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ghastley
post Sep 2 2011, 01:28 AM
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Until I complete the other mods, there's not a lot to add to their stories, so I thought I'd tell the tales associated with Gweden while I work on them.

That mod's anything but linear, as you can do the individual quests for most of the girls in any order. That meant I'd have to come up with a narrative that links them all together and creates a sequence. Rather than take the easy way out and describe it all from the Player-character's viewpoint, I thought I'd try a different approach entirely.

So I'm going to write a story, about a reporter writing a story, about the stories of the girls who work at Gweden. They'll tell them to him one at a time, and there will be a bit of extra narrative added beyond what actually happens when you play through each of the quests they're describing.

The Champion is arbitrarily male as before, and of no specific race. Because of the requirements of the mod for some of the quests, he's also the Madgod, Master of the Fighter's Guild, Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, Arena Champion, and Archmage, although I'll try to play those down as much as possible. All of those things are less important to his employees anyway. He's the boss, and he did something special for each of them, or they wouldn't be there.

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Prologue


"Listen up girls," Tsarrina began. "This one expects you've all heard the news by now. The Oblivion Crisis is over, and the Gates are all closed. Martin Septim is no more, and the Elder Council is running things ."

"Our boss is now the Champion of Cyrodill, and so everything he does is front-page news in the Black Horse Courier. They're sending a reporter down here to do a story about this establishment of his, in the next few days."

"This one doesn't want it to be just another story about the boss. He's getting a bit tired of that himself. This one wants it to be our story. Your story."

"We probably won't make the front page, as it appears they're sending a junior down to do the interviews. But that should work in our favor. He'll be young, and you'll all appreciate that. Especially Juliana. This one wants you to be ready if he's really inexperienced. The rest of you are to make the best impression you can. We can get some really good publicity from this."

"Should we start shopping for new clothes?" asked one of them, hopefully.

"No, you won't be needing those much," Tsarrina chuckled, "but make sure anything you do wear is is the best you have. And by that, this one means the most effective, not the most expensive. Unless it's both. Dark-eyes, get your uniform starched up and crisp. Cybeline, that red velvet number with the plunging neckline that you keep for special occasions. This is a special occasion."

Everyone looked at Prizna. She just laughed, and Tsarrina had to grin, too. "This one does not expect you to start wearing clothes now."

"This one wants you all to be ready to tell him how you came to be here, and what part the boss played in that. It will keep the stories relevant to his assignment, but they'll be about you as much as they are about the Champion."

"We'll make use of the old farmhouse as the interview room. It's nice and cozy in front of the fire there, and we'll put some comfortable chairs either side. We should keep the main rooms in the Lodge open for business. There's no point losing any trade while he's here, after all."

"Will he be staying at the Count's Arms while he's here?", asked Maeva. "I can walk up with him in the mornings if he does."

"No, we'll keep him here at the farm," Tsarrina decided. "He'll use the main bed in the farmhouse, and this one doesn't want him sleeping in it alone! You'll each get a turn to tell him your story. Make sure you also get a turn to show him what you can do."

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Future pieces will have each of the women telling her story of how she came to be at the Gweden Brothel, or the reporter putting the report together. I'll add a postscript article from the Black Horse Courier about Cousin Miranu's miraculous potion at the end, which should take a post or two to cover it. I have most of the stories drafted, as they come straight from the mod itself, but I'm still working on the wrapper narrative, and haven't finalized the sequence of the individual tales yet.

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ghastley   The Gweden report   Sep 2 2011, 01:28 AM
Acadian   This is a fun idea and off to a grand start! ...   Sep 2 2011, 02:03 AM
Grits   I imagine the reporter will need some of Cousin Mi...   Sep 2 2011, 09:29 PM
ghastley   Link fixed. Something defaulted my "org...   Sep 2 2011, 10:23 PM
ghastley   Still just introducing things, I'll get into t...   Sep 8 2011, 11:55 PM
Acadian   What a fun little tour of Skingrad and the road to...   Sep 9 2011, 02:08 AM
Grits   As Acadian said, plenty of smiles here. That woul...   Sep 10 2011, 12:46 AM
ghastley   Tsarrina "So, Madam Tsarrina, is it true tha...   Sep 15 2011, 11:36 PM
Acadian   What fabulously creative twisting you have going o...   Sep 16 2011, 01:28 AM
Grits   I like the licensing issue that causes so much tro...   Sep 17 2011, 03:01 PM
MyCat   Heh heh. I've played the mod but it's nic...   Sep 18 2011, 05:05 AM
ghastley   @Acadian Thanks for the encouragement on the Khaji...   Sep 22 2011, 02:15 PM
Acadian   What a clever and even cute story! Tsarrina ...   Sep 23 2011, 12:29 AM
Grits   Prizna came into the room and and the reporter for...   Sep 24 2011, 01:59 PM
ghastley   @Acadian I didn't know that "disintegrate...   Sep 29 2011, 03:29 PM
Acadian   Ha! What a clever weave in of the everscamp q...   Sep 30 2011, 12:17 AM
Grits   Well, Virgilia’s boots aren’t made for walking, an...   Sep 30 2011, 06:30 PM
ghastley   A mention of Ancondil's warhammer, Persuader, ...   Jan 10 2012, 06:44 PM
Acadian   Quite a collection of working lasses you’re buildi...   Jan 11 2012, 02:28 AM
Grits   She humped him senseless. :lol:   Jan 11 2012, 02:31 AM
ghastley   Our reporter needs a rest. However, he may not get...   Jan 18 2012, 02:50 AM
Acadian   I wondered right up until you announced it whether...   Jan 18 2012, 03:49 AM
Grits   Ambidextrous! :D Nice to hear about Viranus a...   Jan 18 2012, 11:27 PM
ghastley   Acadian: A few references to the vanilla game tied...   Jan 24 2012, 02:07 AM
mALX   GAAAAH !! You've got a thread that I ...   Jan 24 2012, 02:20 AM
Acadian   Nice tie in to the white bears and it was clever t...   Jan 24 2012, 02:34 AM
Grits   Whew, I’m glad that Darwen is now getting senseles...   Jan 26 2012, 11:02 AM
mALX   * First off, this concept is Awesome & fun, b...   Jan 30 2012, 05:58 PM
ghastley   @Acadian and Grits: More tie-ins in the next epis...   Jan 31 2012, 01:05 AM
Acadian   Falanu’s. . . little. . . er. . . big?. . . sister...   Jan 31 2012, 02:49 AM
mALX   This one had me rolling from beginning to end. ...   Jan 31 2012, 03:12 AM
MyCat   Nit: Most people only use a single 'i' in...   Feb 1 2012, 03:53 AM
Grits   Silanu puts Alteration and Destruction magic to ex...   Feb 2 2012, 03:41 PM
ghastley   @Acadian and MyCat: Nits duly picked. There seems ...   Feb 7 2012, 12:50 AM
Acadian   I do believe this may be my favorite of the storie...   Feb 7 2012, 02:24 AM
ghastley   I did a quick render from 3DS MAX of the basic out...   Feb 7 2012, 03:49 AM
mALX   GAAAAH !!! Now we know who drove Gell...   Feb 7 2012, 05:10 AM
King Coin   I enjoyed this little story of Cybeline. She think...   Feb 7 2012, 05:17 AM
ghastley   I'm hi-jacking my own thread here, but the bac...   Feb 9 2012, 09:18 PM
mALX   Sorry for the double post :(   Feb 10 2012, 12:18 PM
Acadian   Fact: Uriel's eldest son, Crown Prince Geldal...   Feb 9 2012, 09:39 PM
mALX   I'm hi-jacking my own thread here, but the ba...   Feb 10 2012, 12:53 PM
ghastley   Thanks for that link, mALX. Following a few leads ...   Feb 13 2012, 05:44 PM
mALX   WOO HOO !! :)   Feb 13 2012, 08:55 PM
ghastley   A quick interlude and Selena's tale. This was ...   Feb 14 2012, 12:46 AM
Grits   The new mod sounds great! Politics and courtly...   Feb 14 2012, 02:00 AM
Acadian   What a great interface and rich tribute you provid...   Feb 15 2012, 12:59 AM
mALX   The beginning of Serena's story where the repo...   Feb 15 2012, 01:27 AM
ghastley   I just realised that I spelled Selena's name w...   Feb 20 2012, 05:57 PM
Acadian   And the crowd roars! This was just a real nic...   Feb 21 2012, 01:10 AM
ghastley   Since posting Freija's story I've created ...   Feb 28 2012, 02:43 AM
Acadian   Great poster for the Arena. :) Goodness. Gwed...   Feb 28 2012, 04:17 AM
mALX   I was amazed at the detailed background into Sheo...   Feb 28 2012, 06:02 PM
ghastley   That's actually quite simple in GIMP or Photos...   Feb 28 2012, 06:27 PM
mALX   That's actually quite simple in GIMP or Photo...   Feb 29 2012, 07:15 PM
Grits   These last two stories have been my favorites for ...   Feb 29 2012, 03:17 AM
ghastley   Are you sure it wasn’t a drunken Nord who embell...   Feb 29 2012, 06:54 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: A Golden Saint? Ask and you shall recie...   Mar 6 2012, 12:21 AM
Acadian   Golden Girl Graces Gweden Gang! Golden Globes...   Mar 6 2012, 02:03 AM
Grits   I’ve resorted to “strumpet” and ...   Mar 6 2012, 02:47 AM
mALX   * GOLDIE! (donks forehead) [donk] - I s...   Mar 7 2012, 01:05 AM
mALX   Trollop   Mar 7 2012, 04:56 AM
ghastley   @Acadian: no Golden Globes this time. WIll Golden ...   Mar 13 2012, 12:02 AM
Acadian   What a clever and sweet adaptation of Hircine’s qu...   Mar 13 2012, 12:36 AM
mALX   I loved this !! Like Acadian, I can't...   Mar 13 2012, 03:29 AM
Grits   My one trip through Cyrodiil with the unicorn ende...   Mar 14 2012, 03:32 AM
ghastley   @All: Meena's quest was created because I did...   Mar 20 2012, 12:49 AM
Acadian   In TES, bad boys grow up to be marauders! I...   Mar 20 2012, 01:56 AM
mALX   I wondered when we'd hear about Maeva the Buxo...   Mar 20 2012, 03:58 PM
Grits   I like this one a lot because it’s a solid tie to ...   Mar 20 2012, 04:11 PM
ghastley   Back to all-new content (except for the back-story...   Mar 26 2012, 11:52 PM
Acadian   How clever to do so much with the Argonian Maid. ...   Mar 27 2012, 12:37 AM
Grits   Oh, so that’s what they’re for. :D It was neat to...   Mar 30 2012, 01:36 AM
ghastley   @Acadian: I think it must be because Weedum-Ja is ...   Apr 3 2012, 12:06 AM
Acadian   This was fun! 'He wore an old leather c...   Apr 3 2012, 12:39 AM
mALX   Dark Eyes: BWAAHAA! Ain't it the truth...   Apr 3 2012, 05:43 PM
ghastley   Just an interlude to wrap up the Gweden part of th...   Apr 10 2012, 01:51 AM
Acadian   This was certainly some of your very best writing....   Apr 10 2012, 03:10 AM
mALX   This had me rolling: ROFL !!! Gre...   Apr 13 2012, 03:55 PM
Grits   A summary indeed, and wrapped in the young reporte...   Apr 16 2012, 03:05 AM
ghastley   @Acadian: considering that it was a collection of ...   Apr 17 2012, 12:09 AM
Acadian   Potion #9! I love it! :lol: Nice job...   Apr 17 2012, 01:18 AM
ghastley   @Acadian: - It's probably the green skin that ...   Apr 24 2012, 12:03 AM
ghastley   Oops, double-post.   Apr 24 2012, 12:15 AM
Acadian   My Baldur’s Gate I & II are showing – When I s...   Apr 24 2012, 12:19 AM
Lady Saga   Interesting story, certainly different. I"m u...   Apr 24 2012, 06:48 PM
ghastley   The mod doesn't introduce anything that's ...   Apr 24 2012, 07:12 PM
Lady Saga   Coool. I wasn't implying anything, just curiou...   Apr 24 2012, 08:01 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: Miranu was always intended to be a real ...   May 2 2012, 01:03 AM
Acadian   Cloak, dagger, slippery stuff and potion #9! ...   May 2 2012, 02:27 AM
Grits   I don’t know about the movie, but the song about t...   May 6 2012, 09:26 AM
mALX   Yeah! The Red Dragon Club makes its debut...   May 6 2012, 06:27 PM
ghastley   @Acadian: So you noticed her guns too! Of the ...   May 8 2012, 02:08 AM
Lady Saga   I started this story over because I want to read i...   May 8 2012, 03:03 AM
Acadian   More cloak and dagger. As ever, I love the wonder...   May 8 2012, 03:27 AM
mALX   This mod sounds fun, seeking out new false leads t...   May 9 2012, 07:08 PM
Grits   How funny that Alessia Caro was visiting her mothe...   May 11 2012, 11:42 AM
ghastley   @Lady Saga: The Champion hasn't actually been ...   May 15 2012, 12:08 AM
mALX   You've got a lot of lore in this one between t...   May 15 2012, 12:25 AM
Acadian   Oh dear Enilwen. You’ve simply got to lose those ...   May 15 2012, 01:44 AM
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