Curse of Cold harbor.

the woman in the crypt

The journey towards dayspring canyon took me two weeks. I managed to stay away from danger up until now. A few days back I asked some travellers for directions towards dayspring canyon. They told me to move past Stendar's beacon and move down the mountain.

I was making my way up the mountain towards Stendar's beacon when snow started falling. I adjusted my hood to cover me from the cold.

" Damn Skyrim is cold and unforgiving!" I said to myself as I moved up the mountain.

I could see the vague outline of a tower on a few hundred meters ahead. But then my ears picked up the sound of swords clashing and screaming.

I picked up my pace as the vigilant's I was told reside,there knew the rest of the way towards the cave entrance.

" Fuck fuck just my luck! The whole journey has been peaceful.." I scoffed.

As my picked up pace turned into a sprint up the mountain.

'Thank god for my lasting endurance!' I thought to myself.

What I saw when I got to the top shocked me to the core. Atleast twenty vigilant's were fighting a horde of vampires. And they were losing being pushed back into the tower by their vampire attackers.

" Fuck! Well here goes nothing!!" I said to myself as I sprinted towards the closest vampire in sight.

The vampire was utterly caught by surprise, as I swung Nightbane at its head cutting it clean of. Two vampires then took noticed of me and shot lighting bolts at me. I rolled to the side and sprinted towards the closest one. Sliding under a swing of its sword whilst I sliced his heel with a knife. Grabbing its other leg to not let me slide to far away. The vampire fell face down in the snow. And shaked violently as I crawled on top of it. Planting my knife in its skull.

The other vampire hissed at me as he jumped on top of me, as the two of us rolled a few meters away from the body.

It tried to bite me but I stuck Nightbane's hilt between its hungry jaws. Sadly I was too late to notice that the vile thing had a knife.

He stuck it in my leg. " Arghh!! You vile scum!!" I yelled as i pushed Nightbane's hilt further in its mouth, breaking its jaw.

The vile thing screamed in pain, before I stuck the knife sticking in my leg in its throat. A bloody gurgle left its mouth before it died.

I slowly got up as I saw that I now got the attention of two Vampires and their thrall's.

" Fuck! I ain't gonna make it..." I said as the thralls sprinted towards me weapons drawn.
The vigilant's did get the upper hand against the other vampires and their thrall's. But they couldn't save me from this.

I readied Nightbane for the impact, but then I heard a familiar voice yelling at me.

" Duck down!!"

I let myself fall down just in time as bolts flew over my head. Killing the thralls just before they could swing at me. I turned around to see Durak and about thirty heavy armored soldiers. Armed with crossbows charging the vampires and their thrall's.

" Kill them all! " Durak commanded his soldiers.

Some of the vampires attacking the vigilant's turned around to face the incoming force. And the vampire commander sounded their retreat as they sprinted of with superhuman speed.

Their thrall's weren't so lucky as they were caught between very angry vigilant's and the soldiers.

Durak approached me as he gave me his hand pulling me up.