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[King Coin]

Red Dead is a neat display of her life stealing magic.

Shadow and light indeed. Both undead.

The centurions are always more intimidating than they are strong. Aravi always appreciates a hand when dealing with them as well.

Who’s the ghost? He doesn’t look familiar.

Waterfalls is pretty!

[Acadian]

Red Dead is such a cool picture. I love how the little blue lights are coming from that dude’s eyes.

Shadow and light – just a couple undead chicks hangin’ out together.

Tag team – they do seem to make a good team though.

Follow that ghost – Heh, is that a relative of Purse-Phone?

Yorickenor – Sorry, I know you’re undead but you need a body to join our gang.

Waterfalls – Aww, what a nice shot.

[Grits]

What a neat group of pictures! I really like Persephone.

Redemption is a great picture and a great concept. Taking undead energy to fuel Persephone’s unlife. The draugr’s eye beams look particularly cool!

Shadow and Light is also very well put together. Two women who have no interest in those sweets on the table.

Tag team is my favorite. What an awesome shot!

I’ve seen that ghost! He’s too fast for most of my characters, though. I like that he’s not hostile, just up to his own ghostly business.

Yorickenor, lol. Even Serana’s expression is perfect, looking at the floating skull out of the corner of her eye while turning toward Persephone.

Waterfall is pretty. Persephone looks quite comfortable on her cold rock. Serana looks like she’s thinking, Let’s get indoors. The sun is not good for my skin.

[SubRosa]

King Coin: I just loved all that red light in Red Dead. So I instantly hit the screenshot button.

I spent a lot of time in Castle Dawnguard trying to get that one pic. It wasn't easy to get it just right.

That ghost is a fella I discovered at the Kjenstag Ruins, near Morthal. I have been there many times with different characters, but this was the first time after dark. He came running out as soon as Persephone got there. She followed him to a little tomb on a hill to the north east, which normally has a locked grate. This time it was open, and had a couple of bandits there looting it. It was a really neat little encounter.


Acadian: I am sure that by now you have noticed the glowy blue eyes that the draugr have. It is one of the neat effects they have that really make them come 'alive'.

That is one of the few times that Serana did not shoot Persephone in the back! Seriously, it seems that Persephone is picking one or two ice bolts out of her back after every fight.

Alas poor Yorick. His head was just floating there in midair. A funny glitch that I just had to get a picture of.


Grits: Persephone seems to be the one character I just cannot put down. She's better than chocolate.

That absorb health is still Persephone's only ranged attack. It helps keep her game interesting, since it has a short range.

I was thinking that about the sweetroll things on the table too! That is normally the torture chamber that you meet Serana and Isran in the first time Serana shows up at Castle Dawnguard. But the mod I use to spruce up the castle makes the place look much more inviting!

Tag team was a tough picture, because of how big the centurion thing is, getting all of it in the picture, and Persephone and Serana was not easy.

Or maybe Serana is thinking "Yes, what did you need?" Gods am I getting tired of hearing that.


Smackdown

On the ice

Taking care of business

Splekt!

Checking the map for directions

Blackreach

This post has been edited by SubRosa: May 20 2014, 10:56 PM

[King Coin]

Smackdown: Love this one. Timing was perfect.

On the ice: This one looked like she was on the moon for a second. Imagine the ice as rock.

Taking care: Menacing expression. This is probably my favorite.

Map: I don’t think the map will help down there! Who has mapped blackreach?

Blackreach: Very pretty. I can’t wait for Aravi to get down there again. Usually she just wants to leave when we finally get down there though. She’s not a fan of long journeys underground that last for a few days.

[Acadian]

Phabulous photos of the dead duo!

I'm so glad you are settling in with Purse-Phone for a time. Someday I'll have to settle into playing just one character.

Love those glowy mushroom tree/things.

The pose/animation of Persephone checking her map is wonderful!

She looks pretty lethal with that great sword.

[SubRosa]

King Coin: Smackdown was on that log bridge in Eastmarch. I always love fighting the bandit there.

That does look like the moon: grey, barren, and bleak.

Persephone mapped it! She went over every nook and cranny of the place.


Acadian: Maybe you can get used to playing in Skyrim with that one character now!

The glowing mushroom tree things are only found in a few places. It is a shame, because they are really neat.

That animation with the sword turned down is one I have not seen very often until lately. I guess in the past I never had critters that low to the ground to get finishing moves on. Or it might be from the last patch.


Sitting by the Blackreach 'sun'

Taking an elder scroll

Exploring the shipwrecks of Pilgrim's Trench

Persephone found another prospective member for the gang, but Bones did not want to leave his comfy bier.

Darryl has a few choice words for a gargoyle

Here horsie!

Reading Saint Juib's book.

[King Coin]

Sun: I have a screen of Aravi right below it. Maybe I’ll get it out sometime. Your gals seemed to find a better spot. Aravi wasn’t as interested in mapping it as she was of getting out!

Scroll: Something Star Wars-y

Shipwrecks: Is that ice!? Aravi’s never going to see that!

Horse: Ha! Aravi chased it too. Again, she was more eager to get out of the Cairn and did not stick around long enough to find the horse or all of Juib’s book.

[Acadian]

Great screens, SubRosa! Serana doesn't look very happy there, although she does seem to complement Persephone rather nicely. Wonderful to see Daryl again!

Buffy shot a druglord recently and it went to the kill cam. As his body flew backwards, it left twin blue trails from his eyes. I think I've seen that in some of your shots. Very cool. I mean the guy deserved to die (again); after all, he yelled at Buffy!

Brrr! Swimming under the ice, I'm sure, it doesn't bother Persephone one bit. Very convenient.

[Grits]

Catching up:

Smackdown is a great shot! I love how the frosty effect looks with the blood splashes.

On the ice looks so peaceful. That’s a fun trip for a character who is not worried about freezing to death. Njall the Unliving spent a lot of time on the ice around there.

What an expression in TCB! I don’t remember seeing that killing move. Really neat!

Checking the map, lol. It’s easy to get turned around in there.

Your Blackreach is so pretty. Do you have the lights turned up? I always enjoy Blackreach much more than my characters do.


Oh this is a fabulous group of screens! There’s a lot here that I’ve never seen before.

I love the style of the Blackreach sun. That’s a nice shot of the twosome with the light shining on them.

Elder Scroll is beautiful! I think that’s my favorite.

I didn’t even know Pilgrim’s Trench was there! How neat.

Where did Persephone find Bones? That would be quite the undead crew with a vampire, skeleton, draugr Darryl, and Persephone.

A pink gargoyle! Persephone’s spell makes it look almost cute. Apart from the roaring, gouging, and smashing of course.

Arvak! Did Persephone find his head? He would be the perfect mount for her.

So that’s what happens when you find all of St. Juib’s notes. Maybe someday I’ll have a character who sticks around in the Soul Cairn long enough to find them all. So far they’ve always been preoccupied with getting their soul back.

This was an awesome bunch of shots!

[SubRosa]

King Coin: There is a little building/tower in the Silent City that has an elevator that takes you up to that high overlook above the "Sun". It is a neat little place.

That is ice indeed floating overhead in the Pilgrim's Trench pic. It is a place up in the Sea of Ghosts, with nearly half a dozen shipwrecks. You can find it just a little west of Ysgarmor's Tomb on the opposite side of a little iceberg. There are a couple of little boats on the surface, and some floating wreckage.


Acadian: Darryl has been back more and more lately. Since I made Persephone's Two-Handed Legendary and knocked it down to only 15, the fights have been getting more difficult. Darryl is pretty handy to have around when things get sticky.

So the new Buffy is high enough level now to face Deathlords? They are tough. I love the glowing blue eyes they gave all the Draugr too. It makes them more interesting.

One of the reasons I like Persephone is that she not only does not have to worry about drowning (since breathing is optional for her), but the cold does not bother her either. So she is my go-to character for underwater exploration in Skyrim.


Grits: You should resurrect Njall the Unliving on the PC. There is a lot you can do with mods to make an undead character really come alive adead.

I only just started seeing that kill move lately too. So far it only seems to happen when killing Chaurus Hunters. When they get knocked down to the ground, that downward stab move plays. So it is probably something added by Dawnguard.

That Blackreach pic with the lights turned up is an example of a glitch with the lighting I have often seen in both Sky and Ob. I got it this time because Persephone went from Blackreach to Raldbathr, then turned around and went right back into Blackreach. The weather system got confused, and the game kept the Raldbathr weather (which is just the default Tamriel weather I suspect). It is how I have sometimes gotten not only sunny days in the Deadlands in Oblivion, but even snow. After a while the Blackreach weather reverts though.

Bones was a fun little discovery. He and his bier are west of Azura's Shrine and north of Mt. Anthor. The Sightless Pit is nearby, and if you go through it, you exit from the Abandoned Cave. Bones and his bier are on top of the cliff directly above Abandoned Cave. The first time I went there Bones was standing around and not doing anything. I stopped by there again today, and he was laying on the bier. I think he is supposed to be that way, and maybe it was a glitch that he was walking around the first time? Or maybe he was just tired today...

Persephone did find Arvak's skull, and learned the spell to summon him. Not that I use him much, since I don't really like how Bethesda does horses much.

If you return all ten pages of Jiub's magnum opus, he gives you the first volume of his book. He also gives you a unique locket, which has a fortify to stamina and fortify carry weight. It is handy for scrawny mage characters who cannot carry much. Not to mention folks who like power attacks.

The Boneyard does not look very inviting

Persephone and Darryl meet the welcome wagon

Serana goes boating

I ran across this Dawnguard rider on the road south east of Winterhold, but she wouldn't talk.

Putting down a Falmer Warmonger

I modded in a Grand Necromantic Healing spell, so Persephone can now heal all undead around her

Persephone disarms a pirate

This post has been edited by SubRosa: May 27 2014, 03:01 AM

[Acadian]

I do like the draugr in Skyrim. They seem very Terminatoresque. And Darryl seems the perfect pal for Persephone. I’m glad she’s enjoying the bit of challenge induced by having her 2H knocked back down.

That is one wicked looking blade old Darryl is wielding in ‘welcome wagon’. Is that a dragon?

Aww, nice picture of Serana.

That grand necrohealing spell seems the perfect thing for Persephone and her undead friends!

Disarming a pirate! Ouch, it seems Persephone is rather the literalist.

[ghastley]

Don't let Persephone disorganise anyone!

[Grits]

Disarmed!

It’s great to see Darryl again. Persephone looks awesome running up to smite the undead dragon.

That’s a pretty picture of Serana in Windhelm. I love the blue light.

Grand necromantic Healing is a great idea! I love the look Darryl is giving Persephone.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I just finished watching Terminator: Salvation, and I agree 100% about the look of the Draugr!

It has been very challenging with the lower Two-Handed. Persephone even switched to her steel greatsword with the Absorb Health enchantment for the final battle in Castle Volkihar. Though she mostly used Auriel's Bow.

I turned around to find Serana standing there in the boat, and just had to get a picture.


ghastley: Too late! Persephone disinterrs, discombobulates, and dismembers most of the people she meets!


Grits: That was a wonderful bit of luck with timing the screenshot on the disarmed pic.

I like having Darryl a lot more than a regular follower. At least he never shoots Persephone in the back! And he is usually not around long enough to block the doorways. Plus he has a great voice.

Persephone bought the regular Grand Healing spell a little while ago, but the area effect was useless because all of her friends are dead! So I modded in the necro version for her and her undead pals. I have never had a character with Restoration so high. She even has all the perks, except for the one you need 100 points in the skill for. She probably won't bother with that one, sine the only spells it effects are anti-undead ones, that would probably hurt her too!


Guess who's coming to dinner?

Lucia has a pet

Serana gets her dander up

Unto the breach once more

Persephone stands and delivers

Auriel's Bow in action

Final showdown

Light vs Dark

She shoots

Here it comes!

Death of a Vampire Lord

The Champions of Light?

[King Coin]

Well, I somehow missed the last one. Time to catch up.

Boneyard is an awesome creepy picture.

Welcome: HA! Darryl looks like he’s trying to decide where to hit.

Whoa… Centaur? No that isn’t it. Lol. I like the armor though. We’ll just have to go get Kharjo a set.

The necromantic healing spell… I feel like either frost or a purple mist would look better for it than the golden light does. That just looks too healthy for them.

Dinner: What would Darryl eat? Nevermind I think I don’t want to know.

Whoa, the undead duo adopted a child? I wonder what the home life is like.

Something about Serana and Darth Vader.

Nice shot of her with the bow. Those are hard to get!

Chamions of Light? Quite the unusual crew for it.

[Acadian]

‘Guess who’s coming to who we're having for dinner?’ - - Fixed that for the undead crew.

Aww, a snow fox!

Wow, Serana does a pretty good Hulk impersonation!

Dawnguard warriors in the attack!

A dead girl with a big bow! Ariel’s bow looks neat – both the bow and in action, as Persephone and Serana kill that vampire. Oooh! Arrow in flight!

Champions of light – as KC said, unlikely trio indeed!

[SubRosa]

King Coin: I actually did spend a lot of time looking at different shaders to use for the Grand Necromantic Healing. But I could not find anything that looked good. Most of them didn't seem to do anything at all. Eventually I just gave up and went back to the default healing spell shaders.

It probably isn't what would Darryl eat, but whom? Good thing he only sticks around for a minute at a time. That way he doesn't have time to work up on appetite.

Persephone adopted Lucia and Sofie. They seem to spend most of their time attacking the training dummy with the daggers that Persephone gave them. Or playing with dolls.


Acadian: Don't make Serana angry. You would like her when she's angry...

The final showdown of the Dawnguard questline offers up some very good screenshot opportunities. It makes up for the rather dodgy writing in the first quests you have to do.


The sun also rises upon Persephone

Using Auriel's Bow got me in the mood to roll an archer toon to beat the game with.

Arduina meets the locals

She made camp across from Riverwood

Scratch one necromancer

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jun 9 2014, 12:13 AM

[Grits]

Persephone:

How funny to see Darryl looking around the front hall of Persphone’s house. She doesn’t live in a barrow!

Snow fox, cute! Since most of my characters don’t have kids, I have to be content with Sammy in the basement.

You captured the last battles so well with your screenshots. My favorite in the charge is the one with Persephone surrounded but not bothered by frost magic.

Light vs Dark is my favorite from the last confrontation. What an awesome shot!

The Champions of Light seem an unlikely trio to carry that title, but they certainly earned it. It was neat to see an undead but not a vampire character go through the Dawnguard quests. The sun also rises is a lovely image to remember until Persephone begins to tickle your imagination again.

New gal:

Arduina is an excellent name for a forest elf! I had to look it up, of course. She looks great. I love her ponytail and face paint.

The picture with the spriggan is my favorite. That’s lovely.

Arduina has wonderful taste in casual attire. Her camp is in a very pretty spot. I wonder if she had some crab legs for dinner.

Arrow to the head! Yikes. I just love archers! It must be fun to play one after Persephone who I believe did very little shooting.

[Acadian]

Wow, that is such a perfect icy sunrise shot for Purse-Phone.

And Woot! A woodster with a bow! Arduina looks great, and very much at home in the forest. I'm so glad she's got a portable campsite.