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As James was on the way to ilinalta's deep, Potema was researching in the library about the fall of the septim line and those responsible before grabbing the museum paplet and leaving Winterhold towards dawnstar. Serana was at the bottom of the cliff, outside their secret exit and had just got done drawing the upside down pentagram with the deathly hollow symbol inside with three human bones coated in her blood at each point of the star and a bowl of black soul gems in the middle before lighting the candle at the bottom point and standing.
From what Serana could understand so far from James research into wizarding world witch craft is that rituals don't have to have anything to do with entities like the princes to be used. It's more to do with sacrificing something for something else of the same value, to make permanent changes and to use large amounts of magic without burning out your own body in the process.
What she was doing was making use of the bodies of the priests of Stendar that had tried to kill her earlier that day outside Winterhold when dealing with the usual weekly bandit camp clean up. She wanted to make a ever expanding type of undead mainly referred to as inferi that were different from the similar zombies to guard the secret entrance and guard the city from pirates.
She would have them lurk underwater and only surface to deal with those who would want to harm or have bad intentions for those living in the city or the city itself. She began to chant from the homemade book as the symbols began to light up blood red and the soul gems disappeared. Next the corpses started to twitch than move in unnatural ways as their eyes clouded white before they started crawling into the sea and hiding.
(earlier that day)
As Serana threw away the last body of the bandits she just got done feeding on,she turned and saw a group of fifteen Stendarr priests. "Your going to die deadric abomination" the preist said before five of them launched a fireball each at her cuasing an explosion. When the smoke cleared all they could see were two giant black bat like wings with spiked tips.
The wings unfurled showing Serena in her vampire lord form, she now had a red tint to her skin, a crown formed of horns on her head and rows of teeth which split open in four.'like Dracula from blade trinity'
"your annoying" Serana said before summoning her previous kill back to her hand and using corpse curse after throwing the body at them causing it blow up,damaging them and spreading decease, weakening them.
"Fervidus Cruor" Serana spoke manipulating the spell to become a area effect version cuasing the priests to lock up in agony as their blood was boiling inside of their body's before they passed out from the pain, allowing her to finish them off.
(back to present)
After finishing the ritual she went back to the library to research more. Back in Whiterun, Johnathon and Aela were sparing bare handed before he got her in a choke hold until she slightly bulked up, trying to use all the strength her status as a werewolf gave her to break free. She wouldn't know if it would work because John slammed her into the ground, pinning her. Aela looked up at Johnathon with a challenging look and a dust of pink on her cheeks.
"I won and a bet is a bet" Johnathon said causing Aela to look to the side before looking back at him and nodding. "I'm yours" she said before aggressively catching his lips in a kiss. A few hours later they were fitting themselves out to go after the Glenmoril Witches for kodlak Whitemane. "When are you going to claim Irileth because i saw you admiring her as well as me." Aela asks getting a raised eyebrow from Johnathon. "I'm with you so why bring this up" he asks.
She chuckled before responding "haven't you noticed it yet about the supernatural of the world, i mean your brother james has already experienced it himself." He just looked at her confused making her elaborate. "The supernatural have a habit of forming groups with the strongest as leaders, so I was just wondering when you are planning on expanding the pack and making a claim on her as you did me". "But she's not a werewolf and isn't that supposed to stay a secret"? he asks. "She can become one and her and jarl Balgruuf already know, or how do expect our status to stay hidden from the population for so long. They help keep it secret from the rest and in return we offer our loyalty to Whiterun".
"That makes sense now that you mention it,Johnathon nods before continuing, but we'll have to see if she's interested first alright",getting a nod from her before they set off.
(James pov)
He had just made it to the lake Ilinalta. He started walking across the surface of the water, his black robe billowing and his eye's glowing sulfer as he walked. He used his magic to create fog to hide his approach having spotted a invisible sentry by the trap door using his thermal vision granted by his vampire status. As the necromancer sentry became more alert as the fog surrounded the sunken fort, he failed to notice the horned silhouette behind him.
when he turned to check the other side he didn't even have time to scream as rows of sharp teeth cut his throat out,nearly beheading him. As his body fell to the ground, his blood was already flowing to James feet where it was absorbed. James walked to the hatch door and opened it with a wave of his hand before jumping down.
After walking past the skeleton he turned down the left hallway and used the force to crush the summoned skeleton to dust and his natural speed to grab the sitting necromancer by the jaw breaking it before draining his life-force out, leaving behind a dried out mummy. As he entered the dining hall he used force stasis on the three mages rushing to help after hearing the commotion. He slashed his claws against the first mages face blinding him and freeing him from stasis as he screamed holding his bloody eye sockets. James wasted no time grabbing him by the back of the skull, smashing the mage head first into the rock wall, splattering it. He spun and conjured a darkshear before hurling it at the next mage leaving a large hole in his chest and a large blood splatter on the wall behind him.
He walked up to the last one and stabbed his hands into each side of the mages body before lifting him up and ripping him in half. As he walked away the blood of the mages rushed under his cloak where it was absorbed into his body. Finding the door locked he twirled his right hand cuasing the door to distort, ripping it to pieces. He saw the spectral wolf running towards him and the necromancer and skeleton archer aiming at him.
Before their attacks could reach him he sunk into the shadows of the room. As the necromancer warily walked by the torch, he failed to notice his own shadow twitch as James came out of it behind him, snapping his neck and cuasing the summons to dispel. As he walked through the next door he casually destroyed the lone skeleton before coming across a room with three necromancers and two skeletons.
He raised his fist before opening it throwing out a Shockwave of the force, destroying the skeletons and sending the mages flying and killing them. A bridge in the next room came down as the master necromancer ran across. Before he made it half way across a arm came out of the water dragging him in. James held the master necromancer in a choke hold under the water till he drowned, squirming to get free the whole time.
Throwing the dead body away, James pulled himself out of the water before continuing. He continued up the stairs to the second floor before entering the next room after taking another set of stairs down. As he entered the next room he blasted the first necromancer across the room with lightning before twirling and javelin throwing his sword at the second, pinning him to the wall.
He ripped his sword out of the wall, ripping the necromancer in half before before beheading the other that was knocked unconscious by the lightning. Walking through the next corridor with cells, he just threw his sword, beheading the next, then catching the spinning sword as it returned. The last necromancer didn't have time to turn before he was thrown from wall to wall before being thrown against the ceiling and finally crashing into the ground dead. He grabbed the journal and Azuras star before heading up the ladder and leaving behind the dead as a example of those who gain the ire of the deadric prince Azura.
later during the night he made it back to the shrine of Azura and ascended the stairs before lying the star on the alter. 'So you return with my star and having slaughtered those who would tamper with it' Azura stated. ' As promised' James replies cuasing Azura to hum before asking 'You do realize you are changing mentally, you now find joy in dominating fights, where as before you did not?' 'I will become what i must to see my plan come to fruition, for Serana' James answered. 'and if your goal is realized, you will have my support, now here is the knowledge of how to turn a normal soul gem into a reusable one but only you will have the knowledge. You won't be able to teach it to others but you will be able to make more for others but they will never figure out how you did it, for now are pack is complete and i look forward to what you can accomplish' Azura said. As the star disappeared from the alter back to oblivion and taking the soul of the meddler with it, to enjoy his afterlife of suffering in her plane of oblivion.
In the coven of Glenmoril Witches there's a final screech before it being cut off by a roar and crunch. As Johnathon in his werewolf form finished devouring the last witch heart he reverted back to human form. 'Aela' Johnathon called and a second later her werewolf form landed in front of him before reverting back to her human form. 'why don't you want to spend eternity in the hunting grounds, with me' Aela spoke the last part in barley a wisper but Johnathon still heard it. 'Because i want you to spend eternity with me exploring new worlds 'cuasing her to perk up and look at him' James plan if it fails will result in his death, Desmon being the only one reaching godhood and me spending eternity in the hunting grounds with you but if he succeeds we all ascend and all is open to us to explore' Johnathon says cuasing her to nod before grabbing the last head before they both headed back to Jorrvaskr.
James has just finished making three black soul gem like Azuras star before focusing on his hatred for the imperial captain from helgan who sentenced them to death, Harkon for giving his daughter up to be a daughter of coldharbor, and molag bal for hurting Serana and focused all of that hatred and the force into the soul gems corrupting them, which will take him all night of forcing his hatred and darkside into them to make artificial kyber crystals.
The next day after locking his new crystals into a chest in the secret part of his house, Serana led him to the expanded inn before they had to head to the college expedition to sarthal the day after.
Potema had just left the museum with the location of the fragments of Mehrunes' Razor from a very alive descendent of the mythic dawn for now. James had told her that he needed a audience with Dagon, so she has to hunt down the peices of the razor, which ment silus was still useful. Her first step being morthal.
That night at the inn after hearing the usual songs from the bard, Serana took out a piece of parchment and handed it to him that James recognized as one of the many peices of music from his original world that he tweaked to fit this one. James went and asked the owner for a chance to play while Serana put two chairs in the front and took a seat in one while James took a seat in the other cuasing everyone to look towards them with curiosity.
James did something that would of cuased panic a while back in Winterhold, he used magic to conjure the ethereal version of instruments from his old world that started to play the music from his memory.
Serana(Thank you by Dido skyrim porady version)
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why
I got out of bed at all(while thinking about him letting her out of the coffin her mother trapped her in for hundred plus years)
The morning rain clouds up my window
And I can't see at all
And even if I could, it'd all be gray(her thinking of her childhood and messed up family)
But your picture on my wall( while looking over at James)
It reminds me that it's not so bad
It's not so bad
I drank too much last night, got coin to pay(making both smile a bit,showing off their fangs)
My head just feels in pain
I missed the carriage and there'll be hell today
I'm late for work again
And even if I'm there, they'll all imply
That I might not last the day
And then I see you
And it's not so bad, it's not so bad
And I want to thank you
For giving me the best day of my life
Oh, just to be with you
Is having the best day of my life
Push the door, I'm home at last( thinking of there budding coven)
And I'm soaking through and through
Then you handed me a towel
And all I see is you
And even if my house falls down now(thinking of her parents falling out and the future death of her father)
I wouldn't have a clue( her stop caring about it)
Because you're near me
And I want to thank you
For giving me the best day of my life
Oh, just to be with you
Is having the best day of my life
And I want to thank you
For giving me the best day of my life
Oh, just to be with you
Is having the best day of my life.
As Serana finished and the spectral instruments faded, James pulled her into a kiss among the cheers of the patrons and thane, both drunk and sober, while a aww filled traveling member of the bards college looked on.