Renee probably spent more gold on bear pelts than she was rewarded for returning the carafe.

Lothran raided Rielle today and surprisingly he found two items to his Winter collection that he didn't already have; a daedric dagger and a scroll. Snazzy

That makes me happy, that you're still discovering little things like this.


Middas, Rain's Hand 24

Days Passed: 241

Active Quests: 32
Qusts Compltd: 67

Fame: 18
Infamy: 5
Days Jailed: 0



A relaxing day which started out sunny, but turned into a torrential downpour. Once again, Renee Gade III is nearly out of money. Her financial state always bounces back and forth. One day, she might have over a thousand gold on her person. The next day, she might barely have enough to feed herself. Though she's got thousands saved in the Bank of Cyrodiil, banks are not always easy to get to.

She is in luck though, her horse carries an enchanted set of fur greaves in its inventory, and these are items she'd never wear. Thoronir happily buys these for just over 300 gold, and a variety of rings Renee's looted from various enemies earns her roughly another 100.

Finally, the three of them go to Cylben Dolovas's house, to sell three vampire dusts to Roland Jenseric. "Excellent. Another vampire has been slain. Here's your reward," he says. "Excellent. Another vampire has been slain. Here's your reward," he says. "Excellent. Another vampire has been slain. Here's your reward," he says. My gosh. Three times in a row. Another 300 gold in that coinpurse.

Time to visit Goddess Store, one of Renee's favorite new places. Not because of all its fabulous clothes and armor sets, but but because one of the 'goddesses' there will recharge any item, at any time the store is open. And she doesn't go on ridiculous extended lunch breaks.

This post has been edited by Renee: Feb 22 2017, 02:15 AM

Yeah, it took me by surprise when I actually found two items he didn't already have



Methinks maybe Renee should have a few more gold on her person or stashed away somewhere else. Remember, banks can't be trusted

This post has been edited by mirocu: Feb 22 2017, 08:19 AM

Yes, in a bear market with subprime mortgages it might be prudent to ignore banks. But this is Cyrodiil my friend. You can't get any more bullish than to invest and save. Or try to. Something like that.


Turdas, Rain's Hand 25

Days Passed: 242

Blustery day, but at least it's not raining. Renee decides to head toward the markets to sell a couple enchanted weapons she's never used, so she can make enough money to get her Bane of Kvatch sword enchanted. This sword is most important for vampire-fighting since it is fire-based in magic, and also carries a lot of magical charges. Otherwise she wouldn't be fussing over it so much.

Later on as night began, Roland Jenseric informed that Skingrad has been reporting vampires in its locale too. There is supposed to be three places to find them: a fort, a cave, and an Ayleid ruin. Each one has its own leader, and each leader has his own signet ring. The party is to collect all three rings, and then return to Roland.

Vampire Huntress' work is never done it seems. Good hunting!

I suppose there is some sort of "end" to Renee's vampire questing....most of the vampire stuff is coming from the Vampire Hunting mod, which has (I think) 28 quests associated with it. Surely, these quests go on for awhile. Important for RG3, since all quests she does (except Arena stuff) is mod-added. She likes to stay busy, so this creates a demand for me to look for stuff for her to do, and write my own stuff into her game.

Not that I'm complaining or anything.


Fredas, Rain's Hand 26

Days Passed: 243

Very foggy, but rather warm. Renee finally gets her Bane of Kvatch sword enchanted, and then gathers up her party to head toward Skingrad. Arrived at the village of Oranstad by nightfall.

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Loredas, Rain's Hand 27



Pleasant day, sunny weather. Arrive to Skingrad just after mid-day, and then spent the rest of the day doing usual townie things.

Miss Gade has an idea: there's a cave she's heard about that might be one of the three locations; matter of fact, Bloodcrust Cavern just has that sort of sound to its name. She will get up before daybreak, after sleeping at West Weald Inn, and then head straight for this cave.

Since she'll be busy tomorrow, which is Sundas, and Sundas is a day she prefers to rest, she spends a lot of time in the Chapel of Julianos with Jada and Felrika (who aren't devout, but tolerate Renee Gade III's devotion toward the Nine).

This post has been edited by Renee: Mar 1 2017, 02:43 AM

As for Lothran, he's in his final Bruma hibernation days. Come Sunday he will pack his things, say farewell to his beloved hometown and head for Chorrol. This year he will take the full Orange road route from the crossroads Orange/Silver instead of hiking a bit through the Jeralls and connect with it further west, or bypass it fully and approach Chorrol from the Highlands.


Blimey, this season went by too fast for me!


And now it's time for a re-count!

Checked Honmund's inventory today and he had a total of 357 Clouded Funnel caps which means - *brings out calculator machine* - that he has collected 35 samples this season. Marvelous. Now I have to figure out if it means something

This post has been edited by mirocu: Mar 2 2017, 10:05 PM

Hey wow, he's already done his season eh? Yea that did go rather quick. I'm a little shocked, honestly. Damn. Maybe it's because we've had a lot of warm weather where I live, and it barely feels like winter half the time in Maryland this year, that winter in general seems really short this year. Still though. He's already going to Chorrol?

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Sundas, Rain's Hand 28

The big day. And there's perfect, sunny weather, just what those vampires hate!

Things went extremely well. Bloodcrust Cavern was easy enough to find, and Renee Gade III lured them out of there one-by-one (sometimes two-by-two) into the full sunlight. Many of these vampires were powerful enough that they could possibly stay outside for awhile, and if she had been alone, there's a chance two vamps at once could especially kill her.

But what they didn't know is Renee's entire party was waiting just outside the cave: Felrika (Nord warrior), Haili (Altmer mage), Jada (Dunmer archer), and the newest addition to the party, Arraya (weird ghostly-looking race. She seems to be a battlemage most of all). With all these others ready for action, the vampires wouldn't last long--maybe a minute in real-time, at the most.

And indeed, one of these vampires was their leader, and carried a special signet ring. As the sun went down, everybody headed back to Skingrad, already wanting to get back to the chapel ASAP. RG3 in particular had been infected with polyporic hemophilia, once again.

Renee - Yay for RG3 and her vamp hunting. Clever tactics, using sun + gang FTW.

mirocu - Wow, it does seem like a fast winter but the fact that Lothie is making preparations to leave Bruma is the surest sign of spring I can imagine. Here's hoping he enjoys a rich warm season of adventuring!

Yup, first thing tomorrow morning. I cannot believe it's already time to leave Bruma, but sure enough, it is


Make sure to cure ms Gade the Third before she turns!


I think most people here now takes that as a sign of spring


Thanks for your well-wishes

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Today was a day all spent in Bruma. Lothran walked around, talked to people, bought last-minute things and re-charged a few weapons. He also made sure the two beggars and the only prisoner had fresh food, who knows when they will get that next time?

Lothran did wander outside the gates for just a bit, tending to his horse and looking at the views as the snow stopped falling. And yes, as evening rolled in it was time for one last foray at Olav's Tap and Tack. He even got himself a mead this time! Some shenanigans as always but very little actually; no guards came to slay Ongar tonight.

And after a good night's sleep, Lothran now sits at his desk downstairs, his mind already on the Orange Road to Chorrol...

This post has been edited by mirocu: Mar 4 2017, 09:08 PM

Well good journey to you, Sir Lothran. Why doesn't he like mead, by the way?

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Morndas, Rain's Hand 29

A late start from the West Weald Inn, but it's okay. There's already much to do in town once again. There is also another thick fog in the air, not as conducive for vampire hunting in the day as full sunlight.

By the afternoon the fog had cleared, but the sky was still overcast, the air now blustery with wind. Renee spent quite a bit of time waiting for the bank man to show up. Keeping her entire party's gear repaired + her two flame-based swords enchanted was turning out to be an expensive venture, during this particular campaign. She'd just taken out 500 gold back in the Imperial City, now it was a thousand here in Skingrad. She still has somewhere over 2,000 in savings, but still...

Tracking down the man who recharges items is always a daunting task. When he finally shows up at the Mage's Guild, he is no longer offering his services.

Well, I reckon just like me he's just indifferent to the stuff and thus rarely drinks it


Oh man, I HATE when that happens!

I have some time off work this month so I decided to start a new character after a twelve month hiatus from Oblivion. My new build was a Breton that unintentionally ended up looking like the twin brother of Uriel Septim. The prologue dungeon ended up being a surreal experience where the emperor was pretending that he did not know his sibling. Now I finally understand why he spoke in circles and riddles. He knew the prisoner and the whole thing was preordained!

Upon leaving the sewer I dyed my character's hair a dark color so that the Jauffre and the imperial guards on the road would not confuse him with the deceased emperor. Things should get interesting when I met Martin and tell him that he is not Neo.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Mar 9 2017, 09:41 AM

Awesome, that'll be good to have you in Cyrodiil with your Uriel look-alike. I can't wait to hear more about how he turns out. Yeah that does sound hilarious, the Emperor having "dreams" and visions about his long-lost twin...

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Tirdas, Rain's Hand 30

Days Passed: 247

Diseases Contracted: 111

YES! another perfect, sunny day. Renee Gade III gets (once again) her Claymore of Burning and Bane of Kvatch re-enchanted. Geez. This costs just over 2,700 gp. The Claymore is a mass-produced cheapie, and ony requires 225 gold; the rest goes to recharge the one-of-a-kind Bane sword, which was gifted from the Count of Kvatch some time ago. At first, she thought she'd have no use for this piece; it could slaughter an ordinary man in just two blows for instance, and she's the type who wants more of a challenge. But against powerful undead, who also happen to be susceptible to fire...the Bane sword is very useful, and worth all the money she's been spending on it.

Next place to hunt will be Fort Vlastarus, a place she has been in before, and is pretty sure contains more vampires. Vlastarus is also on her map. After this fort, the final place to search (the Ayleid ruin) is probably one she had spotted from a distance, but hadn't visited yet. It is supposed to be 'east of Skingrad', and there are no Ayleid ruins on her map at all in this general area, but she did note some white-looking buildings in the distance last time she was in this area. So some camping and hardcore exploring might be required.*

In fact, there was an Ayleid ruin called Silorn nearby, but this place is sealed up tight with magic, according to the party's two magic-users.

Good news was: the party managed to find a camp with three tents & bedrolls, and a campfire already roaring. Perhaps this camp formerly belonged to the group of goblins that'd been scouting nearby?

*Some of my other characters go off the beaten path a lot, like Lady Saga. RG3 tends to stay on it though, mostly. She's not as 'random' as somebody like Saga or Joanie is.

This post has been edited by Renee: Mar 9 2017, 11:13 PM

Cool! Are you playing as twin to the original Uriel, or Patrick Stewart?



I love the Ayleid ruins. I can always go off the beaten path to explore them.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 9 2017, 11:28 PM

Renee- Thanks! I am in love the prologue dungeon under normal circumstances, I feel it is a smooth introduction into the game and I never skip it. This time it was very surreal- I could sense that the Emperor was trying to hide his knowledge of his twin from Baurus and was part of some secret plan that he has set up.

My character has not even let me on to what is going on. It must be some secret family plot!


Diseases contracted 111. Wow! Are they all from vampire attacks, or does your character spend their days lurking in the sewers.


SubRosa- I have just used the original version of Uriel. I chose a Breton and just clicked random about 4 or 5 times and a doppelganger of Uriel appeared. It shocked me. Same eyes, same tired skin, same weight. Scary.

I love the Nexus mod you linked. Wow! That bald Patrick Stewart is perfect!

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Mar 10 2017, 05:27 AM

Welcome back to the fold, WW!



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Lothran was supposed to reach Chorrol tonight but a slight change of plans prohibited that. Having rested on the Orange, he suddenly noticed a cave to the north. A cave he suspected he hadn't been to - Underpall Cave. And sure enough, the interior was dim to him. So down the rabbit hole he went, and good thing too! It was a very interesting cave/fort hybrid of a sort he's never experienced before. A necro one to boot but in the huge system with multiple rooms and hallways, he could only find one lousy Adept. The rest of the inhabitants were just various undead - now fully dead

Renee - Ahh, another beautiful day in RG III's world for vampire hunting!

Wolf - Great that you're back to playing Oblivion again! Good luck with Brother Septim the Breton.

Mirocu - How magical, after all this time, for Lothie to find an unexplored cave! I'm glad he enjoyed it and emerged safely. Chorrol can wait.

A lot of those diseases have been contracted from vampire hunting, yes, but there's also the fact that I've got a hygiene mod in her game. In her early days, RG3 was always getting sick because she didn't bathe! :yuck: She began bathing at some point because one of her followers taught her the value of good hygiene, and now she can't get enough of bathhouses, and even just standing in rain!

LOL @ that Patrick Stewart mod!

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Middas, Second Seed 1

Days Passed: 248

Beautiful sunny day, emphasis on the word 'sunny!' Haili seems to have left the group overnight, and none of the others knows where she went. Some initial searching was done (with Renee's new Bracers of Life Detecting 105' equipped) but the mage from Cheydinhal was nowhere to be found. Oh well, cannot delay.

By mid-morning, the party had found Howling Cave, and turned north. Fort Vlastarus is supposed to be directly north from here. And Vlastarus was indeed found just an hour later. There were some roaming goblins nearby which had to be taken care of first, and the 'RG3 Dream Team' downed these in mere minutes.

Once again, the plan would be for Lady Gade to lure the vampires out of Vlastarus, where the rest of her gang (Fel, Jada, and Arraya) would be ready to pounce. Renee sipped a bottle of Shadowbanish Wine as she walked into the fort with full confidence. This time, things were much different. Renee was able to take care of three vampires (including their leader, who'd been calling herself the Baroness of Vlastarus Castle) all by herself! ... and she'd even forgotten to bring her fire-based swords, too. Odd.

The final group of vampires refused to follow her outside, though. Since they were concentrated into one room, Renee ran back outside and gathered up the three she'd left there. As a foursome, they demolished these vampires within a minute or so. These ones seemed to be tougher than the rest, maybe it's because they refused to leave their darkened environment, and therefor maintained their full vampire power.

Since the village of Oranstad was nearby, the party headed here for the night, rather than going all the way to Skingrad.