Yes! Did you pick the giant nirnroot?

Nice! Finally, my memory pays off during this silly game.

Oh no, it's pretty rare we pick those things that sing, mostly 'cause they don't respawn. I had a character long ago who was doing the quest for Sinderion, but didn't get very far into it. Have you done this quest? Is it worth the potions we're able to make?

Where is Snaat Rayag the skooma dealer? I know this one's pretty vague. Hints will be dropped, but let's see if anyone can just guess first.

Sinderion's potions give you a long term night eye effect, among other things, and that's the one I object to. Since it comes from a potion rather than a spell, it cannot be dispelled and you really have to wait for it to wear off.

Now as to your skooma dealer... I didn't know that undead were into skooma! But there you go. So this is one of the caves with undead, such as the Smoke Hole Cave or the Toadstool Hollow. Hard to tell from this picture alone.

Ah, good point about the non-dispelable night eye effect. Night eye is great imo until we get into a section of ruins which is brighter. Then all the sudden it's way too bright!

Here's a couple hints. My skooma dealer is mostly aligned with bandits. They like when he comes around, to ply his wares. Another hint: Two consonants, a vowel, a consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant ... Cave.

One more hint. Place is near water. And is easily accessible to city-goers.

Dzonot Cave.

Yessss!!! Yes! Yes Yes!

Despite playing Oblivion for years, I don't remember ever coming across that giant Nirnoot. Then again, I (that is my characters) did spend very little time in the area close to the Shetcombe Farm / Kvatch.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Feb 17 2022, 09:28 PM

Yes, that giant nirnroot is something else! And there's just the one in Cyrodiil. There is also apparently a giant mudcrab and a giant rat somewhere, and I mean rather more giant than normal. But we've never seen them.

Next challenge: Where are we? And for a bonus cake: what is going on?

I know there's a giant mudcrab in some cave, that's why I asked SubRosa, if the giant crab in one of her latest pics is vanilla, because I recall that the vanilla crab is in an interior cell. Turns out that the one in the pic was modded. The giant rat I've seen with my own eyes, however, more than once.

Pretty sure the giant crab is in Greenmead Cave, or the cave right next to it.

As for the pic, I'm going to say Skingrad's Two Sister's Lodge, final answer!

Two Sisters Lodge is correct!

But can you tell what is going on as a bonus?

Nice, nice, thank you, love the cake. It also helps that one of my past characters practically lived in Skingrad, and worked in Two Sisters as Mog's wench.

And I can't claim the bonus. Was trying to figure out what's going on, especially in the background. Are those two NPCs sneaking? Even in the foreground there's something interesting going on. What exactly is it? Yah, no bonus for me.

Where is Lord Haaf-Mersey?

Well, in the foreground Hauk has had enough of waiting and wants to leave, but Jowan is still talking to someone and Lena is not ready to part with her wine either. Besides, there's still surveyance to be done...

The NPCs in the background are indeed sneaking! Sshhh... they are the famous vampire hunters, hunting vampires, don't you know. Skingrad is full of them, apparently. It's from that quest you get during the Mages Guild quest line - "Information for a Price", I think it's called. The Count asks you to get rid of the vampire hunters hanging around Skingrad - they make him nervous. Oh, and also get rid of the vampires at the same time. Kill the vampires, do whatever you like with the vampire hunters (you can convince them to leave after they've cleared Two Sisters Lodge of any vampires hiding in the mead barrels and stuff). So if you follow those vampire hunters around, you notice just how much hunting they do at the Lodge...

Wow, that's really amazing you were able to get that shot then, right as they are sneaking, yet you were able to include your own story going on as well. In fact that's quite a compelling picture. There's a lot going on.

That's also quite an interesting-sounding quest. So the count wants us to rid Skingrad of vampire hunters. He doesn't care if we kill them or convince them, as long as they are gone. I wonder why this is. Hee hee.



And Where is Lord Haaf-Mersey?

Lakeview manor?

*Bzzt!* Nope.

Here's a hint: the place's owner often talks about how she misses walking around Skyrim, even as she's walking around Skyrim.

Bee and the Barb?

Close, Kane! You're in Riften, which is the correct town.

The place is owned by a couple, a man and a woman. I think they are just friends. Certainly not married. My character married the woman.

Ah. Sounds like Aerin's House.

Yes, and Mjoll the Lioness, or as I used to say, 'Motormouth Mjoll'.

*DING!!!*