AN: In case it isn't made clear the armor Percy wears is Dragonplate but black, the same for his sword.
AN2: I mention several 'were' creatures in this chapter but all of them are canon in the Elder Scrolls world.
AN3: Most of this story takes place in the past, as Percy tells his story to the gods. There will be a sequel story about the giant war.
Dragonsbane
Chapter 1
-Annabeth-
Sighing, the daughter of Athena sat inside the Throne room of Olympus as the gods argued all around her. It had been a few months since the second Titan war had finally ended. Zeus had declared that the victory was thanks to Malcolm and Malcolm alone. The electric demigod having been declared the Hero of the great Prophecy despite everyone telling Zeus that the arrogant little bastard hadn't done anything.
"I'm telling you; my son will stop the giants just as he was able stop the Titans in the last war!" Zeus yelled at Poseidon angrily, the king of Olympus letting his pride shine as he usually did.
"Malcolm didn't best Kronos brother." Hades sighed out in irritation, Nico learning against his father's throne as each Olympian had one of their children at the meeting.
"You expect me to believe some random army came out of nowhere to save Olympus?" Zeus scowls as Malcolm nods with a cocky sneer. At that question her eyes unfocused as she remembered what had happened at the end of the last battle of the war.
-Flashback-
"Fall back to Olympus!" Annabeth yelled, urging most of the remaining campers and Centaurs to the Elevator up to Olympus "We'll try to hold them off down here!" with her was Nico, Thalia, Malcolm and Lord Hades but it was clear that none of them had much energy left. Lord Hades had managed to force most of the gods and Titans that came with Kronos to Fade while she and the other demigods had been fighting the monsters. But there were just too many.
"Thalia…Annabeth…" Nico said solemnly as the Ghost King readied his Stygian Iron blade "I just want to say that it has been an honor to fight by your side. Just as it will be an honor to die alongside friends."
"Same here Nico." Thalia said, the daughter of Zeus letting a single tear fall down as the horde approached them. Kronos and his forces took their time, knowing the battle was already won and wanting to savor the victory of their deaths. Suddenly, both to her shock and that of the opposing forces, a swirling black and purple void ripped into the air in-between both groups, slowly shrinking until it revealed a man, at least she thought it was a man, clad in black armor that seemed to be made of bones. The man's sword and shield were made of the same dark bone. With the concealing nature of his armor and his back being towards her, the only other noticeable trait Annabeth could see of the man was his sheer size. The man was enormous, towering well over eight feet.
"Who are you mortal?!" Kronos demands, the king of the Titans enraged that anyone would dare step on his 'moment of victory'.
"I am Perseus Dragonsbane." The giant of a man declared, drawing the massive sword and giving it a lazy swing "And I have been tasked with stopping you this day."
"Tasked?" Kronos sneers derisively "Who would have the gall to give such a task to a pathetic mortal such as you? How would you hope to accomplish defeating my army!" at the word army the horde of monsters, traitorous demigods, titans, and minor gods roared in challenge.
The now named Perseus wasn't fazed in the least as he slowly reached for a horn on his belt. Lifting it up to his lips, the sound of chainmail clinking as he did so, and blew. The small horn let out a powerful echoic blast as the sound resonated, echoing between the buildings as more and more swirling purple voids appeared. More portals appeared to the sides of and behind Perseus, shrinking to show six new figures. Three stood as equals with Perseus, and three behind. Each was armed and armored in beautiful equipment unlike any Annabeth had seen before.
The other voids didn't shrink to reveal individuals however but remained open, allowing hordes of men and women clad in armor or robes to pour forth. Many had staffs like one of the guards, others had bows, or swords, or axes, or any other weapon she knew of as a small army stood between the Titans and her.
"I give you this one chance Kronos, Son of Gaea." Perseus declared "Surrender now and I will promise you and your forces a quick and painless death. Refuse and my forces will tear through yours with the force of a hurricane and the fury of a dragon."
"Mortals, all of them." Kronos sneered, "What have I to fear of mortals?"
"I was hoping you'd say that." She could feel the cold smirk that adorned the face of her, apparent, savior as the man raised his armored fingers up and a snap was heard. Many in the front ranks of Perseus' army began to writhe and roar as they shifted into what could only be described as lycans. Werewolves were aplenty in their number but there also seemed to be what would best fit as werebears, weresharks, werecrocodiles, werelions, wereboars, werevultures, and werebats.
The monstrous figures roared as they charged the horde, the Titans' forces stunned by the transformation and unable to put up a shield wall in time as the monsters Perseus commanded attacked. "Gelebor!" Perseus' voice carried easily over the cacophony "You and yours call forth Heaven's wrath upon these fools."
"Of course, my King." One of the six who had exited beside Perseus, a man with skin as white as snow itself, began to gesture with glowing hands. Many in the gathered army, those who seemed to wear robes over armor, began to cast some type of magic. Most let loose attacks of fire, ice, and lightning, the raw elemental death ripping through the thousands of forces Kronos commanded. Others summoned things, beings of the elements or demons of the blade as the constructs joined in the fray.
" Veezara, make them fear the shadows." Perseus' next order seemingly went to yet another of those who stood closest to him, this one a lizard man in red and black armor who made some sort of noise she couldn't discern. It was clearly enough for many in the army as several seemed to vanish, reappearing here and there amidst the forces of the enemy for brief moments as they struck. Others rained down volleys of arrows that seemed to blot out the sun.
"As for the rest of you." Perseus didn't even look back as he pointed his weapon at the enemy "CHARGE!" a battle cry was let loose that shook dust and rubble from the buildings as hundreds of heavily armed and heavily armored warriors charged into the titan's forces. His army attacked the monsters and demigods but Perseus himself charged the Titans and minor gods.
"W-what?!" she gaped as she finally processed what she was seeing and found her voice "Who are these people?!"
"Tamrielians." Hades groaned, leaning against a wall "A powerful world set apart from ours is their home, but Zeus 'forbade' them from coming here."
"What?" Thalia asked in shock while Malcolm seethed in jealousy that he wasn't the one leading an army to victory "Why? What did they do?"
"Refuse to bow to his whims and swear fealty." Hades shrugged "They have their own pantheons and their gods refused to become Zeus' subjects when he demanded such."
"So, Zeus being an idiot as always." Nico scowls as one mage uses a spell to raise several dead demigods from Kronos' ranks as the zombies started to attack their comrades.
"Of course." Hades said as the giant Perseus cuts his way through the remaining lesser Titans and Minor gods with ease, "That man is likely one of their champions. The gods of Tamriel tend to give powers and weapons to those they deem worthy or entertaining enough."
"Kronos!" Perseus roared before Annabeth could ask any more questions "I challenge you to single combat! Our armies fight their battle, let us now fight ours!"
"Very well 'Dragonsbane'." Kronos said, clearly scornful and mocking of the name "It should provide a trifling amusement, after all, only a child of my sons can defeat me this day!"
"We shall see." Perseus readies his sword as Kronos transforms his scythe back into Luke's sword Backbiter. The two charged one another, clashing steel on steel as they fought a battle that shook the ground. As the fight went on, she frowned when Kronos didn't use his time powers to slow down Perseus.
"Fool," Hades smirks at Kronos' growing anger "the gods of Tamriel are ruled by a time god, one far stronger than Kronos is. Their gods have clearly not been starved for worship or forced to recover from something such as Tartarus. I doubt Kronos could affect Akatosh's champion if I'm right that this man is one." Perseus reared back and swung upwards, disarming Kronos and catching the cursed blade, roaring out a battle cry their savior Spartan kicked the king of the Titans as the tyrant rolled before trying to get up, going stiff when the two swords were held crossed at the man's throat.
"Impossible!" Kronos spat furiously but she could hear the fear in the being's voice. Meanwhile the army of Perseus was finishing off Kronos' forces, several of their wizards bringing out a giant crystal, almost as tall as Perseus himself, that was a mixture of black, pink, and purple. Perseus merely leaned down to whisper something in the Titan's ear as Kronos went slack. "Ho-" Kronos tried to yell out only to gasp when Perseus dropped Backbiter to grab a dagger and slam it inside the Titan's side, just under the left arm. How he knew it was the mortal point she didn't know but the dagger sunk in as Kronos screamed before exploding, beams of silver and purple light flashing as they flew from the point where Kronos had been and into the crystal, leaving no trace of the Titan or of Luke.
Turning towards them their savior picked up Backbiter and sheathed his own sword "You have your lives this day Olympians. Use them well." With that the rifts reappeared as the army began going into them, taking the spoils with them.
"Wait!" Malcolm ordered angrily, the miserable little bastard's arrogance returning now that the danger was over. Walking up to the giant the son of Zeus gripped a spear "How dare you steal my moment of glory?!" Perseus didn't respond with words, merely reached forward and flicked Malcolm in the chest as the son of Zeus went flying back, hitting a wall and being rendered unconscious.
Turning to Hades, Perseus scoffed "I would recommend gelding Zeus to prevent more like this one." Before joining his forces and vanishing as if they had never been there at all.
-End Flashback-
After that the gods had returned, Poseidon having done most of the work in bringing down Typhon; and Malcolm told the gods that he, and he alone, had stopped Kronos. That the titans, gods, demigods, and monsters fled when their master fell. No matter what anyone else said Zeus refused to accept any other story. "I told you brother; they were of Tamriel." Hades snapped at Zeus, the lord of the dead in a bad mood from being called a liar over the past several months.
"I forbade them from ever coming here!" Zeus thundered "They wouldn't dare challenge me!"
"They're stronger than you Zeus." An ancient voice spoke, seemingly coming from nowhere as everyone looked around for the source apart from the thunder god who had gone pale. "And you know it." From the hearth smoke three figures formed, coalescing in the center of the room as the Fates. Quickly, she bowed, as did everyone else although Zeus didn't look happy, and Malcolm was being forced to. "Only the Hero of the Great Prophecy who bested Kronos can stop the giants."
"There!" Zeus said quickly, looking around at the council "They said so themselves! Malcolm is the one we need!"
"Malcolm is not the Hero of the Great Prophecy." The Fates tell Zeus, with unwavering calm before the three of them turn to Poseidon.
"Poseidon, why are they looking at you?" her mother demanded, still having an overwhelming hatred for the sea god. The rest of the council looks curious at the answer as well.
Sighing, Poseidon rose to his feet, "sixteen years ago I had a son." Poseidon stated, some of the council looked shocked while others clearly already knew "Zeus learned of him after a few weeks and attempted to murder my baby boy and his mortal mother, much like had been done to Hades all those years ago. And much like then I was able to save my child but not Sally." Hades gives Poseidon a mourning and pained look "So I called upon a friend I speak to in between worlds, Talos of Tamriel. He took my son into that world to find him a family to live with."
"But he was in his twenties or thirties." She spoke aloud without realizing it, "How could he be the sixteen-year-old hero of prophecy?"
"Time moves differently on Tamriel." The Fates send Poseidon an irritated look "And it's only because the prophecy didn't say that the choice would happen at sixteen that we allowed it."
"POSEIDON!" Zeus roared furiously "HOW DARE Y-" Poseidon, clearly not in the mood for any of it, struck Zeus across the jaw with the shaft of his trident.
"ENOUGH ZEUS!" the god of the seas roared "IF YOU SO MUCH AS OPEN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN TO SPIT YOUR IGNORANCE AND ARROGANCE, THEN I WILL THROW YOU INTO TARTARUS MYSELF!"
The room echoed from Poseidon's shout before Hades nodded and stood alongside the earthshaker, "Will Perseus even come to help us again?" the lord of the underworld asked.
"He will if I ask." Poseidon sighed, running a hand through the suddenly graying hair upon his head.
"There's no need father." A familiar voice laughed from the doorway as all heads spun to see Perseus, now without his armor, standing there alongside some of those she'd seen with him at the battle "The Fates already did. I'm here to help."
