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Chapter 20
Books lay scattered on the floor, with a young elf sitting on next to the huge pile. It was as if he was boasting the amount of knowledge he had gathered in the past three hours his host had left the cottage. The elf was interested in the particular collection of books the imperial had surrounded him with. During his apprentice mage years, he desperately tried to gather secret techniques and powerful spells from tomes as fast as he could, but produced little results in actual combat. The books in this shack however, weren't focused on magic entirely but gave him more ideas and knowledge about the arcane than any other books he had read before.
He especially grew interested in the sermons of the Chimer god, Vivec. The stories of his birth, rise to power and his end began to inspire the elf. He had hoped he would one day become determined for such a cause.
But questions began forming in his head. He had doubts of ever becoming so great and so powerful. He was jealous of Vivec's power-of how he would act, and the people would follow. The elf's situation was different: He would act, and his superiors would beat him.
'Why did I join this war?' He asked himself. The question sank into his heart, and left a sense of sadness in the elf's eyes. He had realized how foolish he was to have joined the Thalmor to begin with. He was nothing more than a pawn for the Aldmeri to show their 'elven supremacy.' His eyes began to water as he thought of the pain that had cost him during his time as a soldier. He was mindless, and was inspired by the false promise of greatness, like so many others before him.
He blinked and fought back the tears. He would be strong now. He would be the inspiration, not the inspirited.
He flipped another page and came across something he had never heard of before.
"CHIM?" Read out loud.
To be continued.
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