Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20150626145118/@comment-5583506-20150705011633

Elda later met up with her father in his chambers where she found him brandishing an axe made out of mammoth bone.

"You wanted to see me?" she asked.

Ivarr raised an eyebrow. "Yes. In fact, there is a lot we need to discuss. You have been away from home for far too long. People believe that you might have forgotten about our ways."

"Pardon my saying, father. But those who believe that are ignorant bastards who deserves nothing better than a polearm to their guts."

He shrugged. "So you say. But have you forgotten Elda? You have spent more time in Solitude and on the seas more than you have here. Don't forget that the winds of the mountains are your roots, not the breezes of the oceans."

"You wanted to give me a lesson of identity?"

"No. I just wanted to remind you of where you truly belong. Because the Orcish legions will soon be upon us. And by then we will need every able fighter to protect our lands."

She nodded vaguely. "I know, but I can't stay here for now, father. I just stopped by to say hi."

"Oh?" The old chieftain seemed surprise. "So the Bitter-Cat is leaving her people to fend for themselves, is she?"

"Tsk. Don't be so bloody dramatic. I will be back. I just need to go to Daggerfall on an urgent mission."

"What awaits you in Daggerfall?"

Elda opened her mouth as if she was about to say something, but then fell silent. "I... I don't remember. That's why I am going there. I was travelling there by ship before it was hit by a storm and sank. Since then I can't recall exactly why I was going to Daggerfall in the first place. But there is an urge within me, telling me that whatever awaits me in Daggerfall, it is something of great importance. Perhaps not just to me, but to the rest of the Reach in general."

Her father nodded slowly. "I see. The gods do indeed test us in the strangest way sometimes." He smirked. "Perhaps they did it again when they sent that Imperial outsider your way?"

"Ehrm... I don't know what you are talking about."

"Please. They way you seemed so eager to 'make him yours' was so transparent I might as well have wed you there and then."

She snorted. "He is cute, I will give him that."

"And has he given you his seed yet?"

"Father!"

The chieftain rolled with his shoulders. "It's only natural. From what I have heard of your escapades, you should be the last one to feel ashamed for your actions."

Elda bit together and sighed. "Well, we did lay together just until recently."

"And?"

"And I will therefore brew myself some herbal tea. Getting knocked up by some outsider is the last thing on my mind right now."

Ivarr seemed amused. "What about that time with Skuld?"

"Father, please. I was 17 years old, and Skuld neither was, nor is the love of my life. And he was definitely not the best lay of my life either for that matter."

"Fair enough. But a time will come when you will want to settle down, Elda. I will give you that prediction."

"I am sure you will", she scoffed. "By the way, you do know that the Bull is at large?"

"The Bull?"

"Bearsbane."

Ivarr's face turned hard and even more gaunt. "How many men?"

"I don't know. I just saw him in Falkreath. At any rate, I don't think he will be posing a threat to us, but you might want to keep an eye out. I think he is gathering men to fight the Orsinium Empire."

The old chieftain shrugged. "He is either a fool or a very brave fool if he think that he can take on the Orcs. But then again, I underestimated him during all those times we tried to retake the Reach. He is bold, I know that much. And he is stubborn. He will die before he surrenders."

Elda adjusted her clothing. "If he is marching to fight the Orcs he must come through the Reach. I just thought that I would give you a heads-up."

"And I thank you for it. Should this situation take a turn for the worse, we certainly won't have enough men and women to fight on two fronts. We can't take on both the Orsinium Empire from the west and Arngrim Bearsbane from the east. That would be our undoing."

"I promise to return once I find out whatever my reason to go to Daggerfall was. Perhaps it can even help us defend ourselves?" She started to head back down the cave.

Ivarr smiled. "Do so, my child. And when you do return, I will wed you and that Imperial."

Elda made a halt as soon as she heard that. "You wish, old man."