Aravi in Skyrim, her video story Options

[Grits]

Yikes, a dragon and an angry giant (Is that what the cloud of dust was?). The tundra can be a pretty hostile place. That’s a good reward from Saadia. I guess she still needs to hide if the Thalmor are really after her.

I just love Valtheim Towers. Aravi and Kharjo showed what a great team they are. It is so satisfying to see those bandits take a dive into the river! That one guy must have held on by one toe! Aravi’s two scimitars look very cool. Have you seen that Khajiit warrior? She has curved swords. Curved. Swords. Trading arrows on the bridge was my favorite part.

I love the shot around Aravi and Kharjo in the far tower. Oh, great new bow! The hunting bows are still my favorite.

I think it says a lot that Aravi wants Kharjo to come with her to High Hrothgar. It’s very exciting to see them make this milestone on the road to Ivarstead.

[mALX]

I was kind of tickled that Aravi was able to escape the dragon without fighting in the early part of the vid.

Aravi is really brave to walk so close to those mammoths - they scare the crap out of me, lol.

I really wish Bethesda had done a better job on the animations of big breasted women. Saadia looked like she was hefting two heavy sacks of feed around and having trouble balancing. If Sigrid could navigate Kvatch without falling down from the weight of her giant knockers, then Saadia should be able to handle her mediocre ones with a lot more ease than she does. Kind of irritating, can't wait till a modder fixes that BS.

Loved how Aravi darted back and forth behind that bridge span to shoot the guy with arrows on the other shore !!! Her fancy fighting has carried over from Oblivion, and never fails to make for an exciting vid !!

I was terrified Aravi was planning to jump off the bridge into the water, thought she drank the skooma for courage or something, ROFL !!! Couldn't imagine her doing that to Kharjo, who would def follow her, lol.

Loved the panning camera up to Kharjo at the top of the tower !! Awesome Vid !!

[SubRosa]

I thought Aravi had slipped away from that dragon. But it looks like it found her anyway! Or not? I guess it must have attacked something else up the road, where that cloud of dust was.

So she found a giant camp with a nirnroot and a weird glowy tree? It is funny that the dragon left the mammoths alone. You would think they would look like a big, fat, juicy steak!

Oooh!, I know those two towers! Valtheim! Aravi is in for a rude welcome there! I love how Kharjo just ran right up when the first bandit outlaw attacked. WooT for the catman! She knocked one off the bridge! I was hoping she might use her dragon breath to do that.

It is going to take me some time to get used to those scimitars. I always expect to see the ancient Nord blades.

A Khajiit carrying dog meat. Now that is appropriate!

For a moment I thought Aravi was going to jump off the bridge!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Feb 17 2012, 12:25 AM

[King Coin]

Just want to point out, Aravi dropped the skooma into the river, she did not drink it.

[mALX]

Just want to point out, Aravi dropped the skooma into the river, she did not drink it.

Oh, I figured that out when she was moving so slow after closing the journal. I never saw the bottles fall after she closed the journal.

[Grits]

I had a crazy second when I thought she was going to jump, too, especially when she went to inventory to possibly strip down first. But that does not sound like Aravi!!

[Acadian]

Saadia was happy it seems.

I was pleased to see that the highwaymen in Skyrim are NOT Khajiit! That was a great fight, and Aravi’s bow and blade really shined. I was glad she didn’t fall from that high bridge during her sword play; that looked like quite a fall to the icy water below.

[King Coin]

@Grits: I’m sure it was a giant. That was pretty scary, I thought Aravi got away from the dragon before it swooped down like that.

The first time I played Skyrim, Aravi actually lived at the Valtheim towers for a short while. I love that place too.

curved swords

Thanks Grits!

@mALX: You were tickled she escaped, Aravi was relieved! The mammoths leave you alone as long as you keep a little ways from them.

She hasn’t lost her agility! She did fumble her bow a little.

I guess everyone was with you on the jump part! I guess this is a situation like your ‘jar of yellow liquid.’ Thanks mALX!

@SubRosa: Aravi was thinking the same thing you did with the dragon. Did I get away? Did it find me?

Kharjo didn’t waste any time taking care of that bandit! I liked that too. I think the bandit that fell off the bridge went over the falls because Aravi couldn’t find the body. Thanks SubRosa!

@Acadian: I’m happy about the highwaymen too! Although it seems like just about every Thalmor assassin is. I thought she did very well with her weapons in that one too. Thanks Acadian!

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Aravi went swimming and I took some screens.

Kharjo stayed on the shore.

Annoyingly, her swim was interrupted by a random bandit.

[SubRosa]

A very cleverly placed bowstave there to preserve Aravi's decency! I guess Kharjo was the one with good sense, he stayed on dry land, wearing all of his armor. Granted, he probably did not smell quite so good afterward though...

[Acadian]

Wonderful screens, KC. Thanks for sharing. I really wish Aravi would get a toe ring or belly chain or something enchanted with resist cold. Brrrr!

Nekkid archery! It just doesn't get any better than that!

[mALX]

Wonderful screens, KC. Thanks for sharing. I really wish Aravi would get a toe ring or belly chain or something enchanted with resist cold. Brrrr!

Nekkid archery! It just doesn't get any better than that!

They have a few hot springs in Skyrim, but that lake isn't one of them, lol.


@ KC - I loved these screens of Aravi - really surprised Kharjo didn't take on the bandits so Aravi could continue to enjoy her swim, lol. I absolutely LOVE the face Aravi is making as she draws back on that bow !!! Great Screens !!!

[Grits]

These are great! I'm with Acadian, an enchanted belly chain would be a nice addition. For Aravi's comfort.

Love the ears-back fighting face. That is some extremely well placed foliage and bow!

[King Coin]

@SubRosa: I guess someone has to stand guard just in case something like that happens. Kharjo wasn’t in any of the screens but he did most of the fighting. Aravi just grabbed her bow where she left it on the shore. Thanks!

@Acadian: Belly chains seem to be even more rare in Skyrim than they were in Cyrodiil. They have to be imported, and nobody’s done that yet. I’m sure Buffy knows something of nekkid archery. Thanks!

@mALX: He was helping, I just didn’t take any screens of him. After the fight, I actually have kind of a funny screen of Aravi healing him. He’s a little wide-eyed. Should I upload?
Thanks mALX!

@Grits: I have been looking for a mod to put in belly chains! If the bow and foliage wasn’t well placed, I wouldn’t be able to share it here! Thanks!

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What a silly question for me to ask, of course mALX wants me to upload!

Here it is. If Khajiit butt offends you then don't look at it.

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It’s time to climb the seven thousand steps to High Hrothgar.

TIME: 10:22

This post has been edited by King Coin: Feb 19 2012, 04:55 PM

[mALX]

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I loved the drunks offering Aravi to join them, lol. Did you see the one in the background dancing? ROFL !!!

Holy Cow, Aravi held her balance on that log and beat the crap out of that guy with her bare claws !!!

Aw, Aravi didn't stop at the signs along the way !! I absolutely loved those, they gave me chills !!!


LOVED that lookout !!! Maxical would have fallen clean off that rock and tumbled down the mountainside, lol. Awesome Vid !!!

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** EDIT: ROFL !!! Kharjo's expression is hilarious !!! I am so glad you uploaded that, how funny !!!


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This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 19 2012, 05:05 PM

[Acadian]

Loved the screen of Aravi healing Kharjo!

And a great vid -

Honningbrew mead and running foxes!

Wow! Aravi really had some stones taking on that bandit atop the fallen tree-bridge. One wrong step. . . .

I see the Skyrim trolls are weak to fire and yield troll fat.

That snowy sabre cat sure came from nowhere. Good team work from A&K.

I continue to enjoy watching the blowing snow effects.

Then a frost troll that gave Kharj some serious hits.

Finally, they arrive to what looks like the top of the world!

[Grits]

I love that picture of Aravi healing Kharjo! His expression is priceless.


Oh wow, that was a neat fight on the tree! She threw him off, awesome!

A beautiful day to climb the steps. Watch out for wolves, right. Aravi made quick work of that sabre cat! Great to see Kharjo use a healing potion with the frost troll, but it’s still worrisome when followers take a knee. Too bad they didn't have some Honningbrew mead to knock it onto its hindquarters.

The view with the blowing snow was really nice. Aravi taking a quiet moment before she goes in to face the future.

I enjoyed this video. Plenty of sights and fights.

[SubRosa]

It's those revelers. I am always afraid to take them up on their offer of a drink, because I keep thinking it will be poisoned, and they will rob me while I am unconscious.

I was expecting King Kong when I saw that tree across the river! But a bandit will do, and Aravi took him on with her fists and threw him over the side! I was rooting for a Fus Do Rah to send him flying. But it looks like a knuckle sandwich did just as well!

She finally made it to Ivarstead. Now up the steps. Did you count them all to see if there were really 7,000?

Wow, that snowy sabre cat came out of nowhere! But Aravi looks like a whirling dervish with her two scimitars! For a moment, it sounded like Kharjo said something in Huttese. "E C'huta" or something like that.

A frost troll, I hate those guys. No wonder Kharjo was down on his knees after just a few hits.

Whew! It is a long way down from up there.

I guess that chest and those sacks outside the front door are where they leave the supplies for the greybeards.

[King Coin]

@mALX: I just had to include the drunks in the video when I was making it. There was some other stuff that got cut, but the drunks were too good.

She’s a Khajiit! She had an advantage on that log! Especially since she doesn’t wear any boots or shoes!

The signs are neat, but I needed to keep things moving. I’ll maybe dig up a wiki link here so those that don’t have the game can read what they say.

Glad you liked Kharjo. I guess he didn’t expect to see a nekked Aravi healing him! Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: Like I said above, she’s a Khajiit! Those claws are good for something, right?

That sabre cat was a surprise. The dead goat didn’t ring any bells at first. After she killed the sabre cat, it made sense.

Heh, that area is sometimes called the Throat of the World. Thanks Acadian!

@Grits: “This one thinks we got hi- By the Twin Moons!”

Yep. Just wolves. Nothing worse than that. Right.

Oh I like that. You are absolutely right. A moment before the future. Thanks Grits!

@SubRosa: Aravi didn’t take them up on their offer for the same reason. She doesn’t know who they are.

Aravi just recently used her shout to send someone to their doom, so there will be one coming.

Frost trolls hit like a truck. I’m glad Aravi was able to kill it with her new bow. Those early levels were frustrating without a healing spell to use on Kharjo. She very much wanted to do something for him.

You got it on the chest out front! Thanks SubRosa!

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Not sure what to expect, Aravi enters High Hrothgar to meet the Greybeards.

TIME: 10:12

[SubRosa]

I hope Aravi had a mint before she breathed on that guy!

That was neat how the second greybeard breathed on the floor, and the words came to glowy life.

They turn up the volume on the music so high after you learn a word, that I cannot hear what the old guy is saying.

Whoa! Aravi moves like greased lightning now!

So are there any female greybeards? Or need only penises apply?

I noticed that Aravi avoided any dialogue using the word 'master'. I have never liked that either, as it sounds more like slavery then a teacher/student relationship.

[Grits]

It was great to hear Aravi’s voice! She looked a little concerned that she might Shout the Greybeards through the wall.

I just love Whirlwind Sprint. It’s my most used Shout. Admittedly sometimes for pranking.

I thought that Aravi and the Greybeards had a mutually respectful exchange. Two words of power are definitely worth the trip. Another trial makes sense too, they want to make sure she has the commitment before they share any more power. Although if they’ve been living on dried fish and salted meat, they missed a real opportunity by just asking for a horn. I’d have ordered a pizza.

I'm interested to see where she takes this. Since they were nice to her after she came all that way to see them, I'm guessing she's going for the horn.