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[Lopov]

@Acadian - none of mine have ever joined the Companions before, so it'll be a first-time experience. I'm mostly spoiled by all what follows, but nonetheless I want to experience the questline.

As SubRosa and Renee already wrote, it's a frost breath, although to answer your question - while Mather drinks milk, he prefers mead instead. And I think he's becoming quite a skilled warrior, a worthy addition to the Companions.

@SubRosa - Mather liked the backpack too, that's why you can see it on his back in the Bunny thread.

The Stormcloak leader and his men are added by Immersive Patrols.

@Renee - Wet and Cold YES, Frostfall NO. I only tried it out once, years ago, but didn't really like it.

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What's been going on with Erik and Mather? They've been proving themselves, performing random jobs for the Companions, so it'll be time for their first real trial soon. Erik noticed that Mather prefers to spend time with Aela than with him, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, because it means that he can spend more time with Njada.

Companions

Saving Ulundil from vampire's clutches

"I bet he wished that he'd learn that spell earlier."

JanuaMather

Undead shall be dead

Helping the Fool

Whiterun

"The mammoth did what we were asked to. The bear is dead, we can go back to Jorrvaskr."

Something's in the air...

This post has been edited by Lopov: Apr 22 2020, 10:16 AM

[Renee]

Aela is a great Companion to have around, so glad Mather seems to be getting interested.

That one pic of him jumping off that wall or rock is wicked!

[SubRosa]

Some good vampire bashing!

Poor skeleton out in the woods! I love how Bethesda puts little things like that out in the world, to remind you that there are (or were) other people in the world.

That leap into action gets the superhero seal of approval!

Oh no, don't be a fool and help him Mather!

The Mammoth is the newest member of the Companions.

[Acadian]

Funny about that skeleton with the unread spellbook - good caption!

Oh my. . . I'm shuddering as I try to picture that mammoth in the Companions. A lycanthropic mammoth?!? By Ysgramor's beard!

Whiterun in spring seems good for the potential love lives of both Mather and Erik.

Renee's right about Aela.

[Lopov]

@Renee - I admit that Mather jumping from height was inspired by several shots of SubRosa's superheroine leaping from great heights, far greater than those which Mather jumped from.

@SubRosa - I think I've seen that skeleton for the first time. Because it was in such an area, where my characters venture rarely so I think that I'd remember it.

Mather helped Cicero, it's better this way I think, so the farmers don't get killed.

@Acadian - Weremammoth? Mammwolf?

Maybe I'll finally witness how marriage in Skyrim looks like, if more becomes of Aela and Mather.

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What's been going on with Erik and Mather? It was time for their first real trial but by the code of the Companions, they needed to do it each on their own, observed by their respective shield-brothers or in Mather's case, shield-sisters, because Aela volunteered to be his shield-sister.

Whiterun was still sleeping as Mather walked through its streets.

Giants, however, were early risers. That is, if they slept at all. For as much as Mather knew, nobody witnessed sleeping giants yet.

Just before the dawn, he met his shield-sister Aela outside of the Dustman's Cairn.

Deep down in the ruin, Mather came to meet the other form of Aela.

Although he had numerous questions, he remained focused on the trial ahead and put his battleaxe to good use.

Back in Whiterun, Aela spoke of his courage and endurance, and Mather was officially proclaimed the member of the legendary Companions.

After the short ceremony Aela offered Mather to make him more warrior-like. Mather accepted, not really knowing what it means...

...so after some cuts and color tweaks here is the new Mather.

[SubRosa]

Wow, I never thought about it, but you are right. Giants never sleep. Freddy Kreuger will never get them.

Every time you say Aela I keep thinking of my literary character, who is quite different!

I've heard those Skyrim girls don't shave their legs, but that is ridiculous!

Mather has his Mad Max look on!

[Acadian]

Of course giants sleep. How else could you run afoul of the caution ‘Don’t awaken a sleeping giant.’ ?

Aela put her makeup on sans mirror is appears. Though, given her delicious outfit, I’m sure no one will notice.

Yikes! Aela you have such big teeth!

Glad to hear Mather acquitted himself well.

I remember that is a lovely ceremony into the Companions.

Wow, Aela is quite the stylist when it comes to Mather. He is hot!

[SubRosa]

Lopov: That big pack of draugr was pure vanilla. I don't use any mods to add or change the monsters. I forget what dungeon that was, except that it was in Solstheim. It might be Bloodskaal Barrow.


Acadian: I find Herman equally repulsive, which makes it hard doing Dragonborn. I found that by skipping past the Gardner of Men quest with the console it is much more palatable. January never made any deals with him, or sold out Storn. Like Captain Kirk, she changed the rules, because there is always a way.

Dragon Detente

Who are these cute little fellas?

Jan is richer than Bill Gates

Deathbrand!

Lopov averted

Getting high

Things are getting hairy

Read any bad books lately?

[Lopov]

The dragon is clever not mess with January.

Rieklings are Jan's new besties.

It'll take a long time to pick up all those septims...

Lopov approves of the aversion.

Once so high, it's time for a leaping jump.

Werebears! Although Lucius and Forrah spent a lot of time on Solstheim, they've only ever encountered werebears in fixed locations, never as random encounters.

Better to not read at all than to read Herma's books.

[Acadian]

I figure that detentish dragon is either laying her eggs or in awe of the fact that Jan is sporting more frills than a dragon.

Aww, the rieklings are adorable. Noisy but adorable.

January McScrooge.

Deathbrand is a great action shot!

I can imagine Jan’s getting ready to soar right off the top of that mountain.

Yikes, werewolves!

Bad books – the shot really showcases Jan’s pretty eyes.

[Lopov]

@SubRosa and Acadian - I was thinking if maybe the Sleeping Giant Inn got its name because of the fact that giants never sleep?

It's interesting that you brought up the shaving discussion. Years ago, on the New Vegas forums at old Beth, there was a thread about what do you do to roleplay and I made a short post that my character Sylvia carries a razor with her to shave her legs. A group of forumites didn't understand what I was talking about, they actually thought it's possible to shave legs in the game and they were asking me how to trigger it? There was also one gamer who told me that in a rather rude way that a razor can be used as a weapon.

Anyway, back to Skyrim...I modified Aela's warpaint, by default she has three blue stripes over her face, which completely hides her beauty. She's more attractive with this warpaint, despite putting it on without a mirror.

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What's been going on with Erik and Mather? On the behalf of Companions, they've been traveling across the Whiterun Hold, making it safer for residents and travelers.

"Magic is overrated" Old Nordic proverb

Stray horse

Krosis no more

"Once again. Magic is overrated."

"I have what in my head, Erik?"

Ödsturzhügelgrab *

Too late

Erik's new hammer

Training day

Mather

* Bleak Falls Barrow on German is named Ödsturzhügelgrab and because I play SSE on German, I'm noticing similarities between German and Dwarven language.

[Renee]

I'm not laughing at any of y'alls pics, instead it's cracking me up seeing Acadian try to outdo Renee when it comes to posting smileys.

Aela is ... kinda cute. In her wereform. I ... guess I can still tell she's feminine underneath all that fur.

Mather's life changes overnight. No longer is he the wide-eyed innocent who once returned to Rorikstead. Now he's becoming almost a radical, under Aela's influence.

Speaking of radical, good lord Jan's new armor is pointy! Is she standing amongst a bunch of goblins in pic 2?

I really like Deathbrand and getting high. I MEAN.... I mean... uh.. Getting High, not getting high.

She's playing with that weird contraption. I remember that scene. Quite a visual accomplishment.

What is happening in Too Late, Lopov?

Looks like I've expended my smiley quota for this post. Ha ha .

This post has been edited by Renee: Apr 28 2020, 05:52 PM

[SubRosa]

That is a great leaping horse shot!

Mather has ice cream brain freeze!

It's hammer time!

I can just hear the eagle screeching in the final pic!

[Acadian]

I remember SubRosa’s character Teresa shaving her legs in the Bravil Fighters Guild bathing area. Buffy’s fortunate enough that her fine/sparse body hair does not require shaving. I know what you mean about head canon stuff we flush out in game – often without mods. Buffy spent nearly a full episode way back in Book 1 detailing her tooth cleaning powder recipe and how Daenlin had ‘fletched’ her bamboo/boar’s bristle toothbrush.

Magic is overrated but the Skyrim mage ward sure looks cool! Of course, a squishy blue ball of the stuff in a mage’s hand is no match for Mather’s axe. Yikes – but a solid spike of magic to the head can get your attention!

Aww, loved the heavy horses introduced in Skyrim.

I remember the Dragon Priest Krosis – good riddence!

Oooh, I like the German name for Bleak Falls Barrow much better. It does indeed sound quite Dwarven.

By Stendarr’s horn that is a big hammer!

Beautiful shot of Mather at the end.

[Lopov]

@Renee - in Too Late they arrived too late to save the Imperial Soldier. Erik automatically played the animation as he neared the corpse, checking for any signs of life.

I agree, Mather is becoming the t00n! Pwn pwn!

@SubRosa - maybe the leaping horse was January disguised. Too bad it didn't remain in one place when dismounted.

@Acadian - I already forgot how difficult those dragon priests are. Krosis even more so, because he's out in the open and can move freely, while some in dungeons eventually hit the wall and can get cornered. Only one healing potion remained in Mather's inventory after the battle.

I like the German name better as well. Öd = bleak, Sturz = falls, Hügelgrab = barrow.

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What's been going on with Erik and Mather? Erik still needs to prove himself but Mather was allowed to join the Circle.

The Ritual

Mather reborn

The first feeding is the most intense

Aela & Mather

Claw against Silver Hand

"By the Gods!"

"Mercy!"

[Renee]

Ha ha a Lopov'd werewolf. That werewolf texture mod (whatever you've got installed there) makes their fur look really good.

[SubRosa]

Oh no, don't drink it Mather! Aela peed in the punch!

That was a great Wolfpov shot!

Yikes! No gods or mercy here!

Looks like Mather is taking a cue from January at the end though!

[SubRosa]

Lopov: The friendly dragon was from that brief period when I had added January to the Dragon Faction.

Those werebears were at a fixed location. There were three of them in the central highlands, a little north and west of the Temple of Miraak. They immediately turned hostile and attack Jan.


Acadian: January is more frilly than the dragon!

After doing the Reiklings quests, January got a trio of Riekling followers who would just appear sometimes when she was in the icy parts of Solstheim, but never in the warmer, southern areas.

I changed January's eyes to a glowing version when she went to Sovngarde. I wanted to show that she was transformed by the experience. That is why I changed her armor too.


Renee: When January went to Sovngarde I wanted to show that traveling beyond life and death had changed her. So I gave her glowing eyes, and the new suit of armor. Being exotic was actually appropriate. So I leaned into it. She is a superhero in Skyrim now, like she is other places.

The goblins are Rieklings. They were in the original Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind, and are back in the Dragonborn dlc for Skyrim. They are sort of similar to goblins, and ride giant boars.


Stormcrow

Cold Shoulder

January leads her Reikling army into battle (hers are the ones with the feathered headdresses)

Solstheim book of the month club

That looks interesting

Jan is the Queen now

Old time religion

Valhalla Awaits



Plus a bonus RL pic. January visits the Grand Canyon

[Acadian]

Lopov –

It will be interesting to see where Mather goes with his lycanthropy. When Buffy did that part of the Companions, she doesn’t clearly remember what happened. According to the other Companions, she turned into a little werefox, peed herself, ran under a table and stayed there until she changed back into an elf. She never changed again and got cured as soon as the questline supported it.

You put together a great set of screenshots that clearly show the story for Mather. Nicely done! Any chance of getting Erik his fangs?


SubRosa –

Stormcrow indeed! AKA Shock and Awe!

Great action shot vs that dragon priest.

Aww, a bunch of little reikling followers

Jan is the Queen. You perfectly captured what Buffy felt like trying to sit in Countess Alessia’s throne.

[Lopov]

@Renee - I went with sort-of blonde/bright texture because his hair is blonde. Conveniently, the same skin comes with green eyes, which Mather has in his human form.

@SubRosa - as you'll see today, Mather is really inspired by January's leaping jumps.

@Acadian - the initial transformation in Whiterun was rather anti-climatic, I was actually quite disappointed. I immediately went on the Nexus to search for some werewolf mods and came upon Moonlight Tales. Not only it adds custom skins to choose from, it adds and modifies various werewolf aspects. One of my favorite features is that you can toggle how often your PC transforms. ATM I have set it to very high, I roleplay that Mather can't control himself yet, which means, that he transforms almost every night. The mod has lots of other features like making wolves friendly even when in human form, Detect Life spell even when in human form, summoning wolves/werewolves followers for a short time etc.

I don't yet know what'll happen with Mather the werewolf in the long run. When he's in his human from, he doesn't feel exactly 'right' to transform into a werewolf, but once transformed, he really likes all the power and speed that comes with the beast form. Maybe he'll decide to cure himself in the long run or maybe he'll stick to the Hircine's gift - we'll see.

I think that Erik can get transformed as well as long as one turns it on in the AFT options.

I like Buffy's experience with lycanthropy. It wouldn't make much sense for a tiny elf to suddenly become a big bad wolf.

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Freshly transformed

We are Legion!

"Guys...can we talk this over?"

Janroarry

The beast in the night *

More than a mere wolf

Swimming

Down the waterfall

Janroarry 2

In the morning

* notice tiny orange spots in the left corner of the screenie - it's the Detect Life spell at work, it has a very wide range. Orange means that they're neutral ATM, whereas red color in this screenie and in the next one indicates that enemies want his skin

This post has been edited by Lopov: May 2 2020, 12:41 PM