Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25101508-20140902233512/@comment-29458028-20140922124936

(Thanks. Looks like Riverwood's a good target. Very few guards, in neutral territory, lots of innocents. Assuming the Skyrim main quest and the civil war not done was done, Delphine's gone, Ralof and Hadvar ain't there etc. It's the first town for most, so there's the impact of attacking it.)

Ariana slipped off her horse outside Riverwood. She had picked the town precisely because it was a weak target, considering the fact that there were no combatants and the guard was light and relaxed. The dark night was to her advantage, as was the heavy cloud cover and lack of stars.

Ariana drew Winter's Grasp. She kept to the shadows. Approaching the first guard, she removed his head with one stroke (Sneak attack) and dragged the body into a group of dense bushes. Her freezing blade ensured there was no blood. His female peer noticed Ariana after a moment and drew a sword, but Ariana closed the short distance and put the other guard out of her misery. Ariana put the female guard's armor over her own, walking to the next guard position as she picked up a pair of swords from the dead guards and sheathed them.

With her flame powers, taken from Alyssa, Ariana proceeded to set every house on fire with highly destructive flames as she sashayed over to the next pair of guards, who had saw her and came running, pulling off her helmet in the process (style over practicality). Ariana's hair turned white as her eyes glowed crimson in the darkness of the night, a flaming backdrop behind her. Ariana drew the two steel swords she retrieved.

The swords erupted with flame as Ariana engaged, aiming for the eyes with the blazing swords. The blinding effect of the fire was exactly what she needed. The guards (undicplined slackers) parried the flaming blades, which shattered, the burning splinters going into their faces (the flame weakens the swords and ruins them, because of lesser craftmanship). Ariana followed up by using the openings to tear the hearts of one guards out with Winter's Grasp.

Ariana disposed of the remaining guard by sucking all his blood, who was blinded when molten metal went into his eyes. More would come. She counted at least seven guards. The last few would be the problem. Her surprise factor was gone, they would be prepared. Good that she had superior skills and the guys here were lax. Ariana fired salvo after salvo of flames, laughing in the process as buildings caught fire and began collapsing. Screams of men, women and children could be heard. (Ah, the advantages of night time, where everyone's asleep). The whole town would burn.

Ariana wanted to make herself known. Revenge on the society that had messed with her.

(Next post, Ariana's weakensses will show. It will mess her up a lot)