User blog:Harold Burned-Mane/The Tale of Baslod - Part II

The Tale of Baslod the Dragonborn, King of Whiterun, to becoming the Emperor of Tamriel continues...

Catch up on his previous tale before reading.

Calm before the Storm
Following his return to Whiterun and the birth of his daughters, Baslod turned his attention to his neighbors. He wanted to begin his conquest and so he looked to the weakest opponent first. Jarl Wulfgar of Skyborn had just come out of a war with the Reachman King of Bleakwind, so his armies were tired and spent despite him having won the war. That along with the fact that the Jarl Wulfgar had once been Thane under the previous Jarl of Whiterun, only declaring himself independent after Baslod came into power, made him the prime candidate for his first conquest.

Baslod had his spymaster Deydris go into Skyborn lands to investigate possible weak points that he could exploit.

Once such weak point was named Lord Vulwulf of Valkygg. He was a minor lord but one that refused to side with Jarl Wulfgar in his previous war. After hearing about this from the Bosmer, King Baslod sent a letter to the Lord and asked him to rejoin the kingdom of Whiterun as his vassal and to aid in the conquest of Skyborn.

After a few days, King Baslod received his reply. Lord Vulwulf Aald of Valkygg swore his allegiance to Whiterun and agreed to help them against Jarl Wulfgar.

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I will be adding to his story over time. It will only end with his death.

Leave your thoughts on the story below and if you'd like I can add custom characters created by you guys to the story. If you want to suggest a custom character just leave a message below and I can ask you the necessary information for creating the custom character.

The custom characters can be vassals or courtiers of Baslod. The available positions currently are:
 * Chancellor (Should be a character good in diplomacy)
 * Marshal (Should be a character good in martial)
 * Steward (Should be a character good in stewardship)
 * Magister (Should be a character good in learning)