Rumors of Home
Those bandits will no longer annoy anyone else. |
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I kept thinking about the words the Emperor said before he died. "Jaws of Oblivion." What could that mean? I know that Oblivion is where all summoned creatures are brought from, but they always return there once the summoning spell wears off. Such spells are temporary, causing a change in the world around us, but since nature always balances things out, those things caused by such spells simply cannot last. If it were otherwise, any summoning spell could possibly open a portal that would (in theory) last forever, and any summoned creature could be followed by another, and another. Since such spells take power, and power is not infinite, such a spell would have to eventually collapse as its power was exhausted. And yet, here was a warning of something...different. A dire warning, indeed. |
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"Portals?" I asked. "What do you mean?" "Well, I'm not sure how you would describe them." he replied. "I had heard this from a Dunmer like yourself coming from Morrowind." "Morrowind?" I said. "Yes." he replied. "Apparently, some sort of portal opened up in at least two areas of Morrowind, one on the mainland, and according to this Dunmer I spoke to, one in the middle of the settlement of a place called Ald'Runh." I didn't know what to say. My home. My father and brother. In danger. "Tell me what you were told." I said. "I am from Ald'Runh. I have family there." He gave me a very sad look. "According to this rumer, something called an Oblivion Gate opened up right in the middle of the city. Daedra came through the gate. The only reported survivor was an Imperial soldier, buried under the rubble until reinforcements came to investigate the fire and smoke they saw from a nearby fort." "Only reported survior?" I asked. "You mean..." "Yes." he replied. "According to the reports, Ald'Runh was totally destroyed, no survivors except for the soldier they had apparently missed. The monsters killed men, women, and children alike." |
"I am sorry." he said. "I probably should not have told you." "No." I replied. "Just give me a minute. "Dear, in this place, take all the time you need." he said, putting his hand on my shoulder. I fell into one of the pews and just stared into space for a while. |
I decided that I would spend the night here and continue on to Kvatch in the morning. Somehow, the spirit of the moment had left me. The importance of finding Martin seemed to be diminished in light of the news about my home being destroyed. |
I picked at my dinner, having very little appetite. I couldn't help thinking that I had lost everyone I had ever really known in my childhood. Rumors that the Nerevarine had left Morrowind to investigate the strange land of Akavar was not helpful. The Nerevarine was supposed to have stayed to protect us. Yet I was beginning to wonder if even the Nerevarine could have done anything against such an onslaught of monsters. |
How could the gods let this happen? Could this be what the Emperor was trying to warn me about? |
And dawn would come much too early for me. |
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COMING UP: Arrival at Kvatch