NationStates Jolt Archive

note: a few ideas in this-a few races, regions, a few names, and a few places- are in a way, taken from Bethesda Software's 'Elder Scrolls' series. But most ideas are fresh out of my head. Please don't be unfair {ex: "My army just burned your base and killed you"} and please dont be so unrealistic {ex: "As I was surrounded by enemies, I used my magic teleport power to get to safety" or "I used my Fire attack and killed all of my attackers, and then gathered a large army and took over the Fort."} well anyway... enjoy.

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Intro:
Arathor,a Half Imperial, Half Nord, Imperial Blade. The Blades are the eyes and ears of the Emperor. They are trained in the arts of stealth. This mission, however, was an oddity. Arathor was used to spying on Orcish and Aragornian settlements, but never had to attack them. He was used to killing men of importance who resisted against the Empire, but never was involved in an organized attack. It was orders straight from Cecil Ergalla, the Blade Leader in Vivec. He was once a general who fought in the 'Bitter Coast War' 25 years before this. It was a 5 year long war caused by Dumner attemps to drive out the Empire. House Seta, a nobel house which held political power in the Bitter Coast region, instigated a rebellion against the Empire. It was from influence by a local Dumner Cult, which wanted to drive out the Humans from Vvardenfell and claim Morrowind. Cecil lead a succesful attack against the Seta Council District and helped quell the rebellion. Even though the Seta Military Leaders wer executed, some of the Cult members fled to the mountains. Some say that they fled to Red Mountain, though it is unlikely due to rumors of Vampires and Great Monsters living there. Anyway, it would be hard to spot these Cult members among the Dumner, or 'Dark Elves' -as the Imperials call them- which make up 50% of Morrowind's population. {other races including Imperials, Nords, Bretons, High Elves, Wood Elves, Orcs, Aragornians, Khajiit, Asmer, and others which make up the other 50%.}
Arathor had very unusual orders. Cecil sent him, along with a party of 50 other Blades to attack a Orcish Settlement 24 miles east of Khuul {a small fishing village loyal to House Redoran.} These Orcs attack merchants and Caravans. The blades were ordered to exterminate them.
"We are 3 miles west of the caverns." said Brutin {a Breton, he was the leader of this group of Blades} "We are ordered to exterminate these 'animals'." {This what what Humans and Elves thought of Orcs and Aragornians, though human's didn't understand that that is what Elves thought of them as well.} Klyde, the second in command was a full Dumner. He hated it that Brutin, a human, was above him. He thought "You think your so big you thick headed bastard." Brutin never seemed to notice {that's just how thick headed he is}. Klyde looked at Arathor with hatred and scorn as well. Arathor was an amazing swordsman, and a fine Spy. He was only 18 years old when he became a Blade, this was his third year.
The blades had gotten their weapons and light armor, and marched 2 and a half miles. Then they stealthily moved onto the caverns. But something was wrong. The area was quiet. Two Blades snuck within the vicinity of the caverns.One then came rushing back, with a face as pale as an egg. he cried out that the entire settleent was destroyed. Alll of the Orcish Bandits and Rebels' bobies were stuffed inside the Caverns. Then Brutin lead the party into the Caverns. Though Klyde said that he would stay behind with six men, in case of an ambush.Arathor witnessed heads stuck on pikes. He saw body part hung on the walls as if they were trophies. One dead Orc laid with a Black arrow in each of his eyes. Arathor then noticed that many of the dead were wounded by black arrows. Then he heard yelling. He and the others rushed out the entrance, only to be met by flying arows coming form the woods. One of the arrows hit Arathor. He then saw Dozens of Dark skinned Elves coming from each side of the woods armed with Swords, Spears, and Clubs. He nearly stared death in the face, but did what ever he could to get away. He looked each direction, for a ditch, or a well, and then noticed an 'Ahd Rah' {a ditch in an Orcish settlement in which the hunters throw in leftover game, which they save for the next feast. Arathor didn't mind the dead 'Nomad Fox' and threw himself in, pretending to have died of the arrow wound. It seemed that the hooded attackers didn't even notice him...

*to be continued*

note: after i finish next part, it will be an open rp. feel free to ask me if you need help, or information.

sorry for the double post. There was a "Network Error".

OOC: Someone should tell Wandering Argonians about this. (W.A is a nation here) Anyway, I'm interested.

So that's how Aragonian is spelled.... :D

Anyway thanks.

So that's how Aragonian is spelled.... :D

Anyway thanks.

Ok. Here is just an explanation for some things.

First of all. I mispelled 'Argonian' as 'Aragornian' sorry for that. I was spelling names off the top of my head.
I think i should also explain the dates:
I said that the date of the first part is 3E378. If you played Elder Scrolls III you would likely know why the date is written like that, but ill still say it. "3E" stands for "3rd Era" and 378 is the year. so if it was the second era, it wouls be "2E378"

And ill explain a few races:

Imperials, Nord, and Bretons are Human Races
Dumner{dark elves], High Elves, and wood elves are all Elven Races.
Orcs are a barbarian race, with green skin. They are very sophisticated beast like Peoples.
Argonians have reptile like heads and originate from Marshes. I plan on making tons of argonian characters because it is so fun to make their names. in morrowind, argonians have names like "Only-He-Stands-There" "Born-to-the-sky" and "Nine Toes"

note: ok this is the last part of the beginning. after this, it will become an open rp.please state the role that you want to play so that i may accept it. at the end of this part i will state some major characters that i have thought of, and feel free to rp one of those, or create your own role.
Oh, and i changed the date from 378 to 578. I meant to put 578 in the first place.
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3E578

Arathor woke in a trance. The black arrow was still in his shoulder. He was lying on top of a dead fox, that was meant to be the Orc's feast. The arrow didn't pierce Arathor badly, so Arathor was able to pull it out of his bloodied shoulder. It took hours for him to arise. He spotted a long pike standing on topo of the large hill. On it, as if it were some type of trophy, was Brutin's large head, visible to the entire hill. One of the Blades was impaled on a spear rack. It was Nine Toes, the only Argonian in the party. He got his name when he lost his toe in an Argonian clan fight. Arathor searched for Cecius. Cecius was the youngest Blade in the party. He was 20 years old. {He was Arathor's friend when Arathor's family lived in Vivec. His father was an Imperial Blade, who had connections with House Hlaalu. So they lived in the Hlaalu quarter of Vivec.} Cecius, Arathor found, was captred alive, and was sliced limb by limb by the attackers. {Cecius was a Nord, and Dumner hated Nords among all humans.That was because the Nords had conquered Dumner land Many years earlier.}This was too much of a trauma for Arathor, and he was unable to move for hours. When he finally regained 3/10 of his sanity, it was already evening.Only now had Arathor remebered about Klyde. Klyde said he would stay behind with 6 men in case of an ambush. Arathor had a hope that those men had survived. He pulled himself accross the hill. He found six bodies bloodied and cut up with pole arm wounds. He thought of the attackers who sliced hiss friend limb to limb and impaled Nine Toes. Now he was 4/10 sane. he noticed that Klyde's body had been missing. He also saw that the dead were not killed by spears. That was odd because the only weapons that the attackers carried were swords, spears, clubs, and bows. He then thought of Klyde's 'Iron Halberd'. That was his only weapon. Now, almost 6/10 sane, he figured that there was two possibilities. Either Klyde was captured alive, or he had sold off his comrades lives. Arathor had now recovered 7/10 of his sanity, and began to pull himself towards Khuul. It took nearly 25 hours to
drag himself 24 miles without rest, with his wound and all. He collapsed 1 and 3/4 of a mile east of Khuul. But miraculously. He was found by two hunters who dragged him the local inn. The Imperial spies in the area, were ordered by Cecil to investigate the situation, and they sent Arathor back to Vivec via silt strider.
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OK. Now this is open. here are some parts i have already made up. you can choose from them, or think of your own {it is an open rp anyway}

here are some parts:

Cecil Ergalla {Imperial Blade commander in Vivec. he's an imperial}
Klyde {traitorious Dark Elf}
Sir Redoran {head of House Redoran is a Dumner.}
Argoth{High Elf councilmen.}
Only-He-Stands-There {Argonian Assasin and Mage. Is a master of magical skills}
Jo E'ljehd {insane Khajiit, looks like a big walking cat}
Swift-Blade {evil Argonian chieftain who wants to attack Imperial settlements.

also:
Cult members and leaders {have undecided names}
Argonian warrior who opposes Swift-Blade {couldn't think of a good name
And many others
please feel free to choose from the main characters, or create your own character, and if i approve, that character will become a main one.

Parts i will play:
Arathor {a human imperial blade. a great swordsman and a master spy/thief}
olan Aloe {Blade contact}

any ideas anyone?

OOC: I apologize in my tardiness in posting, my browser had trouble loading the link. I appreciate SBW's suggestion of informing me of this RP. I will RP as my current Morrowind character and main RP character in NS, Whiptail.

Whiptail (Lv 51)
Argonian Male
Master of Bladed Weapons (long blade skill 100)
Master of Unarmed Combat (hand to hand skill 100)
Limited Knowledge of Magic (Illision, and Destruction 39 & 53)
Great Knowledge of Enchantment (enchant skill 71)
Other: Athletics (100) Acrobatics (100) Medium Armor (75)
Guild: None
Faction: None


Is there anymore information required?

Myself, I modified the Argonian culture a bit so it would not look entirely unoriginal. It is not that you are unoriginal, I was just not happy with the simple explantation of 'Little is known and less is understood'.
On the topic of names, Argonians born to one of five 'Elder Families' recieve names like 'Arakesh' and 'Rakel'. Argonians of more common birth recieve names like 'Whiptail' and 'Hides-his-foot'.

thank you for that. i didn't clearly understand the things onthe argonian race. please post your charcter's backround.

My character is:

name:Arathor
race:human
skills:long blades, athletics, security, sneaking, speechcraft and harmful type magic
limited abilities: s restoration type magic, heavy armor, heavy, blunt weapons {clubs, warhammers, ect.}
guild/orginazation: imperial blades
other jobs: assasin/spy