Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20140619115833/@comment-12599067-20140624031243

Efmrider wrote:

"Morrigan, I'm very glad you were with us.  Thank you so much for healing me.  If you ever need a favor, let me know.  I don't know anything about you because you never would tell us, but I sense that something terrible happened to you when you became a vampire and you don't really want to be one, but can't go back for some reason.  Just know that I will pray to the Nine for you.  If that makes you angry, then I'm sorry.  I only know that help begins inside.  You have to help yourself first. You also need friends, vampire or not.  To have friends you have to open up your heart.  Believe me, I know how hard that is.  So if you ever decide you want to open up, you can find me in Falkreath.  Goodbye, Morrigan. ('Scuze me, but was that actual warmth from Rider towards a vampire or just warmth from Anneken for Morrigan's healing?)

Morrigan was extremely surprised by Anneken's words, as it had been a long time since she had heard friendlier words spoken to her, much less a warm goodbye. However, she did not have a warm goodbye of her own to give her (more from lack of experience rather than any hard feelings towards Anneken), so she simply nodded in silent thanks before she had packed up and took off in a direction opposite the others, towards the Imperial City. Upon reaching the great walls of the former Ayleid city (and passing the guards with simple discreetly-cast Illusion), she found a house in the shadow of the White-Gold Tower and took up residence in the great city.

Seeing as Morrigan had plenty of time to reflect on Anneken's words but was still being pursued by her quarry, who were likely tearing up the southern Holds looking for her, it took her some time to work up the courage to return to Skyrim. However, after about a month of sitting in the shadow of the Emperor's tower, she finally packed a bag and travelled north towards her homeland before arriving in Falkreath. It took her about a day's worth of searching upon arrival, but she was able to find the Anneken's shack. Unfortunately, the home was empty.

Disheartened and not knowing whether to wait or return home, Morrigan returned back to Cyrodiil and to her small (albeit cozy) home in the Imperial City, where she found moderate income as a little-known but excellent healer, which gave her enough money to make it in the cosmopolitan home of the Empire but kept her hidden well-enough so that her quarry was still unable to track her down.