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Well told hon. Gorgeous shots.
The Telvanni are well-known across all of Tamriel for their sharp and powerful minds, giving them a natural inclination and great ability for Magic.
However, it seems to me that this particular old Telvanni Narrator may be getting a bit senile:
Why in all of Oblivion didn't the Narrator send the Twins after the 'granddaughter' in the beginning to get her to safety BEFORE they started plotting their raids in earnest, thus putting her (and subsequently the Twins) in danger??
This is indeed looking like an imminent trap, and since Vampires are involved, who definitely know damned-well by now that they are facing their most HATED enemies of ALL: Werewolves....it's almost guaranteed to be a real NASTY trap.
Endorsed.
Warm thanks, Jess, and cheers, dear!
I am cheering them on though. Killing blood suckers is always good work IMO. So its the narrator who got them into the vampire hunting and Telvanni politics, very interesting. Very seldom do politics go over well with two earthy and natural creatures like the twins.
On a side note "natural" is a complex word once you try to pick it apart. It has its basic definition: "the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations."
So humans aren't natural even though they are animals. That definition seems lacking in some sense.
The werewolf is unnatural because it does not occur in nature (hmm what about Spriggans I wonder). Depending on the world they can be simple shapechangers (like a druid), or a purebreed known as a Lycan (are they natural then, since they were not cursed or diseased but born that way and hence a product of nature ... at least in a world that has such things), or a blessing/curse created by a devil, witch, god, or Daedric Prince. Surely last one is unnatural.
Course in Oblivion what is natural is unnatural in Nirn and vice-versa ... one would assume.
Anyhow one has to assume that even a good werewolf isn't "natural" I suppose. Best I think you can get is a guardian type (which is how I labelled Grim and the BWC). Like a Druid. A druid is not natural (magic, control over elements, shape changers, etc.) but they represent and protect nature.
Ah well no point to this beyond the fact I would like to label Werebeasts as natural but can't. Perhaps if they had occurred as part of evolution on Nirn then they would be natural but since they come from Hircine (or in the case of Grim from Fenrir and the Elder God) that doesn't seem likely.
Lol back on topic another great story and enjoyed the images (already commented on some of them on Flickr).
I've always liked to think of werebeasts as natural as in 'one with nature' perhaps not so much natural as 'something that would have evolved naturally'. Does that make sense? I see them as having the same connection with the world as other beasts (wolves, bears etc), that is, they feed off it, live within it, don't augment the earth to suit their needs but augment their needs to accommodate the earth. I certainly don't think of werebeasts as a natural evolutionary step, not like say Spriggans.
Um... how did we get on to this anyway?
Waiting for the bomb to drop... ah you crack me up... PS, new chapters are out now... ahem.
Like the way you explained it. Werewolves are a bit between worlds, somewhat like rangers and druids might be considered in between.
Amazing work dear !
and yes... narrator himself is very much aware of it. Well, he is NOW, but not so sure if he was back then...
Very interesting that the storyteller is slowly showing them ways to get back at his enemies. We will see if he becomes as bad as Klepstein or if there is more to this. Excellent read and great work!
absolutely stunning images to a great story