The Ebony Renegades BOOK ONE

chapter sixty four

Bowen and Vladbram entered the main room after watching the group they were coming back with calming down after the whole headache regarding the courier. As they were led into the main dining hall to meet the other members of the group approached to greet the two new arrivals Asadelf immediately walked to Ebon-shi bringing his arm over her neck and putting her arm around his waist and walking him over so he could sit as it was obvious that the pain medication had worn off by how he was walking. "It's nice to meet you, feel free to mingle with everyone and introduce yourself at your own pace." Asadelf said with a gentle smile that was much unlike the other Bowen and Vladbram that the two have met and they could instantly tell she was different from the Thalmor by how she carefully tended to the ebony armored dunmer. "You idiot you overexerted yourself didn't you?" She said in a scoldingly manner but they could hear the concern in her voice as she carefully took off his helmet sitting down on the table and then looking him in the eye. Shadow-step walked over pulling his nightingale hood down and looked at them. "Hello, I'm Shadow-step I'm the groups thief and locksmith, I'm the champion of Nocturnal it's nice to meet you." The khajiit nightingale spoke with a toothy smile as he shook the hand of the vigilant and vampire hunter. " It's good to meet you sir Nightingale, I have heard stories of the legendary order of thieves it is a pleasure to be in your presence." Bowen said giving a respectful bow which Shadow-step laughs and put his hand on Bowen's shoulder. "Oh please there's no need to be so formal, we are all friends here so please no need to be all humble." Shadow-step said with a friendly smile as Severin looked up from sharpening his kamas on a circular sharpening stone while he was sitting up on one of the shelves. "I'm Severin, on the listener of the dark brotherhood and the champion of Mehrunes dagon it's good to meet you." Severin said not looking up from sharpening his weapons. "It's good to meet you too." Bowen replied with a smile before the civilized conversation was interrupted by a loud burst of laughter. "HAHAHA YOU TOTALLY ROASTED THAT MAIDEN BITCH LIKE MELTED CHEESE, I WONDER WHAT KIND OF CHEESE SHE WOULD TURN INTO HAHAHA!!!" Suvvan burst out laughing before falling out of his chair. "Is that guy drunk or something?" Vladbram asked crossing his arms looking at the manic nord in the madness armor as Yamma spoke from behind him. "No unfortunately Suvvan is always like this, but don't let his crazy manic demeanor fool you, in a fight he is by far one of the most reliable people to have it inside even if you do have to put up with his crazy jokes." Yamma said crossing his arms causing the two new members of the group to crane their necks up to look at the behemoth of an orc. "Greetings my name is Yamma I'm one of the two Smiths of the group and the champion of Malacath it's good to meet you gentleman." Yamma said crossing arms. "When you're done meeting everyone come see me at the blacksmith area me and Gentu will upgrade your weapons and armor if you wish, then go see Asadelf she's the high elf over there taking care of the boss both her and Lianya will enchant your weapons and armor it will make your armor and weapons much more durable." Yamma explained putting his hand on both their shoulders before walking inside. As the two stood in the doorway Asadelf walked over "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, I had to make sure Ebon-shi was okay he still recovering from a battle recently and he still recovering." Asadelf explained with a polite smile. "I trust you have met everyone?" She asked as Salazar crept past them on the ceiling before dropping down next to his sister and he started eating. "What in Oblivion is that thing?!" Vladbram yelled gripping his crossbow before going to put his hand firmly on his arm stopping him from raising it. "If he's one of this group he is our comrade regardless of his appearance I can send it in him, he has a gentle soul who only attacks when he has to." Bowen said as Vladbram nodded before putting his crossbow back on his back. "Please forgive me, I wasn't aware of your comrades condition." Vladbram said lowering his head in shame before Asadelf put her hand on his shoulder offering a warm friendly smile. "You almost be hungry, why don't you explore the base and get accommodated to your new room since Gila is going into the kitchen and cooking now dinner should be ready soon so why don't you go explore." Asadelf said with a warm smile shooing them along. After a little bit Gentu leads them into the blacksmith room where Yamma already had his blacksmith apron on along with his special gloves necklace and ring. "All right give us your weapons and armor and we will enhance them you will find them to be far more powerful when we are done with them." Gentu said with a welcoming smile as he put his dwarven helmet back on as both Vladbram and Bowen handed over their weapons and armor after stripping them off as Gentu got to work meanwhile Yamma made a set of rings and necklaces for them handing them to Bowen and Vladbram as Gentu worked on their weapons first after a few minutes of continuous work he handed their weapons back to them before working on their armor piece by piece one at a time once they were done Gentu handed their armor back to them before leading the way to the enchanting room where both Asadelf and Lianya were waiting for them as Gentu walked out as Asadelf welcomed them with a warm smile. "Greetings you here to have your weapons and items enchanted?" She asked with a warm smile. "Yeah one should be prepared at all times so would you mind?" Bowen asked as Asadelf gave a gentle smile. "All right let's get to it, Bowen you first your armor is heavy armor and I am guessing restore stamina as well?." Asadelf asked as the vigilant nodded as she got to work enchanting his chest piece with fortified heavy armor and fortify stamina regeneration. For his gauntlets she enchanted them with fortified one hand, and fortify two hand, on his boots were fortify stamina and fortify carry weight and finally his vigilant helmet was enchanted with fortify restoration. Meanwhile his ring was enchanted with resist magic and resist disease in order to protect him. Then as for his ebony mace Asadelf looked up with her finger up against her lower lip before speaking. "Correct me if I'm wrong Bowen, the vigilant banish the daedra back to the realm of Oblivion right?" She asked as Bowen spoke up. "That's correct why do you ask?" Asadelf smile as she enchanted Bowen's ebony mace with banish and fiery soul trap before handing it back to him. "Now not only will you banish the daedra you fight, you deny them going back to their masters and returning." She said with a smile as Bowen humbly accepted the mace from her bowing his head in gratitude. "Ok Vladbram your turn, same as his in your chest piece? Fortify heavy armor and stamina?" Asadelf asked as Vladbram nodded as she got to work. Enchanting the dawnguard heavy armor with fortify heavy armor and fortify stamina, enchanting the dawnguard boots with fortified carry weight and fortify stamina, enchanting the dawnguard gauntlets with fortify two hand and one hand. She couldn't enchant the helmet, however she did enchant the necklace with fortified archery and fortify restoration, and the ring with fortified block and fortify restoration. After all the enchantments were done Asadelf looked at the plain wooden crossbow that Vladbram used. "Do you only exclusively hunt vampires?"Asadelf asked as Vladbram shook his head. "Vampires, undead, a few other things but vampires are primarily my main target." Vladbram explained as Adadelf nodded before offering a suggestion for his crossbow to make it far more versatile and much more effective against a more wide range of enemies he was sure to encounter. "How about I enchant your crossbow with chaos damage? When you fire your crossbow at an enemy fire ice and or shock damage will deal critical injury upon your enemy and just because you don't like vampires very much how about I add a fiery soul trap enchantment on top of it like I did with Bowen this way The souls of your enemies will be forever in a never-ending fiery Oblivion of their own while you use their souls to recharge your weapon." Asadelf suggested as Vladbram nodded in approval as she put the powerful chaos damage on the crossbow accompanied by the fiery soul trap enchantment. As Asadelf handed the crossbow back over to Vladbram who carefully took it and put it back over his shoulder after putting his armor back on once their items were fully enchanted and at the ready Sabrina came around the corner and beckoned for the pair to follow her as she leaves them into her alchemy laboratory as she walked over to the alchemy table and got to work making plenty of cure disease potions for them moving expertly in masterfully proving once again just how masterful she is in the alchemy profession. Passing each of them with potions of cure disease ten bottles each after equipping them with proper alchemical protection as well Myra took over and led the two to their new rooms so they could decorate and set up their rooms the way they like. While the two new comers got there bedrooms suited to their preference and made themselves at home leaving their doors open just in case something happened they could rush to apply assistance at any time. To their surprise there was already a set of fresh clothes waiting on their beds for them it was apparent that this group went above and beyond in order to make them feel at home. They each in their own rooms changed out of there armor and gently put their armor and weapons on the armor stands and weapon racks and then put their new backpacks on their beds to organize their kids after changing into the provided clothes so they could all be a bit more comfortable. The clothes provided were silk black tunics with an attachment on the side of the belt so they could carry their weapons with them if they chose to. After a little while of getting comfortable and accommodating to their new surroundings a gentle knock on the wall separating between their separate rooms Lianya's voice gently called out to them in a voice that sounded as if it came from one of the divines. "Bowen, Vladbram dinner is ready come and eat you must be starving after today." Lianya said before walking off after a few moments they both arrived in the dining room and instantly their mouths watered smelling the exquisitely cooked meal coming from the kitchen. "By Stendarr, what is that Divine and incredible smell?" Bowen asked as Sabrina spoke up. "That would be Gila's masterful cooking boy are you two in for a treat, once you eat Gila's cooking you'll never look at tavern food the same way again." Sabrina said with a smile as Gila came out with a large platter that both Tully and Yamma had to help carry in before carefully laying it on the table after a few trips the once blank table was covered in food and it was like a royal feast that the Jarls even kings and queens would envy not only the food but the homemade mead that Gila brewed here was to die for that would even give the Black-briar's a run for their money and would quickly become a top competitor if put on the open market. Gila never revealed her recipe for the mead that she made that could even make a god beg for more all she would say if questioned about it was that it was a family recipe passed down to her from her mother. Gila pulled the lid off of the tray that her, Tully, and Yamma carried in revealing a massive beautifully cooked cow whose skin was cooked to a gorgeous and succulent golden color and when Gila carved the meat off the bone the sound of the cracking meat sounded absolutely divine. After spreading and passing plates around and cups of her homemade famous mead around the table making sure everyone had a full plate and a full glass before setting down the large container where she kept the mead. But before everybody ate Ebon-shi stood up raising his glass. "To our new friends and allies Bowen and Vladbram may our upcoming journeys together be fruitful and our enemies quake in fear at our approach."all the members of the group applauded raising their glasses in a toast to their new friends as Bowen and Vladbram raised their glasses in return before dining together. As the group ate together in blissful camaraderie among them making jokes and laughing much like a family and of course watching the mad nord fall out of his seat laughing hysterically and a joke that was made before weeping at the cheese that had fallen on the ground before picking it up and eating it anyway. Bowen and Vladbram gave each other a silent walk which basically said the same thing to each other that their lives with this group is going to be very interesting.