Hopefully Kanet will get around to this quest and find out the answer. Grits wrote that she'd downloaded it, but Kanet's got to finish the TG quest line before she gets to do the extensions.

Indeed Kanet had to finish the TG questline, level up twice to meet the Daedric quest requirement, and then make a pilgrimage to Nocturnal’s shrine before she was ready to start Evergloam. She hadn’t retrieved Nocturnal’s Eye yet. Good thing it’s spring break in Grits World and the family has gone on vacation! The Oblivion marathon continues.

Kanet has undertaken the heist of the era on behalf of the Grey Fox. His plans were sketchy at best, but Kanet and her bag of disguises were up to the task. Actually it may be her past inventiveness that made the Fox choose her to complete his life’s work. She’s really had to improvise!

First she set out to establish her assumed identity to the palace guards in case she encountered them later. She dressed in a way that should fit her persona but she hoped would encourage them to not look at her face. It seemed to work. She found what she was looking for by sheer chance while wildly sneak-dodging a guard in a restricted area. Clear evidence of Nocturnal’s favor.

Her next goal was just as vague as the first. Kanet dressed as a well-heeled tourist strolling the grounds of the finer districts while she searched. She planned to next prowl as herself gathering alchemy ingredients and if that failed she would pick through the city’s seedier areas dressed as a beggar. She shuddered to think of putting that wig on again. Thankfully she found an entry point in her tourist guise and the rest was unnecessary.

Kanet approached the next part with care. She had been given a license to kill by her boss, but she thinks he overstepped his bounds in doing so. If she was not skilled enough to get away with the heist then they should not attempt it. Kanet bears no hatred for Legion or guards. She knows that more than a few were juvenile offenders themselves who turned to law enforcement when given a second chance. Without order her guild could not operate successfully. The guards are just doing their jobs the same as she. No one should have to die over it. If caught she would use all of her skills to escape, not fight.

As it turned out she used up nearly all of her arrows (again) on monsters, creatures, and various undead. Her luck was uncanny. The dungeons took so long to find her way through that there was no way she could time her entry back into civilized quarters. She arrived in the midst of palace guards without warning, and they were all asleep. They woke up while she was in a corridor and while scurrying away from them she found the way forward. Eventually someone opened a locked door for her while she was invisible and opening it would have given away her position. Then they walked through it and away leaving her alone in the room where she finally found the exit! Whew. If I had consulted the wiki and tried to time it I couldn’t have planned it that way. I checked the clock and she got there right when the troops were waking up for the day. Close call!

In her final task Kanet returned to Anvil with a message for the countess. The last time she was there in the role of courier, so this time she took a different approach. Kanet remembered the countess’ good taste that was evident in her dress and decorating, so she dressed herself up as a woman fashionable enough to get the countess’ attention but not so conventional that she would refuse to carry a gift for a Stranger.

The scene that followed further warmed Kanet’s newly thawed heart. Also it appealed to her sense of justice. She feels perfectly at home in her new role as the Grey Fox. She has lots of ideas for developing her people. But first she’s going to climb into her new bed for a nice long rest.

Whew! I was holding my breath as Kanet was sneaking and sniping around. I continue to love her disguises - and now she has a new one as the Gray Fox. The TG has always been my fave quest line because, when all is said and done, it is a love story.

Kanet doesn't need Nocturnal's eye to go further. But the skeleton key does become unavailable if she were to start the Evergloam series without getting it first, as I swap out the statue for one with different dialog.

I like her fashion choices. What's she going to wear for her interview with Nocturnal?

Acadian, now that it’s fresh in my memory I can confidently say the TG is my favorite questline, too. Kanet became a much warmer person over the course of it, although the guards don’t seem to like her much. Plus, Amusei! Love that guy.

ghastley, I ran through a few see-if-I can-break-it scenarios without saving. With See You Sleep active Kanet was wearing only earrings when she first met Nocturnal in person. Her extensive wardrobe does not include nightgowns. So no screenshot of that encounter (which worked just fine) since she was stretched out on the bed.

Here’s Kanet as herself the first time she found Nocturnal’s shrine for the vanilla quest.

And here’s their first meeting as it happened for real. It was very memorable. (I used See You Sleep’s Wait method of sleeping this time so Kanet would not be lying down.)

Kanet wore her non-armor dark adventure outfit with a practical hair style to go visit Nocturnal once Kanet had been summoned. She has no idea what to expect, but she’s pretty sure that the Mistress of Shadows would not approve of bright clothing, glowing rings, or reflective nail polish. Here she’s about to take a very big step. (I obscured the statue’s bits just in case anyone had a magnifying glass, lol.)




Edit: spelling.

This post has been edited by Grits: Apr 3 2014, 05:29 PM

Kanet (and Toc Toc) had a lovely trip to Evergloam. After her chat with Nocturnal she took a thorough tour of the castle. It was just dark enough to give her a big surprise when she met her first Winged Twilight on the ramparts. She was very impressed!

Her task was straightforward, and Kanet had no concerns about disappointing her Mistress. She wore her most conventional outfit for the job so as to not be memorable. Of course now that she has a better sense of Nocturnal’s style she dressed carefully to please her for the return trip to Evergloam. The last time Kanet felt both overdressed and underdressed standing next to Nocturnal’s beautiful attendants. This time she felt right at home.

Nocturnal’s parting gift will be very useful indeed. Kanet has still been depending on potions in the dark. And now she has incentive to get into some trouble back in the mortal realm.

After reading ghastley's posts about his Evergloam mod, I'm finding Kanet's experiences in Nocturne's realm to be very interesting.

I loved the bi-colored hair on her return to Cyrodiil. She looks adorable in it!

Of course the upswept style is extremely elegant on her!

Are all of these Apachii's Wigs? I don't recognize some of them.

Kanet has selections from the Apachii Goddess store and from the Apachii wig mod. I’m sure there are some in the store that are not found in the Pell’s Gate barrels, but I have no idea which.

It’s a lot of fun to see some things I’ve never seen before. I’ll keep posting Kanet’s Daedric adventures while not spoiling too much with pictures and details.

I liked her having bi-coloured hair "so as not to be memorable".

Since you mentioned Nocturnal's parting gift, that tells me you completed that quest without any show-stopping glitches. Let's hope they all do that, especially Amusei finding you when he needs to.

I'm so enjoying the adventures of Kanet the Klothes Horse! She has great taste and a fabulous wardrobe for every occasion.

Julian headed off to Anvil to meet a retired pirate she had met in Weye. The old man had somehow coerced her into securing a treasure map for him, and then she set off into the unknown with him to help him find the treasure. They ended up at an abandoned island full of undead. Her Sigil-Stone enchanted chameleon jewelry stood her in good stead and she was able to ambush each of the bones without getting mobbed.

After a pretty interesting dungeon crawl that stumped her more than once, she found a *shiny* shield and brought it back to the old man. Only thing is, when he took it from her, he tried to kill her to keep her quiet! Obviously Julian didn't take kindly to that sort of betrayal and defended herself rather effectively. Pissed off, she returned to the ship that had brought them to the island. The ship's first mate swore up one side and down the other that he never suspected the old pirate's plans to leave her bones on the island alongside the others. Julian did not take her anger out on him, but she was rather abrupt in her "suggestion" that they head back to Anvil ASAP.

To be honest, she was more pissed at herself than anything else, for letting herself be suckered so easily. Got to stop rescuing every cat I see, she thought silently during the three-day voyage back to Anvil. Some of them are mountain lions and perfectly capable of fending for themselves!

Back in Anvil, she took a little time to rest, then took a walk along the coast. It never fails to calm her spirits to see the ocean and listen to the waves while enjoying the lovely scenery of golden seagrass and dark green coastal pines. She made it as far as Beldaburo before she felt ready to return to Anvil and her newly remodeled home above the harbor.

The next morning, however, she woke up feeling feverish, with shaky limbs. She recognized the signs of Feeble Limb and slowly made her way into Anvil for Chapel healing, kicking herself for selling that potion of Cure Disease. Redguards never get sick. Right.

This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Apr 5 2014, 02:57 AM

She met Lothran perhaps? My dark elf happens to have done the same exact thing yesterday but I can´t remember him reporting a gate-closing Redguard being around..

Julian was tired of fighting, so she wore her Chameleon gear. That's probably why Lothran didn't see a white-haired Redguard . . .

Come to think of it, Julian didn't see a white-haired Dunmer. But then, she spent much of the time gazing out to sea . . .

Oh, and she loves her remodeled home at Gweden Farm. Already she is planning how to restore her mother's garden, fix the fences and build a little shed for Blanco . . .

But first she has a Dunmer maiden to rescue . . .

I guess old habits die hard, as Julian sets her sights on rescuing another cat Dunmer maiden.

Glad the Gweden home is coming along well. It surely is a beautiful location.

Did Kanet go and get herself into trouble?

I’d love to see pictures of Julian’s remodeled home when she’s ready! That’s such a pretty spot.

Kanet is on a rescue mission of her own, but she feels like she may end up needing rescue!

Amusei found her in the morning and delivered his message. It was funny, when Kanet got to the castle she found Nocturnal asleep, or at least she was in her bed. Kanet stood bedside for a few minutes thinking how the tables had turned and now she’s the one going bump in the night!

Nocturnal was not jesting when she said she had a task. Kanet is proud that Nocturnal thinks so highly of her, but she entered Dagon’s realm in real danger of wetting her greaves. Kanet has not touched the Main Quest so this is her first time in the Deadlands.

Fortunately she is a good shot and most things have tried to attack her with fire. Kanet is steeped in Dunmeri awesome which of course includes native fire resistance. She’s getting more confident as she collects rare alchemy ingredients such as fire salts straight from the source.

Now she’s poised at the entrance to a tunnel whose name she interprets as “The Cave Of You’re Going To Die In Here.” So she’s still pretty nervous.

That's one thing I enjoy about Julian. She keeps kicking herself for helping every helpless(!) victim of misfortune, two and four legged both, then moves right on to the next one without thinking about it! Agreed on the Gweden home, only it's Julian's home. Now if I can figure out how to change its flag in the CS so it shows on the map as "Julian's Home" rather than "Gweden Farm"!


Did she? Where did she go? (Julian looks around.) Hold on until after I rescue Mireena!



Well, Kanet could have asked Julian to join her! This old pilus doesn't mind showing newbies the ropes! After all, that's what she did for 20 years! Old habits die hard indeed!

Julian says she wants to decorate up her new home a little bit more before we start taking screenies. Plus she wants to get her mother's garden and Blanco's home situated first. But your request for screenies will be honored!

This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Apr 5 2014, 08:09 PM

Holy crisis this thread's been busy! Good, I'm glad others are using it. Oblivion is fun to write up, that's for damn sure...

Grits, Kanet's tales are fun to read! She's been doing quite a lot, all over the place, and while wearing an entire litany of different outfits. My thief would approve!

Speaking of...


Kahreem of Weet

Level: 6
Location: Waterfront
Days Passed: 86
Play Time: 117:10:49

Bounty: 340

Fame: 0
Infamy: 9

Tirdas, 10:08 pm Sun's Dusk 20


"I'm looking for the Grey Fox, what can you tell me?"

Kahreem of Weet downs a second bottle of Cheap Wine while Hieronymus Lex stands just a few paces away. All around, his minions (his guards, plus some Arcane University battlemages) do their best to find the blasted thief.

"No sign of him!" reports an iron-suited Imperial.

"Ucch," Kahreem says to himself. "I mean, if some fokkinge battlemages can't find the scoundrel with their magic, they may as well give up."

Kahreem decides he'll risk getting closer to Lex, maybe he can talk some sense to the man, when all a sudden a whoosh of yellow light flashes nearby. It happens several yards away from where Kahreem and Lex stand, just past the shack which had recently been bought by a red-haired do-gooding paladin. As the men gaze with a mixture of fear, and a little bit of awe, a shape reveals itself from the flash.

"A .. daedric being?"

There had been rumors that the Daedra might attack from the plane of Oblivion for weeks now, perhaps they already had. There had been sightings, you see. As the group of men on the City's isle hold their ground, they realize this could be it. This could be the very beginning of an attack on the Imperial City itself. ... But they needn't fret; only one of their army appears, not dozens.

"Begone, mortal!" the daedric man says in an otherworldly voice.

As Kahreem decides this sounds like some of the greatest advice he's ever heard, because what if there is suddenly some sort of attack, the man-like figure from Oblivion turns to go. But first, he hands a note to the captain of the guards.



"So, they send a foul daedra to deliver a simple note when a simple footpad could have done so?" Lex asks smugly. "How typical. All right men! We've been ordered back to our posts. I smell the dirty hand of the Grey Fox behind this."

Before Kahreem can blink, the Oblivion being is gone, while Lex and his posse give up their search, just like that.

"Amazing. Guess the Waterfront's back to normal, now. I gotta find me a daedra outfit."

The Redguard thief decides he'll follow the guards back into the city. He notices that some guards don't even get to take a break; they merely return to their usual posts. And at this realization, the Weet Bandit kicks himself.

"A guard-free Imperial City? Rats. Just missed my chance for the ULTIMATE crime spree."




Middas, 12:20

"I see you are a follower of the grey Fox, too!" Methredhel says in amazement as Kahreem walks through the door of her 'hideout'.

"Ummm. Yeah. I am. Are you just ... realizing this now? I've only been in the fokkinge Thieves Guild for like three months."

"I'm glad you're here, we have work to do," the elf says as the Redguard approaches further.

"Well of course we do. I just did my part, Hieronymus Lex has left the Waterfront. Now where's my compensation? Where's my pay?"

"He's been ordered to evacuate the Waterfront? Excellent!" says the elf. "Well, I have one last task for you. As a sign of good faith, the Thieves Guild needs somebody to returns Hrormir's Icestaff to the Arcane University."

"Oh, and let me guess who's going to do be asked to do this?"

"However, the wizards are not to be trusted," she says somewhat angrily while ignoring the Redguard's sarcasm. "I'm sure they are watching for us to put it back where you got it. They would have no qualms about killing you once they had the Icestaff back."

"Oh brother, here we go again."

"Instead, I want you to put the Icestaff into Ontus Vanin's safe chest. He keeps one in his home. Ontus is a former University researcher."

At this, Kahreem suddenly smiles. "Sounds like this 'Ontus' is going to be framed for something" he says, "and not the sort of frame you hang up on a wall."

The elf says nothing, so Kahreem then adds "Well look, that sounds good and fine, I'm definitely up for that task, but I'm also in this for the gold. You know, Septims? ... Coin? Why, lately it seems the fokkinge beggars have more gold in their pockets than I do!"

"Greedy bastard, aren't you?" Methredhel is now gushing again. "I like that in a thief! ... But you'll have to see S'krivva about that. I'm just the one who's running the scam."

"Hah, S'kriiva. I have to go all the way back to fokkinge Bravil just to get some compensation. Where's the Gray Fox in all this, hasn't he got some deep pockets? Rats. I want some gold and I want it NOW! Do you know I could have been killed, I had to come all the way up through the Sewers just to get this to you!"

"Shadow hide you," Methredhel mock-whispers, apparently closing the subject.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 23 2022, 02:41 PM

This made me crack up! Kanet's fun to read about, and I agree, it's more fun being with a thief who's not so skilled with magic.

And I'm getting that crow mod. Oh yeah.