Eilidh in combat.

But then this happened
WOAH!!!
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Jury is still out but...
...Damn it she looks good!

Couple of shots from Eilidh's second excursion into Crumbling Cave - always good value. The bandits are attempting to knock their way through to the city sewers...
She emerges, blinking, into the early morning sunlight.
She makes her way back to the city...
Chorrol, looks quite pretty in it's way, in the morning.
She makes some sales to Rasheda.
Then back to the Oak and Crozier for some downtime.
Later, in her room, a visitor...? - this was as unexpected as, but easier on the eye and more welcome than, the last uninvited guest; the night before some man in a black sheet and a hood had picked his way in and started going on about how eyes were watching her and some Brotherhood or other was interested in her.
He tried giving her a blade.
It didn't end well, for him at least. No one breaks into Eilidh's room in the middle of the night and gets away with it.
With the possible exception of Casta Scribonia, as it turns out...
What?! Even Eilidh needs some company sometimes and wouldn't be the first time she'd roughed it with the lower class which Casta, being a human, basically is...

Eilidh awoke to find a note had been pushed under the door of her room in The Oak.
"Look for the graveyard, there is more to find in it than the dead." It said, cryptically...
...turns out that she may well have an "assistant", covertly at least; wonder what else she'll find about the place, left by Who Ever They Are... :wink:
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Chorrol in the morning
Nice countryside, when it's sunny
We'll get to that later
This woman needs to work on her customer skills
Unfriendly, to say the least
Obligatory close-up!
Whose is this, and why is it here?
He really was nasty
Creepy place
So anyway in the graveyard was a chest, and in the chest "Someone" had left these
And just in time too
Very handy they were...
It was trickier than you might though
Unfinished Business
Eilidh mulls over a return visit, worshipping Dark Gods is strictly forbidden where she's from...
She's going to be making tracks soon, moving eastwards, ish.
Seed-Neeus
Leaving for the cottage, and a bath
Recharging
Bathed and into clean clothes!
At the desk. She's decided she should really start brushing up on her studies, they might come in handy...
Second obligatory close-up

This post has been edited by PhonAntiPhon: Jan 22 2014, 09:10 AM

I like that Grumpy has standars towards worshipping dark gods. Lothran does too as he stole their bible once and dropped it where no one can find it.

Like another character, Grumpy looks good in everything she has on


Old pic; chatting whilst on patrol
This one is from Decrepit at Bethsoft. His character´s mansion can be seen on the left.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Jan 22 2014, 09:27 AM

Yeah, she's no fan of Dark Forces, but then it should be pointed out that worshipping *ANY* deity other than The Goddess is forbidden in her homeland.

Eilidh's journey to the Imperial City...
 
A little south from Chorrol to Wendir:
Wendir External View
Statue
Close up in Wendir
It had previously been raining on first approach
A hectic night in Hackdirt
Outside Moslin's Inn
Looking out of the Great Forest to the Odiil Farmstead
Couple of closeups: one two three
On the road
Fort Ash approach
The "borrowed" horse
First view of the Emperor's City - it was clearer once the haze had gone
Dusk
Following the legionary
Arrival at Weye
The next morning, outside The Wawnet
Causeway approach
Abandoned carriage on the causeway
View of the gatehouse
In the gatehouse, looking back towards Weye
The pathway up to the gates
View over the outer defences
Siege Engine: one and two
At the Main Gate
Talos Plaza, alternate view, third view
Leaving the barracks after paying her fine - oh how Donal will laugh!
Market District approach from the barracks

While I appreciate your pixies Phon, I could never use the mod you use that makes it all blurry

Heh, yeah I know it's not for everyone but I just love the whole soft and smudgy look.
I don't like hard edges!

Eilidh's first couple of days in the Imperial City have been spent exploring and doing a little shopping.
She's made a bit of money on one thing and another both on the way and during her extended stay in Chorrol, even allowing for the fine for horse-theft

First opportunity she got, she updated her wardrobe. She's got nowhere to put it mind, but it makes her feel good, and the guests in the Tiber Septim - (in which she has set up temporary residence on credit, arrogance does occasionally have it's uses!) - had some candy with their dinners - and she's got no problem with that at all. :wink:
 
ENCOUNTERS:
Divine Elegance - Palonirya
Temple of The One - Tandilwe
In the street - Elragail, who  wanted a chat
Random waterfront denizen
She was unfriendly - Eilidh is not remotely interested in her stupid boat
 
CITY VIEWS:
Shopping in the jewelry store
The Arboretum - she likes the arboretum
The Temple of The One was... underwhelming - (apart from Tandilwe!)
Imperial City and Gatehouse from the quay at the waterfront settlement
Looking out at the gatehouse
Walking through the waterfront - it smelt not unlike some of the camps she'd lived in her father's military campaigns. She's an odd girl, Eilidh, she's got no problem wading through blood and poop, so long as she looks good doing it and there's a hot bath and a decent bottle of wine at the other end.
Couple more views of the waterfront and the boats
That's a pretty waterfall
The Bloated Float. She *won't* be staying there!
Temple exterior
That does look interesting...
Tiber Septim Lobby
Walking to dinner
Couple more random shots of the arboretum, there's an area like this in the Palace Grounds in her country. Actually the Imperial City would FIT in the her Palace's grounds...
Sunglare
 
EILIDH:
Some arty shadow shots:
Here and here and here and here and here
She bought this one - it's got stockings, and Goddess knows the shoes are actually decent.
I think she has a lovely nose
Another close up
Elegantly Wasted - (bit to much vino; put the sword down, E.)
I thought the set up was good
It was a nice, calm day
Yes I know it's another close up!
You see, this is why she's broke all the time!
 
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OOC: I feel I should mention at this point that Eilidh is not going to turn out to be some sort of immensely shallow clothes-horse, far from it - but she is a girl who likes fine things, and so when she can she buys them. She's very unlike you-know-who and it's fun to watch her wander through the city shopping and just looking around; no sneaking, no furtive agendas.
At least not yet...

Eilidh in Fanacasecul - (she thinks) - a note on the goggles: to me it makes perfect sense for a nighteye enchantment to be added to something that you would wear on your eyes. How can that not be logical? Her clothing less so but the goggles? That seems perfectly fine!
 
Anyway, on with the show:
She's off to Skingrad because apparently there's information there about her Future House. The more she sees of it, the more she just knows it's the place to have as a base of operations.
 
She spends the night in Weye, prior to setting off on her journey the following morning.
There was plenty to see along the route.
With the sunset however, the journey became more arduous; night in the forest really meant night and although she's not bad at navigating by the stars and has a reasonable internal compass, this journey was something else even with night vision goggles.
She ended up spending a fairly miserable night huddled up against an Ayleid ruin of some sort.
 
The next morning dawned bright and clear however, and she found that she was actually not all that far from Skingrad proper, having been in it's hinterland already, without realising it.
The approach to the city was pleasant enough.
 
She hired a very pleasant room at the West Weald and changed gratefully out of her armour. It had a balcony view. And she spent a little time looking out over the area.
Following a light meal and a glass of wine, she took herself out around the place, to get a feel for it; the streets, a little claustrophobic she thought. But the broader areas were nice.
 
The inevitable shopping followed, at Agnete's, and then at the Alchemy Store. She struck up quite the conversation with Falanu.
Her explorations continued and she found herself at sunset on the bridge from the castle.
It was a HECK OF A SUNSET as well.
After watching that she returned through the darkened streets to the inn.
Conversation with Else. Eilidh isn't sure that she likes her, she's a bit too blasphemous for her liking. Even though they aren't her Gods, Eilidh would still have them treated with respect.
 
Speaking of which, she set out early the next morning for the Great Chapel of Julianos, located in the part of Skingrad she had not yet ventured to.
There she spent some time in peaceful reflection.
 
Then it was back through the streets to the inn. She's picked up a Guild job involving Agnete and a cuirass and is keen to get cracking on that. It's all to move on with her Plan and also the money would be handy as well.
Mind you, looks like the West Weald has had it's own share of excitement!

A little difficult to follow when you merge this thread with the update thread and all I want is looking at pixies....

Nevertheless, good ones as per usual and some amazing lights here and there!

Hah!
You'll get the hang of it, I'm experimenting with different ways of relating her story. She's easier to play with than you-know-who.

Yeah, I am a sucker for lens flare. Can you tell?!

Yes I can and I am too!

@Vicho - Cheers, I was wondering where that location was. Yeah, thing I just LOVE the eye candy! Although your stuff is crystal.
 
This is what happens when you don't get enough sleep and you try and carry too much...
Fortunately, after recovering and getting a good few hours kip, she felt much better and went to the Fighters' Guild to work out some aggression - (and get a bit of practice in).
 
[there now follow 20 shots of Eilidh beating the living hell out of the practice dummy. If you're one of those odd people for whom the sight of a cute elf wearing a dress and attacking things with a sword is a bit "meh", then feel free to skip these shots and go to the below, which start back off with lovely lovely lensflare! :wink:]

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Following that it was a trip to the Cathedral for a Blessing, back to the inn for an early lunch - (I'm thinking that she is wishing those two would shut up!)
Man, she is Tiny 
Then she set off back east once again, to the Manor, and the cave.
HOME - (soon anyway)
Having stabled the horse, she set off up the hill at the back of the place, to Haynote...

Horrible SpiderInsectThing in Haynote
Flowers in Red Rose garden
That's a Heck of A View...
Soon...
 
[with apologies to Emma for freestyling somewhat, but also much kudos to Emma for creating such a great place, it's integral to both my stories!]
 
Sure is dark in here
The dining area
There are slaughterfish in the grotto pool
And a mudcrab on the shore
Finding Aurora
 
See HERE for context.

It's pretty much now how she wants it, more like home...

The grotto.
Very atmospheric
Something's in amongst the plants, in fact, There's another one
The tunnel leading to The Mirror
These guys seem to like it
The basementLooking to the wine store
The work table, on the right
The storage alcove
General shot - of the basement

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[note: Red Rose Manor is the creation of Emma, and I would not presume to undermine her version in any way. THIS version is for my own personal use and fits the current narrative of Eilidh's story. The original version can be found here along with a list of all the modders who contributed to it.]
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This post has been edited by PhonAntiPhon: Jan 31 2014, 05:58 PM

A little gloomy, but as long as she´s happy with her living arrangements then I´m happy too

She was going for "moody", I think it works, all low lights and mystery...

I think it does

Does the house come with a garden?

Yeah it does actually, and it backs onto The Great Forest, only problem is she's had to have a fence put up to keep out the Trolls. It's not terribly effective though as she's now got a dead one in a flowerbed!!

Here we are in Le Boudoir - (she was going for moody and mysterious)...
 
Yes that is a duck, the bathing screen is nice as well, keeps the heat in. She's spent somewhere in the region of 4 hours in this bath in the last 2 days...
She found the arena posters in the attic, and put them up not strictly because they have girls on them, but more because they conjure up a kind "Warrior Maiden" type thing, like the books she used to read when she was younger...
Cuddly toys. Who knew?
She hung a map of the Imperial City in the study area, for reference.
With Elabyth's help she marked her homeland on this globe, which was nice... 
The study area, she's since replaced the tapestry with a map of the IC.

She thought this looked quite atmospheric so she had it hung over the bed...
Surveying the new Troll fence.
She had a gate put on the stables whilst she was at it.
The sleeping corner does look cosy, mind.
 
The next morning she got on the horse and headed off to the Imperial City, largely to talk to Umbacano about a business deal she had heard of.
Pausing on the Causeway Bridge.