Family History
Mr. Tiber Septim
Lived in Era 26, got 1 heir(s) (Calus Septim) and was a member of Templar Crusaders
This story is not about the life of Tiber Septim, but the Legend. He is one of the bravest soldiers to ever walk the battlefield, he has sustained wounds that would kill a lesser man, but he shrugs it off and goes to his men's aid. He has saved the lives of countless men with his quick thinking and Legendary leadership. He is a true Hero.
Long ago when Tiber was young he joined the Imperial Legion and was under the command of General Pental, he took part in a great battle. There mission was to take a heavily guarded fortress named Aleno Yar. Tiber was a fresh recruit but alread an able swordsmen. He was put in command of fifty of the ten-thousand troops under General Pental. His orders were to take out a small fort nearby, the fort contained fifty catalpults and one hundred men and the battle's success rested upon that fort. Tiber took a covert approach and they snuck through a hole in the rear of the fort and lit the catapults on fire. While the enemy was distracted trying to put out the fires the Septim soldiers slaughtered the enemy. Not one man was lost on Tiber's, 100 were lost on the enemies' side.
General Pental decided to promote Tiber to Captain for his bravery and gave him command of fifty more men. It wasn't long until another battle took place...this time it was not far from the capital city of Cidel...
Enemy forces approached and Tiber and his men were in charge of the cities' defence. The Emperor had all of his Generals away on foreign missions and did not forsee an attack.
The sky shone crimson on that day meaning a bloody battle was about to take place. Tiber Septim and his hundred men stood outside the city gates while the city watch where perched upon the city walls, bows ready. All was silent, not a single noise pierced the steel wall of silence.
Suddenly, the silence was broken by the roars of catapults and massive siege engines. One-thousand men walked alongside them.
Men roared and clashed as the battle erupted around them. Tiber slashed and hacked his way through countless men, trying to make his way towards thier commander. If the commander was defeated the odds would change very quickly.
Then, Tiber saw him, clad in silver armor, armed a massive great sword, wearing a silver mask. Tiber charged and swung his sword, the commander blocked and swung at Tiber, barely missing his neck. Tiber lunged at his chest and the enemy commander dodged and swung his sword, Tiber blocked but his sword flew from his grasp by the power of his swing. The commander swung his sword down to give a finishing blow but Tiber rolled sideways and picked up a fallen soldier's spear. Tiber got up and dodged the enemy commander's next swing and pierced his heart with the spear.
Tiber looked around and saw that only fifty of his men remained. He ordered them to retreat to the gates and to defend there. The enemies looked and saw there leader with a spear sticking out of his heart. Some ran away, some mourned there leader, few attacked. With the help of the City Watchmen's arrows Tiber won the battle.
When Tiber approached the fallen commander and removed his mask. To Tiber's supprise, it was the enemy Emperor, Cidel had won...for now.
For his heroism at the battle of Cidel, Tiber Septim was granted the rank of General and was given 5000 men to command and lead through battle. His conquests ranged from one end of the world to the other, he was loved by his men and feared by his enemies.
One day Tiber was assigned to take an enemy stronghold, not a hard task as it was a small stronghold guarded by only a couple hundred soldiers, so they decided to just charge the thing and get it over with. What a big mistake that was, as they charged they saw that it was not a human guard, it was demons.
Demons who could crack a skull with the flick of a wrist, they could jump ten feet in the air and fire an arrow at the height of the jump, and they could sustain ten spears to the back and still crush a skull. Tiber couldnt issue orders in time, the battle had begun!
Tiber joined the battle and slashed at a demon who turned and faced Tiber. "YOU DARE FACE ME HUMAN, DIE SCUM!" The demon swung and Tiber blocked and the Demon blade slashed through Tiber's sword like butter. The demon raised his sword and slashed it through Tiber's neck. "Pathetic human", he muttered as he walked away...
Tiber awoke three days later in a small room. The doctor saw he was awake and screamed in terror. "ZOMBIE", he said as he ran in utter terror. Tiber looked around, it wasn't a hospital, it was a Morgue...Tiber felt around his neck as he remembered the battle, the utter screams of his falling men, and the Demon. Anger boiled in the pit of his stomache, he will slay that demon...one day.
A soldier entered the room with a pike. "You're no zombie, but how in the gods name did you survive, no matter, the general will want to see you."
He walked through the camp and looked at the startled faces gazing at him. "Zombie", one muttered. He reached the General's tent and entered. He saw that the General was General Pental.
"Have a seat, Septim", said Pental. "Four-thousand men are dead Septim, thanks to your foolish action, four-thousand men are dead."
"General, I didn't know they were demons, i thought they were guards", Tiber whispered with strain due to his neck injury.
"Did I teach you nothing, or did it not go through to you, analyze the situation, then strike", said Pental
"What has happened to the enemies' fort said Tiber
"I took over the situation and went there, but by the time I arrived they had all abandoned the fort", said Pental
"Sir...I resign my commision as General", said Tiber
"No Septim, we have an even worse punishment for you..."
two weeks later
Tiber was taken to have an sentancing by the Emperor himself.
"Tiber Septim, your punishment for your misjudgement leading to the loss of human life is banishment from the Empire and all of its provinces, you are to be taken to a foreign land with your twenty-five surviving soldiers and left there, to die or to live..."
Three months later Tiber Septim landed on a foreign island and was stranded there, Tiber approached a village of one thousand native people
The End?
Journal of Tiber Septim
I have acquired a large blank book I will use as a journal of my days events. I am hoping that after my passing people will discover this book and see how I was from my point of view. Maybe somebody will understand my life for what it was, not what the believe it was. And so it is that gaze upon the walls of this study and write this journal.
Journal Day 1049, Era 26
Today I sent a group of soldiers and a small settling party to the river a few miles away. Upon there arrival they saw a beutiful place for a city, they named it Pelagius City, after my son Pelagius Septim. I wish to visit it tommorow and maybe I will make my son the Mayor of Pelagius City. My son will make a fine ruler some day. My other son, Calus has been arrested for being in a bar brawl, I better go get him out.
Journal Day 1066, Era 26
I have been a bit too busy to write in my journal for the past seventeen days. My plans were halted by the destruction of the Septim First army. I have decided on sending my son and a group of fifty soldiers to clear out some a goblin encampment nearby, my son needs the esperiance after all. If I could clear out and enemy fortress with fifty soldiers, hopefuly Pelagius can clear out fifteen goblins in an undefended camp.
Journal Day 1069, Era 26
Three days I have suffered, three days I have mourned, and three days I have wondered...what I did wrong. My son Pelagius is dead, not from the Goblins, but from mercenaries. My son and his platoon arrived at the goblin encampment to find them all dead, they didn't know what to think so they decided to head home, and a company of three-hundred mercenaries met them on the way back...and slaughtered them, on man made it back, a swordsmen who ran when he saw my son fall, I made the soldier a knight and charged him and one-thousand men with destroying the mercenaries. I do not yet know if they were successful. My other son Calus Septim is next in line for the throne, I dearly hope he will get his act together.
Journal Day 1070, Era 26
Calus was arrested again for assaulting a guard, I really did'nt want to bail him out this time but he's my son and I really do hope he'll change, he is drinking heavily now, heavier than he used to because of the loss of his brother, but I wont give up hope that he'll change. If he doesn't then...nobody will be able to take the throne after my death.
Journal Day 1073, Era 26
A man walked by my estate today shouting "The end is near" or something but now im not so sure, the skies are changing and I am wondering if he was right. Calus has become resentful of me and is getting into many fights, I hope he doesn't get into too much trouble.
Journal Day 1074, Era 26
A miraculous thing happened today, Calus was captured by bandits, I know it doesn't sound miraculous but I went to save him myself. And after I was done with them my son called me one of the greatest swordsmen he'd ever seen, he apologized for all of the crimes he had commited and promised to act like a future ruler from here on. I have also recreated The Septim First Army, destroyed by the forces of Messiah. I hope they will prove better than the old one.
Journal Day 1075, Era 26
I visited the grave of my wife today. Oh how I miss her, Dear Solina Septim. She was killed by a still unknown Virus. I plan on teaching Calus the basics of ruling for a while so I may be unable to write for a few days.
Journal Day 1085, Era 26
For ten days I have not Written in this Journal. I've been to busy teaching my son how to rule my Empire. I have also been teaching him to swordfight. He's pretty good. Pelagius would have been proud of his brother.
Journal Day 1096, Era 26
I can no longer ignore the signs, The end of the world is upon us, ive ordered the construction of a shelter to protect the future of my small empire. The skies are growing redder with every passing day. I hope I have not been too late.
Journal Day 1097, Era 26
It is underway and yet, I still do not think I will live through this. Calus will be a fine ruler should I die. I'll be happy to see my wife again.
Journal Day 1101, Era 26
The skies are red and soon fire will be raining from the heavens. The end of the world is still impossible to believe. The shelter is moving along nicely and soon it will be completed.
Journal Day 1114, Era 26
I took back Hysteria and Mewhos from Music and Zeon. Music looks like its going to counter attack but Zeon looks like it's busy. All of this doesn't matter though...not any more.
Journal Day 1115, Era 26
I found an orphan on the streets today, and I decided to take him in. His name is Charlie. He is sixteen years old and seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Journal Day 1118, Era 26
The gods have abandoned us, nothing grows, no rocks will budge from the earth, and the trees have crumbled to dust. The shelter was almost finished, but it crumbled with everything in it. Hope is lost.
Journal Day 1123, Era 26
Charlie has extraordinary leadership skills and is pretty good with a blade for his youth. If things had been different then maybe he could have been a General. So be it.
Journal 1124, Era 26
The grass around the city has died. I have a large stockpile of food for all my cities though. So few will die. Nothing matters anymore. All hope is lost.
Journal 1130, Era 26
Hope is back! My scouts have found a small cave in the mountains. Large enough for one person. My Empires future is brighter than the skies above!
Journal Day 1135, Era 26
One person, my son. I only hope I have taught him enough. Charlie is a good lad. I only wish I could of known him long.
Journal Day 1137, Era 26
My mages forsee that there are only twenty-two more days left in this world. It is not the end that is bugging me, it is the suffering. The waiting is unbearable.
Journal Day 1158, Era 26
My son and I are heading to the shelter, I have not told him that I wont be joining him. Two more days now.
Journal Day 1159, Era 26
I knocked my son out and threw him in the cave, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed. It started as soon as I got back to Septim City. Fire flying from the sky, washing over the lands it approaches the city. A magnificent sight.
As Tiber stood atop a tower of his Castle, looking over the lands. A voice sounded behind him.
"Long time no see Tiber."
Tiber turned around and saw General Pental standing there.
"I thought I was done with you", said Tiber
"Not quite, the Emperor now wants you dead, but now that I see the inferno approaching, I know we are both going to die", said Pental.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious, anything else", said Tiber
"How about a swordfight, for old times sake", said Pental
"Yes, im going to enjoy this", said Tiber
Tiber pulled out his blade, Pental pulled out his. Tiber charged and choped down at Pental, but Pental blocked. Pental swung at Tiber's neck but Tiber dodged. Pental kicked Tiber to the ground and held the sword at his neck.
"Goodbye Tiber."
"Not quite"
Tiber rolled from under the sword with amazing speed, jumped up, and kicked Pental. Pental fell to the edge of the tower and got up.
"You can't beat me Tiber."
The tower shook and Pental stumbled and fell. Tiber ran to the edge to see that the inferno was washing over the city, and Pental fell right into in.
"Goodbye Pental", said Tiber
"My time in this life, this world, is over." said Tiber as the fire rose over the tower.
Sir Calus Septim
Lived in Era 27, got 1 heir(s) (Pelagius Septim II) and was a member of Templar Crusaders
This is the story of Calus Septim, born to Tiber and Solina Septim during the 26th era. He was the yournger of two children and he was the ruler of the Septim Empire during the 27th Era. This is his story.
Born to Tiber and Solina Septim during the 26th Era, his mother died during his childhood. He became an alcohalic and got into many barfights and streetfights. On 1066 of the 26th Era his older brother, Pelagius Septim, died in battle against mercenaries. Calus blamed Tiber for his brother's death, making him resentful of his father. One day Calus was captured by bandits and his father rescued him. Upon seeing him fight he realized that if his father couldn't have rescued Pelagius, nobody could.
Calus quit drinking and started learning to become the ruler of his father's Empire. Until Armageddon started. On that day he thought he was going to die. But his father saved him again, sacrificing himself to save Calus, and the future of the Septim Empire.
Calus awoke in the cave and saw that the forrest was burning. He ran to the old site of the Septim City. And found nothing. Calus found all the survivors he could and started rebuilding his father's Empire.
Calus was soon married to Kyraria Julios, who became Kyraria Septim. Calus had two children, one of them being a boy named Pelagius, named after his brother. The other was a girl named Kytara.
Calus groomed Pelagius to be the future ruler of his Empire as his father did to him. Pelagius demonstrated great potential as a leader, and made Calus a very proud father.
Kytara turned out to be a great scientist, discovering cures to many different plagues. Her mother, Kyraria, was not interested in science, but she loved her none the less.
Sir Pelagius Septim II
Lived in Era 27, got 1 heir(s) (Tiber Septim II) and was a member of Templar Crusaders
Pelagius Septim II was the son of Calus and Kyraria Sepim. Pelagius married Adella Dibellus who became Adella Septim. He had one son named Tiber, named after his great-grandfather. Calus Septim was killed in the Battle of Septim City by archers thus making Pelagius the ruler of his father's Empire.
Pelagius Septim II sat in the war room of the Septim Castle. Three other people sat around the table: Calus Septim, Captain Anochus, and a battle-hardened General.
"We need to close the gates, troops can be seen over the horizon",said the General.
"No no no, closing the gates would ruin the morale of our citizens", said Anochus.
"Where the hell did you get your tactical training from, keeping them open would mean enemies puring through", said the General.
"Silence! we will close the gates, this meeting is over", said Calus.
After the meeting Pelagius left to the armory. When he got there he picked up his set of steel armor and put it on. He then walked down to the gates. Five-hundred men stood in front of the gates, the other five-hundred stood on the walls around the city.
Calus stood atop the wall wondering where the General was. He dismisses the thought as he sees the gates start to open.
"What in Akatosh's name is going on", he said as he ran to the gatehouse.
Meanwhile, Pelagius sees enemies start to pour through the gate. He wonders why they opened, shrugs, and charges into the battle. He slashes one across the chest, swings around and decapitates another.
"This is going to be a long fight", thought Pelagius as he continued fighting.
Calus bursts into the gatehouse to find Anochus smashing the lever.
"What the hell are you doing", asked Calus
"My duty", said Anochus
"To whom", asked Calus
"My client", said Anochus as he drew his sword.
Calus drew his sword and charged Anochus. Anochus blocked and slashed at Calus' legs, but Calus jumped over the blade and stabed at Anochus' heart. Anochus parried and slashed at Calus' throat. Calus jumped backwards and awaited Anochus' next attack.
Pelagius cut another poor soldier's head off.
"Retreat", cried a Septim soldier.
Pelagius looked around and saw many dead soldiers, Septim soldiers, and understood. Pelagius ran with them.
Calus blocked another of Anochus' blows and slashed at him. Anochus was too slow and it cut his chest.
"Just a scratch", said Anochus as he lunged at Calus. Calus blocked his attack and cut him again. This time on the neck. Anochus fell to the ground holding his throat.
"My client...will be most...displeased", whispered Anochus as he died.
Calus walked over to the gear mechanism and examined it, but Anochus sabotaged it beyond repair. Calus cursed and walked out.
Pelagius ran with the remaining soldiers to the castle. Once inside they shut the gates.
"Where's Kytara", he asked a guard.
"In the war room", said the guard.
Pelagius ran to the war room and opened the door to see his mother and sister.
"We have to go, we shut the gates but they won't last long", said Pelagius.
"Thank Stendarr your alive, let's go", said Kyraria
Pelagius took his mother and sister and ran to the front of the castle. Pelagius' friend, Garius Hasildor, waited for them at the stairs.
"Been wondering when you would show up, after you", said Garius
Calus ran along the walls towards the castle. He prayed that his family was alright. He saw a few enemies climbing ladders to the walls so he kicked the ladder down and continued on.
"All of you soldiers, follow me, there is a secret way out of the castle that I know of", said Pelagius
"Yes sir", they all said
Calus arrived at the gates.
"Wait for me", said Calus Septim
"Father? Alright! Let's go", said Pelagius
While the Septims and the guards started running, the enemies broke through the wall. One of the soldiers aimed his bow and shot Calus right through the back. Calus fell to the ground. Pelagius turned and ran to his father.
"Run you fool, and...take care of your mother for me", said Calus. Pelagius obeyed and ran from his doomed father.
Pelagius ran to the tunnel entrance waited until all of the people were inside, and jumped through. They walked through the tunnel for several miles until it ended, right under New London.
They stayed in New London for a while, then continued south, to Drakow , where they went east to a small river, after crossing the river they build a small town to try and continue their shattered lives.
Soon, Pelagius fell in love with a lady by the name of Adella Dibellus, whom he soon married. They had one child by the name of Tiber, after Pelagius' grandfather.
Tiber Septim II demonstrated good leadership ability and he was also very good with blades, maces, and bows. Pelagius was very proud of him.
Kytara also found somebody she loved, Garius Hasildor, Pelagius' best friend and Steward. Soon Kytara married Garius and became Kytara Hasildor. And had a child by the name of Caius Hasildor.
Pelagius enjoyed taking walks in the forrest, helped him think, but one day his peace was interupted.
Pelagius treaded on the dirt path of the forrest and stopped.
"Quiet, a bit too quiet", he thought to himself.
He dismissed the thought as he continued onward. Suddenly, an arrow flew down and barely misses his head. Pelagius jumped behind a tree and drew his sword. He peeked around it. One assassin, clad in black clothing, with a black scarf around his neck, was perched upon the tree.
Pelagius returned his head to the cover of the tree and thought up a plan. He was a long three miles from his city so no backup was available. Suddenly, two more assassins jumped around the tree with Scimitars. Pelagius blocked a slash from one while drawing his dirk. The other slashed and Pelagius rolled from his blow, out from the cover of the tree. The bowman shot an arrow that missed by a few inches.
Pelagius blocked another slash from one of the assassins and stabed him in the chest with his dirk. The assassin fell to the floor and the other jumped over his body and brought down his sword. Pelagius rolled backwards and dodged the blow. The bowman shot another arrow and it hit the ground.
The other assassin charged Pelagius and stroke with the force of two men. Pelagius blocked the blow and slashed his right arm with the dirk. The assassin put his sword in his other hand and kept on attacking.
Another arrow was shot from the bowman and it hit the dieing assassin. Pelagius continued to fight the injured one.
"My client wants not only you dead, but your whole family", said the assassin as they fought.
"Who is your client?", asked Pelagius.
The assassin ignored the question. The assassin attacked but missed. Pelagius seized the chance and cut his head off. Pelagius jumped out of the way of a newly fired arrow from the bowman.
Pelagius moved closer and closer to the bowman, hiding behind trees as he fired arrows. When Pelagius got close enough he threw his dirk at him. It hit him in the chest and the assassin fell from the tree. Pelagius walked over to the assassin and saw that he had hit him in the heart.
"No information from this one, better head home", thought Pelagius.
Upon returning to his city, Pelagius told his family of the assassin's attack, and his words.
"Who would want us dead, we have made no enemies", said Garius.
"Maybe one of the neighboring cities", said Tiber
"No, they have bigger fish right now", said Kytara
"Carnage?" asked Caius
"No, we're too far away from them, and all they wanted was our old city", said Garius.
"I'm not sure, but we better keep our eyes open", said Pelagius.
The Septim family remained on constant guard, absolute vigilance was practiced. Two years passed and some of the family got restless, Tiber went on a walk in the woods with two of his friends, Roderick and Nicholas. An arrow flew from the shadow of a tree and hit Nicholas in the neck. Tiber and Roderick ran and hid behind a tree. Ten assassins came out of the darkness and surrounded Tiber and Roderick.
"Prepare to die bo-" said an assassin as an arrow hit him in the neck.
Fifty Septim archers marched in, killing almost all of the assassins. They moved aside and Pelagius Septim II strided up.
"Leave some alive, we might want a bit of information out of them", said Pelagius.
But it was too late, the remaining assassins commited suicide by driving daggers into their chese. Pelagius walked up to Tiber.
"What you just did was stuiped, a man is dead now because of you", said Pelagius.
"I am sorry father, I was getting restless", said Tiber
"RESTLESS, RESTLESS! After what happened to me I would have thought you would put a little more consideration into your actions!", said Pelagius.
Tiber opened his mouth to speak but Pelagius cut him off.
"Not another word, we're going home", said Pelagius.
One of the archers stopped to pick up Nicholas' body and continued to follow Pelagius. Not a word was spoken until they got to the Septim Castle.
"Place the body in the Mortuary, a funeral is to be held two days from now", said Pelagius to the archer.
"Yes Sir", said the archer.
"Tiber, I hope you realize the consequences of your actions tonight, you are the future ruler of my Empire, and you must have good judgment in order to rule", said Pelagius
"Yes father", said Tiber
"Away with you then, I must speak to your mother about this incident", said Pelagius
Tiber ran off to bed and Pelagius went over to his room, where Adella was sleeping. He woke her up and relayed the night's events to her. She told him not to go hard on him and Pelagius agreed, he then let himself fall to sleep.
After Nicholas' funeral Pelagius couldn't find out who sent the assassins, as no more came. He slowly forgot the ordeal and went back to his normal duties.
Soon Pelagius and Adella had another son, whom they named Salius Septim. He was a good leader as all of his family was, but he was a godly warrior. He could defeat twenty Septim knights without gaining a scratch. Many thought him to be a God.
One day Tiber met a woman by the name of Angelus Tallius, whom he loved with all of his heart, as she loved him. Soon they got married, and Pelagius was very proud.
A few years later Pelagius' mother, Kyraria, died of old age. It was a sad day for the Septim family and especially Pelagius, who fell into a year long depression following her death. But when his grandchildren were born he recieved a renewed sense of happiness.
Tiber and Angelus had a son, whom they named Cephorus, and a daughter, whom they named Alessia. They were both good leaders and good warriors. Cephorus was good with his sword. Alessia was good with her bow.
Salius taught Cephorus many good dueling techniques, and Kytara taught Alessia how to use a bow. Alessia also learned how to use short blades such as dirks and daggers effectively.
Salius also found someone he loved, Vaermina Talia, who became Vaermina Septim. Salius and Vaermina had a child a few years later, Calus Septim II. Calus wasn't a naturally talented leader as most of the Septims where but he learned, but he was a hell of a swordsman. He was as strong as his father and twice as fast in his prime.
Caius Hasildor found somebody he loved, Isabella Yelesia, who became Isabella Hasildor. They had one child, Marius Hasildor. He was not a charismatic leader and held no interest in swordfighting, Marius was interested in the arcane arts. He was a talented mage and knew many spells and languages including the languages of Elves, Dwarves, Ogres, Trolls, Halflings, Demons, and of course Humans.
One day, while out on a walk, a man approached Tiber. He had many scars on his face and had white hair.
"Hello Tiber", he said
"Hello", said Tiber
"My name is General Zarrock, I was a friend of your grandfather.
"What? You must be mistaken", said Tiber
"Mistakes are something I don't make many of", said Zarrock
"Alright, I'll give you the benifit of the doubt, what do you want with me", said Tiber.
"Ahhh, it is not you I want, it is Pelagius", said Zarrock.
"Alright, I'll bring you to him, but you can't bring any weapons into the castle, got it?" said Tiber
"Yes, I understand", said Zarrock.
Tiber took Zarrock to Pelagius, and Pelagius didn't recognize him.
"Well, you may remember the invasion of Septim City", said Zarrock
"Yes, of course I do", said Pelagius
"Well, I was the General in charge of Septim forces", said Zarrock.
"I remember now, you were on the war council, nobody could find you during the battle, what happened", said Pelagius
"The tratior, Anochus, took me hostage and gave me to the enemies, it has taken me all this time to escape", said Zarrock
"Well, I'll give you everythi-" Pelagius was cut off by the sudden entrance of a soldier.
"Sir, enemies are invading, overwealming us."
"We need to escape, gather up my family and follow me", said Pelagius.
After they got together they all left towards the back of the castle. Right before leaving Pelagius was shot in the back with a fireball. His body disinigrated.
Nothing was left. But he will always be remembered as a hero, a leader, and a great man.
Sir Tiber Septim II
Lived in Era 27, got 1 heir(s) (Cephorus Septim) and was a member of Templar Crusaders
This is the story of Tiber Septim II, son of Pelagius Septim II and Adella Septim. He had one brother named Salius Septim and two children. One was a boy named Cephorus Septim, and the other was a girl named Alessia Septim. This is the story of Tiber Septim II.
Tiber sat at a table in the Septim Castle where General Falus Zarrock was meeting with his father, Pelagius Septim II. After a short conversation between the two a Septim guard ran into the room.
"SIr, enemies are invading, overwealming us", said the guard.
"We need to escape, gather up my family and follow me", said Pelagius.
Zarrock, Pelagius, and Tiber arose from their seats.
"Tell them to meet us in the entrance hall", said Pelagius.
After the guard left Tiber walked in the direction of the entrance hall.
"Tiber, not that way, we need to arm ourselves, Zarrock, can you still use a sword?" asked Pelagius.
"I may look old but I will always be able to defend myself", said Zarrock.
"Let's go", said Pelagius.
The trio ran up the stairs to the armory and armed themselves. Tiber grabed a longsword for himself, a bow for Alessia, and a Claymore for Salius. Pelagius picked up a shortsword and a dirk for himself, a Longsword for Calus, and a rapier for Garius. Zarrock already had his sword, but he picked up a few daggers and a staff. After arming themselves they ran for the entrance hall.
When they arrived Garius, Salius, Cephorus, Alessia, Angelus, Adella, Marius, Caius, Calus, Vaermina, Kytara, and Isabella were all waiting for them, a small army of Septims.
"What took you so long?" asked Alessia.
"We had to get weapons for you all", said Pelagius
After distributing the weapons they left down one of the hallways towards the library.
"After the takeover of Septim City I have made it a standard to always build escape routes", said Pelagius.
Upon their arrival in the library they were suprised to see thirty mages wearing black robes. They shot a fireball and hit Pelagius in the chest, disinigrating him. Marius raised his palmes and lightning arced forth from his fingertips. The enemies fell immediately. Tiber looked down at his father's ashes and a tear fell from his eye.
"Father", said Tiber.
"We have to go, there will be more of them", said General Zarrock.
"He's in shock, I'll grab him", said Salius
Salius walked over to Tiber and picked him up on his shoulders. They then ran over to a bookcase and pushed it open to reveal a small tunnel. Suddenly, a Septim knight ran up, followed by fifty Septim swordsmen.
"Wait!" said the Knight.
"Roderick? I havn't seen you in years", said Salius.
"No time for chatter, hurry through", said Zarrock.
The Septims, Hasildors, Roderick, Zarrock, and the fifty swordsmen followed through the passage and Calus shut the door behind them. Upon their emmergance from the tunnel they saw they were several miles away from Campsite. They went south for a time, gathering up a small army of peasants. They then settled a small city that they called New Septim City.
As the oldest son of Pelagius Septim II, Tiber became the new holder of the Septim throne. Zarrock became the Supreme Commander of the Septim Army, everbody wondered how an old man like that could fight with the best of them, until he revealed he was and elf and had a very long life-span.
Marius soon opened up the Arcane Acadamy, where devoted men and women could learn the arcane arts. Marius hired a band of teachers and fell in love with one, Iella Kelius.
Cephorus also found a loved one, Mara Harius, who became Mara Septim. They had a child about two years later whom they named Lucias Septim.
Lucias displayed weird behavior at an early age for he was insane. Lucias loved to eat paper, dance naked in front of guests, and he even went so far as to draw up intricate assassination plans for killing...a wild rabbit.
Cephorus and Mara had another son, whom they named Gaius Septim. Gaius had a sane head on his shoulders and he was a good swordsman. He also had a very noble spirit about him.
Calus married Dibella Antinous, who became Dibella Septim. She had twins: one a boy, one a girl. They named the boy Artorius and they named the girl Kyraria Septim II.
Artorius was an excellant swordsman and an avid spellcaster, he also had good leadership skills. Kyraria was a good archer and she also possessed good leadership skills.
Marius and Iella also had a child, whom they named Rufius Hasildor. Rufius was a good spellcaster as his father was and he had a happy spirit about him.
But one day, while Salius was walking through town square a lightning bold arced from on of the stalls. Salius pulled out his sword and the lightning went onto it. Salius charged at the stall and saw that their was a man in dark robes behind it. Salius moved his sword up to the man's throat.
"Who are you people?" asked Salius.
"We are the Shadow Assassins", said the man.
"Who sent you?" asked Salius
The man took his dagger and killed himself.
Salius returned to the castle and shared the news. Shadow Assassins was a clue, but it wasn't much. Salius went to Marius to ask about them.
"The Shadow Assassins are a foreign group, usually they don't come this far to kill somebody", said Marius.
"Interesting, thank you", said Salius.
No matter how many books Salius searched, he could not find out who the Shadow Assassins were. So he decided to give up until they struck again.
Tiber discovered that a group of goblins was accumulating near the river, so he decided to go drive them away. Tiber took fifty soldiers down to the river with him and discovered another party was speaking with the goblins. One man was wearing a hooded robe, the goblin wore a cheiftan's hat.
"How we do it?" asked the goblin.
"You are going to attack New Septim City and we are going to kill the Septims", said the robed man.
"Ok, me tell warriors, what in it for us?" said the goblin.
"Hmmmm, I would say that New Septim City would do just fine", said the robed man.
Tiber had heard enough.
"Ready your bows men", Tiber said.
The soldiers readied their bows.
"FIRE", said Tiber.
All of the soldiers shot and the arrows rained on the houses. One arrow hit the hooded man in the shoulder and he retreated into the darkness. Tiber chased him through the woods with two of the soldiers, the rest he left to clean out the goblin camp.
Tiber followed the man through the trees slowly catching up to him. After a while the man turned around.
"It is not wise to follow a Lieutenant of the Shadow Assassins", he said.
"Who is your client", said Tiber.
"Ahhh, that would spoil the fun now wouldn't it?" said the man.
Tiber charged at the man and the man jumped backwards. Suddenly a ring of fire appeared around Tiber and the soldiers.
"Finish him", said the man as he walked away.
The ring started getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller until one assassin fell down with an arrow in his neck and the others ran. The ring disappeared and Salius followed by Marius and Alessia ran up.
"Who were those people?" asked Alessia.
"Horrible mages, that's for sure", said Marius.
"They were Shadow Assassins", said Tiber.
"The Shadow Assassins? Who the hell is their client, he must be hell bent to send so many after us", said Salius.
"Let's talk about it at home", said Tiber.
After arriving at the Septim Castle they all sat around a long dining table. Cephorus, Zarrock, Calus, Iella, and Artorius walked in and sat as well.
"The Shadow Assassins have struck again", said Tiber.
"We don't know much about them", said Salius.
"We do know that their HQ is far away", said Zarrock.
"That isn't enough, if we found out where then maybe we could stop them", said Tiber.
"They are an ancient order, entirely devoted to their cause", said Iella.
"Everybody, we must scour the libraries and find out as much as we can, tommorow we will hold a meeting", said Tiber.
"Good idea", said Marius.
"All in favor, say I"
"I", they all said in unison.
"Alright, let's go", said Tiber.
The next day they met at dinner.
"I have only found one thing, they worship a god called Hadoras, who is the God of Darkness", said Tiber
The rest of the Septims hadn't found a thing, so they continued searching, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not find anything else.
They decided that they needed to capture an assassin, but no more came. Tiber gave up, and continued ruling his Empire.
Cephorus and Mara had a daughter as well, whom they named Galia, Galia was a strong ruler, and an able mage. She went to the Arcane Academy and was taught the skills of a mage by her cousin, Marius.
Tiber's mother died a few years later of old age. Tiber took it well as he knew she would be happy with Pelagius in Aetherius.
Tiber hired a new town guard captain after the old one died. The captain's name was Avolius. Captain Avolius was an able swordsmen and was a good friend of Cephorus, so Tiber trusted him as well.
Tiber soon founded Calus City, and appointed Salius the mayor. Salius was a good ruler, he knew what to do. Soon Calus had a third child, whom he named Pelagius Septim III.
Pelagius was an able spellcaster, swordsman, and leader. He loved to spend time in the wild, conversing with animals. Calus disapproved of this, but loved him nonetheless.
The fragile peace of the land was broken a few years later by the attacking forces of Red Hand. Tiber sat in the war room with General Zarrock, Sir Roderick, and Salius Septim.
"We need to retreat, it's suicide to stay, over one-thousand soldiers!" said Roderick.
"It is not impossible, unless we lose out bearings like we did in the battle for Septim City", said Zarrock.
"This is going to be one hell of a battle, one I am going to enjoy", said Salius.
"For Akatosh's sake, we have to run, it's our only hope", said Roderick.
"No it is not! If we hold and stick together we will prevail", said Zarrock.
"Let's leave it to Tiber", said Salius.
They all looked at Tiber, and Tiber gave his answer.
"We hold and fight", said Tiber.
They went to the armories to dress for battle. Tiber donned a suit of Dwarven made armor. Salius wore his custom obsidian armor. Marius wore blue robes. Calus put on a steel chest plate. Alessia wore leather armor. Cephorus wore steel.
The Septim family stood by the gates with their weapons ready. Two hundred soldiers stood beside them. Tiber turned around and adressed the soldiers.
"We have built this city from the ground up, from the days that my father, Pelagius Septim II, fleed from Septim City, to now we have had not a decent home. But now that we have a place to call our own, are we going to let it fall into another's hands?!?"
"No sir", they all yelled in unison.
"Then let us fight these foreign invaders, and let us win!" said Tiber as the enemies broke through the gates.
Tiber charged the enemies head on, stabbing one in the chest. He pulls his sword out and slices his head off, he turns around and cuts one's leg off, he turns and cuts through another's head like warm butter.
Salius Septim waited for the enemies to come to him, and when they came he gave them a great welcome. He stabbed one's heart, pulled his sword out and cut off another's arm, he then jumped over him and cut downwards, slicing one in half.
Marius Hasildor stood in the very back, he picked up a large group of soldiers and dropped them from two hundred feet up. He then shot fireballs on others.
Calus Septim II jumped into the battle, blocking two strikes with one hand and cutting off a man's arm with his other. He cut off two heads, ducked under a man's blow while stabbing him in the chest. He jumped backwards while blocking a blow.
Alessia sat atop the wall, shooting arrows with expert accuracy. She was careful not to hit allied solders as she shot others.
Zarrock stood atop the tower watching the fight.
"We aren't doing too good", he said. He continued shouting orders to his soldiers...
Cephorus faught down in the fray. He wasn't as good a soldier as Salius or Calus, but he was better than average. He blocked and stabbed, parried and slashed. The battle seemed endless until he saw his father stand upon the gate and shout.
"Retreat!" said Tiber as he jumped off the gate onto the ground. All of the Septims followed as they ran to the closest city, Calus City.
Calus city was only a few miles away, so they arrived in about four hours. Tiber knew the enemy would press on, so he prepared the peasants to move out of the city. Only one day later the enemy forces arrived...
Tiber told his family to run to Cephorus City, he would arrive soon. After they left Tiber prepared himself for the battle of a lifetime...
A few hours later...
Tiber stood at the front gate, ready to fight the massive force behind it. He saw death, standing with his scythe. He cursed Death and he just smiled and stood there.
When the enemies broke through Tiber charged into them, falling many men before a stray arrow caught him in the ribs. Tiber fell to the ground and looked at death, he walked towards him, scythe in hand, and just before he was going to strike, Tiber arose.
Death retreated, knowing it was not his time to go. Tiber ripped out the arrow and continued fighting. The soldiers looked at Tiber in awe, wondering how somebody could get back up after that.
Tiber pulled out his sword, and ran towards the enemies. The soldiers were not afraid of the man who had bested death, for they were well trained. Tiber fell one man, and another, and another, and a stray blade found its way into his arm.
Tiber fell again and an enemy walked towards him. The soldier held his sword to Tiber's neck, and Tiber saw death approach again. Tiber saw a dagger right next to his feet and he made a plan. Tiber picked up the dagger and stabbed the soldier in the leg, and once again death retreated.
Tiber rose from the ground with his sword in his good hand. And the enemies looked at him, amazed. Tiber looked around and saw that his soldiers were dead.
He ran into the soldiers and the soldiers jumped aside, Tiber ran out the gates and out towards Cephorus City. Which was twenty miles away.
Salius led the Septims and the Hasildors through the woods towards Cephorus City. He felt sorry for Angelus Septim, who he thought would soon be a widow, he felt sorry for Cephorus and Alessia because they would lose their father, and he felt bad, because he would lose his brother.
"Somebody's coming, hide!" said Salius
The Septims and Hasildors jumped into the bushes and they saw a man riding down the trail. Salius noticed that he did not ride a horse of Red Hand so he came out to greet him.
"Salius?" the stranger said.
"Tiber?" said Salius.
Tiber jumped off the horse and Salius greeted him.
"How did you survive?" asked Salius.
"The Gods gave me strength", said Tiber
Salius noticed a different quality in Tiber, he seemed at ease. Unlike his usual self.
"The gods must have given you more than strength", said Salius.
"Hmmmm, maybe", said Tiber.
"You're bleeding", said Angelus.
"I am?" asked Tiber "Because I do not feel a thing"
Angelus looked at Tiber's wounds and saw that he had a deep arrow wound and a sword wound that had gone down to the bone. Salius made camp and Angelus and Marius tended to Tiber's wounds.
"A weaker man would of been killed, and you would soon be dead had I not devoted three years of my life to discovering the arcane art of regeneration", said Marius
"As soon as we get to Cephorus City you're going to need at least a months rest before any plans of revenge", said Angelus.
When they arrived at Cephorus City Tiber rested for fifteen days before getting tired of the monotonous healing process. So Tiber went down to the War Room.
"Sir, we have just recieved word of General Zarrock", said Roderick.
"Yes, is he well?" asked Tiber.
"Not exactly, the letter was sent by Red Hand, he is being held in the New Septim City prison", said Roderick.
Meanwhile in New Septim City...
Zarrock sat in his cell, he wondered if Tiber had abandoned him just as his father had. He sat and thought when a big burly guard walked in.
"Time for the daily torture", said the guard menacingly.
Without a word Zarrock followed him. Zarrock was tortured with many devices until they brought him back to his cell, he then collapsed upon the bed and slept.
Back in Cephorus City...
"What?!?", asked Tiber
"He was captured by Red Hand forces during the attack on New Septim City", said Roderick.
"I want a group of ten knights to go to New Septim City and rescue General Zarrock", said Tiber.
"Yes Sir", said Roderick.
Back in the New Septim City Prisons...
Zarrock awoke with a start...he saw a man across the hall staring at him.
"General Zarrock, is it really you?" asked the man.
"Yes, it is me", said Zarrock.
"By Akatosh, I have a chance", said the man.
"Who are you?" asked Zarrock.
"Forgive me for lack of introductions but I am Lieutenant Gorris" said Gorris.
"I see", said Zarrock.
"Yes, you see, I am planning an escape, four other officers are being held here, and I plan to rescue them, but I am not a very stealthy person", said Gorris.
"So you need me to sneak them out", said Zarrock.
"Exactly, on my second day here the guard had to answer nature's call while in the middle of torturing me, I managed to slip one of my chains and steal a piece of metal, it has taken me a while but I have finaly gotten it into the shape of a lockpick", said Gorris.
"Ah, well let us use it tommorow, and get our freedom", said Zarrock.
Zarrock had never had better dreams.
In the forrest a few miles from New Septim City...
Roderick led his group of nine knights through the forrest. They rushed along the paths until they came to a small hole.
"Here it is, secret entrance to the Septim Castle", said Roderick.
The soldiers followed him into the tunnel and followed him down it. When they got to the end they pushed on the wall and saw that not a soldier was in the library.
Zarrock arrived in his cell after another day's torture and talked to Gorris when the guard walked away.
"You ready?" said Gorris.
"Yes", said Zarrock.
Gorris took about five minutes to unlock his door and two to unlock Zarrock's.
"If you follow my lead then we will not get caught, follow in my shadows". said Zarrock.
Gorris and Zarrock ran to the armory and peeked in the keyhole, one guard was inside and was looking pretty anxious. After a few moments he got up and ran out the door. Zarrock jumped out and broke his neck. After the guard died he urinated all over himself.
"Put on his uniform and grab his sword", ordered Zarrock.
Gorris did what he was told (Even with the urine on the armor, he is one loyal soldier) as Zarrock walked into the armory. He saw a dagger on the wall, grabbed it, and clinged it to his ankle.
Gorris was ready by the time Zarrock came back.
"You'll pretend to be escorting me to another cell, the officer's cells, do you know where they are located?" asked Zarrock.
"No, but I can ask", said Gorris.
Gorris and Zarrock walked down the hall until they came upon a soldier.
"Where is the four officers we managed to capture?" asked Gorris.
"Eh, oh in cell 3-C", said the Guard
"Thank you, all hail the Red Hand", said Gorris for good measure.
"Yeah yeah, whatever", said the guard as he continued down the hall.
Gorris and Zarrock continued to 3-C and when they arrived not a guard was in sight. Gorris pulled out the guard's keys and opened the doors.
"I am here to let you all out, walk in front of me as if you are still prisoners and we may just escape alive", said Gorris.
The officers said not a word as they moved in front of Gorris. They walked down the hall when suddenly a door opened and a man said: "Freeze!"
"Zarrock?" Roderick said
"Roderick?" Zarrock said
"How in the hell- there is no time for this, follow me, but let's kill this guard", said Roderick.
"He is no guard, he is Lieutenant Gorris of the Septim Army", said Zarrock.
"Alright, let's go", said Roderick.
They ran back into the library and down the tunnel, a few hours later they were back out in the forrest, and a day later, in Cephorus City.
Tiber gave them a heroes' welcome and even gave all of the officers one thousand gold each.
"I'm sorry I cannot give you more, but we are on a tight budget, Calus City was taken from us last night", said Tiber.
For his bravery and cunning Gorris was awarded the title of knight. And was promoted to Colonel. Zarrock went to the war room and met with Roderick, Tiber, and Salius.
"We have discovered a way around, through the mountains, to New Septim City. From there we will attack Calus City", said Tiber.
"Good plan, but what if it fails", said Zarrock.
"It wont", said Tiber.
The next day Tiber led a one hundred man task force to New Septim City. They attacked under the cover of darkness.
Tiber threw a grapple hook up onto one of the battlements, tested it, then climbed up, his men followed him. They snuck up behind a guard, slit his throat, and continued. They did this to about ten more guards, then realized that only ten guarded the city, they had won...for now.
One week later five thousand Red Hand troops poured into the gates, and Tiber was forced to retreat to Cephorus City once again. The armies of Red Blood moved forward, taking the core of his Kingdom. His King, Bliss, tried to stop them, but they were too strong.
Tiber knew they would soon be knocking at the gates of Cepherous City, and so he prepared. He had all of the Septims move to Tiber City, except Salius, he would not leave his brother's side.
Three days later...
Tiber stood with Salius at the gates of Cephorus City. Roars of hundreds of soldiers could be heard outside the walls. Two hundred knights stood ready at the gates in front of their leader. Tiber turned to address his troops.
"Today is a day that will be remembered! Not for the cunning of the enemy, but the bravery of you all! We shall carry this fight to the gates of hell itself! WE WILL PREVAIL!" yelled Tiber.
The cheers of the soldiers could be heard for miles around.
They turned and faced the gates, every soldier had a grin on his face. Tiber knew that all of his men would soon be dead, but he knew, he would be dead too.
"When do you think they'll break through the gate?" asked Salius. As he said it the gate splintered apart.
"Now", said Tiber.
The gate broke open and troops poured in like water through a drain. Knights fell to the enemies strength. But Tiber did not, he kept on fighting, not matter how many arrows struck him he kept going. Kept on fighting.
Tiber finally fell unconsious, Salius saw and ran to pick him up, he then left with him in his arms. Salius took him to Tiber City, where he died a few days later.
Two days after Tiber's death enemies broke through the gates. Salius led the Septims, the Hasildors, Zarrock, Gorris, and Roderick to safety.
Tiber's legend was not forgotten, he was remembered as a great commander, an excellant leader, and a legendary hero.
Sir Cephorus Septim
Lived in Era 27, got 1 heir(s) (Gaius Septim) and was a member of Templar Crusaders
This is the story of Cephorus Septim, son of Tiber Septim II and Angelus Septim. He had one sister who's name was Alessia Septim and a wife who's name was Mara Septim. He had two sons, Lucias Septim and Gaius Septim. This is the story of Cephorus Septim, fifth ruler of the Septim Dynasty.
Cephorus sat in his room of the Tiber City castle, he mourned the death of his father and wondered now what he would do as the new ruler of the Septim Empire. Suddenly a knock came to his door.
"Come in", said Cephorus.
The soldier stormed into the room.
"Sir, Red Hand has arrived, we are under attack!" said the soldier
"I'll be right down", said Cephorus.
Cephorus arose from his chair and strapped his sword to his belt. He then walked down to the War Room and saw that Zarrock, Roderick, and Salius were seated there.
You finally manage to pry yourself from you chair", said Salius.
"Yes", said Cephorus.
"We have bad news, our spies in New Septim City, Garius and Kytara Hasildor, were killed", said Salius.
"Who killed them!?" asked Cephorus.
"The Shadow Assassins", said Salius.
"Wha-" Salius cut him off.
"We have more important matters right now, we are under attack", said Salius
After explaining the situation they formulated a plan. They would escape with as many soldiers and peasants as possible down through the tunnels and they would burn the buildings to stop Red Hand from using them,
They followed the plan well, escaping through the tunnels before the enemies broke through the gates. Salius led around one thousand peasants and fifty swordsmen down through the tunnels and out on the other side of the mountains.
Afterwards they made camp and talked about the Shadow Assassins.
"The Shadow Assassins killed Garius and Kytara, that's sad news", said Cephorus.
"Yes, but one was captured, and tortured", said Salius.
"You actually caught one?" asked Cephorus.
"Yes, Gorris was visiting and he managed to catch one", said Salius.
"Wow", said Cephorus.
"We learned that they operate out of Cidel", said Salius.
"CIDEL? Tiber Septim I's homeland!" yelled Cephorus.
"Yes, but he wouldn't give up the name of the client, as he didn't know, only Shadow Assassin Lieutenant knows the client's name, and only one is in this land", said Salius.
The conversation was interupted by the arrival of Captain Avolius.
"Hello, we have discovered that the enemy is in pursuit, we have to pack up and leave", said Avolius.
They packed up and rode off into the forrest, the enemy one mile behind them, the enemies had faster horses and less people so they naturally rode faster. When they were one-hundred feet behind Calus and Salius jumped off their horses and pulled out their swords.
The enemies, suprised that their prey had turned to face them, couldn't stop fast enough so Salius jumped up and cut their heads off. Fifty more remained and jumped from their horses to fight.
Salius knew his son could fight so he took care of hmself. He blocked one soldier's slash and stabbed him in the chest, a soldier swung down so he rolled backwards. He disarmed a soldier and stabbed him in the chest.
Calus grabbed a man, kneed him in the chest, and drove his sword though his back. He then drop kicked a man and stabbed him through the back while he was on the ground. Another guys ran at him so he blocked his attack, picked him up, and threw him into another enemies' sword.
Salius and Calus finished off the soldiers and caught up with Cephorus. They soon built a city named Deathreach and spent a short while there. Gaius met a lady named Viola and had many dates with her. They soon married and had one child, Salius Septim II.
Lucias Septim went to the Deathreach mental hospital, where he got some of the best care possible, and it did not help a bit, Marius examined his mind and learned that the wound ran deeper, and had another cause, but was unsure of what it was.
Salius Septim II was a typical Septim, a strong leader and good swordsman. And he was also a good mage, making him a battlemage, he was a very usefull man to have on the battlefield.
Cephorus spent many hours a day trying to figure out where Cidel was, but he had no luck, Cidel's location would have to be taken from an assassin.
A few years later Caius died of unknown causes, Cephorus knew it was the assassins, poison was the most likely possibility. Cephorus tracked down the assassins with the help of Salius Septim I.
After tracking them down they both stabbed themselves, one of them didn't cut in the right area so he was taken to the hospital. They saved his life and asked him questions.
"Where is Cidel!?" asked Salius.
"I'll never let down my homeland, like your rotten ancestor Tiber Septim!" yelled the assassin.
"What can you tell us?" asked Cephorus.
"I'll tell you one thing, there is a spy in your midst", said the assassin,
"Who!?" yelled Salius and Cephorus in unison.
"Ahhhh, you can find out on your own, now can't you?" said the assassin.
Salius and Cephorus tortured the assassin for many hours before giving up.
"He will not crack", said Salius.
"I know", said Cephorus.
They gave the duty of torturing the assassin to Captain Avolius, and they returned to their normal duties.
Colonel Gorris Farilor married Alessia Septim and had one child, a boy by the name of Jorrus Farilor. Jorrus was a good swordsman and a grand officer, when he matured he commanded operations with perfection. He was a major asset to the Septim army. Cephorus pondered day and night who the spy was, and one day, he found out.
Cephorus stood atop the central tower of Deathreach. He wondered in his mind who the spy was when he heard a noise behind him, he turned and drew his sword. He saw that the intruder was a man in dark robes with a hood over his face to keep his identitiy a secret.
"Your father made the same mistake as to engage a Shadow Assassin Lieutenant, he was fortunate to have survived", said the Lieutenant.
Cephorus stood, ready for combat.
"You can talk you know, your father enjoyed talking to his enemies", said the Lieutenant.
"How did you get up here?", asked Cephorus.
"I am the spy, the one you have been hunting, it is easy for a spy to enter an area undetected", said the Lieutenant.
"The only good spies are dead, captured, or allied with me, you are neither so I'll have to fix that, now wont I?" said Cephorus.
"Now that's more like it! Your father was the same way, he thought he could fight off anything" said the Assassin.
Cephorus spared no more words, he attacked. Cephorus charged the assassin, but the assassin dodged the attack easily.
"Hahaha, you are a weak fool!" said the assassin.
The assassin drew his sword and attacked, and Cephorus had a tough time blocking his attacks. Cephorus finally realized that the man was toying with him. Cephorus tried and tried but he could not hit him.
The assassin kicked Cephorus down and held his sword high over his head.
"Your son, Gaius, will be joining you soon, very soon" said the Lieutenant.
Cephorus heard a door burst open and the assassin turned around, he gasped and ran to the ledge of the tower and jumped. Cephorus saw that his uncle, Salius, had saved his life.
"Who the hell was that?" asked Salius.
"The spy, a Shadow Assassin Lieutenant", said Cephorus.
"The spy, and we let him go? Dangit!" said Salius.
"Worst of all, I have no idea of his identitiy, he kept his hood down and his voice low", said Cephorus.
"It's ok, you're safe, let's go inside" said Salius.
After going inside they asked everybody for an alibi, and all gave one except two people, Captain Avolius and Colonel Gorris Farilor. Cephorus questioned the two, and found Gorris guilty of being the spy because he was last seen on the upper levels of the castle. He was locked away in the prison.
One day Cephorus was going on a walk through the city, he walked into an alley and he heard a voice behind him.
"Septim!" said the man
Cephorus turned around and saw a man in dark robes, Cephorus knew better than to fight so he chose the next option, flight. He ran away into the city streets.
As he ran he looked behind him, he saw that the Lieutenant wasn't behind him. When he arrived at the castle he released Gorris right away. Afterwards he asked three soldiers to bring Captain Avolius before telling Salius.
"I was attacked by the Lieutenant today, Gorris was in his cellso I know it is Avolius", said Cephorus.
"A valid conclusion, I would say the same", said Salius.
Salius and Cephorus talked a long while before Cephorus said, "I asked the guards to bring me Avolius, where are they?"
"Let's go check", said Salius.
They walked to Avolius' quarters and opened the door, he saw a disturbing site, the three guards were tied upon the walls, with a knife sticking out of each one's heart.
"By the gods, it was Avolius, that swine!" yelled Cephorus.
A dark robed man stepped into the room from the bedroom.
"Hello, this time you will not escape"
He waved his hands and the doors all shut. He drew his blade and attacked. Salius drew his sword and dueled the man. Salius struck the man's blade and he fell to the ground. Salius held his blade to the man's throat.
"By my authority of Cephorus Septim, I place you under arrest!" said Salius.
The man reached his arm out and a blue flame flew from his hand and hit Salius in the chest, Salius fell to the ground with a charred hole in his chest. The robed man arose from the floor.
"Salius Septim, always a strong swordsman, but a weak spellcaster, pity", said the Lieutenant.
Cephorus barely heard those words, anger boiled in his chest, the deaths of Kytara, Garius, Caius, and now Salius at this man's hands had lit Cephorus' temper. Cephorus saw red, he felt power flowing through his veins.
Cephorus looked up at the man, the dark evil man.
"Ahhhh, you're angry about his loss, you wish to hurt me, to do me harm, I'm afraid I'm too strong to be taken down", said the Lieutenant.
Cephorus' eyes were now white and his skin was red. He felt more and more energy pulse through him.
"You cannot defeat me, your time is at an end", said the Lieutenant.
Cephorus looked at the man and suddenly the room shook.
"What are you doing!?" yelled the man.
His hood fell back to reveal Avolius' face.
The entire room turned red and everything around him turned bright, Cephorus could not see, and when the light left, Avolius was gone, his ashes remained.
Several Days Later...
Cephorus awoke from his long sleep and looks around. He sees a Priest, Calus, Alessia, Marius, Mara, Gaius, and Galia stood around the table.
"Dad, are you alright?" asked Galia.
"Yes, where's Salius?" asked Cephorus.
"Dead, Salius was killed up there with you, we were hoping you could tell us what happened", said Alessia.
Cephorus suddenly remembered that night's events and told the family about them.
"Avolius killed Salius with magic? And you killed Avolius?", asked Marius.
"With Avolius dead we have no leads on the assassin's client", said Mara.
"We shall just have to wait", said Cephorus.
After many years of waiting through the fragile peace somebody attacked, an assassin struck down Cephorus in his sleep, killing him swiftly. Cephorus' family abandoned Deathreach and left the world of Fantasia. They wondered if they would ever return.