King in Rags

It appeared the Madanach known me, I felt I should comment on that and known why

Gwynolda: So it seems my name is not unknown here after all.

Madanach: Witch of Markath as you are known outside, you are well known even in the kingdowns of Reach, The one who maddened Ognar the Honorful, a wretched scum of the Ulfric's milita, rewarded of his heroism during the "Incident" by Igmund, loved by the nords, hated by us, a good ridiance I say. Here you are known as just Borkul's bitch amoungs the guards and the miners.

Gwynolda: I never did such thing, I am innocent! Nor I can do..

Madanach: Of course you are, but who knowns the truth outside here? Better question who would believe you?

Gwynolda: The sister in Temple surely would not...

Madanach: Ohh don't be naive my dear.. Heretic whore of the Reach as they call you there, you became a disgrace of them..

Gwynolda: It can't be...

His words was hurting, yet even he doesn't seemed to lie it appeared as truth, I believed him.

Madanach: My ears can hear anything in Markarth, in the Reach, amougs the kingdown even in your little temple too.. here chained in Cidhna.

Gwynolda: Ahem

Madanach: I heard your goal, your revenge, you desire kill Hamal with cold blood...

He asked about my goal, the revenge, I was not sure to tell the truth to him, after all why he cares? I told him a bit different version.

Gwynolda: I do not desire such selfish thing, I want deliver justice on her, Stendarr's justice! She takes part of innocent womens accusations and led them here in this miserable place, Stendarr demands justice..

Madanach: Stendarr's justice? Come on don't bullshit me. He might approve your revenge, but don't tell me you do this pure selfless reasons for justice, you are talking about the women who exiled of your home from the ones who you love, from your Beloved Dibella to here. She forced you to break Dibella's rule for your own survial, you can't let all of this hatred and anger by just Stendarr.. If you truly cared about the innocents you would choose different target for justice..

He didn't believed my altered version and his words angered me, all of my hatred and anger showed itself once. I raged and lost my calm state.

Gwynolda: Fine!! I want rip her into shreds, tear her apart, kill, broke that bitch! Wretched Snowman bitch! Whats the problem with that?!! I have every right for that!! I not care about others I want payback her all of the pain, hatred, suffering she caused me! How dare that overused slut!! I perverted Dibella's arts it for survival and pleasure to endure this shithole, because of her!!

Madanach: You cleared it good, now we talk..

Gwynolda: So you will just sit there and write while making me anger?

Madanach: I write a diary for myself, I plan the next actions and I write orders, I am not going to stop because you.

Gwynolda: When can I ask about what I want?!!

Madanach: When I want hear your questions, but I can't just give your desired answers withouth knowing you?

I was angry and frustrated, I wanted my answers and way of escape. I was ready for his stupid questions.

Gwynolda: Fine what else do you want to known?

Madanach: I heard you consider yourself one of us, yet you not worships our Old Gods, not living our way, not having our culture, not wearing our markings. Why do you think you one of us?

Gwynolda: I am reachmen, my parents was reachmens, is this not enough?

Madanach: Reachmen you? Even we share same ancestors and blood, the Reachmen is culture not blood, how can you claim such thing when you ignorant for it? Just because nords tell you, that not means they right. You even known our Gods?

Gwynolda: I claim because my parents was, I known the old gods Dibella, Mara, Kyne, Malacath, Hircine. I had enough time I learned about the history and culture of my people. I maked my research and weared markings until the temple forced me took them off.

Madanach: I confident your knowledge is not that accurate as you believe, you know some of our old gods and bit of academic writings, but you know what fine As King of the forsworn, the Reach I accepts you as one of us.

Gwynolda: Great can I ask known?

He called me about my heritage, but honestly I did not cared about it what he, a tribal from outer Reach think about how much reachmen I am even he is our supposed King, but he accepted me and finally my time for questions come.

Madanach: Go on ask away.

Gwynolda: What is the Forsworn?

Madanach: An reaction of the Markath incident, An alliance what founded itself after the incident. More specifically it is what my Kingdown of Reach became, a loose alliance with varius kingdowns and tribes from My kingdown, a succesor of it some sort. The goals are the same, but more desperate methods, Nords wanted war, they got it.

Gwynolda: What is your goal, the forsworn's goal? What are tryng achieve with this war?

Madanach: Independence from the Nords, an kingdown of the reachmens. That is my goal and the forsworn's goal.

Gwynolda: That seems a bit too ambitius if you ask me.

Madanach: Perhaps you see this way, I'm not.

Gwynolda: Tell me everything about the Markath incident.

Madanach: Where do I start, lets start from the very beginning..

Gwynolda: We have time don't we? Go on.

I sit down and listened him. Ready to hear the King of Reach's version of the Markath incident.

Madanach: I was ruled kingdown in the Druadach mountains, the Kingdown of Druadach. Our people had always bad time living on our lands ever since Tiber Septim conquered us, he founded Markarth and give the lordship to the nords, who saw as nothing more than dirt, but thats history. When the greatwar errupted I saw a chance for our people's freedom, I united the reachmen kingdowns, tribes under my banner and when the nords when fight to the Aldmeri, I gathered an army and took Markath back to our righful hands. Markarth became capital of my newly founded Kingdown of Reach, and finally we ruled our righful lands, my rule wasn't that bad as they claim. The reachmen finally allowed worship their gods open and we leaved the others alone, the only who suffered was the cruel slavemasters, they deserved every bit of it. I not cared the nords under my rule and their coward nobles who not fought in the war. A peaceful two year, then the war ended, the empire dispatched a legion to negotiate us for our terms. I was ready to give what we demand.

Gwynolda: Independent kingdown of Reach?

I distrupted him a bit with my question, he contiuned and answered.

Madanach: Almost, an independent kingdown of reachmen under the Emperor, as part of the Empire, free of the nords rule. But it was probably too much for a demand, I decided what will I ask from the Empire.

Gwynolda: What was that?

Madanach: Free worship of our Old gods. Resonable I think. While Empire itself not really never cared about it, if nothing else their law would be protect out faith. I know disappointing, but honestly I did not known how much they are give our demands. But before the Legion came..

Ahh then the part what I know the best came, Ulfric Stormcloak's slaughter of the city.

Gwynolda: Ulfric...

Madanach: We prepared for the imperial legion and their delegate, not for an full scale attack of nordic milita, you know the rest, he came and slaughter anybody who wasn't nord, bretons, reachmens of the city and my forces. I fought as I can but we were defeated, his thuum was strong and we not really expected an attack. After the battle, I was throwed here and the forsworn founded itself. But I did not give up, even here I fight for my people, guide them and help as I can ever since the day I am rot here. Can Ulfric say the same? I don't think so, due his actions his people suffer from the Thalmor for years, they now experiencing what my people feel under Igmund.

Gwynolda: Do you remember a woman who protects her infant and leader Lady Dibella's of the Temple who tried stop the slaughter?

Madanach: I tried protect my people best as I can, when our defeat was confirmed, only thing I could do to save many as I could. But the battle was not allowed me to pay attention everyone, but I do not remember such things, maybe it happened after when I was throwed in the prison. Why?

Gwynolda: I lost my parents during the incident..

Madanach: My condolences for your parents. I feel I am fault as those Stormcloaks for them, but I have to many blood on my hands now, you have every Right to blame and hate me as Ulfric.

Gwynolda:...I... nevermind..

After talking with him and getting my answers, I felt I need sit down and think about myself and what should I do, how should I do my vengeance. Should I blame him for wanting help his people for my loss? I don't know Ulfric was the one who did.

Madanach: Now then what are you plan to do Gwynolda? Wish to join us? or Escape from the Reach?

Gwynolda: I feel I need think about it. How can I escape here anyway?

Madanach: There is an old dwemer tunnel here wich led you out safely the city, but where you want to go?

Gwynolda: I do not known really, I need a place for now.

Madanach: Hide in my kingdown, in Druadach, I send a message of you, you can hide there, if you missing you will be noticed and Markarth may send bounty hunters after you, even if you hide in other holds.

Gwynolda: Well it might be not bad idea I see about it.

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