Skyrim Real Role Play - Shavina

Day 72. TrolllololololOMG THAT’S HUGE! Part I

The road from Falkreath to Froki’s had been uneventful, probably because I had just taken that route the other day and cleared Helgen of its bandits. Before going inside I spot an elk climbing further up the hill Froki’s shack is perched on. I bring down the elk and even two rabbits that were at the top. Froki seemed to have found the perfect location to settle in as nearly every time I have come to visit there has been soem form of game to hunt. I don’t think he would mind me hunting the animals on his land; at least I hope he doesn’t mind.

At the top of the hill is a large monument to what can only be Talos. I look at the offerings up here, some gold, some meat, a few books, but don’t take anything. I then go inside and tell Froki the guardian spirits were defeated. He is pleased with the news and sadly a little surprised. Maybe he didn’t think a woman from Hammerfell could hunt as well as a Nord man. At any rate, whatever impression the old man had of me had changed and he gave me one last task; defeat the guardian troll. He marks its location on my map at the same spot as the stone monument I fought the necromancer at. I never noticed a cave there before, but I will certainly look now.

It was still morning when I left, figuring that it would be possible to make it to the stone monument before twilight I set out. The path I chose took me through Ivangaard, as I left the village following the path next to the river I hear the sound of a troll. Soon I see the trolls den next to the road. For some reason I think “you’re not the Devil. You’re practice” and assail the troll with my shield and axe making short work of it. The rest of the way is clear and I transmute ore and collect ingredients to pass the time.

Searching around the monument I soon find the opening of the cave and creep inside. At the caves opening I see an ordinary troll. Three arrows later and it falls but not before its cried alert another troll. This second troll doesn’t notice me until I send another arrow, hitting its muscular body. It runs towards me and I take out put away my bow and with my shield and axe finish it off.
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Day 72. TrolllololololOMG THAT’S HUGE! Part II

When this toll falls I see that behind it was the guardian troll. More massive than any other beast besides mammoths and dragons it stood nine feet tall, its head touching the roof of the passageway. I raise my shield to block its mighty swing but I can only absorb so much of the impact. Another swing from the troll knocks me back to my senses and I bash back with all my might. The strike doesn’t do much good, and with Kharjo and Vigilance stuck behind me this was looking like one battle I might loose. The troll must have felt this too and seemed to taunt me by jumping up and down, flailing its arms about. I splash some paralysis poison on my axe, hoping it will affect the monster, and I swipe at its arm. The poison works. I run past the troll and now that I am on one side and Kharjo is on the other we lay waste to the troll which is just beginning to stand up after the poison knocked it down. It vanishes before it gets to its feet.

I look around the cave. I see that at least eleven people have tried to kill this troll and have failed, their skulls neatly lined up along a ledge. I see two more bodies, bandits most likely from the nearby towers. There are a few useful items here. A few blisterwort, some food that can be cooked, an old bow that was still usable in spite of its age, and a book to read at the inn.

I leave for Windhelm and the Candlehearth hall. It’s a bit further than Riverwood and with the sun setting it might seem like a poor choice, but I wanted to use the smelter and figured that it would save me time tomorrow when I return to Froki. Additionally, I wanted to gather the Jazbay grapes for the dark elf at the nirmroot farm. At the inn, I read the book I found. It describes how the dwemer used heavy armour to trick the chimer into thinking they were given a golem as a peace offering. The chimer didn’t like that the dwemer and not them would gain fame from using it to defeat the nords and hatched a plan to use the golem to attack the dwemer. But the golem was actually a dwemer soldier in heavy armour and thwarted their plan. I looked at the armour Kharjo was clad in and gave him the book before going to sleep.

Authors Note: l3rian suggested having a character account for RRP. This is timmyg316 and not some body trying to mess with my RRP, no other accounts will be made for this thread
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Day 74. Someone Dies Part I

CANNONBALL! I leap from the railing on my porch into the lake! It feels great to be back home and honestly having nothing to do in the world. Kharjo is watching me from the porch, he’s got my back and Vigilance is following me closely. This was my morning up until 10:30 when I went in and changed back into my normal gear. I noticed Kharjo turned his head when I dressed, that was thoughtful. A quick check of my basement tells me I am running low on ingredients for potions and so I head out to see what Riften has for sale.

Most of the stands have nothing interesting. I sell some extra meat to the grocer and then pay a visit to Elgrim’s Elixers. I buy some supplies here, but not enough to make a single drop of anything. It seems I do have something to do today. I look at what I have in my satchel, a few ingredients here and there, but it’s mostly filled with blue mountain flowers. Checking my recipes I see the flowers can be combined with a few things to make healing potions, including saber cat eyes. Perfect! I can throw a little hunting into the mix. I set out for Markarth remembering the adventurer’s journal I found there. I was attacked by two saber-cats in that area and found the remains of other victims; the journal said that whatever killed those people was from a cave that I never investigated, mainly because I seen a third saber-cat outside.

Almost as soon as I stepped foot outside the gate I heard the unmistakeable roar of a dragon. And today was going so well. I try to hide but the dragon lands right in front of me. A burst of fire erupts from its maw right at Vigilance, who had come to my aid. I return the favor and crack the dragon good with my shield. The dragon falls. That was a little too easy. I look around and see that the Riften guards posted at the farm all had their bows drawn and their quivers empty. This is a good day.
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Timmyg316 - Eazy E 11523

It is a pretty good idea, I'm using the extra account to advertise in my sig

Also, I don't mind a lil RRP discussion happening here. I also was pretty shocked by that development with Togoth. I actually made an orc the other day because I do like the class.

Seems a lot of characters in RRPs have died recently.

BTW will there mroe more Thalen now that the Olympics are sadly over?
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Day 74. Someone Dies part II

But my good day is soon ruined for real. As I walk along looking for ingredients I see the orcs at the stronghold attacking that poor giant again. Enough is enough! I seen too many of these brutes on the road now to know that all they wanted to do was “test their arm” against a worthy adversary and the giant was being targeted because of its size.
I let an arrow fly right into the body of the orc mage launching ice spikes at the giant. She then turns her attention towards me and sends a spike at me, grazing my body. She then climbs off her stand (I say stand not lookout because the orcs are plainly using it to hunt giants like I hunt deer) and hides behind the strongholds wall. She must think she’s so clever, and even taunts me thinking I can’t reach her behind such a barrier.

I show her a thing or two. I climb up the rocks the stronghold was built into and jump into the stronghold. Like an orc she doesn’t give up the fight and foolishly tries to stick me with another ice spike. I shatter it into a million pieces with my shield and cut off her head. The other orcs come outside to find out what all the commotion is about. They see me, an outlander, standing over one of their own and surround me. “You want to test your arm against something test it on my shield”

It was probably not the best thing to say, and more than a little suicidal to take on an entire stronghold of orcs. In fact, at this point I was pretty scared that I had pushed my luck too far and it would be my last mistake. But today was my lucky day, I had enough sense to keep a good supply of healing potions and Kharjo and Vigilance managed to get into the stronghold evening the odds a bit. Together we were able able to defeat the orcs. I looked over the stronghold wall, the giant was still upset and I knew better than to venture out until it calmed down and went back to its camp. I then make another mistake.

I decide to wait inside the orc’s longhouse. I expected to find it empty since I thought all the orcs came out during the attack. All the orcs but one, their chief had come out. Perhaps he was some kind of coward. It doesn’t matter he swings his war axe at me, but I block it well. I keep my shield wall up and he is unable to break it. Just then Vigilance tries to bite the chief, but the orc lands a massive blow on his hind legs. Vigilance yelps in pain and falls on the floor. The orc chief laughs.

Completely enraged I bash and bash the orc, staggering him and swiping. But it’s no use. He is fully clad in orcish armour and I can’t land a killing blow. I grab Vigelence, who is still barely alive and tell Kharjo it’s no use and were leaving. The giant is gone now, and we hop over the fence and run down the road until were no longer insight of the orc stronghold.

I set Vigilance down. My heart breaks when I see that he can’t stand up. The leg is cut too deeply. Vigilance whimpers. He won’t survive without immediate help, but I can’t get the dog to take a healing potion and I don’t know any magic to heal him. I realize I need to end his suffering. Killing Vigilance was harder than I could imagine. I had ended the lives of countless animals before, but this was different. I say “it’s time to go home Vigilance”. I shoot the arrow between his eyes and he saw no more.

We floated Vigilance’s body in the lake and I returned to Riften, no longer wanting to go to far off lands in search of ingredients. Instead, I sold my orc shield to Brand Shei who was the only merchant still out. I don’t want anything more to do with orcs. At home I take a few bottles off the shelf and drink in my basement. Vigilance will be missed.
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Timmyg316 - Eazy E 11523

Day 75. <3 Part I

In spite of last night’s heavy drinking I woke up before sunrise. I went outside and looked out at the water from my porch and thought of Vigilance. I went back inside and tried to sleep a little longer but it didn’t do me much good. At the first sign of light I went into town. I didn’t really know what I was doing or where to go so I wandered aimlessly for a bit.

At some point I felt the urge to do something about how I was feeling. Riften doesn’t exactly have a great reputation, but there was the temple of Mara. For the first time I visited the temple. I never thought much of worship before, in fact I was often skeptical of religion in Skyrim, but since Hircine spoke to me I have come the believe that maybe there is truth to what the priests say.

Inside was quite empty, it figures, the people of Riften don’t exactly strike me as devout. I look around, noting the statue of Mara on the table and touch it, but not like how people seeking blessings do. It felt smooth and cool. I then take a look through a book on the table that offers guidance on how to worship the divines. It mostly describes my previous feelings about worship, how the gods mostly don’t take an interest in the affairs of mortals. But then it describes how making sacrifices for the gods and doing their work may help you get noticed by them. I ask the priest next to me how I can help the temple but he directs me to the priestess.

She explains how Mara is a Goddess of love and tells me that I will need to act as Mara’s hands in order to receive her blessing. I’m told about a girl in Iversted who is in love and prayed to Mara for help. This sounds easy enough, Iversted is arguably the closest place to Riften and I could be there by mid-afternoon. And maybe bringing these two people together will help me feel better about losing Vigilance. I agree to help and set off after having lunch at the B&B.
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Day 75. <3 Part II

The short trip was uneventful enough and soon I am at Iversted. I ask around for the girl and eventually find her working in a farm. It seems her parents won’t let her run off with a local boy so I agree to talk to her parents. The mother seems ok with the couple, so I deduce the father is the problem. Its funny how fathers never want their daughters to have a relationship. Speaking with the father confirms this, although he pretends that he doesn’t want her to leave the village because of how small it is. I return to the girl and tell her what I learned and recommend that she leaves with him, after all Mara did charge me with uniting them. I am then asked to go tell the boy the good news at the inn.

I was halfway though telling the boy about what had gone one when I heard the inn keeper arguing with a bar maid (maybe his daughter) about going too close to the barrow next to the village. I had previously turned him down when he asked me to investigate it because I was afraid of the barrow too. Back then I didn’t realize it was so much of a problem. I finish talking to the boy and then offer my assistance to the inn keeper

I enter the barrow expecting to see drauger, which I’ve now seen on many occasions but instead there was a ghostly apparition behind a steel gate. He wasn’t particularly scary and I found it odd how after speaking its warning it walked off rather than fade away. I eventually found some levers that controlled the gate and followed him careful of the traps that seemed to be all over the place.

I eventually found him standing in a rather comfortable looking room. Obviously mad at me for intruding he begins attacking me with magic. I strike at him with my axe and when I see blood on my blade I realize this is not a ghost. I then kill the man and examine the room. The man’s journal was on a table and I thumbed though it and learned how he was pretending to be a ghost to keep the locals away, but I didn’t read more than this since I had solved the mystery. I also found out the man was using potions to look like a ghost after sampling the bottled liquid thinking it was a healing potion. I took another ghost potion from the table and returned to the inn to play a little joke.

Once inside I drank the remaining potion and scared the inn keeper half to death when I greeted him. I then explained the whole thing to him and gave him the journal as proof. The thanked me for my trouble and rewarded me with a sapphire dragon claw. I figured it probably had something to do with the barrow but decided to leave it alone, let the dead rest I say. I have a warm meal at the inn and get some rest of my own since its now too late to return to Riften.
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Tru_To_The_Game posted...

Heh heh, never thought of trying those potions out on anyone. Wonder if they would fool a real ghost?

To be honest, he didn't act any different than if I didn't take a potion, which is too bad.
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Timmyg316 - Eazy E 11523

Day 76. Outclassed

When I wake up I return to the temple of Mara, noting the sound of the town merchants hawking their wares. I speak with the priestess at the alter and after informing her of my success with the young couple I am told there is another relationship that needs Mara’s help. Very cryptically she tells me about love’s embers in stone. Thankfully, she then tells me to go to Markarth and speak to someone named Calcemo.

On the way I pass by M’aik who gives me some useful advice about how using two spells might burn a sweetroll. If I ever learn to cook using flame spells I will keep that in mind. I also make an important discovery. Scaly Pholiota mushrooms grow on rotten birch trees. There must be tonnes of the stuff in the forest around Riften and I made sure to collect plenty before following the road into the pine forest. I also gathered other ingredients as well, hoping to refill my stock.

Outside Falkreath I was busy looking for ingredients and tasting wild honey (because wild honey seems safe to eat, learned it increases stamina) on the side of the road and noticed a group of mercenaries walk by. I went back on the road to see what they were up to and found out they were actually well armoured bandits. One had a flaming steel battle axe and after taking a hit I learned me and Kharjo were outclassed so we fled all the way to Falkreath.

I tried to tell a guard about the bandits but he actually commented that there was a $40 bounty against me. I couldn’t be sure what this was for so I asked if it was really worth the trouble given that a group of bandits are attacking people on the roads. He must have seen the sense in this and let me go but not before saying “I heard you had something to do with Sinding’s escape”. So that’s what the bounty was for. (Author’s note: I actually hit a Vigilant of Stendar with an arrow thinking they were a deer, I did yield and he let me go realizing ti was a mistake but must have reported me to the guards)

The rest of the trip was uneventful and I decided to rent a room at Roriksted. Erik wasn’t there, probably having an adventure of his own. It was too bad I would have liked to see how far along he’s come. I also noted that Ulfric posted a few Stormcloaks to watch over the hold.
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Timmyg316 - Eazy E 11523

Day 77. Ol’ Farmer Falmer says I been in his mushrooms again!

In the morning Kharjo and I continued our journey to Markarth. Just outside Roriksted there was a saber-cat that I was able to shoot from a distance and I remembered the cave that was likely a saber cat den and how the cat’s eyes could be combined with blue mountain flowers to make a health potion. I followed the same path I took to avoid the Forsworn road block when I first found the cave and the adventures journal describing the mauled travelers I had also found.

Sure enough there were more saber-cats on the path. One thought it could ambush me when I passed by but I seen in peering over the tall grass at me and so I shot it from a distance. I soon reached the cave, but inside wasn’t what I was expecting. Inside was not warm and dry like you would expect a saber-cat’s den to be like. Instead it was wet and humid and there were mushrooms and spider webs everywhere. I had potions for some of the mushrooms so I gathered what I could. I also found the body of an adventurer but there was no sign of how he died.

Exploring the caves I soon found the spiders that had made the webs. They were easy enough to kill so I didn’t expect they were the creatures that had been doing the attacks, although there were dead bodies in their webs. The bodies were burnt, which was unexpected and only added to me suspicion that the spiders were not the problem. As I moved forward I found a more likely culprit, one of the strange white elves I seen earlier when I explored an old dwarf ruin outside Dawnstar. I knew they weren’t friendly so I shot it before it even noticed I was there.

As I went on I learned more about the white elves. First, they seemed to be farming the mushrooms as evidenced by a basket I found with a few samples inside. Second, they had other “civilized” traits and had built small shelters, chests, and gates out of the same black material as their armour. I soon found out the black material came from large armoured insects they elves were also farming. In fact, I found holding pens with dead men and mer inside, one had a note saying the elves were feeding the captives to the bugs. I found out the bugs were called chaurus as I found plenty of chaurus eggs in their holding pens and bodies. I decided that I needed to finish going through this cave and kill the remaining elves, hopefully this would make traveling to and from Markarth safer for everybody. This took an afternoon to do.

When I finally left the cave I made my way back onto the main road, nearly being discovered by a dragon. The rest of the way was fairly uneventful, but I did notice berries growing on medium sized shrubs that looked like the ones drawn on bottle of ale from Helgen. Assuming they were safe I tasted one, it had a floral taste at first that became sweet, then bitter like hops (Authors note: I have tasted juniper berries since I make beer and this is in fact how they taste, the floral taste is a lot like gin). I didn’t learn much else by eating the berry, maybe its alchemical effect only shows in certain situations.

Soon I arrived at Markarth but it was now dark and I rented a room at the Silverblood Inn. I hate the stone beds that are common in this hold and it takes a while to sleep.
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Day 77. A day in Markarth

I hate Markarth. These stone beds never let me get a good night’s sleep. I leave the inn, and a guard asks me if I seen any warriors from Hammerfell, amazed that some of us have curved swords. Curved Swords! I sometimes forget that I don’t look a lot like a typical redguard because I am lighter than most of my kin. Speaking of which, I’m fairly sure that the silver smith’s daughter must be from another marriage, since his wife is also a redguard but the daughter looks like a nord. One of the books I collected says how kids take after their mother’s race. I then look for Calcelmo at Understone keep.

I do find him, working with his nephew. I interrupt their discussion of an excavation site to introduce myself. He doesn’t know I am there on Mara’s behalf and talks about being a a court mage and dwemer expert. I ask about any love problems and he explains that he loves the Jarl’s housecarl Faleen, but he gets nervous and can’t talk to her. I’m told a local bard knows what she likes and that I should talk to him. Before leaving, Kharjo tells me to ask about the excavation (I swear the cat is possessed). I learn that there’s a spider inside and if I kill it I could see the dwarf museum. Kharjo would not be pleased if we went looking for the bard now so instead we go to the excavation site.

Inside, I soon found some small spiders that were easy to kill and eventually found the giant spider Calcelmo told me about in a large open room. I shot arrows at it while it lowered itself into the room. I then ran past it and up a short flight of stairs to shoot from higher ground while Kharjo distracted it. When it died, I noticed there was a dead imperial nearby with a note that talked about guiding a research team into the ruins but there was no other info. I returned to Calcelmo and he gave us the key to the museum. I also mentioned the journal, but other than wanting me to go get the team’s notes he didn’t seem too concerned. I decided to spend the morning touring the museum with Kharjo.

Inside were numerous displays. It was a lot like being in a dwarf ruin, but with everything of interest nearby and in glass cases. There was a lot on display including weapons, books, and even plates and cups. Some interesting displays were the large dwemer guardian in the center of the room, a large mounted crossbow, and some equipment I seen on the white elves made from chorus. Overall, I was impressed (not nearly as much as Kharjo) and thought it was better than the mythic dawn museum.

After about two hours we left to the Silverblood Inn for lunch where I hoped to see the bard but he wasn’t there. Strange, most bards practically live at the inn. I decided to relax a bit and check out the rest of the keep, maybe do some shopping. My desire to spend money was soon thwarted by boring merchants with nothing interesting to buy. All I left the market place with was a few ingredients from the Hag’s cure where I was also asked to deliver a potion to the Jarls Stewart.

I returned to Understone keep and went to the Jarl’s throne room. The steward there didn’t know anything about the potion. I then ask the housecarl who introduces himself as the bard I was looking for. Strange. I do talk to him about Faleen and buy a poem from him for 200 septims (hopefully Mara appreciates my sacrifice). Noticing that there have been big changes to the Jarl’s court I leave wondering where Faleen is, since I need to give her this poem. I before bed I spend a little time by the fire reading some books, one about creative ways to open a lock into opening, and another about Tamriel before men arrived. I also paid Ogmund to tell me a story from his adventures as a skald (+1 speech). I then go to my rented room for another great night on a stone bed.

Now level 31 (100/120/380; New Perk Haggling 1/5)
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