Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
The amulet that he'd ordered the dark brotherhood to collect, the entire reason he was so far from home, up to his neck in arrogant imperials and testy orcs. it was sheer luck that he had even managed to track her this far.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 2
All i ask in return is that you at least consider going to the dark brotherhood sanctuary with me." karme sighed. she did not like to be this beholden to someone, but she had no choice. "fine. do you know how to hunt?" "already taken care of."
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 8
But she had somehow expected that even the dark brotherhood would have standards. nusha eventually spoke. "what else can we do? they're preventing anyone from leaving the imperial city.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 7
Hieronymus Lex had seen a lot in his time as captain of the city watch. He'd apprehended a vendor who was poisoning his competition, he'd quelled a horde of goblins who attempted to invade the city through the sewers, and he'd watched the Thieves'...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 6
This was not what Karme had expected from the Imperial City. Why exactly they had come here, she was beginning to wonder. Nusha had been sceptical, but Karme was sure that the answer to their quandary lay within the walls of the city. Her parents had...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 4
"I request an audience with Countess Arriana Valga." The castle guards blinked at her. She cleared her throat and repeated herself. "I request an audience wi--" "We heard you the first time. But you can't just waltz in here expecting to see the...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 3
Nusha didn't raise the topic of what would happen once they arrived in chorrol, but she was sure karme would refuse to come to the dark brotherhood sanctuary.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 11
For once, Nusha was the one who didn't want to sneak around. Karme had suggested that they climb over the wall, like they had when they escaped Bruma, to get inside the countess' castle, on the assumption that news of their escape would have spread...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 16
Hieronymus had survived great battles, bested men in fights while unarmed, and been assigned to dangerous missions in obscure corners of Tamriel. But he had never seen anything like the skeletons. They had been trapped in the palace for over a week...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 14
Karme was greeted by a skeleton as soon as she stepped inside the fort. She readied a fireball realising that this one was well and truly dead. She approached carefully, in case it changed its mind, but it stayed on the ground. There was a piece of...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 13
"the dark brotherhood knows what you did: betraying your mission, lying to them. colluding with this... creature." he gestured dismissively at karme. "news of your adventure has gone all the way up to the black hand." nusha knew this, of course.