That was pretty funny. Surely Iona is wondering about why they can't go into the town and why they have to leave so soon. She seems more than happy to stay quiet as long as she gets to keep the ax though!

Upgraded my destruction magic. Now every time I shoot a fireball it explodes and sends people flying off. And my lightning has a chain reaction! All I do is run around and shock bandits, mercenaries, conurers, necromancers and etc screaming unlimited power WOoo!

Now with my Imperial BH, I went up a level. 23 I think. Can't believe I got over 400 mauls as a Lycanthrope. Dayum.

"unlimited power" - ROFL !!! And the 400 mauls too, you need to make vids of some of these !!

I lack the tools nescessary to make videos

Aw, heck !!

Caerellin looked down at Robber's Glen Hideout and wondered about nomclature. Surely even the Traitor Legion would try and keep some sort of order around here. he thought. And yet, around the country, on-the-nose hideout names.

Caerellin looked accross at his familiar and winked. Drawing his newly aquired Dwarven Bow, he nocked and arrow, pulled back the string and loosed it.

The arrow whistled softly as it found it's way into the head of the first bandit. The man fell backwards into the tent he'd so recently climbed out of.

Caerellin applied poison to the end of another arrow and crept around the rocks, loosely holding the bowstring back.

An orc in a helmet noticed him, but didn't live long enough to cry out. The Bosmer walked up to the downed orc and rummaged for loot. Money, potions and arrows.

Suddenly the Familiar was off. He bowled through a large Nord, but the bandit stayed on his feet, swaying. The Nord span around and wielded his axe. The wolf came back at the bandit, but the Nord swung the axe and a powerful shock dissapated the ghost.

"Damned enchanted weapons." Muttered the Knight. By now Caerellin had an arrow pointed directly at the large bandit...

"Oi! Pick on someone your own size!" The Bosmer shouted, "Which doesn't include me." he added quietly.

The Nord spun around and was rewarded with an arrow through the eye.

Caerellin crept up to a flight of wooden stairs which led to a bridge over the road. From which the lookouts would presumably make any mark worth robbing.

Two more bandits down. More gold, potions and gems.

Creeping over the lip of the hill, he looked down on the main camp. Seeing two large shapes talking, Caerellin decided to even the odds.

Looking through the potions in his pack, he selected a fury, and coated an arrow-tip.

Shooting the Orc and relishing in the effect of the Orc pummelling the Imperial next to him, Caerellin laughed.

"Intruder!!" shouted a previously unseen bearded man.

Caerellin cast a Flame Atronach and slipped back over the hill. Shouldering the bow, he listened to the sounds of firebolts and screaming for a while, but then silence. Launching himself into the speed fortify, Caerellin shot over the hill and saw Beardy line up a shot.

The Bosmer Knight weaved his way left and right but towards the mage. Terror briefly had the man scream and cast numerous Ice spells to halt the charge. Caerellin bisected the Breton and turned to face the big hut at the end of the camp.

He walked slowly towards the hut, launched a fireball at the door, walked in and having called his swords to his hand, drew them in opposite directions accross the armoured man's throat as he stared in terror at the Knight.

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The Jarl lounged on her throne at the end of Highmoon Hall and ordered her man to pay the Knight of The Nine.

"You've become quite the Bounty Hunter while you've been here Sir Carellin. You sure that's what your Commander wanted?" Jarl Iglerod asked.

"We're here to find our friends, and free this country." Caerellin shrugged. "But that doesn't mean we can't do a little more right along the way.

"This isn't my money, Jarl, I have no use for it other than to top up supplies and rent a room. We'll be giving it back to the Knights of The Nine in Skyrim. Once we've found them.

"This country will be free. And we're here to do it."

"And how many of you are there to do this mighty deed Sir Knight? Have you brought an army I was not aware of?"

"Six."

"Six armies?"

"No...Six Knights. We didn't want be too unfair to them."

The Jarl sat up and stared slack-jawed at the Bosmer.

Caerellin tilted his head. "Care to place bets yet, my Jarl?"


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HA! Loved this little interchange !!

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If you are on the PC, download Fraps. I think the free version only allows you to make videos that are 30 seconds long. But the full version has no time limit. It is well worth buying, just for the screenshots and benchmarking alone. I use it for all my games.

Then all you have to do is take the videos that Fraps makes, open them with Windows Movie Maker (comes free with Windows Vista/7) and edit them how you like. Then save them in a compressed format like a .wmv. The .avi files that fraps makes are just too big for uploading. They are gigantic.

Then upload to YouTube. It is all really a lot simpler then you might imagine it would be.

I'm on PS3.

Started Craig yesterday, Oh yes he has a deep history, heck he was the one that trained Vilkas and Farkas when they joined.
With Aela dead and Vilkas only visiting once a week on account that he got married and his husband lives in Solitude, the only people left of the Circle are Farkas and Craig.
Oh yea this is going to be fun.

That sucks. I would delete the save file if I ever got stuck with Vilkar or Farkas. Aela is what kept me happy. I was so pissed when Skjor died. It sucked. You're going to tell me that a guy who was famous in battle died because of a little silver thugs overwhelmed him?

I'm not a fan of Aela actually i prefer the company of the brothers , When Skjor died i was indifferent but it did leave me like "Really I thought this guy was legendary." , but when I saw Farkas getting attacked by the Silver thugs and I was stuck in the little room, just made me feel helpless I was actually screaming at the Tv xD, "No Farkas no!!!"

Eh, the cure junkies. Never favored them. But hey, we all got our interests. I keep Aela in safe places out of fear of her dying.

Ah, so you embrace the blessing/curse eh?

Yes, sir!

Hehe, you called me Sir, I now officially feel old :3

*Put's on RP hat*
"Well, the only advice that I am able to offer to you is one thing: one slight mistake and you will find yourself lost to the animal inside, I know this all to well...."

*Tips RP hat*


"The more you supress the animal, the greater the drive to unleash it."

J’Shanji walked along the road beside Ri’saad. He and J’Zargo had left Whiterun with the Khajiit caravan. Their paths were the same for some distance.

“The longer we travel the roads of Skyrim, the more empty this land seems,” Ri’saad sighed.

J’Shanji looked out over the tundra. Sunset had slowly changed the sky through gradations of pink to orange, like the inside of a sea shell. Stars began to glitter their greeting to the night. A distant memory tugged at him. Diamond chips set in the veil of a queen. J’Shanji slowed his steps so that Ri’saad would walk ahead of him.

Khayla moved up to take his place, as he hoped. J’Shanji matched her pace. They walked in companionable silence as the moons rose behind them. J’Shanji felt ready to meet any danger. Even in Skyrim, Khajiit ruled the night.

Eventually Khayla spoke in her low, raspy voice. “How high the mountains of Skyrim rise! There is much beauty in this place.”

J’Shanji looked over at her. Black stripes on russet fur gave her the look of a tigress. Even in steel boots her steps were utterly silent. She wore rings along her ears, and her slanted eyes gleamed like jewels. He found himself agreeing with her. “The air is so clear in Skyrim,” he said. “One can see forever.”

Khayla squeezed her eyes in assent, still looking into the distance.

Too soon they reached the crossroads. “Blessings of the moons upon you, travelers,” Khayla said to them in parting.

“May your road lead you to warm sands,” replied J’Shanji. He stood with J’Zargo watching the caravaneers walk up the road to Markarth.

“That one is a thief,” J’Zargo observed. His ear flicked when he heard J’Shanji’s angry hiss. “J’Zargo means no disrespect. A good thief makes a better guard.”

J’Shanji waited until his claws slipped away before he spoke. He knew his friend would stand there all night if necessary, though he would tease J’Shanji about it later.

“J’Shanji’s sire was a thief,” he finally admitted. “This one watched him die in pieces. J’Shanji’s mother did shameful things. This one… I will not return to Elsweyr.”

J’Zargo regarded him for a long moment. “J’Shanji could return at this one’s side.”

J’Shanji shook his head. “Khajiit’s very name would disgrace J’Zargo.”

His friend spread out his hands and gave one of his eloquent shrugs. “Take another name. No one would know.”

“J’Shanji knows.” He looked over at the mountains, then back across the tundra. “Thane of Whiterun was only the beginning.”

“J’Shanji is also Thane of Falkreath,” J’Zargo pointed out. He spit on the road in memory of their time in that hold.

J’Shanji spit too, and then they both laughed.

“Perhaps J’Shanji’s house will be ready when we next visit Whiterun,” said J’Zargo. He started walking toward Rorikstead.

J’Shanji fell into step beside him. “It will be ready,” he said. “Carlotta wishes it so. Then Ma’Mila can visit J’Shanji out of the snow and rain while J’Zargo calls upon Carlotta.”

His friend grinned in anticipation. “With haste we might return by the end of next week. Come, let us run for a bit. We will find this Red Sword of the Chicken. Ysolda’s eyes will smile, and perhaps J’Shanji will lift her hem this time.”

J’Shanji chuckled as he ran. “Sword of the Red Eagle.” The eyes in his mind glowed like turquoise in the moonlight.

Loved the road-spitting of memories, lol. Great Write !!

I love how your write the Khajiit! You do it so well! I feel bad for J’Shanji, maybe he'll meet her again. Loved this update!

Attempted to ressurect Wulf Olfsson in his Civil War mode...Sadly he is caught in a sucky infiltration of a fort and really...It sucks...

I may be forced to abandon him... ...

Kick both sides in the head I say!!...

I'm going to have to do something about Ulfric Stormcloak one of these days... ...

Rowan’s Markarth bug is fixed, so she and Vorstag are spending some time in his hometown. They are post-MQ, but it has been a dragon fest lately. The Reach looks even more amazing now. Imperial Rowan is getting a lot of lip from the Stormcloaks. She’s beginning to think she should kick some heads in, too.

Jensa’s broken Companions quest is still broken. I checked to see if she wanted to visit Erik in case he has changed his mind about her, but she doesn’t even want to talk about that subject.

Pretty much I’ve been making everyone run around and gawk at the scenery since the patch. After they play with their weapons racks, of course.

Urk, that is why I was afraid to get into that part of the Companions till I had done all the other questlines, lol. Didn't know how well General Tullius would take to a wolf sitting beside him at the table, lol. How is the Reach looking different? (or is that a spoiler?) Urk !!




He irks me, wants my Khajiit's help but hates Khajiit.

I think something got tweaked in the update (PS3). Everything looks clearer, with sharper detail. The sunlight on the stone buildings in Solitude looks warm, and you can see little streaks of moss on the stone blocks. There's a high meadow near the Sundered Towers, and the view is stunning. Clouds on the mountain look real. So do the moons. I can't get over the flowers. It's all stuff I've seen before, only better.

Or maybe I only think I stopped taking medication.

WOO HOO !!! Maybe it is those better textures they DL'd !! Glad to hear about the meds though, and hope it means you are on the road to recovery !!!!!

Ulfric took a decapitation to the knee in my game, I despise bigots, heck even Argonians are banned from the City because of his rule :/

Craig and Farkas just fought a dragon and a dragon priest at the same time, it was hard but the duo managed to beat them both, will post what happened later

Ugh, I don't think Aravi would fair well against both a dragon and a priest at the same time. Glad to hear Craig and my favorite Companion got through ok.

Did a couple touch ups before finding some of the new mods apparently don't play nice and have placed Skyrim in a fail at main menu state.

To start... Archmage Cameron and her wife stopped at Breezehome to drop off some unneeded items while on their way to Marketh.

Also making his appearance, is the unarmed Khajiit Squ'que Chu'toi based off a conversation I had at work with some other Skyrim players. Assuming I can get the unarmed mod to work he might actually get to Riverwood.

Really nice textures, your PC must be a whopper !!! Beautiful characters, and nice screens !!

I’m looking forward to hearing about Craig and Farkas in the dragon + priest fight, Fawkes!

liliandra, I like the look of your Khajiit. What is an unarmed mod?

If this is the same mod liliandra is using, it made 1 handed perk tree effect unarmed attacks. You had to get an unarmed 'weapon' for it to work correctly and it looked like there are some balancing issues. I was tempted to get it though.

I have the Skyrim version of the "Pushy" for an unarmed weapon, wasn't sure if it enhanced the Khajiit claws stats or removed them from play.

Are you talking about a specific armor (bracers I think they are) that are found in Riften?

It should enhance. I haven't heard of any issues with them, and many people on the BethSoft forums recommend getting them for Khajiit.

It is a unique one, a gauntlet. I've used it several times in hand-to-hand combat and loved the results (just never knew if it was including my Khajiit stat or not).


Gloves of the Pugilist - Riften Found this in the Ratway - Unarmed strikes do + 10 additional damage

Ok yeah that's what I thought you were talking about.

This item that the mod adds is considered a weapon and not an armor piece. It has to be used so that the one handed perks effect unarmed and so that unarmed will increase the one handed skill when used.


Like I said, I didn't download the mod because it looked like it had balancing issues. I imagine that the 'weapon' isn't anything you can see on your character, just something in the inventory to equip to apply the damage and perks.

"To where are you bound, friend Shaade?" J'zirlo asked.

"Riften. J'Drell asked me to see if I can muster up anything there. You?"

"Aaah...Khajiit is headed for Winterhold. That is where my scrawny reared kitten of a brother was headed. To that college up on the hill."

"A mage?" asked the Imperial Knight. "I had no idea."

"HAH!...He wishes." The large khajiit laughed. "No, he has grand ideas...But...Ach...Khajiit does his kin a great disservice. J'zargo is a decent warrior in his own right, just...Not as good as I." J'zirlo raised an eyebrow.

"Well, khajiit goes left, you, my friend, go right."

Shaade ran her hand down the length of her ponytail to straighten it, then held her hand out to J'zirlo. They clasped forearms.

"May your bed be free from fleas." She said with a smirk.

"Hah! And may your knees be ever free of arrows!" the khajiit repied with a smile.

"J'zirlo thinks that friend Shaade should smile more often. It is a beautiful sight."

The Imperial blushed, smiled and looked down at the floor. Then she pulled the khajiit close and kissed his cheek.

"Stay safe J'zirlo. Thank you."

And they parted.

J'zirlo watched Shaade walk south-east down the road for a while.

She looked back once and smiled.

The khajiit felt something in his heart stir.

"Until next time mii-kiit..." he said quietly, turned to his road, and walked, humming to himself.


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All that waffle is simply saying that today, I started two characters that will turn up in my story...And until I wrote that bit I had no idea that romance was in the offing...Blimey!...The things you learn... ...

Oh, and the update has made no-end of difference to the start bit in Helgen...Sooo nice!!... ...Much improved...

Download it and just tweak the numbers to balance it?

I have to admit, this is an intriguing concept. When I get time I might trying tinkering with it. Given how FO3 really expanded on unarmed combat, I was disappointed when Skyrim all but cut it out completely.

It would be fun to play a Shaolin priest on the run from Akavir, where she is wanted for killing the Emperor's nephew.

I wasn't interested in unarmed (or melee really) in FO3 because I kept thinking Why the hell would I want to punch something when I can shoot it?

So I can see sort of why the cut it out. However I think unarmed is much more relevant to TES than FO3 just because there aren't GUNS.

EDIT: So yeah, I want unarmed back.

KC's right, the mod I'm giving a shot to is the Unarmed Warfare mod that puts unarmed damaged based off the one-handed tree and adds a similar perk to Fists of Steel in the Light Armor tree.

I'll let you know how things run. It took me awhile to figure out where the conflicting mods were so I didn't actually get to play much yesterday.

Maybe your character is a lousy shot, like Mississippi in El Dorado? Besides, it isn't so much the punching in FO3, as it is the clawing. It works pretty good for Deathclaws after all. I think a Hagraven Gauntlet would be a cool unarmed 'weapon' for Skyrim. Not to mention a dragon one.

Seconded. I loved the unarmed in both FO3 and FNV.

What I'd like to do with the "Gloves of the Pugilist" is to break it down and use the enchantment on other items (rings, shoes, amulet?) plus make another pair of gloves with it. Adding in the Khajiit claws (which I'm tickled to know still work with gloves) can put your unarmed up fairly high, then building your skill level would make you fairly unstoppable.

My character has been using mostly destruction magic so far, I may test this out and then see if once the skill level is built up (I can take down a dragon with it?) ROFL !!

I'm DL'ing them if you base them on gloves instead of armor. (so I get the Khajiit claw bonus, lol).





Lol, two great lines !!

Woo hoo !! I like them already. Looking forward to it!

Lousy shot? Get better, or die.

Basically, I didn't care how powerful you could make unarmed in FO3 because my perceptions of firearms. I sure as heck wouldn't try punching someone that has a gun.

It's more relevant to Skyrim (in my opinion) because there are no guns in Skyrim.

Got some light work in on the Unarmed mod. While I haven't advanced Squ'que too far to get the new perks. the 'Unarmed Weapons' are nice, ungraded with Leather.

In other news... Squ'que slaughtered his way through a bandit hide out with some good BGM going.

Celdryn jolted up. The beating of his heart was thunderous. Duhnk-duhnk-duhnk it went. It took several minutes to calm it down. The cannibal looked around; the moment he disbanded himself from the dreaming world and emerged in the real one, the surrounding scent of crimson-happiness told him he was in unfamiliar territory. An unfamilliar glen in an unfamilliar region of Skyrim. The Twin Moons penetrated the thick green roofs and gave light to several things; a naked Celdryn, the aforementioned blood (large quantities of it, too), and something that could only result when somebody plays with a corpse using a grindstone. Celdryn rose, ignoring the little winter-needles stabbing at his whole body, and kicked the cadaver on its back.

He doesn't know who this one was, but the Breton thanked him. Thanked him for providing the meal that would satiate the wolf and the demon inside for a time. Too bad he didn't have any clothes to offer. Not that the Breton needed it, but a single spark of decency wouldn't hurt anyone. He doubted the nearest town would welcome him at the state he was in.

From the corpse to the surroundings, the royal-red stare assessed the location. Judging by the strong smell of the ocean, and the position of Azura's Star in the sparkling sky, he was somewhere in the... West? Northwest?

Strange.

Memory offered him the latest news after Celdryn racked it mercilessly; of a dungeon dive with Faendal the Elf. Near the city of Windhhelm... The duo discovering some relics.... And them. The silver ones who hunt. One of them landing a nasty blow to the Bosmeri. And rage. The terrible, terribble rage.. The wolf carrying the wounded elf to safety.. Void after that. And then, the here and now.

Hmmmm.

Celdryn found a log and sat on it, chin on hands, royal-red stare directed at the corpse, serpentine mind considering. From above, the stars and the corpse of Lorkhan watched the Killer-King. When dawn was painting the blue skies with the orange of the rising sun, Celdryn decided to rebuke Hircine as his patron. This blessing is becoming quite the curse, its wolverine gifts be damned to the lowest pits of Peryite. With this in mind, Celdryn rose and walked towards the North.

But he stopped dead, a void beginning to gnaw at his black heart.

With the dawnlight, he was able to see clearly that the corpse, amidst all the blood, had the familiar silver hair.

And the cursed, wretched, damned, elven ears.
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Within the Palace of Kings, Ulfric Stormcloak, the infamous 'Bear of Markarth', heard a distant cry of a mournful wolf.
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Yes. Its true. But not so dramatic and corny like the one I painted here. So yeah, while me and Faendal were adventuring in Gallows Rock (the second time for Celdryn, first for Faendal), the err, uhh, 'occupants', shall we say, have crossed paths with Celdryn again. They were numerous so I turned into the Mangy Beast and went into Maim-Eviscerate-Feast-Evil_Laugh Mode. So did Faendal (without the Evil_Laugh mode), who charged at the 'occupants' with the Mangy Beast, elven-axe flailing. I don't know why he did that; he usually goes Legolas at the backseat.

Aaaaaaaaaand. Yes. I accidentally sent him flying across the room with a Power Attack. I hoped he was okay, but when I checked him, he was deader than a dead Draugr.

This is the first follower death I experienced in a loooong while. And by my hand, too. I gotta say again, Faendal usually goes Legolas from afar. Why imitate Celdryn the Psycopath? Tsk-tsk-tsk. Oh, well. I can always reload.


EDIT: Fool! What a fool I am! Like, seriously! I'm looking at Faendal's inventory right now and HE DOESN'T HAVE A BOW. And I have a Dwarven Bow of Sparks in MY inventory. I forgot to re-arm him! WOOOW. This amazes me. I know that I am forgetful. Huzzah!

Nooooooooooo, not Faendal!!

Maybe it was ALL A TERRIBLE DREAM, Celdryn!!

(Great post, Uleni!! )

If its a terrible dream, then its probably a product of.....

*dons sunsglasses*








.... Something he ate.

*evil laugh*

I'm off to continue my adventures and maybe THIS TIME I'll remember to give Faendal the Dwarven Bow. I can't believe I forgot about that! And thanks, Grits! Its been awhile since I wrote something at THAT calibre.

Gross!!

I have done the same thing with the unarmed follower. (Dammit Vorstag, why won't you use your ebony axe that I sharpened just for you? Ingrate! I thought we talked about this!! ...Oh wait, I still have it. )

Holy crap!

I haven't screwed up like that yet. lol. Usually Aravi makes sure companions have the items she wants them to have equipped with equipped before heading off.