Day 21 - Solitude - Forgotten Book

I was cleaning out Pa's knapsack this morning, getting ready for an overnight field trip to Morthal when I stumbled across a book I hadn't noticed before.  It was dusty and filled with cobwebs so I knew it had to have come from the old abandoned wing of the Blue Palace that I explored just a few weeks before.

The title on the spine was barely readable – " Lost Legends of Skyrim" – and when I opened it, I noticed that the text on the first page was beginning to fade.  This was a very, very old book filled with old stories that not many knew of.

"The history of Skyrim is vast," the first page read, "predating even the most ancient records of man and mer. Much has been lost, fallen to the ravages of war or the turning of the ages. But nothing is ever truly forgotten. Where no records exist, legends and folk tales offer us a key to the past, a way to piece together truths half-remembered in the minds of men."

The moment I read that paragraph, I knew that I had to read this book.  Such old stories, mostly unknown to the general public, would be just the thing to help raise my grade and standing with Mr. Germane.

It was then that I heard Ataf calling my name from the floor above.  The group was about to leave and I was nowhere ready to go.  I quickly emptied the rest of the stuff out of my bag, replacing it all with a change of clothes, tucked the book under my mattress, and hurried on to meet up with the rest of my class, with plans to read the book later.

I can't wait to sink my teeth into that book and see what kind of mysteries could me awaiting me….