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Akavir and Beyond

     This day has started early for Iriisii, the responsibilities of being Empress bring with it neverending responsibilities. She has been going over the the usual papers needing her seal. Diplomats wanting audiences to discuss political matters, exchanging platitudes and promises that she knows will never come to anything. There was something that crossed her mind recently, actually over breakfast this morning as Lord Blackwell gave her the itinerary for the day. And she wished for something exciting to happen to take her away from all of this. Then she remembered that saying that she herself has used from time to time, 'be careful what you wish for, you might just get it'. And that unnerving feeling of gastric distress that came over her in that moment.      The memory has been hanging over her like a dark cloud all day, it is dusk and nothing has happened. She thinks to herself, 'just the rest of the night to go now. What is the worst that can happen?' ...

The Story Of Iriisii Dovahkiin Book One Chapter Twenty-Five

 The Story Of Iriisii Dovahkiin Book One Chapter Twenty-Five                                                           Chapter Twenty-Five      Iriisii finds herself transported into Boethiah's arena. It is sparse, with open pits of rock heated by underlying magma to a glowing red, dotting the landscape. There does seem to be an edge, but cannot really tell much about it. She settles herself to wait for whatever Boethiah has in mind by placing herself in a battle trance. She is firmly immersed and time slows to a crawl as she senses activity outside of her position. She brings herself up to where she can interact with her surroundings without completely dropping the trance, something she can feel that the Vir is helping her with. She is coming to realize that it is very adaptable in finding ways to be of use to her. She find...

The Story Of Iriisii Dovahkiin Book One Chapter Twenty-Four

 The Story Of Iriisii Dovahkiin Book One Chapter Twenty-Four                                                              Chapter Twenty-Four      Iriisii and Karliah reach Angi's with the pony in tow with no further problems. They see the last scurrying around to get things tied down before the trip to the Rift. Sigunn looks up and seeing the blood on Iriisii's armor assumes things did not go well.      Sigunn: "What happened?"      Iriisii: "I was about to leave the Inn to get the pony, when the Legion Commander of the troops there, walked in and identified me to everyone in the Inn."      Sigunn: "I would ask how it went but since you are here, you survived and they did not."      Iriisii: "That about sums it up. I had to kill all but one of the Legionn...