Vilkas sat in a crosslegged squat against the wall, a book in his lap. Did this man never sleep? “You’re still here.” He looked up hesitantly, then nodded at the platter placed on the finely chiselled sidetable beside my bed. I couldn’t help it, but the apple and the strip of dried venison looked as…
Three pairs of siblings, two of them twins, all of them related by blood. Moorside Inn was a turmoil of laughter and chatter and greetings when I entered, the bunch of people clumping up at the bar not even noticing that the door opened. Less than an hour ago we had entered Morthal in stonen…
Warning: Sexual Content. NSFW, not appropriate for children. “Hey. Stop brooding.” A gentle nudge woke me from my relaxed musings. “I’m not brooding.” I showed him a lazy smile and nodded to the girls rampaging around between the dragon bones. “I’m happy for you, Farkas. That you’ve come so far. They suit you. And they…
It was the day the bard came that I realised that the endless frost would make way for spring and that life would return. Something was different that morning. Snowback’s familiar weight on my feet was missing when I woke up, and the sun shone under my ledge, causing bright flecks to dance behind my…
Every stranger entering the Moorside Inn next morning would have just seen an utterly ordinary family having the first meal of the day together. Parents chatting about everyday problems like parents do it everywhere and have done it forever, the children wriggling about in their chairs, eager to finish and get out into the autumn…
Even when I opened my eyes everything stayed black, and I couldn’t breathe. It took a moment of blinding panic to realise that I lay flat and face down in the icy mud. To turn around was a foolish idea though, the pressure on shoulder and ribs sending a jolt of pain seething like fire…
Springinkerl 