Indeed. The coast of Anvil is spectacular.

Snaat Rayag just rented a horse (another of my wacky ideas) and was headed to his manor at the foot of the Jerrals. But it's getting late. So he returned to Bruma to spend the night in Olav's Tap and Tack. He's not gonna try to make any sales in Bruma though; his bounty is at already at 480. One more "I'M CALLING THE GUARDS" and every fockking guard will come after him.

Edit: In fact there were four more cawls to the guards. And then when a guard accosted him on the road Snaaty cast a zombie. 🧟‍♀️ I forgot that doing so is like committing assault. So now that he's in Chorrol's jail his bounty was 1600!

Skooma is illegal in my game, so before going to jail my skooma dealer carefully hid his 9 remaining bottles for sale in a safe Battered Crate, in Crumbling Mine.

Upon release from jail a whole slew of unused Skills got decreased by 1. His Sneak got reduced by 3!!!

And it's also summer. Mid-Year 2. When he went in it was Second Seed (still spring)!

This post has been edited by Renee: May 27 2024, 07:27 PM

Lothran is roaming the Anvil county. Today he visited Lord Drad's estate. Oh, sorry; the Ogres' estate. He also visited the shrine to Malacath and has currently spent a night in his tent by the shipwreck.

No ogres in my game. I'm not sure if they're there by default, or if we have to start a quest. Some of my characters use one of the Slave Houses (the less messy one) as a place to stay.

Haven't been playing any Oblivion, hence my silence lately. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Lord Drad's estate is indeed quest-related.

The silence is deafening.

The date is Tirdas, Sun's Dusk 19 and Saga just arrived at Lord Drad's Estate.

There, just pulled a PhonAntiPhon.

Well, well. Looks like Saga is where Lothran is... ish. Btw, how's the state of the chapel of Dibella in Saga's world? In Lothran's it's ruined due to an unfortunate and accidental installment of KotN. It's been deactivated but the damage is done

That's another point against KotN. KotN doesn't let you clean up the chapel until KotN is completed. I'm sure you did but did you try to force complete KotN?



What's a PhonAntiPhon? I'm still working on the Lopov thing.

No, I deactivated it and just didn't bother with the chapel. Nothing else is affected anyway so it's not a big problem.


And a Phon is just that; a time, date and location. Nothing more

mirocu: It's probably destroyed 'cause I do have Knights installed. I could change this of course, but so far never have.

macole: PhonAntiPhon is (was?) a member of our community who would post very LARGE stories sometimes, right into these Where Are You Today? threads, especially in Bethsoft's forums.. Except this one time, he posted a very short character update: literally it was "Just outside of Greenmead Cave" or some such. One sentence. Didn't even say his character's name, which was Niamh!

Maybe nobody remembers this moment, but it was pretty funny at the time. Guess you hadda be there, though.

And with Lopov, I assume you are talking of a Lopov shot. Lopov would often take pictures of his characters by placing the 'camera' dead-center, right in front of them. Here is an example, really that's one of my characters, but that's what a Lopov Shot is.
And here is Laprima.

AGain, it became a thing between us, sort of a joke. "Do you know you always take a picture with the camera dead-center in front of them? WHY?" ... I can't remember what his answer was. Probably had something to do with being able to stare into their "soul". Like, if you sit right in front of someone and stare into their eyes... It's like you gain some insights into their very essence.

Anvil county, just north of the shrine to Malacath. Morning.


There

I remember PhonAntiPhon from the Bethesda Forms. Phon posted some the most surrealistic screens. One of my favorites was a head and shoulder shot of Princess Eilidh.

I used to call her Princess Grumpy because she always looked so mad


And yeah, Phon's pics were indeed surreal thanks to a mod he used which focused on the character and blurred the background. Wouldn't want it myself, but it did look cool

Yeah, I miss Phon sometimes. When he showed up in the forums he was virtually new to Elder Scrolls. PC player. Quickly got into mods, maybe a little too quickly imo. His stories often featured an Irish brogue. Heavy accents, right into the story. I couldn't always understand what was being said, but I prefer his characters speak like this rather than plain English.

I remember Princess Eilidh as well. Another thing about PhonAntiPhon: if a character's story was told he'd delete everything. Not just all their saves, but pictures as well (pics on his hard drive, that is). Never could I do such a thing! I'd die a small death for sure if I was forced to.

Lothran is now visiting the small island east of Anvil, just in the outlet of the Strid river. He swam there from the Brena river so quite an exercise.

The area around Anvil has been ridden of most if not all Timber Wolves as they pose a threat to the Blackhorse Courier that is often seen ride through the county.

Fredas, Sun's Dusk 22: Joan of Arkay is in Atatar; I literally just fired up Oblivion after an entire month and a half without playing. Yeah, I know. Anyway, she's in Atatar.

According to the notes I made few months ago she explored this ruin to see if there's an Ayleid statue here, and (spoiler spoiler spoiler...)

Where the heck is Atatar, though? Ah, just outside Drunken Dragon Inn. 🐲 Very convenient, she needs some sleep.

Next Joan's gonna head north to Pell's Gate to pwn the boss inside Fort Homestead.
After that it's off to Hackdirt, to purge the little village of a vampire infestation. I assume this means Fort Carmala.

And after THAT she needs to return to Battlehorn Castle. She's pimped her castle almost all the way; only thing she hasn't bought is the Trophy Room. And she's not gonna buy that upgrade because it's nasty. Why would she want a bunch of dead monsters in her castle? Yuck!

I would rather want my trophy room to display the many rare items collected over the years, so agreed on that one, Renee

Yes, glad you get it. Surprised actually, as I know you are a hunter IRL.

Fredas, Sun's Dusk 22: Joan of Arkay is in Umbacano's Manor. Visiting the place, a couple weeks after killing him in that epic battle. I didn't know what to expect. Really, it's kind of sad. Jollring still stands in his butler post. Oh [censored], here he comes...

"My master has not returned from his expedition of Nenalata," Wow, no way. Will Joan be able to tell Jolling what happened? "I fear the worst, but Umbacano Manor remains in my charge, and I will keep it in readiness for his return..."

And that's it.

"You know, I haven't seen him for awhile," says Umog gra-Marad. She's the orc lady who stands in Umby's lobby. "But I'm still getting paid, so what do I care?"



Anyway, I was wondering if Umby's manor can become a home-away-from-home for Joan of Arkay. But doesn't look like that'll happen. Wouldn't be right, is Joan's opinion.

I like the servants' attitude. I'm getting paid what do I care if the boss ain't here, makes the job that much easier.
You know, I've never gone back to Umbacano's manor, that I can remember. Never had an inclination to do so but now I think I will.

This post has been edited by macole: Jul 21 2024, 04:18 AM

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Lothran has now left the summer town of Anvil for 2024 and is on his way to Bravil. Currently somewhere close to Clavicus Vile's shrine.