Interesting- Trey was also in Shadowfen.... He intended to relax and do a little fishing, but what with crocodiles, wamasu, plague husks, and people wanting his help....

Yeah- it didn't work out. After trying to catch a few fish (and getting jumped by some critters), he gave it up and went back to crafting writs. After all, 3 shields and 6 bows is better than what the answer to "So what's biting?" turned out to be.

Trey went on a "Dying Across Glenumbra" tour.... He got killed by the Wyrd Tree Corruption (3 times),

Trey collected 3 ancient swords from the Alessian battlefield in northern Glenumbra, and then watched the bickering mages turn the simple ceremony into a cockup.

So- while searching for iron, he stumbled into Bad Man's Hallow- see above.

After all that, he decided to try his luck fishing in Shadowfen, but the fish refused to appear anywhere in the designated zones. Since those spots are supposed to refresh quickly, he abandoned the quest. He will now pick it back up to see if that resets the fishing holes. He did take out 5 crocodiles and 1 wamasu...

Trey met perhaps his favorite person in-game so far (excluding the mad crew he adventured with the other night): Walks-Softly.

"Look! A crypt! Nothing bad EVER happens in a crypt!"

"Did I mention I'm afraid of spiders? I will do my best to overcome it."

Trey headed to Eastmarch to check out the New Life Festival invitation he was handed in Stros M'Kai. (It seemed better than going to Sheo's house for some happy hijinks- besides the undead, Trey has an aversion to madness- what with his Corprus experience and all).

From there, he headed to Bergama in the Alik'r and completed the Fire Sprint. Of course, getting to Eastmarch and then to Bergama involved some roundabout travel, because he had not yet discovered wayshrines in those provinces... a problem which is now fixed. After all the dashing about (and dodging various murderous Daedra, banditti, critters, and etc., the Mage Guild request is looking less of a bad thing- at least it is sorta right there in nice, safe Glenumbra).

But now he has a nifty souvenir mug to show all his friends.

Of course, Daggerfall had it's own share of perils, as he assisted the Beldama Wyrd in fighting back the Bloodthorn corruption.

Since he was touring the realm anyway, he also decided to see what this Skaldir in Deshaan wanted. But before he could get there, a rather insistent Dunmeri girl roped him into investigating a "plague" and the people who claimed to be curing it. Nostalgia for Vvardenfell made it impossible for him to turn down the request- even if these Dunmer no longer have the "rasp" in their voices that was once so familiar to him.

I've been creating a few more characters, mainly to lock in the names before others grab them. Laurie Craft (not my first attempt at her name, but less failed attempts than I expected), Wizwen, and Cat Man Dhou. I may create the rest of my limit, just to have more races represented.

Laurie will be working with Blossom to build up the crafting skills. Blossom can craft Redguard style, so the recovered mats won't get wasted. Laurie hasn't learned Orcish (or Bosmer, Nord or Khajiit) but hopes to soon. Unna has Bosmer, and a higher level of Blacksmith than the crafter pair right now, but she's mainly making things for herself to use (heavy and greatswords) and wants the Ancient Elven (assuming that cuirass she got was that style) so she can keep her look.

Wizwen is currently stuck trying to battle the Veiled Heritance leaders solo. I suspect they're leveled for multiple players to take them on, but nobody else is in there right now. Her Clannfear isn't as much help as she needs.

Trey and Izinami took a tour of some lovely homes throughout Tamriel, thanks to haute. The furnishings and themes were quite envy-inducing, and caused my characters to resolve to redouble their efforts to develop crafting skills.

Trey finally defeated the Wyrd Tree corruption after realizing that his creator was giving him bad advice. Sniping from a distance is too slow and gives the Corruption a chance to blast one with many frost spells. The key is to wade into melee range and do max damage with all melee and ultimate skills, then duck back for the protection of one of the Elementals. It is still a hard solo fight, but possible with the right tactics.

Heh, I think Rider's personal mission is to own ALL the homes! Last time I asked I think she was up to 21.

'Grats to the new Pact Hero!

No, but The AMple Domicile is set within an Ayelid ruin - kind of interesting

Ping me if you want a tour

Trey found the Skyshard he had earlier missed in Siluum, then returned to Abah's Landing to finish up a task for some... friends.

After playing a lethal game of hide-n-seek in a warehouse, he began to think he was too darned old for that kind of nonsense- especially when getting seen by a couple of fishermen cost him 281 gold...

I must go visit some myself. I've been previewing the empty ones, but seeing them furnished would help with the planning, too. On the other hand, it would be nice to target acquiring homes that nobody else is using, so the Guild as a whole has variety of meeting spots.

I've only done the Wyrd tree with a melee character, and that was impossible when the protective circles didn't.

My news is the creation of Speads-her-Ankles (preferred -Thighs was already in use!) as a Sorceress, so the races I don't currently have are Altmer, Breton, Dunmer, and Imperial. Wizwen did finally get past the Veiled Heritance leaders, and complete that arc of quests. I never did work out how she did it, other than a fortune timing thing with ultimate regen and choice of target.

Mira now carries the title “Pact Hero”.

*snip*
Acadian, you are right) TWENTY ONE HOMES and shaking my head . . .

It’s a drug, dammit, a drug. My name is Haute Ecole Rider and I”m a housing addict . . .

Trey found the Skyshard he had earlier missed in Siluum, then returned to Abah's Landing to finish up a task for some... friends.

After playing a lethal game of hide-n-seek in a warehouse, he began to think he was too darned old for that kind of nonsense- especially when getting seen by a couple of fishermen cost him 281 gold...

I've been playing so little that I've hit the point where I regularly don't have enough materials for daily writs. Did some more gatherin' for the next 3-day cycle today. So long as I don't run out of Silk, I'll be okay. :U

Lately I've been thinking of doing some more decorating for the Squad's individual houses. They're...satisfactory, for the most part, but maybe i should get back to furniture plan hunting.

Unna has been collecting Skyshards (and bruises and lacerations) in Stonefalls - four more for the set - and wishing the last ones weren't underground. She nearly got killed in one location just trying to find the door to get in.

Urgh, I've been having to buy mats for daily Writs ever since I raised that bank mule up to crafting the highest level this last Witches Festival. You wouldn't think one character more doing daily Writs would make THAT much difference, only three items per Writ = but it is like suddenly I never have enough materials since she started doing them. That and adding that one extra character has made it feel like a grind to do those Writs every day.

But that said = despite the fact that SHE herself has only gotten two Master Writs out of it; my overall drop rate of Master Writs has actually increased since she started doing them; and I am getting more high level ones too.

Trey met up with Dro and Blossom and had a grand time chasing skyshards and beating delve bosses- as well as one world boss- who only managed to kill Trey once- when Trey forgot he is NOT a tank and needs to STAY AWAY from Limbscather....

It was great fun with excellent adventuring companions. Thanks to haute for leading and ghastley for the adventuring.

Blossom is built like a brick outhouse, but she's not built to be a tank either. All points in stamina, so she should do decent DPS. She needed all the healing she could get against that boss, of course, but seemed to be getting it. I didn't notice who it went off to chase, but I'm not sure I did the right thing by going after it when it left its designated location.

Shards will be useful, as will the XP.

Blossom did consider wearing the tabard for this, but it does NOT go with her dress!