Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25101508-20140710153417/@comment-29458028-20140713134455

(Lol, Alyssa uses a short sword, its halfway between a dagger and sword. But nvm, she really needs to learn. Good observation about the detect life and cold temperature. I added the temperature drop to make him more antagonist-sorceror like. It's kinda like battle music that comes before the boss fight.)

Sorin looked at Kantar "Leon Steelfang, well, I know he hates me. After all, he used to be my spoilt elder brother 29 years ago. Even then, when the Thalmor came, he used our entire family as human shields. I have always wanted to kill him, but seems like he's not coming after me. It's strange."

"Also, I cannot fathom where he gained such mastery over frost magic, to the extent that flames cannot touch him" continued Sorin "Leon was a crybaby and suck up as a kid. Whatever happened to him later, though, it is unknown."

Turning to Alyssa, Sorin said "You really need to learn how to use your sword. It wasn't cheap, even by my standards. I tried to teach you but you only gave excuses. Look what happened today! Your magic was totally useless."

Alyssa seemed crestfallen at Kantar's and Sorin's comments, but her mind ran again and her thoughts moved once more (she's kinda always distracted). The events of seven years ago came back:

She was a test subject, a woman with a dremora's burning heart. The flames that came to her hands were the very fires of Mehrunes Dagon himself (or perhaps not). Her father, more accurately the donor of seed was the lead researcher, a stuck up Altmer. She didn't have a name then. Sorin was the one who named her Alyssa, in honor of one of his sisters.

On that fateful day, Sorin came into the facilities and slaughtered all the scientists-mages. He freed her and they together cleaned up the facility and blew it up. She remembered leaving her father, burnt and broken at the entrance. A moment later, he was gone. Disintegration and death? or Mark and Recall?

Perhaps, just perhaps, Leon Steelfang was in his employ. Maybe Leon Steelfang was another test subject, an earlier one. Was the damned elf that gave her half her DNA even dead?

--

The strange Altmer came into the storeroom, looking at Leon Steelfang. His golden skin was badly burned, he was brutally disfigured, his left eye emotionless, his right an empty socket. He hobbled forward and sat opposite Leon, saying "Fool! You assured me you were the top assassin! You failed!"

"She was surrounded by too many people of my skill level. I cannot win this war alone. How do you know?"

"Do you want your pay or not? The money I paid to find out about her death was wasted!"

"At least get me some back up. If you want your daughter dead, I will need more support."

"Fine! Attack her entourage the next time she leaves Solitude. You will have 9 men follow you. If you fail, remember, you starve and die!"

The disfigured elf shambled out of the storeroom, giving a last look of disgust at Leon Steelfang.

(Lol, revealed Leon's employer.)