The Tamriel Drifter

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The Tamriel Drifter

327. The Mad God’s Maze

Between the guest house and the main manse of Sheogorath’s Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent lies a gloomy maze, barely lit by sparse torches and lustreless crystals.

To escape the labyrinth, one must first light the braziers, but monsters stalk the darkness; shadowy creatures that are but echoes of entity.  These are monsters familiar only because they have been derived from my own mind.  Werewolves, giant bats, and large venomous spiders made tangible by the mad God in his insidious realm, only because the human mind is capable of conceiving the most inhumane of monsters.

S.K

326. The Irregular Guesthouse

Dementia, a manifestation of Sheogorath’s dark disposition; bleak, baneful and scowling.  A realm of everlasting night, lit only by a fretful aurora.  Whispers of disquiet swim upon the chill air.

I have arrived at the guest quarters of the Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent, which the Mad God describes as his family estate.  The Chateau itself would not look out of place in Stonefalls or Deshaan, yet the giant mushrooms are more reminiscent of the paintings I’ve seen of the isle of Vvardenfell.

As for the sailing vessel stranded atop the high rock, who knows; yet the ever dutiful Haskill seems to have it all in hand from atop its stern.

S.K

325. A portal to Dementia

At the Mages Guild in Sentinel, Valaste opens a portal to Dementia, the most minatory sphere of the Shivering Isles.  The mage seems to falter once the portal is created.

Whilst casting any portal to the realms of Oblivion is taxing, clearly translating the Mad God’s twisted essays is taking a toll on Valaste’s health; both mental and physical.  Thankfully there is but one more tome to retrieve, and then perhaps the Master of Incunabula may find some rest.

The Altmer have a saying, “Come Evening Star, and even Magnus retires early and sleeps late.”

S.K

324. The Sparring House

324 (a). The Sparring House

In a rather plain and unremarkable building in the northern suburbs of Sentinel, followers of the Goddess Leki gather to train, spar and meditate just as their ancestors have done for generations before.  Leki is the Goddess of swordsmanship and venerated throughout Hammerfell by both Crown and Forebear alike. 

Whilst Sentinel’s branch of the House of Leki is closed to participation from outsiders, one is welcome to respectfully observe the traditional rituals of her devotees.  For the Redguards, more than any other race on Tamriel, tradition is far more than just the worship of ashes, it has become the security of the nation.

S.K

323. Sentinel

323 (d). Sentinel

Alas lost Yokuda, from whose doomed shores a great fleet voyaged eastward, enduring the rage of the indignant seas that devoured their homeland, till they came upon Tamriel.

Seeking a ripe harbourage to make a new home, this most dread armada reaved the coasts of elves and men, till eventually honoured Grandee Yaghoub spied a likely green-leafed bay.

Swiftly and easily did the dusky warriors overwhelm the unexpecting port, and stake claim upon this oasis in an arid land, and Yaghoub proclaimed ‘I name thee Sentinel’.

A great city was built of stone and tent, and the gold domes of Samaruik rose majestically from the inhospitable sands to shine beacon as testimony to the might of the Yokudans.

But as the golden domes rose ever higher, the native tribes of Orc and Goblin conspired and plotted to push these most hated interlopers back into the seas.

A barbaric host with blunted blades and twisted magics fell upon the fledgling city in a sandstorm of rancour and spite; but the Ra Gada held their ground against this most savage onslaught.

Eventually the brutish host was broken and beaten back across the broiling sands to the farthest horizon hills.  And honoured Yaghoub declared ‘now time has come to conquer the shifting sands.’

And so led by the legendary Ansei, the Redguard rode forth from Sentinel spreading across the desert like a piece of cloth carried by the winds, to forge the land of Hammerfell.

S.K