Months had gone by since Gromar had found his home in ruins. He kept his promise and searched for his daughter, he searched all those months and the only thing he really discovered was that his daughter was Dragonborn. He found his out from a young woman at the Inn in Winterhold. She looked like she was from the college but before he could get any more answers from her something had happend that stole her attention away from him.
In his search he did hear good things about here though, he heard that she defeated Adluin and saved Skyrim. He was so proud of her. Though he wasn't in her life it sounded like she grew up to be a good woman. He eventually found out and figured from the start that she never stayed in place for too long. He didn't know how to get in contact with her and he didn't even know if she would want to. He was gone for so long.
He decided to do the only thing he could think of and that was to write her letters. He decided that it was the only way he could help her. He had traveled much of Skyrim in his youth and though that was long ago he still remembered it well. He remembered the places he explored well. So many ancient Nordic ruins that had mysterious walls were spread all over Skyrim, they were mysterious until now. He would help her find these walls and unlock new powers for her to use.
Gromar would listen closely to the stories and ask many citizens about his daughter and most had a story to tell and some even knew where she might be. And so with hope that these letters would get to her, he wrote everytime he heard even a rumor.
"You caused a bit of a stir in Rorikstead when you demonstrated the power of your Thu'um. Not everyone is anxious for the return of the Dragonborn.
I for one desire to see you grow and develop your talents. Skyrim needs a true hero these days.
You should turn your attention to Folgunthur. I understand that it holds a mysterious source of power that can only be unlocked by the Dragonborn.
Sincerely.
A Friend."
He decided it was best not to sign his name. Maybe in time he could reveal himself but for now. This was good enough.
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The next day came and June was still not back. The morning seemed to shift into the afternoon rather quickly, Vilkas and Seradia both were growing restless. Seradia got herself dressed in her robes and started to head out the door. "Where are you going?" She was stopped by Farkas. Seradia turned to look at him. "I'm going to go look for June." Seradia said. "I think Vilkas is too. I'll come with you." Seradia nodded and than walked out the door with him behind her.
Vilkas had left to look for June but he had to make a quick stop at Belethor's shop. He walked in and saw a stranger was standing at the at the counter. He had a bag full of things, he looked like a scavenger. Vilkas crossed his arms as he waited behind him. "Where did you get all this stuff?" Belethor was examining some of the things. "I found them all on the side of the road. It looked a fight broke out and a couple of guys got killed so I just thought, hey why not? It's going to waste anyways." The man shrugged with a grin on his face.
"That's where I found this beauty." He held up a gold dwarven bow. Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down as he examined it carefully. It looked familiar and he had to stare at it for a moment longer till it finally hit him. It was June's bow. His eyes widened and he quickly approached the man. "Hey!" Vilkas grabbed his attention. The man slightly looked back at him. "Wait your turn buddy." He than turned back to Belethor. Vilkas sneered at him and quickly grabbed his shoulder yanking him around. He grabbed the mans collar and pinned him against the counter. "Woah!" Belethor quickly backed up.
"H-hey! What's your problem!" The man grabbed Vilkas's wrists. "Where did you get that bow?" He moved his eyes down to it and than back up at the man. "I-I just found it." He held his hands up seeing the look in Vilkas's eyes. "Where!?" Vilkas tightened his grip on the mans collar. "On the side of the road! South of Whiterun!" Vilkas quickly let go of the man, he was about to leave but than he remembered something. He walked back and grabbed the bow than left the shop.
When he exited the building he ran into Seradia and Farkas. Vilkas only looked at them for a moment and than walked away heading for the gate. Seradia saw him carrying June's bow. "Hey, that's June's!" Seradia quickly followed after him with Farkas right behind her. "Vilkas!" Seradia tried to stop him but he kept moving. "What's going on?" Farkas caught up to him. "I think something happened to June." Vilkas quickly answered. "What?! How do you know?!" Seradia asked. He didn't answer he just kept walking leaving Whiterun.
Vilkas went South just like the man said and walked down the road for a couple miles not finding anything. Though nothing was in site yet the smell of death was defiantly in the air. It had only been a day so it was still fresh to him. His stomach started to knot up as his mind went to the worst. "Come on." Vilkas started to run. Farkas and Seradia exchanged looks and than also started to run.
They ran for a while, they were miles away from Whiterun now. Vilkas looked around carefully, the stench was started to grow. "There!" Farkas called out. Vilkas stopped and looked at Farkas. Farkas pointed. Vilkas turned back around and looked a head seeing a couple bodys laying a ways away. Vilkas quickly ran towards them with Farkas and Seradia right behind him.
Once they reached them Vilkas felt a bit relieved to see that non of them were June but he was still worried about her. Seradia looked around. "Looks like some big fight went down." Farkas said. Seradia clenched her jaw as her stomach started to ache. "Let's check the bodies. See if anything is on them about what happened." Vilkas bent down besides one of them and started checking what belongings they had left. Most of their stuff was gone probably taken by the scavenger.
Seradia watched as they both started to check the bodies. She fiddled with the bottom of her robes. "I think I found something." Farkas pulled out a folded note. Vilkas got up and quickly walked over. "Here." Farkas gave it to him. Vilkas grabbed the note and opened it. He clenched his jaw as he read it. Farkas saw the look on his face. "What is it?" He asked. "It's an order to capture June alive." He spoke slowly as he finished to read it. "What?!" Seradia quickly walked up to him. "By whom?" She asked. "I..I don't know." Vilkas lowered the letter down as he rubbed his forehead.
"What do you mean you don't know!? Is there no name by who ever sent this letter!?" Seradia started to panic. She took the letter from Vilkas and started to read it. "The only named sign is M. Who is M?" Seradia looked up at them. "I don't know." Vilkas rubbed the back of his neck as he looked down at the bodies. "It doesn't have a location to take her?" Farkas asked. "No, all it said was to take her to their spot." Vilkas answered.
"Interesting." They all jumped from the unfamiliar voice. They all turned seeing a male Khajiit was standing behind Vilkas. He flickered his tail around as he watched them. "Do you know anything about this?" Vilkas quickly approached him. "No. I arrived not long before you did." He looked at Vilkas and examined him. "I wasn't sure who was coming so I hid. But after hearing that June may of been here and that you three know her, I decided that you weren't dangerous." He than examined Seradia and Farkas.
Vilkas blinked a bit confused. The Khajiit came out of no where and he didn't speak like most of the Khajiit in Skyrim. "Who are you and how do you know June?" He asked. "I could ask you the same thing." He walked past Vilkas and up to Seradia. He took the note from her and started to read it for himself. Seradia examined him closely, he was tall and muscular. His fur and gold eyes. "Hmmm..Interesting." He said again. "Hey!" Vilkas yelled catching his attention. He looked at Vilkas with an eyebrow raised.
"Who are you?" Vilkas asked him again. "My name in Ginji." He finally answered. "Alright, now tell me how do you know June?" Vilkas asked. Ginji raised an eyebrow at him again examining him more closely. "June and I have known each other since we were children. I suppose you could say..She is my sister." Ginji dropped the note to the ground. They all looked at him confused.
They all searched the bodies some more and than found a spot to stop and talk. "June and I were raised together till we were about thirteen than we were separated." Ginji explained. "So June..Was raised by Khajiit's?" Vilkas asked. Ginji nodded. "Care to tell us more about it?" Vilkas was growing impatient. Ginji rubbed his forehead and sighed. "June was rescued by my family when she was about nine I think. Her family was killed by bandits and her home burnt down. They arrived just in time before they were about to kill her, afterwords they took June and raised her. End of the story." Ginji turned his back towards them and looked around.
"I don't think that's the end of it." Farkas leaned forward staring at him. "No. Of course you don't." Ginji sighed. "What happend to her in the beginning seemed to repeat for the both of us. People came and killed all of my family while we were away. I don't think it was the same person who killed June's family when she was a child but she seems to know who did it to our family all those years ago. That's why I'm here, she sent me a letter telling me she knows who did it." Ginji leaned his back against a tree and crossed his arms.
Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down at him. "So you're here to just get revenge than?" He asked. "No..Well..To be honest I don't really know why I came.." Ginji rubbed the back of his head. "What I do know now though is that the person who had June captured is most likely the one who killed our family." Ginji slowly looked down at the ground. Seradia examined him as she listened to his story. She never knew this about June, she wasn't one to share her past or feelings with anyone. She wondered if Vilkas may have known but she doubted it.
Seradia placed both of her hands on her chest and slowly looked down at the ground. "So..What do we do?" She asked quietly. They all looked at her. Vilkas didn't have a clue, he didn't even know where to start. "I knew I should've looked for her last night." Seradia covered her face with her hands. Farkas clenched his jaw as he stared at her. "They could've gone anywhere.." Seradia kept whispering to herself. Vilkas growled and quickly got up from the ground. He started to pace back and forth trying to think of what to do. "Maybe we should go to Kodlak." Farkas watched his brother.
Vilkas just sighed and shook his head. "He won't know any more than we do." Seradia lowered her hands and looked at Farkas. Ginji stood there watching them all, thinking deeply. "Well.." Ginji started to speak catching all of their attention. "We could just follow the road that they seemed to go on and ask anyone we see if they noticed any strange peoples." He stood up straight. "Or we could follow their scent. We Khajiits are excellent trackers when it comes to that kind of thing." He pointed out.
"Why didn't you mention that before?" Vilkas slightly glared at him. "Because I didn't catch their scent at the spot, but maybe if we move down that road I might be able to catch it." Ginji lowered his ears noticing the way Vilkas was looking at him. "It's better than just sitting here!" Seradia jumped up. "Let's go already!" She pleaded. Farkas got up and walked over. Him and Vilkas both exchanged looks. "Before we do..We should get more supplies in Whiterun..." Vilkas said.
"But-!" Seradia started to argue but he quickly cut her off. "We can't just go unprepared!" Vilkas snapped at her making her wince. He didn't mean to, he was just as worried about June. Seradia sighed and nodded. "I assume you're coming with us?" Vilkas looked at Ginji. "Of course. It may have been years since I saw June but I still count her my kin." He said. They all nodded and quickly left for Whiterun to gather their things and to let Kodlak know what had happened.
