Kana's Journal of Legendary Adventures

The following is a journal with a cover that was worn. First half of the book had pages that were wrinkled while the back half had much neater pages. This remains tightly in the grip of a young girl

I set off from my home to find my legendary blade. Taking the nearest battleship and setting sail through uncharted waters to find the legendary blade Papa one sought out. Lost through the years remaining untouched, it slumbers deep underground awaiting a new host worthy of wielding it. We soon crashed landed into lands after having a massive battle with a gigantic Sea Serpent that was hundreds times bigger than my battle vessel.
I wandered the province for several days, but it seems my presence was already well known to the evil doers. Camps were empty and everyone were killed before I even had to chance to look at them. It was strange. Not shocking but strange. I soon ran into a short Dunmer with a very unimpressive beard. If I was male my beard with have been ten folds better than his. I confused him for a bandit at first but soon I realized he was one of Papa’s friends….

I never got to meet papa before but his journal, his creativity, his mind. It was something that no one else can fathom. I spent months reading his works, He created a separate world in his mind that similar to Tamriel and can successfully live in both worlds at the same time. In this reality he was one person but in his other worlds he was someone completely different. Its fascinating. He lived in a never ending story. If only we had just a moment to exchanged words… but my creativity will never be anything like his. But I will keep going, with Titan's Bane Edge by my side.

Important note

This is something we call fictional writing

I guess this is it. I need to fix this problem. Fix this mistake I made a few months ago. Leaving mama for my selfish reasons. I know why I left but I just can’t believe myself for being so selfish. As I speak, I'm on a boat with Dunther between Goldcoast and Valenwoods. Just a few days and I will be home. Maybe I can visit Fedris and the Inspector when I get older. But, for now I'm gonna stay home with mama till I become old enough for her to stop worrying about me. But I will keep training with a sword and bow. And Dunther, my new best friend. Maybe I won’t have any reasons to leave. I will no longer be alone anymore. Dunther is my new best friend and we are going to do everything together now. I love him, he does not listen to me a lot of times but he still stays with me and takes care of me and I take care of him. And maybe with him with me, Mama might let me go to Kvatch on my own. I can see why papa loved him so much. He’s the best friend anyone can have. I should have left Fedris and Miss Lucrezia a note but I have not seen them in days. Hopefully it does not matter. And I hope they are fine with me leaving all of papa’s old armor and weapons near his memorial on his favorite cliff… or that I forgot to put the tent I slept in there as well. Whoops! Well I ---

As Kana turns the page a folded paper falls out of the book. Kana has flipped through this book from front to back constantly. She would have noticed a loose paper in there before. This was new, and recent. Someone touched her book without her noticing. She looks at the folded note reading it over.

Whats on the Note

“A burdened heart sinks into the ground/
A veil falls away without a sound/
Not day nor night, wrong nor right/
For truth and peace you fight/

Sing with me a song, or silence and blood/
The rain falls, but can’t wash away the mud/
Within my ancient heart dwells madness and pride/
Can no one hear my cry

You are the ocean gray waves”

That thorn in your heart has turned into a rose.

As she reads it she her hand shakes slightly and a single tear falls from her cheek. And she smiles as she folds the note. She begins to talk and fold the note in her hands sticking it in her back pouch “The last verse to the song Papa loved…it was all a rumor then?” She closes her journal and walks to the side of the boat on top. She looks over the edge smiling and throws the book into the waters below

“I won’t need to continue reading the stories you wrote in this book. Because you are going to tell them to me in person.” She leans over the edge looking out the waters softly singing the song “You are the oceans gray waves…”

“Ok. Five minutes. Five minutes everyday and just write something. Anything.” Kana opens her journal and starts scribbling

The 3 adventurers set off into an unexplored cave that reeked of death and treasure. They fearlessly entered the cave, prepared for whatever disgusting or naughty creature that they may encounter. Amora the Precise, with the aim of a legendary marksman. Barely trained at her level but with the natural talent of all the Bosmeri scouts put together. Keys The Infallible The Unstoppable The Brave The Thief The Fearless The Swift followed close. With the swiftness of an agile fox and the cunning wit of a senche. And finally me, the Legendary Kana, she who has been blessed by the Dragons and touched by Akatosh. With the Strength of millions of orcs and as fearless as a raging Troll fighting against terrible odds. Wielding the legendary blade of Mystletainn! A blade that cuts through Daedra as if they were melting butter.

The Three delve deeper into the bowels of the cave in search of legendary treasure and ancient knowledge but soon their path was blocked by a giant blood sucking Vampire Hoarvor. With massive fangs and surrounded by a protective chitinous shell, the creature was devouring its last meal of the unfortunate adventurer that delve these caves unprepared. But it was no match for the trio that stood before it. With pinpoint aim Amora the Precise shoots the vile creature with her ebony tipped arrows, piercing through its mouth. Keys soon followed stabbing all its weak points with such speed, even light could not compete with her agility. The creature was already dead but to ensure its death, I the Legendary Kana, cleaved the creature in one swing destroying its body.

The 3 adventurers looked at their recent kill. But they were soon distracted talking about their legendary adventures that they were ambushed by Giant Crocodile that walked on 2 legs with enough strength to put a mammoth to shame. Punching the ground where the warriors stood, the Giant Crocodile launched the trio away. Aiming at Keys, the beast charges at her with it’s massive jaws opened wide. Dodging the attack, Keys leaps over and impales the beast in the roof of it’s mouth. Barely able to keep up Keys, the creature swings its tail and body violently and hits her. Taking that opportunity it lunges at the downed Khajiit and snaps at her leaving a nasty cut on her legs. The only two adventures leap into the fray. Amora unleashes her well placed arrows into the beast but its skin was too tough for the arrows to penetrate deeply. Amora converts her bow into a melee weapon and swings it, knocking the Crocodile around like an old orcish doll. But it was not enough, Kana had to do something. Holding her legendary blade in her hands she taps into her inner powers. Divine power surrounds the blade as it emits a bright golden glow that illuminates the entire cave. I Kana leaps at the massive Crocodile swinging her blade in a wide horizontal arc, cleaving any and everything behind and around the beast. RADIANT DAWN Kana shouts as the blade slices the beast in half. An--”

Kana lifts her head one moment “Ah! No that was not 5 minutes! This was over 2 hours!” She closes her journal and runs off.

*The page was covered in wet marks from tears and ink running down the page making most of the words unreadable.*

It’s all my fault. I left her when she needed me most… I left her just to meet my father, twice. She had a illness I never knew about but it killed her once I left. I’m the worst villain there is. I killed my own mother. But I can’t slay myself. And my treacherous father… withholding such information from me. Blinding accepting all that he tells me but but he is no better than any criminal in nirn. And the bitch witch, Hloriella can rot as well. I’ve infiltrated Papa’s Afer’s private chambers to found the letter explaining and there was also a gem in there. A sapphire that I have to use to claim all that my mother left for me. I’m leaving for Anvil in the morning, and I’m not telling my father-- no I don't want to call him that anymore. I’m not telling Afer anything. I can’t go home not the hall I… I don't want to be around him. He is going to try to find me so he knows I’m going to Anvil. Just be 5 steps ahead. I know somewhere he would never think to find me, because he will be to much of a coward to go there himself… I need to be alone for a while. A long while. I want to talk to someone but-”

*The entry ends abruptly*

Two mysterious heroes enters through the doors of the dark, ominous and abandoned Cathedral. The eerie presence of evil of be felt with each and every step they took. The two were Father and Daughter both taking it upon themselves to banish the evil that resides in such a place, as they were holy banishers of evil! As they navigated through the eerie and creepy building. All they were able to see was darkness and all they could smell was death. The Pa-- Father led the way clearing the path of cobwebs with his holy fire magic. As they both get closer to the bowels of the building they hear faint sounds of pain and agony from beyond the walls. Scratching and footsteps other than their was heard for their entire walk up, trailing them like predators trail their preys, until they found the doors to a large room in the center of the building. Dim light shined through the stained glass windows only barely lighting up the center of the massive room. Everything was in ruins, the chairs were shattered, the tables were broken in half, the pillars were slowly crumbling away! An altar was placed in the center filled with what seemed to be decaying corpses and overflowing with blood!

Upon entry they spot a floating figure dressed in tattered robes that once belonged to a high priest, a crown upon it’s head to symbolize his power and a long glowing staff that was exuding great evil power, erm, EVIL! As the figured turned around it looked to the two holy knight heroes standing beneath him. His face was grey and looked as if it was rotting. Was a lich in front of them, levitating in the air and raising both his arms, looking down at them. It spoke down to them with a demonic and out worldly voice. With each syllable echoing throughout the building at near ear shattering volume.

“Mortals shall suffer! You’ve come here just to perish! Die mortals and join my undead army!” He raises his staff shooting a glowing beam upwards causing the light shining through the windows to be covered and replaced with a dark and evil glow. The blood altar begins to bubble and overflow even more causing the corpses inside to fall out. But as the altar continues to overflow, more and more corpses rise up. Innumerable amounts of corpses pour and slowly move as beams of light from above shoots into them. Tap tap tap, comes the liches minion’s footfalls. Steadily as they advance onto the heroic pair. Inexorably nearer with every breath as their footsteps get louder and louder! Competing with the sounds of an charging orc army! Their last chance to flee has fled, the undead comes to take them both!

The Lich screams at them “Die mortals, DIE!”

The two heroes stand back frozen in fear, all they can see and hear was their doom and waves and waves of bodies begin to stack up and take a animated form. The blood pouring out covers the room’s floors, rising above ankle height, and the horde of evil in front of them let out their deathly roars before charging at the two heroes like savages beast charges at their prey, no wait I used that comparison, I mean like hungry vampires racing to reach their next blood filled victim next!. They were outnumbered, Infinity to one, ermm two. There was no hope for either of them and all they could have done was stand there and watch the horde in front multiply by the dozens.The Daughter looks to her Father nodding her head and pulls out an enchanted tome from her pouch and stands in front of the him holding the tome above her head shouting the incantation to unlock the tome’s powerful and magical properties! Words that not even the most skilled grandmaster mage in all of nirn can comprehend!”

Kana….

As she finishes the incantation beams of light shoot from her book hitting the abominations causing them to explode one by one! “Fear me vile abominations! For I am a slayer of all that is corrupted and villainous!” Boosh! Boom! VSHHHH! WOOOSHHH! Body parts flew and scattered across the room from each explosion as beams of power shoots out to each target!

Kana…..

But with each body explosion, another body emerges from the overflowing blood altar. Each body lose, two more would take its place! It appeared as though the heroes were fighting a losing battle! But no! They had an extra trick up their sleeve to deal with evil menacing horde! Hope was not lost for the heroes! But then among the overflowing altar mo--

Loud sighing “KANA!”

Kana jumps up in shock hearing the loud shouting. The scene swaps over revealing she was in fact narrating this whole time. She was in a small, dimly lit home. Wearing a large blanket over her head and her journal in her hands. She trips over the blanket falling over. “Owww who dare’s interferes with my adventures...” She looks at the pair of boots in front of where she fell and then slowly looks up at the figure above her.

Afer towering above her as she was on the floor. He folded his arms tapping his feet “Kana. You were basically screaming there.” Shaking his head down at her. Dunther was in the corner of the small home resting his head. At this point he hears enough screaming from these two all day every day. This is no different.

Kana jumps up wearing her normal sleeveless clothing and sandals. She frowned at him with a open mouth “Papa!... I was in the middle of battling an evil dark and powerful lich and you interrupted! He was just about to summon his twelve dreadlords generals and use them to wreck havoc all across tamriel and we had to stop him before it was too late!”

Afer raises a brow looking at the girl shaking his head. “Mmmhm. Mmhm. And how exactly were you going to stop this horrific event from happening? From your screaming, I heard that the ….. Zombies? That they were spawning faster than they could kill.”

Kana dust herself off but still hold frown with a slightly angry look “Well before you interrupted me, I was just about to unleash the full potential of our secret weapon. And use it to wipe all the dreadlords, zombies and the lich all at once!”

“Oh? How so? The spell tome used seemed to be ineffective”

“Well. I was going to use the Book of Egdelwonk on them. It was a legendary book our characters found capable of intense power!”

“What? Wait…. Is that even a word?”

“Well it’s like the Book of Knowledge of backwards. Knowledge is the strongest weapon in the world, which means its corrupted and twisted version must be tenfolds stronger!” She now smiles as she talks

“Why not just shoot a silver tipped crossbow bolt at the liches chest and get it over with?”

“Papa that’s too easy and not fun story to tell.”

“Right... fun story. Stop shouting.” Afer leaves the home, rubbing his head. “What will I do with you?”

Kana looks at him then to Dunther, kneeling beside him. “Father simply does not understand, if only he let me finish my story! Even if the world seems so consumed by darkness, it is never swallowed so fully. As Kana, Herald of Light shrugs off darkness like a cloak from her shoulders! Making her the umm… The Shrugger of Darkness!” She falls back onto Dunther, resting her head on the large dog’s body.

Kana sits in her room, forced to listen to the loud noise being made in her home. From Afer speaking way too loud, to her younger brother crying and Giselle doing whatever she does that contributes to it. She was sitting at her desk with a collection of masks, paint and books scattered around while she scribbled in her journal.

"My list of characters so far and their masks.

Star Gazer mask. Blue with some gold swirls.
Kana Dusk - Observer and speaker of the stars. Optimistic and bubbly, and always in search of the ‘chosen one’ chosen by the stars and serve them. For destiny has shown her that she is not chosen, so she must devote her life to whoever is chosen.

Heart’s mask. Pink with red floral patterns.
Kana Rose - A priestess of Mara, spreader of love, and a medic willing to aid all of those who are sick. Has a heart made from pure gold and always willing to give anything away. Serves to make others feel good about themselves. She has never seen combat in her life and is unfamiliar with violence.

Hero’s mask (Dark red and light blue)
Crimson Kana - Daring Heroine of Justice and wielder of holy magic she uses to scare evil away. Never shies away from a challenge. Her life's mission to lend her assistance to one and all who may require it, no matter how trivial or absurd their grievances may be.

Rage (Black and red)
The Fallen - Forbidden mask. When Kana finally fails to stay her sword hand, all will be lost. The Fallen is only capable of rage and fury and will not be satisfied till all its friends and foes are slain.

Mask of Mysteries ( Red and gold. May repaint it to black to add to the mysteriousness of it. )
Kana Dark . The Mysterious . Name is work in progress - Dark mysterious magical swordsman whose darkness is just too dark for this world. She has no origin and is a keeper of secrets. Too many secrets that even those such as Hermaeus Mora envies what she knows.

Tranquil. (Black.)
Kana. Just Kana. - A quiet observer. Though would aid in minor tasks, she simply shows no emotions, is very short with people, calm. A breathing statue most other times.


And now my list of characters increases to 6 and I still have 2 more blank masks remaining. Unsure what characters I can create out of these 2. One has a design over the eye and it looks like something that resembles water, or air.
The other has a pattern that looks like vines with flowers on them. Perhaps I could make a character who resembles growth. A sheltered child who learns of the harsh cruel nature of the world? Hrm, maybe. Or maybe I can make a rapscallion character? Yes someone very mischievous but wouldn’t that get my other characters into trouble? Yeah it would. Pass. I need inspiration!"