Madanach accepted the rings and slipped one on each hand. Mara's rings, not a traditional Forsworn custom at all, but the Reachmen were adopting worship of the Eight alongside the traditional gods of Anu/Auriel, Sithis, Yffre and Magnus. Mara and Dibella had been particular favourites, adopted without hesitation into a pantheon previously devoid of goddesses (although the Night Mother was also a late addition, and there'd always been the Daedra). Madanach wouldn't exactly call himself a follower of Mara... but Liriel was an ardent devotee of the goddess of love and family life. A little prayer to Mara to take pity on Liriel if not him couldn't hurt.
Dear Mara, please help Liriel find happiness. And... please help me save her. And... I still love her, if there's any chance I can actually make her happy instead of ruining her life... please.
“I'll need ten minutes to get equipped,” Madanach said, mentally cataloguing the contents of his and Liriel's room. “Also I'll need Borkul.”
“Damn right he's going, I'm not letting you go on your own,” Eola snorted. “Anything else?”
“Yes. Get the teleportal warmed up, I'll need to port out. It's the only way of catching up with her now, especially if Cicero's taken Shadowmere, and honestly I think I'd rather walk than ride on the back of that daedra-beast again.” Especially feeling like he presently did.
“You're going via Cwm Prendwemyn,” Keirine noted. “Good choice, we have a stables there, I'm sure you can requisition a horse and catch up that way.”
“I'm not going to Cwm Prendwemyn,” Madanach said, mentally rather proud of himself for having the foresight to set this up in advance. He knew he'd need it one day. “I'm going to Solitude.”
“Solitu- Madanach, there is no teleportal in Solitude,” Nepos said firmly. “Jarl Elisif was very firm that she was not having, and I quote, 'some cursed doorway to the Daedric realms' in her city.”
Madanach did indeed remember that conversation, and he'd not quite realised Elisif knew that many ways of telling a man off and been very grateful Argis was her husband and he'd not had to marry her for peace.
“Technically it isn't in the city,” Madanach said, biting back laughter at the looks on his sister, daughter and steward's faces. They might be able to take the reins of power off him, but he still had a few tricks up his sleeve.
“Are you telling me you've created an illicit teleportal gate somewhere in or near Solitude without the Jarl or anyone else knowing?” Eola asked, and Madanach couldn't help but grin.
“Maybe,” Madanach smirked. Keirine just shook her head.
“So that's why you needed those soul gems,” she sighed. “Dare I ask where it is?”
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Dear Mara, please help Liriel find happiness. And... please help me save her. And... I still love her, if there's any chance I can actually make her happy instead of ruining her life... please.
“I'll need ten minutes to get equipped,” Madanach said, mentally cataloguing the contents of his and Liriel's room. “Also I'll need Borkul.”
“Damn right he's going, I'm not letting you go on your own,” Eola snorted. “Anything else?”
“Yes. Get the teleportal warmed up, I'll need to port out. It's the only way of catching up with her now, especially if Cicero's taken Shadowmere, and honestly I think I'd rather walk than ride on the back of that daedra-beast again.” Especially feeling like he presently did.
“You're going via Cwm Prendwemyn,” Keirine noted. “Good choice, we have a stables there, I'm sure you can requisition a horse and catch up that way.”
“I'm not going to Cwm Prendwemyn,” Madanach said, mentally rather proud of himself for having the foresight to set this up in advance. He knew he'd need it one day. “I'm going to Solitude.”
“Solitu- Madanach, there is no teleportal in Solitude,” Nepos said firmly. “Jarl Elisif was very firm that she was not having, and I quote, 'some cursed doorway to the Daedric realms' in her city.”
Madanach did indeed remember that conversation, and he'd not quite realised Elisif knew that many ways of telling a man off and been very grateful Argis was her husband and he'd not had to marry her for peace.
“Technically it isn't in the city,” Madanach said, biting back laughter at the looks on his sister, daughter and steward's faces. They might be able to take the reins of power off him, but he still had a few tricks up his sleeve.
“Are you telling me you've created an illicit teleportal gate somewhere in or near Solitude without the Jarl or anyone else knowing?” Eola asked, and Madanach couldn't help but grin.
“Maybe,” Madanach smirked. Keirine just shook her head.
“So that's why you needed those soul gems,” she sighed. “Dare I ask where it is?”