Greetings Adventurers. This is Chris and we’re picking it up on a rainy evening.
Octarin, deciding to take advantage of the peace and downtime, leaves the Wolves settled in at Rorikstead and decide to go “recon” with Ilia, or Illee. The two have been together for long now, and the fact that they served together only made that bond stronger. After (1:37) spotting Erik, Illia and a few others, he chats with his Sergeant and instructs them to have a little more fun tonight.
There are a few comments about “patrol” but things like this are not uncommon in the Legion, especially now that things are a bit more relaxed and peace is settling in. One thing civilians rarely understand is that couples are not separated from serving together for some arbitrary, heartless reason. It is to lower the odds that a family suffers more than one loss as a result of any battle at any time. Hopefully.
And again, nothing is a problem until it becomes a problem. And the Wolves are determined to keep out of trivial trouble like this.
The two eventually take off (3:00) and get a bit more flirtatious on the road despite the gloomy and miserable atmosphere. Several times over, the pair pull back their attention to Skyrim instead of each other, and for good reason as along the way there are several minor encounters that could have been made a bit less desirable if they were not at the ready. They pass some nice scenery en route to their destination and upon arrival, Octarin and Illia need to clean things up a bit.
Then the two take a few hours to get...warmed up. Before then though, Octarin takes a moment and curtly confirms his love for Illia and proposes, asking if after this whole mission is over, they can settle down. She says yes and the two (6:51) recon.
Having taken a bit longer than intended, the pair takes off and move up the road a bit, intent on just looking up a bit further. For the most part, it should be clear and this whole thing was really more of just an excuse to get out and away from the other Wolves.
The pair handle a few rogue mages off of the roadside and just before deciding to turn around, Octarin hears and maybe sees something (9:37) off ahead in the distance. He creeps slowly at first, then hears the sound of battle and rushes in.
Almost immediately he and Illia are overran and once the two tactically retreat, he has her use her ALERT spell, summoning the Wolves who are likely in their cups. He could imagine the groans as they likely think they are in trouble. If they knew they were headed to battle, they’d likely run out foaming at the mouth. But alas, this spell was a simple alert and the reason will be a welcomed surprise.
Not long after (11:36) the alert goes out, the Wolves arrive and use the weather and environment to turn the hunters into the hunted. Now, thinking they are simply chasing down 2 wounded Imperials, the Stormcloaks run face first into their own ambush now. In a flash, the Wolves surround and systematically eliminate their prey.
Again, there’s a head call and he confirms with Erik all are well. Then, after a quick speech, Octarin gives a quick motivating speech and informs the Wolves that they have just fought their way to a night off.
