That is so funny he said that! I wonder what the spell going was, I saw something in the upper right screen but didn't recognize the icon.

Maxical still gets held up by highwaymen, but not bandits/marauders/mercenaries/etc. Deer, wolves, and mountain lions leave her alone (can't remember if bear do), but boars, mudcrabs, mythic beasts, Daedra, minotaur, etc - all attack her on sight.

In fact Raven was quite rich at that time (around 1000 gold) but maybe the Highwayman knew that if he's so rich, he'll be tough to bring down. It's a real mystery, we'll see what happens when he passes the bridge the next time.


It's the Flame Atronach.

It's nice that mountain lions leave Maxical alone. Me, I use so many animal-related mods that I'm not even sure which animals are hostile and which not, in vanilla game.

Lothran has never heard that, at least I don´t think so. He likes the HighwayKhajiit so he always pays them rather than fight them. He may even go as far as bribing them into liking him more which gives them much more money than from the hold-up!

Just for funzies, here´s from the University when Lothran had just made Buffy´s Torch

Before and after

There are several things that could cause it (example: certain faction changes, a high enough personality, high fame or infamy might, and very possibly one of the mods is altering either their forced conversation or attack script/aggression AI; etc.






Nice light trick! I really like that!

At the University

Lothran in his Mages Robe
Making a new spell at the altar
"Careful, don´t take too much now"
Going back to basics

Lothie looks so handsome in his mage robe! Blue is definitely the best looking color for him - as well as very much in keeping with his unpretentious nature.

Buffy puffed up proudly when I showed her the pix of Lothie. "I'm just a Journeyman, but Lothran is a full-fledged Warlock! Isn't he wonderful!?!"

You've got two great close-ups of Lothran here, love them both! The one at the alter is pretty exciting too, I didn't realize that enchanting something would create that field around the person! Awesome shots!

Look at all the pretty colors. I kind of want to play Oblivion again.

Thank you all for your nice comments


Once I´ve put the idea in your head it´s only a matter of time. You see, I have a knack for getting old players to fire up Oblivion again. Just look at Callidus

The spellmaking picture makes me especially nostalgic. Nice, mirocu!

Here's one from this morning: Rush Hour.

Whatta crowd!

Looks like it´s on the road west of Skingrad, towards Anvil.

Colovia. Where men are real men, women are real men, and sheep are real nervous...

Darnand is busted. It's always the quiet ones.

That's exactly where they are, mirocu. They had just promoted my favorite Colovian Cheese Master to NPC royalty.

And it took a while, but the gang is finally all together.

I may be asking YOU how to make all these NPCs! Looks great having all the gang together. Now if only we could have an update...

Edit: typo

So you´re also on a coronation tour, Grits?


Nice bunch Could you update me on who everyone is? I´m afraid I don´t recognize too many of them

Sure, left to right that's Darnand, Abiene, Lildereth, and Jerric.

Thanks, guys! It's a whole new game again.

I remember when you were pretending that Mercrutio was Darnand. Now you are the master...

Grits, I love how you so fluidly move your crew from Cyrodiil to Skyrim and back. When dealing with the differences between provinces, I think KC nailed the best attitude (paraphrasing with wild license here): 200 years? Screw it, just walk across the darn border, what's so hard about that?!?

Anyway, a couple of great screens! Wow, Darnand sure has a spiffy looking green bag! I have a jealous elf.

The reason Lothran went on his big coronation tour; a dead Khajiit Courier. I think it was Urjabhi.

And thanks to the formerly dead Kahjiit, you can now do it with no danger!

One of Lothran´s favorite books

mirocu, good to hear the coronation tour's going well! If there was immigration or births in Cyrodiil, perhaps preserving the limited number of NPCs would not be so critical, but for longer games, keeping them alive makes a big difference. I'm so glad to see that Carandial will now be safe as he roots around in Anutwyll.

Dear Mazoga's at the top of my coronation list. I can't recall, does she get on well with Lothie?

Rosa, it’s a shock to go back to their console games. Where is everyone? I remember when Jerric kept poor Erthor with him for ages because he was so lonely. That little guy just wanted to get back to the safety of Skingrad!

Acadian, it really is just as simple as a nice long walk. I expect we’ll do less random border jumping once we get everyone situated in both provinces. The recent trip to ghastley’s Falkreath lit the way for sort of a seasonal migration. Oh, and Darnand’s robe is actually called wood elf-something. It’s his favorite, and I’m sure now he won’t wear anything else!

mirocu, I’m enjoying Lothran’s progress ensuring the safety of Cyrodiil’s citizens. I confess to indulging in the occasional makeover when my characters do the same.

Oh, Grits! Thank you for giving Schlera some fashion help. Buffy cringes every time she stops at Pells Gate and sees Schlera wearing a cuirass with long skirt!

After he helped her sorting out that little problem they´ve had very little dealings with each other. They´re simply business associates, nothing more and nothing less


Nice hair!

On the road to Bruma

"You know, your sister is very blue, even for a Dunmer"
"Ehm... service, please? No?"
It´s the right path, literally.
A wonderful sight!
Now, did I bring my key....?
Yay! New fireplace!! Sadly though, no Bosmer lass
But at least her nice gift can be put to use again

Woot! Lothran's home for the winter! Glad he wore his furs for the trip! What a nice group of homecoming screenshots. Thanks for sharing. Lothran may count on at least one winter visit, as not even the Bruma cold will keep Buffy from popping up there to see him!

Maybe his sister is blue because it is so cold?

I see Lothran has a fire in his Bruma fireplace! Not many players can boast that.

@Acadian - Buffy is as always ever so welcome! But that goes without saying, doesn´t it?


Well, Aleswell is rather close to Bruma...


He´s had a working fireplace for a few years in fact, but now it doesn´t consist of five torches!

Some christmas cards from Lothran in Pale Pass to all of chorrol´s forumites!

His home away from home
Topside view

Oh, very nice! What a lovely winter scene!

Thank you

Yes, I do love Pale Pass!

mirocu, I love Lothran's Pale Pass HQ. Setting the tent up on one of the fort's surviving upper floors is a great idea. And it's snooowwwingg!

Yes, it never stops snowing in Pale Pass which is why I like to visit it: I don´t have to punch in the magic code in the console here all the time!

Since it´s christmas I thought I´d resurrect some wintery pixies

By the bridge
My cold-hearted friend
Heard any news from the other provinces?
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
In the mountains
That´s not how it´s done, matey
Approaching Bruma 2013

I just love seeing shots of Lothran's winter wonderland! Especially from someplace warm. Let it snow! The antics of those foresters is often great fun just to watch and follow them around.

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Yep Haven´t seen to many of them lately though, but luckily there now is one on the road east where Honmund rides on his horse. He tells Lothran he has to be quiet or he´ll spook the deer when in fact it is he who spooks them!

Wow, is that just pure Acrobatic skill, or how did he get all the way up there?

Great snowy pictures, mirocu! I particularly like In The Mountains. I love wandering around up there.

Here are two seasonal themed shots from Jerric and Darnand’s last trip to ghastley's Falkreath. Here they are on a bridge still in Cyrodiil. Jerric stood there for a long time. Still Kyne’s child, as he would say.

Then he took some pity on Darnand. A mage does not complain about feeling cold in a snowstorm, but a little mundane fire goes a long way to lift the spirits.

Great seasonal shots, Grits. I love those sets of stone steps, some with warming braziers along the unmarked trails north and west of Bruma.

He didn´t jump that height in one try but rather in steps, from one ruin piece to a higher ruin piece. He did utilize his Mighty Sleipner spell though which fortifies his Speed and Acrobatics

@Grits - Thank you I enjoyed your pixies as well, very nice wintery scenery!

You heard what mirocu does. Buffy casts a series of two spells that fortify acro by 100 for 17 and 15 seconds respectively; that boosts her acro to 300 and is just the ticket up to many great sniper perches. You know tmar over on BethSoft of course. His characters use a similar set of spells augmented by a load of enchanted gear to boost acro over 500 for their cathedral climbing antics.

Best wishes for 2014 from Lothran at his post!

Say hello to Eilidh inion Mhic Amhalghaidh, frsh off the boat at Anvil.

Fortunately, she had made some prior arrangments:
Some decent armour
Probing Ulfgar for news and rumours

Where could all this possibly be going...?
Anvil by night
Sleeping in the common room, at least there's a fire.
Profile: Count's Arms
Checking out Anvil
Waiting around outside the Fighter's Guild - a girl needs funds...
NOT a happy bunny
Rats. Seriously?

A beauty she is indeed! And it´s rather interesting that I dreamt about that exact hairstyle the night before I saw your new character!

*Looks at Phon's pictures. Whistles*

Wow . Though I have to ask: How do you pronounce that name?

Ellie is looking good. I loved the angry face in the unuappy bunny pic!

Chuckle, I do think that's funny! Great stuff though.


Yes she does grumpy very well, but then she is a Princess so I suppose she's had lots of practice - (although she's no shrinking violet, I can tell you, as we'll find out ...)



Rough pronunciation as follows:
Aylee(or Aylay) - (Ellie is a more modern corruption, but valid in our context) - inyeeun vic (or 'ic) Aulay (or Auley)
She knows herself as:
Aylee inyeeun vic Aulay
Which (very) roughly translated means: Ayley daughter of (the) son of Aulay
So there you go!

A few from Eilidh's excursion into the countryside surrounding Anvil...
Places of interest
The Standing Stone
The abandoned cottage
Storm coming
Blue Moon, apparently. Somebody or bodies lived here in peace and quiet, once
Trying on a frock - not really her but makes a change from armour, although she didn't wear it for long. She felt uncomfortably wearing someone else's clothes...
However, with the storm still raging there was nothing for it but to stay the night as best she could - Who slept here...? She doesn't know, but a mark on the bed gives a clue. Regardless, it was a troubled sleep and an uncomfortable night.
Anvil - the next day, this is their idea of a castle.
Morvayn likes her business but could do without her attitude; the fact that Enilroth was practically foaming at the mouth the moment the copper-haired Elf came through the door didn't help the rather straight-laced blacksmith's temper any either.

Such nice pixies I like her in the red dress but I prefer her in her armour.

So does she I think, but a girl's gotta be curious about what clothes look like on, even if they do make her feel a bit "weird" and frankly are not what she's used to, civvie-wise...

Sunrise over the Abacean
Eilidh's first dead bandit
Fort Strand
She's poking about in this fort on her way back to town, something a bit different...
Thankfully! She can see herself. End of existential angst.
Atmosphere#1
Atmosphere#2
Lighting the way
From the front. The place is full of bandits. Well at least she's got her sword dirty. Makes a change from beating up burglars...