Bravo! *claps* Yes, I've also returned to a character (Mycharonna the Ice Witch) who I haven't seen since June of last 2013, I know the feeling. I've been in that Helgen situation too. I think it has something do with the way the Tutorial is programmed. We're not supposed to be able to wait or sleep there because at the beginning of the game, this would be counterintuitive if a dragon's outside attacking.

Yes, Helgen is set to disallow sleeping (and I think waiting too). It is something you can do to any cell. I had to change that when I made my Helgen mod for my homemade Alternate Start without the main quest.

It's a nice feeling returning to a character you haven't played in a while, particularly when they just stopped in the wilderness or the middle of a journey. It can take a bit to get into them, but finding your bearings again is almost like the beginning of a new game.

I had another good session with Ravos recently. He traveled to Dawnstar after leaving Blackreach and headed south to whiterun. On the way he passed the Weynon stones, which for no particular reason, I really like. Maybe it's that they're so mysterious. After a night in Whiterun he decided that hanging around with an elder scroll was unwise, so he set out for Ivarstead via Eastmarch. Somewhere along the road, after a riverside lunch shared with his yet to be named horse, Ravos came across a dinner mage and three iron-clad figures. Turns out it was Taron Dreth, a dwemer scholar who has worked with Katria from the Lost to the ages quest. A fight followed and Ravos left the scene with a new pair of robes.

Continuing his journey, Ravos came to dark water crossing late in the afternoon. His plans to snatch an early night were ruined by the sight of a dragon over the volcanic tundra. After dispatching of the dragon, the locals residents of dark water crossing were reasonably friendly. He spent the night by the campfire, sharing rumors and stories with the townsfolk.

He rose early in the morning and set out for Ivarstead. On the way he passed Sarethi farm, home of an alchemist who knew Sinderion well. He gave her news of his demise and delivered the samples of crimson Nirnroot. In return she gave him a copy of the Nirnroot missive and he also received an alchemy blessing.

He's now in the Ivarstead tavern. Enjoying a nice meal and a few pints before the treacherous climb ahead.

That explains why I couldn’t sleep in Helgen even while rebuilding it. Hmm.


Jerric, Darnand, Lildereth, and Abiene are wrapping up their affairs in Skyrim in preparation for the trip home to Cyrodiil. Valdi is staying. I expect it will take a while to get everyone back to the house and ready to go. Most of them are out somewhere with bags of junk to sell and at least one urgent matter in the Quest Log.

Lildereth and crew made their way to Mount Kilkreath by way of Winterhold to pick up Valdi, then Dawnstar to meet Kharjo, and then Lost Knife Hideout to recover a stolen amulet. They found Kharjo still in Dawnstar and spent the night.

There were two giants and a mammoth fighting some bandits in the pass to Winterhold. Lildereth handled the situation in a way none of my others characters have attempted. It was an easy sneak up the rocks. Then Jerric happened.

There’s apparently a ghost in the pass (added by a mod) that you can see at the bottom of the picture. Jerric is running up to fight it unnoticed by me as I was moving the camera. Lil’s clue that this was happening was that while I was taking the picture she heard Jerric say, “You’re making me angry!”

Then this happened about a second later. By the time I got the camera back Jerric flew into the side of the cliff and fell back down to the path. The giants can move pretty fast on those legs. They were back on him in about three strides. Lil saw healing spells while she shot at the giants.

Much later in the ruin after she ditched the creepy rock Lildereth paralyzed Malkoran with a poisoned arrow and then danced back and forth in the doorway shooting between her allies and dodging Malkoran’s Ice Storms after he got back up. It was over very quickly even though most of the gang went down during the ten second fight and she had to take on Malkoran’s Shade by herself. Lil has no magic resistance and a negligible AR, so it was important that she not get hit at all. She came through without a scratch.

On the way home to Lakeside they swung through Rorikstead and picked up Valdi’s crush Erik the Slayer. By the time they reached the manor it was pitch black (mod) with no moons up. Lil was leading the parade of NPCs Jerric and Valdi, Erik, Kharjo, King Coin’s Aravi , and a horse. Darnand was home and still fooling around outside. He stays up late.

Then bandits attacked. There was no point in Lil trying to shoot or take a screenshot because all we could see in the dark were frost, sun, and fire spells and the pale-colored horse trampling everyone. Abiene came outside and summoned something and then started firing shock spells. I nearly fell over because she is not supposed to do any of that. I finally got a glimpse and she was using staves! What the hells! She’s a merchant, maybe they’re from her inventory chest? It was very strange. Anyway, those bandits picked the WRONG house to rob!

Gritsy: Sounds like the gang's been quite busy. Yes, giants can move surprisingly fast, good thing most of them are peaceful. Laughed out loud at Jerric fighting the ghost, and also Abiene using staves. Yeah it is kind of a shocker when they pick up any sort of weapon which is out-of-character, so to speak.


I love this!

Jerric is preparing the gang for their migration back to Cyrodiil. He has a few items he needs to deliver around the province first, plus Froki has him challenging animal spirits to test his Nordliness. But the most important errand is the great horse roundup. We realized that he only has Banner at the house. He needs to collect Flash, Kip, Rose, and Tage (Valdi’s horse).

Of course he went to Markarth and got Flash first. Now Jerric, Darnand, and the beloved paint are walking through the rain to Solitude.

Jerric and Darnand stopped by the College of Winterhold on their way to Windhelm. Jerric wanted to get the Expert and Master level Open spells from Tolfdir. The only problem was that when they arrived at the College he remembered that Tolfdir was waiting for him outside a nearby ruin along with some college students. So he and Darnand parked the horses and walked over the ice to Saarthal for a quick rummage through the ancient Nord stuff.

When they got there Jerric had a chat with Tolfdir before they went inside. It was revealed that Jerric already had those spells, he just couldn’t use them yet. HE knew this, but I had forgotten. Cue smug Nord who is supposed to be packing his stuff for a road trip but instead gets to explore a tomb and put some undead kinsmen to rest.

After the fun they spent the night at the College. Jerric shamelessly looted the shelves for alchemy ingredients since he had spent most of their horse money on pastries and sugar in Dragonbridge and the rest of it on Adept Destruction spells when they ran into Faralda. He mixed up a few potions to sell. There was nearly a fight while he was poking through Darnand’s inventory with acquisitive intent. Darnand carries all of the books, and he had accumulated quite a collection. Jerric knew he needed 1,000 Septims to pay for Rose’s boarding at the Windhelm stable and another 1,000 to get Tage in Riften. They agreed that Darnand would hand over all of the empty soul gems to sell, and Jerric would make up the remainder by killing things on the way to Windhelm.

It was mentioned that if Jerric was less inclined to buy everything that he could eat, drink, or explode and not so squeamish about looting his ancestors’ tombs they wouldn’t have money problems. Funnily enough neither of them wanted to sell their supply of Alto wine.

One of Jerric's many endearing qualities is how he cares for his animals.

Heh, I would have thought that expert and master open spells for Jerric would have meant a big mace and a bigger one.

The Nord’s skeleton key!

It was a lot of fun escorting the herd back to Lakeview. For some reason NPC Darnand can’t ride in Jerric’s game so they walked the whole way. The horses’ aggression is set to “run away,” so after every little dustup on the road Jerric had to whistle to get them to come back. It’s an actual hotkeyed whistle sound and then the horses come running from wherever they stampeded off to. Hilarious.

They even found a Dwemer ruin that I’d never seen before while they were looking for Flash after one fight. Of course they went inside. When they got back out it was dark and raining and a cave bear was attacking the horses. Luckily after that excitement they got camp set up before Darnand froze to death. (Jerric gets cold too but always acts as if he’s stopping to camp for the Breton.)

Then there was discussion about not buying Vigilance the war dog in Markarth. Jerric thinks that Vigilance would do a good job guarding the horses while they poke around underground in dangerous places. Darnand thinks that when they get back to Anvil Vigilance would eat all of their cats.

Here’s a street scene from Riverwood. Kip (the yellow horse) is telling Jerric they took a vote and he should buy more apples.

After they got back to the manor Jerric, Darnand, and Flash headed out on a few last-minute errands. Here they are passing through Helgen in the rain. Now Jerric can summon a guardian sabre cat thanks to SubRosa’s wonderful Nature Summoning mod. He wonders if it will still come to his aid when he’s in Cyrodiil.

My that is a herd! They have more horses than Genghis Khan!

I think Darnand will find that the sabre cat turns into a mountain lion once he gets to Cyrodiil...

Grits, I love that horses are becoming even a bigger part of Jerric's world in Skyrim than in Cyrodiil. And, of course, I love the screens of those wonderful Skyrim heavy horses. I can imagine they probably rival Jerric when it comes to an appetite!

Leave it to SubRosa to work her wonderful witchcraft in both games regarding summoning furries. I'm sure if Jerric brings his summon sabrecat spell to Morcant (east {Edit: oops, west} of Cheydinhal), she'll fix him right up with its Cyrodiil equivalent of teeth and claws with fur.

Your humble narrator is having to run to catch up currently.

Eilidh is actually deep in Bleakfalls, she got the claw alright but there's more in there to find. These draugr-filled tombs don't phase her any, back when she was a mercenary she and her outfit would regularly hide in them...

Narratively she's still in Helgen, about to meet Ralof - (or is it the other way round?) - but more on that story elsewhere...

The Jerric gang has headed home to Cyrodiil for the summer. The Gold Coast surf beckons. Here they’re taking a break before crossing the border.

It was a quiet moment of reflection and fond farewell. To Jerric’s beard. Of all things Skyrim I think we’ll miss that the most!

A visit to Morcant is definitely in the plan, as is a look through Oblivion horse mods. Jerric loved traveling safely with Flash in Skyrim. And not just because he carried the tent.

Neph got caught being naughty in Markarth and had to do some time in the mine. (As usual she ran but when the forced conversation starts we play that means she couldn’t get away, ignoring the ‘fight/run away’ option.) She started off very annoyed that the guards took her wig, but she soon got over it. Much to my surprise she had a decent time in prison. She hit it off right away with the incarcerated thugs. Especially Borkul the Beast.

Game-wise Eilidh is back in Whiterun, where she hung around a fair bit back in the day.
She has a few friends and contacts there, which is handy because she needs to find 1000 gold and fast, if she's to get what she needs from the broker in Solitude - (so she's been told by an old acquaintance in Riverwood) - thankfully that means the trip to Markarth is postponed.
She hates Markarth - got beaten up there once.

Upon arrival she's gratified to note that the old Bosmer prejudices are still, even after 5 years, very much alive and that humans really do hold grudges almost as badly as she does.
I mean sure; violence, drunken assault, and prostitution could be considered unwelcome behaviour but it was a while ago and it's not as if she slept with - oh wait, yeah ok it was but it wasn't like she forced anyone, and it was strictly business - a means to an end.

Still she was a decent bodyguard and she got the job done if asked - (and paid) - and if she was sober enough, so that's still worth something thankfully, now she just needs the money, and a drink.
Make that several.



The Fanfic is still currently in Helgen, with Ralof, who's about to discover that one shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
Or even the first chapter.

Kayla is gathering materials for her Falkreath house, and she's really surprised at how quickly her savings has depleted because of iron ore!!

Next installment: fanfic thread

Eilidh is now in the inn in Solitude.

She had to come in the back way in the end owing to the guards and Tullius' decree. Fortunately she was not spotted outright. Having broken into a house and 'gained' some civilian clothing and some extra cash she was then able to make her way out in the open.
It's a passable disguise covering the majority of her tattoos, and the hat hides her ears. Folk still know she's an elf though but height aside they all look the same, don't they?

She spotted Jaree-Ra hanging around by the steps up to the castle.
That was a good thing, they were old mates him and her, went way back.

Turned out he had got some work on and yes she could come in on it.
Nice.

Ushak gra-shub is my new character. She's sort of no-nonsense. She found a Nord woman walking the road, who said something nasty to her. Immediately, she turns around and goes "Excuse me?"

She's now wearing the woman's armor and weapon. She looks good in heavy armor.

Nice! I love orcs.

I'm building an orc tribe for Glugrog made up of NPCs of my deceased and retired orc characters. They're on a journey to all of the strongholds. Right now they're outside of Riften. Orcs are awesome.

I'm roleplaying that she's the Orc at Winterhold's daughter and, in spite of her father's love for history and desire to preserve it, she tired of Winterhold and left to find her own place in history.

I thought I recognized her name from the RP.

She really likes neck-slicing with her shield, lol

Go Green!

Orcs can be such fun to play!

She is uncannily good at finding treasure troves. She went to Pinewatch and raided their keep, now she accidentally found the shards of Mehrune's Razor.

Oops. She doesn't do well with Daedra, so she left that alone.

EDIT: Isn't she the most beautiful thing??

Fxxxxx Jaa-ree-raa!
Fuxxxxx "Oh! jes' poot owte th'lyte on yon liytehoose, s'eezzee!"
Fxxxxx dremors an' fxxxxx bandyttes an', an' fxxxxx otha thynges! fxxxxx fxxxxx!!
Ai shuid mek him stuff th'lytehoose op hyz arse, fxxxx!

Thus jobe had betta paye wull, oar sumwun as gonnae get theyars...!

Eilidh's still in Fulgunthur.
It's warm and actually proving to be quite lucrative as it goes. The pond life won't be going anywhere anytime soon anyway, too busy waiting for his, now late, sister.

Besides, she found a couple of interesting journals lying about. It's been a while since she's visited Fulgunthur and on previous excursions the tomb complex guarded its secrets. Now however it looks like someone found a way in, although they appear to have died in the process.

She's never really been into treasure hunting for the sake of it, but this might provide a diversion whilst her stuff dries off and she gets ready to pay that two-timing lizard a little visit...

(Also, next installment of the fanfic up soon, if anyone's interested).

Ushak was heading towards Riften and stopped in the middle of a storm at a tomb for shelter. She was met with a startled yell, which caused her to draw her mace. The man quickly explained that she merely startled him, and that was his ancestral tomb. She helped him clear it of a necromancer and his minions, as long as she got to take whatever loot she wanted. He relented, and once they reached the necromancer, the man tried talking to the necromancer, but Ushak just gave him a faceful of mace.

She doesn't play around lol

Ushak spent a few days walking to Riften. When she got there, everyone gave her strange looks and kept asking if she felt alright.

She felt fine, just exhausted.


She was approached by Brynjolf, who claimed she had never done an honest days work in her life. She ignored him, and he seemed a bit surprised, but left her alone. She met Mjoll and a few traders and offered to get them the gems they needed in exchange for gold. Riften makes her feel charitable, especially after seeing how riddled with thieves it is. She was also angry at the obvious shkledown at the North gate, after being refused at two entrances.

Ushak was a lot kinder to Brynjolf than Persephone was during her first visit to Riften!

I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT!

You can if you set him to be non essential.

Perspehone killed Dirge Maul, Brynjolf, and Sapphire within minutes of her first visit to Riften. Another one of my characters (I forget who now), killed almost all of the Fighters Guild.

Oh no, Dirge??

Ushak met Maul, and she's got a lust thing going in. She followed him for a bit, and he told her to back off lol

Oh no, I think it was Maul. It was the one at the front gate, who always does the force greet when you enter the city the first time. Persephone tried to ignore the loudmouthed mutt. But then he said something to the effect of "Yeah, you'd better walk away."

That was all an undead killing machine like Persephone needed to set her off. She turned around and killed him. Then Sapphire ran over and attacked her, so Persephone killed her too. Then Brynjolf came in, and well, you can see how he ended up. After it was all over a guard came to arrest Persephone. The bounty was 40 gold! Shows what the Riften guards think of the Thieves Guild!


After so many characters of mine getting his forced "You've never done an honest day's work in your life lass." routine, killing him felt soo good.

I'll bet it did lol.

Kayla was offended at that statement lol

Mycharonna the Ice Witch

Turdas, 5:49 PM, 30th of Second Seed, 4th Era 202

Level: 41
Gameplay: 178 hours, 45 minutes, 42 seconds
Days Passed: 284
Gold Found: 67,994


"Hm hm hmmmm hm hm hmmmm hm hm hm hm hm hm hmmm"

The gentle, tuneless hum of a child.

"Feel free to make requests! "Our hero our hero claims a Warrior's heart. ... I tell you I tell you the Dragonborn comes ... with an end to the evil of all Skyrim's foes ... bewaaare bewaaare the Dragonborn comes....."

The lilting cry of a bard.

"Are you all right? You seem tired."
"I'm fine, Horik. I just... are you worried about this war?"
"No. If we must fight, we will, and you will lead us to victory. As you always have."
"With you by my side, is that right Horik?"
"Of course. I would have it no other way."

A pleasant conversation between two locals.

"Cough! ... Yawn........"

Drinks and food are served here at the Winking Skeever to soldiers, fisherman, laborers, and children. And below this mellow, placid scene, just one storey beneath the feet of these aimless patrons, a shape slowly forms. Crystalizes, and then hardens. From vapor to flesh a figure emerges, seemingly from the stone wall itself.


As she regains her Nirnly being, Mycharonna the Ice Witch claims her sodden resolve. She feels the air of the cellar around her, which is that perfect combination of warmth and humidity she prefers. And the sound of their feet as they walk on the stone floor above comforts her.



"It's been a good week, my boy!" says the owner of the Winking Skeever from above. "Loud customers mean good cheer, and good cheer means a full till! You know, I ought to retire and leave you to run the Skeever, son!"

"I don't know, father... There's a whole world out there I want to see. You'd just spend your time here, bossing me around and yelling for more drinks. You're practically retired already..."

"I could run the Skeever!" says another child, this one a girl. "You even said I'm almost as smart as you! Why not let me run the Skeever? I already know lots about it!"

"Hah! A girl running a bar? Don't be ridiculous, Minette!"

"What about 'Auntie Faida' in Dragon Bridge? She runs a bar, and you said she's one of your favorite girls!"

"Oh, brother..." says the 'son'.

"That's it!" announces the owner. "I'm not retiring, ever! End of discussion!"


Little do they know, she thinks. That one of them could be next.

Not long ago, this sort of thought would intrigue and amaze her, as being a vampire was not something she had planned on when she first arrived in Skyrim months ago. But now, she merely thinks this casually. Already I have feasted upon two of your flock. And little do you know the 'terror' has not fled. As a fact of matter, she shall indeed surprise the gentry of this town known as Solitude. Very soon.

The vampire shifts entirely from the plane she had previously been dwelling in, to Nirn. And the world of Skyrim would never be the same again.



6:03 PM

"True, I may look the part of dashing swordsman," says a Redguard patron of the Winking Skeever as a well-dressed, lightly perfumed, middle-aged, grey-haired lady passes by. "but I prefer the art of wit to that of warfare."

The grey-haired socialite says nothing, she merely inspects the man (a dark-skinned man) before her. This one's blood would flourish me strongly she thinks. Contrarily, he may dwelleth within the Bard's College, and to sate myself would bring much risk....

"The typical Skyrim wench is like the city of Solitude itself," the Redguard tries. "Stone exterior, but ahh, the charms within," he finishes in a feeble attempt to flatter her.

The grey-haired, midlde-aged socialite lady departs from The Winking Skeever without a reply.




5:58 PM

"Honored guests, I thank you all for being here. I thank you for sharing this wonderfully happy day with myself.. and my new husband."

Vittoria Vici addresses the small crowd before her as the sky above turns to darkens. Seems quite ironic that the wedding commences at such an hour Mycharonna thinks. The hour of darkness. Seems almost fated.

"In this courtyard, there are no Stormcloaks. There are no Imperials. Today the problems of Skyrim are not our problems, nor are they yours. Today we have joined together in peace. So please, enjoy yourselves."

Mycharonna meanders by the alchemy shop, up some stairs, and follows the voice she hears, while also using an otherworldy sense* to guide her. After some minutes, finally she locates the soiree.



"Good people of Solitude. ... Are you all entjoying yourselves?" the bride calls out. "Please .. eat, drink, and be merry on this happiest of days."

The Ice Witch notices the bride and groom are seated on one end of this rather dark courtyard, while a smattering of guests sit before the pair. The affair is somber, which pleases Mycharonna in some way. One bard sings, while another plays a flute on the far end of this courtyard. As Mycharonna approaches, Vittoria and Asgeir leave their seats, exit the courtyard, and because of this the Witch momentarily doesn't know what to do. The killing must be public and messy Astrid had said. As the Witch circles the courtyard slowly, smiling as best she can in an attempt to pretend to be human, the guests of honor now return to the courtyard, while the Witch readies a spell, and removes a small, dark-green blade from her belt. The dark-green blade is then quickly poisoned.



As drinks are raised in celebration a whoosh of air is felt by several guests, and suddenly Asegir Snow-Shod, Nordic groom of the wedding itself, attacks his Imperial bride.

"Hey, I saw that!" ... "What are you doing?" ... "You can't get away with this!" .. "Those fools are actually fighting!"

The guests suddenly erupt in confusion, raising from their seats, while the Witch swallows a potion which temporarily erases the sight of her. As blades and fists are drawn, only one guest manages to notice where the Witch who had thrown the magic had been standing. This guest gets one good slice upon the Witch before he can't find her no more.

"Where did you .. where did you go?"

In seconds, most of the wedding is either fleeing or fighting, while the Witch slips to the side, and out of the courtyard. As the confusion commences, she draws her poisoned, dark-green blade, and returns to the crowd. Asegeir ... is dead, yet the wedding guests barely seem to notice, due to a bit of shape-shifting by the Witch. ** They only see that he is injured, and seems baffled by his previous actions. Despite this comfort, the Witch knows she's only got seconds before her invisibility wears off.

She aims her orcish-crafted daggar, which has been laced with deadly poison, and strikes Vittoria Vici dead.

"Ooooooff!"

As the Imperial bride falls to the ground, her soul is captured within a black gem carried by the Witch. Because of this, the Witch can no longer hide. .... In a split second she is chased and swung at several times. Her usual 'too-fast-for the eye' speed is drained somehow, and she struggles to get away. Fully focused upon her Nirnly being, she cannot initially find a place to hide, and seconds begin to feel like hours. She dashes down stone causeways and past many homes as the guards (and some citizens) make attempts to attack her. .. But then there it is.

She finds a stand of thistle bushes, crouches within one of them, and casts a spell which silences her almost entirely.

"Guess it's all clear, now."

After a few moments, Mycharonna ascertains that after her confusing, messy withdrawl, she's now wound up near the entranceway to the Blue Palace.

I must leave this place at once!

Mycharonna the Ice Witch tries to do so, manages to make it past several houses (and the Bard's College) yet is caught once more. "The prublem is yo'r dissreespect for da law. Yoo must pay a fine for da Jarl's justice", says a guard.

But the Ice Witch has none of this. She merely flips her shoulder when the guard shows a writ to collect 40 gold. She can easily afford this fee, but chooses not to. After another minute or so, she finally locates the door she's looking for: a door beneath Solitude's gigantic windmill. She rushes through this, closes it, and crouches down. With her muffling spell still active, the guards quickly determine that the lady who had caused the deaths of both bride and groom is nowhere to be found. They then give up their search a little too quickly.

"No sign of her!"

It helps that Mycharonna manages to subtly persuade the night around her to come to her aid.



"

Ushak has found companionship in Borgakh the Steel Heart. Knowing her plight, Ushak paid off Borgakh's dowry and they are now traveling together.

That was neat to see Mycharonna materialize in the cellar!


Ninette decided to go to the College of Winterhold so she asked NPC Jerric to walk her there. It turned out that she would have been all right on her own, but she is frankly terrified of freezing to death and being eaten by wild animals (in any order) so she was much more relaxed behind his shield.

I fixed up Ninette’s dorm room before she got there so that we wouldn’t get stuck in an endless “where is the desk you promised me” loop with Mirabelle. Ninette tends to get fixated on details. So when she got to her room I was excited to finally after all of these hours see a desk in there, and instead of being happy Ninette was thinking And does this battlemage come with the chamber? I already have one. He’s a College Watchman who seems to really like her chair. Later after she explored and put away her stuff she began to wish she had a door. “Guys, a little privacy?”

Ninette is very organized. I had to make some labeled storage for her because the plain barrels were not sufficient. She wants some shelves in her room for books and whatever oddities she’s sure she will collect in her studies. J’zargo did his sneering at the newcomer routine and her response was a cool, “Let us see what happens.” She won’t make a single potion more than she needs, so I think she’ll stay strong enough to survive for a while. She’s too smart to go where her Illusion spells don’t work without backup. That’s a relief.

Tolfdir has sent her class to a nearby ruin. Jerric will happily tag along but to Ninette he seems as old as dirt and just about as interesting. She might send him home thinking that she’ll be safe with her teacher and classmates. I hope she doesn’t!

Awww.



Yeah, a little help from Imgur's blurring tool and that 'special effect' was good to go.

Ushak was devastated to find Borgakh gone when she returned to Lakeview Manor. Her steward, Rayya, didn't have anything to say on the subject, but offered to travel instead with her. Ushak declined and instead has begun adventuring on her own again.

Genevieve took Mjoll to Breezehome to meet the kids.

Are you sure you're not a kid yourself?

Ok, I take that back

See the mod thread for more.

So far Whiterun has not gone well.
To summarise, Eilidh having been arrested in Markarth for brawling and drunken behaviour set out for Whiterun and Ysolda, whom she had been told knew more about what was going on with Sam who had stolen money off of Eilidh and dumped her in Markarth.

A couple of days later she arrived, worse for wear by several bottles of cheap wine and a flask of skooma she'd picked up from somewhere. (She does not do Skooma often, in fairness).
Figuring to have some refreshments prior to looking for Ysolda she headed for the Bannered Made and proceeded to get a little more "loose".
Anyway, she remembers leaving the inn and selling some things and then meeting Ysolda.

Apparently she's betrothed, to a woman, and Sam is to be handling the affair. There was something about a ring as well...
Now anyone who knows Eilidh knows that unless there is a lot of coin involved she is as straight as they come, and apart from that she's not the marrying kind, anymore.
Eventually she "persuaded" Ysolda to tell her where Sam was; "Mor..." something, as far as she can remember.

After that it's a blur, it seems she ran out of money in the inn, but "gained" some later outside, when it was dark, only about 100 gold but it was a spur of the moment thing and one of the guards apparently gave her an extra 10.

She's been told that she then broke into Ysolda's house and having found nothing attempted then to pickpocket one the very guards she had "favoured" earlier. He was much less generous this time and she's now languishing in jail.
Again.
The fact that she was wearing nothing but a hat when she was caught did not help much either...

So not a good night, then...

Yikes, sorry about Boragkh’s ditching of Ushak.

ghastley, Hulked out Genevieve looks great! I love it!

Phon, good luck to Eilidh. I always enjoy that quest, but it sounds as if she’s having a rough time with it.

She isn't really, bless her; she's been making some bad decisions recently and it's not going well. The other trail's gone cold and she's saddled with chasing after the Sam individual, who not only dumped her in Markarth but got her into all sorts of trouble *and* stole 1500 gold from her.
Nothing about the situation is good at all. Her increasing dependancy on alcohol and drugs in order to keep her abdominal pains at bay is not helping either - (I suspect she's got an aggravated and possibly ruptured ulcer, along with a fairly severe kidney infection) - she's always been a drinker but it's really getting bad now.
Turning down mercenary jobs, like those offered in Whiterun isn't helping her reputation or her cashflow either...

Turning tricks and petty thievery is about all she's good for in the cities at the moment, but the night's events show that with the sort of impaired judgement she has at the moment, these are hardly good career moves.
I would NOT want to be Sam or the Legionary when she catches up with them.

Fortunately for them, she's here currently: Dragonsreach

Ninette allowed NPC Jerric to tag along on her school trip. This picture pretty much sums up what she likes about him. Her most comfortable spot is right behind his shield.

Ninette has no problem summoning her flame atronach and then dashing back down the corridor away from the fight. Jerric is obviously capable of taking monsters on by himself, so she has no qualms about leaving him to it. With the backup of her atronach, of course.

She has talked to each of her classmates in the hope of finding one who might share her adventures, but none of them wears armor or carries a big shield. Tolfdir has given her a job to do for the College. Kind of by accident. Ninette was just kissing up to the teacher and found herself with a task. So it seems that she will keep the big guy around for a while.

Damn, so Eilidh went from being the King's daughter to drugs, brawls and turning tricks? Mercy.

I lvoe that look on Ninette's face! Yeah, that's the look of a face that gets over-anal about organizing her things, no doubt.

It's not the same Eilidh - they are two sides of the same coin.
This one is the rough half.

Genevieve has gone to Labyrinthian with Mjoll in tow to get the Staff of Magnus. She's done Ok so far, but in the last zone, there's a corridor with a triplet of spell-casting traps at the end, flinging fireballs. All my previous characters have managed this section by dodging between the fireballs and ducking behind the pillars until they could grab the soul gems and stop the traps.

This time, Mjoll comes running up next to her, attracting a fireball, which is an AOE effect and therefore hits anyone nearby, meaning Gen behind her pillar. Mjoll has enough health to survive (and I'm certain she just knows she's essential). Gen has only the base 100.

It's a good thing I don't play DiD.

I've tried Unrelenting Force and Whirlwind Sprint on this section without success. UF doesn't displace all the gems, and WS still lets the traps get off a second blast before she can grab the gems. She can't take more than one. So she'll have to tell Mjoll to wait, and heal behind each pillar if she gets splashed.

I could probably do this by Hulking out for the extra health, but I want to save that for a test against Morokei.