Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

The next morning, I gathered my energy and set off with two orcs to the Bloodthrone Fortress. Annis stayed in Helgen Town to introduce the current situation of the tribe to my father. The two had dealt with each other before, so there was no need for me to pass on the message. She asked me to bring Helgi out by the way. The reason why the old lady took on this errand was for this matter - she wanted to send the little girl to Orphan Rock to learn magic.

Annis had already had contact with the crow hag entrenched in Orphan Rock. Although she had never seen Helgi, she did not mind taking in another apprentice. This Esmerelda was more famous than Moira in the wizard circle of Southern Skyrim. Because she was smooth and sophisticated, not bound by tradition, and had a bit of the meaning of "teaching without distinction", she had many disciples.

The more disciples there are, the more people will volunteer to promote their teacher, and the more famous the teacher will be. After all, only by praising their teacher as a saint can the disciples have the opportunity to be worshipped as a saint and get a title like the sub-sage or the ten sages.

Dad was initially quite resistant to the fact that there was a crow witch sleeping next to his territory. Later, after several contacts by Annis, Esmerelda sent two of his disciples to Helgen Town as guest mages, which enabled the two sides to initially establish mutual trust. Dad acquiesced to the other party occupying the mountain as the king, and Esmerelda also nominally obeyed the rule of Helgen and Baron Newgra. These two people usually stay at home and keep a low profile, and Dad likes to keep everything secret. If it weren't for my aunt telling me, I wouldn't have known about this matter.

Helgi's magic learning has been delayed for several months. She had participated in the military operation to capture the Sun Garden Fortress, but she suffered social death and had a mental breakdown after returning. Then she followed me to the Hafengarn Territory and wasted the entire spring. Now that the little girl has recovered from her heartache, the old aunt thinks it's time to give her some strength.

The imperial academic wizards have always denounced the magic of the Reachmen as barbaric and primitive black magic, while Annis calls mainstream magic "ridiculous tricks of men". In short, both sides are in a state of looking down on each other. My old aunt probably guessed that Helgi was secretly learning spells that did not belong to the Reachmen. After all, this girl has been following me recently, and I have never concealed my identity as "a man who can play ridiculous tricks". In order to prevent her talented niece from going astray and not offend me, her plastic ally, sending Helgi away was her wisest choice.

I don't care. I've already talked it out with Helgi. Besides, she has Weir's mask in her hand. It's hard to say who is brainwashing whom. Although I have little knowledge, I can vaguely feel that different schools of magic actually have the same basic logic. With Helgi's talent, in time, maybe she can integrate the two schools and become a true master.

But these are all later stories. Right now, we have to get through Tullius first.

When Lund saw us, he immediately understood and quickly sent someone to the mine to invite the two orc captives. Everyone sat down and talked about the matter, and confirmed their identities. It turned out that they were the blacksmiths sent by Chief Boguk. Fortunately, Lund was a kind person and never abused the captives. The two even expressed their gratitude for his care during this period.

At first, in order to spread the news of the destruction of Lucius's army, we asked all the captives to write letters to their families to ask for ransom. But for the orcs, honor is far more important than life and freedom. Asking them to write letters to inform the tribe that they were defeated and captured, and to pay money to ransom them, is worse than killing them. So the two orcs refused to write letters, and the two orc chiefs and Governor Rikki did not know their whereabouts. Otherwise, according to Chief Kruger's mind, a mere one thousand Septim, how can it compare to the meteorites in his own mine? He would have taken them away long ago.

Lund only knew that the two orc captives worked hard, but he never thought that they were such a treasure. He had planned to set up a blacksmith workshop next to the mine, but he was troubled by the lack of professional talents. If the two had revealed their identities earlier, he would have sold several batches of goods by now.

I stopped Lund, whose face was filled with grief, and arranged for a few orcs to rest. As laborers, they had no property, but Lund had obtained permission from Danger and Nanya to implement the work point system in the mine, and work points could be exchanged for physical objects. So they needed some time to register with Talfer and Lucia, and then exchange their remaining work points for useful things.

According to the current rules, the coolies were given a fixed amount of bean cakes and a small amount of malt liquor mixed with water, which was just enough to keep them from starving to death. However, they could use their work points to exchange for meat, bread, medicine and better quality liquor, or exchange them for cash to buy goods from the Reachmen or the Tigermen. Lund explained that the original intention of this system was to make it more difficult to redeem the captives. After all, in order to release these people, I need to pay the ransom to the Lords' Council of Falkreath, and I don't have much money on hand. If a large number of captives are redeemed at the same time, it is very likely that I will not have enough money to go through the procedures.

In this way, the work point system would lose its credibility, so Lund came up with this idea. Because the condition for redemption is to stay in the Bloody Throne Fortress, only those who really don't want to mine will work hard to save work points in exchange for freedom so that they can do other jobs. For those who plan to continue to be miners, redemption is nothing more than the difference between getting work points or cash. Since work points can also be used to exchange things, why not make your life more comfortable first?

Lund has now handed over the daily operations of the mine to the dark elf Talfo, and Lucia is responsible for the accounts. He has taken time out to coordinate all affairs of the fortress and has asked the tiger people in the merchant house to help search for the Skooma smugglers.

"That's great. I found you a new job that's much more interesting than this little castle."

I explained the current situation of the Sheyaling tribe, and Lund remained silent after listening.

"Why aren't you talking? You don't want to go and you blame me for not discussing it with you in advance?"

Lund waved his hand and began to pack up the documents in the room.

"That's not the case. I'm just wondering where to start. It sounds complicated."

"I can give you a little advice. Let's start with their relationship with the orc tribe. You don't need to wait for the confirmation of the Nanya chief steward. You can take these two orc captives away directly. As for what conditions they can get in return, it depends on your negotiation skills."

"Will this get you into trouble?"

I shook my head.

The two orcs didn't send a letter to their tribe, so Nanya would never receive their ransom money, and she wouldn't ask for them by name. Even if she heard some rumors, what would happen? I just said they were dead. Did the death of two people in the mine also require the approval of the general manager?

Now that I know that Danger and Nanya are targeting me, I am not going to follow the rules. I will use the power and resources in my hands as much as possible to get more bargaining chips before they confront me. Sunshine Garden Fortress is one of my three strongholds, and I want Lund to manage it well. Of course, I did not reveal these calculations to him, so as not to put too much pressure on him.

I introduced to Lund what I knew about the culture of the Rich people and told him to follow the local customs. Lund also told me about the things he had not finished. After finishing all these, it was time for dinner. I saw Helgi in the restaurant. The little girl didn't say anything about my appearance. She just smiled and continued to whisper with Lucia. They pointed at a small notebook in front of them, and seemed to be discussing the contents inside.

Helgi and Lucia were talking, but she would occasionally glance at me. When she saw me pick up the wine glass and walk over, she quickly raised her hand and closed the book.

"What's so mysterious about it that I'm not allowed to see it?"

"nothing!"

"It's a poem written by Helgi..."

The two girls answered at the same time. Lucia knew she had said something wrong and quickly covered her mouth. Helgi's face turned red all the way to his ears, and he turned around and glared at her angrily.

Of course, I wasn't bored enough to pry into a girl's privacy, so I didn't respond.

"Aunt Annis asked you to go to Helgen Town. She plans to send you to Orphan Rock to learn magic. I can't go with you. You have to be careful there alone. Take Miko with you and bring all the equipment you can. Remember, only learn knowledge, don't get involved in other things, and don't reveal your cards."

Helgi nodded. Seeing me preparing to return to my seat, she hesitantly handed me the notebook.

"Would you like to read it, brother?"

Now, even the tips of her ears were red.

"it is good."

I took it with a smile. Talver's wife Karan began to distribute food, and the two little girls sat up straight and prepared to eat.

This is a long poem, telling the story of the most famous king of the Rich people: Red Eagle.

Of course I don't understand poetry, and Nordic lacks the unique rhythm of Chinese. In addition, Helgi's writing is awkward, so he just records Red Eagle's life in a straightforward manner.

She added a lot of inspirational stories to the legendary monarch's youth, such as killing a man-eating tiger and breaking a giant's knee. But the part about him unifying the Reach is not very good. It is said that there were ten kings of the Reach at that time, but she just glossed over it and didn't even bother to make up their names. The highlight is the plot of Red Eagle fighting Queen Hestra as always, and it climaxed when the first legendary king incarnation, Thornheart, completed the slaying of a thousand people. Finally, he predicted that the Reachmen would eventually regain their freedom.

I read the entire poem carefully twice before I could barely find four sentences worthy of praise. The rest of the text was too straightforward, and some parts didn't even rhyme.

"This is the story with the most complete information I have found so far. Once the poem is revised, it will be translated into Reach language. I want to write the history of the Reach people into an epic."

This girl...

"Sure, the Rich people should have their own history."

Helgi underlined the good sentences I pointed out, circled the places where they didn't rhyme, and then put the notebook away.

Lund and Helgi will stay in Bloodthrone for another day to pack their bags and deal with some personal matters. They don't have to leave in a hurry. Dad has to lead the troops to Sunny Garden Fortress and arrange the defense of Helgen Town. These cannot be done in a few days. Anyway, Lund is very familiar with Dad, and with Aunt Annis helping to take care of him, I am not worried about his safety.

Helgi can communicate with animals, and with Miko following her, she can get information. Who can defend against a cute dog? Add to that Vil's mask and magic to summon the element of ice, and I think it's enough for her to protect herself.

As for me, I'm not going to accompany either of them this time. In fact, I'm not going anywhere for the next month.

Because I know one thing -

Rigel is about to give birth.

It was the last day of the Dusk Moon last year. I took my father back to Falkreath from Morningstar City, and Rigel told me about her pregnancy. I don't know how to calculate the due date, but I know that the saying of pregnancy lasts for ten months, but it's actually only forty weeks, about nine months. Since I found out about my pregnancy in November last year, the birth is likely to be in July this year.

Isn't that next month's thing?

It is already the 22nd of the mid-year month. Maybe in less than forty days, I will become a father!

But that old fox Danger might have suspected me, so I couldn't go to Rigel to accompany her, and I couldn't even show too much attention to this matter.

I don’t know if I can get the news in the first place!

The culture of the Nords is not conservative. At least women don't have to live with garbage bags on their backs, and there is no perverted custom of being thrown into a pig cage if you talk to a strange man. But giving birth is a private matter after all, and for a woman who has just given birth, it is not certain whether she really has to go through the gates of Sovngarde for a happy or sad event. Therefore, people generally don't advertise it widely, unless they are relatives or friends with a very close relationship, then they may send someone to notify them.

There is another reason. The climate in Skyrim is harsh, and the medical level is hard to describe. The infant mortality rate is quite high. For this reason, people generally do not celebrate the birth of babies. When the child is one month old, the host family will invite relatives and friends who are close to them to have a small gathering. The formal celebration will have to wait until the first birthday. Families with the conditions will hold a banquet and invite priests to bless.

This is also why when we were discussing the alliance with Balgruuf, the nobles of Whiterun told Tager to come to the banquet when the prince turned one year old.

Therefore, the Stuhn family is unlikely to release the news immediately.

I considered moving to Falkreath City to take care of Donna. But it is too suspicious for a noble with a territory to ignore his property for forty days. Stein lives there, but I dare not ask him to help me find out about this. What if this guy is a spy planted by Danger beside me? Wouldn't it be a confession?

But I think Rigel should find a way to let me know that she is safe. Eddie and Murray are taking care of her, especially Eddie. He had already guessed something before and was also very clear about the relationship between Rigel and me. As long as he was not crazy, he should have known to send me a letter immediately. From an outsider's point of view, Murray was responsible for taking care of the lord's wife's food and drink. When he heard that his wife had given birth, he came back to tell his fiancé, while Eddie notified his good brother who had been bandits with him.

Wouldn't this arouse suspicion?

Well, that should be fine.

No! It's definitely okay!

In this case, I absolutely cannot run around, and I must make sure Eddie can find me as soon as possible.

I'll just stay in my little fort!

I'm not going anywhere!