Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150109114215/@comment-29559990-20150124144458

Sermain City; a massive utopia built upon the ashes of Vivec City, somehow finding a way to flourish in the harsh conditions set forth by the explosion of Red Mountain.

The citizens, however, had found a way to adapt to the ash. They had built farms and grown crops that could survive the conditions of Vvardenfell. They had also stumbled upon a large supply of Ebony and Malachite while on the island. Needless to say, Sermain City was in good conditions.

Watching over the city was the leader of the Shadowblood Federation, Talyn Varethi, and his elite armada of Dunmer's. They ruled from their massive castle, a structure similar to that of Volkihar known simply as Bloodclaw Keep. And in the throne room, sitting high and mightily upon his throne, was Talyn Varethi, having a conversation with one of his advisers, Garan Sarathi.

"This is a wretched idea, Talyn!" Garan complained.

"You have yet to give me a reason as to why." Talyn retaliated.

"Is it not obvious? For years, we have lived in peace, thriving on our resources. Now you simply wish to interject yourself into world matters that none of us know anything about? Why provoke the sleeping giant when we could just simply walk away from it?"

"You blow this out of proportion, Garan. We are not provoking a war with all of Tamriel. It's a simple scouting mission to Ebonheart. No bloodshed, no death, no wars. We are simply finding out if there are neighboring city states on the island." Talyn reassured. "Now be gone. Resume your duties."

"Fine." Garan groaned, and he went on. "Don't say I didn't warn you when we are at war with all of Tamriel."

"There will be no bloodshed..." Talyn said to himself.

"... not yet..."

(So, I have a scouting party heading to Ebonheart (very short distance away from Sermain.) I'm still grasping the concepts of how this time works. Is there a way to figure out how long missions would take or is that set by the GM?)