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***IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS***
1) I realize entirely that I have a lot of editing and revising as well most likely to do with this, and I know it seems like I don't care about my work from common mistakes being presented, but I have too much on my plate right now. I love writing, and I hate putting up something that isn't fully edited, but if I didn't put it up as is it would never go up. College can be brutal at times.
2) I work hard to try and be as original as I can, and while I know that werewolves are not original, I mean that by my perspective in the story. I appreciate all feedback, even if it's critiquing errors and such.
3) I base this story in Skyrim, yes, but some of what I put in here is actually minor details of a fantasy novel I am writing myself. HOWEVER, NONE OF WHAT I WRITE THAT IS SKYRIM BASED WILL BE IN MY NOVEL PLEASE HAVE COMMON SENSE AND KNOW THAT. If you need clarification, feel free to ask. I am very nervous to share these details with all of you, for this is actually the first time I am ever incorporating some of my personal work into something that has nothing to do with it. Further on, I will be contrasting a two different worlds with entirely different feels to them. And I have worked for months working on descriptions in my personal time to detail out the geography, history, and important details of the second world I am introducing here. So, all of this belongs to me, and I do hope that I can respectfully have nothing of my writing reproduced in any way. BUT LIKE I SAID, I DO NOT CLAIM ANY RIGHTS TO ANYTHING THAT IS SKYRIM BASED. The setting for the Ula, is something I have recently come up with, and in my own story the Ula Sanctuary is highly different. If this weren't a fanfiction forum, I would most likely just post chapters straight out of my novel, but I am enjoying incorporating some of my ideas into Skyrim.
4) If I have a character that doesn't belong to me, solely, in my story, then I will have had permission to use them. Period. And I will credit that person for the use of their character. But I don't plan on using anyone else's characters except for my own unless something of high importance with that character comes into play in my story.
5) I DO NOT CLAIM TO OWN ANY OF THE PICTURES THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY SPECIFIED AS MY OWN. ALL OF THE PICTURES I USE EITHER HAVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, OR IF THERE IS NO BACK LINK, THEN THAT IS BECAUSE I FOUND THEM OFF GOOGLE WHILE WRITING FOR INSPIRATION TO ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE IMAGES IN MY HEAD AT CERTAIN POINTS THEY ARE USED. IT'S ONLY THERE TO ENHANCE THE IMAGINATION AND PUT JUSTICE TO WHERE I MYSELF AM WEAK AT DESCRIBING IF IT SHOWS. I know that I have problems with editing and grammar, and have already previously expressed so, and I plan on going through all of this at the end of the story as a whole (which I cannot promise when that will be) and fully revising and editing it to perfection. As for now, my apologies still for the inconveniences it may produce, but I feel like the images and break ups of color should do justice to this where I see myself lacking until I have more time. (I figure you guys would have at least a decently edited story than nothing at all, so, it's still bearable and satisfying to read in the meantime.)
THE REAL LEILANI
(BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE ULA)
THE ULA WOLF PACK: Riverwood is covered in thick forestry south of Whiterun, and in the earlier years of Skyrim before the Alduin Crisis or the Civil War, about ten years ago, werewolves were at their strongest state. The Ula, a purebred bloodline of werewolves that have branches reaching all over Tamriel, were founded by a small Nord family many generations before this time period. Ula, means Wolf Power, and the purpose of the cult was to bring purebred werewolf kind together in order to keep their bloodlines pure, strong, and remind those who think less of the blessing from Hircine as a force to be respected. The Ula unites their members for safety, progressing their purebred lineage, and promotes pride and honor in the extension of their normal lives. The sanctuary, is a place where the members of the Ula can go to seek shelter, be at peace in their form, and learn more about themselves as well as perfect ways to use their gifts. It’s kind of like a secret, but enormous, werewolf pack. The members of the Ula are in the Ula for life, and after it was founded long ago, after many generations, in order to become a part of the Ula to this day would only be able to be from birth. In the beginning, it was not so, but that was because it was still new, and they were still getting things started. However, over the years, after having produced a successful, large, purebred wolf pack, the members did not want to risk losing their “pure blood,” so being born into the cult was the only way to become apart of it. There was enough diversity, that, several different branches like previously stated began to venture out to different provinces where they could expand the Ula into a massive symbol of underground power. The diversity was important, obviously, for mating, as well as for progressing their abilities in different ways, as well as being able to advance their protection from the guards, vampires, and anti-werewolf townsfolk. While they were a force to be feared, the Ula was also a safety net for their own so that if things ever did go sour, and one of their members had their identities found out while in beast form, they would be able to hide out if they needed to. Which, came the importance of having several different Ula sanctuaries all over Tamriel. People in the Ula were generally nomadic, and it was important for them to have proctection wherever needed. Like any member of a wolf pack, they took care of their own. If one was in trouble and another knew about it, they would avenge the troubled one. The Ula Members lived off of values, kind of like the Dark Brotherhood’s Five Tenets, which were:1) Love in the Ula is very important. First off, having romances with prey was not prohibited, but making prey into “haflings,” in order to share your Ula pride with them was prohibited. Prey is anyone who was not apart of the Ula, so that even meant werewolves who may/may not be of pureblood descent and were not apart of the cult. Second, if you did have connections intimately with any form of prey, it was only considered a temporary romance. Real mates, in the eyes of the Ula, must be between two members, and since love was of the highest importance, once you found your “true love” within the cult, you were to be bound to that mate for life. Just like real wolves would do.
2) If a mate shames another mate, a meeting of the Ula assembly must take place. Because mates are for life, this is one of the highest forms of disrespect to the Ula members and the elder council. The elder council were some of the most powerful, most experienced wolven kind of the Ula, and as each member progressed through age, and a member of the elder council would die, a new elder would be passed on into the council to take their place. Of course, they would have to be recognized by all members of the assembly in that specific sanctuary, but that is how it generally would take place. Shaming a mate is either cheating, rejecting your lover for prey, or taking back your vows. This would come down for the lover shamed against during an assembly meeting to either have the choice of fighting their ex-mate to the death, or exile. Like previously stated, love is very precious to the Ula because it is one of the forces that keeps their bloodlines pure and strong.
3) Loyalty between members is a must hands down. Each member, no matter if they didn’t know one another at all between their districts of sanctuaries, hands down must treat one another like their own. The Ula is very secretive, but no matter what, all members even if they have no idea who the person is, will know who belongs to the Ula and who doesn’t. This, is distinguished by eye color. All members of the Ula have silver eyes. Not just any ordinary gray eyes, but actual silver eyes. They are a light gray, and when the moon hits them, they bear that familiar silver shine. Day in, and day out, the only exception to this rule would be Aatu bloodline. The Aatu bloodline in the Ula is distinguished by their remarkable lime green eyes. During the day, like the silver eyes, the lime green eyes of this string of members of the Ula will only depic a light, lime green color. However, when the moon shines on them, or darkness in general the lime green eyes of these wolven kind will glow. More description about the Aatu bloodline will come later. Also, another way to denote stranger Ula brethren to other stranger Ula brethren would be a small branding under their left foot. This, is the typical Ula insignia, and is recognized as something to be proud of for all of the power that one brand provides you with. It is given to them by birth, and further explanation of it’s benefits will be described later on.
4) Pride in one’s heritage is a core value as well. Since the Ula started by the Nord race, honor, loyalty, and tradition were held up to be primary values to be taught between new members as they grew up through the ranks of their wolf pack.
5) Always striving for progress. By this, what it means is that each member of the Ula is expected to train, and to master control over their beast form so that they can manipulate it at whim and not let the curse of the moon take over their normal human lives. Also, members of the Ula had “enhanced” gifts that other werewolf kind did not, and, discipline was required in order to fully use their talents.
6) Respect. This is another very important value for the members of the Ula. All members had to work together in order to keep their cult safe and protected, and one way of doing this, is to always show the utmost respect for one another in the pack. No matter what they looked like, what gender they were, who they were, nor how they acted outside of the Ula, respect was always granted. Ula members treated everyone in the cult as their own, even if they were not actually related, because they needed to. Because they were proud of who they were, and how big and strong their connections had grown over the generations it had existed.
The Aatu Bloodline
The Aatu bloodline is distinct from any of the other bloodlines from within the pack, because, members of this family were from the founding family that started the Ula in the first place. Aatu, means noble wolf, and this family is considered to be the “highest ranking” bloodline within the pack, hence the alpha. So, members of this family are treated like royalty, and during any court session with the assembly and elder council no matter where it takes place, they have right of word. Right of word means that they can decide what they want, and it presides over what the elder council says no matter if it is just or not. In this time period, ten years before Alduin and the Civil War in Skyrim, the family was at it’s fullest which provided a stronger connection between all different districts of the Ula throughout Tamriel. The small bloodline would have a primary location that they lived, but did not have a specific section of the pack that they considered to be higher ranking than any of the others. The Ula, and all of it’s different districts, were meant to be able to function regardless of whether or not these royal members were present for court sessions or not. But, if they were, it just became kind of like a bonus voice in the assembly at that time for whatever issue being discussed. Court sessions primarily were used for keeping contact with members, or for settling disputes. Members of the Aatu were considered to have a “cut above the rest” form of strength which the rest of the members didn’t, as well as females of that bloodline being born with the gift of Empathy. Empathy, in this definition, is any form of telepathy that comes naturally to the Aatu bloodline, and is not needed to be taught through magic or any other sort of practice. For example, a daughter of the Aatu is able to read minds, feel other people’s feelings, and to connect with others in a telepathic conversation. No other members of the Ula had this gift just from birth, and instantly could understand it, but they had the ability to learn it like everyone else did through practice and magic.The Mark of the Ula
Like previously stated, Werewolves in the Ula have special benefits that others with lycanthropy don’t have. Like their superior strength and speed, they also have a blessing from Kynareth over nature. They can command the trees, grasses, and earth around them to do their bidding. It’s not that simple, though, and their blessing is limited to only aid them in their time of need. The blessing is not for offense, but for defense, as well as protecting the sanctury from any kind of intruders. Since keeping the Ula secret from all outsiders was very important to them, the mark was used in order to be able to reach the Ula sanctuary in the first place. Without it, the entrance just didn’t exist. The mark was simple, and at the moment the Ula pack member can first come into their beast form, they are branded with the mark kind of like a baptism. The Mark of the Ula is the emergency symbol for when genetics fail in order to know a regular person between a pack member because you can only get this in the Ula. The mark of the Ula resembles a tribal form of a werewolf howling at a crescent moon decorated in stars. It is simple, and is embedded into their skin with black ink through the branding process.PICTURES OF IMPORTANCE:
(soon this section will be full of photoshop manipulations to give a better explanation visually of what I try to describe )
Standard physical beast form of the Aatu daughters.
Standard Ula beast form.
Leilani's wolf spirit.
The Ula insignia. (The Mark of the Ula and the Ula Insignia are entirely different)
Tymvir's beast form.