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[King Coin]

Morning on the sea of ghosts

Beautiful!

How'd it go with Erik? I'm guessing it could have been better since it was a brief team. lol.

[Grits]

Ah, it’s good to see a Thalmor getting the point. How did it go with Erik?

The Sea of Ghosts and Whiterun are my favorites. I’ve never looked at Whiterun from that angle before. I'm usually grubbing for flowers and butterflies around there, I guess.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I never thought about Eric being the progenitor of Slayers! His nickname is actually rather funny. As he says "No one's going to hire Eric the Farmer, or Eric the Dirt-Grubber. But Eric the Slayer..." So he invented his name to help drum up business as a mercenary.


King Coin: Things did go well with Eric. I liked him as a companion. But Ulfdis went to fight the first dragon after that, and then got into the civil war. She did not think it was fair to drag Eric into any of that, so she told him scram. So far though, of all the followers my characters have had in the game, Illia and Faendal have been my favorites.


Grits: Ulfdis likes getting her point across, especially concerning the Thalmor. The Sea of Ghosts and Falkreath Hold are my two favorite areas in the game, for opposite reasons. I love the sunrises and sunset on the frozen ocean. I also love the quaint little country village that Falkreath is, and the summer pine forest all around Falkreath.

Have you noticed that each region of the map has a different season? Falkreath is summer, The Rift is fall, The Sea of Ghosts is winter, and the Tundra seems to be spring.


Ulfdis stops a serial killer in Windhelm

Hanging with Mr. T


Since the civil war has been working in Ulfdis' game, I decided to go way back to one of my early saves of Hrafngoelir and give her another try. This time without the dragon disabler. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the civil war will work for her the second time around.

Hrafn 2.0 has briefly teamed up with Faendal

Facing off with the Draugr boss of Bleak Falls Barrow

She chopped him down to size

The tundra burns

Winding up for a dragonslaying chop

Scratch one dragon

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 17 2012, 12:47 AM

[Acadian]

Ouch, Uldis is kneeing that guy in the groin! Nice work, if you've got the stones for it.

Oh, I hope Hrafn works out. I really like her, and that she uses an axe is kewl. 'Sides, blondes have more fun!

This post has been edited by Acadian: Apr 17 2012, 01:26 AM

[King Coin]

Ulfdis is subtle like a Nord! I like the look the Altmer is giving her.

Faendal looks like he was helpful in Bleak Falls. I liked seeing the arrow sticking out of that draugr. I hope you get to finish the civil war now!

This post has been edited by King Coin: Apr 17 2012, 02:31 AM

[Grits]

Yay, Hrafn is back! I love the one with the fire. Good luck starting the war!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I never noticed where he knee was. I was paying more attention to the sword going through his chest! Hrafn is working better though. I did a little test, and speed ran through the early civil war quests to see if it would glitch out again. It did not, and the quest to attack Whiterun worked. So I deleted those saves, and started up again after slaying the dragon in Whiterun. At least now I know I can do the civil war.


King Coin: Well that serial killer was not very subtle either. He was sneaking up on Naranye with his dagger out, in the middle of the day! There was nothing to do but kill him right there.

Faendal was a lot of help. Of course I souped him up a bit with the console, and gave him some helpful perks. Like the one so that he will not set off traps...


Grits: The blazing grass looked so neat, that I had to stop the game and pose! I am glad it worked out. I was hoping for something dramatic.


While looking for some finely cut void salts, Hrafn found this shrine

Hrafn misses her mom

Hrafn springs into action to defend Dawnstar

I created a new follower for Hrafn - Eirwen

Sneaking through a Dwemer ruin

Mzinchaleft is a big place

A short vid of the boss encounter in Mzinchaleft

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 20 2012, 08:23 PM

[Acadian]

What a wicked looking shrine up in the snowy mountains.

Aww, Hrafn misses her mom. No jumping allowed.

Dawnstar – is that the beard wearing the dress? Seriously, that is a beautiful shot of Hrafn.

Eirwen sounds like a woodster name but she has round ears!

Great shot of Hrafn & Earwig Eirwen together.

Yes, that Mazinchaleft place looks big! Is there a Mazincharight?

That vid was a brawl indeed! Hrafn tried every trick in her book until she settled into hiding and striking from a place where the big robot couldn’t go. Excellent use of terrain. Nice to see that Eirwen stayed out of the way – and lived.

[King Coin]

Dagon’s shrine! Aravi didn't spend much time at that one. She wasn’t the Champion of Cyrodiil, but she helped Kvatch.

That’s a really cool shot of her dangling her legs off the edge.

Love your companion, that’s really an excellent idea! I see her with one handed weapons, armor, and magic. What kind of magic does she do?

Better Followers never stripped anyone in my game, so if you liked the idea of it, you should give it a try again. It gives that light step perk to all the followers so they don’t set off traps.

Vid: Yikes! That steam is nasty to get hit with! Aravi had to be very careful, at low levels it could one shot her. Also this answered my magic question. Lightning bolt is a good one!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Eirwen's name does sound TES Elvish, thanks to the "wen" at the end. It is a real Breton name however. It means "snow white".

That is the shrine to Mehrunes Dagon. None of my characters have ever done more than walk by it so far.

I always think of that ruin as Mazeltov. At least I can pronounce that!


King Coin: Most of the followers in the game leave me unimpressed. Hrafn really needed a magician since the only spell she uses is the starting healing spell. I did not want to use Illia again because she is Scylla's follower. That did not leave me many options. So I decided to just make a follower. You called Eirwen right. She is the nightblade class, so one-handed, light armor, and destruction. I only gave her the ice spike, lightning bolt, and ward spells. So far she has never used the ward.


Night Over Dragonsreach

"Let me out!"

Hrafn in prayer

Talos

Hrafn has some rest and relaxation

I tried one of those mods that make all the hair styles available to all races

No, seriously, I did decide to use a new texture mod, of course I had to edit it some myself. Meet the new Hrafn.

The reason I switched from Bella's is that I noticed that her face texture really darkens up the cheeks on all characters. If you give them pale skin, it creates a really noticeable bowl-shaped effect of darker skin around their face, then suddenly lighter at the very back by their ears. Like they have really bad sunburn. It was really noticeable on Eirwen. Bella does lips better then anyone else, so I took her lips and put them into my new mod's face texture. I also used some of her other files too. So I am really using a hybrid. I also found a mod that will actually color your eyebrows.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 26 2012, 02:20 AM

[Acadian]

Prittty screens!

‘Hrafn in Prayer' is spectacular.’ I really like how that beam of light is streaming in behind her.

A little green meadow – in Skyrim! Woot!

The new Hrafn looks great! I'm glad you're finding and tweaking some mods to your liking.

This post has been edited by Acadian: Apr 26 2012, 01:59 AM

[King Coin]

Night Over Dragonsreach

Talos

I love those two! beautiful!

I think that was a great idea to crate your own follower. I kind of want to try now. Too bad Aravi will never abandon Kharjo though.

I've tried using that laying pose and it completely distorts Aravi's arms. Probably because of the body mod I use. I use a slim edition to keep her body proportions reasonable, but I might try the standard version and put the weight slider all the way down and see how that looks.

[Grits]

How funny, the Gray-Manes’ cow thinks she’s a goat. I heard her moo the other day for the first time.

These are great! Nice to see Hrafn has a blue stone circlet to wear. She does have awesome eyebrows. Night Over Dragonsreach is beautiful! I really like the look of Whiterun.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: That pic of Hrafn in prayer is one of my favs too. I love the interplay of deep shadows, and brilliant light.

King Coin: It was a lot easier to make a follower then I thought it would be. There is a little tutorial here. Perhaps someday you might try a different character to play, and want to make yourself a new follower for them?


Grits: I think the Grey-Manes cow thinks she's a person. She keeps trying to get out of her enclosure.

I had to work hard to find a sapphire so Hrafn could forge a circlet with a stone that matched her eyes! (I made a mod that makes them craftable).


Hrafn ran into an old friend at the Riverwood tavern

She learned that the Stormcloak army is made up of clones (I am using a mod that makes helmets open-faced)

Pondering the next move in the war

Final victory

I decided to try a new character, a dark elf this time

I have enough mods that they do not look so ugly. The eyebrows still need some modding through.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: May 15 2012, 12:15 AM

[King Coin]

You know, I actually downloaded that open faced helmets mod, but ended up never using it. I’m glad I didn’t. I’m sure most of the guards look the same too.

I like the map picture as usual! General Hrafn!

Tulius go to the block? Or did they kill him right there?

I didn’t read the caption at first; I thought your Dunmer was the most bizarre looking Nord I have ever seen! I don’t think I saw that hair style when I tried mine; I like that one better than most of the options. I had Kalina for a little while, but she was a dead is dead character.

[Acadian]

I really like the one of Hrafn studying the map! Love that open tent showing the snow covered trees outside. I’m glad her game is going well.

[Grits]

Ah, nice to lift a quart with Ralof. I wish there was a way to give him a bottle of Vilod’s mead with juniper berries.

Clones! Yikes. I think I would opt for the closed helmets after that.

Looks like Hrafn gave Ulfric the honor. Good choice. By that time Jensa had become quite disillusioned with the boss.

Congratulations on the new character! What’s her name?

[SubRosa]

King Coin: Those two twins are the only I have seen so far. I would never go back to how it was before the open helmets mod. It makes the guards and Stormcloaks look like people, rather than faceless mooks.

I thought it would have been deliciously ironic to send Tullius to the block. But alas, the game does not give you that option. Instead he just gets cut down right there.


Acadian: I love that shot of Hrafn and the map a lot too. Putting the game map into the actual game itself was a brilliant idea. You can actually get places added to your own map by looking at the ones in the game, which is rather neat.


Grits: I was surprised to find Ralof at the inn when Hrafn stopped off there. I guess now we know what he does with his time when he's not fighting Imperials!

Hrafn did pass on killing Tullius. She would have loved to after Helgen. But by the end of the Civil War questline, she was just plain tired of killing Imperials.

And how could I forget my new character's name! It is Tanit, after the Carthaginian/Phoenician goddess.


I combined several more mods into my comprehensive face and body mod in an effort to make elves look better

Tanit creeps through the mountains

Hanging out above Morthal

Taking some time to relax

"My feet are killing me"

"Nords have such strange customs"

Completing Meridia's quest

Dawnbreaker was her reward.

Sneaking up on a bandit

A long vid of Tanit putting Dawnbreaker to use in Wolfskull Cave

This post has been edited by SubRosa: May 18 2012, 03:10 PM

[Acadian]

Heh, looks like Falmer gang markings on that ox.

The dungeons in Skyrim look very nice. Dual blades, magic and blue skin! Looks like a fun change for you.

“Something is wrong. There is an intruder.”
Ya think?

[King Coin]

The screen of her above Morthal is nice! Aravi was just there as a matter of fact. Almost the exact same spot.

Nice sword! Aravi’s been using it too!

At the beginning of the video it looks like there is an active effect on Tanit. What is it? Are you using Frostfall? NOPE! It must have been mage armor! I see she’s a habitual ingredient collectoer as well!

Wow, I can’t wait for Aravi to find this place! I’ve never seen that before!

“Found you!”