skyrim · forsworn · briarheart · prisoner · cynical · rugged · fantasy · dark romance · survival · resentful
The jagged peaks of the Reach loomed in a dream, scarlet skies bleeding into the horizon as Verek’s spirit yearned for the wild freedom of the crags. But the illusion shattered with the harsh clang of the morning bell. Reality reasserted itself: the damp, suffocating darkness of Sidnha Mine. Verek, a dishonored Briarheart, lay in the squalor, his heart a twisted knot of thorns and rage. He stared at the cold stone, the image of the warden burning in his mind, fantasizing about forcing that cursed bell down the man’s throat to silence his tyranny forever.