Chapter 1 A New Beginning

The red mountain eruption devastated all of Morrowind, causing many Dunmer elves to flee to Skyrim. The Nords who lived in the cold climate of Skyrim offered the small island of Salstheim to the poor unfortunate Dunmer. A handful of Dunmer accepted the Nords offer and stay at the Island. Two of these Dunmer were a married couple, Tillia And Xander Grimm. Their skin was gray and dark as the ash that covered the island. The Dunmer quickly made Salstheim their home, building their homes. Tillia is a young 27 year old Dunmer who is a renowned healer among the village. She was sitting inside the healers hut in the middle of 3 beds, Inside the beds was 3 sick Dunmer. Tillia clasped her hands together and recited a chant. A light yellow aura surrounded her body as her hair flowed softly. She reaches out her hands towards the elder, causing the yellow aura to flow through them. She gazed up at the sick Dunmer elder who was laying in the bed infront of her. Her purple hues tired, eye bags under them. Her slender figure was draped in Dunmer fabrics, that she had back in Morrowind. the elder starts to arch his back and cough violently as the aura constricts his body and enters into his mouth. A trail of ash escapes from the elders lungs and falls to the ground. The elder relaxes his body and Tillias hands fall to her side tiredly. She breathes heavily and shakily as her body trembles. Her long dark purple hair falls infront of her face as she lowers her head, taking a breath. She stands to her feet and walks over to the elder helping him sit up. "Thank you, healer." The elder spoke in a hoarse tone as he stands up. "Please if you feel ill, come to me immediately." Tillia spoke tiredly as she gives him a weak smile. The elder nods and stumbles out of the hut.

Two hours later Tillia finally healed the other two sick Dunmer. Tillia starts to clean up the ash that fell to the floor, After they left. It was late at night when the hut door opened once again. Tillia stood up from bending down and turned to face the doorway. Standing there infront of the door was her tall, handsome and slender husband just as tired as Tillia. "Xander, you look so tired." Tillia says sincerely as she walks to him. Xander was wearing a dirtied mining outfit as he gives his wife a soft smile. "You look more tired than me, my dear." He spoke with a deep voice as his arms wrap around Tillias waist. Her hand moves up brushing it through his dark blue hair causing dust and dirt to fall out of his locks. "Let's rest in the bath." She replied as she pulls away from him, winking at him before walking to the bathroom. Tillia reaches out her hand and points it towards the firepit under the bath tub as sparks fly from her palm. Xander walks into the bathroom noticing Tillia having trouble doing a fire spell. He took her hand gently and placed it to his lips kissing it gently. Tillia looks over at him with a deep sigh. "Allow me to start the fire." Xander proposes before moving his other hand down to the pit. A small flame sparked out catching the pit of wood on fire. Tillia dipped her hand into the warming bath as Xander starts removing his clothes. Once the bath was warm Xander used a water spell to put out the fire before stepping into the tub. He closed his tired red hues and sighed heavily. Tillia began to undress, taking off her intricate pieces of clothing. Then she steps into the bath laying her back against his chest. Xander wraps his arms around her holding her tightly and spoke gently into her ear. "You know, you should take it more easier." As he stared down and gently rubbed her stomach. "I know, Xander." Tillia replied as she closed her eyes. "Were going to be parents soon, so take it easy while we can." He gently laughs causing Tillia to laugh too. "Being parents won't be easy." He continues with a smile. "What if we cant take care of them?" She questions sadly before Xander squeezes her gently. "Don't say that, we're going to be the best parents ever." He says proudly. Tillia turns around slightly to look at him, they both smile.

Once their bath is over, they head to the bed with the animal pelt as a blanket. Xander lays in the bed waiting for Tillia to join him. She slides in next to him laying her hand on his stomach and resting her head on his chest. "Goodnight my love, may the goddess Azura protect us." She says gently as she closed her eyes. He holds her close. "Goodnight my love." They both soon fell fast asleep. The night was long but the sunlight peered through the dark lighting up the ash filled island.