Medusa lets out a breath and lowers her bow after the attack, ignoring the gaping, horrified expressions of those around her... She'd almost singlehanded forced the dragons in the sky to flee, at least for now, and yet she didn't look even slightly tired afterwards.
"M-L-Lady Medusa! W-what was that!?" one of Kunkka's sailors stutters out while being unable to match her gaze.
"That? Nothing at all." she casually remarks before slithering away... Unbeknownst to everyone else, she could unleash multiple of those attacks without much effort at all, a fact that were 'petrify' their enemies if they were made aware.
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Kunkka was shielding the nearby ships by using large controlled waves to block dragon fire, Tidebringer occasionally lashing out to slash at a dragon who thought they could bypass that by physically attacking.
His Ghost Ship was sailing around near his Man O' War but the dragons were too fast to hit with its cannons. Indeed, the only damage done thus far had been the ghost sailors who'd clipped one dragon's wing with some flintlock shots, though this barely did anything at all.
Lina was flying around launching Laguna Blades left right and centre, but due to most dragons having high fire affinity, they were less effective than she'd hoped. Still, she'd killed one dragon and brought down another, allowing the navy to bombard it with cannons as it squirmed around uselessly in the sea.
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Anti-Mage and Wei were somewhat useless in the battle, but Silencer was cursing any dragon that came close, causing them to take prolonged damage which only got worse whenever they used a shout. Some dragons had taken so much damage from it that they'd simply fled back towards Solstheim.
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The Dunmer on the Morrowind ships were surprisingly well equipped against this situation, their powerful bows, enchanted arrows, and strong mages making the dragons wary of even approaching them... This didn't stop a few of their ships on the outskirts of the formation from going down however, still the damage wasn't nearly as bad as it could've been... That honour was reserved for Surtr's troops atop the ships in the front line...
The dragons had instantly been drawn towards the weaker modified civilian ships due to the soldiers having no real weapons against the dragon's scales. They were infantry, ready for a land invasion, not a naval defence against dragons.
This left them basically defenceless, and if it wasn't for Michael's spirits doing most of the work, Surtr's army would have been annihilated by now. Still, their morale was as high as ever, the sight of their High King flying around on dragon back fighting a threat to the world was something they'd only find written in storybooks.
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Miraak sees all of this and growls under his breath, it seems he'd been too excited to engage and forgotten the basics of warfare. His dragon flies high up in the air and looks down at the navy, his will to dominate bubbling up from within, "GOL HAH DOV! HI LOS DII NU! KRIF!" (YOU ARE MINE NOW! FIGHT!) he roars as the shockwave washes over the boats, causing everyone caught to turn their glassy eyes at their comrades.
He then turns his eyes to what remains of his dragons, out of the twenty or so only fifteen were left, and even they were looking rather harried. "VOTIVUT! MU FEN KRIF NIIN AHST VEYSENOR!" (RETREAT! WE WILL FIGHT THEM AT SOLSTHEIM!) he commands as begins flying back to the island, easily disengaging from Surtr who was almost frothing at the mouth in anger.
Surtr wasn't a match for Miraak, and the only thing that'd stopped the fight from being cut short was Charlotte and Illococoo's aid...
With that, Miraak and his forces existed, leaving the mind-controlled thralls in the navy to begin attacking everything and anything around them. Surtr had tried to chase Miraak and was too far away to immediately resolve this with a Bend Will of his own... Thankfully, there was someone else to render aid...
"GOL HAH DOV!" a distorted version of Surtr's voice uses the shout and pulls everyone affected back from the brink of madness. They all look over and spot Rubick almost maniacally chuckling to himself after the successful cast... "Herhehehrhe! What a peculiar application of magic!"
"Mage? You know the Thu'um!?" one of Surtr's soldiers asked after recovering from their surprise.
"Thu'um!? Hrrmth, yes! That's what it's called... Interesting if somewhat antiquated-"
*Bang!*
Surtr jumps from his dragon's back and tries to drop his foot directly on the Grand Magus' head, suspicion clear on his face. Rubick's body just collapses in on itself however, revealing that it'd only been an illusion and that the real person had been stood a couple meters away. "Who are you and how do you know that shout!?" he growls, not wanting to discover yet another time-misplaced-dragonborn.
"Who am I? I am Rubick, Grand Magus at the service of the College!... And er-, who are you again?" he mage asks, causing a vein to visibly throb on Surtr's face.
Surtr angrly points Wuuthrad at him, "I am High King Surtr, ruler of Skyrim and you! Now tell me where you learned that shout!" he questions, ready to plant his axe in the back of whoever it was.
"Who taught me...? Why, you of course! I learned it earlier when you used it on those funny dark fellows!" he states, causing Surtr to pause in utter confusion.
"Earlier...? I only used it once! It should take weeks if not months for a Dragonborn to learn it, let alone a regular man!"
Rubick shrugs his shoulders, his glowing green eyes not dimming in the slightest. "I am not a regular man..." he seriously utters.
Surtr's eyes widen, "Then, you're a drag-"
"I'm the GRAND MAGUS!" Rubick loudly and proudly interrupts, and those watching aren't sure whether he was purposely trying to piss Surtr off or was just oblivious to his anger.
"'King', we might try not fighting here? We still have the battle to win, bodies to wash up, and victory ale to drink!" Kunkka offers.
...
Surtr angrily grunts and just turns to walk away.
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Miraak returns to Solstheim and quickly jumps off of his dragon, landing before Louise and Joseph.
"By the blood covering your robes, I'm assuming the enemy isn't dead... My lord." Joseph remarks as Miraak pushes past them.
"No. They are far more powerful than I anticipated," he states, but despite his grim words he was actually grinning under his mask, excited at the prospect of a grand battle since Alduin had already been defeated.
"Should I destroy them?" Louise questions while gripping her wand tightly.
Miraak shakes his head, "Not yet. I still wish to fight," he clasps his right hand and allows his Gandalfr runes to glow. "Are the men ready?"
Joseph nods, "Ravenrock has been fortified and fully manned. No one can approach without suffering severe damage."
"Good. Let them come and meet their death. Let the new world be born in blood."
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"That's a lot of men... I thought the port was supposed to be open?" Ralof utters as the ship sails closer to Ravenrock.
"They knew an assault was coming, only a fool wouldn't prepare for it." Surtr states and eyes the walls which had many men atop them. Particularly, he was wary of the people in robes wielding wands, staves, and staffs.
"Snake! Fire those arrows and eliminate the mages!" Surtr orders Medusa who scowls at him in response.
"I thought you were the powerful 'Dragonborn', why would someone like you need me, an old crippled woman to do your job for you?" she scathingly questions.
"Cripple? Hardly! As for me? I must save my strength to face Miraak. He has millennia of training compared to my couple years." he retorts.
"Have one of your lapdogs do it then."
"There are none with your capabilities."
Medusa snorts in disdain, "I recall a saying, 'A kings people reflects himself'... What does it mean for all your subordinates to be worthless chaff then?"
"Will you not obey the word of your King?" Surtr asks with gritted teeth, finding this to be a common problem with the people Winterhold...
"I serve only myself." she states before turning and slithering away.
"Damned creature of Oblivion!" Surtr angrily growls and looks toward Ravenrock. "I will do it myself then... STRUN BAH QO!" he shouts, summoning a similar but less powerful storm that Miraak had in the earlier battle... Unfortunately, Miraak responds from the city by using the Clear Skies Shout up at the clouds, easily dispersing the storm.
Surtr was about to start shouting curses in Dragontongue at the city and lose his temper but Kunkka appears from behind and places a hand on his shoulder. "Stop, I will deal with it.
"... How? Miraak will obstruct anything you could do!"
The Admiral shows a toothy smile and draws Tidebringer. "Allow me to show you... Sputter and drown! Let the sea swallow you!" he shouts while resting a foot up on the raised area of the bow, pointing Tidebringer into the sky before bringing it down towards the city.
The ship shudders as a huge amount of water is gathered from beneath them causing the ship to sway. After a few moments of tense silence, the sea writhes with power, and a huge tidal wave appears with a roar in front of them. Its terrifying power streamed towards the fortified city much to the horror of those on the walls.
It towered at around thirty meters tall, not as high as the new walls surrounding Ravenrock, but certainly enough to crash through them. If that wasn't enough, Kunkka's Ghost Ship had hitched a ride directly atop it and was already firing its cannons towards the baffled city.
Ravenrock's mages immediately start trying to create countermeasures, but none of them, not even Miraak had expected a natural disaster like this. Worse, he didn't have any shouts that could realistically put a stop to it. Unrelenting Force may lower its damage slightly, but you couldn't halt a tsunami by punching it...
"GET DOWN!" Joseph roars from a wall, prompting most men to abandon their positions and retreat to the old walls that were higher and more durable, that or run towards the centre of the island where the water would be hard pressed to reach them.
"EXPLODE!" a voice only familiar to Charlotte shouts from the city and echoes around the area, announcing the arrival of a huge flash of blinding light that erupts in front of the wave and Ghost Ship.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!*
"WHAT IS OBLIVION'S NAME IS THAT!?" Surtr shouts, his eardrums almost bursting from the attack they just used... It was even more powerful than those explosions that friend of Michael's used in the battle to reach Alduin.
"Grab on to your hats lads!" Kunkka shouts, the initial shockwave of the explosion had knocked almost everyone over and even upturned a few of the more damaged ships. But incoming now was the secondary wave, his tsunami had basically been reflected at them and was now headed directly for them.
Kunkka tries to lower its strength but he'd tired himself pretty direly with his attack earlier, leaving them to face the wave face-on.
*CRAAAAAAAAASSSSSSHHHH!!!*
It hits the navy, and almost a quarter of all boats are immediately turned on their sides, the others just becoming completely flooded or damaged, beginning to take on a lot of water.
"BLOODY BARKEEP! GRAB THE BUCKETS! WE'LL BE BUYING DRINKS FOR THE SEA TONIGHT LADS!" Kunkka exclaims as he starts getting to work on keeping the navy afloat. Most civilian boats were completely gone already with almost no one surviving, their armour too heavy to swim in. The Dunmer boats were doing slightly better, but not by much...
"I'LL ASK AGAIN, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IN OBLIVION THAT WAS!?" Surtr shouts again for an answer, he looks towards Rubick but just finds the Grand Magus staring in awe at the impact sight, his glowing green eyes blinking with rapt attention.
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