Authors Note: Now our hero gets knighted, climbs 7000 steps and meets the warriors of the voice. If you, my loyal viewers are wondering how the Falmer survived or something along those lines… too bad, wait until CH6 or so. More in depth fake-fake history! Oh, and please, Enjoy!

Chapter 4: High Hrothgar

I awoke from a dream filled with dragons and Falmer, but not as I know them. These were like my new allies. I got out of the bed, dressed in full armour, which I still have not been able ask about, and left the dorms to get knighted.

I arrived in the Great Hall to find only the Lord-Knight Heralthic, Elspeth Torial, High Magician Esther, Therisca, Quarter Master Feashal and a few other knights who I saw in the joust. I walked up to the stage, Heralthic spoke first, "Vorus, please kneel." I complied and bent on one knee.

"Do you, Vorus of Black Marsh, solemnly vow to protect Tamriel and her people against all evils?"

"I swear to it by my blood."

"Do you swear to uphold the religion of the Dragon, and to the None Divines?"

"I swear it."

"Then in the name of the Dragons and the Nine Divines, I dub thee, Sir Vorus of Black Marsh, Knight of Tamriel. Now rise."

"My thanks, Lord-Knight." I said as I arose. All present clapped and congratulated me. It felt pretty nice to finally be part of something that isn't always going, 'Kill this, and Kill that.' It's refreshing to say the least.

"Now, take Brother Knight Therisca and Sister-Knight Elspeth on your journey to High Hrothgar. Dragons and the Nine guide you." We set out to the square room where I first came in, now it was guarded by two spear armed knights. These spears, I am truly amazed they are not used by everyone in Tamriel; they have reach and take any cavalry.

When we exited the huge underground castle, we were all blasted with snow, me and Therisca tightened our cloaks around ourselves, but Elspeth, being a Falmer, stayed as she was, looking like she was 'revelling' in the cold of outside. I can't say I blame her though, being inside her whole life and all.

We set off in the direction of Winterhold to find a carriage to take us to Ivarstead. All the way, Elspeth picked flowers and other things she would have never seen before and put them into a pouch at her slender waist. We arrived there to find no one outside.

As we walked into the area, the sound of wings caught my ears and I immediately drew Advocate. Therisca did the same wit Dragos. Elspeth however walked in front of us. "Dragon, what is your name?" she asked politely, but loudly.

"Why does a mortal wish for the knowledge of my name?" boomed the dragon, rather menacingly.

"Is it not wrong to know the name of the noble foe?"

"Well, you make a fair point, I am Dinokdok. What does yours and your companions happen to be?"

"I am named Elspeth; these two noble knights are Vorus and Therisca."

"Very well, you have been given the grace to know my name, and have repaid it with you own. Now we must do what foes must do, Elspeth Nonvul Hokoron!" It flew up into the skies for a second, disappearing through the clouds and came down quickly, stopping in the sky. "Yol…Toor…Shul!" it roared as fire spewed from its mouth.

Expecting burns I raised Advocate but nothing happened, I looked up to see Elspeth conjuring a huge 'bubble' ward. Even as the fire burned, she stayed strong. After what seemed like a whole minute. The fire stopped, "You impress me mortal, none have resisted the Thu'um before. It seems we are at a stale mate."

"I have an offer for you. Join us, we seek to destroy the one who enslaves you and those you wish your extinction. Join us; come to battle when the Greybeards call or the Dovahkiin and we shall destroy Alduin and all those who threaten you."

After a long moment, Dinokdok spoke "The offer seems beneficial to me, if the prophecy of the Dovahkiin is true, then Alduin will be destroyed. Also I personally wish not to die again. Dovahkiin, shout my name to the skies and I shall help." With that he flew away. Both Therisca and I looked at Elspeth confused.

"We worship them and need them for the war. If you agree not, I suggest you leave for the blades." She said to both of us. Therisca was first to speak.

"Did you just persuade a dragon whose name is Death Hound, let alone speak to it?"

"Yes, do you have a problem with it?" she said rather defensively.

"No definitely not, it's a truly amazing skill to possess." Now people were flooding out of the nearby buildings.

"Is it really gone?" said one of the civilians.

Upon noticing us, all three of the guards moved the crowd away, saying things like, "Nothing to see here civilian, move along."

The Jarl then approached us, "I assume this is official Knights of Tamriel business?"

"Yes, my lord, we need to get to Ivarstead. Quickly." Replied Therisca.

"Very well, the carriage should be ready in moments; the dragon scared everyone to their homes."

"Our thanks, my lord." We moved along to the carriage.

"Need a ride, Cities, 10 septims, towns, 50."

"Ivarstead please." I said handing him the sack of gold. He nodded and motioned for us to climb aboard. It was a relatively silent journey, with only idle chatter going back and forth. Eventually, by days end, we arrived. Immediately we all walked to the inn.

"Welcome, just stoked the fire, feel free to sit down and have a pint of mead, on the house." Said the bartender when we entered the room. We all sat down at the many seats lining the building. The bartender came and laid three pints in front of us, Therisca and I 'popped' our visors and drank them down quickly, Elspeth, however, stayed as she was. Most likely for she was a supposedly extinct race.

I walked over to the bartender after finishing my pint. "Three rooms please, sir." I said while leaving a sack of thirty gold pieces on the counter. All three of us then moved to the inns rooms.

I awoke early in the morning to the sound of a crashing table, I fell asleep in my armour in case of an assassin, I walked out with my hand on Advocate. There was a group of Thalmor here seemingly threatening the Barkeep.

One noticed me and smiled sadistically. "That's the one who attacked our men. Kill him!" I drew Advocate and parried with it, sending all three of the elves sprawling to the floor. Acting quickly I stabbed on through the head, melting his brain.

The other two got up and acted more intelligently, surrounding me. They both suddenly stopped, one having a sword thrust from his back through to his mouth. Blood sprayed all over the place, the other exploding into blood, covering a good portion of the building in blood.

All of the patrons, including me were soaked in red, one or two vomited all over the floor. I handed the Barkeep a huge sack of coins, about 350 in all and hastily ran out, followed closely by my companions. "Thanks for the save, but Elspeth, please don't ever use that spell again. It's going to end up costing all of our money."

"I shall refrain. Now, there is a river nearby, we should probably look our best for the Greybeards." After she said that all three of us walked to the river and went into the water, causing it to turn crimson. After three minutes of non-stop scrubbing with our hands we returned to the inn and very quickly grabbed our things, walking to start the journey up.

We had now been climbing for about three hours, lugging our armour, gear and Klimmeks pack of goods up the never ending stairs. It was quite obvious that we were all exhausted. So we all stoped to take a breather. In between pants I asked "so, Elspeth… where did you learn that… spell form before?"

"Mother. She taught me and the other mages spells forbidden by, even the Mages College. Some are even crueler than that."

"Well, that's a bloody great way to lighten a mood eh, how about we start talking about the Dark Brotherhood and their torture devices or the most brutal joust we've seen." Yelled Therisca, obviously disgruntled by the fact we had climbed so many steps.

"Sorry, didn't mean to upset anyone. We all set?" two nods came towards me and we continued our long climb. Another four hours and we finally could see the chapel. Walking inside we met four elderly men.

"Knights of Tamriel? This must be important beyond measure!" said the most old of them all.

Authors note: well I hope you have enjoyed that. Plenty more Elspeth kaboom spells to come. And also a giant fine for a lot of blood. Yes, that name Dinokdok means death hound, Google it or something. But anyhow, I will have another chapter up shortly. Please review and all. Also this chapter's special offer: FREE LINK TO MOONPATH TO ELESWYR (A great mod for Skyrim) ONLY AVALIBLE WHILE REVIEWS LAST.