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Over the next few months the brothers have joined the college and helped to start rebuild Winterhold as well as kill quite a few dragons as well as managing their hold with Johnathon going on missions for the companions.
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"So kodlak thinks you'll fit in around here and Aela vouches for you, so I'll see if you have what it takes" Vilkas says after watching Aela take a seat at one of the tables to watch.
As vilkas rushed forward with his sword and shield held ready, Johnathon swung his executioner blade in a downward arc with his right hand making Vilkas roll out of the way, cuasing the giant broadsword to leave a small crater were he was previously standing.
Vilkas now wary tried to do a follow up attack before he could pick up his blade but Johnathon was able to block it with the side of his blade before using it to disarm Vilkas shield. Johnathon swung the broadsword with both hands and Vilkas seeing the damage it could do when wielded with just one ducked. Johnathon used the momentum of the blade to spin and kick Vilkas in the side sending him sprawling ten feet away to the sounds of Aela's laughter.
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He also unlocked 3 more paths while at his hold after hearing about some Thalmor taking a family from it on the accusations of talos worship.
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After hearing about it he ran in the direction they went catching up at top speed in 20 minutes. "Back off this is the business of the Thalmor and does not concern you" said the justicar.
"Yeah that's were your wrong when it concerns the citizens of my hold" Johnathon replies. "They are worshipers of talos and as our right we are taking them to be interrogated" persists the Thalmor. "Even if that were true the holds of Whiterun aren't part of the empire or stormcloaks so we aren't beholden to the white gold concordent as of now so let them go or else" demanded Johnathon.
"And what is a inferior lifeform like yourself going to do against a superior mer like myself" asks the high elf. "kill you for one after all you ran scared from Tiber septim" taunted Johnathon. The Thalmor now red in the face yelled to kill him.
As one of the Thalmor summoned two atronachs Johnathon went through hand signs in a trance before slamming his hand on the ground making seals spread out before everyone was blinded by smoke that the injured prisoners used to hide behind the nearby tree's.
When the smoke cleared a giant three headed dog stood before with a thought from Johnathon it attacted the conjurations as he ran towards the nearest elf.
With a punch to the gut the Thalmor agent went flying,cratering the ground around Johnathon as the Thalmor flew down the road landing 20 feet from where he was sent flying and he did not get up. The next Thalmor panicked and ran but out of instinct Johnathon grasped a bolt of lightning from thin air and threw it leaving nothing but a charred body behind.
After destroying the atronachs the three headed dog trapped the last elf against the ground under its foot thanks to the instructions it received mentally from Johnathon.
"So do you want to tell me what stupidity you had that made you think you could threaten and kidnap people from my hold" asks Johnathon. When he refused to answer Johnathon felt himself go on autopilot again placing his hand on the elfs head and said human path while pulling his hand back and the Thalmors soul out, killing him and gaining his memory's in the process.
After sorting through the memories he saw what their plan was, to show him as incompetent so his people would lose faith in him as someone they thought was pretending to be a god. After finding what information he was looking for he asked the family of four to come out of hiding while at the same time dismissing his summon in a poof of smoke.
The children ran up to him in awe while the parents were getting over their shock, their sons started talking animatedly about what they saw and asking to be taught which he said they would have to grow older first cuasing them to pout.
As the parents walked out limping, information flooded his mind and he asks them if he could heal them and when they said yes he asked them not to worry. He then summoned the king of hell startling the family before he calmed them down and asked them to step inside. They hesitated for a moment before doing so and not long after they stepped out good as new and they all headed back to Pridehold.
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After that Johnathon ordered the guards to put a sign at the entrance to the city saying no Thalmor allowed before building a temple with shrines to all the divines including talos to spite them.
Over the months desmon has done a few more jobs for his patron (has anyone guessed who it is) gaining in return six special recently deceased bodies which he gave to Johnathon for him to work on in their secret part of their home in Pridehold.
He also gained all parts needed to make and customize up to ten light sabers except for the casing and crystal which James said he had ideas for but would stick with his sword for now. Desmon saved his last reward for when he knew what he wanted to ask for.
The rebuilding of Winterhold has been going well with Johnathon rebuilding houses,creating new buildings to be made into shops and was even allowed to build a home for him and his brothers which he made three floors with a balcony overlooking the cliff.
He also added another secret door which led to a trap door going down to the first of 15 floors made of stone with a stone staircase going down the rest with a secret stone door like in the Nordic ruins only able to be opened from the inside at the bottom of the cliff.
There was now a apothecary,blacksmith and a stone wall around the city which archers patrolled the top of, with a gate that could be closed and barricaded with a pull of a lever from the inside. Another thing of news was that Ancano went crazy and attacked the arch mage making him ban anymore Thalmor visitor's after his escape.
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After making sure no one else was awake Desmon left the shadow of the onclave he was waiting in and entered Ancanos room using magic to muffle his steps while using his abilities to give himself claws before plunging his hand though his heart killing him,absorbing him and taking his form before exiting the tower to the courtyard to stand in front of Savos and Mirabelle.
"What is it you want Arcano" Sevos asks while looking at me. "What I want is to rid nirn of you and this school because only a mer such as me deserves to learn the secrets of arcane" sneers Desmon using Arcanos voice before launching a fire ball at them only to have it blocked by Savos's ward. "Arcono what is the meaning of this" yelled Mirabelle.
"After I get rid of you two I can kill the rest as they sleep and tell the empire it was you who attacked first and that I had no choice, that you joined the rebels" Desmon says with fake sadness getting a snarl out of Savos who summoned two frost atronachs as Mirabelle started forming a spell that Desmon warded against.
Summoning two frost atronachs of his own he turned his head when he heard others approaching and saw some of the other teachers getting closer so he cast a wall of flame to stop their approach and stop the one's he was fighting from getting closer. Seeing it was about time to finish this up as he was standing above the trap door to the middan.
"You may have me outnumbered but I'll be back" he says before descending into the middan and out the cave before using his sling ring to get away.
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After that fiasco arch mage Savos ordered the cave entrance to be collapsed because they didn't even know there was a second entrance.
The town and the college also started to set aside their differences with the towns folk helping rebuild the bridge to the college and the mages making more light pillars around the city to be used after dark.
Johnathon had increased his training with the increased amount of power he had avaliable to start working on elemental training for fire, wind and lightning with the help of even more shadow clones, with lightning comming along the fastest, not surprising after instinctively throwing a lightning bolt in his fight against the Thalmor. It seems having the body of a son of Zeus has its perks.
He had also inscribed seals on four metal bands he attached to his wrists and ankles that started out around 25 pounds each at first and would get heavier whenever his body got used to the weight. Still had a ways to go before he could use gravity and resistance seals but he converted the first secret floor of their home in Winterhold into a gym to help get used to the weight faster.
James practiced for a full week to get two more abilities avaliable to him before testing them out on a temporary camp some bandits had made.
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James walked into the jarls longhouse after one of the guards said the jarl wanted to see him. "What is you need my help with jarl Korir"? james asks. Korir after noticing him stood and asked him to follow him. They entered what used to be the war room which had a map of the hold.
The jarl pointed to a spot on the map five miles out of Winterhold and a bit of a walk from the road leading towards the city. He explained that there is a group of bandits who set up camp in that area and have been robbing people coming to see the improving city.
"I would be grateful if i could have your help in ridding us of these neusances" Korir says. James nods before saying he will handle it getting a thank you from the jarl. Three hours later him, Serana and Potema stand not but a few minutes from the camp as the sun finishes setting.
"There seems to be near a hundred bandits" comments Potema. "That shouldn't be a problem for us" spoke James." Yes and don't take this the wrong way James because i am touched that you care about me enough to let me drink from you but i some what miss the trill of the hunt" Serana says before hunching over starting her transformation.
Her limbs lengthened as her body grew to seven feet in height, nails lengthening into claws as her body turned grey. Boney wings erupting from her back as her clothes shifted into a two piece blood red version of the female vampire lord outfit exsposing her grey midrif. Her ears grew longer and bent backwards as her face grew more narrow and somewhat guant,while her fangs grew larger and a crown of bone spikes grew replacing her hair.
After a moment she spoke "So what do you think? "still beautiful and amazing as ever my nightshade" replies James cuasing Serana eye's to soften and her body to relax. "most would run from me after finding out I'm a vampire let alone seeing me in this form". "Me never, I had a idea of what you might look like but your still as breathtaking as ever " James said with certainty cuasing Serana to stare at him for a long moment before thanking him and telling them they should get started cuasing both James and Potema to nod.
James turned his senses towards the camp and use the first two of his new abilities force slow to make the bandits slower both mentally and physically before forming the second ability in his hands the darkshear. A spear made from the darkside itself as Potema summoned five gytrash and zombies each before all three headed towards the camp. If any were to pass by the area that night all they would of heard was screaming than silence.
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That night cemented it for Serena and after telling the plan to Potema, Serana and her implemented it a week later.
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After partying with everyone at the inn which had expanded James decided to turn in for the night leaving his brothers to enjoy the party. After putting on his sleep ware he heard a knock on his door. "come in" James said finishing closing his dresser. He heard the door open and close but when he turned around he did not expect to see Potema and Serana standing there in robes. "So what did you two need" he asked curiously.
"We'll me and Serana both want a relationship with you, so we talked it out and we decided we'd share you" spoke Potema. "What really" James asked confused. "Is that a no"? Serana asks raising a eyebrow. "Of course not" he says hurriedly before Serana spoke again. "We do have other ways to convince you" she said.
"What ways are" he says before being stunned when they both chuck of their robes showing they wore nothing underneath before they started walking to him.After that night they agreed to a three way relationship
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While his brothers were advancing in their own way desmon was consuming animals from fish to birds and everything in between for any advantage he could get as well as practicing teleporting long distances by line of sight before using his sling ring to visit Aventus Aretino in windhelm.
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As he entered the house he heard the chanting of the boy doing the black Sacrament. "Sweet mother Sweet mother send your child unto me for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear" the boy Aventus chanted as he stabed the effigy in the middle of the ritual circle.
Having seen enough he stepped out of the shadows startling the boy before he got over it and still in awe told him who he wanted dead and offered his family heirloom. "How about instead of taking the heirloom as payment we make a bargain instead, seeing the boy nod he continues, if i kill grelog the kind instead of payment you enter a apprenticeship with my brother instead" desmon says with a grin.
"What would he have me do" the kid asks. "Consider it an adoption of sorts but with perks, you'd have a home, food, a pet and he could teach you the art of the sword or magic or even both if you perfer and when you grow up you could become an adventurer and take care of people like grelog yourself" Desmon says cuasing the kid to get excited and his grin to grow wider hidden by the shadows from his hood. "deal" Aventus says before going to lay down and Desmon to leave.