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158 2. THE ELDER SCROLLS CHAPTER 2: DAGGERFALL
true that the local goblin population has been drastically reduced in a very short period of
time."
"Aye," Edward responded, "so Moraelyn proved in Morrowind."
"With a bit of help from his friends," Moraelyn acknowledged. "I reap the praise, but in truth
I'm little more than the standard they wave -- and at times I feel more like the target they set
up!"
A wave of laughter greeted this remark. Edward persisted, "With you and the others up here,
Akatosh, I feel my borders are well guarded, should Skyrim ever feel the urge to move its
borders west again."
Aliera asked: "Was it easy to convince the other dragons to move to here?"
"Actually, the most difficult part of that was moving our hoards to our new lairs" Akatosh
responded with a lazy smile, "although once it was known that we had no use for the metals,
gems and jewelry that we accumulate, everything went much more smoothly." But then more
seriously: "Essentially I had to approach each dragon personally, and convince them that this
idea had merit. Again, once I had persuaded a couple of our especially independent
specimens, things went much more smoothly. However, there are only nine of us living in this
area and there is really only room for two or three more of us. We shall have to see what
develops hereafter."
Aliera now observed: "I think that now the gods and goddesses might look very favorably
indeed on dragon behavior."
"That may be so, Aliera, but again that was not really why this was done. Besides, they still
may remember and resent our long opposition to them."
Beech asked deferentially "But what is the name of this village?"
Akatosh sighed, and then responded "I fear that we shall never reach a decision, since each
race has decided opinions in that regard. Perhaps once the initial building phase is completed,
we will able to be more contemplative about such matters."
Beech replied "That just doesn't seem right; everywhere should have a name, shouldn't it?"
Willow chuckled and then said "Perhaps to us this is so, but who knows how dragons think;
and I'm sure that the humans and elves will squabble over the style of the name, besides the
specifics of it."
Moraelyn interrupted with great drama, "Surely you don't mean to imply that an elf can be
overly stubborn!?" and the discussion dissolved into a period of laughter and teasing amongst
the group.
Presently, Akatosh said, "I favor the name 'Section 22.'"