Aravi in Skyrim, her video story Options

[SubRosa]

Spiders. Why'd it have to spiders? I do not think I could play this game without a no-spiders mod.

[Grits]

Wow. I don’t really have a problem with spiders, but that one made me shiver. Another example of good teamwork with Kharjo.

That was a neat, dinosaur-looking dragon. Either I haven’t seen one of those, or I haven’t noticed its back from the dragon’s jaw view once it landed. I love the way Aravi has her foot up in that picture. It looks like she made great use of the terrain, she could use that rock either way the dragon landed. Poor Kharjo. I’m glad he got back up. The new armor should help. He looks dangerous!

I love the story that ties these screenshots together.

[Acadian]

I be liking Kharjo more and more. Being afraid of dragons is so very much smarter than being afraid of spiders! Snazzy new metal for him as well!

Love the bit of story telling you are working in.

[King Coin]

@ALL: I'm planning on having Aravi's first Skyrim video recorded and made to be posted Saturday, or possibly even Friday.

@mALX: I laughed when I saw him get up and run behind a rock! It's nice that they'll sit out and heal for a while before jumping back into the fight. Thanks mALX!

@Tábrasa: Hello and welcome! As you can probably tell, Aravi and I really do not like spiders. Thank you for stopping by!

@SubRosa: I can play it, but those things need to stay AWAY! I hate it when one gets close enough to bite Aravi. Ugh I get the shivers.
Thanks SubRosa!

@Grits: I don't know how you can stand them. I remember that coffee shop topic all too well...
That was an Elder Dragon. They are a lot more difficult to fight than the other types you've encountered.
I'm really enjoying the 3rd person character animations. I particularly liked this picture.
Thanks!

@Acadian: But spiders are just ugly! and they have all those legs! Kharjo is definitely looking good in his new suit of armor. A good wall of metal for enemies to pound on while Aravi gets behind them! Thanks Acadian!


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Thanks to another note from an anonymous friend, Aravi and Kharjo are in yet another cave.

"Something smells foul" -Kharjo

Moving deeper into the cave they find the source of the bad smell. The restless undead.

Aravi hears movement ahead and lets Kharjo take the lead. With an arrow nocked, she motions nods to him to proceed through the door.

The arrow turned out to be unnecessary. (sorry about how dark that one is)

Aravi and Kharjo come to a large room and see a familiar wall. Aravi can feel its draw from across the room. The anonymous friend comes through again. She steps into the room, only to be greeted by none other than a death lord. Her mouth goes dry and she tightens her grip on her weapons. Then they move forward.
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I also took these screen shots a while ago. I can't remember if I ever posted them though:
Screen 1
Screen 2

This post has been edited by King Coin: Dec 14 2011, 06:05 AM

[mALX]

Love the helmet on that DeathLord!

Oh, I absolutely love those two additional screens with the aurora and the scenic view !!! Great shots, KC !!

[liliandra nadiar]

Screen 1 is epic and should be made into a Theatrical poster for the Aravi Movie.

Kharjo's earning his keep I see. Ryoko met him last night just before her Riften encounter and had a nice conversation about alcohol, gambling and bandits. Oh, and necklaces, but not her's.

[Grits]

Yay, videos on the way!

I love the one with Kharjo and Aravi against the Deathlord! You really captured that scary moment when the lid pops off of those coffins. Once again Aravi and Kharjo look like a real partnership.

The ones of Aravi against the sky are beautiful. It can be so grim and grey, and I think that makes the colorful moments even more breathtaking.

[Acadian]

These screens are wonderful! As attractive as scenic shots can be, nothing can compare to the magnificence of Aravi in action like: this picture. Wow.

Speaking of action, I also look forward to seeing her Skyrim movie debut! Woohoo! Later this week!

[King Coin]

@mALX: Those helmets are so cool! You know exactly what you are up against when you see one of those, and you better be ready too. I'd like to get one for Kharjo, but I'd first have to get a mod to remove the unequipable flag on them. Thanks mALX!

@liliandra nadiar: Thanks, I think the reason why I didn't put it up the earlier was because it made Aravi look like an assassin or something.

lol. Aravi had the conversation about bandits, gambling, and alcohol with him after the necklace.

@Grits: I agree with you. The harsh atmosphere makes the colorful moments more special in my opinion.

Even when I'm expecting those coffins to pop open, I still get that oh crap feeling when they do. Thanks grits!

@Acadian: I really like that screen shot too. Aravi looks great in it. Thanks Acadian!


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Aravi aims carefully with her bow. They had wandered into a sabre cat’s territory while crossing the plains to the west of Whiterun. The brown colored predator was difficult to spot before getting too close, or else she would have gone around it. Now she had to deal with it before it took offense to her and Kharjo’s presence.

Her new bow took more strength to pull than her last one did. The arrow will go farther with a flatter trajectory. With that in mind she lowers her aim a bit and releases. The arrow whizzes over the animal and bounces off of a rock. Then the sabre cat whirls around and charges her and Kharjo.

Aravi stands up and draws another arrow from her quiver. This is taking too long! The charging animal is almost upon them. With a crack of thunder, a sizzling bolt of blue lightning lashes out at the sabre cat followed by a ball of fire.

“What in Oblivion was that!?” She looks back at Kharjo.

“Your tail is fuzzed.” Kharjo says with a laugh in his voice.

“I know.” She would have been blushing if her fur didn’t cover it up. “I didn’t even know you knew how to use those” Aravi continued.

“I learned when I was a kitten. I wasn’t supposed to have it either; the mage was none too pleased when he learned I drained his staff playing with it.”

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As Aravi and Kharjo continued traveling, Kharjo proved to be very handy with the staffs.

Once they reached their destination, they could hear another dragon nearby.

“What do you see?” Kharjo asks.

“A frost dragon. What do you want to do?”

Brandishing his staffs, Kharjo says “Let’s kill it.”

A crack of thunder and a bolt of lightning lances out and burns a hole in the dragon’s wing.

The fight is on!

This post has been edited by King Coin: Dec 15 2011, 05:09 PM

[liliandra nadiar]

Oh dear, fire and explosions bring out the boys in everything, no matter the species.

I think I might know why the mage was 'irritated' with Kharjo.

[Grits]

OMG, Kharjo with two staves!! And teasing Aravi. And Aravi blushes! I LOVE the sabre cat story.

“What do you see?” is my favorite, I can almost hear him saying that. And of course a close shot of Aravi is always a win.

These are great!

[Acadian]

What a great blend of screens and prose you give us here to wonderfully paint a piece of Aravi and Kharjo’s day!

[SubRosa]

Looks like a missed a few. The restless dead have glowing eyes! That pic reminds me of the Terminator films, with the bare skeleton terminators.

A death lord? Whatever that is, it cannot be good. I am guessing it is the Skyrim equivalent of a lich? Those are some horns on that fella. I am guessing (hoping) that is a helmet.

Kharjo really is the prefect companion for Aravi 2.0 (Skynet Skyrim edition). In all the screenshots of the two of the together, they just look right together. He looks so happy in his two-fisted staff pic. The trailing bit of electricity on the one staff was the final crowing piece in that picture.

[mALX]

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As Aravi and Kharjo continued traveling, Kharjo proved to be very handy with the staffs.


The fight is on!

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I had to single out these two shots as extraordinary !! How in the world did you get the "overview" of that dragon in the middle of a battle? Did you use freecam? ARGH !! Awesome shot !!!

Also, the last shot with the frost dragon - Awesome shot !!! I am speechless !!

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This post has been edited by mALX: Dec 16 2011, 05:46 PM

[King Coin]

Aravi is a character I started in Oblivion. When Skyrim came around I realized I didn't want to leave her in Cyrodiil. She had to come with.

For the first several pages of this thread I post only screen shots.

Jump to: Page 1

Jump to: Aravi's Oblivion Thread

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@liliandra nadiar: SubRosa is right, he looks so happy with his staffs. He just got to blow up a sabre cat! Thanks!

@Grits: Thanks Grits, I had fun writing that little story. As long as I keep it short, they seem to come out alright. lol.

@Acadian: Thank you! It was lots of fun to write that little story.

@SubRosa: I thought of the terminators too when I saw that beauty. He went down a lot faster than one of those killing machines luckily! I think the glowing eyes was the result of the nighteye power Aravi was using because they normally don't have glowing eyes.

A Death Lord (I should have capitalized that in my original post) is a high level undead. Not a Lich, just really strong and can use a dragon shout.

Kharjo turned out to be the perfect companion for Aravi. I thought he looked hilarious in the screen with two staffs! Thanks!

@mALX: I use 'tfc 1' for all my action shots. That pauses the action so you can get some great screens.

The overview one is one of my favorites because that just shows how good of a shot Kharjo is with that staff. He was nailing that dragon while it was flying around which was amazing to me.

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I had this ready to go yesterday, but I was very sick and only got on here for PMs and such. Sorry about not reading some of your works. I shall get to it today hopefully.

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Aravi's Skyrim arrival
TIME: 10:06

This post has been edited by King Coin: Dec 17 2011, 05:32 PM

[mALX]

Great beginning, especially for those who keep up with your thread but haven't played yet !! I didn't get to see much of Aravi herself, but have seen her in the screenshots (and know I'll see more of her in the upcoming vids). I can't wait to see what she does in Skyrim !! WOO HOO !!!

Awesome Vid, KC !!!

[Grits]

Yay, Aravi in Skyrim! I think you showed the escape very well, without getting bogged down in tutorial stuff. I saw a few things in the video that I've never noticed playing, which is really neat. I was grinning my head off when she left the boots.

I hope you feel better today, KC.

[liliandra nadiar]

What they said.

Great start and enough of the tutorial for newbies to get they story but not get bogged in mechanics.

[SubRosa]

Ulfric is the leader of the Rebellion? I thought Princess Leia was!

Is it just me, or does they guy talking to Ulfric just before the dragon attacks sound like Colonel Tigh from the Galactica Reboot?

So you went with the Imperial? Does the game let you kill him after he unties you? I stayed with the Nord the one time I tried playing. Did you go through the Imperial torture chamber?

The bear was there if you followed the Nord, I remember sneaking past her as well.

So now Aravi is loose in Skyrim again! W00T!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Dec 18 2011, 02:12 AM

[Acadian]

KC, this was magnificent! You surely haven't lost your touch. Very powerful stuff. I loved how you held off on really showing us the new Aravi until the very end. Wow!