Snippet #2393728

Skyrim/Morrowind Border

My pace was hasty as was the guards behind me. The hospitality given by the Nord who had taken me from the depths of the snow was gracious... until he turned drunken and pulled a blade to me. Of course the stereotypical benefactor of Skyrim went against my favor when I held my own and sent my dagger through his throat with ease, but at a cost.

"Stop criminal scum, you've violated the law!" A guard shouted from the distance, waving his torch about wildly in an attempt to chase me. Twirling behind my blade clashes almost instantly with his, the guard baring his teeth as the sword dug deeper. The slide of metal seared my ears as the weapon went down, piercing through his chest. Guess their armor needs improvement. Another guard both fires and misses with his bow as mine returns the favor by catching through is foot. The guard gave off a grunt, ripping away the arrow into the bloodied snow below. Two more arrows are exchanged, mine hitting through his knee and his catching to the tree ahead.

This time my arrow was irremovable, slick with his blood as it had been a clean shot. I walk to the man, grabbing him by the chin of his helmet and back of his skull. With a wicked twist and crunch, his head snaps like that of an owl loudly. That would be all of the guards.