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mirocu
post Oct 13 2015, 02:27 PM
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First of all I would like to point out that this is not a fanfic in any traditional sense. I merely write this down for myself as a reminder of what Lothran and I have been through. I'm not detailing too much or adding dialogue.
If anyone would like to comment here that's very much ok, I welcome it. Though again this is mostly for myself and obviously Lothran, who I feel deserves some recognition other than in the Update thread. So, without further ado...


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Lothran in prison (at the very start of our journey)
First look
Current look

Lothran's wiki page


When Lothran and I first met in February 2007, he rigorously followed quest after quest and did very little of the free exploration and collecting he's been doing for the last few years. But he was happy, we both were. By doing them we learned how Cyrodiil worked and we got to know many people through those quests. Seeking Your Roots was one of the very first quests we got after having picked up a Nirnroot though oddly enough, Sinderion was one of the last people we got to know. So many other things got in the way, like Unfriendly Competition, Imperial Corruption and the Arena questline. We had so much to see, so much to do and so many people to talk to and at times it felt overwhelming, but in a good way.
In the beginning Lothran felt so weak that at one point he booked a room at The Foaming Flask and focused on summoning a skeleton to fight so he could get some practice. It was intense but quite fun, and at one of those training sessions Audens Avidius comes barging in with a dagger. Needless to say he didn't last long. After all, Lothran was already in full combat gear with sword in hand. Audens was just another sparring partner.

It was a very, very interesting time for both of us and I can sometimes miss that. But it's all in the initial experience, it can never be duplicated 100% by creating a new character and I don't intend to either. It happened then and there and I am happy with those memories. By re-living them I think they would be tainted and I don't want that. I prefer to just move on.

Now years later, Lothran never goes on official quests anymore. He makes up his own though, like collecting one shield and cuirass of every town, and he may do the occasional follow-up on an old quest, but other than that the official quests are all long gone. He hasn't got the time for them anyway. He has so many places and people to re-visit and we cannot forget his duties up in Bruma. Neither of us can imagine a winter coming and going without him being there. It's his home, plain and simple. And he takes great pride in being one of the guards protecting Bruma even if times are calm and no real threat is around. He still wants to help out once in awhile by pulling graveyard shifts by the North gate which usually only has one guard.

And when spring comes he can't wait to go down to Chorrol. This is a tradition from 2009 (roughly) and at times when I've had him go to the Imperial City to offload first he's murmured, and I could tell it was not what he wanted. So Chorrol it is, you can't change what works and who am I to disregard my own character's wishes?
Lothran usually visits western Cyrodiil before mid-summer and the eastern parts after that. Again, at times I have tried to make him do the opposite but it has felt so wrong to be in Cheydinhal in May instead of Skingrad and Anvil. But it's all good, it all feels new and fresh when we get to those places (provided we do it at the right time) and it doesn't get boring. As I write this we're of course planning for Bruma once again and I am sure it'll feel as good as ever once we get there in late November.




Lothran the Nordic Dunmer's story is far from over!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 6 2016, 01:11 PM


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I love the idea of Lothran wearing a tracksuit and showing off his Amulet of Kings bling like Run-DMC! biggrin.gif


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mirocu   Lothran the Nordic Dunmer   Oct 13 2015, 02:27 PM
Lopov   I think you're right - Lohtran definitely dese...   Oct 13 2015, 05:11 PM
Acadian   How fun that Lothran has his own thread now to sha...   Oct 13 2015, 09:42 PM
SubRosa   I can always tell when it's winter, because th...   Oct 13 2015, 10:33 PM
mALX   Oh, I didn't see this yesterday, I only ...   Oct 14 2015, 12:29 PM
Grits   We can mark the seasons by following Lothran’s tra...   Oct 14 2015, 04:02 PM
mirocu   I enjoyed reading about his beginnings and seeing...   Oct 14 2015, 05:47 PM
mirocu   Lothran's white hair As years went by and I...   Oct 16 2015, 03:16 PM
Acadian   Aww, I knew what Lothie's white hair represent...   Oct 16 2015, 04:00 PM
Lopov   I remember reading about the reason for his hair c...   Oct 16 2015, 05:34 PM
mirocu   I also didn't know about Lothran getting chub...   Oct 17 2015, 03:54 PM
mALX   OMG, I just saw the WIKI page! How cool!   Oct 17 2015, 04:33 PM
mirocu   OMG, I just saw the WIKI page! How cool...   Oct 18 2015, 02:52 PM
mALX   OMG, I just saw the WIKI page! How cool...   Oct 18 2015, 03:10 PM
Darkness Eternal   The wiki page is great Mirocu, and so is Lothran...   Oct 18 2015, 06:36 PM
mirocu   Thank you! :) I´ve grown quite fond of Dunmer...   Oct 18 2015, 07:10 PM
mirocu   [b]The Amulet Lothran´s approach to the emperor...   Oct 22 2015, 10:11 AM
Acadian   Well, the wise warlock has a pretty sound point - ...   Oct 22 2015, 02:52 PM
mirocu   I love the idea of Lothran wearing a tracksuit an...   Oct 23 2015, 08:01 AM
Lopov   You should have sent the latest story to Bethesda,...   Oct 23 2015, 01:43 PM
mALX   I think the Kvatch gate is open right from the sta...   Oct 23 2015, 11:01 PM
mirocu   You should have sent the latest story to Bethesda...   Oct 24 2015, 08:05 AM
mALX   You should have sent the latest story to Bethesd...   Oct 24 2015, 01:41 PM
ghastley   ..., people were being found dead all over Cyrodi...   Oct 24 2015, 05:04 PM
mALX   ..., people were being found dead all over Cyrod...   Oct 24 2015, 05:13 PM
mirocu   [b]How Lothran became a guard As many already k...   Oct 30 2015, 10:08 AM
Lopov   Becoming an honorary guard of Bruma is nice contin...   Oct 30 2015, 01:58 PM
ghastley   But does being an honorary guard allow him to say ...   Oct 30 2015, 02:22 PM
mirocu   Becoming an honorary guard of Bruma is nice conti...   Oct 30 2015, 04:43 PM
mALX   Becoming an honorary guard of Bruma is nice cont...   Oct 30 2015, 05:00 PM
mirocu   I don´t think he´d be too happy speaking in tounge...   Oct 30 2015, 05:22 PM
mALX   I don´t think he´d be too happy speaking in toung...   Oct 30 2015, 06:15 PM
Acadian   What a wonderfully nostalgic recount of how Lothie...   Oct 30 2015, 06:54 PM
mirocu   And that he had bear pelts to lend out :lol:   Oct 30 2015, 10:01 PM
Grits   How fun to finally learn how Lothran became an hon...   Nov 4 2015, 02:27 AM
mirocu   Thanks yourself for reading, Grits ^_^   Nov 4 2015, 08:30 AM
mirocu   [b]The Downsizing Since the beginning Lothran ha...   Nov 6 2015, 10:07 AM
Acadian   I agree with Lothran. It seems more fun to conven...   Nov 6 2015, 09:34 PM
mirocu   it is wonderfully liberating to clear a dungeon a...   Nov 7 2015, 09:31 PM
Darkness Eternal   Great story on how he became a guard of Bruma(uh, ...   Nov 12 2015, 04:44 PM
mirocu   Thanks, DE :) Yeah, Lothran is about adventuring, ...   Nov 13 2015, 09:54 AM
Acadian   Wonderful insights into Lothie's history with ...   Nov 13 2015, 08:27 PM
ghastley   I disliked Hircine's enough to rewrite it, and...   Nov 13 2015, 08:49 PM
mALX   I disliked Hircine's enough to rewrite it, an...   Nov 13 2015, 09:34 PM
mirocu   Wonderful insights into Lothie's history with...   Nov 13 2015, 09:57 PM
ghastley   Yeah, he did. It´s hard to think that someone who...   Nov 13 2015, 10:03 PM
mALX   It´s hard to think that someone who fights you ac...   Nov 13 2015, 11:15 PM
mirocu   Sorry, mirocu. The 'Sixteen Plus One' is...   Nov 13 2015, 11:18 PM
mALX   [quote name='Acadian' post='248018' date='Nov 13 ...   Nov 13 2015, 11:26 PM
Darkness Eternal   I disliked Hircine's enough to rewrite it, an...   Nov 16 2015, 07:00 PM
Acadian   Sorry, mirocu. The 'Sixteen Plus One' is ...   Nov 13 2015, 10:06 PM
Lopov   Time to catch up on Lothran... Nice that he resor...   Nov 15 2015, 11:28 AM
mirocu   Time to catch up on Lothran... Nice that he reso...   Nov 15 2015, 11:44 AM
mirocu   The Ayleid statues Lothran has four Ayleid statu...   Dec 4 2015, 09:16 AM
mALX   [size=5][b]The Ayleid statues Lothran has four ...   Dec 10 2015, 09:57 PM
mirocu   Wait, if Lothran only turned in 7 statues, how is...   Dec 10 2015, 10:14 PM
mALX   Wait, if Lothran only turned in 7 statues, how i...   Dec 10 2015, 10:23 PM
Acadian   That's a nice approach to those statues. That...   Dec 4 2015, 03:12 PM
Lopov   I was getting eager for a new Lothran story. :) ...   Dec 4 2015, 10:18 PM
mirocu   That's a nice approach to those statues. Tha...   Dec 4 2015, 10:49 PM
Grits   I think it’s great that there are still some surpr...   Dec 9 2015, 01:59 AM
mirocu   I think it’s great that there are still some surp...   Dec 10 2015, 09:44 PM
mirocu   Yeah it´s stuck there but I don´t care. The quest ...   Dec 10 2015, 10:29 PM
mALX   Yeah it´s stuck there but I don´t care. The quest...   Dec 10 2015, 10:58 PM
mirocu   [b]Hunting ogres in Pale Pass It´s now a tradi...   Dec 23 2015, 09:22 AM
mALX   [size=5][b]Hunting ogres in Pale Pass Setting up...   Dec 23 2015, 07:37 PM
Grits   Oh, I like Lothran’s camp. Pale Pass is a great pl...   Dec 23 2015, 01:09 PM
Acadian   So nice to see Lothran conducting his normal Chris...   Dec 23 2015, 02:42 PM
Lopov   I knew he goes to Pale Pass once a year but I didn...   Dec 23 2015, 07:21 PM
mirocu   Thanks for your comments, guys :D And Lopov, pic...   Dec 24 2015, 08:38 AM
Winter Wolf   That is such a neat idea! What an awesome way ...   Dec 24 2015, 01:05 PM
mirocu   That is such a neat idea! What an awesome way...   Dec 26 2015, 09:34 PM
mirocu   [center]Lothran's houses As many already k...   Jan 15 2016, 06:32 PM
Acadian   What a nice tour of Lothran’s properties! B...   Jan 15 2016, 08:10 PM
Grits   How fun to learn about and see some pictures of Lo...   Jan 18 2016, 10:43 PM
mirocu   Buffy always thinks of the Bruma cabin as Lothie’...   Jan 25 2016, 11:24 AM
Rihanae   Literally just spent the past half hour binge read...   Jan 26 2016, 12:04 AM
mirocu   Literally just spent the past half hour binge rea...   Jan 26 2016, 08:36 AM
Darkness Eternal   Well. He certainly did not go wrong in real estate...   Jan 26 2016, 05:13 PM
mirocu   Pictures of all the houses have been added :)   Jan 27 2016, 08:58 PM
Acadian   Pictures of all the houses have been added :) Oh...   Jan 28 2016, 12:48 AM
Darkness Eternal   Bravil does look cosy.... Even for a town they sme...   Feb 4 2016, 12:36 PM
Grits   Very nice house pictures. I especially like Lothra...   Feb 5 2016, 03:35 PM
mirocu   I´m glad you guys like the pictures as much time h...   Feb 5 2016, 04:41 PM
mirocu   [b]Dungeon diving Like most characters out the...   May 1 2016, 09:09 AM
Renee   I agree, the wizard standing at the top of the hil...   May 1 2016, 02:52 PM
Acadian   What a fun peek into some of Lothie’s tactics, tra...   May 1 2016, 03:43 PM
mirocu   I can't guess other than to say Lothie prev...   May 1 2016, 04:02 PM
mirocu   Lothran in Shivering Isles Long time no post, ...   Aug 22 2016, 12:46 PM
Acadian   How fun to see another update to the neverending a...   Aug 24 2016, 02:14 PM
Renee   I still haven't had anybody ever go to the Isl...   Aug 27 2016, 03:59 AM
mirocu   You are right that the Seducers are nicer than th...   Aug 27 2016, 02:09 PM
Renee   As for what sort of shady business it was, well, ...   Aug 27 2016, 04:16 PM
Grits   Neat to read about Lothran’s different trips to ...   Aug 28 2016, 05:18 PM
mirocu   Neat to read about Lothran’s different trips to...   Aug 29 2016, 03:00 PM
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