Aravi in Skyrim, her video story Options

[mALX]

I have to agree with SubRosa, that beheading was Awesome! An Elder dragon too! Loved the kill sequence in this one, Aravi clinging to that tossing head and sticking her sword through the skull - urk! Great update!

[Acadian]

Neat opening in the middle/end of a fight, then transitioning to some quieter travel time. So does Aravi already have a power from one of the other Birthstones?

And another dragon with an intense fight!

I love it when she heals up Kharjo!

[Darkness Eternal]

How awesome was that start? Everyone commented and I just had to watch it and replay it! Brutal, lovely, beautiful! Snip snip! Chop chop! Haha.

Oh gawd, another dragon battle. Here we go!! The fight was intense, that golden elder dragon was majestic, and the climax was cinematic! I love Aravi's finisher move! Right on the nose! The fact that she wears a cape while doing it made it even more heroic!

Favorite quotes in the video:

"Die Dragon!"-Kharjo

[Grits]

Wow, great beginning! Then the head rolled, the birds kept singing, and it was another beautiful day in the Rift.

I guess the burned up wagon was a pretty good clue as to what lives up those stairs. That was a beautiful dragon! Great sword-up-the-nose finish!

In that light after the fight, Aravi’s markings and hair looked darker. It was nice to get such a good look at her face.

That was a fun fight to watch!

[Darkness Eternal]

Nobody sees. Nobody knows.

This post has been edited by Darkness Eternal: Sep 20 2012, 03:33 PM

[King Coin]

@SubRosa: I forgot about that beginning, when I reviewed the video I had the same reaction- whoa!

Its stats were probably boosted by the mod but the appearance is vanilla. Aravi has quite a few shouts, but she has her favorites. Thanks SubRosa!

@mALX: I was freaking out when I saw it was an elder dragon, they are tough! Aravi handled it though. Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: Yes she does, she has the Lord’s Stone which in SKyrim offers damage and magicka resistance. I’m sure Kharjo likes it when she heals him too! Thanks Adadian!

@DE: It certainly grabbed everyone’s attention! Aravi handled that dragon pretty well despite my fumbling with the menus. Thanks DE!

@Grits: I like how you put the beginning. I try to show her face pretty often, I like to see it too. Thanks Grits!

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Far from the warmth of the Rift, Aravi begins her search for an Elder Scroll in a freezing ruin called Alftand.

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J’zhar’s Journal

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Screens! I finally got to play tonight!


Bye for now (Aravi had to go on a quest without Kharjo)

Trolls are all over the roads in the far north

Aravi is getting tired of being threatened by storm cloaks

War face

This post has been edited by King Coin: Sep 22 2012, 05:25 AM

[Darkness Eternal]

I love this quest, mainly because I love to use the Oghma Infinium glitch to get to level 60 in 5 minutes!

The fight with the soldiers was intense! Truly a fight for survival, and did I just see the Orc trip over at the 2:16 mark? Haha, I think someone bashed him and he fell over face into the snow. This made me laugh for some reason. I think after the battle, the stray pooch felt intimidated by Aravi's healing powers. You could see it in the poor dog's eyes, but I'm sure he was grateful

Anyways, J'Darr is just one of those crazy Khajiit's that makes me laugh. Especially the "You always try to keep it for yourself. There's got to be more Skooma! No! Shat up! Shat up!"


In the end, he was no much for the Khajiit duo and the spirit canine! I loved the team up!

Screenies:Kharjo didn't look too happy at Aravi's departure. He looks at her with sad kittie eyes . Good picture, sometimes Aravi needs a breather and some of her tasks are too dangerous!

So, that troll got arrows all over his body except in that vital spot where arrows always seem to strike! Aravi is one for change! Good shot!

Eh, Stormcloaks! Meh! For the Empire! For a safe and secure . . .society! I hope she taught those rebel scum a lesson in manners!

Beautiful battle stance in the last picture, duel wielding at the finest! Great update!

[Grits]

The beginning of this video really captures the feeling of Skyrim foot travel. WTHeck moments abound, and anything can happen. Those “soldiers” were very tough! The part where Kharjo and the lightning mage were charging each other and Aravi gave her a fire breath was awesome! Then their orc leader took a digger. Was that from stamina loss, I wonder? I love how Kharjo’s ears flipped up when Aravi healed him.

Aravi’s interactions with the dog cracked me up. Dog barks for no reason. Aravi turns and stares at dog. Dog lies down and looks away with “It wasn’t me” in universal dog language. Aravi slowly goes back to what she was doing.

She told him to stay! That didn’t take long.

Alftand is one of my favorites. I love the story that unfolds, and it takes a good long time to get through. Aravi is far more clever than Mikke and Erik. It took those Nords ages just to find the door.

The destroyed campsite and dropped torches are not good signs. Well, and there’s all of that blood. A sad end for the Khajiit brothers.


Yay, pictures!! Glad you got some time to play.

Aww, Karj has sad eyes in the first one. He looks so sweet and completely deadly in that armor. War face is my favorite!! Aravi looks awesome, and I love the ebony sword and pouch of crossbow bolts. What an expression! Love it!!

[SubRosa]

Kitty found a stray dog! I usually try to avoid adopting them, since they just tend to get killed.

Oh my, that was quite a furball with those pretend Imperials! Even Kharjo's familiar joined in! That was neat how Aravi Yooled that mage in the head! That dog certainly earned his keep in the fight. But its constant barking gets annoying. There are mods to make them quiet, if you want to keep him around.

Wreckage, skeletons, and bloodstains everywhere, Alftand does not look like a very welcoming place.

Whoa, that first spider worker came out of nowhere!

That is creepy how the dead Khajiit's tails wave around like that!

I am with Grits on the pics. War Face was by far the best!

[mALX]

Nobody sees. Nobody knows.

HA! I saw, I know !!!! ROFL !!!

[mALX]

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I am so glad you got some time to play! (LUCKY!!!!) I couldn't pick a favorite screen till I saw "War Face" - that is my fave, but it was a close race!

This vid was Awesome! I've been there, there are about five Dwemer ruins there - one of them has that crash glitch I was telling you about months back. I didn't run into the soldiers, probably because I didn't have the quest running, lol. I LOVE this Dwemer cave, this was great !!! Awesome update !!


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[Acadian]

Brrr! This vid was freezing! I was reaching for my furs and had to break in the middle for a cup of hot coffee! That spider was a surprise – probably a good thing as it didn’t give Aravi time to think about how she feels about them. . . .

A beautifully sad shot of Aravi saying ‘bye to Kharjo for now. The war face one was so cool! You can almost hear Aravi hissing and her eyes are all narrowed in anger. I love her earrings too.

[King Coin]

@DE: I can’t glitch my character like that, it takes the fun out of the game for me. Little things like the permanent bound armor in Oblivion is perfectly acceptable though!

The impostures were strangely difficult. Kharjo’s got a special shield bash in my game, each time he hits; he has a chance to completely knock someone over!

You’ll see where Aravi was going in the screens here and why she couldn’t take Kharjo with. Aravi’s steered clear of the Cloaks so far, but if any of them are foolish enough to attack her, they will die. Thanks DE!

@Grits: Kharjo slammed that orc with his shield! Aravi loves being able to use the Thuum, it’s a weapon nobody expects. Aravi’s no dog person you can see. Alftand is very large and I tried to show what I could and keep things going at the same time. No way around it though, it’s a monster.

Poor Kharjo, and he might not be happy when he hears where she went! Thanks Grits!

@SubRosa: I’m pretending the dog just started following Aravi.

The fake imperials were a lot stronger than I thought they would be, I was really worried about that mage killing Aravi for a second there. The spider workers can appear out of little holes in the wall and it was dark enough that Aravi couldn’t see it.

War face is everyone’s favorite then. I couldn’t help but hear R. Lee yelling as I titled it. Thanks SubRosa!

@mALX: Another vote for war face! There are a lot of ruins that connect down there, Aravi might have been through it already. Thanks mALX!

@Acadian: I’m surprised you have any of that in your desert dwelling. This was a mechanical spider, so it’s ok. Only the gross ones freak her out. I can count on you and Buffy to point out Aravi’s earrings. Thanks Acadian!

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Going deeper into Alftand, Aravi and Kharjo find more machines, and another enemy that so often lives in the dark.

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Screens

A portal to the Soul Cairn

It hurts!

The other side

One of the many damned

Wastelands

[mALX]

Ooh, her archery is at 71!

This is one tough dungeon! Does Aravi's shouts hurt Kharjo? Is he essential? I thought that centurian had him for sure! Urk! One great vid, I don't know if Maxical could make it through this one without a whole lot of sneak and some whopping chain shock spell! Awesome Vid!

Ooh, the Soul Cairn is like being outside when you are inside? That is awesome! And scary/eerie looking! Do the damned approach? Talk? Fight you? Urk !!!! Awesome update!

[Grits]

Yay, Quick Shot is such a great perk! Aravi’s trees look nicely filled up. It was fun to see which perks she’s chosen.

Ugh, Falmer. Aravi is a surgeon with that fire Shout! That was a fun, focused fight against the Centurion. Great shooting by Aravi with her new fast draw!

My favorite screenshot is “Hurts,” with poor Aravi’s surprised expression. The Soul Cairn is so neat. Not a Kharjo-approved experience.

[SubRosa]

Another enemy who lives in the dark. I can guess what that might be...

That was very neat picking up that scrap metal and dropping it on the trap trigger. I was not sure if it would work or not!

Level 38! I have never played a character that long. It just gets too easy once I hit the thirties.

That was a long jump down. And Kharjo jumped too! After so many years of playing Oblivion, I am still not used to seeing followers do that.

Eww, a spider. I modded them out of the game. I cannot say I miss them.

I did not realize you could dual cast muffle. Does that give you a 100% sound reduction then?

Yikes, a Centurion! Oh she Yolled him!

The Soul Cairn looks very purple. I have to agree that "hurts!" is the best pic. I love that expression on Aravi's face. Is that Serana with her?

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Sep 26 2012, 12:11 AM

[Acadian]

Star Wars Dwemer Robo-balls rolling out the attack!

When the spider appeared, I was glad to see Kharjo’s spirit wolf go after it in front of Aravi; good thing too since it did a job on the wolf!

Those Soul Cairn screens look pretty foreboding!

[King Coin]

@mALX: Aravi’s shouts do hurt Kharjo, so it is important that she doesn’t hit him. Kharjo is a step down from essential. He is what Skyrim calls protected. Any character that is protected (all followers except a few that are invincible) ‘goes down’ or is forced to their knees when they run out of health. Then they start regenerating health. Enemies tend to ignore followers when they go down, but they can still be killed when they are down. Area of effect spells, traps, poisons, and errant attacks can kill them.

The Soul Cairn is a realm of Oblivion. The souls that are damned there do a whole lot of nothing. Well, some of them offer quests, but otherwise going there is very bleak. Thanks mALX!

@Grits: I know I haven’t shown every perk she’s taken, but hopefully that little peek gives everyone an idea of where she’s been working. She’s getting very good at aiming that fire around Kharjo! That moment, going into the Soul Cairn was huge! I loved that part. Thanks Grits!

@SubRosa: You can set off triggers like that in Oblivion and Fallout too.

Part of what keeps Aravi interesting is that she has some significant weaknesses built into her character. Her armor rating by Skyrim standards is always very low. I’ve spread her level ups between magic, stamina, and health even though she doesn’t benefit from more magic very much. She doesn’t use health potions either, magic only. That’s purely a gameplay choice on my part, not a roleplay thing.

I believe dual casting muffle just extends the duration of the spell. Yep, Aravi had to take Serana with her into the Cairn. Thanks SubRosa!

@Acadian: Ugh, you can always expect spiders, or some other gross bug with the falmer. The Soul Cairn is an awful place. Being stuck there for eternity would be awful. So don’t let Buffy use black soul gems, that’s where the souls go. Thanks Acadian!

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At the bottom of Alftand, Aravi finds an interesting device and a couple of quarreling adventurers.

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Screens!

Fight darkness with light

A new friend

On a whim, Aravi bought a horse

Fighting from horseback

Visiting Kharjo’s caravan

[Darkness Eternal]

Aravi with the Dawnguard? Nooo! She's a baddie! "From my point of view, the Dawnguard are evil!"

Yes, the Soul Cairn is a horrible place to be for the living . . .if only Aravi were [un]dead! Haha, kidding. mALX, as King Coin said, the Soul Cairn is the Underworld for some of the dead. Ever wonder what happens to the soul of a person who is captured by a Black Soul Gem and then no longer used? They end up there . . .stretching on eternity forever.

The realm was visited in Battlespire, and the only hostiles there are the Ideal Master's lackeys.

Anyways! The updates!

Update 1:

We had some dungeon crawling action against the Dwemer! Nasty spiders, indeed! SubRosa, are you arachnophobic? If you don't mind me asking . . .

One of the Damned.
I haven't played Dawnguard at all, but I've watched countless videos. The souls are the creepy aspect of the Soul Cairn, adding to the Barney-colored morbid atmosphere. Great shot!

Update II:[b]

Ah, Sulla and Umana . . .those two arguing dorks, huh. Haha. Always fun to see them around. Aravi was smart to just sit by and watch them duke it out against each other until they were weak . . .then she opened up a can of fire breath and torched their bums to Oblivion!

Targe of the Blooded . . oh my, now that's a damn shield right there! Bashing will come in handy, but Aravi isn't much of a shield girl!

Blackreach is a fine place to be. Glowing with all sorts of . . .stuff? Very beautiful, but equally treacherous. I enjoyed her exploring of it here.

Fight Darkness with Light.
This one was great! It has a "get back, ye foul demon!" vibe to it. Nice seeing Aravi in some Dawnguard armor.

A new friend.

Ah, our undead dragon gets a nice breath of Tamrielic air in the land of the living. Welcome back to Nirn, Durneviir!

[mALX]

This has to be in the top favorite of updates so far! I couldn't choose among these screens for a favorite, each one I saw I thought would be a favorite till I saw the next - and you didn't include the horse jumping which would have def vied for favorite place!

This vid was tremendous! Aravi aims thinking she is about to be attacked by two, then suddenly they are fighting each other - hysterical! Great loot, too! Then that magic mushroom world with crimson nirnroot - I've never been in there, that place is Awesome!

LOVED this whole update!


EDIT: I meant to mention - not just the crossbow but the fighting on horseback - LOVED seeing that, I love that screen! In "Kharjo's Caravan" - is Aravi idling with her hand on her hip? GAAAAH!

This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 28 2012, 07:11 PM