They pushed Niran into a small cell and closed the door.

He sat against the wall with his hands behind his head.

Celia slept heavily for awhile now, until her nose started feeling ticklish. Then, she breathed in some sort of dust and sneezed.

Now awake, she stretched herself and stood up--

And saw, right in front of her, Konrad and Sel.

"Oh!" She jumped a foot from the floor, startled. Then, she said sternly, "Warn a girl, why don't you?"

"there was no time for warnings - they caught me, thanks to Niran."

"We're going to Fort Moonmoth to rescue Niran from the gallows and Anthanes from prison...coming?" Sel asked.

Anthanes' longsword was confiscated by the Imperials, but they didn't bother to remove his armor, confident that he wouldn't need it.

Anthanes and his escort of guards set out from Fort Moonmoth. They hadn't made it that far away from the fort before Anthanes pointed at the sky with a grave look on his face.

"Look, a pack of cliffracers. I don't like the look of this."

"Huh?" , the guards replied, both of them at the same time.

As the guards looked up, Anthanes rammed his steel-clad elbow into the face of the guard left of him which was not protected well by the open Imperial helm. The guard staggered back, groaning in pain.

"I don't see any cliffrac---HEY! What're you doing?" , the other guard exclaimed as he turned around. Anthanes muttered an incantation and a minor daedric spirit, taking the form of a razor-sharp longsword, appeared in his hand. The guard unsheathed his broadsword, made of Cyrodiilic steel, and sent a rather clumsy blow against the battlemage.

Anthanes gripped his bound longsword in both hands and landed a blow on his opponent's weapon, shattering it into pieces. Before the Legionary could react, Anthanes raised the sword over his head and brought the blade down in a sweeping arc, severing the Imperial's head. The Daedric sword-spirit flickered and dissappeared.

The remaining guard started regaining control over himself and blinked as he saw his beheaded fellow soldier. He reached for his sword, and saw it in the hands of the Battlemage, who rammed it into the soldier's belly. The Legionary gurgled and fell down onto the ground.

Anthanes looked at the two corpses, and smirked.

Send better men next time.

He began to walk back to Balmora, avoiding the main road.

OOC: This post might get edited

Celia stood dumbfounded. "Gallows? Prison? Wha-what did you guys do this time!" She rolled her eyes and sighed an exasperated, unusual of her, but she was not in the most of sympathic of moods and Niran has pushed her to the limits. "Niran, Niran, Niran."

She held out her hand to Sel, a small smile on her face. "Lead the way then, silly Dunmer!"

"Let's go then." Sel said.

He seemed to just now notice that Konrad was covered in flour.

"Come on, Konrad." he said, laughing.

He lead the way out the door and towards Fort Moonmoth, the sun was rising - morning would come soon.

OOC: no you don't lonewolfie

Anthanes sat on a ridge, overlooking Fort Moonmoth. [OOC: Moonmoth's built in a mountainous area] He had to get Niran out of there somehow...But how? I'll have to find the others...Can dispatch of the cretins hounding them too, no doubt...

He cast a levitation spell and began travelling to Balmora. Until he saw some familiar shapes in the distance, that was.

After several hours of travelling, Jonacin reached the Dwemer ruins. He walked up to the heavy doors and made sure he had all his gear ready. He had bought two enchanted amulets specifically for the trip, namely Mark and Recall amulets. Using the Mark amulet, he set the marker just outside the door. Then he pushed them open and walked inside

(OOC: I'm in a different place so it won't matter.)

The guard opened the cell door, startling Niran.

"Stand up," he said "Eat this now." he threw some bread an Niran. Niran instead of eating it threw it back.

"Fine then," the guard said, he tied Niran's hand "Go," the guard said, and followed after Niran with his sword at the ready should the fool try anything on the short walk to the gallows.

Niran gazed hopelessly at the beautiful sunrise.

Mage

Arcyakt sat at the end of a long table, in the entryway, facing the door.

"Ah, Jonacin." the mage greeted. "I thought you would join me with some...company." he said cordially.

"Come, join me at the table. Have some wine. It's quite good - from Sommerset Isle as a matter of fact."

"I'm not interested in your........hospitality" Jonacin growled. "Where's Serene?"

[quote=LoneWolf]"I'm not interested in your........hospitality" Jonacin growled. "Where's Serene?"[/quote]

Mage

"You will have to endure my hospitality, if you want Serene back." Arcyakt said forcefully. "Now sit."

[quote=Dantrag]
Mage

"You will have to endure my hospitality, if you want Serene back." Arcyakt said forcefully. "Now sit."[/quote]
Seeing no other way to get Serene back, Jonacin grabbed the seat furthest from the mage, reversed it and sat astride it, leaning his arms on the backrest

[quote=LoneWolf]Seeing no other way to get Serene back, Jonacin grabbed the seat furthest from the mage, reversed it and sat astride it, leaning his arms on the backrest[/quote]

Mage

"See?" Arcyakt began. "Is it so hard to be agreeable?"

His face went solemn. "Now on to business - I want Serene here, mainly because Azura has chosen your lover as her personal vessel. But I am willing to part with this fine specimen if you do me a favor. And before you say a word, think on this - you can never enter the place where she is held, unless you are me, or I allow you to."

He leaned forward and put his arms on the table. "You will trade her for a newcomer to your little group. His name is Megil - I do not belive you have met, so it should not be too hard on your conscience."

[quote=Dantrag]
Mage

"See?" Arcyakt began. "Is it so hard to be agreeable?"

His face went solemn. "Now on to business - I want Serene here, mainly because Azura has chosen your lover as her personal vessel. But I am willing to part with this fine specimen if you do me a favor. And before you say a word, think on this - you can never enter the place where she is held, unless you are me, or I allow you to."

He leaned forward and put his arms on the table. "You will trade her for a newcomer to your little group. His name is Megil - I do not belive you have met, so it should not be too hard on your conscience."[/quote]
"and what's stopping me from killing you and freeing Serene without betraying my principles?

Fenris sat in the Eight Plates, slumped over on the table, ten or so empty bottle of Sujamma on the table. In his drunken sleep he mumbled.

"Stand still," the guard said as he motioned for another to remove the body of an Imperial man from the ropes and drag it away.

"Now walk!" the guard said.

It was Niran's turn now.

Mage

Arcyakt sighed. "Jonacin, Jonacin. I just went over this. You could never reach her, even if you knew where she was."

He stared into Jonacin's eyes. "Do we have a deal or not?"

[quote=Dantrag]Mage

Arcyakt sighed. "Jonacin, Jonacin. I just went over this. You could never reach her, even if you knew where she was."

He stared into Jonacin's eyes. "Do we have a deal or not?"[/quote]
And i'm supposed to just believe that if i agree to do this you'll release her?"

Mage

"I am not that stupid, Jonacin." Arcyakt began angrily. "I wil wait until I have Megil in my hands before you will get Serene back. Now answer the question before the chance is gone - along with your other arm." Arcyakt said in an angry threatening tone.

Niran stepped up to the rope, and looked around.

Damn it

[quote=Dantrag]Mage

"I am not that stupid, Jonacin." Arcyakt began angrily. "I wil wait until I have Megil in my hands before you will get Serene back. Now answer the question before the chance is gone - along with your other arm." Arcyakt said in an angry threatening tone.[/quote]
"Threatening me is not a good way to get me to co-operate"

Mage

"Quit stalling the inevitable." Arcyakt said, now composed. "Don't let me get to one."

"Five....four.....three...."

Anthanes motioned to follow him as he levitated over the mountains towards fort Moonmoth. Just in time it would seem.

Okay, time to act...

Anthanes shot a lightning bolt towards the executioner, at the same time sweeping down with a daedric sword-spirit in hand. He landed gracefully on the courtyard and glared mockingly at the gathered Legionaries.

[quote=gamer10]Niran stepped up to the rope, and looked around.

Damn it[/quote]

Sel watched as Niran walked up onto the gallows.

"Damn!" he whispered to himself.

He pushed his way through the crowd, his sword in hand. He jumped up onto the platform, keeping the recently shocked executioner occupied, glad for the help of the battlemage.

"Run, Niran!"

OOC: thought you wanted to get out of it yourself...

OOC: Nevermind, he can be rescued.

[OOC: Could've said that earlier.]

[quote=Dantrag]Mage

"Quit stalling the inevitable." Arcyakt said, now composed. "Don't let me get to one."

"Five....four.....three...."[/quote]
"Damn you!" Jonacin shouted.
"You love this don't you? Watching me betray my principles for the woman i love! I swear by Onsi and Leki, I will have your head!"
Hanging his head in shame, Jonacin whispered "Teleport me to the others and i'll get you your man"

Mage

"Yes, I do enjoy it." he admitted with a smile just before teleporting Jonacin away. "Very much."

[quote=Dantrag]Mage

"Yes, I do enjoy it." he admitted with a smile just before teleporting Jonacin away. "Very much."[/quote]

OOC: And Jonacin is back, and he is both pissed off and upset

Megil ahd just sat down after a several hour walk to Ald'Ruhn. Arco apart from being dead less than a day ago, seemed to have the stamina of a young hare. You could just barely make out the mountains of Ald'Ruhn in th distance. Megil was just starting a fire for breakfast when he heard rustling in the trees a few meters behind him. Arco and Shadow were dosing a few feet from megil.

Jonacin walked out of a stand of trees. He saw a young man, and assumed this was the one the mage wanted. He grabbed him by the arm, and activated his recall amulet.

Niran reached down with his tied hands and grabbed his sisters dagger, using it to cut the binding on his hands. He then put it back and unsheathed his sword.

"Hey, let me go" he screamed at his assailant. Looking around he realized he wasn't in the woods anymore

"where are we? Who are you?" he demanded. He tried casting a spell, but foun himself unable to tap into his magicka. He knew then that this was far worse than a ruffian. It had to be Arcyatk.

"What do you want with me you mage"

OOC: no idea lonewolf had marked outside so...

OOC: are you inside, or just outside the door?

A few Legionaries ran up to Anthanes and began attacking him.
Anthanes dodged the blows with surprising agility for someone in heavy armor and twirled around, performing a complex whirlwind attack.

The Imperials fell, either dead or very close to it, and the Daedric sword-spirit flickered and dissappeared. Anthanes picked up two of the swords from the fallen soldiers, getting into a combat stance as he sneered at the remaining legionaries. Noticing Niran was free he grinned.

"Anyone else of you Imperial dogs want some?!"

OOC: Just outside the door

IC: "Shut up boy. I'll hate having to do this, but right now i have need of you". As he said this, he pushed the doors open with his shoulder

In Sel's opinion, his work was done - Niran was freed.

He jumped back into the crowd, sheathing his sword.

He found Celia and Konrad. "Let's go back now." he suggested. "Before this gets ugly."

Mage

"That was fast." Arcyakt remarked cheerfully. "Bring him here." he ordered Jonacin.

Niran fought several of the guards, till he grew tired. Then he took off after Sel, now he was wanted for two more murders.

Anthanes ran after them, throwing a few of his 'grenades' into the soldiers to prevent them from following him.

Megil kicked and flailed but to no avail. Whomever this guy was had an extraordinarily strong grip on him. He raised his head to the voice coming from the other side of the room and he saw a man standing there. Immediatly Megil's gut was filled with dread and he stopped flailing.

"you...yo..you're arcyatk" he said barely above a whisper.

[quote=Dantrag]Mage

"That was fast." Arcyakt remarked cheerfully. "Bring him here." he ordered Jonacin.[/quote]
"First bring Serene out"

Mage

"Jonacin, do not try to play games with me." he said as he forced Megil to him with a telekinesis spell.

"Here is your love." he said, snapping his fingers. Serene appeared in front of Jonacin, crumpled up on the ground. "Though I don't know how much she will love you once she learns of what you have done."

Megil tried to resist the spell, but only felt his energy drained, sweat collected on his forehead as he tried to push against the will of this mage. After much straining he managed to turn his head enough to see the man at the door. He wasn't alone anymore, there was a beautiful woman on her knees next too him.... The spell was to strong and his head snapped back looking at the mage. He had an evil smirk on his face. Megil couldn't take it much more, he tried to keep his vision from growing blurry.

Too powerful

"I can live with that, as long as she is free. And i will get him out of your grip". With that, Jonacin picked up Serene, turned and left. He walked back to the Urshilaku camp, and left Serene with the Ashlanders. Then he went to a secluded spot on the shore and broke down in tears, thinking about what he had just done

OOC: Whoops, sorry Megil

Mage

"Empty threats and promises." Arcyakt said to Jonacin's back. "that's all that honor is, once you really look at it."

he turned to Megil, releasing his hold over the dunmer. "So, Slave of Azura, Who will save you now? There is no ocean for the goddess to save you from here." he said with a wicked smile.

"Now eat. I want a nice chat." he said as cheerfully as he could. "I am warning you, however, do not try to do anything hostile, or I will not hesitate to worsen your living conditions."

[quote=Dantrag]after megil....and lonewolf if he has to edit.

you're a pro at skipping megil, lonewolf...lol. :lmao:[/quote]
OOC: I always forget the posting thing, i just go ahead and start typing
So shut up and post yours already

Megil fell to the floor and hit it with a thud, a loud ring echoing through his head. He managed to pull himself up onto a chair, where he found food and drinkin front of him. He wasn't hungry, but he ate anyways figuring if he didn't eat know it may be days before he would eat again. He body hurt to much for him to try an offensive. He glanced up at the mage, who was sitting at the end of the table, two or three seats away. After swallowing some food he spoke,

"What do you want with me?"

OOC: I'm not actually posting......