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She sighed and went back into the ruin. She felt a strange thirst overcome her. Reaching for her flask, she drank untill there was no more water left. This failed to supress the thirst. She sat down at the Word Wall and leaned back. She close her eyes and fell asleep. She awoke seven hours later, in a cold sweat. "What's w-wrong with me!?" she exclaimed. She got up and procceed to make her way out of the ruin via the entrance. She barely made it past the chamber where she encountered the vampire before she collapsed. Several hours later, she woke up and felt the hard cold stone. "Urgh!, w-what happened?" she muttered. Determined to not die, she dragged herself off her feet and forced herself to keep going. "You are Dragonborn, Runa, surely Akatosh doesn't intend for you to die here" She told herself as she stumbled along. She leaned against the wall to recover her breath. And felt the thirst. "What is this thirst?!" She screamed. An hour later, she emerged from the ruin. Hungry and weak, she got her map out and noticed that Falkreath was the nearest settlement. She climbed down the steps. "Water, i need water" She groaned to herself. She started to walk towards falkreath but in her state, her sense of direction was greatly reduced and she got lost.

Two hours later, she noticed a river. She ran towards it and jumped down the embankment. She scooped up an entire handful of water and poured it into her mouth. Which was promptly spat out. "Eurgh,i can't drink this" She followed the river downstream which has slowly turned into a stream and she came accross a pool of fresh water. And noticed a tent. "Hello?" She said. "HELLO" She yelled. No-one responded and she came to the conclusion that it was abandoned. Without thinking, she plurged her entire head into the pool of water and drank as much as she could untill she could no longer physical drink more. This failed to statifsy the thirst. She retreated to tent but she noticed a sack, She opened it and to her delight, 5 fresh red apples. She devoured them.

One straight after the other and felt a bit better. She went to sleep. The following morning, she woke up, feeling better. "I wonder what happened to me 2 days ago?" she wondered aloud. She went to refill her flask when she discovered something truly awful. Staring back at her was a vampire, not just any vampire. A vampire with the same face as her. She had became a vampire. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed "i-it can't be!" Tears started to roll down her cheeks. She refused to be a creature of the night. She withdraw her dagger. "I, i don't want to die nor do i want to be that thing" She cried. She inhaled and plunged the dagger into her chest. She felt nothing but pain and fell forward into the pool of water. If the dagger didn't kill her, the water would. She perished a few seconds later. From her self inflicted wound and drowning. But as she saw the last few seconds of light fade, her recently deceased lover made an appearance. Melyria?, i'm coming she thought aloud. Thus Runa, the Dragonborn and Akatosh's weapon against Alduin, died.

Runa spent an hour at the bannered mare. Her hangover seemed to be fading. So she decided to take a look around Whiterun. She paid a visit to the nearest temple and encounter Donnica, who told her about the Gildergreen. Runa, was intrigued by this and agreed to retrieve the Nettlebane. She also agreed to help the Graymanes. The following day, she prepared to leave Whiterun. Instead of traveling west, her curiousity got the best of her and she traveled east, towards the fort in the distance.

She discovered it was full of bandits and decided that she will not explore it. So she went north and encountered BrittleShin Pass "I'd better put my hood on" She thought to herself out loud. Little did she know that it was home to a Nercomancer. She managed to defend herself and emerged as the victor. She emerged and saw the lake. She noticed a bright light. "Ooo, i wonder what that is?" She said to herself. "Could it be Nirnroot?" Runa had only heard of Nirnroot during her tutoring and it's legendary powers it is said to possess. "Damn, there are no boats" "Guess, i'll have to swim accross" She put one foot into the shallow water. "Doesn't seem to be that cold." A pack of wolves pounced on her without warning and she killed the lot of them with the flame spell. She caught one in mid air thus causing it to do a backflip. The other went flying past her. Afterwards, she returned to focusing on how to cross the lake.

"Hmm, i suppose i have enough time to get back to Whiterun before nightfall" So she took off her robes and footwraps and put them into her enchanted rucksack. She walked into the lake until her entire body was submerged and started swimming towards the Nirnroot. She got out her dagger and use it to remove the nirnroot from the soil. Within seconds, she was the proud owner of a nirn root. She noticed something in the distance. And her curiosity got the better off her. She started swimming towards the shore and a few minutes later, she was back on land. She got out the red clothes that she had bought and just as she was about to put them on, two bandits attacked. Having no choice but to fight them in her underwear, she unleashed a barrage of flames. “ARGH, IT BURNS!” One of them yelled before succumbing to the flames. “You’ll pay for that” Growled the remaining bandit. Runa unleashed a barrage of shock on him. With the two bandits dead, she returned to getting dressed. She walked towards what she had seen from the Nirnroot resting place. It was a Nordic ruin. She noticed something inscribed on the enterance. Shriekwind bastion. Without hesitation, she entered the ruin. She bumped into a vampire feldging who she quickly dispatched. As the vampire turned to dust, she exclaimed “What the Oblivion was that?!” Noticing a pair of boots, nearby, she decided to put them on and to her delight, they were comfortable. She continued to explore. A few hours later, after defending herself against the skeletons that inhabited the ruin. She encountered a hallway. She pulled the mechinaism and a trap was activated. With her stomach growling and her curiosity growing, she careful navigated her way through the streams of flames and entered the now open gate. Pulling the chain, she disabled the trap.
A master vampire attacked her and the two fought. Everytime Runa managed to wound the undead man, he absorbed some of her health.

Runa had managed to defeat the Vampire master after a long and tiring battle. "Talos, that was a tough one" She said whilst recovering her breath. She had no idea that the vampire had given her it’s “gift”. She ventured into the ruin and felt her stomach growl. She went through her enchantered rucksack and only found a rare chicken breast. "DAMMIT" She yelled in frustration. "Curse my curiosity!" Despite this minor setback, she procceed to venture deeper into the ruin. She entered what seemed to be a tomb. A row of carved dragon statues was the first thing she saw. They led to a tomb and an ancient Wall of Power. The tomb broke open. Whatever was in it didn't like Runa being in it's resting place.

It slowly sat up and climbed out. "AAH! She screamed as she was taken by surprise. The restless Draugr drew it's axe and went to strike her. They fought. Runa managed to overcome the undead monster with her magic. "Please be the last unexpected surprise in this ruin" She said. She approached the wall of power. Only one word remained but it was chanting to her very soul "HU HU HU" It chanted. She felt her vision dim a bit and the word getting brighter. As she got closer, she absorbed it and felt it echo inside her. She had discovered the

She had discovered one word of the Elemental Fury. Eager to test out the shout. She tried to shout the new found word but nothing happened. She tried again 4 more times before giving up. She noticed the stairs and climbed up them and found an exit. She found herself on a ledge, which gave her a nice view of Falkreath hold, if she was able to see it due to the night burying it in darkness. She sighed and went back into the ruin. She felt a strange thirst and she got out her flask. In one go, she downed the rest of it. This had no impact on the thirst. “W-what’s wrong with me? “ she said in a terrified voice. She sat down against the word wall and feel asleep. A female nord looked at her, blood dripping from it’s mouth. “You mortals make such good snacks” She said. It got closer to Runa and grabbed her by her throat. Runa looked down at the person and before she could make out who it was, she woke up. Screaming in horror as she woke up, she noticed that her entire body was drenched in cold sweat. Standing up, she felt very light headed and almost passed out. She walked to the entrance of the Word Wall chamber before she passed out. 6 hours later and she woke up. Groaning, she picked up herself up and went to drink from her flask. It was empty. “Th..there is a lake nearby, i think i can drink from that” she said aloud in a weak voice. A few hours later, she was at the entrance hall and she passed out again. 14 hours later. She once again woke up. Her mouth was very dry and she felt worse then death. She was shaking and her entire body was still drenched in cold sweat. “Am, am i going to die?” she thought to herself. She passed out. It had been a day since the battle with the vampire and her body was undergoing the transformation. If she didn’t cure herself soon, she would become a creature of the night.

Of course, on a sort of not really related note, somebody decided to post comments on the profiles of Hunts-With-Fury and From-Blackest-Reaches demanding for screenshots of their stats. Seriously? Demanding for screenshots of characters that have been deleted for ages? That is exactly what [&@%!] me off about Elder Stats. The guy clearly is the one who gave both of my most legitimate characters illegitimate votes because I apparently didn't provide screenshots of their stats. Since when was that mandatory? I told the guy to [&@%!] off in the nicest way I could given the circumstances. Closed the commenting on the three deleted characters to prevent more of those fools from demanding screenshots.