See, you don't have the same little "rules" that I have, mirocu. If Kahreem lives on the Marie Elena, that means none of my others will do this, unless I make a guy or gal who lives years ahead or before Kahreem, and he's not around.

Enough talk. Time for another Renee Gade III update. Last we saw, she and her gang were in Fort Homestead. Now where are they?

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Turdas, First Seed 6

The party stays overnight at Fort Alessia*, after ridding the outlaws who moved in (yet again), of course. The sky is cold and rainy the next day. Back to winter weather, despite flowers being everywhere. The party heads across the bridge which spans the north end of the Niben River, and then heads inland, looking for Memorial Cave, but the weather makes it hard to explore.

Party arrives to a small village named Wickmere Farm, and unfortunately, there is no inn here, but there is a manor which it seems Gabrielle can wait in. It's hard to say what time it is but then the rain stops. And it's definitely early morning, before 9 o'clock.

Ironically, Renee needed help to take down most of the vamps inside of Memorial. She left Fel outside, and if things got too tough in the cave (which they frequently did) RG3 would go running outside, where now she had some help. But then she began using her Bane of Kvatch sword, which was much more effective against vamps than the claymore of shocking she'd been using. The Bane of Kvatch uses fire damage, you see, and its magic is much more powerful against vamps because of this.

Seridur himself was not much trouble at all. He fell after 2 or 3 swings from her bigger sword, and then another two blows from the Bane of Kvatch (which is a 1-handed sword, she switches between two and one-handed frequently) did him in. Now the party's headed back to Pell's Gate.

* Renee ascended to Level 11 after waking up, and I dumped +3 in IQ, +3 into AG, and +5 into Speed. She can stand to be a little faster.

This post has been edited by Renee: Nov 18 2016, 02:55 AM

Can't really implement that rule, considering Kahreem is not my character

Interesting update btw. It's been years since Lothran did the Memorial quest and I vaguely recall what happened. I think he was still quite young back then and I might have been a tad worried about his safety, but he pulled through alright.



Apart from spending some time on said galleon, Lothran has wandered the City and also watched a couple of fights in the Arena. One win and one loss so no biggie.
Evening was spent at the waterfront and the Bloated Float and when midnight was upon Cyrodiil, Lothran chatted a bit with Armand about the various Fences available. Other than this, nothing major happened.



Edit: Forgot to mention disarming Lothran´s eighth Abomb

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 19 2016, 06:40 PM

Glad Renee managed those vampires okay in the end. Let 'em burn!

I wasn't suggesting that you do implement this rule, in fact, there is no rule for you, since Lothran is your only character, he can live wherever he wants.

Acadian: yeah, I love fighting vamps!

Kallis is in a fort just to the north of the ravine along which - she has been informed - the Strid River flows. There's a spur heading further into the southern land nearly opposite, or thereabouts. The province to the south is called "Valenwood", where there are Elves. The person who supplied her with this information, at Brina Cross, appeared to feel that Kallis would be interested - (on account of her having "pointy ears") - more so than the fact that this cross country route would be a quicker way of getting to Bravil where, apparently, she might find some further information relating to Eilidh - (she's assuming it's Eilidh, although there is some confusion on this point).

In the meantime, she appears to have declared her own private war on Necromancers. Necromancy in Cyrodiil may very well be frowned upon by the Mage's Guild and of dubious legality outside of it, but in Kallis' world it's regarded as a offence directly against the Gods themselves and must therefore be ruthlessly stamped out, wherever it is found - and that includes here in Cyrodiil - hence her primary mission is being somewhat delayed by, umm, "scope creep"...

It's still raining.

Lothran is now in Aleswell. He set off in the early morning and by midday he reached this outpost and its amazing view over the Imperial City. Evening is rolling in and soon he will trudge through the nearby Fingerbowl Cave to see if there is anything to collect



@Phon - So nice to see you back in action again! And I´m glad Kallis is helping Lothie rooting out those pesky necrodudes. Vamps are bad enough but necros deal in true abomination against all that is holy.

I hope she finds the info she´s looking for about Princess Grumpy

Phon, so nice that Kallis is hunting those nasty black-robes. Valenwood? Yup, c'mon down - green grasses, cool waters and there be elves here!

Mirocu - I can now feel confident that autumn has officially arrived. I hope Lothie got a chance to say g'day to Kahreem as the latter raced by on his stolen bay. Onward to Bruma!

For me it´s autumn when Lothran goes to stay in the Imperial City


Well, it was either him or a Courier. But I don´t think Couriers usually have soldiers after them...

They are indeed!
I hope she finds out too, then she can tell me!!



Thanks for the invite!!

On a real life note, it's really good to be back actually. I've never met any of you and you've never met me, but this feels like such an enduring forum and everyone's so friendly that regardless of the game - (which it turns out I can't put down, at least not permanently) - it's a great place to be.

Phon, where in oblivion have you been? Good to see you. Kallis sounds like she's got a job to do for sure. Necromancers, yicch, hate the things.

mirocu: has Lothran taken care of the 'problem' in Aleswell?

I have another RG3 shortie for today.

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Fredas, First Seed 8

Days Passed: 194
Level: 11

The party returns to the Imperial City, where there's plenty to do, on this breezy, pleasant day. Buying & selling, the spa, and going to the Feed Bag, to let Delos know he won't be extorted anymore. He tried to play dumb, acting like he had no idea who Cork Nuts (the guy who was extorting him) is, but slipped up. But it turned out okay. In the end he was grateful, and there was free beers for all pretty soon.

The only blunder was Roland Jenseric, who everybody thought would be back in the Imperial City, but apparently he's still at his cabin. So this is where everybody heads next.

This post has been edited by Renee: Nov 21 2016, 11:21 PM

Oh yes, years ago. So now he has a free bed available whenever he wants, i.e once a year



How nice for ms Gade the Third to have free beer now. Just don´t drink and ride!

Thank you
We have been... Absent...
However we are now all back and things are moving once again, and apace, at that...

Having navigated her way along the course of the river, including a spot of impromptu rock climbing, up and over a waterfall, that plunged hissing and rushing into the heady depths of the river valley, Kallis arrived at the outskirts of Skingrad.

Having been walking all night she opted to park herself at a convenient campsite - (VERY recently vacated by bandits) - and sleep a few hours before moving on into the town proper.

And here's where things start to get a little weird.
Regardless of the approaches of a strange individual who goes by the name of "Glarthir", who wanted to meet her somewhere at midnight - (because of course, she's really THAT stupid) - about whom no one will tell her - (she's rapidly forming some very firm opinions about the population of Cyrodiil, and they aren't all that positive, for the most part) - the people in Skingrad are acting oddly around her.

kallis is aware that she looks different, or at least unusual in a different way - (allowing for the orcs and the Kats, and the lizard-things) - and that she speaks with a strange accent, and is wearing odd armor, but that's not the point somehow - the people here are acting as if they've seen her, or someone like her, before; but none of them are talking.
The landlady of the West Weald Inn seemed particularly unfriendly when approached. Had kallis not already got wind of the locals' familiarity with a woman dressed like her, back when she was in Anvil and then at Brina Cross, she'd have put it down to the usual suspicions of the locals, but there is a jigsaw here, and she appears to be being handed some very odd-shaped pieces.

What she still can't figure out is whether they are alluding to Eilidh, or someone else.
Consider the facts:
1. Eilidh had a shock of bright gingery-red hair, which no one has mentioned.
2. To the best of Kallis' knowledge, Eilidh never had the kind of armor that Kallis has - and yet this HAS been mentioned.
3. Back in Brina, one of the people she interrogated asked specifically mentioned the other woman's dark eyes, only to be corrected by another, who pointed out that she was certain that this person had "shining silver" eyes. Eilidh had neither, she had green eyes, much like Kallis...

It's all very puzzling, and, determined to ponder on these facts awhile, Kallis retreats to the sanctuary of the cathedral. She, along with most of her people, turns frequently to religion in times of crisis, if only for peace and focus. Like many of her people also, she's not that fussed which religion it is, just That It Is.
And so we leave her for the moment, contemplating, in Skingrad's fine cathedral...

This post has been edited by PhonAntiPhon: Nov 22 2016, 09:40 AM

Renee - Welcome back to the IC - Tamriel's shining jewel for shoppping!

Phon - Poor Kallis is encountering the difficulties of traveling in her kinsmer's wake. . . .

She is indeed; the frustrating thing is she almost feels as if she keeps entering a room just as the person she's looking for has left through another door, and yet at the same time she's no longer quite sure that the person she's following is, in fact, who she - Kallis - thinks she is following.

The locals' doltish, tight-lipped behavior doesn't help any, nor as I said does their somewhat strange attitude towards her, stranger even than she would have expected...

Still even she would have to admit the scenery is quite pleasant, if somewhat off the point.

Oh yeah, and it's still raining...

This post has been edited by PhonAntiPhon: Nov 22 2016, 05:19 PM

It´s rather quirky thing to go look for a past character.


Don´t you agree, Acadian?

I thought you had to buy the game again to create a new character. Isn't that right?

Well I have bought it six times by now

And I'm on 3 at least...

Love the memory this one brings with it = of your Decrepit Avatar's inner thoughts about Nerussa, lol. (which, by the way = also brings up memories of SubRosa's Teresa!)

Kallis has left Skingrad and has been journeying for much of the late afternoon and on into the night.
It's been a curious journey, not least for introducing her to some of Cyrodiil's other denizens, about whom she's been largely uninformed - (Military intelligence in her country is mostly based on specifics, with little in the way of peripheral information, it's a failing, in her opinion, but even she would not dare question it).

From Skingrad, she crossed the Vinefields and traveled across country aways before picking the eastward road back up, having had enough of the rougher ground. Not too far along she came upon an old mine, sealed up by a tatty-looking door composed of rough-hewn planks.

She would potentially have passed it by, however a couple of things drew her attention, namely the skeletons lying just beyond the threshold, the pointed sticks upon which had been placed numerous skulls, and the fact that she was nearly attacked by a bear, which incident gave her pause in the first place.

Intrigued, despite herself, she found upon investigation that the door was unlocked, and so pushed her way inside. It was indeed a mine as it turned out, abandoned by miners, but now it seemed, inhabited by what appeared to be tiny green scrawny things, who crawled in and out of its tunnels in abundance. Curious as to what they were, Kallis, once she had finished with them, took the opportunity to perform an impromptu dissection. It proved nothing, other than the fact that they smelt just as bad inside as anything else did when its lights were exposed to the air.
She took their totem, though.

Upon leaving the mine, she continued eastwards into the deepning shadows of evening, beneath the ever-present clouds, sticking more or less to the trackway, overshadowed as it was by trees and lined with old ruins, encroached upon by the forest from either side.
It was here that she came across another of Cyrodiil's peculiar residents; a female figure who at first she thought was wearing a suit and headdress made entirely of leaves and plant life. It was stalking across the road ahead of her, followed by a bear which stuck close against it as a dog might to its master.

Kallis had the distinct sense the creature was less-than-friendly, and made the first move, quickly and silently. Upon closer investigation she found the creature was in fact made of leaves and bark and all manner of other assorted growing things. It was quite beautiful in its way and subsequently, upon discovering a number of them creeping amongst the trees, she resolved to avoid them, rather than kill them - (mostly).

Last I saw of her, she was still on the track, looking now for an inn or somewhere to rest up, the forest alive around her, full of mystery in the darkness.

This post has been edited by PhonAntiPhon: Nov 23 2016, 02:59 PM