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[Acadian]

'Grats to Lothran!

[mirocu]

Lothran is now in his shack at the Waterfront District. He couldn't spend too much time in Chorrol and the Colovians this year as Easter comes quite early and he must soon depart to Skingrad for some vamp hunting

[Renee]

Yes, I've seen such things happen. I remember one of my characters had a mod-added hill giant follow her into Weatherleah, of all places. The giant was so big it couldn't follow her around the cabin much, though.

And wow, 2000 in-game days. I bet if I added up all my in-game days from different people I could maybe b34t that, but it's impressive to have all those hours all in one place.

[Renee]

Last Seed 25, 4th Era Year 1-- Joan of Arkay is about to head into Ninendava, to seek out an Ayleid Statue. Thing is, her game used to be on Xbox, and when I transferred to PC (which has Map Marker Overhaul set to remove most markers from new games) I lost most of her map markers. So I have no idea if she's already been to Ninendava. It's one of the places mentioned by Umbacano though, so in she goes.

As a holy warrior, Joan's really good with these sort of ruins, especially if there's undead and/or necrofolks. I hope there are, and so does she.

[mirocu]

Ah, the years of dungeon diving. These days Lothran can't be bothered with that. He's too busy admiring the views of Cyrodiil

Speaking of which; it's time to go to Skingrad! Easter is coming up

[Renee]

Fredas, Last Seed 30, 4E Year 1 -- Joan's persistence in exploring Ninendava has paid off! She's found the sixth Ayleid statue. This is wonderful news, mostly because we weren't sure if the place had been searched yet.

Wicked vampires and undead inhabited the ruin! It took a couple days to clear them all out, after which Joan came to a door with a lock she couldn't get by. This caused a mad trip to Chorrol, to see if anybody sold any Hard Lock scrolls, nobody did. And she's no lockpicker. So the next best thing was to buy a huge warhammer, to see if her party could smash their way in

After buying this weapon, there was another mad dash back to Ninendava, before 3 days elapsed. Wouldn't want all those menacing vampires & undead to return.

Anyway, she's got the statue. Headed to the Chorrol next, where she hopes to take on a quick bounty contract, then they'll head to the Big City. Here ya go, Umbacano.

[mirocu]

Lothran has now entered Skingrad.

[Acadian]

Joan, nice statue huntin'!

Lothran, say hi to Tamika!

[Renee]

Lothran has now entered Skingrad.

I feel like my latest return to Oblivion is going to stick this time. I'm getting that old feeling of addiction again, played OB for about 3 hours yesterday! So what I'm saying is one of these days, Joan & Lothran are going to cross paths. ... or Joan and Lady Saga. One mine will cross paths with your Nordic Dunmer.

Last I saw Joan she's back in Chorrol. Praying in the chapel (big surprise).

[mirocu]

They sure might, if they're indeed in the same area



Lothran has just gone out into the Skingrad Reserve, as I'd like to call it. The West Weald area SE of Skingrad, moving towards the Isolated House. Prior he messed around with some vamps at Bloodcrust Mine; always good fun to lure them out into the sun and have the Spriggan fight them

[mirocu]

Lothran came back to Skingrad two days ago with lots of flax seed in his pocket for later use in potions. Yesterday evening was spent strolling around the beautiful town under a star spangled sky after some time at Two Sister's Lodge.

Eventually he retired back to his room upstairs at the local Fighters Guild.

[Renee]

Is that so?

Well Joan of Arkay has been spending time in the Cheydinhal area, searching Ayleid ruins for statues. We went through Belda and Kemen. I think I spent 4 or 5 in-game days with her altogether. Neither ruins had any statues, but there were Varla stones and plenty of good loot, which is good because she's savin' up for a faster horse. Probably Chestnut. None of mine have ever had a chestnut horse before, imagine that?

[mirocu]

Is that so?

Indeed!


Ayleid ruins are always interesting. Never know what you're gonna find in those. I still remember the fight that ensued when Lothran laid his hands on the Greater Welkynd Stone...

[Renee]

Yeah, something odd happened with the Great Stone in Loth's game, right? I remember reading about this.

[mirocu]

Yeah, something odd happened with the Great Stone in Loth's game, right? I remember reading about this.

You know, I thought I had mentioned that in Lothran's thread but I just went through it and I couldn't find anything. Guess I just mentioned that here and didn't think it was worth writing about it there.

But yeah; the big fight after collecting that stone threw us both off quite a bit. And this is when Lothran has maxed out and has all the good weapons and all, but that fight was quite brutal and he had to use everything he had to stay alive!

[Renee]

Morndas, early morning, Heartfire 16, 4E Year 1 -- Joan of Arkay just finished searching Nagastani. No statue, and other than a few coins and gems, not a whole lot of riches. 👛

But one thing I'm noticing is she's really good at fighting daedra and creatures. Gargoyles, imps, golems, trolls, etc. She's got it down to a science, the way she takes these beings out. And since her background started in Morrowind, now we know why she's so good.

[mirocu]

Lothran has been spending some time in the Great Forest and specifically the area around Brindle Home and Gottlesfont Priory. Today saw him going back to Skingrad, reapiring his dagger and then going to bed. Nothing else worthy of mentioning.

[Renee]

Is that so?

Well it is Fredas, Heartfire 20 in Joan's game. She is headed to the Imperial City as we speak, with plenty of loot to sell. I get the feeling she's easily going to be able to buy a new horse. Maybe even she'll be able to afford the Library section of her home, Battlehorn Castle.

Good news also: she went into Vilverin and I had a look at the in-dungeon map, which was pretty cloudy. This means Vilverin never got explored by Joanie! -- I'm not sure if there's an Ayleid statue in there or not. 🗿 Won't matter in the end, there'll no doubt by other treasures to find.

[mirocu]

Vilverin is a place we all see fresh out of the sewers, but one that Lothran actually didn't explore until like a few years ago!


Also; Battlehorn castle fun!

[Renee]

That's true about Vilverin, and it's probably the reason she never explored there. Because back when I rolled Joan (2013) a few of my others had done Vilverin by then.

Anyway, I was right about her payout. She's earned close to 5,000 Septims after selling a bunch of loot. Definitely enough for a Chestnut.