#blossom’s oc xander tullius

[blossom-adventures]

Snippet Someday!

I’ve been tagged by @thequeenofthewinter to share something for this, thank you so much for the tag my dear ☺️💙

I’m going to tag… @oblivions-dawn @seradyn @garbria @bostoniangirl21 @bougainvillea-and-saltwater @miraakulous-cloud-district

Rules: Revisit an old fic (or earlier chapters in your current WIP) and share a snip from:

Your first chapter

Your favourite chapter

Your most challenging chapter

Alternatively, if you don’t write longfic, feel free to share one of your one-shots. Provide as much or as little commentary as you want.

I’ll be sharing from my Skyrim longfic - Far Horizons & Ancient Stones. I’ll put my snippets under the cut, so I don’t clog everyone’s pages with my ramblings 😆 (I would have done some for my FFXV stuff but I haven’t got enough chapters written for them yet)

First Chapter: Love at First Sight

Galmar pointed out the people who he had met personally; Hoag Stormcloak - obviously, High King Istlod, his son Torygg, Torygg’s bride-to-be, Elisif. Then there was Hrolfdir, Jarl of Markarth with his son Igmund as his Housecarl, Jarl Skald of Dawnstar and Jarl Balgruuf of Whiterun - their host. As Galmar pointed to Balgruuf, Xander couldn’t help but stare, not at the young Jarl, but at the woman walking with him.

“Who is that? Next to Jarl Balgruuf”

“Helena,” Galmar said, “the Jarls cousin” Galmar looked at Xander “stare any more and you’ll burn a hole through her dress”

“I wasn’t starring” Xander said as he - a little too quickly - turned back to look at Galmar who laughed

“Sure you weren’t”

“Galmar!” the young Housecarl looked over to Hoag who gestured for him to join his Jarl.

“I’m needed, nice to meet you Captain”

“And you Galmar”

Favourite Chapter: Hircine’s Curse

“I killed him?” she gasped, panic started to set in, she gasped for breath and clutched her chest “Gods… I killed him” Skjor shifted so he could hold her closer to him

“Don’t… Jaina listen to me, don’t think like that… you said yourself he would have killed you!” He held her tight against his chest “Jaina, you need to calm down, deep breaths kid… you didn’t kill him, listen to me, you acted in self defence… you didn’t kill him”

“I did… I stabbed him” Skjor didn’t know how else to convince her that what happened wasn't her fault, so instead he just held her, and tried to calm her down, easier said than done. She continued to sob and gasp for breath into the early hours of the morning.

After a while she finally began to calm down, she was still shaking in his arms but at least the crying had stopped.

“Skjor?”

“Yes?”

“Would you tell my cousin what happened… tell him everything”

“If you want me to, I will”

“Yes please”

“I’ll go in the morning; will you try to get some sleep tonight?” Jaina sat for a moment as if she were considering his request “Jaina, you need to sleep”

“Would you stay?” Jaina asked “I… I don’t want to be alone”

“Of course, I will”

Jaina grimaced as she settled back down onto her bed, Skjor moved to the chair that was at her bedside.

Once she was asleep, Skjor leant forward, letting out a sigh as he did. How in Oblivion am I going to tell her cousin? He thought as he looked up at her, she looked uncomfortable, wincing in her sleep as she tried to find the best position to sleep in, one that would not agitate the wounds that still hadn’t healed.

Why couldn’t I have stopped him? How did he manage to best me in a wolf fight?

“I’m so sorry Jaina” Skjor whispered

Most Challenging Chapter: The Crown & The Dragonguard (current chapter I’m working on)

That afternoon, Kaidan walked over to Jaina while she prepared her horse that Galmar had let her ride

“You sure you want me to come alone with you? The Jarls Housecarl hasn’t taken his eyes off me since we got here”

“Maybe he likes you” Jaina smirked, Kaidan laughed, “the don’t trust you, Kai… I heard Ulfric tell Galmar too keep an eye on you on my way out of the palace, you just need to give them a reason to trust you” Kaidan nodded

“If that’s what you want, I will try to do it”

“Thank you, Kaidan”

“Dragonborn! Come on, we’re ready” Kaidan returned to his horse while Jaina mounted hers before joining Galmar’s group on the road which led to the west

[blossom-adventures]

I thought I’d share this on here, a prompt given to me by @silvanils from the @nirnwrote discord server, the prompt I was given was “I’m not doing this for you” and I thought I’d share a little bit of the dynamic between brothers… specifically the Tullius brothers - Xander and Jasper. (Xander is Jaina’s step-father and Jasper is the General) Here’s a hint… Xander hates his older brother 😆

This prompt got much longer than my original draft for it, hope you like it ☺️💙

Midnight Rendezvous!

Xander was pacing, the letter he had received from his brother the week before was tight in his hand

Meet me in the western bank of Lake Ilinalta at midnight on the 7th, Jasper

The sky was clear and Secunda was full, the slight breeze made the trees sway slightly and the caused little ripples to appear on the lake’s surface, making the lake sparkle in the moonlight. Xander would feel at peace in this environment if he wasn’t waiting for his brother to turn up.

“Thank you for coming” Xander turned to see his brother walking away from him Imperial escort

“Got enough soldiers with you? I’m not exactly a threat… 7 soldiers against a one-armed, retired Penitus Oculatus agent, I don’t even have my sword with me” Xander held up his hand to prove he was unarmed, he wasn’t even wearing armour, his life in armour was over, he worked the land now.

“I was travelling from one of our military camps, that’s why I have an escort”

“Of course it is…” Xander muttered “what do you want, Jasper?”

“Do I need a reason to see my younger brother?”

“You’ve never wanted to see me, unless you wanted something from me… if you wanted to see me, you’d come to the house, at a reasonable time, not arranging to meet out here. So out with it, Jasper, what do you want?” The General sighed

“Your daughters…” Xander stiffened “2 of them serve the rebels, tell them to leave, I won’t be held responsible for anything happening to them” Xander looked at his brother and raised a brow, he knew Jasper well enough to know that Jaina and Talia’s well-being wasn’t what he was concerned about

“Since when have you ever cared about your family? You’re just bitter that your own kin chose to fight against you, is that it?” Xander shook his head and went to leave, but Jasper caught his arm

“If word got out that my niece actively serves the…”

“There it is!” Xander smirked “there’s the selfish, self-centred General! You don’t care about your kin, all you care about is your reputation! I’m not doing this for you, Jasper, I’m not going to tell my daughters to leave the Stormcloaks”

“You would rather see your daughters killed in this war?” Jasper snapped “and I’m the one who doesn’t care?”

“They can look after themselves,” Xander looked at his brother “they are far stronger than you know”

“Are you sure about that?” The Generals tone changed, there was a clear threat in his words, Xander glared at him, the corner of Jaspers lip twitched into a smirk

“What do you mean?” Jasper shrugged

“Well… it’s not exactly hard to track down the Dragonborn, and Talia… it’s likely she’ll be in one of the military camps, shouldn’t be hard for a Thalmor agent to…” The sound of Xander punching Jasper in the jaw echoed across the lake, the General clattered to the floor

“General!” Rikke ran over, drawing her sword

“It’s alright Rikke” the General said as he stood up and spat the blood out of his mouth, Xander looked over to the 3 Nords that were part of the Generals escort, seeing a familiar face

“This is want you want Hadvar? To serve a man who would willing hand over his own niece to the Thalmor! Your friend!” Hadvar avoided Xanders gaze, choosing to look down at his boots “she still cares about you, they both do! You’d willingly let this happen to her?!” Xander looked back to the General “get out of here brother, before I end this war right now” Xander was seething

“Consider my request, Xander… I’d hate for something to happen to one of your girls” General Tullius turned to walk away, but Xander wasn’t finished, he grabbed Jasper and rammed him against a nearby tree, Rikke got hold of Xander and threw him to the floor, drawing her sword again

“DON’T!” Hadvar ran forward, putting himself between Rikke and Xander “please, he’s unarmed!” Rikke stopped and lowered her sword

“Come on,” the General waved for Rikke and Hadvar to follow him “there is no helping some folk, if he wants to let his daughters die in this war let him, I tried to warn you Xander, that is on you now”

“Stay away from my family you bastard!” Xander snarled “if I find out that you’ve hurt them, I’ll kill you myself!” As the General and Rikke walked away Xander looked up from where he was sat to see Hadvar offering him a hand, he took it and the young Nord pulled him to his feet “are you sure you’re in the right side, lad?” Hadvar blinked at him, unsure of how to respond to his question. Xander walked off, heading around the waters edge towards Lakeview, leaving Hadvar stood on the bank, Xander turned after a few meters and called back “they really do still care about you, Hadvar, both of them”