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The Aetherial Mirror, Chapter IX: Skyrim

by Vordur Steel-Hammer of the United Explorers of Scholarly Pursuits

The ninth part of the series about the retrieval of an ancient artifact

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The clue to the next Mirror fragment, hidden in Skyrim, came from an unexpected direction - my sister Svardir claimed to have seen a cave entrance that looked just like the one pictured in Elanirya's journal. The cave turned out to be the tomb of Yoregg Grass-Grazer of Windhelm (refer to Taleon Mythmaker's "The Bastard's Tomb" for its story). The mages' expedition found an interesting inscription in the tomb: apparently one of its builders, Alvor Stone-Master, had been affected by a strange power during the works, and years after Yoregg's death, he came back to the tomb, where his mind finally succumbed to the overwhelming power of the relic. The text read:

HET NOK ALVOR GOLZ-IN

WO W2L1N YOREGGI QOTH

AHRK D1L1N FOD YOREGG LOST DILON

AHRK S3V FIN F3K SE SUL9K

TOL DU OK HADRIM

Het nok Alvor Golz-In

Wo wahlaan Yoreggi qoth

Ahrk daalaan fod Yoregg lost dilon

Ahrk siiv fin fiik se suleyk

Tol du ok hadrim

Here lies Alvor Stone-Master

Who built Yoregg's tomb

And returned here when Yoregg died

And found a mirror of power

That devoured his mind.

And indeed, the draugr that had once been Alvor was the guardian of the fragment, but not even his Thu'um could stop the mages from defeating him and recovering the treasure they sought.