Rise of the Empire

Forgotten Memories

2 months later

Lucien Flavius's POV

Lucien was excited. He embarked on a journey to visit the ancient homeland of Man. He saw all the soldiers, scholars and students all thrilled to be included in this expedition for the Empire. He stood in the crow's nest, watching for for some sort of land mass. Octavus had used some sort of spell to teleport to the ship, which extremely impressed Flavius of the extent of his master's magicka. Jasmina wanted to turn the entire ship around after her son returned to the palace but Octavus had it handled, punishing his nephew severely by making him fight in a sword fight until he dropped. Flavius was confused since Jasmina seemed too young to be a mother.

Flavius went went to the captain's quarters and knocked.

"Come in" He heard and he entered, seeing Jasmina in her robes.

"Uh, should I come back later?" He asked. Jasmina shook her head, motioning him to come in completely. He did as she asked, closing the door behind him. Flavius then sat in one of the chairs while Jasmina was motioning him to speak.

"You seem awfully young to be a mother?" He said, really confused. Jasmina's face went to happy to sad.

"My brother really did a good job erasing that story from the face of Nirn" She said softly. She sounded so vulnerable and sad. She sighed, gathering the courage to speak.

"When I was 16, I wasn't a fighting type. I was very gullible and was love sick. A noble who was 20 years my elder always had an eye on me. He would give me gifts every time he saw me. I fell madly in love with him. My brother was working as a steward for the late emperor's wife. He was aware of his 'attraction' towards me and told him to back off. But he continued. Then came the fateful day" She took a deep breath and wiped some tears that formed in her eyes and continued "One day, in my mistress Salvian's 16th birthday, he got me alone in a room, and we talked. I was young and innocent, not  knowing what he was doing. He pinned me down and proceeded to rape me, with me being pregnant with his child." Flavius was shocked about this revelation. She was crying and he felt bad about asking about it.

Flavius held her hand, with her looking really out of it. They stared at each other, with Flavius contemplating kissing her.

"Ahem, Did your master ever tell you why he was in Skyrim?"

"I could tell you the story on how we met?" He said, with Jasmina nodding her head eagerly.

"Alright......"

10 years of ago                                                                                                                                                          Falkreath Hold                                                                                                                                                                Dead Man's Drink

Flavius walked in to the inn, excited about learning new things about Skyrim. He looked around, taking in the smell of mead and the sound of socializing citizens. Flavius had a mission, to find someone to teach him the Nordic ways and combat. He saw everyone talking but did not want to interrupt their conversing. He walked up the innkeeper and began talking.

"Hello kind madam, I am of need of a mentor, to teach me the ropes of Skyrim" He said, with the woman looking up from her rag. She gave him a funny glance, almost laughing,

"You're not from around here, aren't you?" She asked, with Flavius flashing a dashing smile.

"Yes ma'am, I am Lucien Flavius, Imperial Scholar, graduate of the college of whispers" He answered, with her being really impressed by his vocabulary.