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1. One step forward into the cold by intyaliel

   Fandoms: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   24 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Ulfric Stormcloak/Original Male Character(s)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Ulfric Stormcloak
   • Galmar Stone-Fist
   • Female Imperial Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls)
   • Original Altmer Character(s) (Elder Scrolls)
   • Welkynar (Elder Scrolls)
   • POV Multiple
   • Canon-Typical Racism
   • Mentions of Past Torture
   • mentions of past rape
   • Complicated Relationships
   • those being between friends
   • in the way that they think they know what's best for their friend
   • the Thalmor are horrible but what else is new
   • but at least there are gryphons in here
   • Mild Sexual Content

   Summary

   Having freed one of their own from Thalmor captivity, a unit of (former) Welkynar Knights are on the run from the Dominion. Looking for somewhere where Keldarin, recovering from more than just physical wounds, may rest and heal, their journey eventually takes them to the northern holds of Skyrim, where they find refuge in an unlikely place.
   A story of healing, or rather the attempt thereof, told through the eyes of Keldarin's friends.
   [Written for TES Season Unending Fest, prompt: Recovery]

   Series

   • Part 6 of TES prompt fics

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