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- At this point, Mus and Qa' Saad are inside the fort -

Mus and Qa' Saad had entered the drain in the main building, just as planned. The two moved throughout the area, with no opposition of any kind. Upon exiting the area, the two find themselves in the dungeon area of the fort, with only 2 alive prisoners inside their cells, many of the cages held burned corpses. Mus approaches one of the cages.

Mus (whispering): 'We're going to get you all out of here. Just stay calm, and let us take care of the Thalmor.'

Prisoner (whispering): 'By the Eight. Thank you so much!'

Mus finds a Thalmor agent across the room. He readies his bow, when Qa' Saad lifts his hand, motioning Mus to stop.

Mus (whispering): What's the problem?

Qa' Saad motions his hand again and points adjacent toward Mus's intended target. There were two more agents. Both were circling around the upper area of the prison. Mus nods his head, and puts his arrow back into his quiver and sheathes his bow as well. He takes a crossbow out of his knapsack and loads it with a single bolt, with a green tip. Mus makes a devilish smirk toward Qa' Saad. Mus then fires the bolt - surprisingly quietly - and it hits one of the upper patrolmen. The agent then unsheathes his sword, and starts charging.

Qa' Saad (whispering): What have you done, Mus?!

Mus (whispering): 'Oh, just wait. Just wait.'

The Thalmor agent charges toward the other patrolman and thrusts his sword straight into his throat. A small gag is heard, then a slight thud. Mus quickly puts the crossbow back, takes his bow out again, knocks an Elvish arrow and fires it at the remaining patrolman on the upper level. The arrow hits the agent directly into his right eye, killing him instantly. Another thud is heard. This time, the final guard goes to investigate. Mus sneaks behind the last Thalmor and slits his throat, covering his mouth as well. Mus loots a key off of one of the guards, and throws it toward Qa' Saad. He then loots a similar key off another guard. Qa' Saad and Mus opened both of the cages that held the prisoners.

Mus: 'Oh, and by the way, I used a Frenzy Arrow on the guard. It causes the victim's cerebral cortex to start failing and their limbic system to spike. This causes the amygdala to also spike, causing extreme fits of anger. That caused the guard even kill one of his own men, this is some pretty nasty stuff. If we weren't hidden, he would've tried to kill us as well. Well, not that he wouldn't try to without being under the effects anyway.'

The prisoners are free and the group of 4 meet together in the center of the room. Mus and Qa' Saad explain why they were here, who they were, and their journey up to this point.

Prisoner 1: 'Thank you so much for freeing us. I'm Agnar.'

Prisoner 2: 'Thanks. I'm Hrognar.'

Mus: 'Nobody deserves to be apart of the Thalmor's torturous means. Why were you held captive in the first place?'

Agnar: 'I'm a Palidin of Stendar, but since I am a Breton, the Thalmor despise me for having both Altmer and Human blood. 'Tis no reason to imprison a man.'

Hrongar: 'I used to be a Companion and part of Ulfric's regime. I openly worshipped Talos in Solitude. I was arrested there, then given to the Thalmor, and ended up in here. Both of us were tourtured, until you two came along.'

Mus: 'I'm not one for Ulfric's army, but I also don't mind the worship of Talos. My family was publicly executed in Windhelm. Ulfric had the suspicion that my family were leaking information and spying for the Imperials. Ulfric needed a scapegoat, and that was it. The real reason my family died that day was because we're Dunmer. We weren't Imperials, nor Stormcloak. It's wasn't our fight, but none of that matters now. We've got a target to catch and both of you need to get out of this fort - and I plan on acomplishing that task with both of you alive.'