Doris' Diary

Although we have still not reached Weatherby, Boris and I have travelled and seen things you wouldn't believe. Cyrodill is a far more beautiful, and dangerous, place than I had realised.

The Oblivion crisis is over, it would seem. Whilst we knew Zauna was somehow involved in closing the gates, and knew she was something of a hero to the people of Kvatch, it is only now that I have realised just how vital she was to our victory. She left us a couple of weeks ago at the house in Skingrad. A nice place, paid for from her adventuring as a retirement home. She seems to feel the need to keep things on display, perhaps she grew up with very little of her own, and likes to remind herself how things have changed for her. Anyway, she has left on her own a few times before, usually for no more than a day or two at the most. This time she was gone for nearly two weeks. We had begun to worry, but she turned up. Somehow she was different than before. Darker.

I didn't find out until later that she had been part of a plan to destroy the great gate outside Bruma, and went on to Imperial City where she fought side-by-side with Chancellor Ottoca and Emperor Martin before Akatosh materialised and saved everyone.

We've seen the dragon statue in the Temple District, and find it hard to believe anyone there survived at all. The statue of Zauna in Bruma (take a look if you go there, it's near the north gate) has really captured her likeness.

Oh, I forgot to add - we have a new member to our little group. After Zauna's success in the Arena to become Grand Champion, there's this fan who seems to adore her. However, he's a complete pain in the backside. Always jumping around fawning after her and generally getting in the way. He's a total coward as well, and runs away at the first sign of trouble. Instead of telling him to beat it, Zauna seems intent on letting him stay. She loses her temper with him occasionally, and thumps him if he gets in the way. Doris and I are plotting on ways to get him into trouble - watching him jump into lava or waving his torch around in a cave to act as a decoy to the monsters inside. It keeps our spirits up.

Weatherby still awaits us, but Zauna has said it is not far now.