Just a Skyrim fanfic: Extended cut

Elder knowledge

Leonidas: Do you know where I can find this elder scroll?

Paarthurnax: No. I know little of what has passed below in the long years I have lived here. You are likely much better informed

Leonidas: Hmm... Maybe Arngeir or Esbern might have some idea

Paarthurnax: Trust your instincts, dovahkiin. Your blood will show you the way

(Leonidas makes his way back down the path to High Hrothgar)

Arngeir: So... You spoke to Paarthurnax. The dragon blood burns bright within you. Did he tell you what you wanted to know? The dragonrend shout?

Leonidas: No. But he told me how to find it

Arngeir: So be it. If he believes it is necessary for you to learn this, then we will bow to his wisdom

Leonidas: I need the elder scroll used by the ancient nords. Do you know where to find it?

Arngeir: We have never concerned ourselves with the scrolls. The gods themselves would rightly fear to tamper with such things. As for where to find it, such blasphemies would always have been the stock in trade of the mages of Winterhold. They may be able to tell you something about the elder scroll you seek

(Leonidas makes a long journey to Winterhold)

(As he approaches the college of Winterhold, he gets stopped by a mage)

Faralda: Cross the bridge at your own peril! The way is dangerous, and the gate will not open. You shall not gain entry!

Leonidas: Is this the college of Winterhold?

Faralda: Oh, forgive me. Most who arrive here do so because they've been here beforehand. This is the college of Winterhold. A safe haven for mages in Skyrim. A place of wisdom and arcane knowledge

Leonidas: Then may I enter?

Faralda: Perhaps. But what is it you expect to find within?

Leonidas: I seek knowledge

Faralda: What kind of knowledge?

Leonidas: The knowledge of the elder scrolls

Faralda: I see. It is true that there are some here who have spent years studying the accumulated knowledge of the scrolls. But what you seek does not come easily. And it can destroy those without a strong will. It would seem that the college has what you seek. The question now is, what can you offer the college? You see, not just anyone is allowed inside. Those wishing to enter must show some degree of skill with magic

Leonidas: Would you grant entry to the dragonborn?

Faralda: Dragonborn? It's been so long since we've had any contact with the greybeards. Do you really have the voice? I would be most impressed to see that

Leonidas: FOH KRAH DIIN!

(Leonidas uses his frost shout to freeze a rock)

Faralda: So the stories are true... You're dragonborn! Normally, you'd need to show some aptitude with one of the schools of magic, but you? I think there is much that we can learn from each other. I think you'd be a superb addition to the college. Welcome, apprentice. Once you're inside the college, you'll want to speak with Mirabelle Ervine, our master wizard

Leonidas: WULD NAH KEST!

(Leonidas whirlwind dashes across a damaged segment of the bridge. He then enters the college and goes into the library, where he finds Urag)