The Dragoon In Skyrim - Volume 1 Chapter 89 Traveling To The Circle
Vincent and the Legion were waiting when Kirvena says, “Let’s wait for some more minutes. Maybe the packages they are carrying are too heavy.”
“We will wait for them one more hour. If they don’t arrive we will leave,” says Vincent as suddenly a man with short black hair approached them carrying a big bag.
“I’m sorry for coming so late. My mother wanted to pack up everything that could be moved. In the end, we had to convince her to only take clothes and some items that are important to the family,” says the man as he bowed to Vincent and the others.
“Who is he?” asks Arthur since he hasn’t heard of Bethany from the others yet.
“He must be Bethany’s brother,” says Kirvena as Vincent walked towards him while Arthur looked confused.
“Your name boy?” asks Vincent as the man looks at Vincent.
“Garrett Hawke,” says Garrett as he presents himself to the other.
He was suspicious of Vincent since nobody would be so generous and take a family with them voluntarily.
Vincent, on the other hand, was taking a look at Garrett and sees the big frame that he had developed from working on the field.
“Garrett Hawke it seems you have quite a good frame if we don’t compare you to the Legionaries. What are you doing when you are not working on the field?” asks Vincent curiously making Garrett look at him confused.
“Talk boy we don’t have the whole day,” says Vincent as he could see three other people coming their way.
“I train with a sword. I need to protect my family,” says Garrett as Vincent begins to clap his hands.
“I like you. How about becoming my son?” asks Vincent as everyone opened his eyes wide while Vincent was smiling.
“He is quite old don’t you think so,” says Karliah as a protest.
“It doesn’t matter how old he is. It only matters if he wants to be my son or not. I can’t force him after all,” says Vincent as he sees the three arrive when Vincent says, “Give me an answer before we leave Thedas.”
Vincent then walks over to Bethany and pets her while saying, “We were about to leave but my wife told me to wait. You can call yourself lucky that my wife sees promise in you.”
“The steeds,” says Karliah as two Legionaries bring forth four horses.
Flemeth, Garrett, Arthur, and Carver would ride each one while Anra gave her Chocobo to Bethany and Karliah gave hers to Morrigan. They would ride on Behemoth with Vincent and Leandra.
Vincent stored the things away in his bag surprising the family as Vincent says, “In Tamriel, this is quite a normal occurrence since the spatial bags appeared on the market.”
“So what you told me is true that everyone is a mage in Tamriel,” says Bethany as Vincent shakes his hand.
“Not everyone. We all have the ability but not everyone is a mage. Look at me. I could destroy this village with my spells if I wanted to but I myself don’t see myself as a Mage,” says Vincent explaining it to Bethany and the newcomers.
They then mount on their steeds and begin to ride out of Lothering when Vincent says, “Next Destination is the Circle of Magi.”
This made Bethany, as well as the others, stop on their tracks.
“Why are we going there?” asks Bethany worried when Vincent smiles at her.
“You won’t be coming with me as well as the others only I and Arthur will enter maybe also Garrett. I need to see how the circle works to be able to report how mages are treated on Thedas to the Emperor,” says Vincent as Bethany sighs in relief when Garrett looked at him still suspicious while Arthur was excited about it.
They took three days to arrive at the docks of Lake Calenhad when Arthur says, “From here we will have to take a ferry over to the Circle.”
“Alright,” says Vincent as he looks at his wives and says, “Keep the children safe until I return. If it gets ugly we will have to leave Thedas earlier then expected.”
“We will keep everyone safe until you return,” says Karliah as they made a camp near the docks.
Arthur then guided Vincent and Garrett towards where they needed to take the ferry when Vincent says, “So you are an Amell too right.”
“Why is that important?” asks Garrett as he looked at Vincent angrily for taking him away from the camp.
“A Mage named Solona Amell lived once in here. She escaped the Circle and was chased by Templars. I found her in the Brecilian Forest where I and my wives were camping. I will have to get some of her stuff and bring it to Denerim since she is living there right now,” says Vincent as he got that information from Leandra.
“My mother told you,” says Garrett as he facepalmed and Vincent smiles.
“Yes, she is quite a lovely woman. If I had met her in my prime I would have married her,” says Vincent cryptic as both looked confused at Vincent since he looked like almost forty.
Arriving at the dock they paid the ferryman and they were brought over when Vincent gives him another bag of coins and says, “Wait here and you will get another one with the same amount of coin.”
The Ferryman nods as the three walk the stairs up arriving at the Gates of Kinloch Hold when they get stopped at the gate.
“Hold there strangers. What do you want from the Circle?” asks a Templar as Vincent takes a close look at him.
“We are here on official business. The Ambassador of the Highwind Empire wants to see how the Circle works on Thedas,” says Arthur as the Templar laughs.
“And I am the Empress of Orlais. Leave before we are forced to kill you,” says the Templar making Vincent laugh as the Templar now looked at Vincent and draw his sword while shouting, “Abomination!”
He wanted to charge at Vincent when suddenly a dagger was placed on the throat of the Templar. Arthur remembers that the exact same thing happened to him in Highever.
“You will lower your blade in the presences of the Ambassador or Thedas will go to war against the Empire,” says Vlad as he was ready to kill the Templar.
“Vlad that’s enough,” says Vincent as he and the others could see that the Templar was leaking out. The Templar dropped his sword and shield in panic.
“You made him shit his pants,” says Vincent as Vlad puts his dagger away and lets the Templar go.
“At least I didn’t the first time we met,” says Arthur as Garrett looked at Arthur since he still didn’t know who Arthur was except for his first name.
“Do you think the other won’t react like the first Templar?” asks Garrett as he thought it was a dumb idea for Vincent to show the Templars his real appearance.
“They need to adapt or I see now future for them,” says Vincent as Vlad disappears again.
“And who was that?” asks Garrett as he couldn’t see Vlad any longer.
“He is my shadow. There are more as the Emperor is guarded by five shadows. The rest of the Highwind family has at least one or two shadows beside them,” says Vincent lying about this as he and Naosane were the only ones having them.
“Now then let’s enter,” says Vincent as he passes the open gate following the urine.
“Is he always that carefree?” asks Garrett as he looked at Arthur.
“*sighs* Yes,” says Arthur as he follows Vincent before something dangerous happens.
Both enter the Circle only to find Templars pilling up into a mountain with Vincent sitting on top of them while waving his hand at his face.
Both see this and Garrett says, “I think you were a step too late.”
“My father is going to kill me,” says Arthur as he was panicking.
“Come on Arthur don’t panic and take a deep breath,” says Vincent as he jumps down from the pile of Templars and waits for the one ordering the men to appear.
Vincent receives a letter from Hrotti as he opens it since he was waiting.
‘I’m on a boot that came from Tevinter. Found some slaves and liberated them. Took a liking to one of them,’ reads Vincent when suddenly his smile turned scary as both people present felt shivers running down their spine.
“Vincent is everything alright?” asks Arthur as he thought that Vincent would kill someone.
“Yes, everything is alright. It’s just that someone is courting my daughter that’s all,” says Vincent referring to his great-granddaughter as his daughter when both men hold their breath quite long inside from picturing what would happen to said man when Vincent returns to Tamriel.
“Anyway, I think the leader of the Templars is taking his time,” says Vincent as his face turned normal again.
Suddenly a door burst open and a squad of Templars appears. They were led by an old man with short grey hair.
“You Abomination dare to come. It’s your end,” says the old man as the Templars set up a shield wall.
“How many times do I have to say that I’m not an Abomination but an Au-Ra. We might be really rare on Tamriel but we still exist,” says Vincent making fun of the old man.
“Prepare to smite,” says the old man when Arthur goes in between Vincent and the Templars.
“Knight-Commander Greagoir, under the Ferelden Crown you will be put under arrest if you attack this man,” says Arthur as he was sure that would stop Greagoir.
But he was wrong. Vincent pushed Arthur away as the Smite hit him directly. The Templars thought it was over when suddenly they hear a voice.
“Is that all,” says Vincent that was standing as if nothing happened and looked at them.
The Templars became nervous seeing Vincent unharmed. Vincent then takes a piece of paper out while smiling when suddenly Vlad appears out of the shadow putting his dagger on the Knight-Commander while his Templars were laying on the ground.
“Do you know what the punishment is on attacking an Imperial Member?” asks Vincent as he smiled at the Knight-Commander that was feeling a dagger on his throat.
The Knight-Commander thought everything was over when Vincent says, “It’s Death. But I will pardon you as long as it doesn’t repeat itself.”
Vincent then hands over the piece of paper to the Knight-Commander while saying, “I don’t want to dirty my hands in a foreign land that I’m guest.”
“Be happy the Ambassador saved your life. Of it was me you all would be dead,” says Vlad as he takes his dagger back and releases the Knight-Commander.
Arthur and Garrett were quite happy that a war was avoided because of Vincent’s benevolence of not punishing the Knight-Commander and the Templars for what they did.
Greagoir takes a look at the piece of paper and reads it when he got pale from reading it then he gets on his knees and bows his head towards Vincent.
“We are sorry for not recognizing you,” says Greagoir as he was nervous.
He knew that he won’t lose his post since he is employed by the Chantry but the Templars could be driven out of Ferelden because they did misdeeds against Ferelden.
Trying to kill a friend of the King would not only banish them but also make other heads turn towards them from other places like Rivain, Nevarra, and the Free Marches that already were on bad terms with the Templars in one way or another.
“I won’t report it to the King as long as you close both of your eyes when I take a mage or two out of the Circle. They will be joining me to a Circle in Tamriel,” says Vincent lying about why he wanted to take them with him.
“Why would you want some of our mages?” asks Greagoir confused about it when Vincent smiles.
“See it as a cultural exchange so we know how you operated your circles. They will report to the Emperor personally before being sent to one of our circles,” says Vincent with a smile as Greagoir wasn’t completely convinced but it was better to give this monster what he wants then to deny it.
“Alright,” says Greagoir unwilling but he had no choice.