Smile was warm, skin was golden, even in death

Langwen the Wood Elf heard the words of the Daedric Prince Peryite and after arranging the burial of the entire Thalmor squad she had killed in self-defense in Whiterun, she hurried for Solitude stark naked, not even waiting for the cleaning women to clean and dry the blood off her robes. She knew the court wizard of Solitude who was a magnificent specimen of Altmer womanhood named Curwaen, the Skilled (Cur) Maiden/Virgin (Gwend), although the High Elves would use the suffixes Wae or Gwaen, rather then the more common Gwen or Wen in naming their daughters.

And a well deserved name it was as she was skilled in spell, alchemy and enchanting and had an unshakable loyalty to the Empire. Before Langwen had married the Nord beauty Darena, she and Curwaen had been very close...and very intimate as they both shared a well-founded hatred for necromancers and all undead as well as Daedra. Both worshipped Goddess Dibella, although Curwaen, as befits a master alchemist was also a firm worshipper of Kynareth, Goddess of Heavens, Nature and the elements.

Langwen's only defense, in addition to her already deadly skills, was a massive greatsword made of the finest Skyforge Steel, the best steel in all Skyrim, indeed in all of Tamriel. More than enough protection...Langwen thought as she ran north towards Solitude as far as her swift legs could carry her. Once inside the city, the Nord and Altmer women at first huffed at her nudity until they saw the tears in her eyes, and her steely resolve. Clearly this wasn't a Wood Elf to be trifled with, despite her young and tender age. Exhausted and about ready to fall down for lack of energy, one of the merchants directed Langwen to the local inn, the Twin Moons Tavern, to wash herself as well as eat and drink.

Didn't take all that long for the arrival of a naked, sweating Wood Elf almost dead from exhaustion to make the rounds around town, and the kindly Nord inn-keeper Astrid Autumn-Wind told Langwen that the High Queen of Skyrim herself was offering a large reward for finding her court wizard. Everyone though bandits had snatched her or worse and Langwen knew it really was much worse. It was the Thalmor. Astrid warned the Wood Elf that Curwaen liked mushroom...a lot, apparently, something Langwen already knew and the best place to find them would be around the clearing and small lake in the Haafingar forest called Clear Pine Pond, although Spriggans, female entities made entirely from wood and tree bark charged with protecting the forest would be there.

Langwen made her way to Clear Pine Pond and there propped up against a tree was Curwaen, like Langwen completely naked seeming as if she had fallen asleep. Her skin still shined golden, and her face still had that heart-warming smile that would light up the room everywhere she went...even with her High Elf war paint that looked like her eyes were bleeding. Langwen falsely allowed herself falsely to hope against all hope and hard-won military experience and rush to her aid, her hands glowing with restoration magic, trying to bring her back to life and health, but Curwaen's eyes simply stared blankly, their sparkle and light forever gone. Checking her former friend and lover's body her military discipline broke and she started to cry hysterically begging the Nine Divines for their intercession and finally saying a prayer for Curwaen's soul after she realized that there was nothing she could do to bring her friend back. 

Once Langwen's grief had subsided, she regained control of her reason just enough to realize how the Thalmor killed her dearest friend. They used local bandit scum to paralyze her with a spell and then suffocate her with own robes. As she took her dead former lover back to Solitude for burial, Langwen swore an oath that she would make the Thalmor...ALL THALMOR...pay dearly for what they did...even if it meant hunting them down for all eternity.

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