Character Info pt4 and Notes of Tamriel #2 By Olivia Chirja
17.Name:Sasha Braus
Species:Human Female, light Nord (Put that there for now)
Age:16
Class:Scout
Preferred Weapon:Dual blades
Magic:None
Abilities:Unknown
Notes:This is just a theory at the moment. From what I understand, maybe this whole thing, this "convergence" as I called it. May have been a byproduct of the Oblivion Crisis long ago. Again it's just that, a theory, for now I'll wait and write things down on the way.
Chapter 6:Whiterun Stay (Helios side), Dragon Rising, and California Might Pt1
18th of Last Seed
Brayden POV
Morning rises over the northern province of Tamriel, and in the city of Whiterun, guards begin their shifts, shops are opening, and inside the base of the Companions. Brayden Larrson is waking up to his new day in Skyrim.
"Ughhh…" Brayden groaned as slowly his eyes cracked up, letting out more groans as he stretched his body. 'Ugh dammit, it wasn't a dream.' The realization that he was not in his own bed at his house and feeling of the bunk bed he took when Farkas had showed him to the quarters.
Brayden almost let out a sigh, feeling the aghast stringing in his chest once again of how he was far from home and far from his family.
'Need to get back. I need to get back. Back home.' Brayden blinked his eyes, adjusting his sight and took note that beyond himself, few of the others were yet to wake up. "Morning New Blood. Hope you're ready for today's training, Vilkas won't go easy on you short-stuff." He felt a tinge of annoyance at hearing that, looking over to the otherside bed across his to the addresser of the female voice spoken. "That I had imagined. Morning Kurumua."
Kurumua was another of the newer members he had come to discover within the Companions, a tall Female Orc that was built like an Amazon Warrior with her powerful body of muscle. Long black hair she kept in a Mohawk style, red eyes, green olive skin, and though Orcs weren't known for their beauty, Brayden found Kurumua's facial features were not off-putting even if a bit scary looking at her sharp teeth with her grin and she was rough around the edges but he didn't found her as hostile in comparison to Njada.
Kurumua is just a rather blunt woman of strong words with even stronger action to back them. Not too different from Ugtherd from what he was noticing.
"Guess that'll help your odds a bit in knowing that. Curious to see why Aela's taken an interest in you." Kurumua stood up from her bed, displaying her impressive height at being 6ft tall, stretching out her muscles and Brayden turned his face around, not wanting to look like a pervert for staring at Kurumua in her small clothes that did very little to hide her large 'assets'.
Those thighs of hers look like they could split coconuts! The fabric of her underwear was wrapped firm on her and showed off her well formed hips. Pulling back as she stretched out her arms made her large breasts bounce, they were not held up well by her loose short shirt as Brayden could see the underneath of her 'orbs'.
"What? Too ugly for you?" Brayden, hearing that, turned and gave her a look with his eyebrow raised. "To be honest, no. Where I'm from, women would snap for less than just peeking at them. Just trying not to be a creep. And what you're wearing isn't helping." The Female Orc looked surprised.
"Huh, you like them with green skin do ya?" Brayden wasn't sure what to think of the weird glint in her eyes as she seemed to process that fact with a grin.
"Hmmm! Ah morning." From beside Brayden's bed awoke Ria, the Imperial stretched out her arms as she arose from her bed. She yawned and pushed the blanket aside as she stood up from bed, revealing she was too wearing small clothing that looked similar to the vanilla underwear outfit but gray.
Still didn't hide her own well formed figure and Kurumua was letting some chuckles as she realized more on Brayden's uncomfortably as Ria leaned over him and was unintentionally giving him a great cleavage view. 'Eyes up. Eyes up!' He really needed to crack out of his awkwardness.
"How's your face? Can still see the bruise showing but that swelling's gone down." Ria's eyes were with small concern as she looked at Brayden's injuries from yesterday's fight with Ugtherd. "He's fine and you're giving him quite the view. He's got some self control at least." Njada was already out of bed and making her way to where she had stored her gear, rolling her eyes as she walked by. "Ease back or don't if you like him that much to fuss about his sores." Ria blushed but she didn't move from her position till Brayden started to move himself out of bed.
"Thanks Ria, appreciate the concern. It's feeling better than the other day." Brayden nodded to her to which Ria returned with a smile, the embarrassment leaving her. "Donson, what in Malacath's name are you doing?" Kurumua's voice grabbed their attention and those who hears her like Ria and Brayden, looked towards where she was looking at and groans escape out to what they saw.
"Donson, why are you staring at the wall?" Athis rubbed his eyes and wondered just what the other new recruit was doing now.
Staring at the wall on the far end of the room, was a massive sized Super Mutant that almost covered the length of the wall and his bald green head almost touching at the ceiling. Wearing what looked like steel armor forged for his size and muscular bulk.
This was Donson as Brayden had become introduced to last night, and it only took the first meeting for the Canadian to see what kind of reputation this Super Mutant has.
"I am trying to find my bed… But I can't find it." Donson scratched his head and looked around the wall section for his bed. "I've been looking all night. But, I can't find it." Brayden tried not to make a face in having to process that fact, but others were far louder about broadcasting their exact thoughts on the obvious escape from the Super Mutant.
"It's behind you there you big idiot!" Njada really wished that they never took him in, Donson never ceased to enrage her at any time.
The Super Mutant perked up his head and turned around, he was by Brayden's perspective quite alike to the default appearance of Super Mutants within Fallout New Vegas, leather laces strapped to his mouth, a scar on his forehead that appeared to have been from a cut. He overall had an rather innocent look despite his frightening appearance and Brayden was more reminded of a certain infamous character from a Web series on an 'Blue' Team.
Donson let out a 'Ahh' before sighing. "OH there it is! Oh well, guess I'll sleep later. Eating time!" Panicked cries went out as Donson started stumping his way over, almost batting into everyone within his way. "GAH! HEY DONSON!" Torvar was bumped right back into his bed, letting out loud curses. An Female Khajiit with leopard fur coloring that Brayden had gotten to know last night that he remembered whose name was Areglia, was sent stumping over into Njada that more than angered the Female Nord as she tried untangling herself from her position.
"Areglia is sorry!" Brayden felt deep sympathy as Areglia winced in seeing Njada's annoyed expression directed to her before it turned into anger as she glared at the Super Mutant. "Damned big green idiot." Muttering angrily, she went back to gather up her scattered gear while Areglia was making a quick get out from Njada's view.
Brayden barely dodged out from Donson but his feet were caught by the Mutant's massive legs. "Whoa-Hey Donson, watch yourself!" Brayden was sent stumbling back into his bed, groaning as he hit hard into the bunk bed but let out a small gasp when a weight hit on top of him. "Ah! Oh sorry Brayden!" It was Ria now laid on top of him and he looked up to see her close up in his face.
'... Move!' He snapped out from the feeling that gripped on him in staring up in Ria's pretty eyes. "It-Its alright. Mind getting off me?" He gave a smile, and it was returned by Ria, finding in the shared humor that released the awkwardness. She rolled off of him over to her side, pulling herself back up from the bed as Brayden did the same, Donson had left quite the mess before everyone that had been caught in his way as they tried sorting themselves out and getting started on their day.
"I swear, he's like a Brahmin Bull on a rampage!" Zach glared to where Donson had gone off while Mike dusted himself off after standing up from being tossed over. "Well at least this time he wasn't carrying that big hammer of his or else there would've been smashed bits here."
"Jacob and Mateo are missing this. I don't know if that's a good thing or not." Farkas remembers some of the times that Helios and Gray-Helm did.
One of which, Mateo's sister brought some experimental potions to his brother but one potion got shaken too much and exploded. They needed to replace the table in the hall that day.
And Helios somehow knocked down a rock pillar while on a quest to deal with a rising necromancer. The pillar killed the necromancer and its small skeleton army and left the group speechless.
"Well… quest completed I guess…" Jacob's words echoed in his mind and formed a mental image of him shrugging with a smile.
It was interesting that day to say the least…
*Crash!*
"Oh by the Nine…" Farkas groaned, knowing Donson made it to the hall where they eat. "We better arrive into the kitchen before he attempts to devour everything." A voice spoken out in an unfamiliar language to most except to that of Brayden, getting him to look over that brought more reminders to the variety of new people he was seeing around Jovarrakr.
Finishing up equipped in his green and purple Mandalorian armor was a blue skin Twi'lek, dark blue stripes around his Lekkus and gray bluish eyes. "We don't speak your language, Vort. Speak Basic." Kurumua bluntly said without regard for offense, the Mandalorian Twi'lek in return merely threw a flat look.
"My basic is rusty, habits die hard." Vort Norman was an Mandalorian NPC that Brayden remembered from one of his favorite video games, Star Wars The Old Republic or shortly SWTOR. Though a character that did not have large impact, Brayden still found him a good man to talk to and found it an welcoming opportunity of connecting to an Mandalorian.
There was Boba Fett but he was of a harder sort to converse with and one that Brayden knew he needed to earn the respect than to unintentionally annoy the cold man that was not going to be for small talk.
Vort was much easier to strike, talk and inquire into questions for him, the Twi'lek was picking up on seeing Brayden's interest in his people and slowly gaining an encouraged idea about training him.
"Ah I see Donson has already rampaged through here. I swear he's going to be racking the cost to repair things around here at their limits!" Ah there was yet one of the biggest of new people around Whiterun that had shocked Brayden to his very core for who he saw was now wandering around that made him highly wonder if the others were too.
"So long we keep having jobs coming our way, we should be able to cover them. But we're lucky we have you, Rhinox." Filling right through the gap of the doorway was none other than Rhinox from Transformers Beast Wars! One of Brayden's beloved childhood shows that even to this day still stir happy thoughts from as a kid that had the adventures of the Mamixals and Predacons battling each other, forever imprinted in his mind.
His large robot body filled out the way and without having watched his shoulders, Rhinox in his still original form and his red eyes that shined with a gentleness rang out the memories in Brayden's head. 'This has truly been one of craziest moments of my entire life.' Brayden at this point was still finding it hard to not get surprised by the stranger things he was going to be seeing.
"Alright let's get going, come on now!" Torvar moved up ahead to try to beat everyone but he let out a 'Hey!' As Areglia quickly moved right by him in a sleek move of dodging under his side and Torvar almost fell right over one of the beds. The antics were getting everyone to move up in starting up their day, Rhinox moving out of the way to let everyone out through.
Brayden was following along behind Ria but he soon felt the looming presence of someone behind him and felt someone pressing their 'heavy' chest at his back. "Keep moving up." Brayden felt the hairs stand up on his neck but it wasn't so that he was feeling threatened by Kurumua's low voice rather than the fact it wasn't threatening at all.
'... Oh boy.' Brayden could literally feel that Kurumua was purposely pressing up and he looked back a bit to see she was grinning at him and she even bash her eyebrow a bit. "Alright message received. I'll be sure to ask for a sparring session later." The Female Orc showed her liking to Brayden's quiet boldness with a 'small' smack on his arm. "Haha! I'll accept that! Let's eat together." She leaned up close to him and wrapped her arm around him, making Brayden blushed and had to resist the feeling to squirm out.
Ria looked torn between sympathy for his situation or laughing at what his actions got him. "Already still trying to prove your bravery, I see. Careful, you might end up with some scars." Kurumua let out a laugh as they moved out of the quarters, Rhinox gave a sympathetic smile at Brayden. "It'll do him good if he's to become a Companion! Boldness and eagerness like that must be let loose." Kurumua was starting to form a small liking for this small young man.
"And it can also lead to reckless trouble and injuries to be treated. I severely hope that young Brayden will heed on, with his already present ones." Rhinox lowered himself a bit to examine Brayden's bruises and looked to where his cuts had been. "Feeling better? No infections in those cuts I trust." Brayden gave a nod.
"On the road of recovery, feeling much better than last night at least. Nothing that I've noticed on the cuts yet either." Brayden looked at his yet still bandaged up hand. "Good, will see about some treatment later to be sure and new bandages. But for now, better go see what's on the menu."
Surprisingly, the menu has something Brayden likes from his home. Turns out at some point a while back, an NCR patrol spotted some crates of food from the portals that were appearing in Skyrim. They discovered the foods and beverages people like to eat and drink for breakfast.
One of which is coffee. The bean and instant form of it. So they split the goods to the tavern, Camp Mccarran, and Jorrvaskr. Overtime such new foods along with other intrigues of interests came from within the portals that were to be discovered by any who stumbled upon them, benefiting the merchants in Whiterun in particular well for the new products to be sold and traded.
Resulting in the wide table full of varieties of different food that the smell alone was driving Brayden's stomach crazy. "Ah gotta really hand it to those NCR troopers that first found those crates, these Nuka colas hit the spot." Ria plucked a Nuka Cola bottle from the table and gestured over to Brayden to take a seat next to her while Kurumua along with Rhinox took his other sides.
Brayden quickly started grabbing what caught his eye on his plate, getting the welcoming sight of steaming warm coffee but he was intrigued with the options he had to enhance it. 'That's definitely interesting.' Eyeing a jar of honey as he grabbed a few chicken breasts and roasted vegetables onto his plate, Brayden took the cupholder and started pouring in his coffee. "Ah, a fan of that coffee stuff? I can see the appeals but wouldn't too much of it, should've seen how this Goblin raided a stash of it and started drinking it all!" Brayden could only begin to imagine what those Goblins ended up getting up to while high off of caffeine in hearing Kurumua's statement.
"Ugh yes, that mess. The goblins went into a mad frenzy where they kept running all over the place like they were Skooma Addicts on a high rush." Skjor was on the right seat where Kodlak sat on the table while eating a large chicken leg, Aela sitting on the chair next to him and the closeness in the space was a reminder to Brayden about their 'relationship'.
'Or what can be assumed as such. Still, I can't really see anything that doesn't indicate otherwise.' Brayden wouldn't deny there was that feeling sinking in his stomach that was the fact seeing a woman you like, is with another guy that's got what you don't have. He's a big fan of choosing Aela as his romance option back during his playthroughs and meeting and speaking to her had truly heightened on the qualities he respected and liked about her, beyond that of her dropdead looks that still got him filled with warm feelings.
But, Brayden was not gonna be a sap waiting to get a reality punch. He does what he can to be a good man but not an ignorant one, Brayden knew how many women back home were purely just unworth it with their low value in treating others, or of the fact they usually had someone else on the side. Sad truth was that Brayden as he became older had to accept for every jackass there was mistreating women, there are more women out there getting away with atrocious behaviors.
He never set his bars high and learned to recognize as he sees with Aela, of women that had far more options. Though always far more busy doing work or his own things than to be dating, Brayden kept himself cautious and simply chose to wait when he was in better to lay that potential commitment but from what he keep hearing and having deep anger towards girls who had especially mistreated his friends, he was increasingly having more disinterest getting into it.
With Aela?
That wasn't worth thinking about other than getting caught in an unhealthy fantasy that Brayden didn't want caught in, Aela is someone that's not gonna settle with someone they don't respect and neither should she in his eyes.
Nice guys ain't always truly respected, not the ones that haven't fully figured out their lives.
'Focus on surviving and getting home. As Ragnar Lothbrok said, 'Don't think with dick'. With so much that's now here, Skjor might hopefully survive.' He can wonder as he gave the veteran of the Great War a quick glance before turning, though Brayden had a feeling that the Werewolf did notice.
Taking a sip of his coffee, Brayden continued with his breakfast and turned his thoughts to what his day was going to be like, taking a bite into his chicken that smoothed his taste buds. Turning his head he sees Farkas with a radio messing with the dial till a voice spoke out of it that caused him to almost do a spit take.
"If one dog isn't enough and two is too low, it's me Three Dog! How's everyone doing?" Three Dog spoke with enthusiasm. "With me are Travis Miles, DJ Julie, and on the other line Vegas. And to those who don't know or have arrived here in Tamriel. I Three Dog! Came from the Capital Wasteland of Washington D.C., Vegas came from the Mojave Wasteland, Travis came from the Commonwealth of Boston, and Julie here came from Appalachia, West Virginia."
"That's right me and Travis were minding our own stations till we were transported here in Galaxy News Radio with Three Dog." Julie added. "Though Travis here needed a confidence boost, he's doing great."
"Very funny Julie…" Travis sighed "but let's not forget about the communication line with Vegas here."
"That Travis you are correct." The voice of Vegas spoke "The gem of the Mojave, New Vegas was transported to a land called Elsweyr, home of the Khajiit people. Thanks to the broadcast signal both New Vegas Radio and GNR are both covered in a large area of Tamriel."
"Huh… what you know." Brayden thought, taking another sip of his coffee. "Nice to see that Travis has finally picked on that confidence." Ria commented upon hearing the news, getting some nods while others still kept to their eating. "About time the kid grew a backbone." Zaeed grunted it out as he was tearing through the rather tough looking steak, his words though were a hitting reminder to Brayden.
'Need to meditate when I can. Too much overthinking.' Brayden switched to his food, dashing his chicken into a sauce he began pouring into his plate before taking it in. "It takes the feeling of that challenge to push you into doing it. You don't feel it, you get too easily lost." He didn't know why the words escaped out of his mouth but it just sounded right to the situation he was seeing.
A situation that he is in still.
"Well spoken Brayden, well spoken. You see that, Companions? Newest member and yet is grasping the truth of it, what matters is your heart." Brayden got nods in his direction that showed the approval of it, but others as he caught Njada corner of his eyes, shrugging but that bit didn't bother him. "I have my moments. Challenge does that to you if you actually take it, rather than eh well. Laying on it." He messed up a bit with his words but he spoke still to the point and decided he left it as that.
Feeling though the peculiar stares he got from some within the table. "So Newblood, you think you're ready to step into some tasks?" Asked out Skjor, looking deeply at what he very much saw as a kid that seemed very much more into his own thoughts. Watching as Brayden though started right up and directly into Skjor's lone eye and the Veteran had to give it to him. He knew how to keep a straight poker face.
"Ready as I'll be once I get into doing. What am I starting with since I was told about having a match with Vilkas?" That got some laughs but Brayden was detecting almost what kind of laughs some were as he noted the criticizing look from Njada.
"First you ask Kurumua here for a match and now you are saying you're gonna fight Vilkas? Where you find this kid Aela, if I don't know better I say he's looking for his own death." Brayden's eyebrow twitched, switching his glance to Njada and he forced himself to stare than abide his instinct to turn away.
"Or I'm looking to be of use rather than a burden. I'll step into the responsibilities of where it's needed." This was starting to turn into some of most he had spoken in some time but with all that had happened and somehow remembering what Travis himself had said about his own worries.
Was starting to make more sense on his own.
"Haha! What I tell ya, this little one's a warrior. Might have to give him more challenges to find if he's so eager." Uorok admittedly was starting to get somewhat of an Turian impression from hearing about responsibility but the very fact he could see an genuine honestly in those eyes as he says about doing, it was peaking Uorok's interest.
"Or get him too reckless." Skjor's voice was sharp and harsh as it barked out, hitting on a cold truth. "Still, at least you look at it from the right perspective. What do you say Vilkas, take out the Newblood out to the Courtyard?" Before Vilkas could answer that however, a loud barrage on the main entrance alerted everyone's attention.
"*Pant!* *Pant!* AHH YOU GOTTA HELP MY FARM PLEASE GREAT HONORED COMPANIONS!" An older man in what one could deem as 'Farmer's gub' clothing that was dirtied and his wrinkled face stricken with deep worry. He was rushing in fast until he was stopped by Farkas and Brayden felt pity in seeing the wideness that the farmer's eyes went as Farkas's massive size shadowed over him.
"Settle down, speak your intentions." Farkas stepped back upon feeling the look from Kodlak, allowing the farmer to step up towards the table with every Companion watching him. "Please you must help my farm, I am fully willing to pay and ensure any work is honored if you so grace me the help. An Giant has invaded my farm and has already begin terrorizing the area! It's plucking off my cattle and destroying the crops that help feed this city's mouths."
"Why haven't the Guards helped? Or the NCR." Asked out Ria, speaking out Brayden's own questions as he already immediately started to recognize where this was going. "Some of them freaking ran when the Giant came charging down to wreck the farm. And I don't know with those NCR folks! I was running away out of there before I saw any."
Brayden quirk his eyebrow hearing that, that wasn't what he saw the other day with the amount of troopers he had seen patrolling the roads. "That is strange, but the bandit raids have been increasing." Kodlak rubbed his chin, sharing a look with Skjor and there was seemingly an hidden communication between them before Kodlak turned back to the farmer. "Do not worry, the Companions will heed to this call. Aela, why don't you take out some of the Newbloods with Farkas to properly test themselves with this troublesome Giant."
Aela crossed her arms and looked over towards Brayden. "Looks like this is your chance Brayden, let's step out and test your word through actions."
Helios POV (After Bleak Falls Barrow Quest Earlier)
"Are we there yet?" Sasha asked as they were traveling down the road to Whiterun.
"Almost there, we gotta turn left to the Honningbrew Meadery." Helios said as he reigned the horses on the carriage.
"What is Whiterun like?" Lana asked.
"Plenty of farmland, the town is divided into three districts. You got the Plains district which is a market area to sell and trade. You got the Winds district which is a residential area with the temple of Kynareth and Jorrvaskr, the headquarters of the companions." Jacob explained.
"Who are the companions?" Kiawe asked.
"The companions is a warriors guild of Skyrim. Unlike the fighters guild in Cyrodiil, the companions haven't had a leader since Ysgramor. Though there is a Harbinger, which acts as a counselor." Jacob added. "Where was I… oh right, the last district is the Clouds district, and it holds Dragonsreach. This is where Jarl Balgruuf the Greater lives and watches over his citizens of Whiterun. And speaking of Whiterun, here it is… what?!" Jacob exclaimed as they saw what was in front of them.
Out in the open fields is Whiterun in all of its glory. But that's not what the party was seeing, next to Whiterun is a large fort (from the party perspective) with unknown soldiers patrolling the area along with the Whiterun guards.
"Jacob?" Olivia asked.
"Yes Olivia."
"How long have we been gone…"
"…For now… Let's just go to Whiterun, we gotta warn the Jarl about the dragon attack." Jacob then hit the reins for the horses to move faster. Turning left on crossroads they passed by a few travelers who were getting homemade mead from the meadery and the same soldiers from the fort.
"We were gone for about three years… These changes are bigger than we could imagine. Even dragons are returning…" Mateo said.
"We are out of the loop of what's happening in Skyrim, we need to know…" Makayla added.
As they are passing by the meadery and about to go by Pelagia Farm, a lone giant is moving around the fields.
"Is that a titan?" Sasha asked as she brought out her blades.
"No, that is a giant. They are native to Skyrim, usually by mammoth herds. But why is this one here?" Olivia explained but her eyes widened in horror as the giant grabbed a large rock and threw it at the carriage.
"Look out!" Olivia shouted as she quickly cast a large barrier around the carriage and the group. The shield withstand the blow but after a few seconds she let the shield down and looked exhausted.
"Are you alright?!" Jacob asked his Breton cousin.
"It was quick, took out most of my energy." Olivia sighed as exhaust came in.
Helios nodded and turned towards the group "we're facing a hostile giant attacking the farm. Mateo, Kiawe, Ash, Sasha, and I will take on the giant. Makayla, Boscha, Luz, and Willow will be our range troops. The rest of you are second wave." Jacob ordered the group as he brought out his sword and shield, along with the rifle he had from the barrow.
"Everyone to battle!" Jacob shouted as the chosen group brought out their gear.
Ash brought forth Rowlet and Lycanroc and Kiawe with his Alolan Marowak. Mateo brought out his mace and a revolver from the bandits. Makayla has her crossbow out, and Luz, Boscha, and Willow begin to cast their spells.
No one moved, both the giant and the group stared down at each other, daring to make the next move…
"Come on… Make your move…" Jacob thought, preparing his stance, shield up front, sword ready to swing…
Moments later the giant then swings its giant club and slam at the group. They dodged it effectively and they charged.
Helios was the first to strike, slashing his sword on the giant's left leg. Mateo is bashing his mace on the other leg, while Ash and Kiawe command their Pokémon to attack. Sasha ran behind the giants back to attack.
Makayla fires her crossbow, Luz and Boscha cast Tamriel range spells and Willow casts her plant spell to form vines around the giant's legs.
Ash's Rowlet and Lycanroc and Kiawe's Marowak assisted in distraction of the giant.
By the carriage Olivia is downing two potions of magicka and the rest are watching the battle preparing for their help.
Olivia sighed as she felt her magic returned. Looking at the battle she was about to join the range group till she squinted her eyes as she saw another group coming.
"Wait, is that…" Olivia whispered but her eyes widened and smiled. "They're here…"
Brayden POV
"Farkas take Ria on the right! Zach prepare that rifle of yours and distract it, Mike keep up close to Brayden and Kuruma and cover them." Aela commanded out the orders and Brayden while feeling that gripping anxiety knowing he was stepping into danger and the worry of messing up, heart pounding, almost slipping himself on the wet hill that he jagged himself back into reality.
"Shit watch it!" He tried to warn back as he got back his footing and feeling out his weight combined. Brayden had been given his own Steel armor and properly armed, his visit up to the Skyforge had been a very welcoming feeling and talking to Eorland Grey-Mane had been successful in Brayden's mind. The legendary Blacksmith had spotted the hardworking nature quickly in seeing his want for doing work.
He warned him not to be getting exploited or always told what to do but the response he received from the Canadian had left Eorland Grey-Mane thinking plans. Making sure he was equipped with a Skyforge steel sword and one of spare shields that fitted for him, it was a workout moving and prepping now for a fight in the armor he was in but Brayden knew he had to enter in his 'work mode'.
'Don't get caught in overthinking. Do!' Brayden thought. Looking at the giant, his eyes widened at what he was seeing.
The group that is fighting the giant is none other than the characters of the Owl House and Pokémon, even Sasha Braus from Attack on Titan is here as well.
"Jacob, we have reinforcements!" A Female Breton mage shouted to the banded iron armored person with a sword and shield.
'Wait… That is Jacob?' Brayden thought because the name Jacob isn't from Tamriel.
"Well guess we are having a reunion sooner than I thought Olivia!" Jacob said as he swung the sword at the torso of the giant. "Mateo, cover me!"
The Nord in leather armor nodded, and instead of using his mace, he's now using a .357 revolver taking pot shots at the giant.
Helios took a few steps back and to Brayden's surprise, he summoned Aedric Spear and threw it at the left shoulder of the giant.
'Guess Templars are still a class.' Brayden remembering some of the abilities a Templar uses in ESO.
"Makayla, fire bolts!" Jacob shouted to a Redguard woman who changed the ammunition of her crossbow for fire arrows. She fired at the giant as the arrow burst into flames.
"That's it, keep it up!" Jacob shouted.
Brayden moved up alongside Kuruma while Mike joined in the shooting, the inflicted pain and damage enraged the Giant into charging right into the group.
"GRRRGH!" Kuruma swung her battle axe at the feet of the Giant, though the axe became buried deep into the Giant's ankle, the force pushed Kurumua right off her feet and Brayden was nearly hit by her if he hadn't rolled. "Brayden watch it! It's going mad!" Farkas yelled out in the midst of the loud sounds of battle.
The Canadian looked back to Kuruma in concern but she was getting back up on her feet quickly and the roar from the Giant caused him to turn his head back to where it was still fighting the others.
Brayden's heart was pounding hard and the urge to run was growing in him, but his focus regained when he saw an opportunity upon the Giant turning its back to him in facing the Helios Party.
"Mike! Cover me!" Brayden pushed against the feeling of fear and charged right up on the Giant, almost tuning out the others as he jumped right onto the Giant's back. "Grh ah crap!" He winced hard as he gripped hard on to the giant's back.
"Wait, what is he doing?!" Mateo shouted.
"Being reckless again!" Aela was truly starting to wonder did Brayden truly just always dive into trouble?!
Brayden attempted to make his way up, struggling to not fall off or be caught by the giant's attempts to grab at him. "Gah! Zach watch your firing!" An bullet had nearly grazed him on the shoulder.
"Everyone hold up on the range attacks we're going up close and personal." Jacob ordered his party and the range group to switch to their melee weapons.
"Mateo with me." Mateo nodded to his cousin, casting a familiar wolf at his side, he ordered it to bite down on the giant's left leg.
Both Nords charge at the giant as it swings its left arm at Mateo but Helios blocked it for him to swing his mace at the giant's stomach. The giant keeled over a bit giving Brayden an opportunity.
"GRRRGH!" Brayden pulled himself higher up on the Giant's back and with a struggling effort that made his arms sore, but the adrenaline kept him going as he gripped himself on the Giant's neck and lifted up the sword.
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRH!" The Giant roared out as Brayden's sword pieced into his thick neck.
Helios saw this and he gripped his steel sword and pierced the front of the neck as well. Jacob and Brayden stared at each other and then realized what they planned next.
"Hey new blood left!" Jacob shouted as he moved his blade to his left. Brayden followed suit and as they moved their blades, they successfully decapitated the giant's head off its shoulders.
The head rolled a bit in front of Sasha as the others looked on as the giant's body collapsed on the ground.
"The battle is won!" Mateo shouted as Makayla, Olivia, and the residents of Skyrim cheered.
"That was reckless you know… you could've been hurt or worse." Helios scolded Brayden a bit. "But I acknowledge the quick thinking on your part." He then raised his hand waiting for a hand shake.
"Jacob Helios, yours?"
"Brayden, Brayden Larrson." He returned the gesture.
"Wait Rowlet!" Ash called out to his owl Pokémon who landed on the shoulder of Kurumua and instantly fell asleep.
"Those are interesting creatures you have there young man." Aela said as she was petting Lycanroc.
"Jacob, it's been awhile." Ria greeted Helios.
"That it has, well, can anyone in your party explain what happened while we were gone?" Helios asked, looking over to Zach and Mike who were talking to each other.
"Well in short, it started to happen three months ago. It started with some items that were sent to the College of Winterhold, and now well… you get the picture." Ria explained as she pointed towards Camp Mccarran.
"Three months…" Jacob ponders on that.
"You're right, but Whiterun has been in a process of prosperity with merchants and the NCR."
"Wait, the NCR? You mean the fort over there and the soldiers patrolling around here?"
Ria nodded as the Helios party and the companions met. Trainers, Witches, and Humans stared at the Companions.
"I believe some introductions are necessary." Jacob said as he cleared his throat and looked at the new members "My name is Jacob Helios, these are my cousins. Olivia Chirja, Mateo and Makayla Vijur Gray-Helm."
'Now definitely those names are not from Tamriel.' Brayden thought their first names were a giveaway to him. As he looked at each of them, being reminded of a classic fantasy Fellowship by their get-up and the warmth feeling of strong bonds that Brayden could feel rolling from them.
They looked definitely belonging to Tamriel if it weren't for some of the items he now noted on them, but Brayden felt something deeper was going on. 'Need to ask the others about them.' Without coming off too suspicious, that is as Brayden remembered his problems with small-talk.
"And with us are Luz Noceda, Willow Park, Gus Porter, Amity, Emira and Edric Blight, Boscha, Skara, Cat, and Amelia. Witches and humans from the Boiling Isles and before you attack them, no they can't turn into Hagravens." Jacob quickly said before some of the companions drew their weapons.
"Witches you say." Aela said as she stared at the first group.
"Yes they are witches and no they can't turn into Hagravens." Jacob repeated. "The others are Ash Ketchum, Lillie, Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, and a recent member of our group is Sasha Braus."
Brayden looks at the other members of the Helios party. Characters of Pokémon are here and Sasha from AOT as well.
'This is just getting crazier for those who are appearing here in Skyrim. Didn't watch much of AOT but I remember the cast.' Now he definitely knew that Sheogorath must have had his hand in this mess.
"Well then, since you introduced them Jacob, it's better to introduce us. I'm Aela, the Huntress. Our members are Farkas, and Ria. The new bloods here are Kurumua, Zach, Mike, and our newest recruit Brayden Larrson." Aela introduced the companions.
"Well it's nice to meet you all." Mateo said to the new bloods. Just then the owner of the Pelagia Farm along with some of the Whiterun guards came and saw the decapitated corpse of the giant.
"By the Gods, Skyrim is bloody going madder now with Giants getting antsy. Thank you Companions! We'll help clean here and use one of those, eh… Jovalf what are they called again?!" The Whiterun Guard paused out as he got confused on what some of them could tell what he was trying to say, Brayden being one that took notice to his interest that one of them was wearing a strap on radio on his belt.
"Radios sir! Already notify Mccarran, there's the squads coming in that'll back us up in securing here." Confirmed out the one that Brayden had taken notice of and after finishing, more Whiterun Guards started appearing into spot and some were intriguing using different forms of weapons.
One was even wearing a T-45 Power Armor!
"What-Where did you get that?!" Apparently the lead Whiterun guard was confused as they were as he gaped at the Power Armor Guard that stumped his way over to the sight, wielding a Plasma Caster that made some of them uneasy that it was in untrained hands.
"You would not believe what you would find in caves in these crazy times now my friend. I found this beauty out on patrol, those NCR fellas helped us out with clearing out more of those Fiend filth and we went into the cave to see their loot, won out of the bet who would get this." The Guard tapped his chestplate at that.
"Well you aren't the only ones who got loot from bandits. We got some from the Bleak Falls Barrow. I don't know what this is but it will do well." Jacob brought out the gun he got.
"A bastard…" Brayden whispered, looking at the weapon Helios has.
"What did you just call me?" Jacob questioned Brayden.
"No no! Sorry. I mean your rifle there." Brayden nearly swore at speaking out his thoughts, but he took the momentum to change the impression. "That's a "Bastard" rifle that you have."
"Ah it's alright, I've been called the worst names when traveling." Jacob laughed a bit. "Anyway, my party is heading to Whiterun to meet Jarl Balgruuf. Perhaps we should head there together."
Elsewhere
Riften
Giovann (Giovanni) Broorn, an orc warrior for hire, and good friend of Helios is spending his time in The Bee and Barb. Enjoying the rewards of mead after completing a job of guarding traders traveling in the Rift.
Though civil war is still in the air in Skyrim. Business is usually open here in Riften, though he has to be careful because this is where the thieves guild resides.
Though the orc has another reason to reward himself. He recently received a letter from Jacob that his party returned to Skyrim and will oversee the reformation of the Sunstriders.
But today something big is coming here.
Elsewhere
Just a few miles away from Riften and up in the sky of Tamriel. An airship is flying over Skyrim along with a few Verti-birds patrolling around it.
This is the Prydwen, the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Since their arrival to Tamriel, they have deployed scouts to find out where they are. Though slowly, they found interesting technology their Scribes are researching.
And met a few travelers who were kind enough to show the scouts a map of Tamriel and where they are in Skyrim. Now a meeting is taking place for their next course of action.
"This is amazing! An entirely different world and what discoveries for us to find." Spoken out an excited voice within the meeting room, the speaker of it was one of the gathered Proctors.
"It is astonishing yet crazy. I'm still trying to wrap my whole brain around it, a world full of actual magic and elves? It sounds like a fantasy." Another of the Proctors spoke out, revealing herself to be Proctor Ingram stating out her exact thoughts of their current situation. The redhair BoS head engineer was more than finding much of what they were learning truly mind boggling.
"But let's not forget that we aren't the only ones who have been teleported here. We got radio transmissions from Galaxy News Radio."
"Including others. Elder Maxson, I must voice my concerns about the danger of the Outcasts." Captain Kells spoke out next upon being reminded about the other radio transmissions they had received that had placed much variety in reaction through the Chapter.
To hear that the outcasts still exist after Lyons' passing and Maxson rise to Elder. But it should not be possible, he reunited the outcasts into his brotherhood chapter. Something is wrong here.
Elder Maxson himself was deep in thought, absorbing everything that they were learning about this world of 'Tamriel' and what these odd portals are that had taken them from their world. The news of the Outcasts was troubling, Arthur will need to restrain them before the Outcasts may take more extreme steps of securing technology than what the young Elder wanted in their conduct.
"Concerns of which are shared, Captain Kells, we will take what steps we must to bring the Outcasts back into the fold." Arthur placed a hand on his chin and considered over the pondering options coming into his mind.
"If 'Protector' Henry Casdin is still around, then he'll be a problem. Never did liked that ass." Proctor Ingram had less positive things to say about Henry Casdin, even with the knowledge knowing back in their timeline he was still present in the Capital Wasteland.
But for now, they need to know what to do next. First order of business is finding a place for the Prydwen and staff to build a base of operations.
From the reports from their scouting team, they arrive around the Rift in Skyrim, the northern province of Tamriel. The hold of Riften is close but there is one problem.
"What do you think of the Thieves Guild?" One of the members asked. This caused a stir in the meeting.
"A threat to our operations. They no doubt harass us with their ploys of thievery and we simply cannot allow a group like them to gain their hands on our technology." The once excited voice was now turned much more soured, revealing it had been Proctor Quinlan who was speaking out his displeasure of the notable Thieves Guild.
The idea of a group of people willing to steal anything of value and make it a business is displeasing to say the least.
And if they get their hands on stealth-boys…
But right now there are important things to do. The Prydwen will be arriving at Riften soon, so preparations are needed. Their scouts are arriving at the gates of Riften.
Skyrim will be witnessing the military might of the Brotherhood of Steel.
In Riften
Giovann left the tavern feeling relaxed, grabbing his pack, the orc was about to till he and others began to hear whirring sounds. Looking up he sees a bunch of mechanical aircraft and a large ship shadowing over the hold. The civilians and guards are beginning to panic.
"Guess meeting Helios will have to wait…" Giovann told himself as he saw armored knights coming to the gate.
Whiterun
After walking up to Whiterun and meeting the Khajiit caravan, both parties arrive at the entrance.
"Well this is it… welcome to Whiterun." Jacob said to his party. Sasha, Luz, the trainers and witches stared in awe at the scene.
Residents, travelers, and guards come and go over the plains district. The Warmaiden's blacksmith shop is busy as a few of the Whiterun guards stepped out of the shop with fixed gear and Adrianne Avenicci working hard on a few blades she was making.
"Adrianne hello." Helios greeted.
"Jacob, welcome back." She greeted him with a smile. "I see you brought company."
"That it has. How's your business been?"
"It's doing well, with the NCR here, I'm getting more orders for making metal plates and construction pieces for their base."
"Really? What for?"
"Oh it's just rebuilding some of their walls and fixing some loose ends."
"Well I'll see you soon, I got some equipment that needs checking out." Jacob waved goodbye to the smith and the party continued walking up to the market area.
Though both parties see an interesting scene and cause Brayden's eyes to widen.
"I told you, that's what he gave me!" A fat vault dweller with a number 10 on his back shouted to Belethor.
'Twig from Nuka Break is here.' Brayden thought, remembering that fan series from Wayside Digital.
"And I told you I don't pay for the wrong deliveries. You're lucky that some people bought the stuff." Belethor spoke.
"Oh come on, it's not my fault." Twig defended.
"You always say that. I can't keep you if you keep getting the deliveries wrong. You and your group might have to take jobs from the tavern or better yet join the companions." Belethor said as he grabbed a gold pouch on him and tossed it to Twig. "Here's your last payment, you can still do business here. But for now I can't hire you till you get things done right."
And with that Belethor returned back to his shop, as a male ghoul and a woman exited out of the shop.
"What happened?" The woman asked which Brayden knows is Scarlett or "Scar" for short.
A former slave from Caesar's Legion, saved by Twig and Ben.
"We just got fired…" Twig answered as he counted the coins from the last payment.
"Why the hell did he do that?" Ben asked.
"What do you think? He's a cheapskate, should've been more careful with ya caps." Zach immediately recognized these fellow Wastelanders upon seeing the Vault Dweller among them.
"Uh, who are you?" Twig asked out, looking at the group with growing shock as his eyes laid on Kurumua. "HOLY SHIT! GUYS! IT'S A SUPER MUTANT WOMAN!" Twig's jaw dropped.
"She is an Orc, not what you called her." Jacob said though confused on what a super mutant is.
"After seeing Donson, I can't blame them for that." Kurumua added.
"Donson?" Mateo asked.
"HI THERE!" Mateo yelled out in surprise from the loud voice of Donson, twirling around to look at the grinning Super Mutant who waved at him.
"HI. I'm Donson, heard my name and came quickest as I could. I hit the rude noble on the way."
"Let me guess? Nazeem?" Ria asked.
"That's a super mutant?!" Olivia exclaimed a bit, both sides of her studiousness and caution raised the alarms in her mind.
"Not that I don't want to sound mean but why are there sentient draugr around here?" Makayla asked.
Brayden heard that and gestured over towards one. "You mean the Ghouls? They came here from the same world as Donson here." The Super Mutant nodded there. "Yep, they came from the Wastelands. I'm from California, I got created by the Master and we were gonna take over all of New California. But than, the famous Vault Dweller guy talked to the Master and he made him feel very stupid, didn't had the plans all figured out. So, the Master killed himself in a huge explosion and I barely made it out, having been wandering for a century ever since." His words filled Helios' party with even more confusion.
"And yes Ria. I hit that Nazeem guy, he was being very rude. He kept saying that I ain't allowed in his house, I was only in there to grab the meat I saw in his new fridge."
"You mean the Vault Dweller from Vault 13? I heard about him." Twig said, remembering that event. "Don't they have a statue of him back in Shady Sands?" He remembered hearing about that and how his grandson ended up becoming a big hero in the Wasteland too.
"Well guess someone has to write things down about this. A pocket guide or something." Olivia sighed a bit.
"I thought our delivery scam was working." Ben whispered to himself but Brayden and Scar heard it.
"What?" Scar questions the ghoul who realized what he said.
'Oh yeah I remember this part.' Brayden remembering the scene from the first episode.
"What Scam…" Scar stress at that word to Ben.
"Thought we changed the package with useless shit and keep the good shit and-" Ben was cut off when Scar brought her laser rifle and aimed it at Ben.
"Woah!" Luz exclaimed.
"Oh hey take it easy." Ria and Jacob quickly said at the same time.
"What? We got the score and we got paid. What seems to be the problem?" Ben asked.
"God damn it Ben, the problem is that we're living as thieves and we're trying to make a living. This isn't a wasteland! You screwed us!" Scar seething.
"Huh… Oh we were stealing. Oh… Oh…" Twig realized.
"I take back that statement." Zach said, learned what really happened.
"Let's just take it easy. The Guards are taking notice." And indeed that they were as a group of five Whiterun Guards along with a couple NCR Troopers made their way over to the scene.
"Ah fucking shit, the goddamn NCR. I thought we'd see the last of them uptight bastards." Ben was not liking where this was going for them and he looked over to the others. "Hey! You gotta tell them we ain't trying to kill each other."
"Rather hard now to hide that there." Dryly said Brayden as he looked over to Scar still keeping her laser rifle trained on the Ghoul. "Yeah, Brayden is right. You're not being so smart." Donson said and it more than made Ben pissed off hearing it from the Super Mutant. "You're not either! You look like you forgot to breathe."
"I actually do. It's a major pain." Ben facepalmed at that. "Donson… Just stay in the back." Aela sigh out but she went up forward of the group to meet with the Guards.
"Is this what you all dealt with while we were gone?" Makayla asked.
"Yep." The members of the Companions agreed.
"Heh… least Helios here didn't get an arrow to the knee." Mateo said as Jacob lightly glared at him.
"God damn it Grey-Helm seriously!" Jacob growled.
"What?" Brayden questions Jacob.
"Mateo here keeps trying to "help" me find a girlfriend." Jacob answered. Some of the female characters listened in on the conversation.
"What?! You were so close to Prinny Fair-light."
"She was focusing on her career as a mage in Winterhold."
"What about Winter Free-Wind?"
"Already have a lover and we're just friends."
"Mora Raed?"
"I'm pretty sure she was a secret Skooma addict. The smell of her breath gave it away."
"Can we all agree that my brother is a terrible wingman to Jacob." Makayla said.
Kurumua scoffed. "A warrior like you shouldn't have trouble finding a mate. You should simply seek the one you like and move the intent clear, everything else will sort itself out if she likes that much back." The Female Orc was of course looking at it from a blunt perspective.
"Doesn't always work like that but the general approach of that isn't wrong, so long it's done with reason." Brayden stated his own thoughts, more than sympathizing with Jacob.
"And you're still wearing that amulet!" Mateo exclaimed a bit pointed towards Jacob's amulet of Mara.
"It was a gift from my mother!" Jacob shouted a bit.
"Jacob?" A woman's voice called.
Turning his head, Helios along with the party sees a very chubby woman with a basket filled with soaps. Next to her is a gray colored cat and on her shoulder is a brown mouse.
"… Mom…" Jacob whispered a bit.
He walked towards his mother who put the basket down and the cat carried it for her.
"Oh my baby boy, you're here." Jolia happily said as she hugged his son.
"I'm here mom, sorry it took a long time." Helios spoke, hugging her back as well. "But I'm here now. And I brought my cousins here as well as some new members." Jacob gestures towards the Helios party.
"Everyone, this is Jolia Helios, my mom." Jacob introduced her to the party.
"It's nice to meet you all. Oh, Jacob, I want you to meet Tom and Jerry. I've been taking care of them since their arrival." Jolia introduced the cartoon cat and mouse.
With the introduction of the members and Sasha enjoying a sweet roll Jolia made. After Aela returns from talking to the guards, both parties continue up the stairs to the Winds District.
"What happened to the tree?" Willow asked as the others saw the Gildergreen.
"The Gildergreen was struck by lightning, the people don't have time to deal with it, it's hard with tending the wounded from the civil war." Danica Pure-Spring announced. " I'm Danica Pure-Spring with me is my new apprentice-"
"Bo!" Skara shouted as she passed by Jacob and hugged her friend.
"Skara! You're here as well?" Bo asked her friend.
"Looks like we found more witches from the Isles." Olivia said.
"Witches?" Danica asked.
"Don't worry, they're different." Jacob assured her.
"Yeah, the interesting part is where they are from. Witches are considered a species and they draw magic from their bile sacs attached to their hearts. I've been learning from them for a bit. Though I did learn that they are getting used to Tamriel magicka." Olivia explained as she read off the notes she wrote in her book.
That drew Brayden's attention, though he didn't watch the show that much. It seems interesting to him that some people from the portals are being affected while being in Tamriel. 'That's going to have impacts. Impacts with dangers.' A certain coven of Witches in particular was primarily coming to his mind.
"Very strange but with what has already been happening.." Danica took a moment to look at some of the said members that fitted in that description of weird to Whiterun, pausing more when looking at Donson to fix a stern look despite his cheerful expression. "Hi! Nice to see you again Danica! Sorry that I accidentally spilled the FEV in the dead tree, again."
"What?! Again?" Danica exclaimed out in worry now of what the Super Mutant had just done. "Yeah, it was when I was busy dealing with rude Nazeem. I had him under my armpit and he kept screaming how it smelled very horrible, he kept kicking and yelling and smacking on me that did nothing. But, I tripped on a pokemon that gave me quite the punch, I have to give it to that little boxer guy he can surely hit above his weight."
Ash looked over and took note of the very same Pokemon that Donson was describing over nearby a bench, a Hitmonchan that was staring down at the Super Mutant and even shadow-boxing as he did combo techniques in the air.
"And that is how I dropped a small container of the FEV into the tree. That's the green stuff that created me." Finishing with a big wide grin that only served to anger Danica more and buffing those around him.
"... Is he alright?" Twig was really wondering what was wrong with this particular Super Mutant.
Ben waved off while Scar simply shook her head. "He's just dumb as rocks Twig. Ain't nothing new for muties, Donson is just showing himself to be 'Special'." Emphasis the word with his fingers.
"Let's get back to the subject at hand. Donson, what exactly is this FEV going to do to the sacred tree?" Aela was giving him a very stern look as she was more than getting upset of what this was going to be both do to the Companions reputation that one of their members had damaged one of Whiterun's sacred icons, and the potential danger of what this 'FEV' is going to do.
"Oh it shouldn't do anything… Maybe it might grow some legs and walk out but I think everything should be fine." Brayden looked at Gildergreen tree in great concern as he looked for where the canister might be and sure enough, he saw the broken pieces at the feet of the tree's base and where the FEV goo had made its mark. "Uh, hope not. Skyrim's already got walking trees around."
"I mean if the worst comes, there's the Eldergleam Sanctuary. We just pray for Kynareth, maybe she will heal the tree." Jacob thought out loud.
"Kynareth?" Amelia asks.
"Kynareth is the goddess of the heavens, the winds, the elements, and the unseen spirits of the air. In simple terms she is the goddess of nature." Jacob answered.
"So what, we have to pray for some nature goddess to fix the mutie's mess?" Ben said.
"Huh… Spriggans, at least they're caring for nature." Olivia sighed a bit knowing that spriggans are really walking trees, but worried about the FEV. Actually…
"What's even FEV anyways?" Chirja asked. "Besides the effects that might happen and a bit better description than what Donson said."
Twig actually ended up answering that. "I think it stands for "Forced Evolution Virus" or something? I think if I remember right, it's some nasty green goo stuff made by scientists trying to create super soldiers. But I don't think it turned out too well."
"In simple terms. Bunch of eggs-heads thought it'd be nice to have big green muties fighting Communist Chinese, only they instead they created monsters that terrorized the Wasteland." stated Scar as she leaned her rifle on her right shoulder.
"What is wrong with your world?" Sasha said but knowing where she is from it might be similar but different. Titans terrorized her world and mutants terrorized on theirs.
"Lets just hope the Gildergreen will be healed from the effects." Jacob said he ushered his party to Jorrvaskr.
Seeing the headquarters of the Companions made Helios smile a bit being away from home for a while.
"Ready to see them?" Olivia asks Jacob and Mateo.
"Oh yeah. And with the portals, I'm thinking that Kodlak Whitemane recruited new members." Jacob guessed.
"You're not wrong." Aela replied. "Besides Brayden and Kurumua here, we've got quite the new mix-mash now." Aela clapped her hand on Brayden's shoulder and gave him a smile. "You did good. Though hope you're ready to face Vilkas and Kurumua, keep to your word New Blood."
With that Jacob was the first to open the doors and inside…
"Is that all you got?! Come on! Hit me harder than that!" Uorok shouted as Njada Stonearm was practicing fighting with the Krogan.
For Helios and his party they see many people from the portals. For Brayden, he sees Zaeed Massani, Vignar Gray-Mane, and Rhinox trying their hand on Sabacc against Boba Fett.
"God damn it." Zaeed groaned a bit as he lost to Fett when he got an Idiot's Array.
"Heh, I must say. This game is turning out to be quite beneficial for me." Vignar chuckled away at Zaeed's turned expression to him, showing he didn't care one bit as he enjoyed his nice pile of cash. "For now it is. I still have a couple tricks up my sleeve." Rhinox still held a considerable amount of gold and credits by his side on the table.
Brayden was more than imagining that having Rattrap as your best friend was coming in real handy.
"Well Aela, guess you are right." Jacob said surprise as well as Mateo.
"Helios, Grey-Helm welcome back." Kodlak Whitemane greeted the two as others were looking at the Helios party.
"Kodlak Whitemane, it's good to be back. I'm just glad me and my party arrived here, we were having detours till they arrived." Jacob said as he stepped aside and introduced the trainers, witches, and the two humans of his party.
"Everyone, this is Kodlak Whitemane, Harbinger of the Companions."
"Jacob, I see you got some new bloods with you." Kodlak said while looking at the people with Helios.
"They came from the portals and I see that it goes the same for the companions."
The Harbinger nodded. "You are right, at least they have the drunken folks to actually do some work."
Uorok stopped fighting with Njada for a moment and stomped his way towards Jacob. The krogan stared at the Nord a bit and spoke. "So you must be Helios I've been hearing about? Farkas said that you killed a necromancer by knocking down a pillar in combat."
"Oh you heard about that, uh, it wasn't on purpose, the necromancer kept summoning undead and skeletons and I kicked it under frustration." Jacob said as he scratched behind his head remembering that memory. "I didn't know that the pillar would collapse that easily, it rolled down towards the necromancer and killed him and its undead."
The krogan stares at him a bit and then laughs out loud. "I didn't know a whelp like you could do that."
"It was that one time, left for Cyrodiil to gain experience, and in doing that, I am a full fledged Templar." Jacob said as he summoned Aedric Spear to show off.
"You have done well Helios, being a Templar is a tremendous step, your faith in Akatosh will certainly help you." Kodlak replied.
"Thank you Kodlak, but there's more I have to tell you." Jacob pauses a bit remembering the events the party encountered. "On our way to Helgen, we… we encountered a dragon attacking the town."
That drew the Harbinger's attention and others.
"Helios, are you sure you all saw a dragon? The bringers of the End Times." Kodlak had his hands on Jacob's shoulders and stared at him with an alarmed expression.
"Jacob is this true?" Aela questions Helios.
Jacob nodded "It's true, from the people we rescued, the dragon arrived when Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak was going to be executed."
"Ulfric was captured? I'm surprised they didn't try to take him to Solitude and placed him on trial. But it sounds like the Dragon picked quite the timing to intercept." Villas placed a hand on his chin in thought as they took in the information.
"That it did. But with the strange things that's been happening, this is probably only the beginning." Ria came up to Brayden's side as her statement rang out.
"Actually Ulfric was supposed to be transported to Cyrodiil but Tullius wanted him executed at Helgen." Olivia added.
"And now Riverwood asks for Jarl Balgruuf aid. We are on our way to Dragonsreach." Jacob finished.
Kodlak was silent, thinking on what Helios said, he said "I'll be coming with you to Dragonsreach, you should have some of your party members stay for a bit."
"I'll let the Pokémon trainers rest here, the witches could explore the town. Sasha, do you want to come with us to Dragonsreach?" Jacob said.
"Of course." Sasha agreed.
"What about them?" Makayla asked, pointing to Twig, Ben, and Scar.
While they are talking, Twig was looking around till his eyes landed on the food table and he saw a bunch of bottles of Nuka-Cola.
"Is there a chance to join?" Twig asked.
"That's up to Kodlak to decide." Jacob answered.
"I'll be with Helios to Dragonsreach, you three could stay for the time being, we will settle the recruitment till later." Kodlak said as he gestured to the three wastelanders to stay. Twig was the first one to bolt towards the table and grabbed a couple of Nuka Cola, and began downing one.
"Well it's time to head to Dragonsreach and Brayden, good luck with your spar." Jacob said to Brayden.
And with that Jacob, Mateo, Olivia, Makayla, Sasha, and Kodlak left Jorrvaskr and the witches and Luz went to explore the town. The Pokémon trainers begin to explore the area and begin to interact with the people of the Companions.
Brayden himself went out of Jorrvaskr as well, following along behind Vilkas who led him out to the courtyard and already other members of the Companions were gathering up to watch, Aela sticking close over to Skjor who watched with critical eyes as he observed Brayden stepping in with the Circle member.
"Alright Newblood! Show me what you have, don't go easy as I won't with you." Vilkas stepped into a fighting stance and though Brayden felt his heart beating hard, he raised up his shield and nodded.
'This is the life I'm in now. I will use my fears to push me, I will go home.' Brayden swore in his mind, he prepared himself and got reminded of the feeling back when he had spar in Martial arts, that tense up feeling that you were fighting someone of a higher level skill than you and he eyed the stance Vilkas was in.
He needed a good opening through that shield. "Wouldn't want it any other way." Brayden moved forward with a steadiness as he watched how Vilkas moved in his stance and the Canadian swifted his feet as he saw Vilkas make a quick rush in.
"YAAGH!" Brayden met the attack with his shield raised high and letting out a war cry as the spar began.
[Eye of the Tiger Plays]
Elsewhere
In the sky of Skyrim, a dragon is flying above and sees a tower filled with guards. The dragon eyes glared and began to descend on to the tower.
Unbeknownst to the dragon and the guards who were oblivious to the dragon. Higher in the sky six dragons with six figures riding on them are watching the events unfold…