What is it you expect to find within?
Beer? Pizza? Orgies? It's a college after all.

Do'h, Aravi does not have enough magicka to cast the spell she just bought! *Grrr*

The arrow in the knee line! That is the first time I have heard it. That guy sounds like Ahnold Schwarzenegger.

Wow, no one ever showed me to my room in Oblivion. Granted, it was only ten feet away.

I loved the triqueta on the sign of the inn. Apparently these Nords are Celtic...

Wow, Aravi gutted that ice mage like a river betty. And he had a spell tome with the same spell she bought from the chick at the bridge! She could have just killed this guy first, and saved her money! I wonder if that is why they put him there?

I could not even see that skeleton that Aravi shot at the end. Excellent shooting!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jan 20 2012, 01:53 AM

I didn't know Khajiit in Skyrim didn't have the power "Eye of Fear" anymore till after watching this vid - I looked it up, lol. URK !! Glad I didn't rely on having it in some dungeon, lol.

Have to agree with Grits, Aravi one-hit-killed that frost mage !! I don't know how Aravi managed to see that was a skeleton up there, I couldn't tell and freaked out when she was aiming - remembering the hunters in that sewer in Cyrodiil, lol.

Awesome vid !!!

This post has been edited by mALX: Jan 19 2012, 11:20 PM

Really like Aravi’s snow leopard coloring! Those little white ears capped with black are cute as can be.

What a shame she couldn’t yet cast that fear spell. I would love to have seen her have the chance to study and buff up her magicks before she did more adventuring.

I thought that dude fighting the animals was is trouble and Aravi was getting ready to help. Then he runs up to her and attacks. So I guess ice mages are not your friends. Gheesh!

And now she knows where Azura’s Skyrim shrine is.

Nice shot taking out that skeleton!

@Grits: She was so embarrassed and hurt that she traveled all that way and then couldn’t cast a simple spell to get in.

The memory of Vilja brought a smile. Aravi misses her. I’ll pass the hug onto her.

She checked the bow the skeleton dropped and it had the same pull her other bow did, just weighed more. So she left it on the platform. Thank you Grits!

@SubRosa: Having someone show you to your room sure beats trying every door or bed to find which is yours.

That ice mages was an idiot charging her like that. Maybe he’s used to people fleeing from him. He was a random enemy, he wasn’t specifically placed there. My other characters didn’t encounter him. Thanks SubRosa!

@mALX: She could tell it was a skeleton and not a person, so she was comfortable taking that shot.

I’m glad that mage sells whatever spell they ask of you. 30 septims is a very good price for any of those too! Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: The ears are adorable aren’t they?

It would have been nice if she could have worked on her magicka more. She was very upset that she couldn’t enter. I’m glad she didn’t dwell on it and moved on though.

Aravi wasn’t sure what was going to happen with that mage. He didn’t sound very friendly so she stayed on the road. I’m glad she didn’t try to help, that would have been painful. Thank you Acadian!

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Just some screen shots today. I recently installed a Khajiit facial retexture mod, so I wanted to show her face.
And there are some other screens that I liked.

Face shot

Bathed in light

Bathed in light II

Sliver of silver

These are all so cute!! The face shot - I love Aravi's makeover! Bathed in light II with that grin on her face - I just absolutely love that one !! But the sliver of moonlight is Awesome !! I can't pick a fave !!! Awesome screens, KC !!!

Neat pics. It looks like it made Aravi's fur lighter, and her skull more feminine in shape. Did her eyes change color too?

The bathed in light pics make me wonder if she was nude in those shots, and that was how she was covering up!

The final pic of Diana's Bow was wonderful. That is what the first sliver of the waxing moon is called. Though probably not in Tamriel.

They shouldn't have. They're supposed to be green. I have issues with the color green. Let me know if they aren't.

And yes she is nude.

Her eyes do look green here. But I looked back at the first pics you took of Aravi at the beginning of the threat to compare, and her eyes look amber or orange there

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jan 21 2012, 11:09 PM

Oops, I thought she picked the bow up for future upgrading.

I just love these pictures! I keep changing my favorite. I love her face and markings, she looks strong and feminine. Also I just noticed her Amulet of Talos, yay dragon fighters. The one with the moon is really lovely. I’m glad you posted these!

I love these, KC! You have done such a great job with Aravi's snow leopard transition. Her markings are stunning and I now love the little scar you put on her right cheek!

Both I and SubRosa can tell you how hard it can be to mask private bits when doing a nude photoshoot of your character. We have used water, pillars and magic to help. What you did with Aravi's concealing spell here is wonderfully artsy and good. True testimony to your talent and skilled eye.

@mALX: Thank you mALX! When you get a chance to play, you should try those textures on Maxical. They are stunning!

I can’t wait for a body texture replacer of the same quality.

@SubRosa: She’s always supposed to have green eyes, but at the beginning I couldn’t tell what color it was and ended up with amber/orange. I have some red/green color blindness.

Taking those nude shots was fun. It occurred to me that bright light could be used to hide just as much as shadow could be. The moon was just beautiful. Thank you SubRosa!

@Grits: I suppose it would have been slightly better than her current bow if she took it and upgraded it. It was heavy however and she didn’t like it.

Thank you! It was a spontaneous photo shoot, and they turned out so much better than the ones I had planned on taking.

@Acadian: Thank you Acadian! I’m going to eventually have to find a mod to change her back to white, but for now that’s as close as she’s going to get to a snow leopard. Glad you like he little scar, I think it fits who she is very well. Like I said to SubRosa, it occurred to me that bright light could be used to hide just as much as shadow could be. I’m glad they turned out as well as they did. It was lots of fun taking those shots.

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Aravi makes her way south after being rejected from the College of Winterhold. Whiterun is her ultimate destination.

TIME: 11:09

I loved that fort, not sure how Aravi got in so close without being attacked! Maxical had to kill three or four before even getting to the point Aravi got to without being seen !!! That was one tough fort to enter, all archers and mages !! And Kharjo! I am loving this vid! Awesome job, KC !!

I find that fort very tough, it was good thinking for Aravi to head up hill. Nice catly leaping down at the end. Yay, she got her bound sword!! Take that, you college mages.

But the best part… Kharjo!! Oh, Aravi started running when she saw the Khajiit! I love how he told her to be careful. This is a great episode, Aravi making her way through Skyrim.

Another great sniper shot at the beginning here. Followed by an excellent magic sniper shot. And it looks like that second one got two of the baddies to fight one another!

The bows make a nice, deep sound when they are fired.

Oh that chick really hurt Aravi! Run, run away!

So is there no way to hotkey Aravi's healing spell? I know that Bethesda nerfed the system of hotkeys, but have never understood just how they changed it.

Whoo! leaping lizards! erm, kitties! Those were some fun looking jumps she made going down through the fort.

Isn't Aravi going to pick up any the spent arrows laying around?

Now she has her bound sword and dual flurry. I take it she can put the bound sword spell in each hand, and then dual wield bound swords? I imagine that would take a lot of magicka though.

Maiq is back! His voice sounds weird after Oblivion. And I see he is still spouting the company line. You can see that Bethesda anticipated people hating them removing attributes. Now it kind of makes one wonder if they did that just to piss people off? The same as them destroying Vvardenfell.

Hey, its those wandering Khajiit again! Another reminder of FO3, and the traveling merchants in that game.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jan 22 2012, 10:59 PM

It was fun to watch Aravi fighting and traveling. Nice work with her bow. And it looks like she used an illusion spell. I see her footwork while trading fire is still pretty good.

Nice to see M’aiq and even better to meet Kharjo!

Your vids are always such a pleasure to watch.

@mALX: She got close with her natural Khajiit stealth! The skeletons are pretty weak, it’s the mages you have to watch out for.

Her rejection from the College turned into a blessing really. She wouldn’t have been on that road with the Khajiit otherwise. Thanks mALX!

@Grits: That fort is pretty tough and it’s situated that unless you want to take a long detour, you have to go through it to get from Winterhold to Windhelm.

I liked Kharjo instantly when he said his amulet could be replaced, but a life couldn’t be. Thanks Grits!

@SubRosa: I haven’t been able to hotkey anything. 1-8 are reserved for hotkeys but they either do not work, or I just don’t know how to hotkey things. That favorites menu thing isn’t very helpful either because I end up clogging it up with every weapon, spell, and shout Aravi knows.

Aravi only picks up steel or higher quality arrows. She seriously has so many iron arrows that she no longer picks them up. And unlike Oblivion, you can’t sell any arrow for at least 1 septim, so there is no point to collecting them.

She could summon a bound sword in each hand if she has enough magicka to do it. I do not think she does however.

I really like the new Khajiit voices. I found the ones in Oblivion to be grating.

I really like the wandering Khajiit merchants. They have set routes, so this one wasn’t the same one that Aravi met last time. This one has a route that goes from Dawnstar, to Windhelm, then down to Riften and back. Thanks SubRosa!

@Acadian: She used a frenzy spell basically which got those two necros going at each other. I’m still not used to the slow down with the bow so she wasn’t as quick to get out of the way of some of those spells. There is a perk that lets you move quicker with a drawn bow, but I’m not sure if Aravi will go for that one. It’s buried in one of the branches in the archery tree.

I’m very pleased that Aravi ran into Kharjo. I was at a loss at that point as to what Aravi should do and by chance Kharjo was on the road. It worked perfectly. Thanks Acadian!

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Some screen shots again. I was very happy with how these turned out.
They are blue and a little blurred around the edges because that is how the night eye Khajiit power looks. It was too dark to not use nighteye or some form of illumination.

Screen 1

Screen 2

Screen 3

Screenshot two is my absolute favorite, you could not have timed it more perfectly to catch the action of her in such detail while the background shows the blur of her movement - Awesome shot !!

These are great action shots! The color makes them look especially neat. Two swords!! Aravi rocks.

I could not take using the night eye. It gives me a headache just looking at the stills.

I agree with mALX (always a wise idea). The way you caught both the action and got close to her face in Screen 2 was stunningly good! A beautiful screenshot that captures Aravi so well!

This post has been edited by Acadian: Jan 25 2012, 01:40 AM