The Powerful Sorceress

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Deyanira Dres, powerful sorceress, obtaining yet another powerful and ancient magic....

Deyanira of House Dres is my Dunmer Chacter whom I played as a powerful and sinister sorceress... though she looks quiet and harmless to most who don't know her, she has much hidden away....
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Her story begins just after the Oblivion Crisis, at the beginning of the 4th Era. Her family was a proud member of the Great House Dres of Morrowind, and was expecting another child, Deyan. They were lucky enough to have survived the onslaught at the hands of the forces of Oblivion. After the crisis was finished her family continued back to their holdings in southern Morrowind.

She had a very enjoyable childhood. Her family was a rich member of the Great Houses as well, since they had a great number of farms on the southern border of Morrowind worked by Argonian slaves. She was given education even at that young age. She was taught magic at a young age, and was a very good student. She loved learning power, and was always wanting more. She enjoyed her childhood... One filled with joy and happiness.... One that lasted only 5 years.

At the 5th Year of the 4th Era, the great Red Mountain, erupted, destroying Vvardenfell. The rest of the province of Morrowind was not spared. Though her families' farms were much to the South, the ash and fire of Red Mountain still came their way... Though her family were mostly safe. They never went outside and only stayed indoors. The southern part of the province hadn't been affected as much with death..... not until a few months later....

The 6th Year of the 4th Era... a year that Deyanira remembers well... the day the Argonians Invaded Morrowind. They butchered every Dunmer they could get their hands on. Deyanira's family was not spared, House Dres had always kept slaves and now, they paid the price. When the Argonians reached their farms, each family member was butchered. Deyanira was the only survivor of her families' farm. It was only thanks to her magical prowess that she was able to survive. The Argonians underestimated the little girl and she killed 11 of them before running away.

Even at the age of 6 she managed to walk through the ash-lands alone and make her way north. She followed the Red Mountain, she used to be afraid of it... but now the fires that spewed out seemed a beacon for her. A powerful beacon that was telling her to go that way.... After wondering aimlessly through the ash-filled air, her legs gave up on her and she collapsed... she was discovered by an old dunmer women, who saw the child lying on the ash-filled ground. The women took her home... wondering how such a little girl could have reached so far north alone...

When Deyanira woke up, she was surprised find herself in a tower near the city of Necrom. The old women applauded the little child for her bravery and ability to survive the ash by herself. The women revealed that she was a witch and that she was impressed with the child's power... she could sense it.

Without hesitation Deyanira asked the witch if she could teach her magic, Deyanira always loved magic and was very powerful in her own right. She was still a child but the loss of her family only made her want to become more powerful, she was able to survive thanks to her power... her family was weak, she thought to herself. She wanted power more than anything.

The Witch agreed to have Deyan as an apprentice. The witch sensed the power she already had... her potential. Deyanira was a keen student, always seeking more and more knowledge. She trained with her new mentor for a hundred years. Deyan had grown into a lovely women, thanks to her mentor's potions given at a young age. In those hundred years, they stayed Isolated in their tower near Necrom. They would sometimes head into the city itself for supplies.... or bodies to reanimate... Deyanira's power had grown and her knowledge of the arcane were masterful.

This made her mentor feel unsafe... the witch now feared Deyanira's power. She did not dare tell this to Deyanira, who was always having her nose in an ancient tomb or scroll. It was this this reason of fear that the witch tried to poison the girl. When Deyan almost drank the poison given to her, she saw the evil face of the witch, she knew that it meant. She threw the drink aside, accusing the witch of betrayal. It was then that the witch flung spells at Deyanira, trying to kill her.

The battle of sorcery between the two was one filled with fire and sparks. The flames danced around while the sparks glittered. Deyanira was enjoying the battle, she knew who would win, she just wanted to enjoy the power she had been obtaining all through the years. They battled in the tower for many long hours, but with each spell the witch threw at her, Deyanira threw twice the power. When it was obvious who was going to the victor, the witch surrendered herself, kneeling at Deyan. Deyanira was amused... and dealt the final blow with all the magicka she had left, Incinerating what ever was left of the old witch.

Deyanira finally decided it was time to leave the tower. She traveled all across Morrowind alone. She was always quiet around others, not wanting to have to deal with such pathetic and weak creatures. She traveled to ancient tombs and dungeons in search of more knowledge of the Arcane. She did this for the next 70 years...

When the knowledge of Dunmer magics finally bored her, she decided to travel to another province and unravel it's power. When the Great War was over and peace had returned to the distant Empire, Deyanira decided to travel to Skyrim, in search of more power and more knowledge...

She joined the College of Winterhold, alongside an Altmer who she met along the road. He wouldn't leave her alone and she did not wish to kill him....yet. In the college, she always seemed quiet and a keen student when the professors gave lessons, but she did not enjoy what they had to offer.... she already knew most of them. She decided to adventure through the ancient land herself. Her adventured through out Skyrim has given her much ancient knowledge and power...

Now she continues to do so.... to search for more power... more knowledge.... she doesn't care who has to die in the process...

( Ysmir's beard! This was a long one.... I didn't realize.... )