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(This was one of the 1st screenshot stories I ever made. It is one of 3 parts. And it's very long.)

 

                                                                         Harsh Realties

                                                                         Parts 1 - 6  By Xenic

Part 1

Alania's family was killed one cold night. She was the only one to make it out alive. She fled from the north, barely alive. But her luck and stamina only held out for so long... 

Bandit 1: "Maybe we could ransom her to someone."
Bandit 2: "We've already killed her parents, no one is gonna pay for some snot nosed brat."
Bandit 3: "I think it's funny she tried to fight. All it took was one hit to knock her out."
Bandit 1: "I've got it. We'll make her work the mine and clean up after us. Bring her along."

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Alania wasn't allowed time to grieve. She was forced to mine ore in bandit mine day in and day out.

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She barely got an rest at all and the little she did get was on an old pelt in a cold dark corner. She wanted to run but she was always so tired.

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After weeks of imprisonment she made the mistake or mouthing off to one of the bandits.

"Why you little!" he yelled. He drew his weapon, ready to strike. Alania screamed, "No! Please don't!"

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She fell to the ground shaking and pleading for her life. The bandit looked down, "That's better. Just remember, you're nothing but trash and we'll toss you out with it if you give us any trouble. Now what do you say?"

She looked at the floor and said, "Thank you sir."

"Good. Now run along and clean something."

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She wasn't sure how much time had passed when she collapsed on her bed roll. She hadn't seen the sun in months.

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Something woke Alania from sleep. It was the sound of shouting outside. A man and a woman, then it suddenly stopped. She heard the loud creek of the mine door.

 

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It was a warrior woman, like the stories her mom used to tell her. The warrior was shouting obsenities at the bandits as she killed them.

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She killed them one after one. They fell as if they were nothing. She struck the last one so hard that her axe became buried in his skull.

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The woman approached Alania. "So who do we have here?"

"My name's .... Alania. They took me prisoner." She was having a hard time talking due to her exhaustion.

"Well, my name's Tamaria. Let's get you back to your parents."

"They're dead. Bandits killed them."

Tamaria looked on Alania with sadness and pity "Poor girl.. we'll figure something out."

Tamaria picked up Alania and togther they left the cave.

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Part 2

Alania woke up in the Riverwood in. She saw a new set of clothes on the dresser.

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After changing, she left the room and walked into the inn proper. She looked around for her rescuer but couldn't find her. The innkeeper noticed her and said, "If you're looking for that tan woman, don't bother. She left after dropping you off and paying for your room."

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"Thank you," Alania said. She wan't really suprised. She didn't think that warrior had come to the mine to rescue her. She just happened to find her.

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"I want to at least tell her thank you. Do you know where she went?" Alania asked. The innkeeper hesitated. "Look kid, she's not exactly a role model. She drinks to much, starts bar fights, and...well there are other rumors. She's headed to Whiterun, but don't expect her to take you in."

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Alania grabbed a few things from the inn and headed off to the city with an Imperial patrol. The patrol was escorting a Stormcloak prisoner and seemed annoyed that she tagged along.

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The soldiers were obviously not from Skyrim but it wasn't until a giantess wandered onto the roadway that she realized how stupid they were. They raised weapons and attacked. When the giantess swung her club it sent the soldiers flying. One of their bodies slammed into Alania and sent her to the ground. In less than a minute all the soldiers were dead and the prisoner ran away, not even glancing back at her.

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Alania was barely conscious as the giantess lifted her into the air. She was curious about this small human. The giantess had never seen human children before. Alania thought she noticed a look of pity before she blacked out.

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She woke up in the giants camp. They were speaking an odd guteral language and seemed to be in some kind of debate. She slowly started to realize they were deciding whether to keep her or let her go.

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After some time, they dispersed around the camp. One of the female giants walked over amd motioned toward the campfire and a pot of what looked like cheese. Alania took a whiff and her stomach growled. She reached in and hesitantly ate some.

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When night fell, Alania thought about running away but she looked around and had no clue where she was. She was in the wilderness but there were no cities or signs of civilization around. She realized as strange as it seemed, she was safer where she was.

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She spent about a week at that camp before the giants and her moved to another. The climate at the new camp was a bit warmer than the last.

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She was getting used to cooked skeever and wolf.

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There was a tent at this camp, which made Alania happy not to have to sleep on the dirt.

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Early the next morning there was some commotion. One of the giants, the leader it seemed, snatched her out of a tent, said something, and placed her on a tall rock. She had heard it before and though it meant "safe."
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The bandits had coordination and surprise on their side. Alania started to worry about them actually winning. The giants were starting to feel like family. "Family? She thought. "When did that happen?"

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The battle ended with a few swings of clubs. The bandits were sent scattering. Alania took some of their clothes to replace her tattered dress. That night, one of the female giants inspected Alania to make sure she wasn't hurt. They were treating her like family it seemed.

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Over the next few days, the group discussed Alania. She could only tell because they would point at her. She could make out words that meant "tiny" , "sick" , and some question about foods. One of the giantesses looked at Alania like she had an idea.

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That night, one of the giantess placed Alania onto another giantess and forced her head to her chest. "Ow, what? What do... oh." They intended to nurse Alania back to health. They must have assumed her size was because she was sickly. The giantess held Alania's head to ther nipple and Alania began suckling. The giantesses seemed pleased.

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They continued to nurse her twice a day, once in the moring and once at night. "It doesn't taste bad," she thought. "All things considered, at least they are keeping me safe."

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The giants continued to move through Skyrim at about a montly interval. The female giants all took turns sleeping next to Alania. But today, they had moved into a new area and there was something about it that made them uneasy.

 

Part 3

Alania had spent almost a year with the giants and her former life was a fading memory.

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She traveled and hunted with them and even learned how to handle mammoths but by giant standards, her methods were a bit unorthadox.

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Over time, word had gotten out about a human girl was living with giants and occasionally an adventurer would try to take her away. This never ended well for the adventurer. Alania would always see if they had anything neat before her family moved the bodies.

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She had learned how to speak giant, how to repair her clothes, how to make weapons, and how to cook some really good skeever. She had also realized the giants could speak a little bit of Tamerelic.

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Most days, she kept busy but something about tonight made her thoughts drift to her parents.

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Most days, she kept busy but something about tonight made her thoughts drift to her parents. The two of them were inseparable, now even more so.

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The time had come again for them to move and the mammoths wanted to head north. Somehow, she just knew.

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It took a few days travel to make it to the next camp, which was near Winterhold. There was something special about this place. Mom told her it had old magic.

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The giants prepared paints and several tools. Alania looked to one giantess, "Mom?" The giantess spoke in her gutteral tone but Alania got the jist of it. There was some kind of ritual about to happen. A rite of passage of some kind.

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To tattoo her body, Mom used several sharp instruments, dyes, and more care than Alania had ever seen any giant use. The markings meant that she was fully one of them.

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They had been there for a few days when a mage from the college approached. He wanted to know about Alania's relationship with the giants.

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At first, the entire camp was cautious but he brought an offering with him and the giants allowed him to speak to Alania.

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She told him about them taking her in but his interest peaked when he heard her respond to a giant. "Wait!" he exclaimed. "You can understand them?"

"Yeah, it took me a while but I understand most of what they say and there are some words they understand too."

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He asked if he could come back and talk to her some more. "Sure, I guess," Alania said. "Great. My name is Tolfdir by the way. I'll be back soon." Over the course of the next week, the mage came back several times and asked her about the giant's language. Alania told him what she knew and he excitedly took notes.

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He invited her to the college to visit. She asked her family and they told her to come back by dark.

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Part 4

Tolfdir walked with Alania into the college. She recieved a few stares from various people. When they reached the gate, a woman named Colette sneared at her. "Now we're taking in strays I see. And what is the little savage here to do?"

Tolfir repremanded her, "That is no way to treat or guest. She is the only nord I've ever heard about living with giants. She could have valuable insight into their language and customs."

Mirabelle also spoke up, although she didn't look away from her book. "I think you should not be so quick to judge others after your.."

Colette interrupted, "...I think that's enough. My apologies little savage.

Alania shrugged off the comment and simply said an insult in the giant tongue.

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Tolfdir escorted her to the library to speak with Urag. He greeted Alania and gave her his customary warning about taking care of the books.

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"Hey, I didn't know orcs could read."

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"And I didn't know girls could speak giant."

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Alania shrugged and started looking around. She noticed a book sitting on a table. It looked familiar. The name on the spine, the cover, the size. She turned around, "Where did you get this book!"

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Her shout startled Urag. "We bought it off some khajiit traders a couple years ago."

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Alania opened the book and read the cover message aloud:

 

"To my dearest Alania, I love you more than life itself.

You are my dearest child, my little princess.

One day I hope you read this book to your children.

Never forget who you are or where you came from and one day, we'll return.

Love mom."

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Alania dropped to the floor sobbing and clutching her book.

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"Are you saying this is your book?" Tolfdir asked. Alania shook her head yes. Urag said in a consolitory tone, "Then you keep it."

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Once she composed herself, she told Tolfdir she needed to go back home but she'd come back tommorow. He escorted her to the gate.

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She arrived at the camp and showed her family the book. She read some of it for them before she went to sleep.

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The next day, she arrived at the college around noon. Urag waved her over when she entered the library. "So I was meaning to ask you, why is the book so important?"

Alania smiled, "It was a gift from my parents. My mom would read this to me every night. Well, before they were killed that is. The people who kidnapped me sold off everything we had. The book tells about where we came from. Mom used to say it held the secret to going back there."

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Urag was skeptical. "Are you sure it talks about a real place? The places it talks about sound like jungle but it also describes some places here."

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"I know it's real. I remember it a little."

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"If you say so. Anyway, while you're in this library you have access to most everything her. What can I help you with?"

"Could you teach me to speak right? I don't spend much time around non giants."

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"Well, you're not that far off now but I can help you. Why don't you write out some phrases that you think you say wrong."

"Umm, write? Can I just tell them to you?"

Urag suddenly understood the problem. "Okay, lets start with some practice writing."

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The lesson lasted most of the day.

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It wasn't until Alania heard her stomach growl that she realized how late it actually was. "Oh no, it's getting dark. I have to go back home. I can come back tommorow."

"That's fine, see you then," Urag said.

Alania ran home quickly, not wanting to be out alone after dark.

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Part 5

Alania returned to camp. Her heart sank as she approahed. Everyone in the camp was dead.

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She screamed out in rage and pain, "Noooooo!" She ran up to her mom and shook her. "Mom please wake up!" She yelled in the giant tongue as well but the giantess didn't budge.

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Alania fell down on top of her mom and wimpered, "Why do I keep losing family.."

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She looked around for a sign of who or what did this and then she remembered an old spell the giants had taught her. She walked up to a mammoth and invoked the spell. It was as if she was seeing through the eyes of the mammoth. There had been what looked like a man and a woman attacking the giants.

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The woman wore regal looking clothing and the man was dressed like a warrior. After the battle, the two walked away.

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As the vision ended, Alania dropped to her knees, trembling with sadness and rage, her mind racing around what to do now.

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****An hour later ****
She arrived back at the college and met with Toldfir. He gave her his condolences and offered her a place to stay for the night.

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The next morning, she met with the archmage.  He offered her a room at the college as long as she helped document what she knew of the giant's culture and language. 

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It only took a few days for the stone walls to get to Alania. She felt confined and caged. She had never been in a building for so long at a time. She was also still getting used to wearing the college robes.

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"I'll just go into town for a bit," she said to herself.
"J'zargo thinks he has what you need," came a voice from the corner.

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Alania jumped, "How long have you been there!?"
"Since before you noticed," J'zargo said.
"I see ... wait! That didn't answer the question."

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"J'zargo thinks it did, but this one also thinks you should try this." J'zargo tossed a bottle onto the bed.

"What is this?"
"It is called skooma. Great secret of college. You can't tell anyone. It will make your troubles melt away."

Against her better judgement, she decided to try it. She needed something to make her stay here bareable.

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After a few minutes, she looked at J'zargo. "I don't feel any different. Are sure this stuff is ...whoah." The room was starting to change color and her senses felt alive. 

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After a few minutes, she looked at J'zargo. "I don't feel any different. Are sure this stuff is ...whoah." The room was starting to change color and her senses felt alive. 

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She kept wondering why he was just giving skooma to her. "Maybe he's just being nice," she thought.

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**** Later that week ****
J'zargo came into Alania's room, "So today is the 13th of Sun's Height. If this one remembers correctly, you have a birthday. J'zargo has made something special for you."  He tossed her a bottle of skooma.

"Thank you, but I've been wondering...you came here shortly before Alduin was killed. That means you've been here about ten years."

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"Well, there was some trouble in Markarth and then a misunderstanding in Riften, and some trouble with some farmers. It is safer for J'zargo here, at least for now."

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Alania sighed, "Did it involve skooma?"

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J'zargo shook his head, "Absolutely, probably not, may be a little. This one must be going, enjoy your present, this one used a spell to amplify it." J'zargo left the room.

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"Strange cat." She sat on her bed and drank the skooma. She was already very relaxed when the effects started. She thought of home, her real home from when she was a young child. 

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In front of her, a jungle started to take shape. In front of her she saw a giant, but not a normal one. This one looked like a nord but massive. She was carrying a small child with her as she made her way through the jungle. 

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Alania desperatly tried to remember more but the effect of the skooma had worn off and she was especially tired. "I'll have to try that again," she yawned and fell asleep. 

In her dream, she was being carried by the unusual giantess. It was like a memory. My dearest Tal'lania I am sending you through the portal with your father. I will give of myself to seal the portal and keep the dark one out. I will be with you in spirit and again once you find the key.

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Alania was set down on the ground in front of her father and a large seal. She was puzzled because her dad seemed shorter than he should be and there was a crowd of people around who all seemed to be sad.

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There was a brilliant flash of light and she was standing on top of a seal by an ocean and the air was cold.  The jungle had vanished entirely. 

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Part 6

 

"That sounds a bit familar." He came back with an old book and placed it on the table. The title read "Mysteries of the Primal Goddesses." Urag said, "This book is purely fictional. It is a fanciful story about a pantheon of goddess giving their lives to stop a horrible evil."

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She read through several volumes about ancient seals. Most referenced the planes of Oblivion but a few referenced an old myth about a seal that connected to an island somewhere in Nirn or possibly some other plane. The descriptions seemed the same and even mentioned a great evil that once tried to terrorize the land.

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Alania read the book cover to cover. She took the book to the archmage and asked him about the seal and the evil. He laughed and said, "This book is a good read. The seal sounds like one that is north of solitude, by the coast. As for the great evil, a few have speculated that it could be referring to Jyggalag or Alduin. It's all speculation of course.

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He handed the book back to her and shooed her out of his quarters. She stood outside his door pondering a thought. "If the seal is real, then maybe this book and my dreams are real too."

I have to know," she thought. "But they won't like me leaving suddenly to investigate it." Her mind shifted to J'zargo. "If he is moving skooma in and out of the college, he must have a secret way out."

She asked him and he said that he did have one. It was down through the midden. J'zargo gave her a warning, "Before you leave, this one hears things. Someone here has told about your search for the seal days ago. The High Queen is coming. This one thinks she wants the magic of the seal for herself. I would hurry if I were you. She may be pretty, but she is known for her temper."

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Even with the ominous warning it took her hours to get supplies ready and secretly work her way into the midden. She had no sooner closed the door when she heard the sound of soldiers and a young woman, presumably the Queen. "Where is she? The one looking for the seal! Guards! Spread out!"

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When they asked to take Alania, the archmage refused at first. The High Queen threatened to burn the college and he eventually agreed to hand her over. Alania wasted no time in escaping. 
As she stood at the exit, she could hear magic being loosed above at the college. 

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She hiked all the way to Dawnstar, then took a boat to the Solitude lighthouse. She didn't want to take the roads for fear of running into the High Queen or her guards, so she went by way of the wilderness. From there, she followed her crude directions and found the seal. It looked like a old carved piece of rock. She leaned down and touched it but it looked dormant. She examined it for hours until the sun started to come up.

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As soon as the first rays of light hit the seal, magic flared to life around her and she felt herself being pulled in.

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She awoke on top of a large seal. It almost looked like the same seal. All around her was a tropical jungle. It was a stark contrast to the frozen land of Skyrim. 

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A group of warrior women ran up and surrounded her. One of them held up a pendant. It glowed with a blue radiance when she held it toward Alania.

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All the women bowed down and the one with the pendant declared, "The Sun Princess has returned! All hail the goddess!"

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Alania was taken aback. "I think you have the wrong person, I'm not a princess or a goddess."

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"The pendant never lies. Come, we will show you." Together they walked to a small temple. On the way there, Alania started remembering the roads, where they went, and where they entered the temple.

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She walked into the temple and the memories of home flooded her mind. "How could I have forgotten all of this?" she said aloud. 

The priestess came forward, "You were very young when your mother took you from here. It was to keep you safe, but you should have returned long ago.

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Alania described what happened to her, the death of her supposed parents, being raised by giants, her recent time at the college, and her dreams.
"It seems someone killed your father shortly after you're arrival. It was probably so traumatic that you blocked it out. It is a shame he did not survive to help you return but you are here now."

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"In my dream, my real name is Tal'lania. That is my actual name?"
"Yes. Come, we will show you some things that will help you remember as well as something your mother left that will give you all you need to know."
Alania made the decision to begin using her real name, Tal'lania.

They took Tal'lania to a secret room in in the temple.  This place was obviously intended for her. There were several books all around. The High priestess handed Tal'lania a strange cube. It looked like the lexicons she had read about at the college. When she held the cube, the runes lit up and 
her mind was flooded with images and thougths. She could hear her mother's warnings and advice, she could see maps of the land, she learned the coucil of those that came before, and she learned of power sleeping deep inside herself .

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The lights of the cube stopped shining and the priestess said, "Now that you have the knowledge, it is time to learn how to use it." She handed the Tal'lania her royal clothing. She put on the ornate robes. She could tell they were strongly enchanted, however she was not used to wearing such finery.

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"Now you must embark on a journey of self discovery. Learn what the evil was that caused the other goddesses to give up their power to keep us all safe. Find yourself and awaken your full power.  Once you have done this, you may return and be our goddess queen. But for now, just relax. You have been through a great ordeal to get here.
Tal'lania decided to take her up on that. A few days of relaxtion were exactly what she needed right now.

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"I wonder what my full power is?" She pondered that and manhy other things as she sat in the pool reflecting on everything that led her here.

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I would love comments or opinions from anyone that makes it to the end. It'll give me the drive to post the other 2 parts.

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7 hours ago, RilKil said:

Great story looking forward to next issue.

Thanks. It picks up here: 

 

I have 8 more chapters to go so I'm adding them all to that blog

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