Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Part II - The Warden

"This must be your lucky day, prisoner," says the guard as he escorts Endar up the old brick stairs to the warden's office.
As the guard sits Endar down in the wooden chair in front of a desk, an imperial man in legion uniform walks in.. this must be the warden. A tall man in a dark green hooded robe walks in behind him, but Endar cannot see this mans face.
Worried and a little scared, Endar looks behind the man into the prison yard and sees a Khajiit man shackled to a brick wall, blood seeping out of his head from his ears, which have been cut off. He has the most fearful expression on his face that Endar has ever seen.
The robed man notices Endar looking outside and quickly closes the door.
The warden sits in a padded chair behind his desk and the tall man stands behind him. He chuckles and looks toward Endar, "Ahh, Endar Telvanni, heir of the great House Telvanni in Marrowind. Until you met me, that is. If you desire your freedom, you will become the Legion's little errand boy for a short period of time."
"This is complete nonsense. I did nothing wrong, what in Oblivion am i even in here for," argues Endar. The hooded man slams his fist down onto the warden's desk. Endar catches a glimps of his hand, which is scared and cracked. His fingernails are long which are stained with blood.
The warden puts up his hand as to dismiss the tall man from his anger, and the man pulls his hand back.
"You shall not speak. I am the one asking questions. Are you fit to slay... beasts," asks the warden kind of cocking an eyebrow as to imply that he is hiding something.
"Mayhap i am."
"Then you will travel to Skingrad and slay some of these.. blood thirsty inhuman beasts," the warden orders and he knocks on the desk three times and the door opens behind him, leading out into the Imperial City. Endar stands and starts to walk out the door. He is given a set of light iron armor and a short steel sword.
Endar looks over the equipment, almost disgusted that it's not even half as strong as the equipment he had just a day ago, he turns toward the warden as to protest and the tall hooded man, as if he knows what Endar is thinking, leans forward over the desk. Endar can only see the man's teeth, which are sharp and jagged and stained red, and his lips, chapped and cracked.
"If you do not do this, you will end up like that THING you saw in the yard. So mayhap you shall be on your way," the man says in an intimidating, raspy and demonic voice.
Startled, remembering the poor Khajiit, bleeding and dying.. he quickly walks out the door and towards the huge double doors leading into the grand Imperial City.

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