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[Renee]

Yep, she did get her money back! Mm hmm.

[mirocu]

Lothran has now gone off-duty and is sitting downstairs in his home. He needs to brew some potions and poisons again and hopefully he won't be short one ingredient like last year.

[Renee]

Frost Fall 16, late afternoon, First Era Year 1

Days Passed: 416

Lady Saga is in Skingrad, and is about to delve into Cursed Mine. She walks to her horse first, which is where all her travel gear is stored. She changes out of her town clothes. She then selects a dark shirt, gauntlets which allow her to detect life up to 65 feet away, ranger-styled greaves, and Elven boots which improve her ability to sneak.

All of that sorted, she then selects her bow. She's got about a dozen bows stored on her horse's back nowadays, as well as two crossbows, and one slingshot. Today, she's specifically looking at the bows. Hmm. She can choose a black bow. Or a silver bow. Or a bow made of finely-crafted iron, or one made of Dwemer metal, and so on.

She selects her bow made of ebony, which she had found some months ago, but cannot remember where. Yeah, this is just the thing to penetrate the light armor of Cursed Mine's bandits! ... She also brings along most of the potions and poisons she's just made. Recently she's gotten good enough at alchemy that she's been able to discern three effects with each ingredient, rather than two.

Ready she is, and off she goes, as the sun begins to set to the west. To her left and right, winery workers end their daily shifts. On the road before her, a couple of sheep follow Uuras the Shepherd. These are the townsfolk who will benefit the most of Aerin's coming actions.

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Early Evening

"Greetings Khajiit," says the Breton wearing a robe.

"What's going on with youuu?"

"I'm not saying Colovians are dumb," says the red-haired Breton. "They're just hard-headed."

"Go away fool. Do not come back!"

As the pair of Cursed Mine bandits begins to argue, a shadowy figure creeps up from a nearby passage. The figure does something with her hands, and the sound of an arrow stretching bowstring can clearly be heard.

"Fine, be that way!" says the Breton.

"I need to cut down on de ale," says the Khajiit, his ears perking up. "Starting to hear things, I am."

It's the last thing he says in a conversational way. Two second later, he feels something slam within his side. As the unmistakable feel of poison begins to swirl within his veins, he falls to the ground. Tries to get up. By then, most of his health is gone.

"You elves are all the same, all flash, and no fury!" the second bandit declares, somehow able to see that the shadowy figure is an elf. She raises her bow, and tries to aim into darkness. But all she can see is something coming toward her. Something big. "ROOAOW!" it says.

It's a bear. A bear has suddenly appeared, out of nowhere. That's when the Breton bandit knows, it is Lady Saga who has snuck within their domain. The lady notices her furry partner has not began his assault It's because he is already dead. "Come at me, you pathetic worm!" she screams.

And those are the last words she'll ever scream. As the bear begins pummeling her and a hoarde of rats begin to surround, she fires her last arrow into the darkness. But the elf who'd been there is already gone.

[SubRosa]

Lady Saga has quite the collection of bows! I think she might have more of them than Imelda Marcos had shoes...

The last thing that went through Khajiit's mind was Lady Saga's arrow? No, it was a bear and a horde of rats!

[Renee]

Yes, It's always fun choosing whichever bow or crossbow she's going to use next.

[macole]

Just another boring evening at the entrance to Cursed Mine. Peacefull that is until Lady Saga rides up.

[Acadian]

150 Septims to hire a guard? Wow, that’s almost half a year’s wages for them.

And into Cursed Mine. I guess those bandits learned how appropriate the mine’s name is, courtesy of elf in the shadows.

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Happy potion brewing to Lothran in his cozy home.

[Renee]

macole-- Very true. I imagine the lives of bandits especially can get rather dull, especially for those who live in far-off locations which can't get ale or skooma delivered very often. See, this is why it's fun to play a skooma dealer. My first character on PC is a merchant who deals skooma.

Acadian-- Saga makes so much money, even with Enhanced Economy paring down her loot to a great degree. She has to blow it on something! ... I imagine those guards and soldiers she hires get really psyched whenever she comes walking along. A lot of them know who my elf is by now, as they travel about, trading stories about this blonde elf who hires them on the spot.

Happy potion brewing to Lothran in his cozy home.

That would be fun if Lothran and Saga traded brewing tips.

This post has been edited by Renee: Jan 11 2022, 02:44 PM

[mirocu]

They very well could, I imagine.

Lothran is now home again after an excursion west past Hermaeus Mora's shrine and the daedra that always resides on the road there. This time it was a Daedroth. As mighty as it seems, it was child's play for my Spriggan who is used to fighting ogres and the Daedroth was quickly dispatched of.

Along the way the Dunmer picked up seeds from the Milk Thistle. It's an ingredient that relatively recently has been added to the roster and is therefore easily overlooked as opposed to the other ingredients that Lothran has used for many, many years.

[Renee]

Right, I can't remember what milk thistle is used for, pretty sure we can make Light magic with it. Saga never uses this stuff in potions, she just eats them instead.

So Lothran's an alchemist, then. Can he see all 4 ingredients?

[mirocu]

So Lothran's an alchemist, then. Can he see all 4 ingredients?

Lothran is a Master alchemist since many years so yes, he can see all four. He btw just used the seeds to make a few of his custom poisons that he couldn't do in his last brewing due to the lack of the ingredient. It's a posion commonly used against goblin berserkers and other troublesome critters.

[mirocu]

Lothran has been on a purge quest these last few days. He started off clearing out Plundered Mine, the day after that he took care of Capstone Cave and the road leading west past Hermaeus Mora's shrine. And yesterday he finished it off by paying the goblins of Silver Tooth Cave a visit as well as the hidden bandit camp and the road leading to the shrine of Azura.


Right now he's sitting at his dinner table after a good night's sleep and a job well done

[Acadian]

Thanks to Lothran, Cyrodiil is a safer place.

[Renee]

Middas, mid-morning, Frost Fall 30, 4th Era Year 1 -- Lady Saga discovers Shattered Mine. New place for both of us. Packed with a mixture of NPCs to plunder & loot.

See, Lothran's not the only one Making Cyrodiil Great Again.™



This post has been edited by Renee: Jan 25 2022, 12:22 AM

[mirocu]

Good to know Lothran doesn't have to do it all himself!

[mirocu]

Lothran has just come home from another patrol to the west. This time it was a Daedroth guarding the path at the turning point.

[mirocu]

Today the Jerall View got a visit from Algot the Northerner. Odd thing; when talking to him, he told Lothran about how Amantius Allectus is complaining about crime in the City. Normally when out-of-towners show up they talk about local stuff, but Algot brought news from home


Well, "news" ....

[Renee]

That's crazy. I just looked Algot up, he lives in the Imperial City. So you mean to say that Algot is still alive in Lothran's game, despite a lot of travel over the years?

Lothran is still in Bruma, right?

[mirocu]

That's crazy. I just looked Algot up, he lives in the Imperial City. So you mean to say that Algot is still alive in Lothran's game, despite a lot of travel over the years?

He's been coronated, as have many others in Lothran's world

Lothran is still in Bruma, right?

For a couple more weeks, yes. When he leaves he's gonna take the long route through the Jeralls this time and approach Chorrol from the west. He hasn't done that in a long time now.

[mirocu]

As we approach the last week in Bruma for the season, Lothran has begun thinking of doing his final preparations before leaving for Chorrol. He's coming down hard on the goblins in Plundered Mine and the bandits in Capstone Cave in order to keep things safe for as long as possible. He's also collecting whatever few ingredients he can find and have use of.

So this is the last regular weekend in Bruma and next Sunday he will walk through the Jeralls westward and clear it of riffraff on the way to Chorrol.



Another winter season under the belt