Methinks Vilja is playing your avatar a prank with her "not hungry - oops, now I am!" thing. Lucky for her he is a patient man, but who knows for how long that will last?

Sundas, First Seed 17

Level: 11

A busy day full of weapon repair, re-enchanting, and buying & selling. Cheydinhal's Requisition Agent bought two doom emblems from Renee Gade the renegade, giving a much-needed boost in gold, a thousand in all.

Heavy rain developed during the afternoon, but this cleared up as Renee was riding her horse alone, riding back to Barren Cave, looking for Felrika. She was found nearby. Apparently she'd gone running after some enemy guy, and gotten lost in forest to the south.

After locating Fel, the expedition luring more vampires out of Barren Cave was mostly successful, even though the entire party was not present. But again, it began to get dark (and also foggy) and there were still some left in there.

Hunting vampires with the timescale set to 20 (instead of 10), and with the Vampire Hunting mod active (which makes them tougher) is no easy task, folks.

Headed back to Cheydinhal. The party would not have expected Barren Cave would turn into a 3-day expedition.

Mirocu, I think those Kittybandits are just intimidated by Lothran’s presence.

Renee the Vampire Slayer! Wow, she and her gang are really mowing them down! Time to rest up now and sell some dust.

Decrepit – Knowing your avatar and his posse are on patrol imparts a certain ‘all is right in Tamriel’ feeling of calmness. Heh, Vilja is simply asserting her gender-given right to change her mind – whenever and as often as she chooses.

Unexpected adventures are usually the best.

Weakness to Fire + Goldbrand = win


I like to pretend they are his friends as Lothran's best friends are Khajiit; S'rathad, J'skar, the Courier brothers etc

(With one notable exception, of course.. )


Fo shizzle

This post has been edited by mirocu: Dec 9 2016, 09:20 AM

Kallis is in Leyawiin, still. She was at first simply going to leave after surveying the town its the unwieldy denizens as neither it nor they had at that point provided any clue that she might follow. It is a fact that she had gone to Leyawiin more from the point of view that Bogrum in Bravil had told her straight up to look to the northeast.

She did not believe him then and so went south instead, more out of spite in the face of his instructions than out of any real confidence that she might find anything. Eilidh never spent much time in Leyawiin, if any, although Kallis could not know that. Niamh however spread herself, metaphorically and more often than perhaps necessary, literally, throughout the province but equally, the people who knew her would not know to speak to Kallis and indeed as seemed to be the case with those who knew her, would not deign to speak of Niamh even if asked, something which was proving to be eminently frustrating, particularly since it had formed a major distraction to Kallis' primary mission.

So it was that, chasing two phantoms, Kallis walked right past at least one person could have given her some clue as to Niamh's eventual fate, and another who could have perhaps pointed her nearer to the Princess' whereabouts. As it happened, in the latter case sheer luck led her after much ducking and diving, to the hold of the Imperial star, a ship moored in Leyawiin's docks. Within the hold, in a small leather pouch lodged in the bilges, was a damp and mildewed parchment, all but illegible but which, after some study, was found by Kallis to mention both "a queer red-headed elf", with "emerald eyes"; and the Imperial City.

Its not much to go on, indeed practically nothing at all, but to a drowning woman even a single twig represents hope and so with that in mind Kallis says a silent prayer, rolls her piercing green eyes, and steels herself for the journey...

Orcrest, Elsweyr, Middas, Mid-Year 16, 3E436, 6:41pm. My decrepit avatar and his ward are about to exit Broken Jaw Inn, where they paused for supper, and resume their ride home. Should they not make good time on the road, they'll spend the night at their property in Faregyl Village.

This is an unanticipated travel route. Their original plan called for the gang to ride from Leyawiin to Corinthe, acquire a consignment of cheese, deliver said cheese to Border Watch, and return home via the Yellow as almost always happens following a Leyawiin road patrol. That hit a snag when the Corinthe cheese merchant announced that he had no trade consignments to sell them. That being the case it made no sense to backtrack through Leyawiin.

The day prior was devoted to my avatar's cleansing of Rockmilk. He berated himself for too frequent instances of sloppy melee technique, in particular not bringing his shield up in time for effective blocks, but all and all things didn't go badly. Much loot was pilfered though he was surprised at the scarcity of glass, normally found in abundance in the caves. This cleansing lasted somewhat longer than usual, enough so that he had to forgo a planned formal dinner with Vilja at Three Sisters. (They instead had a casual meal at Five Claws Lodge.)

The day prior to that saw them patrol the Green to Leyawiin, with stops en route at Inn of Ill Omen to gather taxes-due and Bravil for package delivery and a meal. They arrived at their ultimate destination uncomfortably past my avatar's preferred bedtime. That being the case, he escorted his ward directly to her berth in the Mages Guild basement, backtracked to the Fighters Guild hall, and called it a day. Their two Leyawiin shipping consignments were not delivered until the following morning, before my avatar's departure for Rockmilk.

I suppose I should mention that, before departing Leyawiin on the 16th, Black Bows were delivered to the Count.

And yes, the evening before these adventures began my avatar and his ward were able to dine at the Wawnet and get in an evening swim in Lake Rumare before retiring to the Manor.

I LOVE gathering up the Black Bows and turning them in for the reward to the Count! Haven't been able to do it for years because the RockMilk bandits and marauders have stopped attacking Maxical for some reason. She can't fight them if they don't attack, so just ends up taking the loot in the trunk outside and inside Punkin's tent.

Phon: Awesome, she finds herself a clue then. Even if it is just a twig.



For Lothran it does, RG3 doesn't use destruction magic though. She has two flaming swords (one of them is 1-hanced and does 20 or 25 points of fire damage, the other one is a standard Claymore of Burning, only doing 5 pts. fire damage), but even this is not enough. Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul has a feature which slowly kills vamps if they're in sunlight, so this is why she often lures them out of their lairs. Even so, it can still take awhile.


Morndas, First Seed 18



Cool, pleasant day. Clear skies. This time, Renee Gade decides to get to Barren Cave early. Brings the entire gang, and forgoes getting stuff repaired (which would slow them down several hours). She does stop by the castle though, to turn in an ancient vampire stone to the creepy-looking Requisition Agent for another 500 gold.

Got to Barren Cave before mid-day. It had warmed, and not many clouds in the sky. The entire area around the bottom of the stairs was littered with dead bodies by now, mortals and vampires.

This time, all the vampires of Barren Cave were taken care of, and Renee became sure that this is the cave which Roland was hinting about on the Blue Road. Roland had told her there had been "vampire attacks" on this road, but he hadn't specified where these vampires might be staying, you see.

Headed back to Imperial City after Barren Cave's leading undead had finally been lured out. The party then took the north road once again, and stayed overnight in Roxey Inn.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 10 2016, 01:54 PM

Imperial City Waterfront District, Cyrodiil, Fredas Mid-Year 18, 3E436, 8:45am. My decrepit avatar is about the exit the Gold Horse Courier, where he accepted the last of the day's three assignments, and return to Weye. There he will collect the gang and depart on patrol for Chorrol.

(He normally visits Gold Horse Courier last during these IC assignment runs. This morning his thoughts were elsewhere so that he did not recall the need to visit the Waterfront until standing before Talos District entrance gate. By then it made no sense to backtrack. In any case his route remains the same, just executed in a different sequence . . . or so he told himself.)

The day prior saw my avatar and is ward wake in their Faregyl Village property. They breakfasted in the village inn, rode the Green and Red Ring to IC, gathered new assignments and consumed a quick lunch, and set out on patrol to Cheydinhal. There they delivered packages and downed a casual supper at Newlands Lodge. Their original plan called for them to spend the night at Cheydinhal's Mages Guild. My avatar instead determined to return to Weye posthaste. They did so, riding beneath the stars, experiencing a brief meteor shower well into the ride. Arriving home some time past his preferred bedtime, he bid Vilja goodnight and went straight to his bed.

The portion of the day before that not covered in my previous report was devoted to their ride from Orcrest Elsweyr to Faregyl. That report mentions that my avatar hoped to reach Weye before calling it a day. Why he thought so is beyond me. Time of day they departed Orcrest, distance between there and Weye, my avatar's desire for a reasonably full night's sleep couple with a strong allegiance to regularity all but insured that they would hole up at Faregyl. Even I could see it.

(Their ride through Elsweyr saw much fine bow work by my avatar. Seldom did he need to draw blade and close on a foe. This to some extent lifted his spirits, largely ameliorating, in his mid, what he considers rather sloppy melee technique during a recent Rockmilk foray.)


Man o man I hope my avatar never finds himself in this situation!!!!!! Like yours, he will not harm "humanoids" who do not accost him. Them going "nice" would not only deprive him of Rockmilk but made road patrols largely ineffective. Without those patrols his life loses much of its meaning. Sure, he can fall back on tax gathering and package delivery. Those might sustain him for some brief (or not so brief?) time, but he considers them as supplements to add a bit of variety to his near-constant travels on behalf of the Empire.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Dec 10 2016, 02:52 PM

Yeah, let´s hope those bandits never befriend your avatar, Decrepit!

Thanks Renee, yeah it's something, at least...

First clearing of the Silver Tooth cave for the season.


Lothran set out early in the morning and because of no resistence along the way he reached the cave by midday. Unlike Plundered Mine and Capstone Cave where he had gone in with full lights on, this time he approached things more stealthily, relying more upon the shadows and his Spriggan. Even so, he sometimes got discovered and I don´t know how they find him when he's over 100% chameleoned.

Lothran always carries a few potions and poisons with him and they came in handy when having to add some Magicka to himself in tight spots and making sure the Shamans wouldn´t summon their own helpers. The fights are significantly shorter that way.

Now he's resting in his tent by Azura's shrine. No Olav's this evening but it's nice to be away from home once in awhile, no matter how much you like it there

Pfft, can you imagine? That would really not be good. Then we'd ALL have to either just give up, or redouble our efforts.

That sounds like a thrilling session there with Lothran. It is odd they knew he was there with all that chameleon.


Late afternoon, Tirdas, First Seed 19

Temperate weather, mostly clear skies. Finally back home to Maple Cottage. Renee's other property (Waterfront Shack) hasn't been used in months, but this is where Felrika decides she wants to stay, as the party takes a couple days to rest & relax.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 11 2016, 04:29 PM

Middas, First Seed 20

In Market District today, Jensine informs Renee Gade that a woman who already knows her will meet her down in the Bloated Float*. This turned out to be Miss Terri, the farmer who she'd met before.

This farmer merely wanted to give Renee a reward for helping her take down Cork Nuts. The reward "happened" to be 20 mandrake roots. I RP'd that Terri had heard the party was dealing with more vampires than usual, and she wanted to help. As a farmer, mandrake would be the best thing Miss Terri could give.


*Test Quest 12

Holy Crap, warn a person before they click on that link!!!!

Your story-driven mods are amazing!!!!

Yeah, it´s really cool that you do that, Renee

Renee no longer needs to be afraid to stay diseased.

Well, it is smaller now. The first time I clicked on it, the face filled the whole screen - my freak out for the month of December, lol.

Oh my gosh



Hee hee sorry about that mALX!