Dear Diary,
I set out from Whiterun after doing a bit of trading. Stocked up and ready for a long journey I started northeast for Fellglow Keep, where Urag believed the three stolen books were taken.
At the end of the short trip I came upon the ruins of the keep. I saw a couple bodies and realized I had been here once before - I had killed off the rude inhabitants and camped for the night the last time I was through. I wasn't sure what I was in for underneath the ruins, so as I entered the door to the old prisons I prepared my weapons with poisons.
The dungeons were old but showed signs of recent use, and human inhabitants - bits of food,wine, and plenty of books, the latter I found plenty of down there. I stalked down a couple corridors before I found my first enemy, a man in robes guarding a door. I knocked an arrow and fired, landing squarely and taking him down. I moved the body aside and picked the lock to the door. Inside were the old jail cells, with people inside. They seemed friendly and couldn't imagine someone attacking their rescuer, so I picked the door to each cell. They gathered together and spoke for a moment, then moved on. I thought they would try and escape but must have had revenge in mind as they ran deeper into the prison. As I begun rummaging through the desks and shelves for books, I heard yelling and a commotion in the next room. I grumbled, grabbed the last of the books and followed. The three of them had found two more men in robes. The odds on their side I snuck around from a distance and looked for more loot. But as I began walking the two men summoned Daedra to their side and now my newly escaped friends were outnumbered. I drew my bow and joined the fight, helping to drop the two men, the two Daedra's hold releasing but not before one of them killed an escapee. We went into the next room, which was filled with instruments of torture and bodies of what looked like the jailbreakers' comrades, which sent the two remaining men into a rage. They found a man in robes at a desk in a corner and had taken him down with magic before I could even respond.
I found the key to continue on the man, and unlocked the door for my followers, as I planned to search this room some more. However once again my comrades went in full charge against two men with summoned entities, but they were outnumbered two to one and were taken down. I had been back behind the entrance to the room and the men did not see me, so while they took a moment to put away their weapons I took them down with arrows.
The room contained another three cells, one containing a wolf, one empty, and one a man different from the others. I spoke to him and he begged me to release him, so I attempted to pick the lock but it was not a traditional one. I looked around and found the switches to the doors, and flipped the one I had hoped was for the man and not the wolf. I was wrong. The door to the wolf cage popped open and we stared each other down for a moment, an arrow drawn ready to take it down, but after a while I realized it must have understood what was going on and wandered into a corner and laid down. I put away my weapon and went over to the man. He seemed grateful but nervous. I asked him about the books and he said he knew nothing except where we might find them but I sensed he was lying. He offered to help and I agreed, but took note to make sure he kept in front of me.
The two of us delved deeper into the prison, now at an area that must have been the old barracks. There were several rooms of beds, storage, and a kitchen. We came upon a couple more robed men but stealthily took them out with magic and arrows. We then came to a larger room. It opened up a bit more and went to the left. There were several pillars to the left and I saw no enemies, but I did see in front of me an altar with a book on top of it. My excitement got the best of me and as I ran for the book I heard shouts and looked left. Two men were behind the pillars and had spotted us. My partner ran in and I drew my bow, but I could not get a clean shot. He took down one of them but unfortunately fell to the other. The remaining man looked up at me and began to charge just in time for an arrow to split his face. I didn't know whether to mourn the man I had released or be thankful he wasn't around to pull something tricky later, but I kept moving.
Further down in the prison I came upon a large room with three altars, each with a book. This must have been the three books I was after. I carefully walked up to the first to take it, but a woman appeared and did not look too happy. She knew what I had done to her followers and was upset I had interrupted the projects going on in the old keep. I told her I was there for the books, even going so far as to ask nicely, but she was not going to give them up. I told her to just shut it then, as I wasn't leaving without them and went to shoot an arrow her way. However as the arrow left and was on it's way she teleported to another side of the room. I turned on my heel and tried again but this time she summoned two Dadra in front of her, one of which took the projectile and roared in anger. I was in a bit of trouble, but I knew if I could take down the woman the two Daedra would dissapear, so I tried to focus her. It took several shots to finally hit her through her teleporting and bodyguards. The arrow cracked into her kneecap and she cried out in pain, then scoffed and cast a spell that made it disappear. This wasn't going to work, so I changed tactics. I pulled out old Frosty and charged in. I smashed the injured Daedra and it crumbled into dust, then turned and shouted at the other and it's master right behind. The monster resisted the power but she fell as a solid chunk of ice. I disregarded the demon and began wailing on it's master. Three strong blow landed before she got back up and teleported away. I sighed as she replaced the Daedra that fell, but now the other original one was on the other side of the room. I put away my weapon and called upon some ice magic, blasting into the new one with both hands until it wailed and fell into a pile of ash. My concentration depleted I stepped forward drawing my bow, shoved the shocked conjurer and as she stumbled back put an arrow in her throat. She fell silently and I took a moment to catch my breath then grabbed the books and left.
Upon leaving the keep, I set out south to the resting place of the third of the three brothers to visit so far. It was fairly unremarkable from the outside, just a cave with some wolves prowling around. It's plain look and the fact that it was on an island must have been why it was fairly untouched. As I entered the cave, I saw a hole in the floor, and some caverns going back. I went through the caverns, three total, but each one was a dead end. I looked around for another entrance, and couldn't find anything, but then it hit me and I laughed. "I'm supposed to jump down this damn hole huh" I thought to myself as I looked down with humor but also fear. I shot an arrow down the hole and stood silently listening for something to react to it. I hear nothing, so I shuffled for a moment, gathered my courage and jumped. I hit water at the bottom and frantically swam for shore, unsure what was underneath me. I found a door on the other side of the water and went through. Inside was the interred body of Lord Giermund upon an altar, still watching over the crypt. I took a key he was holding and his epitaph for my collection and continued on. The rest of the tomb was fairly unremarkable, other than the architecture and some annoyingly hard to find levers to proceed. A few dead...undead later and I found the resting place of Sigdis on one of three islands in the middle of a large room. As I approached there was a massive boom and Sigdis rose. I drew my mace expecting a similar battle as the others, and the island was too small to effectively use my bow. However as soon as he rose he laughed and disappeared in blue light. I ran behind the coffin with my back to the wall unsure what to expect. I drew my bow and held an arrow ready to fly, as I saw him reappear. However he came back as three instead of one! I was unsure how this sort of magic worked, so I let an arrow fly at one and dropped it, and they all disappeared. That was too easy, I thought, and sure enough three appeared again, one on each island, and I chose more wisely this time. I struck Sigdis and he reeled but not before firing as well and grazing my head with an arrow. He kept doing his trickery but I was smarter. I could see the arrows I had previously shot into him as he reappeared, easily picking him out of his doppelgangers. He finally fell with a roar and I collected the last piece of the amulet. I left through a hidden passage and was back outside. It was almost dusk so I camped out for the night. Tomorrow I have a decision - to continue on to the west to reforge the amulet, or go north back to the College and collect my reward. I will have to sleep on it.
Until next time.
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