Visthalu

Visthalu was born to a pair of Argonians who had moved to Skyrim for a better life. His father, Milosi, sought work as a mercenary while his mother, [MOTHER], looked after Vis and eventually taught him to hunt. With his father often away and his mother a typically stoic and apathetic character, Vis remained particularly emotionally stunted. By the time he was old and skilled enough to fend for himself, Vis' father had been absent for some time and his mother took off in search of him - Vis stayed behind to continue his mother's hunting work.

A few years down the line, Vis encountered a woman on the road who explained she had been horribly abused by her husband - a rival hunter who didn't respect nature preservation. Upon seeing her beaten frame and hearing her story, Vis decided to take matters into his own claws. He tracked the poacher down during a hunt and killed him, mauling the body with deer's antlers to disguise the murder. It took several days before the poacher's body was found, and almost everyone believed the lie that the man had been slaughtered by a deer - however it wasn't long before Vis recieved an invitation to join the Dark Brotherhood, and the allure of money was too much to refuse.

During routine Brotherhood reconnaissance (necessary due to the lack of a Listener), Visthalu was caught up in the civil war skirmish at the southern border and captured due to the blundering horse-thief, Lokir. Though he gets roped into the public execution with the Stormcloaks, the dragon attack on Helgen allowed him ample oppurtunity to escape alongside Ralof. Beyond reporting this back to the Brotherhood, Vis refusing to acknowledge that dragons have returned to Skyrim.

Visthalu's duties in the Dark Brotherhood also involved him acting as messenger and courier to from the Brotherhood to the Thieves Guild in Riften, earning him a reputation of being quiet and intimidating in the Ragged Flagon.
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