The Ebony Renegades (Skyrim)

chapter fourteen

( Third-person pov)

Tully had remained invisible and stayed hidden from sight wincing as the sun made his vampire blood boil he watched the thalmar enforcers come through before freezing noticing the bodies of their comrades and the look on their faces when they saw the Talos amulets around their necks was absolutely hilarious. He stayed behind them invisibly knowing that the group already had them in their sights ready to ambush and the second they found the wagon and opened the cage they started screaming insults and degradations towards the thalmar justicer calling him a disgrace to the Glorious name of the thalmor and in the name of the aldmeri dominion. The group of renegades lets the berating continue for a while before soon getting bored at the lack of action. Deciding that they could use some more loot to sell, they sprung the attack marking their targets and picking them off one by one. Tully pulled the bloodskal blade off of his back and Twisted it in a spinning slashing maneuver making the bloodskal blade let out a Shockwave of energy cleaving three thalmar agents in half as he quickly turned into his vampire lord form. Upon entering his vampire lord form he wasted no time using his wings as spears as he had done down in Blackreach and pierced through two more thalmar soldiers as a thalmar wizard attempted to strike Tully with his lightning magic he was immediately stopped in his tracks when a silver claymore cleaved him clean down the middle splitting him in two like a banana split. "Watch yourself Tully, I can't watch you all the time." Suvvan said in an authoritarian tone it appears his personality had switched to his more orderly self in contrast to his more crazed self. Tully in turn, gave his nord comrade a nod before sinking his teeth into the neck of a thalmar soldier draining the blood from the high elf's body before throwing the drained body on the ground constantly casting drain life and sucking the lifeblood out of his enemies that went close to him while Asadelf and Ebon-shi were fighting back to back with  Asadelf impaling a thalmar soldier with Goldbrand and quickly ducking as Ebon-shi spun around and decapitated the high elf supremacist before brutally kicking it into a group of oncoming wizards which Asadelf sheathed the golden katana on her hip and dual-wielded The staff of hasedoki

and the arm of the sun,

The staff of hasedoki sent the thalmor flying than the arm of the sun which blasted them with a blazing explosion that incinerated most of them all into the air as Gila, Severin, and Shadow-step picked them off with their arrows and bolts. The rest of the group continued picking them off one by one until ultimately there was a big pile of dead thalmar bodies. They of course left the one in the cage alive just to spite him more. Quickly looting the bodies stripping them of their valuables and then hanging them up around Helgen as a decoration to further spite the thalmar. due to running out of room, they started putting heads on pikes as the group reassembled Asadelf decided it would be cruel to leave the one in the cage without food so she carved a piece of flesh from one of the thalmar soldiers and tossed it in the cage with him so at least he had something to eat and to further humiliate him the group laughed and high five as they started making their way towards Falkreath hold. Climbing up onto their horses they started heading southwest towards the massive pine forests of Falkreath Gila took the lead due to her being raised in these parts and she knew the pine forests of Falkreath like the back of her hand. On their way down the road, they passed a house that was by the lake which Gila said was hers. Deciding to make a pit stop to drop some of her valuables off at her house she led them up the stone path and hopped off of her horse. Upon climbing off of her horse the front door opened revealing a nord woman with red hair wearing ancient nordic armor as well as war paint of three stripes going from the top right side of her head down towards the lower left. " Hello Aela, I'm just here to drop some stuff off have you been Shield sister?" Gila asked as she pulled the nord woman into a tight hug which the huntress immediately returned. "Everything is fine harbinger, the house is exactly as you left it aside from being recently cleaned as I had finished doing the sweeping this morning." The nord woman said as she walked in after letting the group know that they could come in or stay out there if they wanted,  Gila went up the stairs towards her bedroom she started putting the valuables away after a few minutes she exited the house with the red-headed nord behind her. "All right guys let's get going, we want to get to Falkreath so we can deal with that bandit job." Gila said as she was about to climb back onto her horse as a small goat trotted over and started lightly head-butting her leg as she crouched down a pet the goat. " Hello Hilda, you are looking very well today I heard from Aela that you had kids, congratulations you'll be a fine mother." The goat then turned and gave a small bleat before trotting over to the stables and laying down next to a bunch of baby goats who immediately started nursing. Gila smiled softly as she climbed up onto her horse waving to the nord huntress they started heading down towards the city of Falkreath to talk to the jarl to get further information upon entering Falkreath they set their horses on the outside as one of the Falkreath hold guards walked over to greet Gila as she grew up in Falkreath and a lot of the guards knew her and her family. " Gila, welcome home, it's great to see you again, look at how much you've grown. You have your father's eyes and your mother's beauty, and hunting prowess." One of the guards said as Gila hopped off her horse as the guard pulled her into a hug. "It's been a long time uncle, how are things here in Falkreath?" Gila asked as the group got off of their horses and waited. "Well there was a bandit raid a few days ago, they stormed Falkreath overwhelmed all of the guards, and stole the crown right off of our jarl's head. Not to mention the blacksmith's tools and materials, so now we can't get armor weapons or any other equipment we need to be made or repaired. They robbed our local alchemist's stock to so now we don't have any cures for poisons or anything like that. They also stole all of our livestock so now we are on a tight budget for food and anytime we are about to get a shipment they kill the couriers and take everything." The lead guard said as Gila nodded "Well you guys are in luck because me and my friends here are here to take that job and we will get all your stuff back and teach those bandits what happens when you mess with the beautiful land of Falkreath." Gila said giving her adopted uncle a grin as the man nodded and led them over to the jarl's log house. Upon entering they could see the young jarl on the throne his crown was gone and he was yelling at what appeared to be his steward about no one taking the job and perhaps he should be replaced with a goat.
"Well my jarl, today is your lucky day cuz it just so happens we are here to deal with the bandit problem." The young jarl immediately ceased his yelling at his steward and noticed Gila his eyes widening as he personally got up off of the throne walked over the Gila and pulled her into another hug. To the group it was very clear that Gila was very well respected here all throughout  Falkreath " It's been a long time my cousin, at last, some take-charge people are here." The jarl growled in irritation. " Now Sidd, there's no need to say such things, your guards were completely overwhelmed by sheer numbers. A one on one fight is one thing, but a ten to one is too much to ask of anybody." Gila reasoned with her beloved cousin calling him by her nickname for him. Her cousin may have had a bit of an entitled attitude but he was not unreasonable. " I suppose you're right, I'm sorry I'm just pissed at myself for allowing myself to be overcome like that." He said looking at Gila who gave her little cousin a gentle pat on the back. " It's no problem, just remember, there's a reason why we fall, and that is so we can learn to pick ourselves back up." Gila said quoting her mother as the jarl nodded. "Oh and if I could ask you for a small favor a personal favor for me, there's a pack of trolls that live in a cave just nearby would you mind taking care of them please on your way back?"  Gila growled lowly and cracked her knuckles. "Consider those three-eyed overgrown primates extinct." Gila growled at the very mention of the three-eyed freaks of nature. Giving her cousin a final hug she led the group out towards the gate of Falkreath following the beautiful forested path towards the west the group stayed on high alert as any moment with all the tall grass and bushes there could be an ambush waiting at any time. Passing a black pond over the cliff Severin stared at it for a moment before continuing to follow the group southwest they came upon a fortified tower that the natives of falkreaths called cracked tusk keep. " Oh yes I remember this place, this is where I had to get the shards of Mehrunes dagon's razor." Severin said as he lightly patted the artifact of Dagon on his hip. "All right, there's two watchtowers one in the front one on the back on the left I can hit the one in front with my bow but Severin can creep around the left side and take out the bandit on the watchtower on the left there's plenty of trees and rocks for cover." Gila reported as Severin suddenly cut her off noticing that these were not bandits but rather agents of the penitus oculitus. " Change of plans, you guys stay back these fuckers are all mine." He said looking back to them as they nodded as Severin army crawled towards the left side of the stronghold and climbed up the wall not using the crossbow yet as he grabbed one of the agents covering his mouth and slashing the agent across the throat silently before throwing him over the edge and quickly hiding and stealthy camouflaging himself into his surroundings like a chameleon, quickly covering the other agents mouth and driving the blade of woe through his third end fourth rib straight Into the heart killing him silently carefully letting him down before moving to his next target pulling off his crossbow and taking out the agent on the other watchtower the crossbow bolt going clean between the eyes as the remaining two agents ran over to the ruckus he snuck up behind them before jumping driving both daggers down into the back of their spines killing them instantly they never even had the chance to see where it came from. Just another testament to Severin's place as one of the most dangerous agents the Dark Brotherhood has ever seen in centuries. Severin opened the gate into the keep to let the rest of the group enter who were waiting outside "Sorry for that, you know that dark puddle we passed on our way here?" Severin asked as Ebon-shi nodded as he noticed him intensly staring at the pond. " Well, that is where the Dark Brotherhood used to be before the penitus oculatus destroyed it and killed ninty percent of the faction myself and two others were the only two that survived." Severin said as Shadow-step walked up and put a comforting hand on his shoulder and nodding in understanding due to going through grief himself. " On our way back to Falkreath to collect the reward, would it be okay if we made a pit stop so I can look around the old base?" Severin asked as the group unanimously agreed. The argonian assassin nodded giving a grateful smile before turning and approaching the front door of the stronghold pulling both daggers off of his hips. " Time to take out the trash" Severin growls as the blade of woe and Mehrune's razor seemed to reflect the dark brotherhood assassin's bloodthirsty hatred for the imperial elites.