5

Under the cover of night a Leon could be seen taking measured breaths His hands started to produce a transparent fog that spread through the area 'And with a bit of manipulation' the fog that spread through him was laced with [Rage] the animals that breathed in such miasma turned from their passive state to rage in a split second.

Seeing the once passive animals battle among themselves 'Much more effective than expected then again their animals' with some manipulation he entertwined the fog with the spell [Calm} causing his surroundings to quiet down.

Nodding his head to the progress of his spell Holding his hand out casting out multiple spells [Flood] with his one hand and [Flames] in the other mixing the two causing a visible fog infused with his magic that quickly rose and with another cast [Ice] The fog turned to icicles of different sizes and with a simple gesture the icicles suspended in the air shot forward to the calm and confused animals spearing them to the ground killing them instantly.

Satisfied he called upon one of his thralls "What's the progress within Morthal"

"The tracking of the vampire hideout will take sometime as we found alva to be more cautious of her surroundings losing the scouts by dissapearing in plain sight"

Leon nodding his head "So she used invisibility huh. How about Mage's movements"

"We took a detailed report of his schedule my lord" he then proceeded to recite the word on the parchment "He wakes at 8am to unlock his house and sell magical items and spells or at least try to, he then usually takes a 3 hour break he willl either stain in his house or converse with the child called agni, and At 8pm he locks the house and closes his business. And with unrelenting observation we found him leaving his house past midnight and traveling north of morthal"

'With Alva evading my thralls eye's it would seem i need to follow her myself but how to counter it' With a snap of his fingers the spell [detect undead] but thats an expert alteration spell my proficiency coincides with illusion, destruction and a small mix of restoration' Shaking his head 'i can always practice to get the hang of such a spell'

'As for Falion i think it would be time to meet him face to face whether he was able to find out if i was a vampire or not doesnt matter just the fact he has not done anything of note like his visits to that place at north already gives me enough confidence that one he eithers knows but wont make a move until i do something to the people of morthal or Two he just doesnt have the ability to detect such things like in the game'

Done with his thoughs he ordered his thralls to skin and harvest the meat of the slain animals and trade some of it for coin with the people of morthal while the rest will be given as small gifts for their "hospitality" He then headed back to morthal.

-----------------------

A blond haired nord walked upon the roads of morthal his ear's naturally overhearing the unconcealed frustrations of the populace.

"When will that damn Hag get up from her throne and do something we need a leader not some vision disilution woman" The man made sure his voice was loud and clear as he spoke to his fellow worker but his eye's often strayed to the blond haired nord.

The blond haired nord could only let such word's fester in his mind as he entered the inn seeing the somewhat booming inn sighing 'at least someone is having the time of their life' A voice called for him and drifted him away from his thought's

"Hey Grom take a seat and have a drink on me" Looking to the side he saw a short haired male nord strapped in iron armor with matching gauntlets by his side a battleaxe.

Approaching the man "Then i'll take you up on that" looking back to the counter as he shouted "Jonna give me a tankard of mead" which she then responded "one tankard of mead on the way"

Sitting beside the man who promtly spoke with a hushed tone "Anything new Grom?"

Grom lowered his head "Still the same i tell you Benor, something got to be done" He then felt a hand place itself on his shoulder.

"When the time is right friend... When were sure"

"Benor but how long will that take, The longer we wait the worse it get's" Grom spoke while he rubbed his forehead in frustration.

Benor looked to the sides and seeing as if the travellers have gone closer to their conversation "Be patient, focus on your duties as a housecarl and protect the jarl, Well talk more on a later, don't want prying ears to overhear now do we?"

Grom waked up from his thoughts as he looked at the travellers with warriness nodding his head.

"Here's your mead" Jonna soon came unknowingly dispelled the tense atmosphere while she place the tankard on the table.

After finishing the mead and saying farewell to benor he headed straight to the jarl's Highmoon hall.

----------------------------

"Clop Clop Clop Clop"

'Oh and what do we have here?' Leon looked on with interest as he saw the new arrival.

An imperial soldier dismounted from his horse who then entered the jarl's hall while being escorted by the jarl's Guards.

'Well now it seems the imperials are making a move, so why dont i find out what exactly they plan to do' He gathered his Thralls to lay in wait for the imperial soldier to exit morthal.

-----------------------------

War room in Highmoon hall.

A man wearing the heavy armor of the imperial legion receiving the scroll he then dismissed the soldier which promtly left, he unrolled the scroll which stated [Legate Taurinus Duilis - By order of the imperial legion you are to capture and hold the ruins south west of morthal.

A detachment of men will be sent to aid you and if possible persuade the jarl to lend a hand on the operation, some words have been spread and have come to our attention of her people's lack of appreciation of her 'leadership' as we are lacking the necassery replacement to take her place you are to also stabilize her repution among the populace]

Taurinus looked blank at the message he was sent, letting out a sigh he fixed his appearance he went to the map as question the reasoning of such orders. 'I thought they were unwilling to claim the ruins due to it's more haunted nature but first let's look at the benifits of such a move by claiming the ruin we could in time set up a trade route to white run and with that it should elevate the hold financial power and in turn give the imperial legion a bigger advantage within the war. but we still don't know what's inside those very ruins it's more haunted nature already brings up disaster as it tells it's either a naturall occurence or a group of necromancer has made it their home and if so how large is the necromancers forces nonetheless.... orders are orders' He then destroyed the message and went to the jarl to discuss her involvement within the plan..

--------------------------

Outside of Morthal Leon sprung the trap capturing the returning soldier which he then broke the will and in turn replace thoughts of loyalty to the legion and turned it to loyalty to him alone asking his purpose which the soldier gladly responded.

"They plan to hold the ruins south west of here" The soldier spoke.

'Isn't that labyrinth which holds the staff of magnus and the dragon priest' having a satisfied smile ' well isn't that just perfect a few meat shields to face the dangers within while i swoop in and take it all!' Sending the soldier off to act as a spy within the legion.

Thinking about it some more his gaze brightened 'isn't this also a chance to encounter some mages from the college of winterhold, then again i can't be to sure they would be there but all i can do is hope after all the only reason a lot of them were able to escape that place was because of the dragonborn and without that protection they would most likely die but that's where the imperials come in.'

Heading back to morthal as he continued within his thoughts 'If the imperials were to find them they would either A. Force them to leave which i will promtly ambush them at the entrance and make them my thralls or B. the imperials will join forces with the mages to conquer the labyrinth and defeat the dragonpriest inside or at least they will try as i with my thralls stalk from behind'

The possible benefits that come out with this are positvely large both in quantity and quality imagine having a certain grasp within the college and be able to get the years upon years of knowledge and power engraved within those books'

Calming himself down 'Let's not count our chikens before they hatch there could still be variables that could lead to a bad outcome for me example they just all die and i wont be able to reap what's inside the ruins.'

'Second the dragon priest awakens and might be a bit too strong for me to handle and if so i might be forced to leave with gaining anything and of course such actions have deeper consequences the dragon priest might exit the labyrinth unleashing hell either it be by having an undead dragon by his side or its mastery of spells and terrorizing Morthal and the places close by.

His face grew grimmer as such a posibility crossed his mind 'i might be forced to leave everything i build up here and start new at another hold' Shaking his head 'Either way i need to prepare and the first step would be to properly equip my thralls for the coming battle.'