Post #1,001. High five!
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Turdas, 11:20 PM, 30th of Rain's Hand

Mycharonna the Ice Witch is virtually trapped. Trapped in the Ratway! She managed to sell the Jeweled Amulet to a sort of 'merchant' down here (DB stuff), so that went well. The problem is she hadn't been keeping track of time over the past few days. She hasn't fed in awhile apparently.

Just after her transaction was completed, she slipped from one stage of vampirism to the next. And realized she had now become a full-fledged vampiress. Stage four. Dawnguard is disabled for her game, so when she becomes Stage 4 her vampiric powers become so immense, most ordinary people will notice it, hate her, and try to attack her!

As soon as she left the Ratway and re-entered Riften, she could hear the cries of those from up above.

"Oh no! A vampire!"
"Attack her!"
"I'll slit yer belly like an old woman's purse."

Dozens of people up above. Even with all the magic she could muster, there'd be no way she could manage to escape. But she's come up with a plan*.



She did manage to escape Riften, summoning an ice atronach as the outdoor guards readied their attack. As the guards started fighting this giant, Mycharonna ran away at vampiric speed, leaving the guards wondering if they had actually seen her at all.

*returns high five*

Mycharonna still scares me, I'm glad I don't live in her skyrim! Seems like she dodged a bullet there, though. I can't say for sure but I believe gameplay goes downhill once you're stuck in one area. Couldn't she have fed on some of the people who live down there? Or did she kill them already...

None of my characters have even been vampires yet in Skyrim, I have an altmer vampire lord just outside Helgen but as with so many characters he's waiting to be played. Ravos has become my favorite character and right now I don't see any reason I would stop playing him...

Not with Dawnguard disabled. Victim has to be sleeping to do this, everybody was awake down in the Ratway and its connecting passages. I specifically disable DG for her game because I like how NPCs start freaking out once she gets to Stage 4, you see. Much more dramatic; it also gives Mycharonna a certain vulnerability seen in vampire lore, since sunlight affecting vamps has been dumbed-down from Oblivion to Skyrim.


Vamps are fun! I've had two in Oblivion as well as the one in Skyrim, the RP is different in each game.

Oh ok, I thought someone might be sleeping. Can you disable dlc on console, or do you have to uninstall it? Or is this on PC?

I've had vamps in oblivion, but somehow never managed in skyrim. I've barely touched dawnguard yet besides getting it not long after release. Ravos nearly went down that line, mainly to get the bow and crossbows, but I think another character give it a go first...

Her game is on Xbox and I don't actually disable it; I delete it. I just say 'disable' because it's easier. When I switch to some other character who's got Dawnguard active, now I hook the Xbox up to the internet and re-install it for his or her game.

On PC, it's more likely we can disable DG at any time, but I'm not entirely sure.


Yes! Totally agree. I also had a character who started DG, but he just wasn't the right guy for the job. I then stared DG from scratch with a holy knight type of character, and that's who Lord Haaf-Mersey wound up being.

My Valkyrie character will go down that line, then Ravos will. At some stage I'll make a character to go down the volkihar route. The problem is I have so many ideas for characters and so little time! Everytime I've started a new character recently I always end up on Ravos' game. Today I picked up the game of Alisa; my wood elf novice mage who is meant to go down the CoW line but hasn't yet left Riverwood. I ended up back on Ravos' game...

Interesting, so Ravos is like your "go to" when you know you're going to get your gaming on good, huh? I guess I am lucky in that respect, I don't get too slammed with too many ideas at one time. usually with me an idea builds and coalesces over days , weeks and/or months. It forms like a snowball, getting larger as more snow is gathered up as it rolls down a virtual hill. Eventually this idea will have a name, a rough idea for backstory, 'class', race, sex, and a few other tidbits.

Mycharonna wants me to shush. I'm feeling her impatience.



Loredas, 9:16 PM, 2nd of Second Seed

Mycharonna the Ice Witch waits silently, yet not so patiently, on the outskirts of Shor's Stone. It's been many days since she's fed, and she's getting desperate. She's been feeding on mostly raw meat for nearly a week now. The time has come.

The hamlet of Shor's Stone has just one guard in its employ, and this guard paces the length of the tiny hamlet over and over. Back and forth. All night. Mycharonna waits in shadows, hoping she'll be able to slip into a nearby cabin so she can finally feed. She knows that by statistic, the longer she waits the more likely any occupants of the cabin will be asleep. Then she'll make her move upon this hapless soul.

11:12 PM
After observing the guard for an hour or two, she casts a spell to muffle the sounds of her feet. She then paces forward as the guard turns on his heels to patrol in the direction away from her. A chicken scurries across the road. Mycharonna also crosses this road swiftly, raising no suspicion from the guard. The chicken on the other hand senses something awry, as a flashy black shape flashes within its peripheral vision.

She crouches behind the cabin, and waits once more. After some time, the guard walks the road before her once again; he walks not 10 paces from her this time! ... Yet he does not see or sense the miscreation standing nearby. The Ice Witch manages to sneak round a corner of the cabin, feels the cabin's door, and turns into a vaporish phantom before slipping through unnoticed.

Sundas, 1:27 AM
Two cots of straw and pine stand inside the cramped, messy domicile she now finds herself in. She feels a momentary disappointment that the first cot is empty. She gazes towards the second cot, and at first doesn't see the figure sleeping there. But this moment soon passes.

The bed contains an orc. A strong and hardy, manly sort of orc. Though she would prefer her blood to come from somebody weaker and fey, she can't be too particular tonight. She bends down, and as she takes in the orc's blood, she can feel the planes of multidimensionality rushing around and through, favoring her with their many realities.

Once again, Mycharonna gives me the creeps. She's So cool and calculated and so evil.

Ravos is definitely my go to character. He's now level 40, which is the highest level I've reached with a character in Skyrim. I get too many ideas to play, they take a while to take shape but usually by the time I have one character ready to play, another idea comes up!

After doing some MQ stuff up on the throat of the world, Ravos set out from Ivarstead to Darkwater Crossing. He was patrolling the area between Darkwater Crossing and Riften for a few days and he then headed into Riften itself. In Riften he decided to purchase honeyside (he'd already done the quests to make it available) and then just lay around for a bit. He likes Riften and could see himself living there, it's got a good climate (for skyrim) and there's always lots to do for someone in his line of work.

It's the middle of Evening Star and Saturalia is fast approaching. Ravos aims to be at Lakeview by the 23rd, just in time to celebrate with Jenassa and Faendal and Faendal's family (Rayya, Lucia and Alesan). He's been making sure he has plenty of gifts for all of them. A pair of hand-smithed swords for Jenassa, a new bow for Faendal, a shield for Rayya and two daggers as well as some clothes and toys for the kids.

He's back at his patrolling now, clearing Faldar's Tooth and protecting Heartwood mill from a dragon, bears and three vampires. He's now resting at the mill, a few more days of adventure ahead of him before he heads to Lakeview for Saturalia and the Old Life Festival.

Ahem. Mycharonna the Ice Witch is on her way to the Sanctuary to return to Astrid and Cicero. On the way, she decided she might want to stop in Falkreath to possibly feed, unfortunately she had some sort of bounty there. She allowed herself to be arrested for some reason. Hopefully she won't hit Stage 4 vampirism before her sentence is over.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Mycharonna gives me the chills! Don't think I'd let her go if had arrested her, but there you go...

Aw shucks. She wound up feeding on Jarl Sigurd by the way. I feel bad for some of the people she feeds on, but not for Sigurd.

A creepy pic and a creepy song - but I really like them both.

Thanks! This is quite an honor. I like how the poem's actual shape is like a flower vase or a curvy woman's body shape. I didn't write that poem, Mycharonna did.

She wound up returning to the Sanctuary last night and spoke to Astrid. Then she did her usual semi-creepy Sanctuary activities-- watching Babette (the child vampire) sleep, and also listening to Cicero's ramblings for hours on end.

Mycharonna is super creepy, even when compared with her fellow db members...

in the last few days Ravos has been doing a lot of rp-heavy, action-lacking, stuff and to be honest it hasn't been exciting. So, inspired to create a new character after starting one in oblivion, I decided it was time for a fresh skyrim start. After numerous hours deliberating over every little detail of my new character, I finally decided to bring back possibly my favorite oblivion character: Attia.

An imperial legion scout, once stationed in Cyrodiil and discharged after a 'run-in' with a senior officer, the new Attia found herself stationed in Helgen before having another 'run-in' with a senior officer, this time involving two civilians . Hadvar helped her escape Helgen and flee to Riverwood. Sooner-or-later she plans on traveling to Solitude to rejoin the legion, she thinks she earned her pardon when she cut down 6 stormcloaks during her escape from Helgen. She's been hunting some bandits in Whiterun hold and now she's headed back to Riverwood to retrieve some Nordic relic. It's unlikely she'll be dovahkiin, but I understand this quest must be done for the civil-war questline to advance (I've never touched it before) and besides, it's a fun dungeon.

I've always known Attia to be a grumpy girl, but so far in skyrim she's been particularly miserable. She's a full-on tomboy, wearing her hair short, although that may be due to legion regulations. I think she misses her headband from oblivion, but she'll cope. Also, so far she hasn't found a follower she could bare to be around for more than five-seconds, which has meant she's leveled quickly. All in all, she's been good fun

Welcome Atilla, erm, Attia!


You have to follow the main quest as far as slaying the dragon for Jarl Ballin'. Otherwise you can only do the first two quests in the civil war (the initiation and Korvanjund). After that you have to try to recruit Jarl Ballin', and he won't have any part of it unless you have killed his dragon first. Both sides are polite enough to refuse to fight one another until Jarl B has his dragon, so you have to help him if you want a Civil War. So that means you have to find the dragonstone for Faren-shlurring-hish-wordsh, and then go kill de dwagon once you get back. To think all that bloodshed of the war could be avoided too, if you just show the dragon some mercy... It is sort of like how Dagon will never invade Cyrodiil if you just refuse to deliver the amulet of kings in Oblivion...

I love this!

Note to self: if caught up in age old prophecy involving the near destruction of the world, do not complete initial deliver/fetch quest

SR, thanks for confirming the civil war stuff, you made me laugh with Farengar and his slur.

Thanks Renee!

Now I see why they're not allowed in the cities. The one in the right made me do this

Wait up, Ma'Dran's a vamp?! Whoa.

Turdas, 10:44 PM 21st of Second Seed

"Huh? .. I was sure I heard something."

The bandit cautions herself as she puts her tankard of mead on a nearby table. It's been days since she's had a break. Stand guard. Sleep. Stand guard. Eat. Stand guard. The routine has dragged on for almost a year now, yet she never tires, never gives up her cause. Yes, she's not exactly on the front lines where she'd prefer to be, instead (as an archer) she's often posted up here, two stories above the road itself. But she's a part of 'the cause', and knows that someday she, and others like her, MANY others like her, will rise against the Nords of Markath, and take back what is rightfully theirs.

"Must be my imagination".

She stares across the brilliant Skyrim landscape, gazing upon snow-capped mountains. She begins to fidget with her deerskined jerkin, while a dark figure creeps from behind.


Day 277
Mycharonna the Ice Witch has just left Broken Tower Redoubt full of dead Forsworn bandits. She was no match for the boss of this place, a wizard who could have killed her with three blows of his shock-magic. Even a powerful vampiress such as she must sometimes give up a fight. The little story above tells the tale of a not-so-fortunate Forsworn.

Mycharonna has decided to roam the area around Markath for awhile, postponing her trip to Solitude. The bride known as Vittoria Vici isn't to be married until the 30th of Second Seed*. The Ice Witch has time to explore and terrorize.

* (I am RPing this part since the game doesn't give an actual limit).

HELGEN #1
"What's your name, Elf?"
The shouts of soldiers and the clatter of weapons echoed around the windblown courtyard. Someone's discarded linen shawl blew between the legs of the small group of guardsmen standing lazily to attention beside an old and scarred desk set up in the middle of the wide space.

Behind this desk, holding a quill pen poised over a ragged sheet of parchment, sat a hard-eyed and angular woman of maybe 50 summers, bedecked in the regalia of a captain of the guard.
She sighed, and waved the quill at a soldier standing behind the prisoner.

With a grunt of acknowledgement the soldier lifted his spear and slammed the butt end of it into the small of the captive's back.
She fell to her knees on the hard dusty ground, sucking a pained breath in through between dirty, clenched teeth.
"Your name." Demanded the captain once again.

After a moment longer, the prisoner looked up at the captain behind her desk; regarded her with large, nearly black eyes set in a gaunt face framed by lank, straw-coloured hair from which protruded the pointed tips of distinctive Elven ears.

The Elf opened her mouth and said in a low, cracked voice; "Eilidh."

A really cool story, Ms. Gade, especially the fact that you only mention Mycharonna creeping from behind but leave the ending out. Another thing I like is that you set a fixed date for the wedding. Although I haven't gamed Skyrim for a long, long time, I really enjoy reading Mycharonna's stories.

Here - FanFic section

Kayla has been busy. I restarted her game, and haven't done the Whiterun quest, so her world is Dragon free, which only sucks because her home is in Whiterun, but the jarl of Falkreath has contacted her, and she's currently working on getting some land, since she's been made Thane.

Well, I've gone and started again...*Sigh*... ...

The chap's based on a character in the Assassin's Creed Multiplayer thing that I properly loved the style of...Called The Wayfarer...

Anyways, I've made him look as much like him as I can...And, as the AC version uses a war-club thing, I shall be using maces as far as possible...

Hells that's all a bit boring...

Anyways...So far, I followed Hadvar for the first time...And loved it...Awesome character...And basically, Wayfarer's been clearing out Embershard mine, and doing a couple of Bounty missions...Much awesomeness...

Nothing subtle - Shoulder down-CHAAAAARGE!!!-Smashy-Ouch-Killyness...Y'know...What I normally do... ...

Much fun...It's a shocker how much fun it is actually...I thought I'd done far too much for it to be fun again...*Shrug*...

Liz, great to hear that Kayla's back in action!

McB, gosh it's nice to have you back. Even better to hear that you're playing a TES game (even if it is the cold weather one - )

Here's the most recent update: RALOF (fanfic thread, if anyone's interested - comments are as ever more than welcome.)

Wayfarer is currently sitting on one of the benches beneath the mighty tree in Whiterun, considering his options...



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I can't decide...I really can't...I'm thinking it's going to be the Companions and all that...But I'm not sure whether to bother or not...It may be too soon for me really...I just got excited watching McGirl play her latest Assassin and decided I had to play it meself... ...

Though just listening to the Oblivion soundtrack has really made me miss Cyrodiil...So maybe I'll be headed there instead... ...

Companions is pretty fun, I can't wait to do it again, this time on PC.


Sundas, 9:38 PM, 24th of Second Seed, 4E 202

Days Passed: 280

"Prepare to die!" shouts the Mercenary as he readies his sword. A dark figure had just appeared in the middle of the road before him, and he can already taste the gold that's been offered, assuming this dark figure is the one whom he now hunts.

This mercenary battlemage had been hired just hours before by a local he had met in Dragon's Bridge. The local was a fisherman who informed this village that he had found evidence of the vampire's trail at Robber's Gorge: not only had all the bandits of this campsite been found dead, but some of their flesh had also been torn to shreds in a way in which no animal would do. Wolves, cats, and skeevers always ate the flesh they tore away, they never left it scattered about the landscape.

Unlike other vampires who merely stayed in their lairs *, it was rumored that this one traveled from place to place. This one had left her mark in dozens of other locations all over Skyrim: the village of Karwathstan had been rumored to have also been slain by her. If the fisherman had managed to find the location of the hated vampire, the mercenary would now have 100 extra gold in his pocket if he could take her down. But it was not to be.

His mistake was trying to hunt for her after nightfall. Minutes after encountering the dark figure he had thrown his last fireball, while she countered with an ice storm two men tall and two men wide. There was no escape.

"Arrgh!"

Paralyzed by her cold, he fell to the ground and struggled. The last thing on his mind before the dark figure finished him off was 100 gold in Dragon's Bridge, and a bottle of nord's mead in his hand.

* = with Dawngaurd disabled, there are no travelling vamps except Mycharonna.


Mycharonna the Ice Witch is still headed towards Solitude, she doesn't have to actually be there for another 6 days, so she's taking some time to explore & terrorize.

Mycharonna is soooooooooo evil

Aww shucks.

Instead of exploring, she wound up staying in Dragon's Bridge in one day, and got to Solitude the next. There she rented a room, but found a deserted area in the cellar of the Winking Skeever to hide in. With 4 days left to go until the wedding of Vittoria Vici is to commence, Mycharonna's been exploring this town (which she's never been in. I didn't know this until she entered town, and Solitude's scripted 'greeting' started up).

She's been wowing over the clothier's shop, where she found a Mourner's Outfit she looks great in. She bought several other pieces of clothing here, too. All of these other outfits can now be found in the Winking Skeever's basement.

She's fed on two citizens of Solitude: a young, hardy blacksmith, and the snobby lady who runs the clothing store. After feeding on the blacksmith (and he drew his blade in defense), Mycharonna did her usual hypnotism trick, and he merely went back to sleep. The snobby lady was a little more challenging. She was about to call for the guards, even after the ice witch hypnotized her she could feel the chill of evil. She would not just go calmly back to sleep. Mycharonna managed to flee the clothing shop with the speed of an ice wraith.

Ingame-wise Eilidh is heading west out of Whiterun towards the large fort, she's been there before and its always proven to be good value. She's intending to "pick up some supplies" and hopefully some cash before heading north to the coast.

Her usual morning hangover is taking longer than to dissipate this morning.
She woke up face down on the bed in The Bannered Made, still in her armor. Her bare feet betrayed the marks of some nighttime activity and with the help of a fortifying flaggon of wine she was able to piece together the fact that she got roaring drunk and went on a burglary spree after having - for reasons best known to herself - removed her boots.

This would account for the fact that she woke up with more money than she had the night before. There were other ways she could have got the money but she's pretty certain she'd have remembered that...

It's probably best she leaves for a while anyway, regardless of her reasons, she vaguely remembers somebody waking up and catching her. Aside from that, everyone knew she was back and more than likely up to her old tricks again and it'll only be a question of time before someone catches her.
Guards or citizens, either way she'll get a kicking.
Again.

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Fanfic-wise, new update soon...

Lol, I read "a young, hairy blacksmith" at first. Nice story, hope we see some pics of her new attire.

As mentioned, Eilidh is in Fort Greymoor.
The bandits in there are well off relatively speaking, and numerous. It'll be handy to get some coin from them before heading north. She intends to head to the coast and then turn west to Solitude.

She has a long way to go before she gets the cash she needs, but she's got proper mates in Solitude so she may be able to get something off them.
One of them does owe her a favour after all, for a little job she did to help him out a couple of months or so ago...

On another note, I shall be censoring some of my future posts for here, as Eilidh can be a bit "fruity", shall we say. Full coverage will be on the blog, once its sorted...

Next installment: fanfic thread

Next installment: FanFic Thread

(Slightly edited for language, but does contain... "grit").

New installment up in the FanFic Thread

Eilidh gets some food for thought, and an obligation...

Saturalia has passed in Ravos' game and he's back on the road! From Lakeview he headed out to Riften so he could some stuff into honeyside, his new 'base of operations'. He hung around in Riften for a day and then set out again for windhelm via shor's stone and Darkwater crossing. He cleared fort greenwall but apart from that it was a pretty uneventful trip. He's now enjoying a some fine sujamma* at the new gnisis cornerclub. He plans to arrive in whiterun in time to celebrate the new life festival and once the new year arrives he'll get on with solving the dragon menace...

In other news, Attia spoke to general tullius in solitude and earned his pardon. She's now on her way to windhelm to join the stormcloaks for a bit of undercover** work for the legion so we'll see how that goes

* bit of rp here - why doesn't the cornerclub sell dunmer drinks?
** apparently you can join the stormcloaks and then after the first mission switch he sides somehow. I made the rp decision that Attia actually escaped Helgen with the stormcloaks and they will readily accept her..

* because the Dunmer drinks are so horrible that even they cannot stand them?

** You can join either side to start. Then during the quest in Korvunjund to retrieve the Dragon Jagged Crown you can switch to the other side, simply by taking them the Crown instead. Whoever you take the Crown to becomes your side permanently from then on. I believe it is the second quest in the Civil War questline, maybe the third at most.

SR, you're probably right about the drinks explains why the dunmer are so bitter

Today Ravos travelled from Windhelm to Whiterun via the Nightgate inn. Along the way he cleared Uttering Hills Cave and killed a dragon. Quiet journey really...

This is what happened next: Fanfic thread

Genevieve went to Mzinchaleft to get Grimsever back for Mjoll. She's a pure mage, so the magic-resistant dwemer automatons give her real problems. So I taught her to hulk out, and she still died.

After a couple of tweaks to the script to put back some of the balance, she just survived battling two spheres at once in Hulk form, while she can only manage one (barely!) as herself. The final Centurion encounter was only possible by running around until she could grab the sword and escape. She might have been able to take him on in Hulk form, but it's a once-a-day power, and she'd used it already.

I'll probably have her forget that spell and get it again legitimately when I have a quest for that.

Ravos and Erik continued their journey north, venturing through Hjaamarch and into the Pale. On the way they passed High Gate ruins and despite already carrying lots of loot and almost having run out of food they decided to head inside.

Upon entering the ruins they were rather surprised to see dead (properly this time) draugr. Soon the duo came across Anska. Apparently there was some scroll important to her family within the tomb but she needed some help getting to it. The ruins were the known resting place of the dragon priest Vokun — a force to be reckoned with — and she wasn't comfortable with her chances in beating him alone. Naturally Ravos and Erik were quick to offer their assistance knowing that all the dungeon's loot would be theirs.

Something very strange happened when they had almost reached the end of the dungeon though. Erik suddenly attacked and killed Anska for no obvious reason. I simply RP'd she died fighting the draugr but it was still a bit weird...

After clearing the dungeon and obtaining some nice loot (including a dragon priest mask) Ravos and Erik left for Dawnstar, stopping on the way at to slay a dragon, trade with the imperial quartermaster and search the wreck of the Brinehammer. There now in Dawnstar where they'll rest up for bht before heading out again.

Hmm... friendly fire?

Something like that. She didn't fight back at all, it was pretty weird

11th of Morning Star, 4e 202

The bandits of Snowpoint Beacon had offered little adversary to Ravos and Erik the Slayer. The adventurers, frozen and fatigued from a hard day of travelling, stumbled upon the tower while looking for shelter. Ravos gave the outlaws ample time to prove their goodwill, opting to confront them openly rather than use his usual stealth tactics, however they made the unwise choice of greeting him with weapons drawn.


The first had fallen before she could raise her shield, a single glass shaft enough to end her miserable existence. The second, a hulking redguard clad in fur-lined nordic steel had provided only slightly more of a challenge, withstanding two of Ravos’ arrows before Erik charged in, seemingly from nowhere, and gave some substance to his title.


After the fight, if it could be called that, the adventuring duo went about preparing the tower for the night. They hauled the brigand’s bodies to the edge of the tower and pushed them over the crenelations and lay out their bedrolls as far away from the blood as possible. Erik tended to the fire that was roaring in the ancient brazier that adorned the tower’s roof while Ravos was busy transferring the magical energy of a soul gem into his bow.


The tower provided the perfect view of the surrounding area — no doubt the intention of whichever ancient general had it constructed. From its top Ravos could see out almost as far as Hjaalmarch. It was this view that allowed him to see just how short a distance he and Erik had travelled in a day. Nightcaller Temple was still well within sight and only the formation of the land prevented him from seeing Dawnstar itself. At this rate they would be hard pressed to reach Winterhold in two days*. Still, the worst of the snow seemed to be behind them and they had plenty of provisions to last them the journey.


Wary from their day of travel the adventurers ate a simple meal of salted beef, bread and snowberries and went straight to sleep, neither of them taking watch. The road ahead of them would prove to be a worthy challenge, but for now Ravos dreamt of home — a place quite unlike the Pale.


* Ravos has some MQ business up on High Hrothgar that he hopes to attend to by the 21st of Morning Star. This leaves him ten days to get some adventuring done up north then head home to Riften to restock. He's trying to keep to this schedule because he likes organisation

Mjoll did that in my last game. Anska tends to use AoE spells that hit everyone, and followers get a bit annoyed by that. On all my previous run-throughs, I've looked at her armor, and decided to leave her safely behind. Probably the best choice.

Finally a fanfic update: Eilidh's Fanfic Thread

Today Ravos had a really weird dragon encounter....

He was hunting some deer somwhere on the road between Whiterun and Rorikstead with Erik. He's left his horse in Whiterun specifically so he could do some hunting (among other things) to stretch his legs. Anyway he's just shot a deer and runs over to take it's pelt and meat when he hears a giant's call from behind him. He turns to see a giant being dropped by an apparently mute elder dragon. The dragon leaves the dead giant right in the middle of the road and then circles above for a while, still making no noise. Ravos tries to initiate a fight by shouting at the dragon but it just flies off into the distance, without making a sound. It's not the first time I've seen a dragon to then have it fly off without a fight but it is the first mute dragon I've come across

Anyway, weird dragon encounters aside, Ravos is on his way to the Reach because.... he feels like it and he wants to get his smithing up to 100 and the easiest way I've found to do this is by smelting a bunch of dwarven metal and spam-smithing dwarven bows. He travelled from Ivarstead to Riverwood then to Whiterun and now he's in Rorikstead. As I said before he left his horse in Whiterun so it can rest and also because I enjoy waking sometimes. He's going to leave Erik in Rorikstead as he wants to travel through the Reach alone. I was looking through his stats and found he has a bounty of about 3000 in the Reach. Ravos is a law-abiding ranger that serves Kynareth/Kyne so I couldn't see why he had such a large bounty on his head. I actually found I'd written about it here Apparently he mis-fired an arrow and hit an innocent bystander then he killed a couple of guards to avoid the penalty When he is in the Reach this time he'll pay off his bounty which is why he wants to go there alone...

Also as usual he killed lots of bandits and even a master vampire during his travels

Yikes on Ravos’s surprise bounty! Leaving Erik behind while Ravos sorts out his legal troubles is a good idea. I’ve found Erik is prone to killing guards during such disputes.

The mute dragon must have been odd. Sounds like a rare random encounter gone not quite right. Neat to have seen it, even if he didn’t hear it!