Chapter Four: What Is Happening?

 364 Days, 16 Hours left

   I soon arrived in Bruma, and I looked for my mother. I asked a local guard where my mother was. It was sad news; she had died in a robbery. I cried a bit, and looked for a place to stay. I went to the local bar named Olav's Tack And Tap. I met my old friend Olav there; he greeted me with a smile. "So, how's it been in Imperial? Found any good men there?" Olav asked. "Not really. I heard my mother died. What happened?" I replied. "Well, she was just resting when a robber all the way from the Imperial Waterfront took your mother's prized amulet. The thief got away, but the Guard got the identity. His name was Amusei." Olav explained. "I'm going back to Imperial; but not today. Can I stay for the night? I don't have any money." I said lying. "Sure, it must be hard for you, but I'll try helping you in any way I can. Go ahead and have the room." Olav kindly offered. "Thanks, I'll leave in the morning. Don't worry about my food, I have some rat meat here." I said. I slept in the room, and when I woke up, I was thinking about Renus. But I decided to look for the thief and lock him up in jail. I soon started my journey to Imperial; heading South. On my way, a bandit tried to take my money. He attacked me; but he wasn't strong enough to defeat me. I laughed at how inexperienced he was. I just injured him, and told him to live a better life. He looked at me angrily, while I was walking away. I soon encountered a Minotaur, but I easily took him out. He hit me once though. I had to heal myself. I also found lots of plants nearby. I made potions again. I made six healing potions. I soon arrived in the exit of Imperial City. I walked in and briskly walked to the Waterfront.
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 364 Days, 13 Hours left

    I asked around for someone named Amusei. I found out that he is an Argonian and is hiding in some abandoned house in the Waterfront. I looked for an abandoned house and went in. I found Amusei inside, and I called the Guard to come arrest Amusei. He came with me, and Amusei showed no resistance. He quickly gave up and said his side of the story. "The woman was not supposed to die! She slipped on some water I accidentally spilled and hit the wall; face first! It was an accident! Please forgive me!" Amusei shouted. He gave me back the amulet. The amulet of my mother seemed to give me a bonus to my Blade. I went to a store soon. I was looking for something to drink on my travels. I decided to sell my meat at Jensine's "Good As New" Merchandise in the Market District. She asked my if I knew anything about Thoronir, the owner of the Copious Coinpurse. She explained that she thought Thoronir was selling stolen goods. She said that there was a society of merchants called the Society Of Concerned Merchants. I decided to help them and talk to Thoronir about his goods. He wasn't saying anything I needed to know. I decided to wait out until his shop closes, and follow him after the shop closes. I followed him and finally, he stopped. He was meeting with a man named Agramir. I wasn't able to hear much, so I decided to go to Agramir's house when he's out. I waited for a bit, and went in. I looked for some sort of journal of record when Agramir had gotten his merchandise. I soon found a book showing records of dead bodies, and what items had been taken from them. I went out and I saw Agramir close. I ran away as fast as I could. I soon followed Agramir to a Masoleum. Inside, I saw Agramir and some other person with him. It seems he had been taking "merchandise" from dead bodies again. Agramir saw me, and told me that he was merely "returning" it. But because I already knew and saw what he was doing, he said that he had to kill me. I reached for my blade and slashed Agramir in the chest; pushing him to a nearby wall. His "guard" quickly engaged and was able to slash my shoulder, making it hard for me to attack. I was soon able to stab him in him chest, causing his death. Agramir stood up and tried to thrust his sword to my chest, but I was able to dodge it. I quickly retaliated and slashed his arm and leg, making him drop his sword and tremble to the ground. He soon bled to death. The penalty for grave robbing is death, so I guess justice was somehow served. I looked for some discriminating evidence of Agramir's crimes, and found his shovel, with fresh soil. I also took their swords, shields, armor, and gold to keep. I went out of the masoleum, and walked over to the Copious Coinpurse. I showed Thoronir the shovel, and he seemed extremely shocked over Agramir's crimes. I also showed the records and such, and promised to get rid of all of the merchandise, and to join the society. He thanked me by always agreeing to sell goods to him for a high price. He suggested that I go back and see Jensine again. I crossed the street to Jensine's "Good As New" Merchandise and talked to Jensine. She congratulated my on my bravery and gave me a reward of five hundred septims! I said thank you and left. I felt the need to fall asleep and I went over to the Abandoned House where I found Amusei. I slept there, and to think; it was free! I really need to rest, I'll write again tomorrow.
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362 Days, 18 Hours left
     What a great sleep! I feel so rejuvinated! To think; I didn't sleep for two nights, straight! Ah, I feel so great an- (Writing illegible due to hand being pulled). What just happened? Some man in a dark hood named Lucien Lachance talked to me, and said that I had killed an innocent person; which finished an initiation I didn't even know I was doing. He had given me a knife, and a certain person to kill so I can join their order known as the Dark Brotherhood; ruled by the Black Hand. I was to kill a person named Rufio, and with a specific knife. I was told to go to sleep again afterwards so I may meet Lucien again. I was still deciding whether to do it, because I didn't want to kill innocent people! I decided to do it after a couple of minutes of thinking, all because of what kinds of rewards I would earn. Rufio was at the Inn Of Ill Omen, just South of Imperial City. I traveled there and talked to the shopkeeper about Rufio. He said that he was just downstairs, sleeping. I went down and sneaked to Rufio, and used the Blade Of Woe, and killed him in one hit. I felt a chill on my back, but I slept in Rufio's bed anyway. When I awoke, I saw Lucien watching over me. I quickly got up and talked to Lucien. He has told me that I have been accepted to the Dark Brotherhood for completing the initiation. He told me to go to the Abandoned House in Cheydinhal and go down the basement. Once I see the door emitting a red light, I should answer by saying, "Sanguine, My Brother." I entered what seemed to be a Sanctuary for other Dark Brotherhood members. A female Argonian named Ocheeva greeted me and told me all about the Dark Brotherhood. She told me to go to Vincent Valtieri and get my second contract. She also stated that by doing more and more contracts, I would advance through the ranks of the brotherhood and get more exclusive rewards. I went over to Vincent, and noticed he was paler than usual. I asked him why his skin was like that. He explained to me that he was a vampire, and all vampires look like this. But anyway, he gave me my next contract, which was in the Imperial Waterfront. I was to kill the Captain of the Pirate ship. I asked my other Brothers and Sisters on tips on how to kill him. One of them suggested that I hide in a nearby box and smuggle in and make my way to the Captain's Quarters. I felt nervous, for I started a life of crime and infamy.
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362 Days, 14 Hours left
     I have arrived back in the waterfront and have snuck into the box already. As I'm writing this, I can feel myself moving and bumping the walls. I soon banged to the ground, and I waited for a minute. I opened the box very slowly, and crawled out. I creeped to the next room, and snuck past two talking pirates. I climbed up a ladder very swiftly and managed to get my to the Mid Deck. I snuck past one more pirate and climbed up another ladder. I soon saw the Captain sleeping soundly in his bed, and, quickly and silently, I slit his throat. I took the keys and septims from his body, while I heard two pirates checking up on the captain. I quickly snuck to the exit, and left, acting normally. I went over to The Feed Bag for refreshments and food, shortly after. What a meal! I ate an apple, two pieces of mutton, and drank a bottle of cheap wine. Though that wasn't enough to get me drunk, Haha! I went over to The Tiber Septim Hotel and slept for the night. In the morning, I started to walk back to Cheydinhal for my reward. On the way, I saw a bandit wearing a Mithril set for me to take! I dropped the rest of my armor and wore my new Mithril items. I also found repair hammers, which could be used to repair and fix broken armors. Nothing else happened on the way to Cheydinhal, just a couple of wolves. When I entered the Sanctuary again, Vincent was eagerly waiting for me in his room. When he heard the news that I have killed the Captain, he gave my reward and gave me my next contract. The next contract was to kill a man named Baenlin in Bruma. He has a bodyguard named Gromm, which might make the contract harder to do. The payer said that I would have bonus pay if I killed Baenlin in a specific way. I was to kill Baenlin with his stuffed Minotaur head, when he was reading in his special chair. I would loosen the fastenings and make it fall and swiftly make my escape, avoiding Gromm. It seemed hard, but I went on to Bruma.
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361 Days, 13 Hours left
     It's eleven in the morning when I arrived in Bruma. Still as cold as ever. I had to wait until dark to make my entrance quietly into Baenlin's house. I just lingered around Bruma, talking to beggars and practicing my magic. I also got a rumor that a vampire hunter named Raynil Dralas recently killing a vampire named Brandon Lirrian. I wanted to investigate about what happened, but do I'll do it after the contract. Well, evening came, it was already ten in the evening, so I decided to sneak in already. I saw Baenlin reading at his special chair, under his stuffed Minotaur Head. Gromm was watching over him, giving me a good chance to sneak upstairs and loosen the fastenings. I crawled my way up slowly, and opened a door in the wall, where I saw the fastenings on the wall. I closed the door in the wall, and walked up to the fastenings. I slowly loosened them and made the stuffed head fall on him, making it look like an accident. I snuck out of the house and made my way out. I decided that I will claim my reward and my bonus later. I want to investigate that 'Vampire Hunter'. I went over to Bradon Lirrian's house, and saw Bradon's wife, and the guard captain, Carrius Runellius. Carrius confronted me, asking why I was here. "What are you doing here? This place is off-limits." I replied, "I want to investigate more about this case. It seems very unlikely that this man was readily accused as a vampire hunter." "But all of the evidence was here already. We have all rights to arrest Bradon, but he is deceased." "Let me investigate, and I will prove that there is more to Raynil than he seems." "Okay. I will let you investigate, but consult me immediately if you find any shocking evidence." I agreed and walked over to Bradon's wife, Erline Lirrian. Erline insisted that Bradon was not a vampire, and he was only seen around at night because his work starts in the night. (From my gaming, I'm a vampire and I'm always outside even during day.) She told me to ask around Olav's Tack and Tap, and see if Olav has anything to say about the crime. I left the house and ran over to Olav's Tack and Tap. I saw Gromm there, mourning Baenlin's death, drinking all night. I didn't feel sad for him, for I was just doing my job. Olav told me that he had a bad feeling about Raynil as well, and gave me Raynil's Room Key, so I can investigate further. I entered Raynil's room, and noticing everything was of the ordinary. I checked in all of the drawers, cupboards, and lecterns. Yet, I found nothing. As I was about to leave, I saw a Journal behind a drawer. It was hidden, and contained shocking evidence that Bradon, Raynil and another man named Gelebourne had been in a brotherhood, and found great treasures. Once they had found a great treasure, that was when Bradon found Erline, and gave up the brotherhood. Bradon took the last treasure and kept it safe, inside a cave. It also stated that it took three keys to open the chest, and that each of them had a key. Bradon had the amulet enchanted, and to open with a secret word. I immediately ran back to Bradon's house, and showed the journal to Carrius. Carrius read it and told me that Bradon had killed another alleged vampire named Gelebourne in Skingrad. He sent his scouts to look for nearby caves that matched the description near Bruma. He told me to wait at Olav's Tack and Tap, and he'll meet me there. After about an hour, I saw Carrius, looking worried. He said that his scouts found Boreal Stone Cave, the closest cave to Bruma, matching Gelebourne's descriptions. He told me to confront him, but he can't ask guards to come with me, because Raynil might escape if he saw the guards. I went out through the gates, and set foot for Boreal Stone Cave. I entered the cave, intercepting Raynil. Raynil said, "I have been expecting you. I have heard of you and your attempts to prove that I am not a vampire hunter. Once I went back to my room, I saw Gelebourne's journal, gone. I knew it was you because rumors were spreading around that someone was trying to stop me. Well, now that you know my secret, you won't leave this cave." Raynil quickly lunged his sword at me, but I quickly dodged. I was able to slash his shoulder, making him drop his shield. Recovering from my slash, he slashed my knee, making me drop. Raynil laughed and tried to decapitate my head, but I was able to kick his leg, making him fall to the ground. I stabbed his chest, and blood splashed everywhere around the walls. The water in the cave soon turned red, as I was prepared to rest, I saw Raynil lunging his sword at my chest. He was able to hit me, breaking my chainmail cuirass. I had not felt this much pain before. It felt so bad, but I was able to slash his chest, making him bleed to death. I took the three keys, and opened the chest. I found an Old Amulet there, and limped my way back to Bradon's house. I talked to Erline, and she set me down on a bed and treated my wounds. She told me that Bradon told her the secret password that transforms the amulet into it's true form. She stood up and said, "Brotherhood". It transformed the amulet into something called the Phylactery Of Litheness, which increases my speed. She wanted me to have it, for all the help I had given. After that, I left for Cheydinhal for my rewards. That's all for today...

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