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Post by kimcora on Jan 8, 2020 10:16:02 GMT -5
Neve was contemplating that idea of Xi going to the vampires himself. He was the only one out of the group they would fear and trust after all. And Harkon was his mentor...But it seemed they all still needed to know how much Harkon knew. If he knew enough that Serena was important, then he wouldn't willingly let her leave. Maybe, just maybe they could weasel her out somehow? Maybe have Xi pretend to be on their side? However, Atrious brought up a good point that Metta had mentioned. At one point, the mother and father had read this scroll so it was safe to assume Harkon knew enough...Neve cursed a little under her breath before her eyes then flicked to Ordo. He mentioned that realm of Bal place...She shivered a bit at the memory since it had been beautiful in that garden but also very creepy. Would anyone meet there willingly? She saw Xi looked surprised and smirked a bit at how glad he was for her brother's input. It was a smart plan, one she hoped Harkon couldn't see through. He didn't know that he and Xi were against each other yet right? "Excellent! It's worth a shot. So we send a message and let you do your thing. Once--if Serena decides to help us--we have her then Harkon will have one less piece to this puzzle. Then maybe we can look into securing the bow? If we have it then Harkon can't get it right?" She said since that was her next logical step.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 8, 2020 11:21:33 GMT -5
Xi nodded before giving Ordo a small kiss to the forehead for his good advice. "I will send word today- and hope it reaches here soon. It is common for a meeting of the Cold Harbour family in Bal's realm after ones awakens. A reunion of sorts- we are a close bunch." Xi stated getting a snicker from Ordo. "Yeah you had been sleeping with their mother after all...talk about a close knit family." he chuckled getting a frown from Xi. "That was a very long time ago Ordo. Even if she were still alive I would still be with you." he stated bluntly getting a nonchalant nod from Ordo. "Besides Harkon will still want the bow- us being involved or not- he will have other allies. We should go after this bow." Stated Psyna since she was thinking out side the box and to never underestimate your enemies.
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Post by kimcora on Jan 8, 2020 14:08:13 GMT -5
Neve gave Xi and Ordo's banter a roll of her eyes but did smirk a bit. Hopefully they got their answers soon, but if not they would still have a bow to find. Psyna brought up Neve's thoughts and Neve gave her a nod in agreement. The problem was, they had no idea where to even start looking. "You're right Psyna. But we don't know where to even stop looking. Our people, if they knew, aren't around anymore to answer and what's left isn't exactly tied to the knowledge of our past." She said before looking to Atrious. "I don't know. You read more than I do. Do you think the Mage's College might have information?" She asked since she figured a bow from myth would be something right up a mage's alley.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 20, 2020 13:52:01 GMT -5
At the comment of the college knowing more possibly about the bow,Atrious seemed to perk up.and join the conversation. "Yes, they should know something of it. Urag has a large collection on myths." He stated before wiping his hands on his robe with a grin before looking at Psyna who had made the original comment about it. He did glance over at Xi however,"I would send that letter soon, the sooner we get her to safely the better." He explained since he had nothing against serena- just that she was a vampire perhaps. Xi nodded at Atrious before untangling Orso's arms from him and going to write before he left to summon a hound to deliver it swiftly to the castle. Since a traditional courier wasnt smart. Ordo glanced over at Elrick and gave him.a smile, one that was reminiscent of when he was younger and got his way in things or at least was feeling relieved.
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Post by kimcora on Jan 20, 2020 22:15:40 GMT -5
Neve gave a pleased smile herself at Atrious’s words on the college. He was archmage after all and that left them an open space to really work on this lore. “Great! Then we could go there? Or maybe you could contact Urag?” She wanted to get to the bottom of this bow since they were lacking information on it and it was what Harkon needed. Serena was another need, but Xi was in charge of that loose end. With her help, it would all come together and they wouldn’t have to worry...unless Harkon got pissed and came after them with a vampire hoard...”Well once we have Serena and the bow...we should prepare with these hunters for the worst. I’m sure Harkon won’t take this lightly. Those crossbow things are good, but not against a whole army of vampires.” She added, but caught Elrick in the corner of her eye. He was smirking at Ordo and he gave him a knowing nod. Neve’s eyebrow rose before she looked to Ordo since he just seemed to be pleased with himself.
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Post by vamperious on May 28, 2020 14:47:15 GMT -5
Ateious seemed to think a few moment s before looking more confident in his answer. "I'll take a portal, should be swifter to get the information. I'll take Ordo with me, my mana is still a little lacking right now and he is a mage so he can be admitted." He stated getting a nod from Ordo. "Always wanted to see what those stuffy mages were hiding." He joked getting a chuckle from Atrious. "Not much, I can promise you. I'll show you the forge though, its cool- can use it to summon stuff." He went on to talk with Ordo for a bit till Xi returned with a look of amusement over Atrious and Ordo getting along. "I'll be here to receive word from my niece. You better be good however. " Xi cautioned getting an eye roll from Ordo. After a small good bye the boys left thought a dark purple portal into a place that looked like straight ice, but that was normal for Winterhold... °°°°°°° Serena hadnt expected the summons to Coldharbour but she went willingly, sending a message to Xi that she was going. When a black cloud of smoke appeared and a large hell house came trotting down the hall to Xi, a few poles jumped into action to attack it but Xi waved them off and took the letter from its collar before banishing the dog. He nodded, he looked it when things were handled quickly. "Shw is going to meet me in the daedric realm. I shall explain things to her and get her opinion. After that I will return here, if that's okay with you Isran?" Called Xi who knew Isran was eavesdropping in the next room. "Sounds fine ad long ad she can behave." He stated getting a chuckle from Xi. "Shw will, I promise you." He stated before opening a black portal and stepping into it. °°°°° With the vampire and the 2 mages gone, Psyna looked a bit worried but knew the men could all behave them selves. she just worried about Atrious. "I think I'm going to go practice with my sword a bit. Might go look into why they are keeping trolls here." Shs stated softly giving El and Neve a soft nod.
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Post by kimcora on Jun 1, 2020 11:31:28 GMT -5
Neve let everyone go about their separate ways since she and Elrick were going to try and make sure the Dawnguard were prepped and ready. They spent most of their time helping fortify areas of dilapidation or sparring with a few of the men to get their skills on point. Neve even taught a small class on how to aim properly for the archers involved. By the end, she was worn out and took to relaxing in the company of her liver. It had been a while since they took a breath and just were around one another after all. Elrick jokes about retiring once this mess was solved and Neve gave him a little smirk. Once that idea of stopping her adventuring seemed like a scary thing. But after this mess with Atrious, she was beginning to think her heart couldn’t take much more...She was the dragonborn after all and had slayed most of the enemies Skyrim had. Ordo had a boyfriend he was very keen on staying with and would most likely go off with him. Atrious was in no condition to continue adventuring and Psyna needed to be there to take care of him. That left Neve and Elrick...Not that it was a bad thing, as Neve knew that Elrick would follow her wherever she went. Perhaps it was time to consider a life outside of adventuring. A life where perhaps she and El could figure things out in an estate near Riften? Plenty of mountains and woods for his transformations and she would be near the guild and her friends...It was odd how comforting that thought was and she decided to push it to the back of her mind. Especially once everyone started gathering again. “So how did everyone’s trips go?”
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Post by vamperious on Jun 1, 2020 16:54:26 GMT -5
Psyna was waiting around with Neve and Elirck as they waited for the boys to get back, however it seemed Ordo was the first to return- with out Atrious. A portal was cast open and he stumbled out with an arm load of books however there was some cussing behind him as he closed the portal. He gave his sister and Elrick a shy smile as he was caught stealing but after a second another darker portal opened and Atrious who looked a angry came through and pointed father roughly at the portal- meaning to return the books. "I was going to return them, just after I got to read them." he stated lamely but Atrious didn't seem to budge on it. So ordo gave the books back, hearing a terse remark from the orc on the other side of the portal about him being lucky. Atrious closed the portal afterwards and took a seat by his wife who welcomed him with a kiss to the forehead. "We got some good intel on the bow as where to look even. Could be interesting." He stated much to Ordo's straightened look. This was their old home they were talking about and he was almost anxious to go. ~~~~~~~~ Xi was waiting in the court yard with all the blood flowers glowing eerily around him as he waited for Serena to find him. He was relaxing quietly till he heard some one clear their threat as she came over with a smile. "Hello Xi, how are you?" She asked politely getting a smile from the old Vampire. "I am well and I am glad you are looking well. Come I have something important to discuss with you. Its involving your sister Metta." They talked for what seemed like hours only it was more like a few minutes to the real world as time there was much slower. She sat with a serious expression over all that Xi had told her. He stated everything truthfully, from the blackmail from Metta to how he was possibly helping the vampire hunters, to even taking away Metta's rights to come to coldhaurbor. She nodded after a second with a deep frown. "I see. thank you for telling me." She stated softly with a harder expression. Not sure how she was feeling about this. "I wouldn't lie to you when your life was in the balance, your to precious to be rid of." Xi teased the girl who seemed to lighten up a fraction. "I see old man, now are we going to see if this bow is even real or if these friends of your want to even look into this?" she asked with a raised brow on her pretty face. He gave a chuckle," So impatient. alright." he chimed in as he stood and opened a portal and heading back to Fort Dawnguard, only to be met by startled hostile Dawnguard members. Xi gave a frown and waved them off as Isran came around the corner with a cross bow but once he saw it was Xi he told him me to lower their weapons.
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Post by kimcora on Jun 1, 2020 18:21:20 GMT -5
When Ordo arrived with books in his arms, Neve was almost half awake against Elrick where she was tucked into his side. The sight of all the books made her tilt her head, even though she realized soon that he wasn’t suppose To have those books. He was soon reprimanded by Atrious and got a small shake of the head from Neve. “Take then back Ordo. Atrious can get you back in to read whatever you want later on.” She said with a yawn before sitting up and stretching. When Atrious came in and told them he had an idea of where the bow was, she got an excited look. “Where? So it is real?” She asked excitedly, even if Elrick noticed the unease in Ordo. Before he could ask, he heard the commotion in the main area and went to investigate. He found Xi there facing off with a woman against nervous hunters and Isran ordering them to stop pointing weapons at them. “Xi, this must be Serana. Glad to see you’re safe.” He gave her a pleasant smile, which made the other Nords ease since they saw one of their own, or perceived so, greeting a vampire with ease. “Why is she here?” Isran asked, not rudely just to clarify what was going on.
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Post by vamperious on Jun 2, 2020 9:06:30 GMT -5
Ordo went to sit by Elrick with a purse of his lips since he wasn't pleased about giving the books back. He did perk up instantly when Xi was heard telling a man to lower his weapon. He got up and went into the main room, Giving the old vampire a smile. Atrious stayed seated and nodded to Neve, "Its a rumored location, in a very old text, on that was dated around the time our people were around." he sated letting her know it was a very old book. "I don't know if its real but there were a lot of rumors about it, so I wouldn't call it fake just yet." he stated since he was on the fence. He did glance over into the hall to see Xi with another woman, one he briefly remembered from the Vampire's castle. As Erick came in, Serena rose a brow at the large nord, having seen him once before- even the small elf that was giving her uncle a very familiar look. Xi moved past the hunters and gave Ordo's lips a soft kiss before motioning Serena over to him to stand next to Isran, mostly to talk. She took a few cautious steps. "This is my niece, the piece that the one seeking to destroy your little outfit is needing to do that. One less pawn for him yes?" he asked Isran who seemed only mildly pleased to have yet another vampire close. "I remember you all, How fairs the jumpy priest?" he asked more as a joke getting a comment from Atrious. "I'm fine thank for asking. Come we have much to discuss." He stated as he asked some one to bring Metta down to the meeting rooms. When Metta was dragged down, looking haggard and bloody, a bit upset her eyes went wide when he saw Serena. They embraced since they have not seen each other in a long while but once they all settled in and let the girls talk a few moments Atrious decided to speak for the majority. "So, Ordo and I did a lot of research at the college. According to legend there is a low that the figure Divine used as a power to vanquish vampires and other dark sun sensitive creatures. Its supposedly near what area we know to be accessed through-" He was going to state Dwemmer ruins but it seemed Ordo got a little hot headed about it. "A sinkhole filled with those filthy murdering basters' machines." he stated with quite a bit of vemon in his tone, it made everyone very quiet as it seemed Ordo was not taking this well.
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Post by kimcora on Jun 2, 2020 10:45:42 GMT -5
When everyone seemed to calm and gather, Neve watched the pair of women in scrutiny since she wasn’t sure this other one could be trusted. After all, Metta surely wasn’t...She turned her attention to Atrious as he spoke finally about more han just the bow being a rumor. It seemed they had to go look for it and it was tied to a Divine of all things. When he got into where the bow was located, Neve tensed when she heard her brother refer to a ruin in a very negative connotation. Not that she blamed him. It drew Neve over to him, where she hugged her brother lightly. She knew he more than anyone in this room had reason to hate the Dwemmer as she did after realizing her fear of being underground came from that. “But there are tons of ruins in Skyrim. Which one are we going to?” She asked since they had been to Blackreach before and never found a glowing bow of Auri-El there.
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Post by vamperious on Jun 3, 2020 6:46:45 GMT -5
Atrious watched Ordo gwt angry over the topic and understood it but knew it was needed. "Well, this had multiple steps. We need quite a few things to get this bow and it's not easy." He stated smoothly trying to redirect the conversation since Metta was giving Ordo a dirty look and Serena looked confused. Xi has moved instantly to Ordo's side to coddle him but did step back to let Neve hug her brother. He knew that a siblings bond was very important. So he refocused on the priest. "What all is needed?" Suddently asked Serena who was getting a grasp of the situation quickly. Glancing over at her he nodded,"well we need one more Elder scroll, we have access from the college, Nevw sold it to Urag after we used it last time. The other one is the scroll your sister has. A moth priest can be of use or we can just use Neve. If she wants to go blind- I'm. Not sure." He joked since he knew it was dangerous to read them. And once we delve into this dwemmer ruin- we won't be there long, we just need to get a heart or central mechanism from a large stream guardian. Its stolen technology that was used by the idiots to power their machines." He stated smoothly explaining what was needed. "We can split up and achieve these tasks to get it done sooner, and for comfort for others. I wont make Ordo go into that ruin, but I cant go alone." He stated for the more obvious reason he was explaining everything at once.
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Post by kimcora on Jun 3, 2020 17:54:15 GMT -5
Neve was confused why they didn’t have the location of the bow. We’re all these things necessary to find the location of the bow? She sat back, eyes narrowing some in thought at everything they needed. Two elder scrolls and a centurion dynamo. She could help get that, she looked down at her brother and gave him a small squeeze before she moved on to let Xi take over. She saw he was lingering nearby after all. “I’m going with you. There may be more Falmer there and I can communicate decently with them—well the ones that aren’t crazy and cannibals...” She said with an uneasy look that soon turned prideful. “It can’t be complicated to get a scroll so Psyna and I can help get the core with Atrious and Ordo, Xi, and El can go get the scroll in case something goes side ways at the college. Though I doubt it will.” She said with a shrug, checking to see if everyone was okay with that plan.
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Post by vamperious on Jun 8, 2020 12:35:47 GMT -5
When Neve moved and let Xi get closer to Ordo he gave her a nod ans pulled then man into his personal space, making sure to give his forehead a kiss to calm him. When Neve volunteered to go with him to get the dynamo he nooded before looking at the rest of the party. However when she deligated for Ordo to go get the scroll, he frowned. There was no way Urag was going to let the man who just attempted to steal his book back onto the library. "Maybe it's best El and Xi go to the college, Ordo can't really be there if Urag is going to relinquish that scroll. Since you know, he attempted to steal his books." He stated getting a chuckle from Xi. "Naughty little elf." He whispered teasingly into Ordo's ear, getting a blush and a swat to the arm. "I'll stay here and be good. Geez- can't keep that cranky orc from giving us what we need." He stated softly, more to show he knew he messed up and would behave.
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Post by kimcora on Jun 17, 2020 13:39:46 GMT -5
Never nodded along to the orders, even if she wasn’t sure she trusted leaving Ordo on his own in a castle of vampire hunters with two other vampires. One of which that was hitting on his boyfriend...what if she turned on Ordo for revenge? She bit her lip but nodded along, knowing that Xi knew the women better than she did. “Then it’s settled. Me, Psyna and Atrious go for the scroll and El and Xi go for the other.” She gave Elrick a smile, even if she saw some concern in his look with her leaving. She gave his hand a brief squeeze, a reassurance she was coming back, before she rose a brow at Atrious. “They know where they are going, but which ruin are we headed for?” She asked since they all were different and some even led to that spooky Black Reach place.
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