5 Hearthfire
I think I have the flu - or something else my potions won't fix.
I left Gnisis in the morning, heading south again, this time giving the fort a wide berth and sticking to the road. After a while I encountered a castle of Imperial design this time, and ducked inside to escape the rain.
The entry way led to a long, narrow hall perpendicular to the entryway that seemed to encircle the castle's other rooms. an the end of the hall to the right, I saw a dunmer on patrol and hailed him.
He drew a sword and charged me. I think he was high on something, as he took three crossbow bolts to the torso before he fell. opposite the entryway was a room that I assume was used as the lobby or office of the castle in bygone days. I knocked the lock off the door and the stench nearly floored me. It was full of dead Redoran guard, piled in the center of the room, not even looted. I dragged all the furniture, books, and ledgers onto the pile to create a makeshift pyre, lit the place on fire, and left.
I hiked south until it was almost too dark to gather materials for a fire, and made camp. I began to feel ill around the time I started setting