» Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:04 am
This tale ended in tragedy, but not of the kind you, nor I could ever have forseen. I will never know what was truly going on between Faendal and my wife, but I can only assume I was dead wrong. My suspicions of this great man, this great hero, will forever haunt my in my dreams. I was fighting bandits outside a fort named Faldar's Tooth, not too far outside my new home town, Riften. They had jumped me without warning, and their numbers were many. I found myself surrounded, and my life was ebbing out. My faithful companion Mjoll, who I had shared many adventures with, was nowhere to be seen. My only option was to flee. But these were powerful archers, and their arrows hit their mark. Then, at the far end of the road, I saw a man in green storming to my rescue. I didn't recognize him because of the distance, but when he drew his bow I knew who it was. It was Faendal.
He raised his bow and started firing arrows at the superior enemies, with no regards of his own life. Instead of going after me, he made them follow him as he made his way a thin forest. I healed my wounds and joined him in the fight. The enemies were turned away from me and made easy targets. I had managed to take one or two of them out before they even realized I was there, with full health and badass ice spike skill. The two remaining bandits came running towards me, but they stood no chance. Mjoll came running up to me, she must have fought her own battle, but Faendal was nowhere to be seen. I ran towards the forest where he had sought refuge and found him dead, with an arrow in his stomach.
With rage I went through the entire fort, which had served as the bandits hideout and killed every single one of them in cold blood. I returned to Faendal's body to say my farewells. Pledging that his memory would not be forgotten. If he wanted me dead he would never have come to my rescue. He was a true friend, and I will never be able to forgive myself.