger than mine." She crossed her arms. "Trade me." She looked back at him.
"What? No I don't think so." He chuckled again. "If you really want to sleep in here so bad I'm willing to share." He gave her a crooked grin. She raised an eyebrow up at him as she examined his face. "Come to think of it..My room isn't so bad." She turned around and walked out of the room. Vilkas chuckled as he quickly followed after her. She opened her door and walked in, he peeked in from behind her.
Her room really was smaller than his. All it had was a single bed and a chest in it. The bed didn't look as comfortable as is. "Right." Vilkas chuckled. He than gave her a quick swat to the bottom and fled before she could turn around and hit him. June quickly turned around a bit surprised and than watched him quickly walk down the hall. She couldn't help but smile as she re entered her room to wash herself up a bit.
After washing off, she left her room and walked down the hallway to the main room. She saw that Vilkas and Farkas were already at the bar getting a drink and something to eat. The Inn keeper looked up at her and gave her a small smile. "Something I can do for you?" He asked. "Yes, I need to ask you a couple of questions." June replied. "Well..Alright I'll try to answer them." The Inn keeper crossed his arms. "Do you know anybody by the name of Miraak?" She asked.
Once she asked he got the same look on his face as Adril did earlier. "Strange..I feel like I've heard that name before.." He slowly looked down as he got a blank look in his eyes. June furrowed her eyebrows down as she watched him. "I think..." He began but lost his train of thought as he tried to think about it more. June crossed her arms as she waited. "I feel like..I know him..For some reason when I think of his name that shrine comes to my mind..." The Inn keeper scratched the side of his face. "Hmm..Alright than." She nodded and than started to leave.
"Hey where are you going?" Vilkas asked turning towards her. "I'm going to go check out that shrine, I have a funny feeling about it." Before giving him a chance to speak she walked out of the Inn and shut the door behind her. Vilkas let out a small sigh. "Think we should go with her?" Farkas asked. Vilkas looked at his brother and examined him for a moment. "No, I'm sure she can handle it." Vilkas turned back to his food and continued to eat.
As June walked through the town, she got some strange looks from the locals. She didn't blame them, she was a stranger after all. She ignored their looks and tried keeping a good distance from them as she made her way through. She found a blacksmith who was also a Nord, when he saw her his eyes immediatly went to her armor and June's went to the mark on his door. It was a mark for thieves to recognize. She quickly looked away and walked faster to avoid a conversation with him. It was strange seeing a member here though she had no idea who he was.
June walked down a small road that led to the shrine. As she approached it she saw that it was much bigger than she thought it would be. It towered over her-in the center of the shrine there was a large strange looking stone. It looked like the green aura that she saw from it before was spilling right from the stone. June furrowed her eyebrows down as she started to approach it, once she got closer one of the workers bumped right into her almost making her fall down.
"Hey!" She called out to the man. He didn't stop walking, in fact it looked like hitting her didn't effect him at all. She blinked as she watched him, she could hear him mumbling something strange but she couldn't quite make it out. "Hey!" She called to him again as she started to quickly go after him but something stopped her. Once she got close to the stone, something started to pull her towards it. She found herself walking towards the stone, she couldn't control her feet.
'What's going on..' She started to space out as she got closer. She held her hands up and slowly placed them on the stone. 'Why can't I..' She felt like a puppet, she couldn't control her body. June slowly shut her eyes as she felt the power of the stone start to sink in her. It was trying to take over her mind and body. She clenched her jaw and quickly opened her eyes back up. She ripped herself away from the stone forcing it to let go of her. Her mind was her own again.
June staggered away from it and than fell on her bottom as her head became light. "What the hell.." She rubbed her head as she looked at it again. "Interesting." A voice came from behind her making her jump. June quickly got up off of the ground and turned around seeing that an older looking Dark Elf man was standing behind her. He had on red wizard robes and he was completely bald with a dark beard. "You there." He quickly approached her. "You don't quite seem to be in same state as the others." He started to observe her.
June furrowed her eyebrows down at him. "Very interesting.." He rubbed his chin. "May I ask what it is you're doing here?" He asked. "I'm looking for someone named Miraak." June slowly answered him. He furrowed his eyebrows down at her. "Miraak...Miraak...It sounds familiar but I can't quite place it..." He rubbed his beard as he started to think. "Oh! Wait. I recall. But that makes little sense, Miraak's been dead for thousands of years." He started to examine her again.
June blinked in confused. "What? But..I don't understand.." She rubbed the back of her neck. How could someone dead send people after her? "Neither do I, but it is fascinating, isn't it. Perhaps it has some relation to what's going on here. Quite unexpected." He got closer to her examining her again. June was getting slightly annoyed by it. "I'm afraid I can't give you answers." He than stood up straight and turned his back on her. "But there are ruins of an ancient temple of Miraak's towards the center of the island." He slightly looked back at her. "If I were you, I'd look there." He than turned his head back around and started to walk away from her.
June watched him a bit confused by it all. 'What a strange man..' She thought to herself. She than let out a small sigh. 'At least I know where to go next..' June quickly turned and started to head back to the town. She jogged the whole way trying to get back to Inn as soon as possible. When she did get to the Inn she saw that Vilkas and Farkas were in the same spot talking. They both quickly looked up hearing the door open. Vilkas saw that June was out of breath and quickly got up.
"What is it? Did you find out something?" He quickly asked. "Kind of." She quickly walked past him and down the hall to her room. Vilkas and Farkas quickly followed her. "Kind of?" asked confused. "I found out that Miraak died thousands of years ago." June started to fill her bag up and than grabbed her bow and arrows. "Wait..What?" Farkas scratched the back of his head. "I don't know." She sighed. "But I do know where a temple of his is." She stood up and looked at them. "If we are to find anything about him, I'm guessing it's there." She walked up to them. Vilkas and Farkas both nodded and quickly grabbed their things. With out wasting another second they quickly left the Inn and started to head out of the town to the temple.
