The Prologue

�Sssooo�you truly want to know who I am? I�ll give you sssome time to think�

�shshshshsss�

�sss�

�shshshshss�

�you�re ssstill here�good�he he he�good�

�then lisssten carefully, my child for I hate to repeat myssself�yesss, I truuuly hate to repeat myssself�I wasss born a few yearsss ago�jussst a few�around fifty or sssixty�I�m young, aren�t I? He he he�I wasss born in a province far, far away�but you�ve probably heard of it�you call it The Black Marsh and find yourssself sssmart becaussse you call it The Black Marsh�pathetic, pathetic�we call it Argonia�mighty kingdom of Argonia�it wasss you who called our land The Black Marsh�but that doesssn�t matter now, doesss it child? Neither you nor I can change that�neither you nor I�can change that�

�my name isss not important�you wouldn�t even know how to correctly pronounce it �you would pronounce it and you would feel sssmart becaussse you jussst pronounced a name of an Argonian�but I would laugh, oh how I would laugh�laugh at your pathetic attemptsss to pronounce my REAL NAME! And I could get angry then�very angry�you don�t want to know me when I�m angrrrry�rrr�sss�but don�t fear me, child�at leassst not now�he he he�in truth I don�t remember when I usssed my real name for the lassst time�I have a nickname though�given to me by the othersss�I grew fond of it�but I�m not telling you it either!

�my passst isss not important either�becaussse you wouldn�t know whether I�m lying or telling the truth�I could tell you sssome ussseful tricks from my passst�like how to cut out an Orc�sss eye with jussst one ssswing�sssap and it�sss done! Or how to ssstick a Dark Elf maiden on a pole and let her die in front of her husssband on a wedding night. Oh� I forgot to mention� husssband wasss without hisss legsss�ssso you ssseee, he had to watch her�and if he by chance tried to clossse hisss eyesss� well�then I could ssshow him that little trick�one ssswing � eye out! He he he� you ssshould try it�

�why are you making a face? It wasss you who asssked me who I am? I didn�t force you to talk to me but you were an insssisssting one� guesss you wanted some company, eh? In thessse cold and long nightsss�don�t be shy, I don�t mind sssome company either, it�sss been a loooong time sssince I talked to sssomebody�

WHAT? HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT ME?

He he he�don�t fear, my child, don�t fear�I�m jussst joking�jussst joking�joking isss gooood, didn�t you know that? They sssay that if you sssmile and joke a lot, you live longer� he he he� ssso go on and asssk me once again�I won�t devour you�at leassst not yet�sss�

Ssskyrim? You asssked me why have I come to Ssskyrim? Well, I haven�t. He he he. At leassst not by my own will�I�ll tell you and only you�it happened�sssome time ago�it wasss in Lassst Ssseed�that I wasss hunting in The Jerrallsss�I wasssn�t hunting deer�nor wolvesss�nor bearsss�I wasss hunting�a Bosssmer. You know�sssmalll and ugly tree-huggersss�he he he�don�t asssk why I wasss hunting her! I wouldn�t tell you anyway becaussse the ssstory is too long�all that you should know isss that I wasss hunting her in The Jerrallsss clossse to the border with Ssskyrim�she wasss an agile and cunning bitch� ambushed me and pushed me in the abysss�but she made a missstake! She didn�t check whether I died! Becaussse obviousssly I didn�t! He he he�my leg wasss broken�but I managed to crawl out of that hole�right to her camp! I could ssstab her in her sssleep� or cut her eye out�oh I could do many other thingiesss with her too�but no! She didn�t dessserve to die ssso easssily�oh no�he he he�

Sssooo I crawled out of the camp�hid in a sssnowy bush�took my preciousss bow�readied an arrow�a poisssoned one of courssse�and I waited�

�waited�

�waited�

�waited�

�until the dawn! She woke up, her eyesss revealing to me that she felt victoriousss�pathetic tree-hugger�I waited for her to ssstand up�then I fired�an arrow to the knee! She ssstaggered�what a joy it wasss to watch her�but before she could react, I pulled out another arrow�and fired�the other knee�she fell, trying to reach her elven dagger�ssszip! I hit a dagger with my arrow, flinging it far away�she wasss helplesss�couldn�t move�she wasss looking at my direction yet she didn�t sssee me �I sheathed my bow�pulled out my dagger�trusssty dagger, ssstill in blood�I began walking to her�ssslowly�not that I could move any fassster with my limp leg�she sssaw me� and I could sssee fear in her eyesss�oh, yesss, my child, she wasss afraid�very afraid�he he he�she sssaid nothing asss I came to her�she wasss just looking at me with thossse black eyesss�at leassst she didn�t beg for mercy�I hate when they do that! Oh how much I hate that! I ssstroke her hair�gently�and she�HE HE HE� she ssspat on my hand�ssspat on my hand! He he he�that wasss the sssign�the sssign of her powerlesssnesss�of her dessspair! It made me feel with joy�bloody joy! I grabbed her beard and lifted it up�then I looked right into her eyesss�she wasss looking back, not even blinking�that happened rarely�then� you know what happened then, right�One ssswing � eye out! A ha ha ha ha ha ha�.. and again� One ssswing � eye out! Sss� he he he he he�And she wasss sssilent no more! Oh she wasss sssilent no more�she wasss doubling up with pain! And with dessspair! Dessspair! Dessspair becaussse she wasss blind�

�but then, my child�then it happened�sssuddenly I heard loud voicesss behind me�turned around and sssaw them�sssoldiersss! Imperial sssoldiersss�coming at me! I couldn�t run with my limp leg�I couldn�t reach for my bow�and even if I could defend with my dagger, it wouldn�t lassst long�he he he�I�m not sssuicidal, I know when it�sss time to sssurrender�they were pointing at me with their bowsss�ssswordsss�they felt powerful becaussse I wasss alone�they sssaw what I did to the tree-hugger�they didn�t want to take any chancesss�there were many yet I sssaw fear in their eyesss. Can you imagine that? They were afraid of one limp and hungry Argonian with nothing but a bloody dagger in hisss handsss�he he he�I made them happy�I threw the dagger on the sssnow�and you should sssee them then�they jumped on me like a Ssscalon jumpsss on itsss prey�darknesss�darknesss�all around me wasss�darknesss�

When I woke up�my handsss were tied�I wasss sssitting on a wooden carriage together with sssome pathetic Nordsss�we were all tied up�there were two carriagesss�and sssilence�sssilence like we were going to the funeral�in fact we were�but I found that out much, much later�but I�m tired now. I mussst sssleep.

I shall tell you what happened next�

�that isss�

�if you�re ssstill here�

�he he he��

I was too tired yesterday to write a short 'introduction' to my new character so I may as well do it now. Tempted by some of your great stories from Skyrim's adventures I decided to launch a new character.

He's an Argonian and I like to describe his alignment as Neutral or Chaotic Evil, those alignments should be familiar to those that've played old D&D games. Anything else of importance will be told by him.

Stories will be written as shown in the prologue - main character narrating his stories to (for the time being) an anonymous individual. Feel free to comment and say what you like or dislike.

I'm not a native English speaker so you'll have to excuse me on grammar & spelling mistakes, I'm doing the best I can.

Have a nice day and thanks to all those that've read it so far.

It's okay. Argonians are not native English speakers either :]

Dude this is so awesome! sssSorry I sound like a sssstoner by saying "dude" and "awesssome" but the wordssss jussst ssssseem to fit! ... you seem to really be 100% roleplaying this Argonian as he speakssss.

Thanks! I get quite immersed in his way of speaking, yes.
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Ssss�hh�eyesss�you have beautiful eyesss�I could pluck them out and keep them asss a sssouvenir�ssszip�ssszap!

�you�re looking at me with thossse curiousss eyesss�too ssscared to talk�too ssscared to breathe�tell me�although you�re ssscared, you�re curiousss�curiousss about what happened after they put me on the carriage�

�not much! Not much happened. I learnt a lot from the other prisssonersss�Imperialsss weren�t after me but that much I already knew�I jussst happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time�they were after Ulfric�yesss that Ulfric! I learnt there wasss a civil war going on�and I learnt that bearsss like to talk about their home villagesss before death��A bearss�s lassst thoughtsss should be of home� he sssaid�hhh...we arrived to Helgen...which isss today in no better shape asss it wasss when I left it�I wasss quessstioned by another bear and asss I later found out, hisss name wasss Hadvar�he asssked for my name. Nobody asssksss for my name! Nobody! Only I alone decide who shall know my name! That isss � my nickname. Remember that! I will make an exception in your cassse. Becaussse you have beautiful eyesss. I will reveal you how they call me...and what I told him on that day long ago. I sssaid:



I guesss my name doesssn�t sssurprisse you, doesss it? One look at my face is enough� ssss�

Many thingsss happened then�many, many thingsss�sssuffice to sssay, I made it out of Helgen alive�obviousssly�but I have sssome nice memoriesss�in the whole chaosss that ensssued becaussse of the dragon, I essscaped together with that bear Hadvar�we had quite an adventure in Helgen�I essscaped with him for one reassson only�to keep my word�to kill him. I wasss sssilent all the time�I wasss jussst ssstaring at him�and I could sssee the dissscomfort in hisss eyesss�he wanted to reassson with sssome Ssstormcloaksss�but I wasss in no mood for debating�before Hadvar could open hisss hairy mouth, I wasss already plunging my dagger through their Nordic ssskin and flesh�feeling blood on my ssskin made me feel ecssstatic! Ecssstatic!

I couldn�t walk fassst with my broken leg and imagine�Hadvar wasss alwaysss patiently waiting for me�he he he�it happened that we met an old torturer and hisss apprentice deep underground�hisss apprentice joined usss and him and Hadvar went ahead�and left me alone with the old torturer�it wasss time to punish the Imperialsss�to show them that no one�NO ONE�arressstsss Red Archer and livesss to tell about it�I wasss holding him for hisss wrinkled neck asss I ssstabbed him! And again! And again! Blood wasss sssquirting from hisss veinsss, dancing in the air and decorating the wallsss� he he he�I had the sssame plansss for hisss apprentice but sssome Ssstormcloaksss took the delight from me�ah a pity�

�deep underground I had many plansss what will I do to Hadvar�I decided not to pluck hisss eyesss out! No! It wasss time to change� the ssstyle! I could ssscalp him�carve my initialsss into hisss chessst�many, many plansss�ssso you may be sssurprissed�when I tell you� that I let him live once we got out�you wonder why?

I don�t know�he he he�I don�t know. Really. I sssometimesss change my mind�and ssso it wasss with Hadvar. Perhapsss I wanted him to remember me�to remember my eyesss�my sssilence�perhapsss I decided it wasss better not to attack him�with my broken leg�I know my chancesss and I�m not one of thossse foolsss that will insssissst in a fight if it goesss awry�duel with Hadvar could go awry�oh it could! But I made him a promissse and thisss wasss the sssecond time that he had heard my voice�I will tell you what I told him on that day long ago:



Have we ever met again? I won�t tell you�not yet!

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�hhh�I headed wessst, towardsss the unknown�I didn�t think much�I couldn�t�my broken leg a conssstant reminder of that Bosssmer bitch�I found a shack�burnt one�burnt down by a dragon asss I read in sssome note�I wasss not alone there�which wasss good sssince I wasss longing for sssome company�there wasss one lovely charred couple outssside�isss there a better company than sssome charred remainsss? I don�t think ssso�but I guesss you don�t agree with me�you know what�sss better than the charred remainsss, don�t you? I know what you�re thinking about�Red Archer of courssse! Hisss company isss better!

He he he...

I needed to ressst� �there wasss a waterfall clossse�which wasss good�sssince I feel better when there�sss water around. BUT I COULDN�T RESSST! Becaussse of the pain! The pain! I can bear pain well but that one�that one wasss different�I could hear Bosssmer bitch sssmiling in the clear sssky above�sssmiling becaussse of my pain!

�sss�

�sss�

�sss�

But being alone�with the charred couple�gave me sssome time to think�perhapsss�perhapsss arrival to Ssskyrim wasssn�t ssso bad�perhapsss it wasss time to cut the bondsss with my passst asss I did ssso many timesss before�new land�new life�fresh blood�fresh flesh! The war wasss going on! The war! One such as myssself can only benefit from the war�

�ghhh�sss�

I wasss ambushed sssome time later�by a bear hunting a deer! Romantic! I killed him with an axe�woodcutter�sss axe�I doubted he wasss alone but I couldn�t look around becaussse of the pain�I decided�to leave in the night�travel under cloak of ssshadowsss�ssso I did but the pain wasss getting intenssse�I barely crawled down the ssslippery rocksss�only to find two more bearsss�they were obviousssly looking for their blonde friend�firssst one attacked me from behind and ssset me on fire�while sssecond one was ssstanding lower down�hoping that I would fall to her embrace�I ssstabed the firssst one with my sssteel dagger�and sssent an arrow of death to the other one's skull�but you know what?

The battle�the battle exhausted me�the pain wasss getting more and more unbearable�I thought I would lossse my mind�arrrghhh when I remember thessse daysss, I can ssstil fear the racking pain�I had no choice but to ssstay in the camp�I wasssn�t alone�again I wasssn�t alone�there wasss an Ash Lady�actually it wasss her corpssse�obviousssly bearsss had a little fun with her�a shame she wasss dead�I wouldn�t mind sssome fun either�he he he�ssso I had to ssstay in the camp�but I knew one thing! One thing! I needed to sssee a healer�and sssoon�sssoon�it wasss another ressstlesss night�

�another�

�ressstlesss�

�night�

�what are you looking at? Hhh�.you�re looking at my black leg�yesss, it�sss in a good shape today�thanksss to a healer whom I met later�but I shall tell you about that sssome other time�I need to ssstrecth a little�thisss sssitting isss killing me�will you join me or will you sssit here and look like an idiot?

OoOOooh, I quite like thissss...

It isss truly excsssellent ssstuff....

*Cough*...Sorry matey... ...

Again, made more wonderful by the fact that it's another language for you...*Applauds*...

Looking forward to more...

Nice one!!...

*Applauds heartily*...

OMG, your prologue had me in hysterics! Def coming back to read the rest, I LOVE this!