Hano's eyes sparkled with an unknown delight as I explained my whole plan for Lost Prospect Mine and the surrounding area. He smirked, "I never actually tried to invent anything."
I raised an eyebrow at that, "You literally have a dwer electric guitar and most likely invented rock music."
I shrugged, "I an, like, music is nice. Except it doesn't... I actually don't have the words for it. It's sothing for others I suppose. Point is I'll help you with grey beards gathering people. I've t them before or well, Paarthurnax."
"The problem is gathering the other players. eting you made realize they might be similar, fearful of others, paranoid of the other players perhaps. I know I am, it would only make sense others could be too."
Hano nodded, "Could be depressed or caught up in other emotions. When the ti cos, I'll handle the other players. This sounds fun, honestly if you just told be we would collect the players, I would still likely be on board."
Both out expressions changed as we heard a distant howl. It echoed through the canyon, except we could both tell it ca from outside the canyon. Hano smirked, "Seems that's your que."
I checked my ti, "That's a tad ahead of schedule."
A second, and a third, and then a fourth howl called out. I frowned and Hano looked at , "That doesn't seem good."
I nodded and started running, Hano actually followed behind . I climbed the rock wall of the canyon. I saw Hano thought scale the mountian like it was nothing and he got ahead of . He held a hand out, "Acrobatics, they are extrely useful."
I grabbed his hand and was pulled up the rest of the way. "I could see that."
The two of us started sprinting again and the howls continued, turned into barking and growls. Amongst them I recognized the growls. Not a perfect sample of her voice, but I knew it was Viree. Just over a out cropping I saw a large group of people surrounding Viree in her werewolf form.
I recognized them imdiately, and I jumped from above and yanked Sable Wave free. I slamd my sword straight into the back of one as I rolled to Viree's side. "Fucking Silverhand."
Viree looked at with tears in her eyes. Several arrows were stuck in her back. The silver hand took a step back. One of the them dressed in hide armor made from a black fur spoke up. "Move away from the plague-ridden beast."
He took a step back as my expression changed. From behind two of the silverhand's heads snapped. A third was grabbed and yanked into the air by Hano and thrown into a tree. Hano smirked at the Silverhand who spoke.
He looked a little panicked, but he his expression turned. "You think I'm scared of a vampire? I can kill you the sa as the beast." He pointed at , "And I will kill you two boy. Any associate of these monsters deserves to die."
I shifted my armor, and my equipnt changed and an over-sized cloak wrapped around . Hano stepped back in surprise and a cold chill ran through as the weather rapidly changed. I gave the man a wide grin. "I'm going to skin you and add you to this cloak."
He fumbled, but he raised his sword. Hano took another step back while Viree buried her head into the ground. He was shaking, both from fear and cold. I took a step forward, "What is your na?"
He seed to resolve himself, "I am Kaiber! The Great Silverhand Hunter!"
He charged forward, but it didn't do much. Sable Wave sliced through his arm and he fell to the ground. He fell to the ground and his blood stained the snow. He yelled, "I die for greatness! To Sovngarde."
I casted soul trap on the man and smiled, "No, not to Sovngarde. You hurt my right hand minion."
His eyes widened as I slamd Sable Wave into his back. Hano comnted, "Note to self, don't hurt Vek's right hand minion. However I don't think that's what is important."
He looked at as I pulled an arrow from Viree's back. He spoke again, "What is that cloak and what the hell is this Blizzard?"
I pulled another arrow from Viree's back and she groaned. "Just things I picked up, I won't tell you about the blizzard. However I got the cloak from a giant."
He shook his head, "I've seen so fucked up shit, but I have never seen a cloak made of skin."
I pulled out the last arrow and started healing Viree. She groaned, but stayed still. "The real question is what was the silver hand doing out here?"
Hano nodded, "Good point, they don't really co near Dawnguard."
Viree tilted her head toward the right. I followed her gesture and looked at the Silverhand Hano threw at a tree. I got up and walked toward the man. I searched his body and found a black shard. "A fragnt of Wuuthrad. They likely saw Viree when traveling back ho and figured they would try and kill a werewolf."
Hano nodded, "and held up an arrow. The arrow is silver and dipped with Wolf's bane. A poison made to hunt werewolves, its basically a tranquilizer."
Hano looked at Viree as she brushed my side. "You two are... and odd couple."
I raised my eyebrow, "What do you an?"
Hano looked at with an expression I didn't understand. He turned back to the Kaiber guy. "Faux Savior's hide. A poor imitation of the real thing."
I looked at the guy and his armor a little closer. Sure enough Hano was right. The armor was called Defender's Hide. It made one immune to diseases and not much else. The armor was stronger than normal hide, but weaker than elven armor. I took it, I could sew it into the patchwork cloak.
I patted Viree's head again. "You should go back Hano, we will be here."
He raised an eyebrow in curiosity, but left with a wave. I didn't really wait until we couldn't see him anymore. If he wanted to eavesdrop he could just sneak back over here and listen in. Neither or Viree would even know.
I gave Viree the ring of Hircine and asked. "Are you okay?"
She nodded as she slipping the ring on her finger and transford back. I looked away as I handed her armor back to her. She started talking, "I found so frost trolls and when I was, um, eating one. I got shot in the back with an arrow. As soon as that happened I started running back."
I took her speaking as my que that I could look again. Sure enough she had put on most of her clothes. Though she was mid equipping her chest plate. I felt myself smile slightly, "I figured when it was ahead of schedule and followed up by several other howls."
She nodded, "Thank god you heard , the Khajiit. He called it Wolf's Bane? That stuff fucked up. It was like all my muscles relaxed and even now my my muscles still feel, not weak, but certainly without strength."
I asured the direction Viree likely ran from. "Would you say they attacked from the north or east?"
She looked around, "East, I suppose?"
I nodded, "Seems like they found a nordic tomb in the mountains that held Wuuthrad's fragnt. I'll make a ntal note and see if soone can find it at so point. I doubt these guys docunted in word walls they saw."
Viree paused, "I think I killed one the one with the camping supplies. Smaller frad guy, but had a back pack that was rather large. Slamd into him as I ran down the mountian."
Nodding along that made sense. I got up from the snow and checked my inventory. The Star Prison held three people now. It mattered little to , but I wondered if I should summon the Kaiber guy and question him.
Viree grabbed my hand, "Let's go down the mountian. I think I want to relax."
I looked at her, "Do you think you might transform tomorrow?"
She had transford early so it would the ti spent would be shorter. She shook her head though, "Nah, I don't think so." We slide down a slope as we made idle talk.
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