——4E, 201, the last month of seeding, 24th, 10:00——
Collier has been the Lord of Winterhold for thirty years and has personally experienced the "Great Collapse" that almost destroyed the entire Winterhold and the subsequent Stormcloak Rebellion.
In the battle between the Empire and the Stormcloaks, her position should have been hot. Both the Imperial Regiment and the Stormcloaks had to please her, the lord who was at the strategic point of both sides. However, the collapse made all this impossible.
With the loss of the port, Winterfort also lost its strategic significance, and the location of the northern battle between the two sides was moved west to Morningstar City, which also had a port.
Nowadays, as those residents who miss the old land and want to seek explanation from the Mage Academy are leaving one after another due to the inconvenience in life, the population she controls as a lord is not even as good as those of the wealthier villages.
In the end, Collier announced his support for the Stormcloaks in this civil war in exchange for material support from the closer Windhelm City, but the Imperial Legion had no response at all, even a letter reprimanding the lords for supporting the rebels.
nothing.
She was very dissatisfied with the mage academy that caused this result, but most of Winterfort's income had to be maintained by the consumption of mages and visitors, and there was no evidence to prove that Winterfort was related to the collapse. In the end, she could only make ends meet.
While trying to find a way out.
"Auntie Lord~ Open the door quickly~ I know you are at home~"
Hearing the call from the door, Collier couldn't help but darken her face, and motioned to the guard beside her to open the door and let the person in. If the delay lasted for a long time, who knew what weird words she would shout.
The person calling the door should be Zella Pesh, a Nord girl born and raised in Winterhold. She was only three or four years old when she was discovered by guards in the ruins after the collapse. She had preliminary talent for magic and may have been taken care of by her parents.
I came here to study at the Mage Academy, but I don’t know what happened and was abandoned here. Maybe it was because the Mage Academy’s method of evacuating the crowd was too rough and they separated, but no one has come to look for my relatives for many years.
This girl was adopted by Harlan and Dagur from the "Ice Furnace" hotel. When she was young, she even said that she would learn magic to find her biological parents. However, as she got older and understood the situation, she stopped mentioning it.
, not long ago, he took the entrance examination of the Master College and successfully passed it.
A few days ago, the Mage Academy unearthed a huge green sphere in Sattar. When it was moved to the academy, it attracted many residents of Winterhold to watch. After that, the mages seemed to be focused on analyzing that thing and had no time.
Teaching, Zella, who had just become a mage apprentice, ran out to play again.
Of course, the apparent reason was that she wanted to recover some rare books for the college's library, but it was too exaggerated for her to ask almost everyone in Winterfort. Although she learned many plausible book clues, there were more
They were all kinds of trivial requests. Since they couldn't contact the comrades, Collier's guards couldn't leave their posts without permission. In the end, Zella found a way to solve them all. The residents even started calling her "little lord".
Finally, after the residents had no worries or entrustments for the time being, she set her sights on herself as a lord, so Collier directly issued her the impossible task of "finding the 'Crown of Winterhold'".
The "Crown of Winterhold", as its name suggests, is the lord's crown worn by the lords of Winterhold in the past. Originally, lords from all over Skyrim were only allowed to wear forehead crowns, but only Winterhold was an exception. A few generations ago, a lord of Winterhold was named
With his strong personal charm and skill, he replaced the lord of Dugu City and became the supreme king of Tianji Province. This crown was cast at that time. Although the subsequent city lords have never been so brilliant, just putting it there has an inspiring effect.
Effect - Unfortunately, this crown was missing along with the Great Collapse.
According to speculation, it may have slipped into the Sea of the Dead together with the collapsed part. There is also a chance that the ruins still in the collapsed position will be buried. It may also be brought into the lair by some monsters who love to collect treasures. If you want to find it, you can
Without any clues, it would probably take at least half a year to initially narrow down the scope——
"Auntie Lord~ I found the 'crown' you were looking for~" After the guard opened the door, the Zela people arrived before they heard anything, and the content of the shout was that if Collier was drinking water, he would definitely spit it out.
"This girl..." Collier had already stood up in shock. He couldn't sit back down at this moment, so he shook his head and walked towards the door, ready to give the lawless girl a big bang.
The door of the lord's longhouse was opened, and a gust of cold wind blew in with flying snowflakes. Collier squinted slightly and saw an elegant girl with blond hair and blue eyes stepping into the door. She wore a gold crown on her head and a silver dress.
Wearing a blue skirt and armor, and a large dark blue plush cloak fluttering in the wind behind him, his kingly aura far exceeded any lord Collier had ever seen.
"You are -" Collier just opened his mouth, but the longhouse door has been closed. There is no regal woman in front of him, just a Nord girl shaking off the snow flakes from the mage's robe, and the thick-dressed woman next to her.
An old woman wearing a sarong, with a kind face, snow-white hair, and a look of deep exhaustion.
"——Ms. Larina!" Collier perfectly followed up on his previous gaffe, but the shock in his heart only increased: "You are still alive! We thought..."
Larina Frewent is a descendant of the original High King of Winterhold. Her family has lived in Winterhold for generations, and she is also responsible for the safekeeping of the "Crown of Winterhold". If any Lord of Winterhold becomes the
The High King of Skyrim, she will be responsible for crowning him. Lady Larina disappeared with the crown during the Great Collapse, and everyone thought she died protecting the crown.
"Oh, Coriel, I think you must be looking for this." The old woman took out a silver-white crown from the package in her hand and handed it to the lord. It was silver-white all over and had three obvious tips, but the tip was
The middle section is in the shape of a tangled rope, exactly the same as the pattern on the Winterhold town mark.
"Coriel?" Zelapesh shook off the snow on his body and looked at the nearly fifty-year-old female lord with strange eyes.
"You should keep it yourself," Lord Collier ignored the Nord girl's gaze and stared at Ms. Larina: "I think I am not qualified to wear it, even if I hold it."
"Hmm, it's true. You don't want to see it until the civil war in Skyrim Province ends." The old woman muttered and put the crown away again.
In this civil war, Winterhold chose to support the Stormcloaks, but it did not have much political significance, while the Mage Academy closed its doors and did not support either side, not to mention the economy, so the two sides did not support each other at all.
Garrison near Winterfort.
But if the news that she possesses the crown of Winterhold spreads, she doesn't have any great reputation in the first place. The Stormcloaks, who are just fighting to restore the faith of Talos, will definitely take advantage of it, and maybe even praise her as the leader of Solitaire.
Toig fights against the second Supreme King of Taiwan. In that case, this civil war will never end easily. Even if one side completely fails, the question of which city's Supreme King is the legitimate one will become a new civil war.
inducement.
"How have you spent these years? What are your plans next?" Collier asked.
"I'm going to move to the Mage Academy," Ms. Larina patted Zelapesh, who was standing aside with his eyes rolling as if he was thinking about Collier's real name, on the shoulder: "Just take care of her nearby."
"Grandma Larina was kidnapped by a group of scavenger bandits in a place called the 'Autumn Fairy Cave'. Those guys have been scavenging in the ruins of the collapse and forced her to wash and cook for them," Zella interjected: "
Seeing that they didn't hurt her, I just tied them up. If you went there in time, they shouldn't have frozen into ice cubes."
Auntie, grandma, etc., the name is really smooth... Collier thought about this strange cave name, and with some difficulty remembered where it was. It is located at the foot of a snowy mountain southwest of Winterhold, and he is obviously in a place full of ice and snow.
It was white, but it was as warm as autumn inside. Its discoverer named it the "Autumn Fairy" cave, but naturally the lord couldn't send troops to guard a worthless cave just because of this, so it was quickly destroyed.
It was occupied by various bandits, and it is said that there were many fires and riots in order to grab the territory.
The one who can finally occupy it is naturally the winner of the nearby bandit gang's fight. Although Xiao Zella himself is very talented in magic, he has only studied in the Mage Academy for a few days. It is completely impossible to clean up the bandits in the cave alone.
Yes, there must be a tutor who is helping, and the fact that Ms. Larina plans to move into the college further proves this point.
Speaking of which... there seem to be a few elderly mages in the mage academy...
"If you need anything, please feel free to ask. Although Winterfort is not in good condition right now, there is no problem in preparing some household items for you." Collier, who consciously discovered something, said to Larina, and at the same time said something.
A glance at Zella.
"Oh, Auntie Lord Collier, she is the 'Guardian of the Crown', and the Mage Academy does not dare to neglect it. It is you, please give me the reward quickly." Zella's eyes were fixed behind Collier.
"Don't think I didn't hear the tone you deliberately changed." The female lord snorted, walked back to her seat, and took down a two-handed sword that was filled with coldness from the weapon rack on the wall.
Since Lord Collier was not a civil servant, he was very stable holding a two-handed sword in one hand.
She turned around, put the sword gently on the shoulder of the Nord girl who was slightly bowing her head, and said seriously: "As the lord of Winterhold, I announce that I will appoint Zella Pesh as the Baron of Winterhold, and give her "
The Blade of Winterhold', with all powers except the duties of a lord."
"It's a great honor~" the girl's tone started to wander again midway through her answer.
However, it is not up to him to decide what the "Lord's Responsibility" actually is? Collier thought as he looked at Zerapesh, who was picking up a two-handed sword and offering a treasure to Larina.
