No worries; Lothran won't take anything from a fellow Guild member



Edit: I got reply #3000!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 19 2017, 09:05 AM

Lothran has now made his final preparations and tomorrow he will depart the Imperial City and go to Aleswell which is his stop on the way to Bruma. He will stay there for about a week and enjoy the landscape and also talk to the invisible wizard. Come Friday, he will finally travel to the northern town to spend the winter.


Man, after ten years I still love this bit..!

We just know it is not time for winter till Lothie heads for Bruma!

It's as much a tradition for you guys now, I imagine


Lothran is now in Aleswell and he did a quick skirmish into Fingerbowl Cave. Some undead turning fullydead whilst giving away some gold but except the initial rooms not much else was re-explored. Checked the local sheep and yes; they are still there all of them safely inside their pen.

Then the Dunmer decided to get some sleep and it's now early morning and I suspect a trip to Ancotar is in order

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 25 2017, 08:57 PM

Noooo!

That seems really weird. It seems like he just left Bruma. Maybe it's because you haven't been as active about writing with him this season, now that the old Beth forums are closed, and you've also been locked away in your cabin or whatever.

I know what you mean, Renee. I feel the same way

I haven't been writing much this year as you said, that's part of it. Haven't felt like there was much to say and although I have been gaming, I haven't gamed as much due to being mostly in the woods. So you're right on all accounts. There was also the issue of my graphics card crashing and it took a few weeks (if not months) to fully get it sorted.

I've had things going on in my life and thus I haven't felt inclined to game a lot, haven't had the inspiration. But Oblivion is still my game and I keep business as usual. And this is my favourite part; going to Bruma!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 28 2017, 07:00 PM

As day turned to evening, Lothran and I checked up on a nearby Ayleid ruin and sure enough, we'd been there before so no further delving ensued. A lone soldier on watch rode by with his torch lit - all while Masser and Secunda made their way across the night sky and the local sheep settled in.

All was quiet - Cyrodiil was preparing for winter. And so was Lothran; not many days left now before the journey up north. We've had this routine for a good number of years now but I can still sum it up with one word; anticipation.

As you describe that beautiful Cyrodiilic evening, I can clearly hear the strains of Oblivion's fabulous background music playing.

Aww. Hey, that was touching, mirocu. Beautifully written. Nice job.

I think that most of us, forumites, also anticipate Lothran's trip to Bruma every winter.

Which ruin was that? The one east of Aleswell?

Thanks! I'm glad my writing could bring you the joys of Cyrodiil once again, if only in a small dose


Thanks Renee, that was a nice thing to say! I know I'm not a scribe like you guys and it wasn't much, but I had the inspiration when I wrote that and I'm glad it came across


Actually the one to the west, Pinkunda I think is its name, or similar


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Aleswell, early morning.



Lothran left this little hamlet just when the sun has started to rise. A slight breeze and the sounds of the forest followed him as he walked down the road eastward. When he got to the Ayleid ruin he had to help a guard get rid of two bandits; one Orc and one Argonian. Mundane stuff, business as usual.

Business not as usual; turning north at the intersection! Climbing that hill produces the same kind of butterflies that dear Buffy always chases when she sees them. Well, almost the same kind anyway. Only two obstacles on the way; one Ogre and one Minotaur Lord. Supposed to be one bandit as well but a Forrester got the better of that one. Lothran healed him as thanks as he had taken some damage.

As morning turned to day, the Nordic Dunmer reached his goal; Bruma! First order of business; checking up on the house. Thankfully, everything seemed to be in order. (I could almost sense the smell of a log cabin not having been aired out!) Then a walk around town to take it all in. No snowfall yet but it looked like it wasn't far away. Soon, it would begin to fall and the true feeling of Winter would set in, and everything would fall into place.


Lothran was home!

Welcome home Lothran!

Wow, three paragraphs from mirocu plus the opening and closing sentence - what's happening here? Is it magic?

I liked the part when you mention that you could sense the smell of a log cabin. No doubt if you spend a lot of time in the cabin yourself.

Mirocu, your writing style is just fine! In fact you have a nice way with descriptions when you choose to use enough words to do so. The real reason you captivate your readers though is because you tell the story of a character that several of us have come to know and love over the years. To the point of literally setting our calendars by his migration schedule.

As Lopov mentioned, nice touch about the smell of the cabin after a summer of nonuse. Many of us forget to include the smells and sounds in our writing that can add much.

And it was an excited elf who, while reading of Lothie's trip, saw a delightful mention of herself! Butterflies...

With Lothie settling into his winter place - soon to be patrolling Bruma and sharing drinks at Olav's - we are all ready to settle in for another winter.

I seriously almost fell out of my chair just now!

Reading that just reminded me of my first time visiting Bruma. Probably with the original Renee Gade (the non-RP version) in 2008. I remember it seemed like ages getting up that hill. I had no idea what was at its very top. Once I got to Bruma and began exploring, I got lost! Can you imagine?

Well hopefully there will be some more Lothran updates.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 2 2017, 09:28 AM

I hope you sat down before you started to read?


I love that smell and I have sensed it many times before in my life. Every time we get to Bruma for the winter and enter the house and I see it all again, my brain remembers the smell and gives me a whiff of it


Thanks for breaking it down like this, Acadian. I don't write so much simply because after ten years the inspiration for that is not so strong. Lothran and I have been everywhere and done everything so many times it's hard to justify repeating it. But this, going to Bruma for the winter, is something I still have enough passion for I simply cannot resist writing about it.

I'm glad Buffy liked her shoutout btw...


You and me both! I remember reading the guide to Bruma after coming there for the first time. The book says that Bruma is "compact and quickly explored" and I was like no it isn't! Now I can see that it is, but back then the size of Bruma felt overwhelming, despite being the smallest in Cyrodiil.

I also remember when I got to the intersection where you can either go west towards Bruma, or east towards Dragonclaw Rock. I hadn't even reached the town and I was already presented with another road further into the mountains? How will I ever have time to explore everything in this game??

Well, it's ten years later and I think I have the answer now..


There will be, I love Bruma and the Jeralls more than any place in Cyrodiil so finding inspiration to write will be much easier. Especially since I don't spend so much time in the woods this time of year.


And thanks to all for reading and commenting when I finally do manage to put pen to paper. Or something...

This post has been edited by mirocu: Dec 2 2017, 09:53 AM

Well that is very good to hear, Mirokugun. Makes me happy.

Was just gaming with Joan of Arkay and now I switched to RG3. I don't have a date for Joan's game, but I last saw her at Fort Alessia. She's headed slowly toward the Imperial City, making plenty of stops along the way to raid bandit & marauder locations so she can earn enough money to buy additions for Battlehorn Castle, her home.

Battlehorn Castle, eh? That's one place Lothran has never encountered in his travels


Speaking of whom, today has been all about putting brought things into the right containers. Ingredients in the ingredients barrel, gems and jewels in the treasure chest and various weapons accordingly. Most noteworthy item this year; The Great Welkynd Stone! It's actually not in the treasure chest but rather it's floating above it while producing its ghostly glow.
Other items have been sold and some ingredients bought. And yes; snowfall has begun so the season has officially kicked off for realz!

We look forward to some peace and quiet in town, trekkings through the mountains and most of all; the annual Christmas ogre hunt in Pale Pass!

Picture?

I wish, but imgur doesn't upload from my computer anymore. Dunno why.


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First goblin hunt for the season! Raided Plundered Mine and we went in torch blazin'! Yes, no more sneaking about; HERE WE COME, BABY!


*hrrm*


*cough*


So, yeah. Lothran used a Light spell and in he went with his Spriggan friend. She and her bear took care of most of the goblins and the rest was all Lothran's to play with. He likes to use potions here and bring out his heaviest attack spells. Particularly useful with crowds is the one which paralyzes everything within 20ft or so plus absorb life energy for 10 secs I think. It drains almost all his Magicka but thanks to the potions it's back up again in no time.

Right now the Dunmer is sitting in the horse pen, watching Humilis Nonius twitch about (yeah, Glitchy McGee )

It's because they updated it to work with Windows 10 / newer browsers, that's why. It's annoying, right? I had the same problem. If you have the latest version of Firefox it'll take care of this problem. That's what I had to do. Now go take care of this so we can see some pictures!

Ha ha those goblins have had all spring/summer/fall to play around relative peace until Lothran makes his return! Now they're all going into a tailspin--- "treeshh wrilll!" .. which translates to "Oh no, he's back!"

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Did some gaming with Renee Gade III yesterday. It is now Last Seed 30 in her game (end of summer basically) which means I've spent just over an in-game year with her, spread out over three real-life years. She finished up a couple quests. One I wrote, and one from Vampire Hunting mod.

The one I wrote had her meeting an NPC who started off in Wawnet Inn. This NPC is (was) a dark elf woman who explained to RG3 that her sister's been kidnapped, and somehow she knows her sister has been taken to Abandoned Mine, which is in the middle of nowhere, east of Imperial Bridge Inn.

It took ages to get out there, because as RG3 travels, she must constantly upkeep the gear of her entire Party of Four. Food, water, weapon / armor upkeep. Finding places to stay, etc. All of this costs money. Finally they all made it to Abandoned Mine, which is full of Conjurers & undead. In the final room, there was the kidnapped sister, but also, the initial sister was there (the one from Wawnet Inn) and turns out, she's a daedra-worshiper!

A big, huge fight ensued. The sisters lost, and RG3 won. The end. Lol.

This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 6 2017, 02:29 PM