By Meridia! Congrats on surviving Molag's Bal's.

*Perks up at the Stros M'Kai location*

Hey, does that mean Mazul and Misa (or Julian and Misa) might get to adventure together?

Please?

Thanks Everyone! I had put this off so long - only did it now because that "One Tamriel" update is going to make this fight worse at Misa's level.

I was kind of frozen when he picked Misa up and was holding her so close to his mouth and opening his mouth - then he started turning red, and I was freaking out - then happened to see that little message in the screen to use the sacrifice thing to attack Molag Bal and free myself.

I spammed the X key a hundred times after I saw that message, and after the light of Meridia burned him he dropped Misa from that great height - it was scary!

But the fight after all that (and getting up to Molag Bal) was actually not as bad as I had feared it would be all this time. My armor protected me A LOT; even when he jumped on me (because I couldn't seem to run or move around much) my health never went down too dangerously low.

Started off with the bow, then when I couldn't run around I went ahead and changed over to duel wield. I was so freaked out that I forgot to use my Ultimates or "Spin-to-Win" - just straight beating repeatedly with my (absorb health) blades and screaming my head off in fear.

And last week I made myself a glyph that cost me 17,000 to make = a Truly Superb Prismatic Weapon glyph = 5000 + damage against Daedra and Undead - forgot to enchant a bow with it and bring it with me, so almost called off the fight; but my friend Aussie talked me into sticking it out (we talked on TeamSpeak throughout the fight, if she wasn't deafened by my shrieking)


** Haute - Until "One Tamriel" update, we won't be able to see each other due to being in different Alliances; but afterward - most def!

Lildereth's last quest before vacation called for messing around with Ayleid magic. Not her favorite. She really did not want to touch that thing. (The giant belt buckle is Jerric's little prank. Next time she asks him to make her a belt, she will be more specific.)

Lil in the ruin because it was so neat.

Darnand found this seasonally themed location on his way to Par Molag (Ashen Grip crafting location.)

Lil debates dropping in to visit some monks in Reaper's March. (She decided to leave them alone with their… whatever they do in there.)

How fun to see Lil sneaking around! Her new doo and armor look fabulous. Love the colors on Darnand's robey stuff. Also quite like the pirate outfit and jackel in Lil's last shot.

Between working and sleeping, I've been spending the last couple of days with Mazul exploring the last corner of Glenumbra. We've cleared Cath Bedraud (with the help of that Wake Up Dead stout), saved Glenumbra from the menace of Angof the Gravesinger, and now tackling Crosswych.

Hard to believe, but Crosswych is harder to complete than Cath Bedraud. I think it's because both Blaise the Foreman and Sternis Gelves are heavy magicka users and every time she gets close to them they annihilate her with flame spells. She finally killed Blaise by using a flame staff and moving fast around him, but it made her realize how inadequate her iron armor is. At Level 16, she can now craft herself a decent set of steel armor, and make herself a nice steel greatsword. So after we finally killed the foreman, we headed back down to Daggerfall to visit the bank, get a riding lesson, and craft a full set of steel armor. She had enough improving materials to bring the cuirass up to blue, and the greaves up to green. The new greatsword too is green, if I recall correctly. Unfortunately, when she tried to improve the oaken flame staff she had, she lost it.

We are taking a break from trying to kill Gelves until tonight, when there's more people around and hopefully there will be another player on the same quest, and we can kind of help each other. Weekday mornings are awfully quiet here in Glenumbra, and most of the time we rather like it. However, when it comes to the boss fights, it helps to have other players around.

Anyway, here is Mazul in her new armor, fresh off the anvil

Front view

Back view

Then it was off to the dyeing station, where we could try out the different colors we have access to (not very many at this point).

WTF?? You can't be serious!

Finally we have a full set of armor in the colors Mazul prefers, and it's back to Crosswych to try again tonight. Mazul is hanging out behind the manor house to wait for comrades.

New colors front

New colors back

Julian would like Mazul to level up her clothing skills so that she can get an updated version of her armor. She is finally at the point where the leveled armor she is getting is better than mALX's Death Wind set. So we are stowing the Death Wind pieces in the bank for the next character. It's too nice a set to break down and learn from . . .

Lil's armor is gorgeous! Details, please!!!!

Ha! I wonder if that stuff is for the "Witches Festival" or if it is just there all the time?

Awesome shot in Reaper's March, looks like both she and jackel are not relishing the idea of those monks, lol.

Unfortunately, Misa can only make the basic (levels 1-14) in Heavy armor & weapons or any wood crafted items like staves. She just raised her level in Blacksmithing, but so far only has traits learned in swords and daggers. In Woodworking she has almost all the traits, but no skill points left to raise the level on it (and there are only a handful of skyshards left in Tamriel that she hasn't gotten, so not likely she will be able to raise that level any time soon, or she would offer to help). Medium armor is about all she can do, lol. Even light armor = she just hasn't learned traits for, she has been researching medium armor since day one.

But Julian's leather armor - that Misa can do. Swords and shields - can do.

Oooh, you made her a gorgeous armor!!!! Even without the dye, but LOVE the gold chestpiece !!!!

Wow, Mazul's armor (and colors) look fabulous! Sounds like she and her running mate Julian are coming along so very well - almost in tandem.

Mazul looks great! A new set of armour is sometimes all you need to help you get past a tough spot.

Wow, looking very cool!

Cirinwe arrived at Hatching Pools today. The main Hist there is amazing.

She also fought some familiar foes and took part in the trials of The Hist, receiving a mysterious vision. She can't quite put her finger on it, but she felt a little different during the vision. (and so did I with that weird screen blur effect )

Finally, she had a look at some ancient Argonian architecture. Even though Cirinwe knows the Argonians aren't allowed to build with stone anymore, she thinks it's a real shame that these ruins are all but forgotten. Maybe she's found her true calling as a scholar of all things Argonian?

Wow! That Hist Tree looks awesome! Much like the Wyrd Tree in Glenumbra, only with the coolest Christmas lights!

That ancient Argonian ruin looks like an underground Mayan temple! I'll have to go check it out when I start my Ebonheart characters!

HA! I remember seeing these same screens for Haa-Rei when he did these quests!!! Awesome shots. I LOVE the Argonian architecture, those pyramids!!!!

Yep, here's the Haa-Rei version from 15 months ago!

What great fun seeing Cirinwe progress through her game! She and that area look amazing.

Haa-Rei's shots of his time with the Hist were so inspiring, I couldn't wait to do those quests after seeing them! And I did love that whole questline so much!

Like Acadian said, it must be so cool seeing Ciri "growing up" and going through the same things in Haa-Rei's footsteps!!!!

Oh yeah, it's great to go back through all these quests again. Ciri also gives it a different, non-Argonian, perspective which is always interesting to think about while we're adventuring.


Just a couple of shots from yesterday:

Helping out the inmates of White Rose Prison, Cirinwe the Centurion.

Haa-Rei captured this view in Wrothgar. As ever, one of the most beautiful regions in the game.

Gotta love a girl in uniform - Ciri looks great!

Wrothgar. Is that a giant or just another Nord?

It's Bigfoot!!

Thanks! That is a Bosmer medium chest piece and legs I think made from thick leather, Breton heavy pauldrons, Nord heavy belt, and Bosmer light gloves (probably). Those are the original colors, which Lil liked enough not to change. I'm told that location was part of last year's Witches Festival, so maybe it will be active again this October. Darnand could not get inside.

Great pictures, folks! I love following everyone's adventures through their screenshots.

Ciri looks really cool in her legion armor. The Wrothgarians are really neat!

Finally decided on a name for the Hist Guar - Glows-In-The-Dark

Haa-Rei reminds himself why one should never tackle a world boss alone.

Waiting patiently for backup.

Nice armor, but my fave is the giant and view one! Awesome shot!

Oh cool! I love they are going all out for Lore holidays!

That armor looked coordinated together, what a great mix! Someone recently told me about the armor bonuses and wearing one piece of light and heavy with a medium mix to get the most out of the armor bonuses; I had no idea about that before they mentioned it!

I agree with you on enjoying seeing everyone's games via screens, it is Awesome to see how everyone's characters have progressed from Oblivion, through Skyrim, and now in ESO. Just plain Awesome! They feel like old friends we've watched grow and age!

Love these shots, but my big comment has to go to the "Winter is Coming" (love that title, by the way!) = Which one of your character is wearing the bear head with the human manly arms? Has Haa-Rei grown human arms; or is Ciri turning into a Male?

I can't figure out why they added arms to the bear head, but the white head most def changes the wearer's arms tol manly; the brown head to feminine,


And I mentioned Buffy's "Screen of the Month" on her Potpourri thread, but since I mentioned Hazmick's on here:






BWAAHAA! Jerric searching for a beer stash for his winter hibernation? Great shot, is that a pose/emote or is that a quest thing? I don't think I've seen it on the lists!!!

I ran out of room in my bank and all my "Alts" were stuffed to the brim, so ... had to make a new character to help out.

This is Calia's (fraternal) twin sister Mia:



http://imgur.com/a/ieADw

Meanwhile, Calia was seen in the middle of a wild rumpus in Vulkhel Guard:



http://imgur.com/a/jukdk

Welcome to Mia! See, Buffy's been telling you for years: Blondes have more fun!

All Cirinwe stuff today:

Ruin by moonlight

Taking notes

Coldharbor is lovely this time of year

Arriving at the Windhelm docks. We decided that Magni the snow bear would be the best mount for Eastmarch. Ciri has a matching hat to keep her ears warm, though as every Nord knows - nothing beats the cold like a cosy tavern.

Wow, great shots of Ciri. I'm glad to see her really coming into her own as a character and friend to Haa-Rei. The snow bear certainly suits Skyrim!

I really like the way elves are done in ESO, much as they are in Skyrim.

Eldritch, not cutesy or anime or manga or diminished in any way. Just uniquely Elven. Just Different. That was kind of my peeve with Oblivion - the mer looked just like humans with pointy Spock ears stuck on their heads.

Ciri looks like a fascinating character - one who would entertain an entire tavern with wild, fantastic stories. If you could get her to talk, that is . . .

I need to have a word with Ciri about what to wear when riding a bear.

Julian and I were so busy exploring Rivenspire yesterday that we almost missed a message from Misa of Ebonheart! We had just celebrated leveling up to 26 when I realized we had mail.

When we peeked, we were thrilled to see an entire new armor and weapon set for Julian! Because her inventory was nearly full, we decided to break from questing long enough to head back to Shornhelm, visit the Savings and Loan (that name cracked me up - NOT lore-friendly!), sell off some stuff, dump some stuff in the bank for Mazul, then pick up the packages.

For some odd reason it made me think of modern life. Order something, miss the delivery, get a message from the delivery guy saying the package is being held at the office, and heading in to pick up the stuff.

So Julian tried on the gear, and it is awesome! Misa remembered to use the Redguard motif this time (though Julian had become used to the Breton style by now), and it is really beautiful!

New Armor Front 1

New Armor Front 2

New Armor Front 3

New Armor Front 4

Though these pictures were taken by the Dye Station in Shornhelm, we haven't yet changed the colors from those Misa used. Julian is not keen about the red, it's a little too much for her. But we're not sure her Desert Storm palette would work in Shornhelm - it might be a little too yellow. So we're walking/jogging around western Rivenspire looking for inspiration. By the time I said good night to Julian (or rather, good morning), she was beginning to think the green might be useful, but she is still hung up on the red. Maybe a slightly browner shade of red . . .

Wow, the Redguard style looks great!

Oooh looks great! Looking forward to seeing what colours Julian goes for.

Is that the sword? I made a Redguard sword, they are supposed to be curved a bit more than that! One thing I don't like about ESO is how they change the style of things completely between levels. A racial style should be consistent, imho. Grrr, I meant to give you a curved sword again, I'm sorry.

Yes, that's the sword. I think. I can't remember if I changed it before or after I took those screenies. I can't log back in right now but I seem to recall the new sword is straight bladed.

Straight or curved, Julian doesn't care. She cares only about how well it cuts and slices and dices. And it does so very well, thank you very much.

Cool Redguard armor! When I was watching X-Men:Apocalypse yesterday I was thinking Apocalypse's armor looked like it was from ESO. It has that same style ESO loves to do with the hip plates and the long piece that hangs down over the crotch.

The Redguard sword at that level should look like this:


http://eso.mmo-fashion.com/redguard-orichalc-sword/

Thanks, mALX.

I will look at it next time I log in with Julian and let you know! If it's not the sword in the screenshots, then I will update them accordingly (probably when Julian decides on a color palette for this outfit . . . ).

Thanks, because I took particular care to make the curved sword again because you liked it so well the last time!

I'm torn between "Taking Notes" and the Snow Bear as my favorite shots, I love them both! Every time Misa or Calia is writing themselves a false pardon for their crimes I've wanted to get a screen of it, but keep forgetting! I've seen her do that in making scouting reports in Cyrodiil too, love that animation!

The bear is just fantastic, I haven't seen a white bear in game yet! The snow bear head while riding a snow bear - wonder if it makes the bear she is riding nervous? BWAAHAA! Did you get a baby bear cub in Wrothgar?

Great shots, all of them!








Thanks, Acadian!!!!

It's the write emote, which is indeed used for scout reports and stuff too.

The snow bear mount and cub pet were only available for a short time around Orsinium's original release (Probably going to bring them back if they do the anniversary edition). Didn't get the cub though, but I see the brown bear cub pets sometimes - they're so cute!

They are adorable! They make a "mewing" sound and bat at butterflies, etc. Just adorable! I noticed one baby listed on the Wrothgar DLC, but ... not sure if that is current or not.

Yup. There it is!

Again, Julian says Thanks!

Haa-Rei shows off the Briarheart item set ability. Looks pretty neat.

Alternate version of a Ciri screenie from the other day - thoughtful Ciri.

Much better!!!








I have to know, what is the ability? That looks Awesome!!!

Thoughtful Ciri has a really cool black and silver outfit.

http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Briarheart+Set