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Short Summary of the previous sections

 

 

 

In the last entry we saw Thomas coming the estate of Queen Isabella in High Rock where the queen inviting the ruling nobility of the realm.

 

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Since Thomas was involved in the murdering of Count Gottfried (Chapter 10) he was worried that this was not just a curtesy meeting. 
 

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My blog overview page provides summaries of previous chapters, backgrounds and characters summaries.

 

 

More Nora on my Twitter and Flickr

 

Chapter 11 Section 4 - Duels

 

 

 


 

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What an entry! I found the duel to be very well done. No surprise there, I suppose.

The choice of the "random" Baroness came abit out of the blue, though. But I guess, you can not introduce all relevant characters ahead of time. So, well-known and skilled warrior Thomas vs. unknown Baroness it had to be. Perhaps, we will hear abit more about her later. And find out, why the queen chose her for the execution...  I mean: duel.

 

Speaking of Isabella: Something tells me, that she could absolutely crush all of the gathered Lords and Ladies in her underwear without breaking a sweat. A beautiful beast, indeed.

 

Also: Bye-Bye Vasil. You had to be the scapegoat in Lenora's stead. I suppose, you were not sexy enough for Harkon's tastes. With or without a dress. And you lend money to "the realm". Which is now repaid in full, no doubt. All of this shows yet again, that no good deed ever goes unpunished. Even in a vampire kingdom. Come to think of it: Now I am really curious, as to what was supposed to be Vasil's "reward" for supporting Lenora's scheme. He was already a count, so more lands/higher ranking title would not have been for her to bestow on him. Unless her becoming countess was merely the first step of the plan. Hmmm...

Aside from that, I do suspect, that Lenora would have preferred a quick death at the queen's hand, rather than having to face, whatever Harkon has in store for her.

Oh, and congratulations to the soon-to-be, happy (?) couple. For them, this was certainly an evening to remember.

 

Overall, many interesting developments in the realm of Blood and Pleasure. Looking very much forward to the next part.?

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So I guess Lenora's real punishment is to be Harkon's slave and Baroness Jarosova was to be made an example of. Two birds with one stone for execution. Two sent to Molag Bal for punishment for all eternity and one sent to Harkon for however long he lasts. :sweat_smile: And yes... Good Work. :):heart:;):thumbsup:

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> Excellent episode. I enjoyed in very good looking dresses, story, facial expressions, drama and tension/espectations. The majesty is very beautiful and I love this picture.

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Quite the thrilling episode indeed ! I did appreciate how you introduced multiple twists on what was supposed to be a straight-forward execution of Lenora, and how you went outside of your comfort zone with the duel. Overall, this one was quite dynamic, and featured quite the suspense. However, though they're probably not as needed as what other authors could do, the lack of onomatopoeia or even just graphical movement indicators (whether they're comic styled or not) definitely hinders the readability of the action, since you can't both explicit the action by breaking it down in smaller vignettes, and emphasize it simultaneously.
Now, back on what you're the most experimented at, it was a pleasure to see the queen put her own unforgiving schemes in action, and remind everyone who's in charge, and at what point she mastered those games of power. Great scenario in other words, and great screenarchery all along. :D?

 

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though quite the great shot, this image was double posted at some point, not sure if this is deliberate or not

 

ldyMRSUy_o.png  *Deep breathing*

               « Tell you what, all this justice thing is complete bullshit, uh.

 

                 It's very obvious that that Isabella queen wanted to kill that redhead gal ('cause of her hair ?) and to get the blue elf's money.

                 And now Thomas has got only one eye because of this ? That's so unfair ! :classic_angry:

 

                I advice next time they pick a queen they need someone not only very pretty, very smart and very strong, but also very commendable, yes. :classic_sleep: »

 

 

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58 minutes ago, Tirloque said:

And now Thomas has got only one eye because of this ? That's so unfair ! :classic_angry:

No need to worry over-much about that. Considering, that Lenora grew an entire new leg and Vasil got his tongue back, I am sure, that Thomas will have two eyes again before long.

So, Hurray for vampiric regeneration!?

 

p.s. Unless the "Rule of (one-eyed) Cool" trumps the regular rules for regeneration. In that case, T. would have to become a pirate now.

 

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57 minutes ago, Tirloque said:

Quite the thrilling episode indeed ! I did appreciate how you introduced multiple twists on what was supposed to be a straight-forward execution of Lenora, and how you went outside of your comfort zone with the duel. Overall, this one was quite dynamic, and featured quite the suspense. However, though they're probably not as needed as what other authors could do, the lack of onomatopoeia or even just graphical movement indicators (whether they're comic styled or not) definitely hinders the readability of the action, since you can't both explicit the action by breaking it down in smaller vignettes, and emphasize it simultaneously.
Now, back on what you're the most experimented at, it was a pleasure to see the queen put her own unforgiving schemes in action, and remind everyone who's in charge, and at what point she mastered those games of power. Great scenario in other words, and great screenarchery all along. :D?

 

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though quite the great shot, this image was double posted at some point, not sure if this is deliberate or not

 

ldyMRSUy_o.png  *Deep breathing*

              

                 It's very obvious that that Isabella queen wanted to kill that redhead gal ('cause of her hair ?) and to get the blue elf's money.

                 And now Thomas has got only one eye because of this ? That's so unfair ! :classic_angry:

 

                I advice next time they pick a queen they need someone not only very pretty, very smart and very strong, but also very commendable, yes. :classic_sleep: »

 

 

 

> Yes, the Queen hates redheads. :D  If my prince would read this episode, he'll like her a lot . ;)

> Although i was hoping she would kill him, I knew it wouldn't be possible for he is one of the main actors of this story. My, I so hate that guy.

> I wish Nora will become vampire Queen. She is smart and beautiful (like me) and she deserve to be her majesty. :)

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Wow, it's truly impressive entry, both in scenary and in shots composition! 
I do really love how Vasili fate turned, it was really well showd whis word is final.
And the duel sequence were really impressive in turms of all this classy poses and ol' fashion duel moves.


This is truly wonderful entry, Alter! 
You once again proving that storytelling on Loverslab "can be great" even without sex scenes. ^_^

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5 hours ago, Evaloves4 said:

> I wish Nora will become vampire Queen. She is smart and beautiful (like me) and she deserve to be her majesty. :)

I think for a complete Malicija self definition, you'd have to add "strong" on the top of that list. But it's good to see you two have a good opinion of yourselves. ^^

 

 

6 hours ago, HM1919 said:

No need to worry over-much about that. Considering, that Lenora grew an entire new leg and Vasil got his tongue back, I am sure, that Thomas will have two eyes again before long.

So, Hurray for vampiric regeneration!?

 

p.s. Unless the "Rule of (one-eyed) Cool" trumps the regular rules for regeneration. In that case, T. would have to become a pirate now.

ldyMRSUy_o.png « You mean he gonna regrow an eye like a lizard ? 185?cb=20181019225514

 

                 That'd be very handy, yes:classic_lightbulb: »

 

5 hours ago, Evaloves4 said:

> Yes, the Queen hates redheads. :D  If my prince would read this episode, he'll like her a lot . ;)

> Although i was hoping she would kill him, I knew it wouldn't be possible for he is one of the main actors of this story. My, I so hate that guy.

 

ldyMRSUy_o.png « That's very the problem : those people very hate the others. And so everyone is stabbing each other instead of just kissing on the cheek, uh. :classic_angel: »

 

 

 

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On 3/27/2022 at 11:55 AM, HM1919 said:

What an entry! I found the duel to be very well done. No surprise there, I suppose.

The choice of the "random" Baroness came abit out of the blue, though. But I guess, you can not introduce all relevant characters ahead of time. So, well-known and skilled warrior Thomas vs. unknown Baroness it had to be. Perhaps, we will hear abit more about her later. And find out, why the queen chose her for the execution...  I mean: duel.

 

Thank you very much!

 

On 3/27/2022 at 11:55 AM, HM1919 said:

Speaking of Isabella: Something tells me, that she could absolutely crush all of the gathered Lords and Ladies in her underwear without breaking a sweat. A beautiful beast, indeed.

 

Also: Bye-Bye Vasil. You had to be the scapegoat in Lenora's stead. I suppose, you were not sexy enough for Harkon's tastes. With or without a dress. And you lend money to "the realm". Which is now repaid in full, no doubt. All of this shows yet again, that no good deed ever goes unpunished. Even in a vampire kingdom. Come to think of it: Now I am really curious, as to what was supposed to be Vasil's "reward" for supporting Lenora's scheme. He was already a count, so more lands/higher ranking title would not have been for her to bestow on him. Unless her becoming countess was merely the first step of the plan. Hmmm...

 

Touche... Tbh. I'm not so sure it's never explained and I haven't given it much thought. He's sleeping with lenora, but that doesn't mean much, he could have some conflict with the existing count... but there is certainly an angle that we're not seeing that's benefiting him.

 

On 3/27/2022 at 11:55 AM, HM1919 said:

Aside from that, I do suspect, that Lenora would have preferred a quick death at the queen's hand, rather than having to face, whatever Harkon has in store for her.

Oh, and congratulations to the soon-to-be, happy (?) couple. For them, this was certainly an evening to remember.

 

Overall, many interesting developments in the realm of Blood and Pleasure. Looking very much forward to the next part.?

 

Thank you! Glad you like it.

I'm sure it's not the last we have seen of Lenora ;) .

 

21 hours ago, Jay-Omms said:

So I guess Lenora's real punishment is to be Harkon's slave and Baroness Jarosova was to be made an example of. Two birds with one stone for execution. Two sent to Molag Bal for punishment for all eternity and one sent to Harkon for however long he lasts. :sweat_smile: And yes... Good Work. :):heart:;):thumbsup:

 

Thank you!

 

18 hours ago, Evaloves4 said:

> Excellent episode. I enjoyed in very good looking dresses, story, facial expressions, drama and tension/espectations. The majesty is very beautiful and I love this picture.

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Thank you! Glad you like it, I'm also a huge fan of the queen. 

 

16 hours ago, obeymrwalrus said:

I Love the sections that deal with nobility!

 

Thank you! 

Also Nora is nobility too, not as high as the ones featured here, but still ;) 

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11 hours ago, Tirloque said:

Quite the thrilling episode indeed ! I did appreciate how you introduced multiple twists on what was supposed to be a straight-forward execution of Lenora, and how you went outside of your comfort zone with the duel. Overall, this one was quite dynamic, and featured quite the suspense. However, though they're probably not as needed as what other authors could do, the lack of onomatopoeia or even just graphical movement indicators (whether they're comic styled or not) definitely hinders the readability of the action, since you can't both explicit the action by breaking it down in smaller vignettes, and emphasize it simultaneously.

 

I tend to agree a little bit, it's certainly clearer with visual indicators, but I still won't add them... for reasons.

 

11 hours ago, Tirloque said:

Now, back on what you're the most experimented at, it was a pleasure to see the queen put her own unforgiving schemes in action, and remind everyone who's in charge, and at what point she mastered those games of power. Great scenario in other words, and great screenarchery all along. :D?

 

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Thank you very much!

 

11 hours ago, Tirloque said:

ldyMRSUy_o.png  *Deep breathing*

               « Tell you what, all this justice thing is complete bullshit, uh.

 

                 It's very obvious that that Isabella queen wanted to kill that redhead gal ('cause of her hair ?) and to get the blue elf's money.

                 And now Thomas has got only one eye because of this ? That's so unfair ! :classic_angry:

 

                I advice next time they pick a queen they need someone not only very pretty, very smart and very strong, but also very commendable, yes. :classic_sleep: »

 

 

I'm sure Thomas will be fine once he drinks enough blood ;) , like HM said.

Also it's not that obvious that Thomas would win (kinda cause plot armor, but I was trying to show that it could go either way). The queen was teaching both of them a lesson, but of course if her candidate would win she'd also be able to reverse the judgement.

 

 

 

10 hours ago, Evaloves4 said:

 

> Yes, the Queen hates redheads. :D  If my prince would read this episode, he'll like her a lot . ;)

> Although i was hoping she would kill him, I knew it wouldn't be possible for he is one of the main actors of this story. My, I so hate that guy.

> I wish Nora will become vampire Queen. She is smart and beautiful (like me) and she deserve to be her majesty. :)

 

Nora will not becoming Queen within the next 2000 years. She's way to young for that. She'd never be able to keep the power even if she'd somehow become queen.

 

5 hours ago, Crw said:

Wow, it's truly impressive entry, both in scenary and in shots composition! 
I do really love how Vasili fate turned, it was really well showd whis word is final.
And the duel sequence were really impressive in turms of all this classy poses and ol' fashion duel moves.


This is truly wonderful entry, Alter! 
You once again proving that storytelling on Loverslab "can be great" even without sex scenes. ^_^

 

Thank you very much!

I kinda feel a bit sad for killing of Vasil, he was basically the first character I introduced after Nora... but yeah the story needs to move on eventually.

 

 

 

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10 hours ago, Alter Native said:

Nora will not becoming Queen within the next 2000 years. She's way to young for that. She'd never be able to keep the power even if she'd somehow become queen.

Are you sure, this is the only reason? Because, if Nora were supposed to become Queen, you would have to continue writing new chapters for her story for the next 2000 years as well. Showing us in great detail, how she plots, schemes, fucks and finagles her way to the very top. The occasional setback a la Athar in Hammerfell included. Which, all things considered, may or may not be abit much to ask. ?

So, just admit it. It's ok. You don't want to commit to writing this ONE story for the next couple of millenia. I understand. Also: even Bethesda should not require quite such a long time, to come up with the next wortwhile thing. ?

 

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21 hours ago, Alter Native said:

Touche... Tbh. I'm not so sure it's never explained and I haven't given it much thought. He's sleeping with lenora, but that doesn't mean much, he could have some conflict with the existing count... but there is certainly an angle that we're not seeing that's benefiting him.

Hmmm... In that case, I could certainly live with the explanation, that Vasil, may old Molag be merciful upon his butt, acted just a hint irrational and emotional here. Meaning: For whatever reason Lenora was his personal "Siren" that he simply could not resist. Given how extreme vampires in your setting can act, when they are blood/sex-crazed, I would not consider this scenario to be too outlandish. So, unless there will be another explanation in a future chapter, this is what my head-canon will be.

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9 hours ago, Alter Native said:

Nora will not becoming Queen within the next 2000 years. She's way to young for that. She'd never be able to keep the power even if she'd somehow become queen.

 

 

> Well, you are story maker and this story is under your control. You can make "2000 years later ....." and puff, there she is our queen :D

> Damn it Alter, make us your followers and readers happy at some point - you don't want to kill Thomas, you don't want make Nora queen, what other joy do i have left??

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Yay, I'm finally not late on the reply!

 

That being said, Alter, this was a wonderful entry but at the same time it was so, SOOOO messed up. ? At first glance the actions of Queen Isabella seem almost like madness since practically everyone begged her not to go through with it.  But I am going to guess she's playing her own game here and it feels like Harkon is a part of it as well.  With the death of Vasil (I'm still sad about that as I really liked him as a character ?), his land is "temporarily" being transferred to Harkon while the land of Count Gottfried goes to Serana (and queen's son).  Since Serana is Harkon's daughter, technically he just gained two more counties to rule or at least have influence over. Plus it looks like Isabella really wanted to get rid of Vasil, perhaps seeing him as a loose end (since he helped her get the throne) or as a potential threat. ? It's also possible that there might be something among Vasil's possessions that Isabella wanted and now they all conveniently go to the crown. 

 

So much intrigue! So many twists!  You did a great job with the writing here! I absolutely love it! ?

 

That dueling scene must've taken you ages. I found it to be both suspenseful and action-packed even without the onomatopoeia.  By the way, how did you achieve the sparks effect? Is it done in game or added later?

 

And of course your screenshots are as beautiful as always.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us.  ?

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20 hours ago, Devianna said:

Plus it looks like Isabella really wanted to get rid of Vasil, perhaps seeing him as a loose end (since he helped her get the throne) or as a potential threat. ? It's also possible that there might be something among Vasil's possessions that Isabella wanted and now they all conveniently go to the crown. 

Alter is the only one who really knows, but I'd tend towards the second hypothesis. Having Vasil weakened by a plot she hadn't agreed with placed him both in position to be punished, and to have his possessions seized. I see the queen as an opportunist here. With the exception of the Duchess, who is loyal to her, and of Harkon (who is obviously better interested in tagging along), there is no vampire here that could even hope to be a threat to her.

 

Actually I think she could only be taken down either by poisoning (unlikely but not impossible), or by several powerful/specialized individuals ganging up on her. Kinda like the Dawnguard commando who took down Harkon in other timelines. In a way, there are several fictions (VanHellsing Ultimate, Castelvania) where it was believed the most powerful vampire would require the combined effort of a team involving at least a human, and some non human to be taken down.

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Yet, the Serana of this universe does not seem the type to be of any help to that kind of team ; and we have yet to see any powerful mortal in OfBlood&Pleasure. So IMO the queen can feel comfortable for a moment. ^^

 

Now, regarding the background aspect, I find that Vasil (a 1200 years old vampire) to have helped a 2500 years old one get on the throne a bit inconsistent. Because either he was too young to be of any assistance to a 10x year old vampire ; either too late to help once arriving himself in place. Yet, that's minor, and could be gotten around. ?

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Fantastic episode! I love it!

 

Intresting turn of events :)

 

intresting to think: now our baroness has a enemy who "survived" the exectution... thanks to the duel...

 

i wonder what she going to do with her "new" life.

 

Lord Harkon i feel winning big this time. Strange, Isabell this way give more power alredy powerfull Lord Harkon.

Yes Vasil get removed from the picture and with it the secret knowlage about the poisioning and the way how isabelle get the throne.

 

I thinking loudly: maybe isabelle wish fill the "free" count position with a new vampire that loyal to her?

She can use as bargening chip this position in the future to buy some loyality?

 

Anyway at this moment only 3 big power player in the sceen best of my knowalge:

-quen isabelle

-lord harkon

-the justicar

 

Vasil i think one of the power player before his death counting his knowalge about blood magic and the quen past.

Who going to act as counter waight aginst lord harkon?

Something missing... :)

 

Seems, need wait 3-5 new episode to see what is behind this moves. :) :)

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Sorry for the late replies, but Loverslab was crazy slow the last week and I could barely load anything...

 

On 3/29/2022 at 8:35 AM, Evaloves4 said:

> Well, you are story maker and this story is under your control. You can make "2000 years later ....." and puff, there she is our queen :D

> Damn it Alter, make us your followers and readers happy at some point - you don't want to kill Thomas, you don't want make Nora queen, what other joy do i have left??

 

Why would I want to kill Thomas? :O

Nora would be very angry and I don't want to risk that.

 

On 3/31/2022 at 2:29 AM, Devianna said:

That being said, Alter, this was a wonderful entry but at the same time it was so, SOOOO messed up. ? At first glance the actions of Queen Isabella seem almost like madness since practically everyone begged her not to go through with it.  But I am going to guess she's playing her own game here and it feels like Harkon is a part of it as well.  With the death of Vasil (I'm still sad about that as I really liked him as a character ?), his land is "temporarily" being transferred to Harkon while the land of Count Gottfried goes to Serana (and queen's son).  Since Serana is Harkon's daughter, technically he just gained two more counties to rule or at least have influence over. Plus it looks like Isabella really wanted to get rid of Vasil, perhaps seeing him as a loose end (since he helped her get the throne) or as a potential threat. ? It's also possible that there might be something among Vasil's possessions that Isabella wanted and now they all conveniently go to the crown. 

 

So much intrigue! So many twists!  You did a great job with the writing here! I absolutely love it! ?

 

Thank you very much! This time it's me who's late with replying ^^.

And this version of Vasil that I killed in the end with all the riches was inspired by a conversation we had a couple of years back, where, I think, you suggested that he could be very wealthy. 

Isabella is mostly looking to clear the financial dept. the realm has with Vasil. 

 

 

On 3/31/2022 at 2:29 AM, Devianna said:

That dueling scene must've taken you ages. I found it to be both suspenseful and action-packed even without the onomatopoeia.  By the way, how did you achieve the sparks effect? Is it done in game or added later?

 

The sparks are ingame coming from a grindstone that I always removed before taking the screenshot^^

 

On 3/31/2022 at 2:29 AM, Devianna said:

And of course your screenshots are as beautiful as always.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us.  ?


Thank you very much!

 

 

On 3/31/2022 at 10:00 PM, Tirloque said:

Alter is the only one who really knows, but I'd tend towards the second hypothesis. Having Vasil weakened by a plot she hadn't agreed with placed him both in position to be punished, and to have his possessions seized. I see the queen as an opportunist here. With the exception of the Duchess, who is loyal to her, and of Harkon (who is obviously better interested in tagging along), there is no vampire here that could even hope to be a threat to her.

 

Actually I think she could only be taken down either by poisoning (unlikely but not impossible), or by several powerful/specialized individuals ganging up on her. Kinda like the Dawnguard commando who took down Harkon in other timelines. In a way, there are several fictions (VanHellsing Ultimate, Castelvania) where it was believed the most powerful vampire would require the combined effort of a team involving at least a human, and some non human to be taken down.

 

Now, regarding the background aspect, I find that Vasil (a 1200 years old vampire) to have helped a 2500 years old one get on the throne a bit inconsistent. Because either he was too young to be of any assistance to a 10x year old vampire ; either too late to help once arriving himself in place. Yet, that's minor, and could be gotten around. ?

 

Sorry for the late replies, but Loverslab was crazy slow the last week and I could barely load anything... About the Vasil helping Isabella thing, even though Isabella is one of the oldest (and most powerful) vampires alive she was not always queen. I only hinted at this during the Hammerfell storyline, but but Isabella used to be married to the former king of the realm (who was also pure blood). The idea is, that he was more like your typical, very powerful vampire tyrant king who had many enemies. 

Isabella as his wife and as a very skillful diplomat secretly crafted an alliance of various powerful figures of the realm (including, Harkon, Diana and Ahtar's father) to overthrow the guy and his henchmen and make herself queen of the realm. She herself killed the king personally (probably in good Blood and Pleasure fashion in bed), but for a successful coup you need to do more than just killing the king.

That was around the time Nora was born so roughly 400 years ago.

As a consequence of this, her other pure blood helpers Harkon, Diana each got one of the duchies of the realm (Skyrim, Hammerfell) whereas she became queen (and duke of High Rock).

This division caused/fueled some of the conflicts presented in the Hammerfell storyline as Ahtar's father had hoped to become Duke of Hammerfell himself even though he's not pure blood himself and Diana is lacking support of the old Hammerfell vampire bloodlines. 

Anyways... somewhere in there is the support of Vasil as part of her alliance. Even though they are all immortal they still like money^^ and Vasil can help with that, even though he was around 800 years old at the time. 

 

 

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Yet, the Serana of this universe does not seem the type to be of any help to that kind of team ; and we have yet to see any powerful mortal in OfBlood&Pleasure. So IMO the queen can feel comfortable for a moment. ^^

 

Serana in my story is a bit of a problem, cause on one hand she is pure blood, which would make her one of the most powerful figures in the realm... though the way she's presented ingame she's just a little girl and I don't know what to do with her.

In this entry we learned, that her and the son of Isabelle are betrothed, which strengthens the alliance between Isabella and Harkon (in good feudal fashion).

 

 

On 3/29/2022 at 5:33 AM, HM1919 said:

Hmmm... In that case, I could certainly live with the explanation, that Vasil, may old Molag be merciful upon his butt, acted just a hint irrational and emotional here. Meaning: For whatever reason Lenora was his personal "Siren" that he simply could not resist. Given how extreme vampires in your setting can act, when they are blood/sex-crazed, I would not consider this scenario to be too outlandish. So, unless there will be another explanation in a future chapter, this is what my head-canon will be.

 

Also Harkon (as his liege) was involved too.

 

 

 

On 4/5/2022 at 4:55 PM, Nonseen said:

Fantastic episode! I love it!

 

Intresting turn of events :)

 

intresting to think: now our baroness has a enemy who "survived" the exectution... thanks to the duel...

 

i wonder what she going to do with her "new" life.

 

Lord Harkon i feel winning big this time. Strange, Isabell this way give more power alredy powerfull Lord Harkon.

Yes Vasil get removed from the picture and with it the secret knowlage about the poisioning and the way how isabelle get the throne.

 

I thinking loudly: maybe isabelle wish fill the "free" count position with a new vampire that loyal to her?

She can use as bargening chip this position in the future to buy some loyality?

 

Anyway at this moment only 3 big power player in the sceen best of my knowalge:

-quen isabelle

-lord harkon

-the justicar

 

Vasil i think one of the power player before his death counting his knowalge about blood magic and the quen past.

Who going to act as counter waight aginst lord harkon?

Something missing... :)

 

Seems, need wait 3-5 new episode to see what is behind this moves. :) :)

 

Thank you! See some of the explanation I have given above... and you are right, Isabelle, Harkon and Isabelle are the only known pure bloods left and they are the most powerful figures of the realm. Also both Isabelle and Harkon profit by giving the County of Gottfried to their children. 

 

 

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I thinking loudly: maybe isabelle wish fill the "free" count position with a new vampire that loyal to her?

She can use as bargening chip this position in the future to buy some loyality?

 

Yes, that is certainly the plan and as said, her son will be loyal to her ;) .

 

 

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Vasil i think one of the power player before his death counting his knowalge about blood magic and the quen past.

Who going to act as counter waight aginst lord harkon?

 

Vasil was never really a counter weight against Harkon, he's too young and he also supported Harkon in the recent story. The only real counterweight are the other Dukes, Diana and Isabella, but if all of them agree on something there is little the average vampire can do against that^^

 

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2 hours ago, Alter Native said:

Isabella as his wife and as a very skillful diplomat secretly crafted an alliance of various powerful figures of the realm (including, Harkon, Diana and Ahtar's father) to overthrow the guy and his henchmen and make herself queen of the realm. She herself killed the king personally (probably in good Blood and Pleasure fashion in bed), but for a successful coup you need to do more than just killing the king.

That was around the time Nora was born so roughly 400 years ago.

 

Is this supposed to be a red herring Alter??

Spoiler

Because what you wrote makes me think of a particular ancient Vampire Lord who used to live in a forest cave. And about who's origin we never really found out anything. Except, that, according to Diana, he wasn't a Karlov. So, are you sure, that the old king was really, really dead after Isabella was through with him? Or could he possibly have hung around for a few more decades, at least until a certain young woman stumbled into his home?

 

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Great action scene!

You know, if you take the red petal mesh and rotate it 90degrees, you can make it look like the red petals are being kicked up during the fight!

sorry, was playing too much Ghost of Tsushima

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Dieses Duell war ja absolute Extra-Klasse

ich bin immer wieder erstaunt was man mit "Skyrim"  so alles veranstalten kann

:classic_wub:

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