Bolgrim

History

• The Past

  Bölgrim was born and raised upon the beautiful shores of Summerset Isles with his baby sister, mother, and father. In a way, his childhood was the classic perfection of any Altmer child. His father a renown and respected individual within both society and the Thalmor, one could say Bölgrim grew up around getting treated damned near like royalty. His food was the best, his toys were always new, and servants were required to bend backwards for his beck and call. Whatever Bölgrim demanded, he often obtained swiftly. Though he was blessed with a silver spoon in his mouth, the Altmer boy lacked one thing; A Parent's Love. Oh of course his parents loved him, but their way of love seemed more superficial and bought with shiny, new things to distract him from the disdain that they rarely, if ever, interacted with him, let alone showed any physical compassion or affection towards him. The only time he felt his mother's touch was when he was an infant and held in her arms or given a hug and the occasional kiss. The only touch he felt from his father was a backhand to the face when he was punished and the occasional, awkward hug, but other than that, his parents rarely interacted with him. So in stereotype, Bölgrim was the spoiled, rich kid that was neglected by his own parents. His primary caregivers were servants and purchased caregivers. Slaves were also caretakers for a short time as well, yet Bölgrim wasn't fond nor keen on following in his father's footsteps when it came to the ideals of the enslavement of other beings. This doesn't mean he still didn't uphold the Thalmor's point of view that all other races were inferior to Elves and High Elves were superior to other Elves, he supported that ideal strongly and indulged in it greatly by speaking his point of view about it openly, but slavery just didn't seem right for some reason..
  
  Once Bölgrim came of age, he was initiated into the Thalmor just as his father and his father's father before him by taking upon usual tasks. At first he was just a lowly provider. Signed the papers, delivered messages, but by the time he was twenty-four, he had developed into a seasoned and well trained soldier for the Aldmeri Dominion. He fought in the Great War by the time he was twenty-nine and at the end, he was shoved into the ranks of a Thalmor Justiciator as well as claiming his father's title when the old man died in the War. His mother had also followed him to the grave two years later after the discovery that she had been bitten by a Vampire and contracted the disease. Bölgrim and his younger sister had little to no idea that their mother was hiding such a secret from them, yet luckily their mother did not contract the disease until their father passed on. Supposedly, the fear of death and of losing her only love encouraged Bölgrim's mother to seek out a way to cheat death and a way to bring their father back. In the end, she became dangerously corrupt and even mad in a way by converting all of her time and skill to Necromancy. When she was discovered? She was slaughtered by her own friends whom discovered such secrets. By the time all of this had happened though, Bölgrim was traveling through Cyrodiil and on his way to Skyrim. Heartbroken, the Altmer attempted to disregard and close off most of his strain in losing both parents not even a decade apart from each other. Yet, he wasn't deeply troubled by the loss. In a way it felt like an awkward relief to know that their personal burdens would not be passed on to him and his sister.
  It's not like they cared for them anyways..
  
  Bölgrim stuck to himself and as a Thalmor Justiciator, he roamed the lands, high and low, searching for Talos worshipers and capturing Stormcloak soldiers to interrogate and torture. Actually, it was a large sum of anyone that were Talos worshipers and anyone part of the rebellion. Even fellow Imperial soldiers were being slaughtered by his hand. For what reason? Because his superiors commanded him to and it was his job. To say he reveled and indulged in it is an exaggeration, but the perk of being an interrogator and Justiciator gave you power and authority over others. More so, Bölgrim craved secrets and knowledge. He thrived on dark, unknown, and mysterious whispers that many were unable to hear. Ancient artifacts, old relics, rare tomes and scrolls filled with all kinds of delicious wisdom that he found insatiable. Upon his travels, exploration, and growing collection, his desires for hidden knowledge led him down the road to where he came in contact with the Daedric Prince known as Hermaeus Mora whom found the Altmer somewhat in his favor and his insatiable craving for secrets to be oddly delicious. In the acts of completing Hermaeus Mora's quest, Bölgrim became one of the Daedric Prince's Champions and obtained the Oghma Infinium as a reward. He read upon the pages and discovered untapped knowledge that made him powerful. In his wiles and cravings for more, Bölgrim renounced his Thalmor alliance, unbeknownst to the Thalmor at the time, and dedicated his full attention towards being Hermaeus Mora's Champion and discovering more unspoken secrets from ages past and present.
  
  Surprisingly, few know that being a loyal Thalmor is a life debt that can't be replaced and paid off. Once you are aligned with them you are aligned with them for good. One that abandons and turns their back to the Thalmor often receive a knife to their throat and are wanted for going AWOL, betrayal, and are instantly targeted as traitors that are hunted down like the dogs they are. Bölgrim knew well enough that word would reach the Thalmor the more he went about Skyrim so he planned ahead and went into hiding. Most of his hiding locations were Dwemer Ruins and caves. Sometimes he hid in plain sight by dressing up in his old Thalmor robes and going within cities to obtain his usual needs. Yet in the end, the pursuit and hunt for the Altmer was starting to take a strain on his lifestyle and his objectives, so he made the final option to leave Skyrim and return on occasion for the sheer sake of nostalgia, research, and visiting old companions. His new life was set to blossom and grow in Solsthiem, where he obtained a nice manor after assisting the Guard Captain weeding out a few Hlaalu Spies and in return he was given the manor for his good deeds. A simple task with a proper reward.
  
  It wasn't until word of the Dragonborn reemerging did Bölgrim get into more trouble with the Thalmor. Somehow or another, they were tipped off that he was hiding out in Solstheim and the hunt for him began again. Tired of fleeing, Bölgrim retaliated with fury and lashout at both Justiciators and Soldiers that were after him. With much force and magical powers, Bölgrim was confronted by a rather large contingent of Thalmor soldiers and hired mercenaries to capture him dead or alive. In the end, he took down many and the battle within an abandoned fort was nigh epic and much bloodletting was had. Yet in the end, Bölgrim became trapped and cornered within the abandoned fort. He could neither run or hide and with the last bit of magic and energy he had left in him?
  He prayed to Hermaeus Mora.
  
  Once the Thalmor and their allies managed to break through numerous barriers and fighting off Bölgrim's gang of undead and summoned Daedric forces, they found only the tattered remains of an old, black book and his finger left behind. The Black Book was left to stay and rot where it was, the Thalmor assuming it was just something old and burned while they fully raided the fort in search of the mysteriously fleeing traitor, yet the found nothing on how he could escape let alone how he managed to get past them without being killed. They retreated, assuming him dead, and returned to Skyrim with more important matters.
  
  Three years passed and it wasn't until the Dunmer Telvanni Mage known as Master Neloth was exploring the decrepit and half scorched ruins of the fort. He discovered the Black Book and knew instantly for what it was. Upon his readings, some how or another, Bölgrim had managed to be released from Hermaeus Mora's realm known as Apocrypha. When the Altmer came to, he was confronted with an array of questions and Master Neloth overjoyed, if not excited to discover that a living being that was coherent enough to explain their adventures in that plane of Oblivion. During Bölgrim's recovery, he and the Dunmer Mage Lord conversed for what seemed like weeks, both of them trading information, Bölgrim telling him of what events had taken place in Apocrypha, though he didn't go into great details. Over time, an awkward, if not weird, relationship grew between the two Elves. Master Neloth enjoying Bölgrim's company out of the sheer sake of having first hand experience in another plane as well as being a worshiper of Hermaeus Mora, yet he didn't enjoy the Altmer's fancy for being sometimes a bit smarter than he was at certain things. Bölgrim enjoyed Neloth's company due to his disregard for for the Altmer's shady past. Neloth cared little for the Thalmor and he cared much less about the conflicts transpiring in Skyrim over the Civil War. His loyalty was to House Telvanni and he confirmed this repeatedly.
  
  In the end, the two somehow started sharing more than secrets in their privacy. To say that it was romance and love is laughable and hilarious to the both of them. Both fully agreed that their attraction to each other was dubious if not a distraction to their research, but lust is a difficult feeling to disregard and with both being a bit too haughty and proud to just lay about with any lesser being, they concluded that they could both equally state each other's urges if such temptations ever arose. Life partners? Mates? Lovers? A Couple? None of the above. Just two Mer practicing Dibella's gift and indulging in something that brings pleasure.