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1. In The Ever-Present Shadow Of Death by SparksOfInspiration

   Fandoms: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   06 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Lucien Lachance/Female Listener
   • Female Dovahkiin | Dragonborn/Lucien Lachance
   • Lucien Lachance
   • Lucien Flavius
   • Inigo the Brave (Elder Scrolls)
   • Kaidan (Elder Scrolls)
   • J'skar (Elder Scrolls)
   • Astrid (Elder Scrolls)
   • Cicero (Elder Scrolls)
   • Dark Brotherhood (Elder Scrolls)
   • Sheogorath | Hero of Kvatch
   • Sheogorath (Elder Scrolls)
   • Paarthurnax (Elder Scrolls)
   • Female Imperial Hero of Kvatch | Champion of Cyrodiil
   • Female Imperial Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls)
   • Varon Vamori
   • Janus Hassildor
   • Martin Septim and HoK Definitely Fucked
   • HoK was left a single mom-to-be
   • Everyone in the Empire would want to take her baby
   • HoK panicked and mantled Sheogorath
   • whoops
   • Sheogorath eventually remembered they were pregnant
   • And that kids is how The Dragonborn Comes about
   • Background snapshots prior to Helgen
   • Hijinks and Shenanigans Reign After Helgen
   • Dovahkiin and her 'Harem of Beautifully Degenerate Battle-Bards'
   • Lucien Flavius seriously questions his life choices
   • Poor poor Lucien Flavius
   • Inigo embraces the chaos for what it is
   • Best Blue Cat is best blue bud
   • Ghost Lucien and Kaidan are stuck wrangling the crazy circus
   • You'd think the guy in the jester outfit would be the only clown
   • Dovahkiin tries evading her Fate
   • Mama Sheo won't let her dodge forever
   • Neither will Grandpa Partysnax
   • Fuck her life
   • And fuck Astrid's inferiority complex bullshit
   • And fuck the Night Mother's cryptic backstabbing murdery bullshit
   • It's Time for Tamriel's balances to get reordered again
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   Read the tags. Relationship with Lucien doesn't start until dragonborn is an adult.

   Early chapters give insight into the dragonborn's life prior to Skyrim. Featuring Oblivion characters making supporting cameos to make sure the kid of their dear dead friends survives to adulthood and makes some friends of her own. Starts with a veneer of wholesomeness, but life steadily spirals out of control as a Great War, divine maneuverings, and a bloodthirsty ghost who is overcompensating for past failures to protect "Family", systematically upend her life. Life in Tamriel is hardly peaceful, but it can be fun if you're a bit cracked in the head and willing to make your own entertainment... And willing to plot against a pair of edgy bitches with far too much mystique propping them up as they vie for control of a certain sanguine organization. Only for a massive scaley prick to come crashing the party- wrecking cities, rezzing his dead lizard brothers, and trying to end all their fun for good.

   What's that Inigo? Dragon pie? We really must try? Well, our ovens are indeed empty, so that dragon must die.

   Consider this your fair warning about the violent and irreverent nature of the literary ride you're hopping on for.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   254,801

   Chapters:

   30/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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