Lothran has now cleared the road to Azura's shrine as well as Silver Tooth Mine. Having spent a night at the shrine, next session will see the Dunmer back in Bruma for a night at Olav's Tap and Tack.

I love how Lothran's winter routine is steeped in tradition.

It sure is at this point. We're currently planning for the annual Christmas ogre hunt in Pale Pass which is what we both always look forward to


As of now, a nice evening at the Tap and Tack has turned into morning and next trip will be westward towards Rielle.

Oh gosh. The ogre hunt of Pale Pass. Here it comes. Hope those ogres know what they're in for. They must not, since every year they keep coming back.

Second Seed 25, 4th Era Year 22 -- Renee Gade III is in Varsa Baalim, which is deep under the mountain of Sundercliff Watch. All of this is Mehrunes Razor stuff. We are exploring this interesting DLC one and a half decades after it was released.

Lothran enjoys the solitude of Pale Pass and it's the only reason he hunts them, honest

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Interesting that you're doing Razor, Renee. Will you update it here or in the spoilers thread?

I've fallen out of the habit of writing detailed stories for her, unfortunately. But if I do continue small updates I guess I'll only posts in the Spoilers thread if there are actual spoilers. Razor has some sort of unique reward(s), for instance. I won't say what they are here.

Please post a picture or two of Lothran, okay?

After leaving Bruma yesterday morning, Lothran made his way towards the mountains. Eventually he reached the statue and further up the entrance to the old cave known as the Serpent's Trail. The heavy door closed behind him and from this point there was no turning back.

The Trail's occupants were all greeted by the Dunmer's Spriggan friend and her bear and they both quickly dispersed the foes inside, even including a few other Spriggans who didn't seem to like their summoned kin. None of them knew there was someone else in the cave. Someone who from time to time prefers to sit back and enjoy watching the fight rather than fight himself. While hiding in the shadows the treasure chests were picked clean one by one until finally the end of the Trail was reached.

Opening the second door, Lothran was once again standing face to face with the legendary Pale Pass. With the snow falling from the sky and the afternoon darkness slowly descending upon the valley, Lothran readied his bow and began his way down the windy path towards the ancient fort.



Pics in pic thread as per request!

First sweep of the area is complete. A few more ogres were found but as usual most of them were killed on the way to the fort since many of them occupy the road.

It's early afternoon the day after coming to Pale Pass and in the next session Lothran will head out again and see if he can find the treasure chests

Is it that key-in-chest puzzle? Most infuriating, that one.

I reckon it's no spoiler at this point so yes, that's the one. Lothran got it years ago and it's of no use to him, but it is a nice piece of memorabilia

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Update:

Another day in Pale Pass, and quite a peaceful one as the ogres are now taken care of. An oddity from last year replayed itself yesterday where an ogre that after being hit with an arrow, suddenly ignored Lothran and did not attack. Lothran could just stand there and look as the ogre went by him, it didn't even respond to any attempts to initiate a conversation.
It did snap out of its weird state eventually though and began to attack as normal. No ogres today though, merely a serene walk through the valley inspecting the ice patches.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Dec 25 2021, 05:42 PM

Lothran is now back in Bruma and Pale Pass is once again silent.


From this excursion he brought back one silver and one gold nugget, as well as three enchanted items he did not have in his collections before, one Frost ring included. He also brought back all the teeth from the slain ogres. Can someone give me the correct amount?

I have had this happen with enemies several times on PC, so in those cases I can blame their non-hostile behavior on mods (specifically MMM). But I also remember this happening 2 or three times on Playstation. It's just an oddity, a welcome one, in fact. Usually if some enemy doesn't attack, especially if it's an intelligent one like an NPC, my character actually lets him or her live. Depends, of course.

Answer: Lothran got 17 ogre teeth in total ----->


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As new year approaches, Lothran is now as per usual guarding the north gate of Bruma. Prior to that he took several rounds to make sure the streets are safe. He will now safehold the north gate into next year.

Lothran is now resting in the guard quarters after another guard replaced him by the north gate.

Happy New Life to our Nordic Dunmer Warlock Guard!

Morndas, mid-afternoon, Frost Fall 14, 4th Era Year 1

It's mid-day, and Aerin from Valenwood (aka Lady Saga) walks from Valenwood back into Cyrodiil. She passes Skingrad. Maybe she'll stop there later on, for she has a few things she needs to barter, ingredients to smash into potions & poisons, and so on.

But first, she comes across a fight! A Colovian soldier battles away with a common road bandit, or so it seems. The bandit summons a scamp, making him not so common. The soldier is easily overwhelmed by the dual attacks he's now taking, so Saga commands her horse to halt. She summons a bear. And begins shooting arrows carefully at the bandit. Within a minute, the fight is over. And Saga is smiling. For she's been wanting to find somebody to travel with. Her previous Imperial Foresters (two of them) have both vanished at some point.


Colovian Guard: "We're here to serve. How can I help?"

Lady Saga: "Might I have a moment of your time?" I am Aerin of Valenwood. Fact of matter, but seems it was I who've helped you."

Colovian Guard: "You got me there."

Lady Saga: "Traveling the land I am toward Skingrad, Kvatch, then Anvil. I want to make thankings for thy duties."

She gives the man a handful of coin.

Colovian Guard: "Every little bit helps!"

Lady Saga: "As I intoned, I travel these roads. Travel the plains. And the forests. And as you are one for traveling the roads as well, might I persuade you to make travels with me?"

Colovian Guard: "It's a matter of trust. And I don't trust you enough, yet."

The elf gives the man another handful of coin.

Colovian Guard: "That will... get you something."

Lady Saga" "Will it get us from Skingrad, to Kvatch, to Anvil?"

Colovian Guard: "You want me to join your adventuring party?"

Lady Saga: "Please."

Colovian Guard; "I'd be honored! Let's get going."

As the party of one becomes a party of two, Aerin of Valenwood is surprised to see the soldier she's just hired leaves his horse behind.

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Note: She actually had to give the soldier quite a lot of coin before he'd follow her. Somewhere around 150 septims.

Is that Companion Share and Recruit? Their horse script doesn't always work... As for money... well... good on him!

Yes, that's CSR. Love that mod. I like it more than CM Partners, matter of fact. I use CSR for Saga's game, but CMP for Renee's game, just to give their worlds different feels.

Funny thing is (well, not really funny...) that guard she hired did not last long. The very first fight he faced was with an MMM monster. He rushed off to start slicing the thing with his Silver Sword, but the monster killed him within a few seconds. Saga summoned her bear, and her 10 rats, shot the thing with poisoned arrows, but it was no use.

This is why I like getting generic NPCs to follow her though. At least it was not a named person who died.

Did Saga get her 150 Septims back?

Nah, I bet he spent it all already. Lots of opportunities for that in the middle of nowhere while fighting goblins and whatnot! :