Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 12
From Dragonclaw Rock they made quick progress westward. With the snowstorm gone, they could talk more freely, and Karme filled Nusha in on the history of the Akaviri invasion. It was comforting to recall details from her tutoring, and it excited her to...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
The amulet that he'd ordered the dark brotherhood to collect, the entire reason he was so far from home, up to his neck in arrogant imperials and testy orcs. it was sheer luck that he had even managed to track her this far.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 11
For once, Nusha was the one who didn't want to sneak around. Karme had suggested that they climb over the wall, like they had when they escaped Bruma, to get inside the countess' castle, on the assumption that news of their escape would have spread...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 6
This was not what Karme had expected from the Imperial City. Why exactly they had come here, she was beginning to wonder. Nusha had been sceptical, but Karme was sure that the answer to their quandary lay within the walls of the city. Her parents had...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 13
"the dark brotherhood knows what you did: betraying your mission, lying to them. colluding with this... creature." he gestured dismissively at karme. "news of your adventure has gone all the way up to the black hand." nusha knew this, of course.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 10
Karme expected to plunge into darkness, but the sewers were filled with a faint natural light, just enough to see by. Which could only mean one thing: they were almost to freedom. Once she was sure they were safe, her emotions took over. Hot tears...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 14
Karme was greeted by a skeleton as soon as she stepped inside the fort. She readied a fireball realising that this one was well and truly dead. She approached carefully, in case it changed its mind, but it stayed on the ground. There was a piece of...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 9
How the dark brotherhood knew of them, nusha wasn't sure, but it did not surprise her. eventually they reached what seemed to be a dead end, until nusha discovered an alcove with a manhole in the floor.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 8
But she had somehow expected that even the dark brotherhood would have standards. nusha eventually spoke. "what else can we do? they're preventing anyone from leaving the imperial city.
The Assassin's Dark Tales-Chapter V: The Contract
Taking the other chair, vicente began, "as you already know from your brother, m'raaj-dar, you are going to undertake your very first contact, which is a pact one enters into with the dark brotherhood.
ShadowScale: A love story
#2 of stories a day in the life of an argonian whom happens to be an assassin for the dark brotherhood..