Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20140528024640/@comment-17114085-20140610022303

Outside in Riften it was getting dark. As the sun went down the court in the Keep of Riften feasted on dinner. After the meal the Jarl and her sons retired to their chambers. Saerlund had been given a smaller bedroom on the bottom floor, while his brother and mother slept upstairs. Harrald said goodnight to his mother and then went to bed, since he was going to wake up early to train in the courtyard the next day. Laila went to her study to finish some paperwork, then after putting the Riften Crossed-Daggers seal on the documents retired to her chambers, she nodded at the guard patrolling the hall. He turned and headed downstairs to continue his patrol. She entered her room and changed out of her noble clothes and into her sleeping gown, then laid on her bed for a good night's rest.

A rest that would last for eternity....When Laila closed her eyes the shadows in the corner of the room began to move and the hooded man appeared. He sneaked his way to her bed side and pulled out the dagger he had stolen and stabbed Laila through the chest with it, twice. Laila screamed loudly because of the first stab but after the second quickly died. The hooded man quickly hid in the shadows once more.

Harrald jumped out of bed because of the scream and ran to his mother's chambers, which were pretty close to his. He kicked down the door and saw his mother dead on her bed, covered in her own blood. He ran to her and grabbed her in his arms. He was speechless, not a word came from his mouth because of the shock of seeing his dead mother in his arms. He saw the dagger in her chest but didn't pay much attention to it.

The hooded man sneaked out of the room as guards and other people ran towards it. He made his way out of the keep avoiding detection.

The first thing the guards saw when they entered the room was Harrald holding his dead mother, pierced through the chest with his dagger.