Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Stendarr's Vigil, Part II

This is an original character story based on the PC game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. All rights reserved to their respective owners.

Chapter 7 - Violation

After they had finished tying her wrists together, the armored bandit said, "Like we were saying, we got ourselves a nice piece of ass." She was forced to go down on her knees. The Redguard said to the other two, “Mind if I get first dibs?” and the other bandits gave their assent. He then took off his armor and took out his flaccid penis. Iona’s eyes went wide. She had never seen a penis before, not counting babies and toddlers, of course. This thing was huge! It was at least the size of his head. He began to stroke it, and to her horror, it actually got bigger and hard. He looked at Iona and an evil grin came over his face. It was a look that Iona will remember forever. It was in that moment, that her innocence would be ripped from her - violently. The Redguard approached her, and took off all of his clothes. Iona couldn’t bear to look. She wanted so much for this to be bad dream and that she would wake up in her bed. “Wake up, Iona!” she told herself. “Wake up! Wake up!” “Wake up, cumrag!” the Redguard said, slapping her in the face with his large dick. Disgusted, she looked at him in shock. He was admittedly attractive, with large, lean muscles, a washboard stomach that revealed a six-pack in the right light, and, of course, that monster cock, all of which was covered by his dark skin.
The Redguard roughly grabbed Iona’s hair, causing her to yelp in pain. He aligned his penis to her mouth. Iona couldn’t believe she had to pleasure this thing. She didn’t even know how. She began to lick the tip, but then made a face in disgust as the foreign taste hit her tongue. It was a combination of sweat, dirt and other things she had never had the fortune of trying. She could swear that this thing had not been washed or bathed in weeks, possibly even months, and began to spit the offending taste out of her mouth. The Redguard was amused, “First time tasting black cock, huh, bitch? I’ll show you how I like it.” With that he forced Iona’s head forward and simultaneously slammed his cock as far as it would go into Iona’s mouth. Iona tried to move her head back, but she was held tight. She tried to scream, but only a muffled, “Mmmmpph rrrmmm!!!” was audible. The bandit pumped her head back and forth on his huge organ. Iona felt lightheaded. She couldn’t really breathe and definitely couldn’t focus.
“Keep suckin’, baby,” the Redguard told her, “And don’t you dare try to bite me or I swear I’ll slice those tiny tits right off of you and eat them for dinner!” His cock slammed against the back of her throat and it caused her to gag. Iona tried to pull back from him so that it would not activate her gag reflex, but he held her in place. Now she was nauseous, as well. She was forced to suck his dick and lost track of how long she had been doing it. Her head was swimming. He picked up the pace and began grunting with each thrust. He pumped her head faster and faster and pumped his penis into her mouth harder and harder, until she felt like she was going to throw up. The bandit was breathing hard, until he tensed up, and slammed his entire cock into the back of Iona’s throat. He let out a moan, and came inside her throat. Iona had her first taste of come. She recoiled in disgust and tried to spit it out, but the bandit held his penis inside her mouth and said, “No, you swallow it, bitch! You swallow every fucking drop!” Iona had tears streaming down both sides of her face. With a great deal of difficulty, she began to swallow the thick, milky substance. It was the worst thing she ever had to taste. The Redguard told her, “I said every fucking drop, didn’t I?” Iona didn’t understand. She swallowed everything in her mouth. Then he gave her his penis, glistening from his come. “Use that tongue, and wipe it clean.” She wiped the tears from her eyes, and did as she was told, licking his cock from balls to tip.
“Oh, gods,” Iona looked upwards, “please, let that be the end of this ordeal.” They untied her wrists, and Iona genuinely thought they were about to let her go. That was until they instead tied a rope around her neck. “Oh, no! They are going to hang me!” Iona begged for her life, “I promise I’ll do whatever you ask if you don’t hurt me!” The bandits gathered around her, each looking at each other. The other bandit archer said, “Ok, but you will have to do ANYTHING we say, and we get to do whatever we want to you. Oh, fuck! As if we need your permission, anyway!” Iona agreed, certain that her life was about to abruptly end. They stood her up by pulling at the rope, which threatened to choke her if she didn't comply. The bandit archer, the one that probably got hurt the most came up behind her and, wrapping her arms around her, grabbed her breasts with both hands. Iona whined as she was touched more intimately than she had ever been in her life. Her lips quivered as she struggled to maintain a degree of composure. They soon had their hands all over her, molesting her, caressing her breasts, her back and shoulders, her ass, her legs, and the space in between those legs. She felt fingers crawl everywhere on her skin.
The Redguard came up to her small breasts and said, “You’ve tasted me, now it’s time I tasted you.” He not-so-gently pinched her nipples, making Iona jump and wail. He twisted them and she responded to the pain. He placed them in his mouth and sucked on them. Iona felt disgusted. Never before had anyone put her body parts into their mouths. “Ugh, stop!” she complained. Then the Redguard licked his fingers, lowered his hand, stuck out a couple of his fingers, and inserted it into Iona’s vagina.
Iona gasped. No one had ever touched her insides. The bandit roughly fingered her as she squirmed and shuddered. He pulled out and brushed his fingertips against her clitoris, causing electric sparks to run up her spine. He held up his fingers, wet from her vaginal secretions. She watched in horror as he licked her juices off his fingers. “You're disgusting!” she said, trying to turn away from the barbarian, “Get away from me!” The Redguard finished licking his fingers, then smacked his lips and said, “Delicious. You must secretly love all this attention. You're wet as fuck!” Iona shuddered. He was wrong - she wasn't a whore.
After what seemed to her like an eternity of enduring groping, pinching, twisting, manipulating, slapping and other forms of abuse, they released her. She knew better at this point than to expect any good news. They put her on all fours, and it became clear why they had tied a rope around her neck. It was at that point that Iona realized it wasn’t a noose, it was a collar. They were treating her like a dog! She groaned with self-loathing. They “walked” her like a dog on all-fours around, slapping and pinching her ass and other parts as she went. They also stuck their fingers where they definitely didn't belong. The female archer even rode her, as if she were an equine. “Giddy up, my little pony!” she said gleefully. “Wanna see if she can clear the snow around here in 10 seconds flat?” asked the Redguard. The armored bandit replied, “That would probably be longer than how much you'd last.” Everyone laughed, except for Iona, of course.
“Alright, doggy,” the Redguard said to Iona, “time to have some real fun. Time for some fuckin’.” Oh, gods! They really were going to violate her! In the back of her mind, she faintly hoped that she would keep her remaining shreds of dignity intact, but it looks like this was it. She was going to be raped! “Wait! I’m..,” Iona began begging on her knees, then blushing, said, “I’m still a virgin!” “What?” the Redguard said, “You serious? I would have expected you to be a nympho, you slut! I was thinking that’s why you came here, to get fucked! Bet you were getting tired of your boring monk life.” Iona felt indelibly dirty from this comment. “Don’t say that!” she screamed. They were taking everything else, Iona tried her best to maintain at least her sense of self-worth.
A fist found Iona’s face and she fell on her back, dazed. The bandit then proceeded to stomp on her, beginning with her stomach, then kicking her in the face once Iona curled into the fetal position. “Stop! Don't hurt me!” she cried like a child. “I got this,” the Redguard said, then falling on top of Iona and pinning her arms down on the ground, looked into her eyes and said, “Hah, I knew as soon as I saw you I would end up fucking you!” His bobbing member was on her leg. Again. She struggled frantically, her arms pinned under his massive weight, in order to escape this indignity. She trembled, and her body flushed with arousal at being dominated in this way. Was she getting turned on by this? Impossible. She noticed that the two females were also taking off their clothes. Were they going to have her, too? She continued to struggle with the bandit, trying to push him off. “Hold her down, spread her legs!” she heard him say. The bandit used his foot to spread her legs apart. She struggled in vain to close them - she didn’t want this. “You got a nice little ass and titties!” he whispered, almost effortlessly holding her down and spreading her legs. His penis found her vulva, and he began to rub it against her sensitive flesh, feeling around for the vaginal introitus. In a few moments, he would be inside. She had to do something, yet felt so powerless. She whimpered as she felt the engorged head of his thick cock spread the entrance to her pussy. “I’m going to come inside you and you’re going to take it.”
She shook her head, trying desperately to get away. Bandit had waited enough. With his strong arms he pulled her legs and pelvis towards her. Then, he spit on his hand and wet the tip of his massive penis. In a last ditch effort, Iona put her hands tightly over her nether regions, determined to put up as much of a fight as possible. She wasn't going to make it easy for him. But he would not be denied. “Ain’t no stopping me now.” He motioned for the others and together they forced her hands off and held them above her head. She felt her legs yanked apart, and felt a huge cock thrust into her cunt. Iona cried, “No! No! No! No! Please! I beg you! Don’t! Donnnnn’t! Ahhh-AHHHHHHHH!!!” The Redguard entered her roughly. “Oh, damn, this bitch is tight. I think she was a virgin.”
Iona was in agony. She had heard stories of how the first time hurt for women, and with his big dick, she didn't doubt it. All she could do was scream and deal with the pain somehow. She was completely helpless. He was in her, raping her. He was going to come inside of her and there was nothing she could do about it.  She couldn't speak but for grunts, moans, and cries as this brute forced her body to accept his. It filled her with shame. The bandit kept working and pumping in and out of her, but he couldn't force it in more than a few inches at a time. “Damn, we need to loosen this bitch out,” he said, “just gonna have to push harder.” With that bandit put all of his might into fucking her. Iona screamed at the top of her lungs at the excruciating pain as her passage was being brutally assailed, but the bandit didn't let up. His thrusts had their effect when he finally broke through the poor girl's last defenses. With a grunt, he violently tore through her hymen. Iona let out a shrill shriek as the bandit plunged himself to the balls into her. She had lost, and she knew it. Her body went limp, and she no longer attempted to struggle.
The Redguard’s cock continued its assault on Iona. Her mind disengaged and she no longer felt like she was in her own body. “Am I dying?” she thought. She lost all track of time. It seemed to slow down to a crawl. She still heard the bandits, but they were muffled, almost distant. Harsh voices cheered her rape. “Plow her raw, so she can’t walk.” She herself didn’t make a sound. Their words seemed like they were in the background, as if they were a part of the ambient noise. What she heard most were the birds chirping, the wind blowing off of the mountains, and the crackling fire. The sky seemed so beautiful, so blue, with the light clouds being blown so gently by the Skyrim breeze.
She was violently snapped back. The Redguard remained on top of her, violating her body. “Feel better now that you’re being fucked, plaything?” the Redguard taunted her. She could not figure out what had just happened. Her mind and body must have strained to process the outrage, the powerlessness, the shame. And, the trauma might have been too much for her to take. Her small breasts were manhandled by the Redguard and the other two still held her arms down. She looked down and saw his massive organ sliding in and out of her vagina, blood smeared all across the length of it and on his crotch, as well as her own. Suddenly, Iona once again began to struggle frantically, catching them all by surprise. Sensation came back to her and she again felt all of the pain that she was mercifully spared momentarily from feeling, but it came back with full force.
“Oh, gods! It hurts! It hurts!” she cried, “Please stop!” This excited the Redguard pervert, who said, “Keep struggling, it’s turning me on.” Iona tried to wriggle her hands free, but they were securely pinned down. She kicked her legs, but to no avail, as the bandit was on top of her. She tried to close her spread legs, but his brutal thrusts took her breath away. All the fight in her was knocked out with each thrust. She started yelling earnestly, “Help! Anybody! I’m going to die!” “No one’s going to come save you,” taunted Redguard, grabbing a fistful of her hair roughly, “Everyone is going to have a turn on you.” With that, Redguard thrust into her in earnest. He fucked into her with a mighty stroke, with his tip sticking into her cervix. The bandit’s hands went around her throat and choked her, making her gag and cough. She felt so helpless. “Don’t come inside me!” she said angrily, “Get off me, you bastard!”
He picked up his pace, and his breathing quickened. Iona sensed that he was nearing climax, and she panicked. “No...please…*sob*I’ll take it in my mouth!” she bargained hastily, “I’ll even swallow! Please, just not inside!” Her eyes pleaded with him to stop, but nothing would deter him. He continued pumping furiously until he plunged into her as deep as he could and held it there before he could contain it no longer. He came deep inside her, and she didn’t have the strength to put up a fight. She screamed as bandit came in her pussy. He came hard and just when she thought it was over, he then came over and over again as he shuddered and fucked her with all his might, more semen making its way into her violated vagina. “I came maybe three or four times and every time was inside your tight snatch,” he whispered, “Hope you want kids.” The other bandits let go of her wrists and she covered her face with her hands in shame and distress. “No, please,” she pleaded with whatever entity was merciful enough to lend her poor soul an ear, “I don’t want to get pregnant.”
“Oh, fuck yes! That felt great!” the Redguard gloated, finally getting off of her, “I’ve touched parts of you that no man has ever touched.” She broke down into tears. That wasn’t at all how she imagined her first time would be. She weeped in shame after she unwillingly lost her virginity. Just when she thought it couldn’t get any worse, she heard, “Ok, we have needs, too, big boy.” She no longer cared. If they killed her, at least she won’t feel this pain any more. Were they going to lick and touch her all over? There wasn’t an inch of flesh that they hadn’t already violated. It was then that Iona looked and noticed that the females were both putting on a harness of some sort, made of leather, that they were sliding up their legs like underwear. “How peculiar,” Iona thought, “What the hell are they up to?” They then took out odd-looking wooden sticks out of a small lockbox. They attached them to the front side of the harness. Once attached, a glow emanated from them, each a distinct color.
“Wondering what these are, dear?” the now naked bandit archer asked. Her warrior friend said, “These are dildos, and they are actually enchanted. They let us feel what a man does. Do you get what these are for now?” Iona had a confused look on her face until she put two and two together and her eyes went wide and her mouth hung open. The bandits laughed at her expressions. “Look at her face,” one bandit said, chuckling, “Well, what say we spitroast this bitch?” With that, they both grabbed her hands and feet. She tried to go into the fetal position, but they wrenched her apart and forced her onto her hands and knees. “Nooo…” Iona said weakly, “please, no more.” But she hardly attempted to put up any sort of resistance this time. “The way you just rolled over and spread your legs with our friend here, I bet you wanted this!” the bandit archer taunted. No, it’s not that Iona wanted any of this to happen. But she was too weak and exhausted to fight back. She submitted to her own rape. One bandit forced the wooden dildo into her mouth and forced her to blow her. The bandit lady moaned in pleasure and threw her head back and caressed her own breast with her hand, gently manipulating her nipple. Iona noted that the dildo somehow felt “fleshy” in her mouth, remarkably, much like a penis. That enchantment really did make it like a man’s penis. The other entered her a moment later after lubricating her piece. She cried out in pain as the bandit jammed her dick inside her destroyed pussy. Iona was limp, sobbing in distress with each thrust up into her cunt. Blood and sperm streamed from between Iona’s legs. All the air was knocked out of her as she pounded her. "Oh, damn, this cunt can fuck!" the bandit said after rudely entering her, “She’s so tight.” The Redguard smiled and said, “I know. She’s such a good fuck.”
The two girls had a hell of a time raping Iona. “You have a pretty cute moan,” one of them ridiculed, “let me hear more of it.” Iona complied, moaning softly, but devoid of emotion. She no longer felt compelled to fight. She was utterly defeated. She couldn’t believe this was happening. All there was to do now was to please her captors. She didn’t want to die, but then again, she didn’t really want to go on living, either. Was she going to have this bastard’s child? Was she going to now be destitute for the rest of her life? She was filled with shame. “Can this be over?” she prayed, “I don’t know where I’ll go when I die, but anything has to be better than this.” The woman being serviced by her mouth moaned loudly, and holding her hair with both hands, climaxed into her mouth. Iona was surprised as thick, salty fluid filled her mouth. The enchantment on the dildos even gave the women the ability to “come,” spraying thick warm fluid in place of semen. The female bandit forced her to swallow her come, just as the Redguard had done.
While she was being fucked from behind, with her face basically kissing the floor and her ass high in the air, she began to feel something stirring in her loins. A strong sensation, threatened to come to the surface and explode. She realized she was getting close to coming. It wouldn’t be the first time she had orgasmed. At home, while she was still living with her parents, she masturbated quite frequently, a close friend named Vilja having shown her how. In her mind, she remembered that moment when she was about 15-years-old. “You know,” a teenage Vilja said, “I’ve heard from a certain someone that at night, she rubs a certain spot on her...well, you-know-where, and it makes her feel really good.” Iona didn’t believe her, and kept on telling her she was bluffing. Vilja told her to try it out at night if she didn’t believe her. Iona did so that night, and nearly wet the bed. She had to cover her mouth from crying out and waking her parents. She did it again the next night, and the next. She would frequently run around the house naked, rubbing herself when she knew her parents would be away for a while, after ensuring no one would see her from any open windows, of course.
“Oh no,” she thought, “Please no! I don’t want to have an orgasm because of these monsters. I can’t give them the pleasure of knowing they made me come. Please, I’m not a whore - I’m not enjoying this!” Even as she thought this, her pussy clamped up. Her captor felt this through the dildo, and began to pump faster and faster, hitting her g-spot with each stroke. She moaned with each thrust, and her body tensed up. She tried in vain to hold it in, and even though she was in severe pain from the rough, forced spreading of her interior, she still felt it deep inside of her, and it would not be denied. “I think someone’s about to come,” the bandit said, making everyone gather around and clap and hoot. “Is the little girl going to come and wet herself?” the bandit taunted. “Go..to..hell,” Iona said in between thrusts. The bandit picked up the pace and that is when Iona lost control. Her body arched and she exploded in ecstasy. The orgasm was prolonged because the bandit was still fucking her, but she, too, also climaxed and spilled her load into her.  She couldn’t believe that her rapist had made her come. Her pussy clenched involuntarily inside of her, and squeezed the bandit’s last remaining juices. She exited her snatch, come leaking out. Iona rolled on the ground with her hands holding her pussy. She was crying from the pain.
They all took turns on her, doing every devious thing they could think of. They did such terrible things to her. She begged for mercy...but received none. Her body - her virgin body - became their plaything, their toy, to do what they wanted and to fulfill their perverted desires on. It all became a blur to Iona at that point. She didn’t even know how much time had passed. Hours? Days? Weeks? It no longer mattered. Her life was over. The Redguard mounted her again, and she lay there almost motionless. “Please, just kill me already,” Iona pleaded while lying prostrate on the ground, her voice barely above a whisper. “Not yet,” replied the Redguard, then smiling said, “I’m going to split your back-door open. I’m going to make you cry.” “Nooo…” Iona protested, which sounded more like a whine.
“Hey,” the sadistic Redguard said, “At least I’m not putting my spunk into your cooch. You said you didn’t want to get pregnant.” With that, he propped up Iona’s ass and spread her cheeks apart, exposing to the cold air her anus. Iona braced herself for the impending impalement on her other not-to-be-virgin hole. He spit on her butthole and played with it with his fingers. New sensations made Iona lurch forward, trying to get away from the intense sensations. She knew that in a moment that she would be trying to escape for a completely different sensation, but didn’t have any energy left to fight him. She was going to be raped in the ass, too. There was no place that wasn’t going to be invaded, including her mind. She closed her eyes, and sobbed, letting fresh tears roll down her cheeks. She could do nothing. This supposed warrior could do nothing to save herself. How was she supposed to protect others? Nakedness intensified her vulnerability, and her lips trembled in forced submissiveness.
She felt a hard object poking at her backdoor, and knew the time had come. She tried to relax as much as she could. Pain ran up her spine as the bastard shoved his cock up her ass. She screamed as the pain was nothing like she had yet felt. “Oh, gods! Stop!” she pleaded. The bandit assfucked her hard, and her screams were horrible to hear. “You’re crying already? It isn’t even all the way in yet,” he said, laughing at her. Her sphincter started to twitch as he pumped through her tender passage. The bandit smashed his massive cock against her again and again, each time spreading her out even further. She felt battered and beaten, as she was fucked while lying in a puddle of come. “Oh, my gods! Stop fucking me like that!! It’s too deep! I can feel it in my stomach! Pull it out! Pull it ooouuuut…,” she screamed and sobbed as she was violated in a way she didn’t even think was possible. She could barely cry out between gasps. Bandit plunged it up her backside, making her entire body shake. “Cry for me! I want to hear you screaming!” the bandit said, thrusting harder. She was unable to stop the bandit’s rabid pounding as she screamed. “Oh, gods, you’re so tight, slut!” he groaned, “I’m going to come, baby!” She shuddered as her sphincter contracted around the bandit’s thing at the sensation of each spurt of come. Finally, he extracted himself from her slowly, her anus gaped open as a result of his relentless assault. Excess semen squirted out of Iona’s used passages and dribbled down her legs. Soon afterwards she passed out.

Chapter 8 - On the Way to Helgen

Meanwhile, a rickety caravan carrying rather dangerous cargo wound its way towards its final destination: Helgen. A Nord named Cerci woke up bleary-eyed. “Where..? Where the hell am I?” she asked around her in alarm. She had been slumped over, passed out. Her head was pounding. She tried to put her hand on her head, and realized that she had her wrists tied together. “Hey,” said a fellow Nord named Ralof, “You're finally awake? We were just talking about where we were all from. Sorry that you got caught with the rest of us. We've tried to tell them that you weren't with us, but they captured you anyway. You and that horse thief over there.” The horse thief looked cross at Ralof. “You damn Stormcloaks!” he cursed, “Empire was nice and lazy before you guys showed up. Me and that horse could have been long gone by now. Thanks, assholes!” He turned to the man sitting adjacent to him. Not only were his hands bound, but he was securely gagged, as well. “And who's this dickhead?” the crude man demanded. Ralof almost got out of his seat. “Watch your tongue before I tear it out of your throat!” he snarled, “You are before greatness that the likes of you could never be counted worthy of sitting before! That is Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak, the true High King!” The thief looked at Ulfric in amazement. “Ulfric??” he said, stunned, “The leader of the rebellion? Oh, gods! If they captured you...where the hell are they taking us?” His question was soon answered as one of the guards was overheard saying, “General Tullius, we're nearing Helgen.” The General went to greet some high elves, supposedly ambassadors of the Thalmor. They began to argue. “Thalmor bitch,” Ralof spat at her, “I don't doubt they're here along with these Imperial whores! Oh, well. To Sovngarde!”
The caravan stopped and its passengers were unloaded. Lists were pulled out and the prisoners were told to sound off on their identity - except for Ulfric, of course, for obvious reasons, but everyone should have already known who he was. “Ralof,” he said, “proud son of Skyrim! And this is High King Ulfric Stormcloak, who you Imperial bastards didn't even give fair trial to. Too much to ask for, right? All of Skyrim would have found out, then.” “Silence!” shouted the Imperial captain, “I have no problems gagging you, too! You there, step forward!” She pointed to the thief, who was panicking and protesting his innocence, insisting that he and Cerci were to be let go. “Hey,” Ralof said to him, “Want to get to Sovngarde? Face your death with a little courage, and stop being a pussy.” “No,” he insisted, “You've got it all wrong! I'm not with them! I...I won't just stand here and die!” He took off and the captain signaled the archers, who expertly shot a couple of arrows into his back. He hit the dirt and slid, his last breaths escaping him. “Who else feels like running?” the captain challenged. Hadvar, her lieutenant, shook his head. “Another senseless death,” he said mournfully, “why do they always run? Wait...you there, step forward. Who are you?” Cerci stepped up to them and said, “My name is Cerci, and I'm a native from Skyrim. You bastards just indiscriminately captured me and now I'm in this fucking hellhole. Do I look like I'm wearing Stormcloak gear?? Of course not, you blind fools! I demand to be released at once!”
“Don't talk to me like that, scum!” the captain spat. Hadvar looked concerned. “Captain,” he said, “she's not on the list. She's not wanted by the Empire…” The captain disdainfully said, “Ah, forget the list, she goes to the block with the rest of these traitors.” “What??!” Cerci exclaimed, “Why you...if I had my hands free, I'd be wringing your neck!” The captain paid her no mind. “Ca-captain,” Hadvar said, clearly in distress, “What has she done wrong? We can't just kill an innocent person…” The captain glared at Hadvar. She said flatly, “Don't question my orders.” Hadvar looked down at the ground, then looked gloomily at Cerci, and said sadly, “I'm so sorry. I'll make sure you get a proper burial. At least you died in your home.” Cerci looked at him, and gave him a slight smile. “I appreciate you trying,” she said. General Tullius addressed Ulfric directly. “Jarl Ulfric,” he said, “Some here would call you a hero. That's not what I would call you. A hero doesn't use something like the Voice to murder his king and usurp his throne. This little rebellion of yours is over! Once we execute you, no one will remember you. The Empire will then restore the peace that this civil war has robbed from the citizens of this land. Captain, proceed!” The captain gave the order to read the prisoners their last rites. The first Stormcloak was led to the block, and his head freely rolled around moments later. People cheered.  “As fearless in death, as he was in life,” Ralof said, saluting his fallen brother as best he could. The captain pointed to Cerci to be executed next.
“I'll see you in hell!” Cerci yelled at the captain. “Not before you,” the captain replied, shoving her towards her impending doom. Cerci was roughly pushed down onto the block, and the headsman raised his axe. It was then they all heard a flapping noise. Everyone looked around. The general exclaimed, “What in the hell is that thing?” and pointed to something in the sky. It was then that Cerci saw it. It landed on the tower behind the headsman, who was getting ready to sever her head from her neck. Cerci couldn't believe her eyes. “Dragon!” cried one of the Imperial guards. The headsman dropped his axe and turned around to see it. It was black all over, with thick armored scales and huge wings. It was then that the dragon opened its mouth and “shouted.” In an instant, the clouds began forming and churning, and balls of fire came raining down from the sky. Everyone fled for cover.

Chapter 9 - Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire

The scene at Helgen was pure chaos, as fires erupted all over the small fort. Burnt bodies were strewn about as the dragon laid siege to it, smoke and fire billowing out of its mouth like a volcano. Ralof grabbed Cerci roughly by the back of the neck. “Time to go, girl!,” he yelled as he pulled her off the block, “The gods won't give us another chance!” She ran as fast as she could, hands still bound in front of her. Ralof, Ulfric and Cerci all ran into a tower for shelter. Once inside, Ralof said to Ulfric incredulously, “Was that thing an actual dragon??” Ulfric looked at him and replied, “What else could it be, friend? Whatever it was, it saved our asses, but we'll need to find a way out of here and regroup.” Turning to Cerci, he said, “And who's this? Are you with us?” Ralof vouched for her, “I'll take care of her, boss. Now, let's get moving. We may need to head to the roof. At the very least, we will have a higher vantage point as to find the quickest means of escape - even if it means that we temporarily are exposed in the open.”
Ulfric agreed that the risk was worth it, and they all ran up the winding stairs. They never made it to the top, as the dragon's snout burst through the wall, blocking the way to the top. Everyone jumped back, all except for one unfortunate Stormcloak soldier who was instantly crushed to death from debris. It breathed fire into the space, enveloping everything inside in intense heat. After the dragon had left to attack other parts of the fort, and the heat had dissipated, Ralof instructed Cerci to jump out of the hole made by the dragon. Down below, there was a small wooden building. The fall wouldn't be too great, and she could jump from there, land on the roof, and find her way to the ground. Cerci gulped and looked at Ralof. He said, “You don't have a choice. We will find some other way out, but this is the safest option for you. Now go!”
Cerci jumped from the hole and landed on the roof - which gave way and she crashed into the second floor. She groaned as her ass landed on the ground. She fortunately was, however, uninjured, and she got up and bolted for the stairs to the first floor. The building had been partially destroyed, and there was a hole leading to the first floor. Cerci jumped down and went out of the exit.
Once outside, she saw Imperial soldiers, including Hadvar, trying to fight off the dragon. An Imperial soldier was pinned down by debris, and the dragon blasted him with fire, his own son narrowly escaping his father's fate ad he ran to safety into the arms of another soldier. Hadvar spotted Cerci, and said, “Whoa, prisoner, you are still alive? Good, we could use the manpower - now, stick by me if you want to remain that way.”
Cerci didn't like the thought of following soldiers from an empire that nearly cut off her head, but having no other alternative, decided to follow them through the small village. Hadvar called out suddenly, “Everyone against the wall!” A moment later the dragon landed hard on top of the stone wall, the claws extending from its wings mere feet from where Cerci was cowering, body pressed firmly against the wall. The dragon left and the soldiers made their way out into the open, where several split up to aid their fellow brethren. Hadvar grabbed Cerci and he led her towards the keep. At the entrance to the keep, Ralof showed up, Ulfric and some of his men not far behind. Hadvar yelled at him angrily, “Ralof, you damned traitor! Get out of my way!” Ralof pointed a sword at Hadvar and said, “Your fort is burning down, Imperial, and we are getting out of here. You won't be stopping us this time!” Hadvar didn't have time to fight both the Stormcloaks and the dragon and so he had to flee into the keep. Before doing so he said, “Fine! I hope that dragon takes you all to Sovngarde!” He motioned for Cerci to follow, and, without waiting for a confirmation from her, ran into the keep. Cerci couldn't move. She was petrified. Ralof approached her and grabbed her by her bound wrists. They both entered a different part of the keep.
Once inside, Ralof cut Cerci's bounds. She rubbed her wrists, which had some rope burn. Considering that she just faced a dragon, it was very minor. They headed into the next room. Ulfric said, “We need to find a way out of here. Do you see a key anywhere?” They checked the body of a dead Stormcloak. Which turned up nothing. Ralof instructed her to take his gear, as it will serve her more. She undressed his dead body, taking his boots, helmet, axes, bracers, and cuirass. As she took his pants off, she could see the outline of his soft cock through his loincloth. She blushed as it shifted position as she struggled to take them off. She then went into the other room and changed, seeing as there were two men in that room and was only wearing prisoners clothes. She wasn’t wearing any underwear. She put on the uniform. Not too bad, although it felt a little loose. But, beggars can’t be choosers. After she got out, Ralof and Ulfric had just found a switch and they pulled it. The door lifted open and they heard voices coming from the other side. “Imperials!” Ralof said, “Take cover! Let’s ambush them.”
Everyone hid, and the Imperial captain and a couple of guards went into the room. They were taken completely by surprise. The first guard through the gate was sliced down the back as he yelled in pain. The captain then swung her sword at Ralof, who dodged it effortlessly. The other guard attacked Cerci, who wielded her axe. They heard a “shout” and when they both looked, the captain was on the ground, shield and sword sprawled on the ground. “Captain!” the guard said, “Hang on!” He swung wildly at Cerci, who parried most of his attacks. The Stormcloak armor did a good job at absorbing the rest, while keeping her mobile. Cerci cleaved the axe into his left shoulder as he had his weapon lowered after a swing. He yelled in pain and she sliced his throat. He fell to the ground. Everyone turned their attention to the captain, who was still stunned and attempting to recover. Cerci dropped her axe and began choking her. “I told you I would wring your neck, now didn’t I, bitch?” she said as she squeezed the wind out of her, trying to collapse her trachea. The captain reached up with her hands to Cerci’s face, trying to stop her. She left a deep scratch on the left side of her face near her jaw, and Cerci grunted in pain, but did not loosen her grip. The captain struggled to reach for her weapon, until Ralof stepped on her wrist. She tried to scream in pain but nothing came out. Finally, her body weakened and she went unconscious. Cerci picked up her sword and jammed it into the middle of her chest. She then dropped her Stormcloak helmet and took the helmet off of her. “Little souvenir,” Cerci said, as the other two laughed, “Thanks for this.” Ulfric said, “Come on, no time to gloat now, we still need to get out of here before that dragon brings this whole thing down on our heads!” Finding a key on one of the bodies, they unlocked the gate and ran down the stairs.
They entered the fort’s kitchen area. Fresh ingredients were on the walls, on shelves and hanging from the ceiling. “Look over there! Stormcloaks! They’re trying to escape! Kill them!” said a couple of Imperial guards as they raised their weapons at them. The trio dispatched them quickly. Before leaving, Ralof had got basic supplies, as they didn't know who they would encounter next. They found potions stashed away in some barrels. Jackpot! They made their way down into the dungeon and saw the horrors of the torture room. “This...this is what they do our brothers and sisters,” lamented Ralof, “and they are supposed to be the ones who were “civilized.” Well, you are seeing the true face of the Empire for yourself now.” Cerci nodded her head and Ulfric said, “Pfft. This doesn't surprise me. Would you be surprised knowing this from a government who would mass murder a group of people without trial? Come, let us move from this fowl place.” After assisting their brothers defeat the last remaining Imperials in the area, they entered a cave area.
The Imperials were there waiting, and Cerci had arrows pass by her head. She threw a dagger that she picked up at the dungeon at one guard and it stuck right below his sternum. The archer dropped his bow before hitting the ground, and she went to retrieve it. “There's Ulfric!” one of them said, “Kill him! Cut off the head of the snake!” A well placed shot from Cerci's newly acquired bow shut him up. She pulled the dagger from the guard's abdomen and tucked it away. Keeping her head low, she strafed to the left. Some Imperial archers had Ralof and Ulfric pinned down. She saw that above them were oil lanterns. She aimed carefully and shot the ropes holding them. They spilled oil and flames onto the floor. The guards went into hysterics as their clothes caught on fire. The momentary distraction gave Ulfric and Ralof the time they needed to rush in and put them down.
Ralof and Cerci went ahead to the next section, hoping to find the exit. A moment after Cerci had cleared the area, the roof gave way, blocking the way back and trapping those on the other side. “Ulfric!” Ralof yelled, “Are you guys alright?” Ulfric responded, “Never better. You two go on ahead, we will meet up later.” Ralof and Cerci nodded to each other and headed down some decrepit steps into a cave. This must have been the sewer system for the fort. Gross.
They made their way through the winding caves until they came across a brown bear. “A..a bear?” Cerci asked Ralof with her head cocked sideways, “Are you fucking serious? There's a bear here?” Ralof put a finger to his lips, “Shhhh shhhhh! It appears like she's sleeping. Why don't we try to sneak by?” The two snuck very silently around the bear. Cerci stepped on some water and her foot made a splash. Shit! Cerci cringed and looked at the bear, who was stirring. Both got out their weapons ready to fight. The bear went back to sleep. They both let out their breaths slowly and rushed out. There was the exit to the cave ahead. At the same time, in another place, unbeknownst to either of them, there was a woman cloaked in shadow who was watching their every movement from a divination bowl. She smiled an evil grin.
Once out of the cave, Ralof invited Cerci to go with him to Riverwood, where his uncle Hod lived. They would find a safe shelter there. He also said, “You know, we could really use someone like you in the Stormcloak army. With your talent, I think you would rise through the ranks in no time. I wouldn't have made it out of that place today if it wasn't for you.”

Stendarr's Vigil, Part I

This is an original character story based on the PC game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. All rights reserved to their respective owners.

Epilogue
The continent of Tamriel is a land full of magic and mystery, a land full of stories. One such story is that of the Dovakhiin - the Dragonborn. It has become a very popular tale in Skyrim. The story begins, however, not in Skyrim, but in Cyrodiil.
You would probably expect this story to center around a tall, dashing and brave man who brought down mighty dragons using only the power of his voice - and you would be right - as anyone would have expected that. It actually begins with a woman of short stature, but with a heart bigger and stronger than giants.
And this person lived an adventure that few could even conceive, much less live through. Now, since her adventures have become legend, a lot of different versions of the story have surfaced, even several where the Dragonborn was actually a stocky, muscular man! I have intimate knowledge of the events of which I write. If the reader will allow, I would like to tell the events as I recall them.

Chapter 1 – The Early Years

Her name was Iona. She was born in and grew up in Cyrodiil. Her father was a merchant and a sailor and her mother took care of the house. When she came of age, she sought out the use of weapons and hand-to-hand training. Now, why would a girl like her be interested in something like that? Well, besides being quite tomboyish, she aspired to be a knight someday - just like the heroes and valiants of old, whose names are recorded in books and folk legends. The Vigilants of Stendarr would later provide her with that chance. Her parents, as one would imagine, were less than thrilled about her dreams. "A woman's place is in making a home for her family," her mother would always say. Despite her constant prodding, Iona put down the dolls and the ponies and more and more she used to fashion wooden swords and used metal pot lids for shields - using them to slay mighty dragons with the power of the gods. It may have been that they thought it was just a phase and that she  would grow out of it.
She pondered about it a lot, but she had believed that her father, while seemingly calm on the outside, was bothered - perhaps, even ashamed - by his own daughter's behavior. Maybe he wanted his little girl to be a bit more lady-like. But she rebelled and applied to the Vigilants of Stendarr, much to her parent's shock and dismay, and met with a recruiter.

At this point, any good parent would be worried for their child, and these two were no different. Iona was worried that her parents were going to disown her right there and then. Her father sat her down at the dinner table one night while her mother was already there sobbing. He told her that she had brought great shame upon her family, and that women were not fit to be warriors.
He pierced her with his amber eyes and intoned in a deep voice, "So, even growing up richer than most isn't good enough for you?" She sat there quietly. It wasn't even about that. It's just that she wasn't content with being a homemaker like her mother, loved as she was. She wanted more, and she wanted to be an adventurer. She wanted songs about her to be sung by bards in taverns far and wide.
"Father," she protested, "Isn't this my own life? Am I just supposed to have my path chosen for me -" "Enough!" her father bellowed, startling Iona, her mother, and the cats. "We are done talking about this! I will not have my daughter go about exploring dark troll caves and being eaten alive by giants, or-or...or who knows what else!" His voice softened, and he stood and turned to face the bookshelf. "Your mother and I love you very much," he began after a few moments of silence, "we have worked hard to provide you with the very best." He reached out with a finger and traced the outline of some of the books. "Perhaps it was that you were...inspired, by some of these stories that I read to you at bedtime. But, never in my wildest dreams did I think that you, a girl, would want to be like a man. I never thought that these stories would put in your head that you could be a man! That you could be a warrior..."
That filled Iona with rage. "You know, there are women warriors and explorers out there, Father! Maybe things are changing and it isn't like it was when you were growing up." "Aye," he said, turning around to face them, "some of them are known as shield-maidens. It all seems so, uh, barbaric to me." “So,” she countered, "It's not barbaric if a man goes down that path?" They must have argued for a couple of hours.
Finally, her father relented. "You know, I have said my peace," he said, "but you have not heeded my warnings. Leave, if you want, but don't come back. We will not support a woman who knows not her place and goes against the natural order." Iona gasped. "You're disowning me??!" she asked incredulously. Her father shook his head. "No,” he said sullenly, almost apologetically, “you are our daughter still. But, don't dare darken our doorstep while wearing the filthy rags of a barbarian. I would much rather see my daughter wear the stinking rags of a peasant."
Iona had tears in her eyes. She was being threatened to being cut-off from her family. She had to choose between the life she had, and the life that she wanted.

Chapter 2 – Into the Pale


The Vigilants of Stendarr are a group of dedicated militant monks in the service of Stendarr, the Divine of Mercy, and its continuing mission is to hunt and crush the daedra, draugr, and all sorts of evil throughout Tamriel. They are known for being very pious, and their methods may be, to some, a bit...unorthodox..? Some have described them as even being self-righteous. Nevertheless, they answer the call and march on to a world free of demonic and necromantic influence.
It was exciting for Iona to receive her first assignment out of basic training: Skyrim, the bordering province to the North. She was given orders to the Hall of the Vigilants near Dawnstar. The tiny compound in the middle of nowhere is not exactly the place someone would normally be excited to get orders to. But to a Vigilant, duty trumps comfort and luxury. And that duty led this new naive recruit into the Pale on her first assignment.
“Well, Iona, this is it, old girl,” she thought, as she put away the last of her clothes neatly into the furniture provided in her new room, “The beginning of a new chapter." A voice from behind her startled her. “Are you planning to spend all day in your room?" Keeper Carcette asked as she stood in the doorway. Iona turned around to face her and reflexively stood at attention.
"Yes, I-I mean, uh, no, Keeper, ma'am," she stuttered apologetically, "I was just...uh-" "Lost in thought, I see," Carcette completed her sentence for her. She appeared to Iona to be very keen and always on alert, but with both of them standing at about the same height (and she being kind of a short girl), she didn’t appear all that imposing.
"You're new here, so I'll cut you some slack - for now," Keeper said sternly, "Hurry up and come see me when you are ready. I have something for you." Iona had the feeling right off the bat that she didn't really care for her too much.
She joined her at the table, which she was leaning over, reading reports from Vigilant agents all over Skyrim. Iona briefly skimmed through the documents, some of them about thieves and bandits, some of daedric activity, an interesting report about a resurgence in vampire attacks, and... dra...dragons? Carcette eyed her sharply after realizing she had been standing there, making Iona stiffen a little.
Had she read that last headline right? Dragons? They were a myth, children's tales. “I don’t know how much you think you know of the real world, recruit,” she said, covering up her reports, “but, it's not pretty out there, and I have a feeling you're going to find out real soon how ugly, cruel, and unforgiving it can be.”

Chapter 3 - Learning the Paces

The Keeper gave Iona her first assignment: cleaning the outhouses. “You've got to start somewhere,” she told her nonchalantly, “If you feel that this isn't for you...or you miss your comfortable life with your rich mommy and daddy, the door is that way. Feel free to walk out.”
“Oh, gods, the smell!” Iona said as she stuck her head out of the door of the outhouse, gasping for fresh air. “Whoever took a dump in here should seriously reconsider what they eat. You would think they would have made some vent holes or something,” she mumbled. “Oh, well. ‘You've got to start somewhere,’” impersonating the Keeper, whom she grew to dislike. She seemed to always have a chip on her shoulder. She probably wasn’t the only one who thought this, as a few others had muttered some choice things about her under their breath. As she was cleaning, she started to entertain possibilities. This place could really be a huge stepping stone for her.
“Patrol duty..?” whined Iona’s fellow recruit, Bergljot, or Bergs, for short, who stood next to her as the assignments were given out. Iona’s eyes almost rolled to the back of her head. This was going to be a preeeetty boring week of patrolling the perimeter of the compound. They would be lucky if they got to see a fox all week.
Indeed, the week did start off dull, with the hours spent between Iona and Bergs walking...and walking...and walking. “Are we done yet?” Bergy yawned. Her companion looked equally tired and bored. “All of this “patrolling,” and for what?” Iona asked as if Bergs had an answer for her. “I’m not sure,” she replied, “My guess is it’s to get us out of the den so we wouldn’t eat all of the damn food.” Both girls laughed. Well, that could be true. “Sure is cold,” Iona mused, “I think every cold day in Cyrodiil started here.” “I think there's some truth in that,” Bergs replied, hastily adding, “Come on, let's get out of this cold quick, I can't wait to sip on something hot.”
They both made their way back. Almost immediately after giving report on their findings, which one could guess was relatively short, Bergljot was called to speak to the Keeper. Iona was left wondering what happened and what did she do. When she next saw her, she asked why the Keeper wanted to see her. Bergy simply replied. “I guess I messed up doing one of my duties. It's ok, now.” She didn't go further than that and Iona couldn't help but think she was acting a little strangely. She didn't want to broach it, and both remained uncomfortably silent until the meal ended. Each then went to their quarters for the night. She couldn’t wait to wrap this dull week up.

Chapter 4 - Iona, Interrupted

“Oh, shoot!” Iona ran to catch up with Bergljot. She had woken up late, put on her patrol gear, equipped her maces, and headed out. They were supposed to be patrolling past the Dimhollow Crypt cave. She always hated going past it, it spooked her. Some say it was haunted. But, she didn’t want to end up getting in trouble – especially with the Keeper – so she dared to go into the wilderness alone. Unbeknownst to her, as she ran up the hill, Bergs’ eyes were watching her from behind a tree. When Iona had cleared the area, she ran back to the Order.
Iona knew the path to take. She approached the place she dreaded the most and then, holding her breath, went around it, and continued to meeting up with her companion. The winding path would take her past the local standing stone. It was probably where Bergs was waiting, hopefully.
As she was running, she heard some rustling in the bushes. Iona froze, and instinctively took out her mace and braced herself for danger. Out of a frozen bush popped out a gray snow fox. Iona breathed a sigh of relief and laughed to herself. “Well,” she thought, “I did say we would be lucky to see a fox this week. Maybe it's my lucky day.” She put her weapon away. This thing was no threat to her. She wished she had some jerky to give to this fox. It looked at her curiously for a moment, then ran up the hill. Iona gave chase. It had been a while since she had had any fun.
The fox wasn't all that fast, Iona could keep pace with it. The fox ran into another bush, and Iona leaned against a rock wall, panting from running. After she had regained her breath, she reoriented herself and proceeded to head to the Lord Stone.
As she followed the path up an incline, she was greeted by another hairy creature, one not as cute or friendly as the fox from before. This one had a much larger body covered in dark fur, and had large terrible fangs and claws. The wolf turned and noticed Iona. She froze in terror as the wolf closed in on her, his eyes hungry for the next meal. Iona once again whipped out her mace, just in time to parry the wolf's bite. It bit down hard on the mace she was carrying in her off-hand. While it was busy with that, the wolf didn't see the mace that came down from Iona's right hand. The head of the mace connected with the head of the wolf, who yelped and stumbled a bit.
The wolf tried again to lunge at Iona, but she blocked the attack and kicked the wolf in the side and performed a power attack, bringing her full weight onto the back of the wolf's head. The wolf staggered, but Iona wasn't done. She swung her mace until the wolf finally succumbed to her attacks. The wolf hit the snowy ground and twitched, but never got up again.
Iona breathed heavily and stood there trembling, holding her maces out in front of her, waiting for the wolf to get up. After a few moments of angst, she crept over to where the wolf was, carefully released one of the maces, took out her skinning knife and plunged it into the wolf's neck. The wolf didn't even flinch. It was dead.
She put her weapons away, confident that the danger was over for now. “Ok, that's enough excitement for today,” she said to herself, “I better get going and meet up with Bergs.” She continued up the path and was about to turn the path when something caught her attention. As the Lord Stone came into view, she noticed some figures were lingering about it. “Bandits!” she exclaimed. There were stone steps leading up on one side of a platform with the standing stone at the other side. There was a fire crackling in the middle of the platform, with sleeping bags and gear thrown around it. She wanted to report these brutes and have them arrested. Looks like they had made a little home there. Maybe she would help give them a little housewarming present.
She thought about what her next move was. She had thought that she would be strong enough to take out a few brutish thugs. After all, she had taken down a hungry wolf by herself. The thought of glory was enticing. Her showing the Order that she can wrangle in some lowlifes should score points with the higher ups, including Keeper Carcette. Um, probably unlikely, but still, the thought did serve to inflate her ego a bit. She had the element of surprise, as the bandits didn't seem to yet know she was there.
She also thought about Bergs. Where the hell was she? She could really use her right now. But, with or without her companion, she was on-duty, and those thugs were encroaching on Vigilant territory, and needed to be driven out. She slipped into the trees on her right side, to avoid being seen. Unfortunately for her, she should have also focused on not being heard. She accidentally stepped onto a branch and snapped it loudly. “Shit!” she cursed inside her head.
“Did you hear something?” the bandit sitting on the edge of the platform said. There were three of them. One, the bandit in heavy iron armor who was sitting on the edge, was the lookout, and two in the back, who appeared to be taking a nap. “Yeah, I did,” came a voice from behind her. The other bandit came up beside her, clutching her bow menacingly. Iona was petrified. This was going much worse than she had thought. These guys had weapons and outnumbered her 3-to-1. Even with another person, this would be difficult. Iona considered her options. She could slowly work her way out of the trees and run like hell back to the Order and come back with back-up. But then, she would need to be quick AND silent, which didn't look like it was going to happen.
“Well,” the bandit archer said, “Maybe someone wants to play?” She then shot an arrow into the trees. It whizzed by her face on her right-hand side and stuck to a tree behind her. That made her jump. She was panicking now. “Maybe I'll just shoot my arrows whenever I hear something, huh?” the bandit said playfully, nocking another arrow, “Maybe I'll get lucky and hit something.”
Iona hid behind a tree. She was breathing heavily. By the Eight, she had never been in this much danger before. Another arrow hit, this time, it was the tree that she was leaning against. She dared to turn around and see where the arrow had struck. It was sticking out on the other side, just parallel to her head. If the tree had not stopped the arrow, her head would have. It was at this point that Iona determined staying there was suicide. She took a deep breath, readied her weapons, said a prayer, and slowly walked out from behind the trees, maces drawn.

Chapter 5 - The Fight of Her Life

“Well, well,” said the bandit in iron armor, rising to her feet, “looks like we got ourselves a hero. She's from that there do-gooding, daedra-hunting cult down the mountain.” Iona eyed each cautiously, unsure of what to do. She couldn't flee, they had two bowmen, and she would surely be pierced with a volley of arrows before she got but a few yards away. No, looked like the only way out was to confront them. The warrior sneered at her. “You wanna play, rookie?” she said daringly, raising her shield and strafing to the right to cut off her route of escape.
Iona's mind was going a hundred miles a minute. How was she going to take these guys? One would have been fine, but she was clearly outnumbered. While she was busy with one, the other two would be free to shoot arrows into her sides or slice into her back. Not to mention, she had basic gear that offered little, if any protection. It was designed to keep the wearer warm, provide basic casting buffs and look uniform when standing in formation. She didn't know how it would hold up to real-world combat.
The bandits were getting restless. One of them, the male in the group, a Redguard, said, “Hey, let's just gut this sow and hang her in front of their base - send ‘em a message that we're not afraid of none of them freaks.”
“I think you're right, pal,” the armored one said, “Time to die, then!” They all moved in to surround her. She had nowhere to go. She knew the layout of this part of the terrain from studying maps. The only routes of escape for her to retreat to was the way she came, which was being blocked by one of the bandits, and behind her, which was a dead end with a steep cliff drop-off. She had no choice but to fight.
She carefully ascended the steps and entered the platform, like a gladiator entering an arena to fight for her life. Weapons always at the ready, she made quick glances around her, trying to decide which bandit to attack first.
All of them had their game faces on now. The bandits drew their weapons and nocked their arrows. They were eager, as if they were waiting for some invisible referee to give them the green. But this was no game. Iona knew if she did not win this match, she was dead.
“Enough of this!” the heavily armored bandit declared. “Game on!” she cried, as she swung her axe at Iona, who narrowly dodged the attack. Iona, seeing an opening, countered her opponent's attack. She swung her mace as hard as she could, but the mace just bounced off the bandit's shield. Damn. Just then, an arrow whizzed overhead, just missing Iona. She ducked out of instinct.
“You suck!” the armored bandit said, “How can you miss from that close-up?” “Who said I missed, bitch?” the Redguard retorted, “I like a little game in my prey - like to play with them a little…”
Iona couldn't take being out in the open any longer. She thought, “What if I take them out one by one? It’s a long shot, but what other choice do I have?” She got behind one of the pillars. At least like this, she would be shielded from the arrows. Without armor, a well-placed shot would kill or cripple her. She needed to take at least one of them out quickly.
She hid behind the pillar hoping to lure one of the bandits in. The bandit with the shield approached first. This time, Iona power slammed her mace, and it hit her shield hard, causing the bandit to stagger. “Oh, damn, girl!” she heard the bandit say as she stumbled back. She turned around and the Redguard caught her by surprise. He had the tip of his arrow pointed straight at her at point blank range. At this distance, it would be impossible for him to miss, even if she had time to dodge. She flipped her mace upwards in an arch. It hit his bow in such a way that the arrow released and landed harmlessly about 25 feet behind her and made him release his grip from the bow, tossing it up in the air. “Ha ha, you bitch,” the Redguard archer said, amused, adding “Nicely played.” He sounded like he was having fun.
Iona ran out into the open. She knew she had seconds before the bandits recovered and that didn't include the other archer, who wasn't disabled. She hid behind the adjacent pillar, and tried desperately to bring at least one down. They were toying with her. She was like a mouse caught in a trap...and being surrounded by cats. It would only be a matter of time before they caught her.
“Why don’t you just come out here?” one of them called out, “If you get on your knees and beg for mercy, maybe we might let you live.” The bandits all laughed at her predicament. “You have 3 seconds to lay down your weapons and start begging for mercy,” said the armored bandit, “or we're going to do worse to you then just take your stuff.” Iona eyed the Lord Stone, just a few paces away.
Iona had heard stories of these standing stones, and knew of the Lord Stone. If she can just manage to touch the stone and call upon its power, she can magically augment her armor, making it stronger. It would at least be better than what she had now. But she needed to do it now. She burst from cover and sprinted toward the stone. Touching it, she quickly prayed, “Oh, Divines, bless me with the power of this stone so that I may defeat my foes and escape.” Light emanated from the pillar. It had worked. Iona could feel an aura surrounding her.
Not a moment too soon, as the bandit’s axe sliced her right upper arm. Iona yelled in pain. The cut was relatively shallow, thanks to the aura that the Lord Stone placed around her. Had she not been protected, she could have lost the use of that arm. Iona slammed her mace against the warrior’s helmet, causing her to stagger momentarily. She was holding her head in pain. She then rushed towards one of the archers. The archer panicked and did not have enough time to react as Iona’s maces both made contact with her on the arm and the leg. The archer cursed, “That hurt, you hag!” Just then, Iona felt a sharp pain as she felt an arrow penetrate the side of her left arm. She looked in shock and saw that it was the Redguard, bow in hand. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground on her knees, holding the injured extremity.
The other archer came over and kicked dirt in her face. “You know, I was going to take it easy on you,” she said, “we were just going to have a little fun with you...but after what you did…” The archer pounced on top of Iona and slammed her to the ground, causing her to grunt in pain. The archer continued, “You and I are REALLY going to have some fun…” Iona’s eyes widened and she struggled against her attacker. At least she was the lighter female and not the Redguard or the one in heavy armor. “Kick her ass! Smash her face in!” the other bandits were cheering her on. “Get up, Iona!” she said to herself, and putting her body into a position where she had better leverage, knocked the bandit off of her, sending her flying a few feet and making her land with a crash.
Iona struggled to her feet, and, with gritted teeth, pulled the arrow from her arm, screaming and panting from the exertion. She weakly drew her mace up in a defensive stance. All three bandits surrounded her, and they all looked pissed. “This is it,” Iona thought, “I’m going to die.” She was outnumbered, injured, was out in the open, and had no room for escape, as the platform the Lord Stone was on had no stairs on the other side. If she jumped, it would likely result in a sprain or other injury, especially in her condition. Not only that, but the bandits would be on top of her before she even had the chance to recover. She eyed all of them weakly. “You want me, come get me, you bastards.” She raised her mace up to her face. If she was going to die, she was going out swinging. The bandit in heavy armor had her shield raised, while the archers had their bows raised and drawn back. The shieldbearer said, “You don’t stand a chance! Drop your weapons or we will kill you and feed your worthless body to the vultures.”
Iona didn’t know what to do. She knew the risks of being a warrior, but she was too young to die. She hadn’t even had her first kiss yet. If she fought any further, she would die for sure. It would be an honorable death on her feet, but the grave would await her nonetheless. On the other hand, if she surrendered, there may be a chance she will see another day. But what if they still killed her and, even worse, tortured her before doing so? Iona froze. Breathing a heavy sigh, she dropped her maces on the ground.

Chapter 6 - Humiliation

The bandits picked up her maces and threw them behind them. She was now completely at their mercy. The Redguard said, “You fashion yourself some kind of hero? Did you honestly think that you could tell us to go away and we would all run screaming from you?” The other two laughed. It really was preposterous. Oh, if only Iona was with someone else, she may have stood a chance. The bandit carrying a shield said, “You’ve hurt me and my friends. So, what do you plan to do to make me forgive you?”
Iona was on the verge of tears. Trembling, she said, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done this. If you let me go, I promise not to tell anyone about this and I won’t bother you again.” She hoped that would be enough. “No,” the bandit said, nonchalantly, “you think I’m just going to let you go that easily?” Iona was desperate now. She knew they were going to rob her anyway, so to avoid being hurt by these thugs, she detached her coin purse and threw it at her. "Is this what you want?" Iona asked meekly. The thief opened the purse and found 43 gold septims in it. Iona had been saving up that money. The bandit smiled as she counted her gold. "That's a start,” she said, and Iona thought they were going to let her go, until she added, “but I want more. Now remove your clothes."
"What?!...” Iona stood there for a moment, frozen. She was shocked. She couldn’t believe what she had just heard. She glanced around at each of the bandits for mercy, one of whom, the Redguard, was staring at her with hungry eyes. He was rubbing his crotch with one hand, and the other hand he had resting on the hilt of his weapon. Iona gulped hard and, finding no way out of this, said reluctantly, “all right…" She began to strip off her gear, hoping someone from the Vigil was going to come to her rescue. She took off her hood, her satchel, her armored bracers and gloves, her boots, her belt, and her leather chestpiece. She dropped all of it on the ground in front of the bandit. She hoped that that would be that and she would have to make the long walk home barefoot in her tunic. Unfortunately for her, things were going to get much worse.
Her heart sank when the bandit motioned for her to take off everything else. “But-but,” Iona protested, tears in her eyes, “I can’t! I’ll be naked! Please don't make me do it!!” “I said remove your CLOTHES,” the bandit said, “not just your gear. Now, are you going to strip naked for us, or are we going to have to do it for you?” Images of her having to go back to the Order in her birthday suit filled her mind. How everyone would laugh, and taunt her mercilessly, especially at how Iona had such tiny, little titties. She always padded her chest, but then, everyone would know she was flat-chested. Seeing as how the Keeper herself didn't care for her all that much, she would likely be brought in front of everyone, still naked, of course, and be humiliated further, before being kicked out of there for being a disgrace. She would never live it down, and be the laughing stock of the Order for a long time to come. She wanted to be famous and at that point, people will hear about how a naked little girl got her clothes stolen by bandits and had to walk all the way home in the nude.
Humiliating. That is how our Iona felt as she took off her clothes. Her ears felt like they were on fire. Trembling, she removed her enchanted tunic and threw that on the ground. “That alteration robe is going to fetch us some pretty good coin, I wager,” the bandit said, “Keep going.” Iona was now standing in a thin, loose-fitting bra that covered her bare breasts, trousers, and panties. She clumsily hooked her thumbs on the waist of her pants and slowly pushed them down to the ground, stepped out of them, and threw them with the tunic. The wind picked up and Iona swore a stiff breeze was going to blow her remaining clothing away and would leave her there in the buff. She covered her breasts and crotch as best she could. Only thin fabric guarded her modesty now. She looked at the bandit for mercy, but received only a menacing gesture as she clutched her axe. Iona knew what she had to do. She never thought that she would have to do what she had to do at that moment.
Gulping loudly, she bit her lower lip, and then slid off her bra, and covered her chest with her arm. She wanted to turn around so they couldn’t see anything, but they had her surrounded. Then, while holding her left arm across her chest to hide her nipples, she took her right hand and then began to slide her underwear down around the back, until her bare ass was hanging out. There were some cat calls, and the bandit raised her hand to quiet the others. This was going to be the most humiliating moment of her life. Iona took a deep breath, held it, swallowed her pride, and pushed her panties down toward her ankles, and quickly covered her pussy with her right hand. She stood there naked, guarding the most private areas of her body desperately with her hands, her face as red as a tomato. She never felt more ashamed in all her young life.
"You can tell she's not a Nord,” commented one of the bandits, “Look at the way she's shaking like a leaf in this light snowfall." She'd give anything to be in front of a nice, cozy campfire right about now - and also not naked and completely exposed in front of a group of rough bandits. In fact, the only things that were warm on her body were her burning ears and cheeks. The armored bandit said, “Ah, that’s enough covering up. Hands at your sides so we can see what you’re hiding.”
A sob escaped Iona as now the bandits demanded she show her most private parts to them. With deep shame, but knowing she could do nothing else, she lowered her hands to her sides. It was mortifying. For the first time since she was a child, she had to undress completely naked in front of others. At least when she was a child, she undressed in front of her mother behind locked doors. At the Order, all females shared showers, but no one was forced to reveal their bodies to anyone else.
Iona thought things couldn’t get any worse, when one of the bandits said mockingly, “Look at her tiny tits!” which brought a chorus of laughter. The others said, “How old do you think she is? 12?” They may have been right. Between her short stature, small endowment, and sparse, blond pubic hair, she may have looked like a girl barely entering puberty. Iona closed her eyes tightly, gritted her teeth and curled her fingers and toes in supreme embarrassment. She always knew she had small breasts, but she never needed to be ashamed over them. Never, until now. She began sobbing uncontrollably from the shame.
"Good, “continued the bandit, after a laughing fit, “now, despite you having some tiny, little girl tits, you got a pretty nice body, so now we’re going to fuck you. It's going to be the gentle or the hard way - your choice." Iona’s face took on a look of shock and horror, which turned into one of disgust, and then into one of rage. Indignant, Iona exploded in anger and yelled, "Go fuck yourself you dirty pervert!" She couldn't believe the words that were actually coming out of her mouth. She was pure, untouched. These bandits were never going to have her, virgin or otherwise.
The bandit laughed at her, pointing and said, "No...you don't get it...You are the one who's going to be fucked!" The bandit approached Iona, who backed up in fear. “You are in no position to tell us shit, you cunt!” she spat, “Stay still now!” She then backhanded Iona in the face with her iron glove, causing her to have a black eye. Iona instinctively covered her face. She hoped that no bones were broken. The bandit looked at her and declared, “I’m going to show you what happens to little girls like you around here.” "We got ourselves a nice piece of ass," the other bandit announced triumphantly. She went to grab her wrists. Iona twisted her arms away, shouting, "Get away from me, you smelly heathen!" The Redguard then lunged at her and pinned her to the ground. She knew that if she did not act now, she would be pierced with his sword - probably multiple swords. "You don't give up, do ya?" he said to her, adding in a whisper, “Keep it up, I like it when they fight back. Makes my dick hard.” She felt his hard dick through his armor on her leg. She recoiled in disgust. She may have been able to push the girl bandit off, but he was much bigger and had more muscle, as well as more weight. She had used up too much of her stamina already, and she couldn’t get him off, no matter how much she struggled. The bandit then said, “Get some rope. Let’s tie this bitch up. Maybe when we’re done with her, we’ll roast her over the fire like the pig that she is.”