Dragonborn Saga

CH 535

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go fangirling on a bunch of old dudes.
It ’s gross! ”

”Who is your favorite politician once again? An 800 years old Dunmer grandma, right? ”

”Forget I said anything. ”

Jon and Alina kissed before he went out of his house to run into the rest of his gang.
Due to a prior arrangement, they were to band together with Jonrad and anyone strong enough to face any dragon attack that may threaten Skyrim during Jon ’s journey to High Hrothgar.

With all said and done, Jon left his burden to them as he took his portal to Riften with Lydia and from there, he traveled west to Ivarstead on a flying Flame Hawk Atronach.

Lydia became well accustomed to Jon ’s high functionality and manipulative nature or so Alina made sure Lydia to be.
Strange enough, Lydia proved to be one of the most level-headed people Jon ever met as if she had some sort of resistance to his negative effects.
She would remark sarcastically and stare at him coldly from time to time but she was always silent and enduring ready to carry his burdens.
Jon would later learn that Alina put Lydia under a loyalty test so she can never be swayed by Jon, it was as if Alina carved ”Jon is off-limits ” on Lydia ’s brain.

Either way, the journey was relatively peaceful save for that time when Jon wanted to sneak into the Redwater Den to acquire any information about the Volkihar Clan.
The Redwater Den is a drug den hidden beneath a dilapidated shack that deals in Redwater skooma, a very potent and powerful type of Skooma that is made with blood refined in a Bloodspring deep in the den.
Jon sensed so many vampires from various power levels fortifying the damn place like a dwemer vault.
Even Teleporting inside was impossible from all the magic imbued in the Place.
However, Jon managed to let his Astral Projection walk through the walls and eavesdropped on some conversation inside the den.
Not much important was said but there was surely a mention of two about the Volkihar Castle, word is that the Vampires were to gather their forces in the next four months which meant something is definitely happening.

No more good information could be found but Jon started writing down some pieces of paper on how the Vampires make their Skooma and possible methods to cure its addiction or perhaps destroy the surplus inside the den.
Jon is not sure of his Alchemy skill but he can always ask Master Nurelion or Jullanar for advice.

The journey kept on for less than a day until he reached Ivarstead.
Around four to five years ago, Jon visited this place and killed the innkeeper who would one day kill an acquaintance of his.
Thankfully, the acquaintance lived till this day and the innkeeper was different.
Even though, Jon still snooped around the inn in order to find something and thankfully it was in the position of the innkeeper.

It was the [Sapphire Claw], much like the [Golden Claw] which blesses its surroundings with Good Fortune, this claw seemed to have wider magic yet with a different effect.
Jon could feel it quite easily now.

Jon followed the traditional route to acquire this claw as well.
Ivarstead village was haunted by a ghost that dwells in Shroud Hearth Barrow nearby.
In actuality, it was nothing more than an Elf alchemist who was turned mad by this Barrow and the supposed riches inside it.
Jon agreed to do some exorcism after talking to the innkeeper and delved into the old ruin with Lydia and Nefertiti.

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Killing the Elf was a piece of cake but Jon didn ’t take that direction, he rather captured the Elf instead.
He was a Dark Elf and former bandit from what Jon could tell, the man went absolute cuckoo.

The Nordic ruins which once belonged to the Dragon Cult are mysterious and have a lot of traps that are either physical or mental.
The Elf who spent a year in this place now became some sort of a guardian to the Barrow as both his greed and the place played tricks on his fragile mind.
This man even came up with a potion that made his skin give off a bluish glow like a ghost in order to trick the people that the Barrow is haunted.
Jon dispatched the Elf after taking away the recipe to the [Phantom Potion] and returned to the Innkeeper to report his success.

The reward of this was the [Sapphire Claw] which the foolish Dark Elf spent a whole year looking for it.
Jon then returned to the Barrow, used the [Sapphire Claw] to unlock the Hall of Stories to the deepest part of the Barrow and hoarded all the historical pieces of value like the old pottery and the stone steles depicting events from the First Era.
After all, it belongs in a museum… his museum.

Jon and Lydia ventured deeper into the Barrow as Nefertiti was revealing the traps and Jon was studying everything he found and discussing it with the uninterested Lydia.

The most interesting part was the [Sapphire Claw] in fact.
It gave off a strange aura and Jon went around it too much to understand how it works but it still felt strange.
After a few hours of delving deeper and unearthing other relics, Jon found new ideas on how the Dragon Cult crafted their artifacts and deciphered the Magic of the Sapphire Claw.

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[The Sapphire Claw]

– Blessing of Vigilance

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The Sapphire Claw proved to be as valuable as the Golden Claw in some regards.
It was blessed to reveal the malicious intentions in certain areas making it invaluable when it comes to detecting spies and secret enemies.
If Jon walked around Winterhold with such a thing on him, he may be able to root out every single spy in his territory.

Either way, this invaluable item was kept in the Cube as Jon searched deeper in the Barrow.

Eventually, Jon clashed with the old Draugrs and defeated them in a tough fight until he finally reached the treasure room of the Barrow where a word wall was carved.

What was left now was Jon ’s favorite part, the treasures.