That was incredibly entertaining for just some bartering between an adventurer and a town-bound merchant

I'm guessing all these arrows are modded? Must be quite exciting to play around wiht mods after being on console for so long

mirocu: There ya go: a Saga story for you finally. Yes, that 'shack' is a little shop Better Cities adds.

Vital: Graci! .. Yeah sometimes I"m all about the little encounters Saga has. I can see them in my mind so I try to 'bring them to life' a bit more in these snippet-stories.

So what about Kahreem and the handed-in staff....??

Kahreem could happen this weekend, surely. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.

Kanet’s Thieves Guild adventures have landed her in Spoilerville, so I don’t even want to post pictures in the screenshot thread until she’s non-questing again. Renee, I’m not sure if you’ve done the whole TG questline before Kareem, so I’m putting this whole post in spoiler tags in case he hasn’t done this part yet.


Once she finished the job Kanet returned to her contact in Bravil. She’s been back and forth there a lot lately. Usually she travels as Kanet the alchemist from the IC, which is not very far from the truth. It’s an identity she intends to retire with if she should ever lose her nerve for thieving. Anyway lately she’s been visiting her doyen so regularly that she’s taken to slipping in wearing generic adventure gear and leaving her flashy horse (called Ben) at home.

When she’s on foot Kanet likes to travel across the water. She’s no mage but she has collected some very handy enchanted items. The Water Walking item might be her favorite. Unlike her potions it has no duration or range, so she can stride along worry-free feeling almost as awesome as she looks.

Here are the pictures from the quest, since the spoiler tag doesn't want them in the text.

Young Dilettante

Reporting for Duty

Tense Meeting

This is so much fun watching Kanet go through the TG! Her disguise gig must be a blast - so many wigs, outfits and accessories to mix and match for so many identities!

I loved the shot of water-walking Kanet - especially walking away from that Mysterious Isle in the Bay wearing SI Finery! How apt! Talk about making waves!

Are you sure she's not using a surfboard under there?

Thanks, I appreciate that Grits. Yeah, Kahreem hasn't made it that far. I read your thief's tales with no worries, I have a rather bad short-term memory for details.

It just struck me that Kanet's about half-way through the quest-line already. If she's going to continue after it finishes, I need to get the latest Evergloam packaged pretty quickly.

The machine that ran my web site and mail server died the other day, and I'm moving it all to another box. The web site didn't take long, as I already had the service active, and just had to re-route the port and copy over the content again from the development workstation. The email service needs re-installing, and I want to have that running properly again before I start getting traffic from Nexus users, so I may just post a copy on my own site for beta.

Watch the mods thread for an announcement when I do that.

Tirdas 9:01 am
Sun's Dusk 20, 3E433

Toon: Kahreem of Weet

Faction: Thieves Guild
Rank: Prowler

Days Passed: 86
Days Jailed: 17
Fame: 0
Infamy: 9

Location: Imperial City, Talos Plaza District

Where we left off: Kahreem has just given Hrormir's Icestaff to Methredhel, and she has given him orders to spy on Hieronymus Lex.


"Can ye spare a coin?"

The beggar asks this to the Redguard who has just exited the manorhouse across the plaza. This gives the Redguard pause. At first, he doesn't really hear the man's question, but then the Redguard remembers all beggars (especially those who live in the Imperial City) are sources of information. The Redguard has the coin to help this 'poor man' along, and he does so after a moment.

"Yeah, you can have this coin. What of it, beggar?"
"One more coin and I get a pair of shoes."

The beggar, No-Coins Draninus, has an Imperial's accent which sounds just a little too polished, a little too cultured. He's got the look of a beggar, and he's got the demeanor of one too, not to mention the smell of one. But to Kahreem the Redguard, this beggar doesn't seem too far from a better way of life.

"Thank you kind sir!"

"Well you are welcome, beggar. I had better see some 'new shoes' upon thine feet by Evening Star, else I am coming to get my gold piece back."

"Every little bit helps!"

"Now, what of Hieronymus Lex? Are you going to tell me anything about him, or is that going to cost me coin, too?"

"Sure I know where to find Hieronymus Lex. I sure am hungry though," No-Coins hints.

"Oh sure, yeah yeah, here we go. I already KNOW where he is. You guys are making way too much coin off of me, and you haven't even given me anything I can use since I've been back here in the City. You've got nothing on the beggars of Bravil, Bruma, and Leyawiin, this I can guarantee. Those beggars give me their word for no additional coins," he lies.

"Go find him yourself!" No-Coins grudges, suddenly angry that he can't swindle just a few more gold. With just seventeen gold in his pocket from the last swindle he pulled, things are starting to look rather thin. But then he pulls himself together, and says "Blessings of Mystara upon ye," just as an Imperial Guard walks by.

"Yeah, Mystara. What-ever," Kahreem nods, suddenly glad he's about to simply head back to the Marie Elena for some much-needed rest. "Getting in scuffles with beggars now, are you?" he asks himself as he leaves the Talos Plaza district.

As Kahreem went to sleep a few hours later, he 'ascended' up to level 6. I gave him +1 for Intelligence, +3 for Endurance, and +3 for Personality, making his stats 41, 56, 33 respectively for these attributes.



6:32 pm
Hours later (but not too many hours later) the Redguard awakes, annoyed to find he'd fallen asleep on the Marie Elena's middle deck still wearing the torn-up fur armor he had found in the Imperial sewer system. He discards these items (breastpiece and boots) and quickly finds a pair of doeskin shoes, tan linens, and a dark green shirt up top.

"Better to prowl with these, after all."

He looks in his prowler's sack to find a bottle of Cheap Wine just waiting for its name to be called. Kahreem downs this bottle, and cannot resist opening a nearby barrel where he's stashed 16 more.

"Ahh there we go!" he announces to the wooden walls that surround him. "Nothing like the taste and warmth of a good bottle of Cheap Wine.".. It's not long before he grabs a bite to eat, and then leaves his 'home' to go seek the King of the Guards.

8:58 pm

"The Grey Fox is hiding nearby! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?"

Upon leaving his residence, Kahreem of Weet is astounded to find the search for the Thieves Guild's leader still goes on. Even at this hour, Heironymus Lex has made sure to staff the Waterfront full of Arcane University battlemages along with the usual, standard, iron-wearing guards. Even at this hour, these guards run tirelessly upon the Waterfront. Up and down, in and out. There seems to be no end to this.

"I have an arrest warrant for the Grey Fox, DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?"

Knowing he's got a bounty upon his head, Kahreem doesn't answer the battlemage, but he points slyly to his left, and raises his eyebrows. Taking this cue, the battlemage now follows the Redguard's direction He's mine! not knowing the man who he's just been cued by is wanted for stealing the Arch Mage's Ice Staff, not to mention horse theft.

Unsure of where Lex might be, Kahreem decides he'll sneak behind a couple of Waterfront shacks, just in case he finds the man he's looking for, and happens to hear him speak. He initially thinks he won't be able to find Lex at this hour, there's no way the man could be here along with his minions, not after dark.

"Carry on, soldier!"

But then there he is. As the Redguard crouches between Armand's home, and the shack which had recently been bought by a roving, red-headed paladin of sorts, he manages to hone in upon Hieronymus Lex with no concerns. After a minute or so of crouching in shadow, Kahreem realizes he doesn't actually need to hide. There are so many guards nearby, he is spotted over and over again, yet nobody raises a fuss. The Redguard decides he'll stand fully now, and pretend to simply be a law-abiding Waterfront Citizen.

That is when (to his surprise) the apparition appeared, and the Redguard's life would never be the same. ...

Oooh! The adventures of Kahreem continues! As always I love the dialogue and all the small things he does to get to his goal and it´s interesting to get inside his head sometimes. Can´t wait for the next update so I hope there´s rain in Maryland for the next couple of weeks!


-Well done, Renee!

Yay! A Kahreem update

Great job on this one, Renee. Loved all the dialogue, especially the exchange between Kahreem and the beggar. You used the in-game dialogue quite well to form a conversation. I wonder what's happened to Kahreem??? Is he going back to jail? The part where the guards show up in the waterfront was such a surprise when I did the thieves guild

It’s so fun to read Kareem’s view of events as he goes through these quests! His interactions with the beggars are hilarious. I LOLed when I read “Toon.”


Kanet is presently creeping around Castle Bravil in the guise of an overnight “guest.” She figures that if she’s caught in the quarters of an upper class fellow Dunmer wearing mostly jewelry she won’t have too much explaining to do. In fact the guard might be too embarrassed to confront her. (Good luck with that plan, Kanet!)

The Grey Fox’s requests have been increasingly alarming. She arrived at her last destination as a simple pilgrim seeking enlightenment, but no one actually saw her while she was there. Her instructions were vague about whom she could kill. Not being much of a killer she took pains to only shoot things that were critters or once-dead already. Her enchanted bow Turn kept her from major injury. She was able to plan her fights for long corridors where she could get several shots in as various undead things rushed at her and then away for a few steps after she shot them. Even the final mortal guardian of the artifact remained largely unbothered by her presence. He thought he heard something but it must have been the wind.

This dungeon was hair-raising. It was mostly pitch-black so Kanet had to keep switching between her bow and a candle when she saw a life sign nearby. It was hard to tell good guys from bad until she got right on them. Very deadly traps. She almost died passing through one even though she saw it! Also she ran low on lockpicks. I’m using the auto-attempt function so she has to do it herself. I was so tempted to pick some of them for her!

On her way back to civilization Kanet was completely shocked to stumble upon the Shrine of Azura. It’s tended by the handsomest man she has ever seen. Kanet was quite taken with him. She was pleased to have met him looking mostly like herself (still dressed as a pilgrim) so when she meets him later she won’t have to pretend. It was excellent timing to find this shrine as Kanet’s faith through her boss is presently shaken. Kanet knows no way to check in with Nocturnal, so she’ll return as soon as possible in the hopes of speaking to Azura. Kanet has always felt torn between twilight and shadow. Perhaps it doesn’t have to be that way.

Anyway as soon as she got home to the Imperial City she gave herself a manicure and went shopping. This means mostly checking for nice things left out on counters that she might like to pick after hours, but she does quite a bit of legitimate business with the alchemists. Now that she’s had her eyes opened by the hot priest of Azura it seems that good-looking men are coming out of the woodwork. Sadly her nails do not show in this picture. Trust me, they match her necklace and toes.

So now she’s sneaking through a castle looking slutty with permission to kill an important person. Kanet is very uneasy about this job. Her boss has dropped some references to other important people. Kanet has no idea what he intends, but she hopes it’s not as bad as it sounds. She is not in the Dark Brotherhood. Killing people is not what she signed up for.

Kanet is a shopping dream!

The TG questline details are fuzzy to me. After all, the last time I did it was BB (Before Buffy) which translates to probably 2007-8. It is fun seeing Kanet going through it as she collects baubles and handsome Dunmer.

It’s no surprise that Kanet’s favorite place to shop is the Apachii Goddess store right in her own neighborhood. Unfortunately even if those hyper-vigilant goddess shopkeepers would ever close their store and go to sleep Kanet wouldn’t allow herself to steal from a neighbor. Too close to home. So she’s always broke and has an endless list of trinkets she plans to buy next. This is why she still lacks any Nighteye enchantments! It’s a good thing most of their stock wouldn’t fit her. Sigh.

The last time I went through the TG questline was years ago with a post-Main Quest fallen hero detoxing from a stint in the Dark Brotherhood. She could kill anything, had tons of specialized gear, and could turn herself invisible at any time. It’s much more fun with Kanet.


The Castle Bravil night watch is almost as dedicated as our Dunmeri Shadowfoot. After a thorough search of the more accessible areas she realized that there was only one way to her goal. It required a change of costume. Here Kanet waits for her chance dressed as a maid. (Not a sexy maid, just a maid. ) Her prayers throughout the small hours of the watch were equally that there would be a significant break between shifts and that she would not actually be called upon for any morning maid work. She does not have the stomach for emptying chamber pots.

It turns out that she does have the stomach for cutting parts off of fallen daedric enemies if they’ll make a good potion. Kanet got very pissed off in the series of dungeons that led to her next goal. She became convinced that the court mage must know what his friends and their dremora were up to under his remote tower. Actually that fact that he felt the need for a remote tower should have been a pretty big clue that things would get ugly. She got into two toe-to-toe confrontations with conjurors, both nearly fatal to her. By the time the court wizard himself finally caught and confronted her, Kanet simply grabbed what she was after and ran for her life.

It worked. Still she’s not going back to Castle Bravil any time soon. The wizard saw her in a soaking wet, bloodied, exhausted, starving, no lipstick, and nearly crazed with terror state, but there’s still a chance he might recognize her. He is after all a wizard.

Also he was pretty cute from what she could see past his summoning fog and the fire from his pet daedra.

No, Kanet, she tells herself. Do NOT go back to flirt with attractive but possibly murderous court mage.

Kanet consoled herself by wearing one of her favorite gowns when she got back to Chorrol. Her business went smoothly and the usually rapacious Rashida gave her a fair price with no questions about where she picked up an enchanted dremora mace. Best of all she was reminded of the Night Mistress’ presence when she met a raven (from this delightful mod) near the cemetery. The shadows have hidden her many times when she thought for certain that she was caught. She was wrong to doubt their Mistress’ favor.

Still, a return to Azura’s shrine (and Azura’s priest) is in the plan. After a trip home to rest she might head in that direction.

Oh, and it’s still raining Dunmeri men. Her new rank has provided her with a new fence also named Fathis. If she gets time to pocket some choice items maybe she’ll get to meet him.

I'm still loving how fun it is that Kanet requires such a massive wardrobe and stock of appropriate accessories. Yes, Toc Toc is a very neat (and capable) little companion! Like a 'melee' version of Maigrets' little pixies.

Kanet’s Thieves Bag (Bag of Holding mod) is stuffed with clothing and accessories. She only steals what she can carry with her very limited encumbrance plus Feather potions. It cracks me up that she won’t use her magic bag for its intended purpose. She doesn’t want to muss the wigs or wrinkle her clothes!

If it could be said that Grits collects anything it would be Maigrets’ mods. Somehow they’re always just right.

Kanet executed her orders with her customary style and efficiency. I knew what was coming and felt some concern for her, but Kanet’s hand is much quicker on the bowstring after recent events. She no longer wonders what she should do when she’s somewhere dark and smelly and a stranger rapidly approaches. Especially when she’s just killed a bunch of vampires.

While she was in the neighborhood she climbed back up the mountain and spoke to the Lady of Twilight. Azura told a tale that made the usually chill Kanet shed a tear. Thankfully due to habitual snooping she knew where she could pick up some fire salts for free (as soon as their owner left for work), so she had some decent fire damage poison on her arrows later when she most needed it. Still, her nerves are not made for combat. Afterward she dried her tears, healed the places where the last guy clobbered her, and pulled her arrows out of various posts and wooden partitions where she had managed to miss the guy multiple times at close range. She gets really scared, especially when confronted by a heavily armored orc vampire wielding an enchanted axe. Also he was talking about her sweet meat or something while attacking her and that was upsetting.

Kanet did not touch the bodies other than gathering a bit of their dust and picking up a note. She wasn’t sure if Azura would want proof that the vampires were now at peace. She had no intention of looting Azura’s afflicted yet still faithful followers.

Back at the shrine Azura rewarded her with an astonishing gift. Kanet was so stunned she forgot to ask the Lady if she was screwing up or if her life was on the right path. She’s been called “wicked one” so many times she’s starting to believe it. Anyway Kanet forgot to ask but then realized that Azura wouldn’t have handed over her Star to someone she didn’t favor.

The handsome priest turned out to be a Nightblade named Mels, and he would be more than happy to join Kanet on her adventures (Companion Share and Recruit). Kanet decided to shelve that idea until she is less likely to get arrested every time she walks through a city gate. Mels called her Star-Bearer. She thought that was pretty special. Also she likes his hair and decided on the spot that Nightblades are hot. The monks robe will have to go, though. She’s going to be “shopping” for some badass light armor.

Funnily enough right before she left Kanet looked back at the statue and noticed that Azura was holding aloft a star and moon. Now she wonders who might be the Moon-Bearer.

During the side trip to pick up fire salts before the vampire wars Kanet embarrassed herself by getting caught stealing a silver vase. Her response after paying the fine was to completely clean out the castle. The countess and guests will be eating from parchment plates for a while. At least until Ongar gets his stock back into legitimate trade. Even then there will be a few pieces missing from the set. Kanet decided to brighten up her little waterfront house with some Brumese silver.

Azura allows others to Star, but she does all her own Mooning.

Hopefully Kanet will get around to this quest and find out the answer. Grits wrote that she'd downloaded it, but Kanet's got to finish the TG quest line before she gets to do the extensions.

Indeed Kanet had to finish the TG questline, level up twice to meet the Daedric quest requirement, and then make a pilgrimage to Nocturnal’s shrine before she was ready to start Evergloam. She hadn’t retrieved Nocturnal’s Eye yet. Good thing it’s spring break in Grits World and the family has gone on vacation! The Oblivion marathon continues.

Kanet has undertaken the heist of the era on behalf of the Grey Fox. His plans were sketchy at best, but Kanet and her bag of disguises were up to the task. Actually it may be her past inventiveness that made the Fox choose her to complete his life’s work. She’s really had to improvise!

First she set out to establish her assumed identity to the palace guards in case she encountered them later. She dressed in a way that should fit her persona but she hoped would encourage them to not look at her face. It seemed to work. She found what she was looking for by sheer chance while wildly sneak-dodging a guard in a restricted area. Clear evidence of Nocturnal’s favor.

Her next goal was just as vague as the first. Kanet dressed as a well-heeled tourist strolling the grounds of the finer districts while she searched. She planned to next prowl as herself gathering alchemy ingredients and if that failed she would pick through the city’s seedier areas dressed as a beggar. She shuddered to think of putting that wig on again. Thankfully she found an entry point in her tourist guise and the rest was unnecessary.

Kanet approached the next part with care. She had been given a license to kill by her boss, but she thinks he overstepped his bounds in doing so. If she was not skilled enough to get away with the heist then they should not attempt it. Kanet bears no hatred for Legion or guards. She knows that more than a few were juvenile offenders themselves who turned to law enforcement when given a second chance. Without order her guild could not operate successfully. The guards are just doing their jobs the same as she. No one should have to die over it. If caught she would use all of her skills to escape, not fight.

As it turned out she used up nearly all of her arrows (again) on monsters, creatures, and various undead. Her luck was uncanny. The dungeons took so long to find her way through that there was no way she could time her entry back into civilized quarters. She arrived in the midst of palace guards without warning, and they were all asleep. They woke up while she was in a corridor and while scurrying away from them she found the way forward. Eventually someone opened a locked door for her while she was invisible and opening it would have given away her position. Then they walked through it and away leaving her alone in the room where she finally found the exit! Whew. If I had consulted the wiki and tried to time it I couldn’t have planned it that way. I checked the clock and she got there right when the troops were waking up for the day. Close call!

In her final task Kanet returned to Anvil with a message for the countess. The last time she was there in the role of courier, so this time she took a different approach. Kanet remembered the countess’ good taste that was evident in her dress and decorating, so she dressed herself up as a woman fashionable enough to get the countess’ attention but not so conventional that she would refuse to carry a gift for a Stranger.

The scene that followed further warmed Kanet’s newly thawed heart. Also it appealed to her sense of justice. She feels perfectly at home in her new role as the Grey Fox. She has lots of ideas for developing her people. But first she’s going to climb into her new bed for a nice long rest.

Whew! I was holding my breath as Kanet was sneaking and sniping around. I continue to love her disguises - and now she has a new one as the Gray Fox. The TG has always been my fave quest line because, when all is said and done, it is a love story.

Kanet doesn't need Nocturnal's eye to go further. But the skeleton key does become unavailable if she were to start the Evergloam series without getting it first, as I swap out the statue for one with different dialog.

I like her fashion choices. What's she going to wear for her interview with Nocturnal?

Acadian, now that it’s fresh in my memory I can confidently say the TG is my favorite questline, too. Kanet became a much warmer person over the course of it, although the guards don’t seem to like her much. Plus, Amusei! Love that guy.

ghastley, I ran through a few see-if-I can-break-it scenarios without saving. With See You Sleep active Kanet was wearing only earrings when she first met Nocturnal in person. Her extensive wardrobe does not include nightgowns. So no screenshot of that encounter (which worked just fine) since she was stretched out on the bed.

Here’s Kanet as herself the first time she found Nocturnal’s shrine for the vanilla quest.

And here’s their first meeting as it happened for real. It was very memorable. (I used See You Sleep’s Wait method of sleeping this time so Kanet would not be lying down.)

Kanet wore her non-armor dark adventure outfit with a practical hair style to go visit Nocturnal once Kanet had been summoned. She has no idea what to expect, but she’s pretty sure that the Mistress of Shadows would not approve of bright clothing, glowing rings, or reflective nail polish. Here she’s about to take a very big step. (I obscured the statue’s bits just in case anyone had a magnifying glass, lol.)




Edit: spelling.

Kanet (and Toc Toc) had a lovely trip to Evergloam. After her chat with Nocturnal she took a thorough tour of the castle. It was just dark enough to give her a big surprise when she met her first Winged Twilight on the ramparts. She was very impressed!

Her task was straightforward, and Kanet had no concerns about disappointing her Mistress. She wore her most conventional outfit for the job so as to not be memorable. Of course now that she has a better sense of Nocturnal’s style she dressed carefully to please her for the return trip to Evergloam. The last time Kanet felt both overdressed and underdressed standing next to Nocturnal’s beautiful attendants. This time she felt right at home.

Nocturnal’s parting gift will be very useful indeed. Kanet has still been depending on potions in the dark. And now she has incentive to get into some trouble back in the mortal realm.

After reading ghastley's posts about his Evergloam mod, I'm finding Kanet's experiences in Nocturne's realm to be very interesting.

I loved the bi-colored hair on her return to Cyrodiil. She looks adorable in it!

Of course the upswept style is extremely elegant on her!

Are all of these Apachii's Wigs? I don't recognize some of them.

Kanet has selections from the Apachii Goddess store and from the Apachii wig mod. I’m sure there are some in the store that are not found in the Pell’s Gate barrels, but I have no idea which.

It’s a lot of fun to see some things I’ve never seen before. I’ll keep posting Kanet’s Daedric adventures while not spoiling too much with pictures and details.

I liked her having bi-coloured hair "so as not to be memorable".

Since you mentioned Nocturnal's parting gift, that tells me you completed that quest without any show-stopping glitches. Let's hope they all do that, especially Amusei finding you when he needs to.

I'm so enjoying the adventures of Kanet the Klothes Horse! She has great taste and a fabulous wardrobe for every occasion.

Julian headed off to Anvil to meet a retired pirate she had met in Weye. The old man had somehow coerced her into securing a treasure map for him, and then she set off into the unknown with him to help him find the treasure. They ended up at an abandoned island full of undead. Her Sigil-Stone enchanted chameleon jewelry stood her in good stead and she was able to ambush each of the bones without getting mobbed.

After a pretty interesting dungeon crawl that stumped her more than once, she found a *shiny* shield and brought it back to the old man. Only thing is, when he took it from her, he tried to kill her to keep her quiet! Obviously Julian didn't take kindly to that sort of betrayal and defended herself rather effectively. Pissed off, she returned to the ship that had brought them to the island. The ship's first mate swore up one side and down the other that he never suspected the old pirate's plans to leave her bones on the island alongside the others. Julian did not take her anger out on him, but she was rather abrupt in her "suggestion" that they head back to Anvil ASAP.

To be honest, she was more pissed at herself than anything else, for letting herself be suckered so easily. Got to stop rescuing every cat I see, she thought silently during the three-day voyage back to Anvil. Some of them are mountain lions and perfectly capable of fending for themselves!

Back in Anvil, she took a little time to rest, then took a walk along the coast. It never fails to calm her spirits to see the ocean and listen to the waves while enjoying the lovely scenery of golden seagrass and dark green coastal pines. She made it as far as Beldaburo before she felt ready to return to Anvil and her newly remodeled home above the harbor.

The next morning, however, she woke up feeling feverish, with shaky limbs. She recognized the signs of Feeble Limb and slowly made her way into Anvil for Chapel healing, kicking herself for selling that potion of Cure Disease. Redguards never get sick. Right.

She met Lothran perhaps? My dark elf happens to have done the same exact thing yesterday but I can´t remember him reporting a gate-closing Redguard being around..

Julian was tired of fighting, so she wore her Chameleon gear. That's probably why Lothran didn't see a white-haired Redguard . . .

Come to think of it, Julian didn't see a white-haired Dunmer. But then, she spent much of the time gazing out to sea . . .

Oh, and she loves her remodeled home at Gweden Farm. Already she is planning how to restore her mother's garden, fix the fences and build a little shed for Blanco . . .

But first she has a Dunmer maiden to rescue . . .

I guess old habits die hard, as Julian sets her sights on rescuing another cat Dunmer maiden.

Glad the Gweden home is coming along well. It surely is a beautiful location.

Did Kanet go and get herself into trouble?

I’d love to see pictures of Julian’s remodeled home when she’s ready! That’s such a pretty spot.

Kanet is on a rescue mission of her own, but she feels like she may end up needing rescue!

Amusei found her in the morning and delivered his message. It was funny, when Kanet got to the castle she found Nocturnal asleep, or at least she was in her bed. Kanet stood bedside for a few minutes thinking how the tables had turned and now she’s the one going bump in the night!

Nocturnal was not jesting when she said she had a task. Kanet is proud that Nocturnal thinks so highly of her, but she entered Dagon’s realm in real danger of wetting her greaves. Kanet has not touched the Main Quest so this is her first time in the Deadlands.

Fortunately she is a good shot and most things have tried to attack her with fire. Kanet is steeped in Dunmeri awesome which of course includes native fire resistance. She’s getting more confident as she collects rare alchemy ingredients such as fire salts straight from the source.

Now she’s poised at the entrance to a tunnel whose name she interprets as “The Cave Of You’re Going To Die In Here.” So she’s still pretty nervous.

That's one thing I enjoy about Julian. She keeps kicking herself for helping every helpless(!) victim of misfortune, two and four legged both, then moves right on to the next one without thinking about it! Agreed on the Gweden home, only it's Julian's home. Now if I can figure out how to change its flag in the CS so it shows on the map as "Julian's Home" rather than "Gweden Farm"!


Did she? Where did she go? (Julian looks around.) Hold on until after I rescue Mireena!



Well, Kanet could have asked Julian to join her! This old pilus doesn't mind showing newbies the ropes! After all, that's what she did for 20 years! Old habits die hard indeed!

Julian says she wants to decorate up her new home a little bit more before we start taking screenies. Plus she wants to get her mother's garden and Blanco's home situated first. But your request for screenies will be honored!

Holy crisis this thread's been busy! Good, I'm glad others are using it. Oblivion is fun to write up, that's for damn sure...

Grits, Kanet's tales are fun to read! She's been doing quite a lot, all over the place, and while wearing an entire litany of different outfits. My thief would approve!

Speaking of...


Kahreem of Weet

Level: 6
Location: Waterfront
Days Passed: 86
Play Time: 117:10:49

Bounty: 340

Fame: 0
Infamy: 9

Tirdas, 10:08 pm Sun's Dusk 20


"I'm looking for the Grey Fox, what can you tell me?"

Kahreem of Weet downs a second bottle of Cheap Wine while Hieronymus Lex stands just a few paces away. All around, his minions (his guards, plus some Arcane University battlemages) do their best to find the blasted thief.

"No sign of him!" reports an iron-suited Imperial.

"Ucch," Kahreem says to himself. "I mean, if some fokkinge battlemages can't find the scoundrel with their magic, they may as well give up."

Kahreem decides he'll risk getting closer to Lex, maybe he can talk some sense to the man, when all a sudden a whoosh of yellow light flashes nearby. It happens several yards away from where Kahreem and Lex stand, just past the shack which had recently been bought by a red-haired do-gooding paladin. As the men gaze with a mixture of fear, and a little bit of awe, a shape reveals itself from the flash.

"A .. daedric being?"

There had been rumors that the Daedra might attack from the plane of Oblivion for weeks now, perhaps they already had. There had been sightings, you see. As the group of men on the City's isle hold their ground, they realize this could be it. This could be the very beginning of an attack on the Imperial City itself. ... But they needn't fret; only one of their army appears, not dozens.

"Begone, mortal!" the daedric man says in an otherworldly voice.

As Kahreem decides this sounds like some of the greatest advice he's ever heard, because what if there is suddenly some sort of attack, the man-like figure from Oblivion turns to go. But first, he hands a note to the captain of the guards.



"So, they send a foul daedra to deliver a simple note when a simple footpad could have done so?" Lex asks smugly. "How typical. All right men! We've been ordered back to our posts. I smell the dirty hand of the Grey Fox behind this."

Before Kahreem can blink, the Oblivion being is gone, while Lex and his posse give up their search, just like that.

"Amazing. Guess the Waterfront's back to normal, now. I gotta find me a daedra outfit."

The Redguard thief decides he'll follow the guards back into the city. He notices that some guards don't even get to take a break; they merely return to their usual posts. And at this realization, the Weet Bandit kicks himself.

"A guard-free Imperial City? Rats. Just missed my chance for the ULTIMATE crime spree."




Middas, 12:20

"I see you are a follower of the grey Fox, too!" Methredhel says in amazement as Kahreem walks through the door of her 'hideout'.

"Ummm. Yeah. I am. Are you just ... realizing this now? I've only been in the fokkinge Thieves Guild for like three months."

"I'm glad you're here, we have work to do," the elf says as the Redguard approaches further.

"Well of course we do. I just did my part, Hieronymus Lex has left the Waterfront. Now where's my compensation? Where's my pay?"

"He's been ordered to evacuate the Waterfront? Excellent!" says the elf. "Well, I have one last task for you. As a sign of good faith, the Thieves Guild needs somebody to returns Hrormir's Icestaff to the Arcane University."

"Oh, and let me guess who's going to do be asked to do this?"

"However, the wizards are not to be trusted," she says somewhat angrily while ignoring the Redguard's sarcasm. "I'm sure they are watching for us to put it back where you got it. They would have no qualms about killing you once they had the Icestaff back."

"Oh brother, here we go again."

"Instead, I want you to put the Icestaff into Ontus Vanin's safe chest. He keeps one in his home. Ontus is a former University researcher."

At this, Kahreem suddenly smiles. "Sounds like this 'Ontus' is going to be framed for something" he says, "and not the sort of frame you hang up on a wall."

The elf says nothing, so Kahreem then adds "Well look, that sounds good and fine, I'm definitely up for that task, but I'm also in this for the gold. You know, Septims? ... Coin? Why, lately it seems the fokkinge beggars have more gold in their pockets than I do!"

"Greedy bastard, aren't you?" Methredhel is now gushing again. "I like that in a thief! ... But you'll have to see S'krivva about that. I'm just the one who's running the scam."

"Hah, S'kriiva. I have to go all the way back to fokkinge Bravil just to get some compensation. Where's the Gray Fox in all this, hasn't he got some deep pockets? Rats. I want some gold and I want it NOW! Do you know I could have been killed, I had to come all the way up through the Sewers just to get this to you!"

"Shadow hide you," Methredhel mock-whispers, apparently closing the subject.

This made me crack up! Kanet's fun to read about, and I agree, it's more fun being with a thief who's not so skilled with magic.

And I'm getting that crow mod. Oh yeah.

Holy levelling, Batman! Kahreem is at 67??

Once again an awesome story from the Weet bandit! And it seems he once again will have to wait for his hard-earned Septims..

Well done, ms Gade!

Thanks, and Whoops. He should be Level 6, not 67. I thought it was pretty kewl that Kahreem was so fixated on getting paid, and finally the game's dialog supports this. There's a moment when it says "Where's my pay?" or something.

Where on Earth did you get that emoticon?

I thought that him being level 67 was a bit strange


From the hidden depths of the internet..

I took 67 to mean 6 or 7. Probably 6 since I think Kahreem leveled up not long ago!



Kanet did not die in the tunnels. Nor did she die in the towers, the rockslides, traps, or any of the dangers she faced in the Deadlands. She quickly learned how many arrows it took to bring down various enemies and was able to give herself room to work.

It took her some time to find what she was looking for, but as long as there was a way forward and a way out she kept going. She did briefly consider returning Nocturnal’s item and leaving its bearer to her fate. Kanet is no hero. But in the end she kept opening just one more door until she found she had to finish what she’d started.

Now she’s back home with a bag of rare ingredients to play with. The rescued Bosmer is resting in Evergloam. Kanet will go back and visit her soon, but for now she wants a bath, silk sheets, wine and candles, and a manicure.

Whew! And all Julian got was a used bedroll and polenta!

Kanet would not appreciate that situation. She can be tough, but she requires a lot of maintenance.

Kanet put her fresh fire salts to good use in her next mission from Nocturnal. She wiped out a vampire nest and not a single bat was harmed. She was spotted once but managed to slip through a door and away without the need to defend herself. Her outfit for this job was the most spectacular one yet. She wore Nocturnal’s ring, a Life Detection necklace, a Base Ring of Sneak, and Chameleon sandals. She figured that bats might hear even the softest whisper of cloth, so she made sure she wasn’t wearing any.

I loved this quest! The sneaky ones are my favorite. Kanet’s Sneak, Marksman, and Alchemy (poison) working together made her deeds in the dark worthy of the Grey Fox legends. Plus now she has a bankroll for her next shopping spree. Nocturnal may even turn her into a vampire hunter! Kanet enjoys being awesome. She’ll definitely be back for more of the very special arrows she found.

The arrow situation was kind of funny. Kanet was specifically not going to loot anything from the interlopers in Nocturnal’s realm thinking that it would sort of be stealing from Nocturnal. But of course she had to peek into the containers she found. Then it was all a matter of rationalizing her need for those arrows!

It wasn’t long afterward before Kanet’s favorite Argonian brought her another message. Nocturnal sent her to Azura’s realm on a business trip. Thankfully she is not half-blind as a result. Kanet loves Moonshadow!

Now that Kanet has seen how daedric princes(ses) dress she had a good idea what to wear for her visit. She made a quick change for a sneak through a cave, but it was no trouble at all to get dressed up again to meet the Lady of Twilight. (I’m not sure if the tunnel critters are just friendly or if Kanet was able to sneak right past their noses, but there was no blood shed in Azura’s realm.)

Kanet found Azura to be quite impressive in person. Also she is a big fan of Azura’s Winged Twilight. Now she has a job to do and some answers about Azura’s moon.

Oh, and while she’s in town she’s going to hit the shops. With his habit of greeting her as she wakes Amusei has seen quite a lot of Kanet lately. She’s going to acquire a nightgown.

This is aw7some. I mean aw6some.



Yes... very important, those shopping sprees.

I'm not a sneak player, so creating these was a bit a challenge. They won't all be aimed at a sneak approach, but I don't think I ruled that out in any of them.

Amusei appreciates "a lot", but he's met Silanu and Heidi, so he knows about "too much", too.

Kanet is on a new mission from Evergloam. She got an awesome reward from Azura after the last one. The Lady of Twilight may be edging out the Mistress of Shadows as Kanet’s favorite Daedric Princess. Her reward came with a serious dilemma, though. She can only summon him once per day. Should she call him to her side for combat or for company? And will he stick around long enough? Only time will tell.

Kanet has been shy about wearing the Grey Cowl of Nocturnal, but she put it on for this adventure. But first she had a miserable trip to Leyawiin. She was not expecting cold rain that far south. Or maybe it just seemed cold after frolicking in Moonshadow’s waters. Also the merchants didn’t have anything she wanted to steal.

But now she’s back in the IC looking glamorous and about to break in to a house she’s been inside before. She happens to know the old gentleman who lives there from setting up her alias the last time. Since she wasn’t caught she’s re-using that disguise. She just passed him on the street heading away from home, so she’s going for it.

Well, I guess that tells me which way she chose! Clark gets to summon her once a day.

And that reminds me that I don't have a second quest in Moonshadow. I added a guest house on an adjacent island, but the quest to get the key hasn't been made.