A group wearing psychedelic armor!

That is pretty awesome, that group of peaceful ogres walking by. Maybe that is Maskar's work.

"Trying to impress the dominant male orc... " I really like that part. I like that you see these moments we all see, but with little stories attached to them.

Today was perfect weather day in Maryland. It does this every year. There will be cold or cool weather throughout most of springtime. Then toward the end of May it'll get really humid / swampy. :sweat: 80 degrees, 90 degrees, tons of humidity. But then... it'll all go away. Warm weather remains, but humidity is removed for a few days.

So I spent most of today lying around outside, or spring-cleaning. Perfect Weather. So I'm too woozy to write. But hey, at least I didn't drink! I want to keep the weekly flow of stories going, though. So now it's time for some

Klassic Kahreem

This was written originally here on September 3rd, 2012. Hoy, I wrote about his Tutorial Dungeon experience.

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Kahreem of Weet could not believe his luck! It did not take long before a group of figures rushed into his jail cell, told him to stand "over by the window." And then, a moment he could have never predicted in a hundred days: the Emperor Himself followed a group of his bodyguards into Kahreem's cell. Emperor Uriel Septim had just walked inside, and then granted Kahreem with his presence.

The words The Emperor spoke did not make a whole lot of sense; something about having a dream with Kahreem of Weet in it. How could that be? For he was little more than a common bandit.

Within a few minutes, it was done. Kahreem did not know if his term of Prison was officially over or not, but he did know the Emperor and his bodyguards had left a secret doorway in his cell WIDE OPEN for him to escape from! Kahreem could not believe his luck!

Over the course of several hours, he snuck behind the group that had freed him. Found additional passages to sneak through, and eventually wound up with the following items:

1 club

1 leather shield (later traded for a rusty iron one).

1 roughened leather armor suit

1 pair of roughened leather boots

1 red hoodie, an attempt to hide his face should anyone later accuse him as an escaped prisoner.

dozens of lockpicks! More than Kahreem had ever held in his life at one time.

dozens of gemstones. Jewels, and a few scrolls that he can't use, since he can't read magical runes.

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Kahreem eventually found the group that had freed him, after many hours of sneaking around, killing rats and goblins. He feared he'd have to fight his way through to safety, but again, Uriel Septim prevented this from happening.

The Emperor rambled on, talking of things that went right over Kahreem's head.* All Kahreem wanted to know is how to get out of here.

He eventually got his wish affter the final attack, the Emperor had been attacked by strange red-robed assassins. A fellow Redguard named Baurus helped Kahreem make the ultimate escape out of a sewer area. After doing so, Baurus stayed behind! Why didn't he follow Kahreem to safety?

Baurus wanted to know if Kahreem had former training as an Acrobat! An Acrobat?

Kahreem had tried not to laugh. Being a lone Redguard in the land of Cyrodiil, he had become more of a Bandit than a pure Acrobat. He could pick locks with varying success, and had found occasional trouble with the law as a teen because of this.

As Kahreem of Weet left the sewer outside to a dazzling Cyrodiilic day (wow, it never gets old...that moment leaving the Sewers) he decided to head up to the Imperial City. Lots of opportunity up there.



* I remember that I roleplayed Kahreem's clueless approach to the emperor and Baurus perfectly!

Don't tell me, let me guess. You named Kahreem while eating a bowl of Cream of Wheat.

Yup, his tutorial sounds exactly like the Kahreem we know and love.

20200601 The return of the Vampire Hunter – Ninendava
It was almost noon the day after the late night at the House of Earthly Delights when I finally woke up. Don’t remember getting in the bed but here I was dress in my night clothes and tucked in bed. Must have been the maid Lucy Pinder’s doing. Sweet thing, I really should make a better effort in finding her sister.

Putting on a robe I went downstairs for breakfast, ah lunch. During lunch I mentioned that an orc I had met at Ave’s who told me he had been recruited for a construction job down near Sutch and was spending his sign-up bonus. We decided to have a look Sutch next time we’re in the area.

After lunch, Pym laid a strange item she had picked up in Varondo on the table next to Countess Millona Umbranox’s warhammer. The grotesque thing looked like a beating heart encased in a blob of clear jelly. Kaleah called it a Sphere of Hate.

“Whatever you do don’t break it,” Kaleah instructed. “Best to store it away in a safe place.”

Ooops!

After the clean-up, the Ladies claimed they are tired of having nothing to wear around the house so off to the shops we went. The rest of the day was spent in Chorrol’s shops.

Now, after couple days of shopping and tending to business at the Mages Guild Hall it was time to get back to important stuff and on the road to Bruma. It is always a good feeling to be away from all the sign-this, sign-that Mages Guild paper work. Why I ever accepted the Arch-mage position I’ll never know. The Archeology Guild is so much more relaxed.

A few hours later on the Orange Road, Pym the Silent One grabbed my arm and pointed to a trail that led north toward Ninendava. Ah yes, the Order of the Virtuous Blood had reports of vampire activity near Ninendava. We should investigate.

Turning onto the trail we crossed over a bridge near a waterfall as we headed north to Ninendava. Arriving at the entrance I turned to the Ladies and told them I should go in alone.

“It’s been a long time. Are you sure?” Kaleah asked. She sized me up and down a moment and then reaching into her pocket bag she pulled out a couple of items. “Been saving these, thinking you might need them again.”

“Every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp dress Feache,” hummed Kaleah as she helped with the ties and buckles. Pym and Maeva did the Eagle Rock up and down the entrance steps while Vilja looked on incredulously, not knowing what to make of the whole affair.

Holy moly! I had barely stepped foot in Ninendava when several draugr, a rare draugr wizard, and two vampires nearly ended the excavation before it even began. With the aid of my own summoned fighters; the Sisters of Insanity and a Dremora Lord I made it through to the lower levels. There I encountered the Mesmerizing Lady and her Beloved Champion.

The Mesmerizing Lady's Beloved Champion falls to the Light of Dawn.

The Mesmerizing Lady follows her beloved a short time later.

With Ninendava now deathly quiet and the Light of Dawn having drunk its fill of vampires, I went back to the entrance to tell my Ladies all is well and it’s time to loot the place. Of the many things we found one was an Ayleid statue sure to be of interest to a collector I know.

Your game looks absolutely fantastic in those outdoor shots (like road to Bruma).

So even solo, looks like Jandanga's still got it!

I agree with Acadian - the road to Bruma shot is spectacular?

Which mod adds the Mesmerizing Lady?





Nice to read the very first Kahreem. He came out of the prison better equipped as he was ever before.

The mod that adds the Mesmerizing Lady is Vampire Hunting - Order of the Virtuous Blood, Version 3.2. released in 2017. By merging; "Vampire Hunting - Order of the Virtuous Blood", "Kendrel - The Vampire Huntress", "OVBE - Order of the Virtuous Blood Expanded," and "Caldera Update" into one neat package. This mod adds 28 additional quests which become available after you have completed the vanilla Order of the Virtuous Blood side-quest.

Most of the scenery and landscape changes in my game are due to Unique Landscapes mods. I also use Better Cities but I don’t think it adds much of anything outside of the city walls. The particular one for the Road to Bruma itaken just outside of Chorrol is UL Chorrol Hinterland Better Cities Release v2.

That was brave. Not going into Ninendava by himself, but standing up to his Ladies and telling them they can't go in.

Cool, did you add Sutch to your game? Please do! At least the base mod from Arthmoor.



Ha ha this made me laugh.

Really like that one shot of them crossing that bridge, with pine needles up close to the 'camera'.


macole and Acadian: yes, almost all my game names are also word plays, and so I think I was having a bowl of Cream of Wheat back in September 2012 when the name struck me. Half-based upon a famous basketball player, and half-based upon hot breakfast cereal.

[b]Lopov[/u]: Yes, Vampire Hunting is the same mod Renee Gade III also did, roughly from 2014 until 2018 or so. Although macole brings the quest to better light by taking pics along the way!

Great Kahreem tutorial story!

@Renee - The Jandaga was being a bit greedy or selfish. You see if he lets the Ladies in... well they end up killing many of the vampires and his sword the Light of Dawn doesn't get charged up.

Yes, I did add Arthmoor's Sutch Village per someone's recommendation. There is so many mods in my game that adding something new gets a bit dicey. I'm hoping it all goes well.

As always thanks you for your appreciation. I'm glad everyone like the pics and the look of the game. Many of my landscape shots especially the ones without characters in them, end up in my PC's monitor background slideshow.

Traveling with a group is fun, but there are times when it's good to have some solo time too. Strategy is much different. You can be stealthier if that's Jandaga's thing, but he has to be more careful, because now he hasn't got that immediate support from his gang.


To all: These are good times. I am loving this period of high creativity at Chorrol. Everyone's writing is tops. Everyone's imaginations are peaking lately.

Well, almost everyone....


Sun's Height 27, 3rd Era 434, 2:26 am





"I like what I see."

Armand Cristophe says this with that knowing "wink" in his voice, as Kahreem, his most-trusted scoundrel, pulls a bottle of Cheap Wine from his nightsack.

"I brought some wine, Armand, Surprise!"

"Well hello wine!" Armand's eyes widen. "It's going to be a pleasure to drink with you."

"Ha! That's not even the surprise I was talking about. You really think I'd make all this fuss over a two Septim bottle of wine? Especially after rushing in here, knocking miscellaneous things around, almost making you fly back against that wall?"

"Maybe so," the doyen says thoughtfully.

"Well. Just wait'll you see what else I've got in this bag. You are never going to guess in a hundred years' time."

Armand says nothing. But he's thinking hard. His eyes travel across the room as he ponders. One never knows what Kahreem will be up to next, Kahreem imagines him wondering.

"I am like the moons, Armand. Masser and Secunda You have seen me through so many phases of life. Kahreem the Art Thief. Kahreem the Spice Merchant. Kahreem the dragon slayer. Kahreem the Dark Brotherhood Speaker."

"Look Kahreem, I haven't got all day. Can you get to the point here?" he raises his voice, tapping the table he's almost sitting upon for emphasis.

Kahreem of Weet uncorks the bottle, then takes a long, slow swig of its juice. Makes a face to indicate how much he's enjoying its puckery taste. Passes the bottle to Armand, the man who'd started Kahreem's whole career as a top-rated thief. The man who'd nurtured him from obscurity. The man who'd brought him away from his previous life as a teenaged, West Weald bandit. The man who gave him a tangible career, a tangible future.

Armand finishes glugging his share of the bottle. "You sure can spin a yarn, master thief. Come on! What have you got in that bag?"

And those are the last words spoken by Armand Cristophe for the next several minutes.



"You-- .... you..."

"I ... I?"

"You.... How did you get that?" The bottle Armand holds in his hand is just one finger away from smashing all over the floor. "As I live and breathe, YOU are the Gray Fox?"

Kahreem smiles under his new disguise, perhaps the most ultimate disguise of all time.

"Yes. I am the Gray Fox."

Armand lowers his eyes. Mental calculations of some sort zipping through his mind.

"How's that wine, Armand?"

Finally, some sort of conclusion. "All this time. All this time! YOU were the Gray Fox, Kahreem! You ... pretended to come here as a nobody. A lowlife bandit living on the West Weald..."

"Hey, easy there. I was not a lowlife...."

"... yet all this time, you were really the top ultimate leader of the Thieves Guild. Right here in front of me. Pretending to be horrible at lockpicking. Pretending to be bad at thievery..."

"Hey hey! I was not bad at thievery!"

Armand stops his sermon. Paces his whispery shoes back and forth in front of his hearth for a few moments.

"Salute, my brother." Armand passes the bottle back to a brown hand, whose face is still shrouded. "You certainly had me fooled. You had all of us fooled. How did you do it?"

As Kahreem of Weet spends the next two hours concocting a string of lies which aren't really lies, it all depends on perspective and context, the rain outside finally stops pouring.

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Good to be back home.

Uh oh, Khareem is going to pull out some two day old mutton, the Cowl of Nocturnal!

I love how Armand goes on and on about what a terrible thief Khareem is!

Kahreem was the Grey Fox all along! Even in Lothran's game!


Who knew?


Why, hello there, Deadpool

Clever of Kahreem to make up a tale of how he was actually the Gray Fox all along. Not sure if he intended it from the start of he decided to make it up, after seeing Armand's surprise.

Whispery shoes FTW!

Well done, Renee! What a surprise for Armand! Kahreem certainly has many titles. Kahreem the horse collector comes to mind. . . .

@Renee - Ha, I like the way Kahreem lets Armand go on thinking that he has always been the Gray Fox. Armand should think himself lucky that Kahreem didn’t pull out a tally sheet that list all the things that Armand needs to improve.

20200606 Vilja-A Melting Heart, GwedenBrothel-Darwen
By the grace of Nir the vampire infestation of Ninendava has been quelled. It’s midnight and raining, when we step outside. No sleeping under the stars tonight. Back inside Ninendava we go to sleep on the cold hard stone floor where at least it’s dry.

Morning comes and we’re eager to leave Ninendava. On a clear day the trip to Bruma along the northern trail that winds through the Jerall Mountains is beautiful. Too bad it didn’t stay that way.

The sky had begun cloud over looking like it was going to snow when a giant Minotaur Lord ambushed us. He was big but not very smart.

As we climbed higher into the mountains we spotted an Imperial Mountain Rider fighting two or three Skyrim Bandits.

We raced to the Rider’s aid but she had the situation well in hand and by the time we got there she was cleaning up getting ready to leave. It was Claudia, the Redguard girl we had rescued from the guards in the Imperial city. From the looks of the dead bandits Claudia and her bear are making a great team. After a nice little chat we continued on our way.

It was still snowing when we encountered several giants herding mammoths. Using the heavy snow storm as cover we kept a very respectful distance as us we attempted to pass peaceably by the giants. Would’ve made it too if it hadn’t been for Vilja and Wolfgang wanting to play wack-a-giant.

It was mid-afternoon Loredas by the time we arrived in Bruma. Our first top is the Hammer and Axe. Fjotreid mentioned that a pretty Bosmer bear hunter has been coming into town on the weekends since the last time we were here.

I met Darwen, she's quite a character and cute to boot!

With our transactions concluded and a quick stop at our house to freshen up and put on something more appropriate, we headed on over to Olav’s for dinner. Sereni Hlaalu was there. After all the time we spent tracking down a tame wolf now she doesn’t want it. She’s got a new pet, a stinky scamp of all things. She doesn’t want Heneri’s husband anymore either. She handed me a skull to take back to Heneri.

A skull! Really? The sisters are fighting over the remains of the dead husband. Sweet Goddess the whole Hlaalu family is a bunch of wackos!

By 9:00PM Olav’s was getting crowded. As the Hero of the Battle of Bruma I was asked to be one of the judges for the dance contest. I was ready vote for Kiyana my lovely Ohmes-raht house sitter, when Darwen threw off her clothes.

I tried but my chooice was out voted by the other two judges.

The dance contest over, Darwen kept dancing and drinking. I spoke to Olav about Darwen. Oh the story he told. He plies her with doctored drinks, she gets drunk, and dances naked until she passes out. She puts on a good show that packs the house with thirsty customers. The more they cheer the wilder she dances. The wilder she dances the more coin the crowd spends. Next morning she remembers absolutely nothing.

It was around 2:00AM when Darwen passed out. The pile of gold coin on the dance floor had grown quite large by then. Olav scooped up the coins and put all but a few in his cash box. “She’s all yours “, declared Olav.

Under the watchful eyes of My Ladies, I carried Darwen to a room and tucked her into bed. We then left Olav’s to get some sleep ourselves.

On the way home we ran into Firukuruzk. She thanked us again for getting her the job with the Bruma Guard. She loves it; the job gives her a strange feeling of pride.

Morndas, just before dawn we caught up with Darwen outside the city walls. When I told Darwen of Olav’s treachery she was incensed. She didn’t mind the part about, ‘waking up in a strange bed with some extra gold in her purse now and then’. Oh no, she was mad that she wasn’t getting her fair share of the coin.

“Well a lot of guys have spiked my drinks before now, but all they wanted was a night of fun. Well he’s lost his main attraction! The little golden purse is going south.”

I suggested Gweden if she needs a job. She said she’d think about it.

20200610 Vilja-A Melting Heart, Maids-Anburke’s Letter

The trip to Cheydinhal was uneventful. We delivered the skull of Heneri’s husband to Heneriand she in turn handed over two melting daedra hearts. We needn’t have worried so much about Heneri’s reaction to receiving a skull. In fact, Heneri said she did it herself after a failed experiment turned him into a zombie. I thanked her for the melting daedra hearts and got out of there as quickly as I could.

Those melting daedra hearts stank so horribly that we popped on down to the Imperial Ciy Waterfront as quickly as I could work the spell. Finding Thordor in the Bloated Float we hand him the package of stinking melting daedra hearts to take to Melinda in Morrowind.

That’s done now it’s off to the shops.

Passing through the Talos Plaza District on the way to the Market District, we made a couple of stops. First stop was to sell three Ayleid statues to Umbacano. He now has 5 statues in his display case and we have heavy pockets. Since we have shown ourselves to be competent explorers (he doesn’t seem to understand that as head of the Archeology Guild exploration is my passion), Umbacano asks if we would recover a decorative carving from the High Fane. Of course we’ll look for it.

Leaving Umbacano’s we are approached by one Claude Marie, another artifact hunter employed by Umbacano. As fellow employees of Umbacano Claude suggests a chat over drinks at The Tiber Septim Hotel. While trying to out Baron Munchausen each other with stories of our escapades, the subject of the High Fane came up. Claude knew of the place and renamed it Malada.

“Better you than me,” Claude said. “That place is dangerous! Suggest you read Cleansing of the High Fane.”

An hour or so later as we were leaving, Pym tugged at my arm. Pointing to Augusta Calidia, Pym reminds me that
I have a letter for Augusta.

Oh yes, Anburke’s letter asking Augusta to find more women for DeSann’s place.

No, I didn’t purposely read someone else’s mail. It just happened to fall open on the floor as I pulled it out of my pocket. I just gave it a quick glance as I picked it up. Amazing how often that happens.

Augusta read the note and quickly wrote a reply and handed it to me saying, “Take this to Anburke.”

Funny how these pieces of parchment fall on the floor like they do. The reply to Anburke was Augusta’s resignation. Augusta wrote that it was getting too hard to select women for Anburke’s so-called modeling enterprise.

It’s late. We’ll rent a room and get a good night’s sleep. Before falling asleep a thought occurred to me. I’ve seen what goes on here, Augusta is just trying to get a bigger piece of the action.

Bruma - Beautiful trip to Brima indeed! I recognize that bear rider from ghastley mods, inc. A fun night! Darwen sounds like a fun party girl. That is a great shot of Darwen in front of Jandanga with the four ladies lined up behind him outside the city walls.

Cheydinhal/IC – Lots of quest turn ins and working on loose ends. And shoppping!

@Acadian - Ghastley (along with many others) is a legend in my game world.

20200611 VH-OVB The Abyss Gazes Back
Early the next morning, first thing after breakfast we pay a visit to the Bank of Cyrodiil to deposit all gold we were carrying around. Our account balance is 1,444,868 Septims.

Reading over our journal we find that we have left Publius Scipio sitting in jail. The once famous Imperial Guard and right-hand-man of Adamus Phillida is now disgraced and some say falsely accused of murdering the Emperor’s nephew. Convicted, Publius Scipio now sits in jail with the criminal scum he used to drag in. His wounded pride and honor would not allow him to accept our offer to help him escape from jail when we first met.

Wonder if his time behind bars has softened his attitude about escaping and joining the Order of the Virtuous Blood?

Continuing on to the Prison District we discover that sentiment for Publius Scipio still runs high. After questioning several guards we get the impression that many of the guards feel Publius was framed and would like to see him released.

That impression is reinforced after we enter the Bastion and the jailer takes us down to talk to Publius. There we are, Publius and I discussing plans for a jailbreak while the jailer standing right next to us apparently doesn’t hear a thing. Well, my Ladies were gathered around so maybe the jailer’s mind was on other things at the time?

Between the two of us we came up with a couple of plans.

Plan A: would be to use the secret (not so secret) tunnel that leads to the sewers. This would require getting Publius transferred to the special cell.

Plan B: give Publius an invisibility potion, which would allow Publiu to walk out unseen. All I would have to do is unlock the cell while three guards are watching. (With the eyes of the two male guards glued on my oh so modest Ladies, all I have to do is wait for the female Bastion Guard to start her rounds. She'll go up stairs then I use a spell to unlock the gate, no problem.)

We chose Plan A. Leaving the Bastion we make inquires on how to get a cell transfer. Bhusari the Warden’s secretary who also happened to be a dear friend of Publius said she would file the transfer if I could get the papers. I just have to sneak into the Warden’s office, fill in a transfer form, and stamp it with the Warden’s own seal.

With hours to kills we strolled around the city until after midnight. In pouring rain, we head back to the Prison District. Outside the offices I asked my Ladies to stand guard as I went in alone. Everything was going smoothly according to plan until I opened the door to the Warden’s Office. There stood the Warden, eyes blazing, and fangs flashing. Oh my Goddess, he’s a vampire!

Drawing Light of Dawn the two of us danced around the office for a moment. With the warden dead I found the transfer papers, filled one out, and stamped it with the warden’s seal. Out of curiosity I read the Warden’s journal. Poor guy, he was bitten by a prisoner who turned out to be a vampire. The fool should have gone to chapel.

Bhusari was waiting for us. She’ll file the papers as soon as the office opens.

Providing Publius is a man of his word he should show up at the office of the Order of the Virtuous Blood within a day or two.

On the way back to the Market District we intercept a vampire on the bridge. The poor Altmer is cured and the Light of Dawn is satisfied.

Tired we take a room at the Merchants Inn for what’s left of the night.

Your four ladies are indeed world-class distractions.

The warden . . . I know, right? How dumb is that not to go see a priest and get cured?

Wow, vampires in the city!

Yikes, 3 updates! Sorry if I fall behind.

You've got real snowflakes which are pretty. Where from? I've already got two snow mods, but they barely do much of anything. I want real snowflakes!

It's funny to see them trying to climb those super-steep mountainsides. They can get annoying sometimes.



Ha ha whut?

Wow, you've got a dance contest in your game.

Acadian – I should have seen it coming, it is the Vampire Hunter – Order of the Virtuous Blood mod after all. The warden caught me off guard. I was just thinking the invisibility option was too easy.
I do like both of ghastly’s mods that I have installed. I never have recruited all of the girls for Gweden. Best I’ve done is the four I have now

Renee – To see snowflakes as I do you need High Quality Snowflakes?, created by OC3 and Deathless Aphrodite.
You might also be interested in Better Rainbows, Falling Stars?, and Falling Leaves?.

Have you started your Orc game yet? If not, there is a really good MQ delayer, PrinceShroob Main Quest Delayer. It includes various alternate start options.

Now for the dance contest, that just kind of happened. Having recruited Darwen before, I was hanging around for her to start dancing. The Ohmes-raht Kiyana from the Stranded Light mod showed up and began to dance. I just nudged the two gals close together and took a couple shots. I gave you the PG one.

Awesome thanks! Real actual snowflakes. I gotta have those.

And I have started the orc character, yes, it was raining hard one day this week and I finally had time to sit down and create Balztu Dahwalz. I shall share pictures of him soon.

Yah that is hilarious! Dance contest in Tap 'n' Tack.

20200618 VH-OVB -Filthy Sewers, Gweden -Sugar
It was late in the morning when we finally woke-up. We went straight away to the offices of the Order of the Virtuous Blood to tell Roland of our successes at Ninendava and in recruiting famous patrons. Roland was excited about the new of Ninendava but Publicus Scipico had beaten us to the OVB HQ spoiled the surprise.

Roland’s plan for Publicus is to have him spend most his time in the office for fear of being arrested. Advising and training new agents will be his primary duties for the time being.

Roland had a new assignment for us. A vampire made a brazen attack inside the Imperial City. This time there was a witness. Simplicia the Slow saw it happen. Of course the guards won’t listen to a beggar. It is our duty to investigate.

Vilja is asking, “Why do we have to keep going around doing things?” Tired of adventuring she took Wolfgang and went home to Aleswell Cottage.

We search out Simplicia, ask her about the vampire she supposedly witnessed. She seems confused by our questions until gold flashes in her hands. Miraculously her mind becomes as sharp as a tack. Now she remembers in crystal clear detail of the female vampire she saw retreating down into the sewers.

No wonder the guards have little regard for the beggars. They’re too tight with the coin to grease the palms and get to the real stuff.

Now how to get into the sewers? The only entrance to the market sewers that we could find only led to a single room with an impassable locked door. Perhaps the sewer that I used to escape the prison leads back to the Market District? We’ll give that a try.

No luck. Apparently tired of having to explain why not one but two prisoners managed to escape his prison, Adamus Phillida ordered the Prison Sewer Gate sealed. Turning to my Ladies I ask, “What now, any ideas?”

One at a time we work the Market, Arena, and Arboretum Districts for any information concerning vampires and the sewers. The rumor mill is churning about Publicus Scipico’s great escape to join a group of vampire hunters. No one wants to talk about the sewers and they laugh at the idea of vampires in the city.

It was getting late in the day when we found ourselves in the Universitum Arcanorum at the shop of an old friend, Midas. Midas couldn’t tell us much of anything about the sewer system but he did have one bit of information that sounded interesting. Seems there is an Orc female known as Sugar, working the Arboretum bushes late at nights. He wonders why the guards haven’t run her out of town by now.

Midas would understand if he could see the stream of guards flowing in and out of Gweden.

As we left the Midas Magic Shop to go find this Sugar person I couldn’t help but think as I always do, that we should explore the basement a bit more thoroughly.

Sugar, actually her name is Soo Gaar, turns out be kind of attractive for an Orc. She’d work out just fine at Gweden. Unfortunately she’s lost her axe, stolen she thinks, and won’t go anywhere without it. The Waterfront would be a good place to start the search.

After talking to Sugar we rent a room for the night at the Arboretum Hotel (Better Cities).

Cool, this is a good part of Vampire Hunting; the Imperial City chapters. Have you been seeing any Kamikaze vampires in the I.C. yet? Renee Gade III got into the habit of always sussing these vampires out and then ALWAYS confronting them, which got stressful for me. Because she's my Xena lookalike character, very dangerous while out dungeoneering, but when she returned to the I.C. she'd always be dolled-up. It was her "time off".

So she'd confront one of these vampires, who would typically attack her, or disappear. But she wouldn't have any weapons (usually) and like I said, she'd be dolled up in Goddess Store clothes. So it would then be up to any guards nearby to finish off the vamp.

There was a bug at the end of this quest if I remember correctly. I had to fix it myself, just in case you encounter it as well. Has Jandaga done the Thieves Guild quest involving Jakben?

Cpngrats on finding another lady to add to Gweden Brothel! An orc, in fact!

Renee -Yes, I have had run ins with the Kamikaze vampires in the I.C. and in other cities too. Have to be careful with them. One false strike or A.O.E. spell and the whole district erupts in violent brawl. One time every shop owner in the Market District was killed.

The Jandaga hasn't started the the Thieves Guild. Don't know why he hasn't, I like the first quest. In fact I can't remember ever completing the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood.

Vilja fatigue is real! Understandably wise to send her to Aleswell Cottage for awhile.

Gold is certainly the key to unlocking the fount of secrets guarded by beggars.

Vampire hunting!

An orc named Sugar. Though I never used ghastley’s Gweden mod, if think I remember mention of her name – perhaps from ghastley’s tales that involved that mod.

macole: Okay well when you get to the part with Jakben Imbel (spelled that wrong) if you have any probs let me know. He is a part of Thieves Guild but if the vanilla TG quest has not been done you'll have to fudge a couple things, as I recall.

Acadian: has Buffy had to deal with had the pleasure of having Vilja around?

Buffy did adventure with Vilja for a time. Here's a few ancient screenshots:

Vilja

Vilja and Buffy

And a couple of just Buffy -

At home in the Mages guild

Teaching Nords how to dance like a wood elf

Whoa that's what Vilja looks like! ... Seems like in Decrepit's game she's got a wig on perhaps. Maybe she's frequently changing her looks.

Love that pic of Buffy sitting on the Mages Guild counter. And where'd she (you, as in which mod) get that outfit?

No, Vilja's wearing a wig in Buffy's shots. Normally her hair is white and coifed into a distinctive braid style.

Like this:


Edit: Oh, that outfit Buffy's wearing sitting on the MG counter is The Roadstroker's Rogue Outfit.

What, Nords dancing without a table? What in Nirn is going on?

Acadian - Seriously though, I think the Jandaga's Ladies would like to find Buffy's jeweler. Can the bracelets be found in the Goddess Store?

20200620 VH-OVB Filth in the Sewers
Stepping out into the bright morning light as we left the Arboretum Hotel the following morning, what once was hidden in darkness is now sitting right there laughing at us with its big iron toothed grin. Must have walk or run past that sewer grate a half a dozen times last night in the dark.

Down into the dark, dank bowels of the city we went. Summoning Twinkle the will-o-the-wisp helps light the area as we perform a thorough search of the Arboretum sewers. The sewer system beneath the Arboretum is alive with rats, giant beetle, and some fairly good sized mud crabs. On their own the sewer denizens were of little consequence but in the pitch black darkness of the sewers an oversized mud crab could pinch your leg in two before you even saw it in the filthy water.

After locating the gate to the sewers beneath the Bloodworks we continued on. Could there be a more appropriate name for a den of vampires than Bloodworks? I don’t think so.

It’s unfortunate the amount of noise opening and closing these slough gates makes. If there is anything or one down here they’re going to know we’re here. Enveloped in the deep darkness and the vampires cloaked with invisibility spells, we’re attacked by at several vampires.

Somehow my Ladies and I got separated and I found myself in a desperate fight alone. Once again I summon Twinkle to help with the visibility. Maybe I was better off not seeing what I was up against?

Continuing on down a winding corridor with only Twinkle to light the way, a blood curdling challenge comes from the far end of the corridor. Mestala Polidius has found me.

She hits me with a spell of some kind and I instantly feel,,, um, a bubbly kind of green.

A thrust with Light of Dawn barely nicks her.

I recovered from the debilitating effects of Mestala’s spell while the vengeful fire of Light of Dawn began burning through her body.

The duel continued but as I recovered, she grew weaker until the inevitable end. Soon with the disease burned from her body the vampire clan leader Mestala Polidius lay truly dead in the sewers beneath the Blooodworks.

With the extermination of the vampire leader along with several of her more aggressive followers perhaps life in the Imperial City will better match the common folk’s perception of “What vampires? I don’t see no vampires.”

Re-connecting with my Ladies in the Arboretum, we head over to the OVB-HQ to make our report. Roland and everyone else in the hall are excited to hear of Mestala Polidius’ demise. After a brief celebration Roland gives us the bad news. A new infestation of aggressive vampires has risen just south of Cheydinhal.

Yes, we’ll have to look into that. And we still need to find a way to recruit the once famed now former Arena champion Raecius Felix. He wants a fight in the arena, I wonder how many matches must I win before he thinks my challenge to be worthy?

Oh let’s forget about that for now and go over to the Waterfront and see what we can learn about Sugar’s axe. Yes, yes, yes we’ll stop at the Goddess Store and browse around.

The hugs and kisses were appreciated.

Though its been many years, I’m sure most or all of Buffy’s bling came from the Goddess Store. She got plenty of mileage out of that shoppe – even more when she got the B-cup clothes for Apache Goddess Store mod which changed a moderate number of the tops to something Buffy could wear. It doesn’t appear that any of Jandanga’s Ladies need that mod though.


’… what once was hidden in darkness is now sitting right there laughing at us with its big iron toothed grin.’
- - You chose the perfect way to word this!

Some tense moments down in the bowels. Twinkle sounds wonderfully helpful; better than a torchbug I'm sure.

No rest for the weary as they clear one vampire lair and get tasked with another. I’m glad a well-deserved shopping break was called for. Cheydinhal will wait.

Acadian - Twinkle come with the Integration Stranded Light Integrated mod. which uses L.A.M.E. Twinkle is a persistent light source that follows you around until recast the Twinkle spell. She (I think Twinkle is a she) will defend herself with low level attacks. Her light seems about right, not overly bright. She does get lost (pathing problems) at times. Recycling the spell does the trick.

Sometimes I do come up with a good line. Thanks for mentioning that.

I don't think Roland has a clue as to who Jandaga is. He does have other responsibilities that need attending.

20200624 VH-OVB Celebrity of Madness, Gweden Sugar
While the ladies were shopping, I spent my time canvassing the docks with little success. Stopping at the Bloated Float Inn for a bite, Ormil suggests talking to Armand Christophe.

Re-united with Kaleah, Maeva, and Pym we go searching for Armand Christophe. We find him at his home. The door is not locked so we just walk on in.

“Do I know you?” he asks.

“No, but you should,” was my reply.

Armand claims to know nothing about Sugar’s missing axe. Give him a day and he’ll have a lead for us.

“Fair enough. Oh, about this mysterious note?”

Armand won’t talk about it other than to say, “Garden of Dareloth, midnight”.

So now we got some time to kill. Might as well sign-up for some matches in the Arena if that’s what it takes to convince Raecius Felix to join the OVB. Let’s hope I don’t have to become the Arena champion.

Relieved, it only took three victories and the advancement to Brawler to convince Raecius Felix that my challenge was worthy to accept.

“Yes, I see your name carved in the living flesh of this city. Its beating heart craves your ever-cutting edge. Do you feel it? She shudders in anticipation of our meeting. Go to your blademaster and tell him that the city cries for our blood.”

I didn’t have to push the CoC thing. Just the thought of Raecius Felix stepping into the pit once again was all that was needed for the promoters to see bricks of gold. The match was quickly inked in as the grand finale of the day. Word of Raecius Felix vs. some unknown maggot traveled fast and even with such short notice (the promoters didn’t even bother to replace the Bosmer vs. Kobold posters) the Arena was packed. Betting was heavy with the odds about even.

It was a fight for the ages.

The crowd leapt to its feet roaring as Raecius hit the ground defeated.

As the healers cast their spells on him, Raecius laughs with joy and declares, “Ha, they’ll be talking about this one till the day they die, don’t you think? That’s all fame is you know. Memories. Fickle, memories.”

With his outlook on life much improved we ask Raecius if he’d be interested in joining the OVB.

“Ahhh yes, seeing as how I am no longer dead I should be most able to oblige. Vampires though, nasty business that... I bet most of them are from around Woodhearth. In which case we must terminate them. Ex-terminate them. Burn and break them with extreme prejudice! No?”

Raecius Felix has agreed to join the Order of the Virtuous Blood. He could be a valuable asset. Our only concern is his obsession with Woodhearth. At least he didn’t wave a plunger around when he started screaming, EXTERMINATE!

To celebrate we toured the new Arena District taverns; Pub102, and the Beerhouse of the Arena. We capped the night off at the Blue Team Gladiator Barracks. What a spread they laid out.

Yeah there was ham, there was turkey, there was caviar
An' long tall glasses of wine up to yar
Then somebody grabbed me, threw me outta my chair
Said before you can eat, you gotta dance like Fred Astaire-aire.

Stood there and watched an Argonian try to do a two-step on the table. Oh no, not me! I can’t dance. I’m going upstairs find a free bed and get some sleep.

Some serious recruiting tactics there!

The Jandanga can't dance?!? 'Tis a wonder the Ladies don't remedy that!

Yes that is how I remember seeing Vilja the French Chatterbox.. with that braided blonde hairdo. Knew my memory was not betraying me this time.

Will o' wisps are great to have on our side, right? I had a character 3 years ago who had a couple Wo'W followers.

Is Mestala Polidius one of those super vampires which can paralyze and use all this insane magic? .... I admit I cheated a bit and got rid of their dual paralyzation-destruction spell (whatever it was) in the Construction Set. That is one thing about David Brasher, he loves to add NPC enemies which are supposed to be defeated only by Level 50+ characters, it seems to me. I always do some CS editing of some of his insanely strong opponents.



Hee hee not quite yet! Maybe I am wrong but there are a few others to pwn. Good news is *spoiler spoiler*, and then Vampire Hunting does go from a full boil to barely a simmer.



Yup! I love when my memory is still intact.

That Arena gladiator must have *censored* his shorts when he saw Jendaga come out with those dual magic swords.

Jandaga doesn't dance at the end. Yah, sleep my friend. You deserve it.

20200626 VH-OVB, Gweden
Heartfire 7, 3E434, it is day 377 since Jandaga arrived in Cyrodiil.

Early in the morning of we left Blue Team Gladiator Barracks and made our way to the Order of the Virtuous Blood Head Quarters.

Once underway Kaleah asked, “Feayche, why did you say you can’t dance? I’ve seen you dance. You’re quite the Nitty Gritty, my feayche.”

“Yeah, what’s up?” chimed in Maeva. “How many times have I heard someone say, “It’s not a party until the Jandaga dances”?

“Well, I can dance when I want to. The music just didn’t move me. Maybe a couple of Pym’s magic potions would’ve helped? Besides, I didn’t bring my Shoes of Extravagant Swag.”
With a big grin Pym pulled out a bottle of DP & Kraken juice.

“Uh, not now!” Just thinking about it gave me a hangover. “Thanks anyway.”

Putting the bottle away she turned and strolled away in an Aloof Frug like manner. Every couple of steps or so she’d stop, wave her hands about, and give a little shake. We all joined in and by the time we reached the OVB-HQ we were ponging Open Gang-name style.

Cullen greeted us with his usual “Welcome Back” greeting and showed us downstairs where Roland, Gilen, Grey-Throat, and Publics had gathered to congratulate us on successfully recruiting wealthy and famous members. Roland announced a promotion to Hunter was in order (I’m sure he just made that up). Everyone seconded that motion.

Roland then began talking about future plans of expanding to other cities. Galan suggests Cheydinhall and Leyawiin as suitable sites. Grey-Throat hands me a list of desirable skills new chapter house recruits should have.
When I ask who’s going to foot the bill for this effort (thinking ‘me’) Gilen suggests finding donors in each city.

Publicus volunteered to get the Leyawiin Chapter House ready (I think Publicus is antsy to get out of the Imperial City where he is too well known and liable to get arrested). That sounded good to me.

I was right. Publicus told us that he is tired of just sitting around looking at charts and maps all day. Braving getting arrested, he snuck out one night to search the sewers for vampires. He found none. (I didn’t want to tell him that the Ladies and I had gotten there first. Publicus did find clues that led him to believe vampires are hiding out in nearby caves.) He couldn’t say which exactly so we have some spelunking to do.

Both Gilen and Grey-Throat are finding Raecius to be more than a little off with his constant talk of Woodhearth and not being dead anymore. Gilen mentioned that we may end up having to send a Hunter to investigate Woodhearth. A Hunter, I assume that means me.

Well it’s about time to go see Armand Christophe about Sugar’s axe. As we were leaving Maralu Ramoran she knows just the person to handle the Cheydinhal Chapter House. She’ll make the arrangements. It should be done in a week.

Armand Christophe didn’t have the axe what he did have was a name S’krivva and a location Bravil. We left him with these words “This had better be on the level or we’ll have to speak to our friend Khareem.” He was making the funniest gurgling noises as we walked out the door.

Question is with so many options where do we start?

Ahah, Jandanga can dance after all - just needed the right mojo. And off they strut to the OVB.

Whew, dodged the arrow on establishing branches in Leyawiin and Cheydinhal.

Bravil looks most likely next I should think. I hope Christophe's info is good. Would hate to have to call in the Weet Bandit.

20200701 VH-OVB Close to Home
Pondering what to next we walked back to the Imperial City. Once past the docks we decided to take the path along the lakeshore to the Talos Bridge. Along the way we managed to kill a few crabs and dig up some clams which we intended to trade at the Wawnet Inn for a bowl of stew. The sight of a cook fire burning in front of Dzonot changed our minds. Why not have our own crab & clam boil, relax and enjoy a quiet evening watching the moons pass over the lake.

Putting a pot of water on the fire we sat down and began reminiscing about the last time we were here trying to save an ill-fated love sick boy from a tribe of amazons.

The pot had just begun to boil when Kaleah gave a long loud sniff and said, “Oh that smell, can't you smell that smell?”

Yes, the distinctive cloyingly sweet smell of vampires was drifting from the mouth of the cave. Could Publius be right about vampires holing up in nearby caves during the day? This could be one? There is only one way to find out. The clam & crab boil can wait. Choosing our gear carefully we entered Dzonot Cave.

A few steps inside the cave we nearly stumbled over a body lying on the floor. The former bandit’s throat bore the marks of vampires. We were still investigating the body when they struck. In the darkness cloaked with invisibility they were on us before we knew they were there.

The surprise attack caught Maeva and Pym off guard and they were quickly struck down. Casting a healing spell on my two Ladies, I drew Light of Dawn. Kaleah with her fiery bow and I with the fiery blade of vengeance drove the vampires back giving Maeva and Pym time to recover.

Fully recovered Pym takes a liking to a vampire archer hiding in the darkness. She can’t wait to ask him a pointed question.

Winding our way up through the tunnel we discover remains of many more former bandit residents of Dzonot Cave. It appears the vampires have been having quite the party.

Bjarne Mojeld another vampire archer who had been pelting us with arrows from above soon lay dead at our feet.

The cave has grown quiet now that five vampires are now dust but we know we are not finished. Standing in front of a door we pause to ready ourselves to go on through.

Into the nest of vipers we go. No matter how prepared you think you are it is never enough when vampires start calling for you blood. Kaleah though, she just laughs that wicked laugh of hers and taunts to them to come kill her if they can.

The Jandaga takes on two while Pym and Kaleah take down the matron.

Maeva is overwhelmed but it's Kaleah to the rescue just in the nick of time.

Dzonot Cave is now completely clear of vampires. In all a total of ten vampires have been turned to dust and the vengeful Light of Dawn has now consumed 141 vampires. As we head for the exit we gather up all the loot we could carry and leave.

It is late when we exit the cave. Exhausted, I succumb to the call of the bedroll on the hard ground. We can file a report to OVB-HQ in the morning.

“Look at him, he sleeps so peacefully,” Maeva sighs. “Yet his soul is so very troubled.”

“All he has done and he still doubts himself,” whispered Kaleah.

Pym brushed a stray hair away from his face. A tear trailed its way down her cheek as she looked up to Kaleah and Maeva.

“Fear not silent one, we will not let him fail in his trials,” swore Kaleah.

Pretty efficient the way things worked out at Dzonot Cave - let some vampires kill the bandits then kill the bandits.

Pretty dark, scary and full of able foes in there! Glad Jandanga has his full team.

Aww, the Ladies comments about the Jandanga and that spectacular night sky over their campsite were wonderful.

Too bad about the clam & crab dinner though. Interrupted by a vamp cave, then too tired. Oh well. There's always more crabs in the lake.

Acadian - Yeah, should have ate dinner first. There's always time to cure vampires.

Sometimes I get the notion that there is more to the story than just destroying the undead and fighting all the time. I see that more now then three years ago when my journal read like 'went here, did that, new day''. Kind of bland.

Unfortunately I'm not sure how to approach the Ladies. They're devoted to him, supportive of his cause, and maybe there's something more. I've been reading the works of the skilled writers in Chorrol so maybe someday osmosis will occur and I'll come be able to flesh out my companions. For now though they want him to discover things for himself.

Wow, only 377 days have passed in your guy's story. That's less than I thought, for some reason.

Ha ha, "I can dance when I want to..." a little Safety Dance reference, I assume.

I never did the Virtuous Blood Donations part of Vampire Hunting, because Renee Gade III moved on to other things. She likes being an adventurer much more than being a bureaucrat. So hopefully Jandaga might finish this. I didn't know it extended into other towns, for instance.

Uh oh. Can't you smell that smell? .. seems you've got a Skynard fan in your posse.

I am well familiar with Dzonot Cave, since lately my skooma-dealing character has been plying his wares inside. Anyway, congrads on another vampire raid. The psychadelic adventurers triumph once again.

@Renee - Right on both song references. There have been others; 'I can't dance' for one and there will be more, I'm sure. Had it not been for an unfortunate twist of fate the Jandaga would have been a bard.

Did you see the part when Jandaga traveled to Morrowind when recruiting the rich Dunmer Maralu Ramoran?

20200705 VH-OVB Ugly Junkies, The White Ship
Really didn’t think we’d be going back to the OVB HQ so soon but we’re so close we might as well make the report now.

On the way back to the Waterfront Tunnel we pass by the great white ship (Better Cities) that has been docked here since our arrival to Cyrodiil. We’ve always have wondered about this ship but never inquired about it. Today there is someone pacing the deck and the ladder is down making it too inviting to ignore.

We climb aboard and ask the Altmer pacing the deck, “What’s going on?”

Crusader Sylfa Gouttes-de-Lune of Artaeum claims they’ve been sent by the Psiijic Order to study ancient Aylid Ruins. For the benefit of not just Summerset Isles but for all of Tamriel or so she claimed.

As a fellow archeologist I offered the services of the Archeology Guild, which was politely ignored. That raised a flag and we began to wonder what are they really up to? Later, I told Kaleah, “Don’t trust ‘em. Psiijics don’t share any artifacts of power with anyone.”

Arriving back at the OVB-HQ an excited Publius is overjoyed to hear he was right about Imperial City vampires hiding in nearby caves during the day. Though Publius is convinced the vampire infestation is at an end, we are not so convinced.

As we were leaving, Adrianna stopped us to tell us a story. She had visited the skooma den in the Elven Garden Sewers the other day when she heard about some odd people roaming the sewers at night. They appear to either to be on their way into the city or on their way out of the city to a nearby location. Her Khajiit skooma junkie friends described them as “Really ugly junkies with long teeth”.

The way she kept insisting she was just visiting her friends, not using skooma causes us to worry about Adrianna slipping back into her former skooma addicted ways. It’s her concerned for one of her Khajiit friends who disappeared after arguing with an "ugly junkie" that convince us to look the matter.

First thing we do is go to the Underground the skooma den in the Elven Gardens District sewers. No one there seems to know anything. A further search of the Elven Gardens District sewers yields nothing other some very big mud crabs and a few goblins led by a giant goblin Warlord.

“Pym, watch out for that slimy green ooze!”

Finding no signs of vampires we exited the sewers and walked over to the Merchant District. Noticing an unowned Ayleid container (NexonsArmory) under the staircase we wondered if Gouttes-de-Lune is using the Market District as a Psiijic staging place.

Hmm, the containert appears to have been abandoned by someone name Nexon. Psiijic or not we opened it and took what we wanted; a robe, long swords, axes, and some polearm staves.

Trying on the robe I thought, “Finally a robe that looks good.”

Kaleah asked if she could try it on. “Wow! Amazing how it changes like that. She can keep it for as long as she wants.”

Leaving the Imperial City through the Market District Gate we stop on the bridge to study our map looking for a suitable cave. Sideways Cave we felt was too far away from the Elven Gardens District. Dzonot Cave we had just cleared. Where could this cave be?

Pym adamantly plants her finger tip on the map. Yes, that must be the one. We set our sights on Sinkhole Cave.

A ship from the mysterious hidden isle of Arteum! ESO did a very good job of presenting Arteum and the Psijic Order. Wonderful to see some representation of them brought to Oblvion.

Some sewar crawling. Dirty, smelly work but someone’s got to do it. Wow, that is indeed a big goblin warlord!

Yup, I think the Jandanga is right to give that robe to Kaleah.

Pym has spoken and it’s on to Sinkhole Cave.

I thought the White Ship carried you away to Valinor?

That is a tall elf, and a tall goblin.

everyone - the Better Cities White Ship is just window dressing. Other than a short conversation with Sylfa there is not much to it that I found.

20200708 VH-OVB Ugly Junkies in Sinkhole Cave
It was after midnight when we arrived at Sinkhole Cave. Three bandits at a campsite just outside the cave wanted to object to our taking a nap in their tents. It was the female bandit that started the ruckus. I think she felt her position was threatened by the presence of my ladies. I don’t know why she was so worried. After convincing the bandits otherwise we were allowed to get a few hours sleep.

Shortly after dawn we entered Sinkhole Cave. Not far from the entrance we came across the body of a male Khajiit bandit. There was skooma and moon sugar in his pockets.
Adrianna’s missing friend no doubt. Judging by the numerous wounds at his neck, and wrists the ‘ugly junkie’ Adrianna said he was arguing with was a vampire. Well, I guess we found another vampire cave.

Sure enough before we went any further we’re knee deep in vampires. They just seem to pop up from out of nowhere.

Oh no, these vampires have a paralyzing attack. I may not have survived this had it not been for my Ladies arriving when they did.

A little help, please!

Ooops did it to me again. There I am flat on my face again. Twinkle causes a distraction allowing me to recover and fight on until once again my Ladies arrive and take care of business.

Adrianna’s was right about one thing. These ‘ugly junkies’ sure are the ugliest grotesque monstrosities I’ve ever seen. Are these things outcasts from normal vampire society or are they a new strain of vampire?

With the fighting over, Kaleah takes time to do a little preening. Fanning her wings to clean off the gunk, she sprays the gunk on everyone else in the process.

Sinkhole Cave is now as silent as a church on Morndas. Let’s loot the place and get out of here. All in all 10 more vampires operating in the Imperial City were dusted leaving Sinkhole cave fit for bandits again.

We head back to the Order of the Virtuous Blood to tell Adrianna the sad news of her friend. Poor girl didn’t take it too well. She blamed us for not saving her friend and called us terrible vampire hunters. Oh well, we tried.

Adrianna really needs to get herself together. Something is bothering her, I can tell. If only she would trust me enough to talk about it then maybe I could help her.

Downstairs while we were turning in the ten pouches of vampire dust for the bounty, Grey-Throat told us that the vampire infestation of the Imperial City is still not resolved. Reports have come in concerning invisible vampires.

Vampires with near permanent invisibility; oh this could be bad.

Vampire dusting in Sinkhole cave! Wow, the Jandanga seems to be a magnet for paralyze spells. Love little Twinkle. A nice touch have Kaleah fan the goo off her wings - onto everyone else.

Let's see. . . invisible vampires? Sounds like time for some detect (un)life. Let there be pink glows!