When I got to the tower Ralof said, "Is it true, are the legends back, Jarl Ulfric?"
"Legends don't burn down villages and destroy towns," Jarl Ulfric says.
"You go up the tower and jump out of the hole in the wall."
As soon as I start up the stairs a dragon appears and kills two Stormcloaks. I do as I'm told as Ralof should be behind me as I run into Hadvar. He tells me to stick close to him if I want to stay alive. We near the keep when we run into Ralof again.
"What are you doing Ralof," Hadvar asks.
"I'm escaping whether you like it or not Hadvar," Ralof replies.
I'm given the choice whether to enter the keep with either Hadvar or Ralof. I choose Hadvar because he looks like a legionnaire. We enter the keep when Hadvar begins to speak.
"I'm glad you chose to come with me instead of that traitor Ralof. I am part of the Imperial Legion and my job is to keep Skyrim a part of the Empire." Hadvar tells me.
He unbinds my hands and tells me to search the chests for anything of use. I find; Studded Imperial Armor, Light Imperial Greaves, Light Imperial Boots, Light Imperial Helmet, an Imperial Sword, a bow, and 47 steel arrows. He then tells me that it is time to move out. When we get to the main entrance to the keep we find Ralof with a handful of his Stormcloak buddies.
Hadvar and I quickly dispatch the Stormcloaks and go down the stairwell. We come to the dining room where Hadvar tells me to grab as much potions, food, and drink as I can find and carry. I do that and we come to the torture room where a couple of Stormcloaks are fighting the torturer and his assistant. We dispatch the Stormcloaks and I am given some lock picks and a tension wrench and told how to pick locks.
I pick the lock with ease and loot the corpse of any valuables, and then search the room for some other supplies. I find a book which I could read later, a shield, and some more potions. The torturer, his assistant, Hadvar, and I head out of the room and encounter some ginormous spiders that spit poisonous venom. I block the spit with the shield that I picked up earlier and charge toward the spiders. We kill the spiders almost instantly and move then come across a sleeping bear. Hadvar tells me that we can either kill the bear or sneak by it without it noticing us. I choose to kill the bear with my bow and retrieve its pelt, which sells for a nice price to the right person. We exit the cave and Hadvar tells me and the others to go to Riverwood, a village nearby to resupply and rest for the day.
I head to Riverwood until we come across the "Guardian Stones", magical stones prophesied to give the user a bonus for learning different skills. I choose the Warrior Stone to let me learn combat skills faster. I then start on the road again with my companions and head towards Riverwood. We get to Riverwood within a half of an hour and are extremely exhausted. I visit Hadvar's uncle Alvor, who is the blacksmith in Riverwood. He tells me to grab what I need and teaches me how to craft weapons and armor. I craft two things and he tells me to keep them to remember him when I am crafting Skyforge Steel.
I then tell Alvor about the dragon attack at Helgen and he gives me instructions to go tell the Jarl of Whiterun and ask to send soldiers to defend Riverwood. I tell him that I will and he gives me a few Septims to get some food and drink on him at the inn. I thank Alvor and he gives me 1,500 Septims to get some food and also to get some decent equipment. I head on over to the inn which is called the Sleeping Giant Inn. After 2 hours of eating, drinking, and listening to the bard play several songs, I decide that it is time to rent a room and retire to bed for a good nights sleep.