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[mALX]

@ Grits - GAAAAH !!! There they all are, just as you described them!! Except Darnand I always pictured wearing a robe, lol. Awesome screens !!!

@ Acadian - Look at all the pink shadows !! Urk !!! Great shot !!


@ King Coin - Oh, I loved this vid! And I like how the rats aren't attacking Aravi, that's nice! Aravi needed a quiet day like this. Aravi looks so tiny when you put the camera up in the sky and just her head sticking out of the water! What a beautiful scene at the end !! Awesome vid, and a nice relaxing one too!!! Thanks, KC !!!

[Acadian]

What a lovely and soft interlude. How appropriate that the rats and crabs did not attack. Tell us how you got so many rats on the beaches and why they were peaceful.

And nice walk up a beautiful coastline. Then a relaxing swim by Garlas Malatar.

Very enjoyable, Aravi. Thanks for sharing!

[King Coin]

@Grits: Aravi was hoping for some sun but the weather was not cooperating. So she had to settle for a misty rainy walk.

You really like that chain don’t you?

I’m happy you liked it. Aravi doesn’t have a very relaxing time in the next video, but at least it isn’t vampires!

Thanks Grits!

@mALX: I’m happy you like it when I back up the camera to show the scenery. Anvil really did her lots of good. She hardly had any nightmares.

Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: The rats are added by Fran’s mod. This isn’t the standard rat either, they are smaller than the other ones in the game and I’ve never had one of them attack. The crabs are a toss-up. Some of them will attack and others will ignore you. Also by Fran’s.

I’m glad you enjoyed her day to herself. She doesn’t get many of those.

Thanks Acadian!
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Screenshot of Aravi. She finally got a good Gold Coast sunset!
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Aravi passes Beldaburo while swimming and decides to check it out.

TIME: 7:30

[Acadian]

Old business: Ah, thanks for the info on the rats & crabs. I know you enjoy Frans. I sort of wondered if Alix was out huntin' for gurl meeses; thankfully, he has a very distinctive coat color.

On the screenshot of Aravi in the sunset: I have seen it before, but wow! It is just as stunning every time I see it. Truly a magical shot of artistry in its own right, made even better because we have grown to know and love the precious Khajiit in it.

On this great vid: Beautiful job, Aravi! A 100% shock resist ring sure was handy vs that stormie! Loved how you dealt with those two skellies: Invite one to kill the other while you hide, then congratulate the victor with an arrow!

KC, I see you are turning the HUD off and on during filming. Your call of course, but I like the HUD display so I can 'see' how Aravi is feeling. I think you are making superb content choices about what to show and what to cut from the vids. A real joy to watch Aravi going through Beldaburo.

Oh, Buffy was in the Anvil area. . .
Hmm. So this is Beldaburo. Stormies usually mean there are conjurors about. . . . What do you think, Superian? Screenshot

[King Coin]

I’m happy she remembered to put the ring on. It made standing on that ledge much easier when she didn’t have to think about moving around.

Playing with the HUD off was just something I was trying in this dungeon. It continues through this next episode and then that’s the last of it. It added quite a bit of challenge not knowing everything about Aravi with a glance but it became tedious turning it back on to loot. I’m sure there are mods that have a more
elegant way of doing it but I’m no longer interested.

And there’s Buffy! She’s wearing the hunter’s top. The bottom looks like some sort of leather greaves. Looks like Superian is ready to leave already. Thanks for sharing!
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Aravi Continues through Beldaburo

TIME: 9:05

[Grits]

I love that screenshot, Aravi looks just beautiful. And the sunset is nice, too.

Beldaburo I: I find myself seconding everything Acadian said. I loved the fight against the storm atronach, especially the shots through the pillars. Aravi showed some steady nerves, he got pretty close!

Those steel swords that the skeletons had might be my favorite yet. I don’t think I realized that Command works on undead. Aravi said it perfectly after the weird dead undead skeleton noise. That place is creepy!

Beldaburo II: Oh, that looks like a varla HOLY CRAP WHATISTHATTHING!! Aravi did a great job against the ebony golem, dancing back where it couldn’t reach her. I wonder where it had the flawless sapphire stashed.

Those conjurers and their pets were no joke. I like how Aravi used a spell to stir up trouble on the lower level while she fought the ones who ran up to meet her. It looked like the one guy was using a light spell, it’s great to see the enemies using what they know.

Kind of a cliffie, ending with an enemy in sight! Very enjoyable, KC.

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mALX, you are so right to picture a robe on Darnand, Fort Strand is the only time he has been in trousers! Thanks!

Acadian, what a great screenshot of Buffy! Superian looks spectacularly unbothered by the rock pile.

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Darnand heard that an adventurer had cleared some conjurers out of Beldaburo, so he headed up the coast to check it out.

Got here just before the light failed.

These fellows did not have much stuff.

He saw some interesting corpses, but he was very disappointed by their lack of reading material. He was hoping to find some juicy notes. “How To Summon a Glass Golem” or the like. He decided that although there was evidence that these mages practiced necromancy, they did not seem to be part if the cult he has been investigating.

This post has been edited by Grits: Aug 18 2011, 06:52 PM

[Acadian]

More good stuff! Some interesting foes with Frans mod it looks like. Darn those conjurers - they're trouble once they see you and start summoning stuff. Aravi did a great job balancing her bow, magic and blade.

We got a screenshot of Buffy in that big room Aravi just cleared, but puter is in the shop for a couple days, so I will have to upload and post it after your next vid.

Grits, those are great screens of Darnand! I'm sort of hoping that if he meets a conjurdude, they might mistake him for one of their own. Lo.

[mALX]

@ King Coin - I'm so sorry I missed this post!! What a beautiful screenshot of Aravi in the setting sun! I love that pose, and it suits her personality perfectly!

I would never think you could ever take down a storm atronach with unchanted bow and arrows !!! That floored me both times I saw it !!! Aravi is so skilled with the bow - and very cool under pressure!! ... I was wondering what that noise was, was that skeleton still hissing after she cut it's head off? That really was creepy!!! Awesome Vid !!!!

Now for todays post:

GAAAAH !!! What the heck is that thing? Is that from the KOT9? Man, Aravi is WICKED with that blade!! Awesome fight after she ran up onto the balcony !!!

I have to agree with Acadian, it kills the immersion a bit to see the console keep popping up in the vids - lets everyone know it is a game.


@ Acadian - Looks like Aravi is not the only one who can take one down with a bow !! Maxical didn't make it to Beldaburo, she was ... mourning the loss of her friend Alix the Mouse.

@ Grits - Now that's how I pictured him! It is so cool how you've brought all your characters to life in your story, and to actually see them in screens and they match what we know of them !!!

I love "setting sun" screens, you and KC did an Awesome job of capturing that so we know about what time they arrived at the ruin !!

[King Coin]

@Grits: That’s my favorite screen of her by far.

She holds her ground when something comes after her. Many times it would be better if she’d turn around and run or at least pull out a sword.

Those swords were really cool, I really should have had her grab one. I’ve seen them other places too so I’m sure that isn’t the last of them.

Oh, that looks like a varla HOLY CRAP WHATISTHATTHING!!
Darnand!! You know he went from being a character that I disliked and didn’t think was important to being a favorite.

Heh, Aravi took all the stuff worth taking. I like it that the scene matches what Aravi did. Everything’s untouched except the two missing soul gems and the loaf of bread she grabbed for some reason.

Thanks Grits and wonderful screens!

@Acadian: Aravi isn’t quite as good as Buffy is at taking those conjurers down. She’ll have a few scars from this dungeon. She’s generally pretty good at getting past the summon and getting the summoner.

I really like the variety of baddies Fran’s adds. That was the biggest problem I had playing Oblivion on the 360. Everything was predictable. I don’t think I could ever go back to playing TES on a console after seeing the power of the PC.

I just heard you got your computer back so I’m looking forward to those screens!

Thanks Acadian!

@mALX: As I said that’s my favorite screen of Aravi! Everything was perfect. The expression on her face, the pose, the sun and the color of the sky, and the faintly visible stars.

You can take the stormies out if you shoot them enough! Aravi was sure that he was about to fall so she held her ground.

The skeleton was still alive. That was from the fatigue mod. Injuries apply fatigue drains and that skeleton couldn’t reform its self. But those suckers have been known to come back after they’ve been put down once. Luckily that wasn’t the case.

All these baddies are either vanilla or Fran’s.

Both our khajiits are more talented with a sword than other forms right? Aravi just has better aim when it does come to those other forms lol.

Thanks mALX! Sorry about Alix. Will you fix him? I know that was tons of work and I frankly don’t know if I could muster to do it all again.

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Continuation of Beldaburo. *

TIME: 8:22
* I was mistaken when I said HUD disabling was through the previous episode. It continues through this dungeon and then that’s the last of it.
There is one more video of Beldaburo after this one.

[mALX]

Holy Crap !!! That was the fight of the century !!! It was killing me not to be able to see her health bars !!! I can't believe her fatigue didn't drop, no hard breathing !! Has the fatigue mod quit working? ... no, she just started breathing hard. That was heartbreaking when she collapsed against the bier! What a fight !!! WHEW !!! AWESOME VID !!! WOO HOO !!!

This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 20 2011, 04:15 PM

[King Coin]

This is a short (< 30 seconds) unrelated video of an impressive modded thunderstorm I just recorded last night.

I'd get inside too.

[Acadian]

That was quite a pair of fights. Those conjurdudes are a bag of trouble once they see you. By Azura, I lost count of how many arrows that Stormie took to bring down. And the hooded adept fellow was quite a lot of trouble too. Solid tactics and wonderful skill by Aravi!

And what a spectacular thunderstorm! Thanks for sharing and I’m glad Aravi pretty quickly popped right back inside!

Oh, Buffy did get to Beldaburo -

Cutting arrows free from corpses is a messy business, but they don't grow on trees. Screenshot

Aravi sure left a mess of Conjurer carnage down here. Screenshot

[mALX]

That looked like ETN this year!! Holy cow, that has to be a mod !! The triple lightning at the end hit something, I thought I saw a deer fly up into the air !!!! Poor Aravi was in a panic !!!

[Grits]

It was nerve-wracking to not be able to tell how much health the enemies or Aravi had. It was exciting, but I sure don’t have the nerve to play that way! Tremendous shooting without the crosshairs. Overall I think I was more distracted by wondering what everyone’s status was than by ever noticing the HUD.

What a war against the stormie and that speedy Dremora-loving conjurer! Hearing that dremora mace as she dodged past the summons, yikes. I bet that floor was carpeted with glass arrows by the time the atronach fell apart.

Oh, that last fight was a nail-biter. The conjurer remembered he could heal himself, and Aravi was worn out from fighting his buddies. As much as I like a storm atronach, a frost atronach brings a certain presence to a room. When Aravi collapsed with exhaustion just as the conjurer fell, what a dramatic moment! Then she seemed like she just wanted to get out of there after she ate the mandrake root.


Wow, lightning strikes on the ground! That was really neat. We like to watch storms from the back porch, but I would have gone inside for this one, too!



mALX, what happened to Alix?!



Acadian, I love Buffy’s necklace! And that cuirass/top looks great. Well, I love the whole outfit. Goodness, those frost atronachs take up a lot of floor space. They are very decorative, though. The getting her arrow screenshot is just how I imagine her after a fight. Calm with a little smile, quietly going about her business.

[King Coin]

@mALX: Killing you not being able to see the healthbars? I was really nervous! It was lots of fun not really knowing but especially that last fight with the conjuror, I wasn’t really sure how much more damage she can take. I don’t know why she fell down. You’re right though it was heartbreaking! She slew him with the last swing she had in her.

That lighting scared the crap out of me! I had never seen that before and wasn’t even aware that my weather mod did that! I didn’t see anything fly but I’m sure it isn’t good for your health to be hit.

Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: and I’m sure Buffy disapproves of all the arrows Aravi uses.

Nasty storm. Aravi doesn’t like thunder already and now it’s reaching down for her

What a contrast! After Buffy fights she sits down and maybe brushes some imaginary dust off her clothes and perhaps has a snack and a drink of water. Aravi’s exhausted, needs a healer, and a bath! To be honest I wouldn’t have it any other way though. I’m really glad Aravi didn’t run into any Spider Daedra on her expedition.

Thanks Acadian! And thanks for the wonderful screens!

@Grits: Good news! That’s the last of the HUD disabling.

The worse thing about using that many arrows is that the game usually deletes a lot of them before Aravi gets a chance to collect them.

I was really nervous about that last fight. I wasn’t sure if Aravi should stand off some to catch her breath or to press the attack. After he started healing himself I swore! I don’t know why Aravi collapsed. It kind of made me think of her slumping to the ground in exhaustion/relief except it probably would have happened even if the Adept was still alive. I wonder if that guy cast a shield because he was really tough!

Seeing the lightning was shocking very surprising. I didn’t even know that was in my weather mod!

Thanks Grits!
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This is a strange transition from Beldaburo. I had video files of Aravi finishing and leaving Beldaburo, returning home from Anvil, writing a letter, going on a quest and losing her sword in an intense battle, and returning to the Imperial City for her next assignment. Unfortunately all those files were somehow corrupted.

So this is where we’re at now.
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Aravi sends a letter to Kendral and then returns to Red Rose Manor.

TIME: 6:23
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If you have the time and inclination, check out my mod house!

The house
TIME: 4:38

The dungeon to get the house (if you are interested)
TIME: 9:45

Like it? Download at TESAlliance

[mALX]

ROFL !!! What choices they give you to write to Kendrel about! They forgot one, "I've been dreaming of killing you ... " ROFL !!!

I'm so sorry about all your lost hard work, KC. That had to be so frustrating! Look at it this way, where was Aravi when the Dragon Broke? She was in Beldaburo !!

I love your mod + house, have not had time to install it yet because of the Final Exam stuff, but I will - and will love having a dungeon to clear so handy, lol. Awesome Mod (& all the vids !!) - Have you put it up on Nexus yet? Do you plan to?

[Acadian]

Loved how Aravi shook her head over the rumor about the Hero of Kvatch!

The letter to Kendra was fun. I just about sprayed my iced tea when Aravi popped out with “Boring!”

Red Rose Manor is beautiful.

I really enjoyed Aravi’s run through the forest and use of her portable campsite and ‘See you sleep’ mods. Some fabulous camera work. I think your choices on 1st vs 3rd person and panning around etc are great!

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Congrats on your mod! The Ayleid Ruin came out wonderfully and I love the rustic lodge tucked away in that winter glade!

[Grits]

What a beautiful night to go camping in the Great Forest. Aravi made sure to check for massive lightning storms approaching! That portable campsite mod makes me want a new computer more than Skyrim does.

Glacial Hollow Lodge is definitely a Jerric-approved dwelling. Nice fire, plenty of meat for dinner, not too many little tables to trip over, and outside it’s snowing! There’s even a guest bed downstairs. I just love the little garden shed area, that really makes it feel like home.

Fun ruin, and a good ongoing source of income. I love that round shield that the skeleton guardian had with the four trinity knots on it. Whew, good to see the door needs a key. I would have nightmares about skeletons in Glacial Hollow if it didn’t.

Great job, and congratulations!!

[King Coin]

@mALX: That was more of a nightmare lol. The way you put it, it sounds like she WANTS to kill Kendrel. Maybe she did when they first met, but now she considers Kendrel a friend.

Yes it was frustrating losing it (especially the fight Aravi lost her sword; that would have been a really good video!). I couldn’t remember what quest it was that I lost but I remember now. She went to that creepy woman in Cheydinhal to get another ingredient for Vilja.

Thanks! I know I’ve sent you those two videos before and it’s nice of you to comment again. I’ll put it on Nexus soon.

Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: Aravi doesn’t like people talking about her, and that inn keeper didn’t seem to notice that the Hero of Kvatch was writing a letter right at his counter!

I knew someone would enjoy the “boorring!”

Aravi really liked sleeping there. It was a perfect clearing. I think she’ll return there sometime. It was pretty close to Molag Bal’s shrine.

Thanks for the advice you provided on the names and the garden for the mod!

Thanks Acadian!

@Grits: You should try it! It’s not resource intensive. Do you have Oblivion Mod Manager? (It’s required for OMODS)

Whoa Nexus looks weird.
Anyways…

Aravi really enjoyed that little night outside in the forest. I think she’ll do it again despite the rude awakening she gets in the upcoming video.

Glad you liked my house mod. I had lots of fun making it. Aravi may move into it in the future if she ever gets a reason to travel northeast of Cheydinhal. Most of the skeletons are standard but I put in some of the heavy hitting guys in as well.

The shield you like is from Fran’s mod, but it does quite a bit more than just add weapons and armor.

Thanks Grits!
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Aravi’s Quest

Back to collect Vilja. **
TIME: 3:17

Off to Water’s Edge. **
TIME: 5:43

** These are the first videos I made while running Qarl’s texture replacer mod and you will notice some places outside where there are some nasty FPS drops when it loads new areas. I’m going to try giving Oblivion access to more memory and see if that helps.

[mALX]

I love Aravi's little nature hike - till she sees someone ahead, lol. 2nd vid I love how Vilja waves Aravi on, this vid had me rolling !! (till the fight started). That attack came out of the blue! Vilja kills me, right after a fight to the death like that and she starts chit-chatting like nothing happened, lol. Awesome vids !!!