Today in Cyrodiil, spoilers version, TES: 4 Oblivion character accounts & stories Options

[Vital]

That was incredibly entertaining for just some bartering between an adventurer and a town-bound merchant

I'm guessing all these arrows are modded? Must be quite exciting to play around wiht mods after being on console for so long

[Renee]

mirocu: There ya go: a Saga story for you finally. Yes, that 'shack' is a little shop Better Cities adds.

Vital: Graci! .. Yeah sometimes I"m all about the little encounters Saga has. I can see them in my mind so I try to 'bring them to life' a bit more in these snippet-stories.

[mirocu]

So what about Kahreem and the handed-in staff....??

[Renee]

Kahreem could happen this weekend, surely. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.

[Grits]

Kanet’s Thieves Guild adventures have landed her in Spoilerville, so I don’t even want to post pictures in the screenshot thread until she’s non-questing again. Renee, I’m not sure if you’ve done the whole TG questline before Kareem, so I’m putting this whole post in spoiler tags in case he hasn’t done this part yet.


Once she finished the job Kanet returned to her contact in Bravil. She’s been back and forth there a lot lately. Usually she travels as Kanet the alchemist from the IC, which is not very far from the truth. It’s an identity she intends to retire with if she should ever lose her nerve for thieving. Anyway lately she’s been visiting her doyen so regularly that she’s taken to slipping in wearing generic adventure gear and leaving her flashy horse (called Ben) at home.

When she’s on foot Kanet likes to travel across the water. She’s no mage but she has collected some very handy enchanted items. The Water Walking item might be her favorite. Unlike her potions it has no duration or range, so she can stride along worry-free feeling almost as awesome as she looks.

Here are the pictures from the quest, since the spoiler tag doesn't want them in the text.

Young Dilettante

Reporting for Duty

Tense Meeting

[Acadian]

This is so much fun watching Kanet go through the TG! Her disguise gig must be a blast - so many wigs, outfits and accessories to mix and match for so many identities!

[haute ecole rider]

I loved the shot of water-walking Kanet - especially walking away from that Mysterious Isle in the Bay wearing SI Finery! How apt! Talk about making waves!

[ghastley]

When she’s on foot Kanet likes to travel across the water.

Are you sure she's not using a surfboard under there?

[Renee]

Thanks, I appreciate that Grits. Yeah, Kahreem hasn't made it that far. I read your thief's tales with no worries, I have a rather bad short-term memory for details.


This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Mar 25 2014, 08:25 PM

[ghastley]

It just struck me that Kanet's about half-way through the quest-line already. If she's going to continue after it finishes, I need to get the latest Evergloam packaged pretty quickly.

The machine that ran my web site and mail server died the other day, and I'm moving it all to another box. The web site didn't take long, as I already had the service active, and just had to re-route the port and copy over the content again from the development workstation. The email service needs re-installing, and I want to have that running properly again before I start getting traffic from Nexus users, so I may just post a copy on my own site for beta.

Watch the mods thread for an announcement when I do that.

[Renee]

Tirdas 9:01 am
Sun's Dusk 20, 3E433

Toon: Kahreem of Weet

Faction: Thieves Guild
Rank: Prowler

Days Passed: 86
Days Jailed: 17
Fame: 0
Infamy: 9

Location: Imperial City, Talos Plaza District

Where we left off: Kahreem has just given Hrormir's Icestaff to Methredhel, and she has given him orders to spy on Hieronymus Lex.


"Can ye spare a coin?"

The beggar asks this to the Redguard who has just exited the manorhouse across the plaza. This gives the Redguard pause. At first, he doesn't really hear the man's question, but then the Redguard remembers all beggars (especially those who live in the Imperial City) are sources of information. The Redguard has the coin to help this 'poor man' along, and he does so after a moment.

"Yeah, you can have this coin. What of it, beggar?"
"One more coin and I get a pair of shoes."

The beggar, No-Coins Draninus, has an Imperial's accent which sounds just a little too polished, a little too cultured. He's got the look of a beggar, and he's got the demeanor of one too, not to mention the smell of one. But to Kahreem the Redguard, this beggar doesn't seem too far from a better way of life.

"Thank you kind sir!"

"Well you are welcome, beggar. I had better see some 'new shoes' upon thine feet by Evening Star, else I am coming to get my gold piece back."

"Every little bit helps!"

"Now, what of Hieronymus Lex? Are you going to tell me anything about him, or is that going to cost me coin, too?"

"Sure I know where to find Hieronymus Lex. I sure am hungry though," No-Coins hints.

"Oh sure, yeah yeah, here we go. I already KNOW where he is. You guys are making way too much coin off of me, and you haven't even given me anything I can use since I've been back here in the City. You've got nothing on the beggars of Bravil, Bruma, and Leyawiin, this I can guarantee. Those beggars give me their word for no additional coins," he lies.

"Go find him yourself!" No-Coins grudges, suddenly angry that he can't swindle just a few more gold. With just seventeen gold in his pocket from the last swindle he pulled, things are starting to look rather thin. But then he pulls himself together, and says "Blessings of Mystara upon ye," just as an Imperial Guard walks by.

"Yeah, Mystara. What-ever," Kahreem nods, suddenly glad he's about to simply head back to the Marie Elena for some much-needed rest. "Getting in scuffles with beggars now, are you?" he asks himself as he leaves the Talos Plaza district.

As Kahreem went to sleep a few hours later, he 'ascended' up to level 6. I gave him +1 for Intelligence, +3 for Endurance, and +3 for Personality, making his stats 41, 56, 33 respectively for these attributes.

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6:32 pm
Hours later (but not too many hours later) the Redguard awakes, annoyed to find he'd fallen asleep on the Marie Elena's middle deck still wearing the torn-up fur armor he had found in the Imperial sewer system. He discards these items (breastpiece and boots) and quickly finds a pair of doeskin shoes, tan linens, and a dark green shirt up top.

"Better to prowl with these, after all."

He looks in his prowler's sack to find a bottle of Cheap Wine just waiting for its name to be called. Kahreem downs this bottle, and cannot resist opening a nearby barrel where he's stashed 16 more.

"Ahh there we go!" he announces to the wooden walls that surround him. "Nothing like the taste and warmth of a good bottle of Cheap Wine.".. It's not long before he grabs a bite to eat, and then leaves his 'home' to go seek the King of the Guards.

8:58 pm

"The Grey Fox is hiding nearby! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?"

Upon leaving his residence, Kahreem of Weet is astounded to find the search for the Thieves Guild's leader still goes on. Even at this hour, Heironymus Lex has made sure to staff the Waterfront full of Arcane University battlemages along with the usual, standard, iron-wearing guards. Even at this hour, these guards run tirelessly upon the Waterfront. Up and down, in and out. There seems to be no end to this.

"I have an arrest warrant for the Grey Fox, DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?"

Knowing he's got a bounty upon his head, Kahreem doesn't answer the battlemage, but he points slyly to his left, and raises his eyebrows. Taking this cue, the battlemage now follows the Redguard's direction He's mine! not knowing the man who he's just been cued by is wanted for stealing the Arch Mage's Ice Staff, not to mention horse theft.

Unsure of where Lex might be, Kahreem decides he'll sneak behind a couple of Waterfront shacks, just in case he finds the man he's looking for, and happens to hear him speak. He initially thinks he won't be able to find Lex at this hour, there's no way the man could be here along with his minions, not after dark.

"Carry on, soldier!"

But then there he is. As the Redguard crouches between Armand's home, and the shack which had recently been bought by a roving, red-headed paladin of sorts, he manages to hone in upon Hieronymus Lex with no concerns. After a minute or so of crouching in shadow, Kahreem realizes he doesn't actually need to hide. There are so many guards nearby, he is spotted over and over again, yet nobody raises a fuss. The Redguard decides he'll stand fully now, and pretend to simply be a law-abiding Waterfront Citizen.

That is when (to his surprise) the apparition appeared, and the Redguard's life would never be the same. ...



This post has been edited by Renee: Dec 23 2022, 02:24 PM

[mirocu]

Oooh! The adventures of Kahreem continues! As always I love the dialogue and all the small things he does to get to his goal and it´s interesting to get inside his head sometimes. Can´t wait for the next update so I hope there´s rain in Maryland for the next couple of weeks!


-Well done, Renee!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Mar 26 2014, 08:47 AM

[Vital]

Yay! A Kahreem update

Great job on this one, Renee. Loved all the dialogue, especially the exchange between Kahreem and the beggar. You used the in-game dialogue quite well to form a conversation. I wonder what's happened to Kahreem??? Is he going back to jail? The part where the guards show up in the waterfront was such a surprise when I did the thieves guild

[Grits]

It’s so fun to read Kareem’s view of events as he goes through these quests! His interactions with the beggars are hilarious. I LOLed when I read “Toon.”


Kanet is presently creeping around Castle Bravil in the guise of an overnight “guest.” She figures that if she’s caught in the quarters of an upper class fellow Dunmer wearing mostly jewelry she won’t have too much explaining to do. In fact the guard might be too embarrassed to confront her. (Good luck with that plan, Kanet!)

The Grey Fox’s requests have been increasingly alarming. She arrived at her last destination as a simple pilgrim seeking enlightenment, but no one actually saw her while she was there. Her instructions were vague about whom she could kill. Not being much of a killer she took pains to only shoot things that were critters or once-dead already. Her enchanted bow Turn kept her from major injury. She was able to plan her fights for long corridors where she could get several shots in as various undead things rushed at her and then away for a few steps after she shot them. Even the final mortal guardian of the artifact remained largely unbothered by her presence. He thought he heard something but it must have been the wind.

This dungeon was hair-raising. It was mostly pitch-black so Kanet had to keep switching between her bow and a candle when she saw a life sign nearby. It was hard to tell good guys from bad until she got right on them. Very deadly traps. She almost died passing through one even though she saw it! Also she ran low on lockpicks. I’m using the auto-attempt function so she has to do it herself. I was so tempted to pick some of them for her!

On her way back to civilization Kanet was completely shocked to stumble upon the Shrine of Azura. It’s tended by the handsomest man she has ever seen. Kanet was quite taken with him. She was pleased to have met him looking mostly like herself (still dressed as a pilgrim) so when she meets him later she won’t have to pretend. It was excellent timing to find this shrine as Kanet’s faith through her boss is presently shaken. Kanet knows no way to check in with Nocturnal, so she’ll return as soon as possible in the hopes of speaking to Azura. Kanet has always felt torn between twilight and shadow. Perhaps it doesn’t have to be that way.

Anyway as soon as she got home to the Imperial City she gave herself a manicure and went shopping. This means mostly checking for nice things left out on counters that she might like to pick after hours, but she does quite a bit of legitimate business with the alchemists. Now that she’s had her eyes opened by the hot priest of Azura it seems that good-looking men are coming out of the woodwork. Sadly her nails do not show in this picture. Trust me, they match her necklace and toes.

So now she’s sneaking through a castle looking slutty with permission to kill an important person. Kanet is very uneasy about this job. Her boss has dropped some references to other important people. Kanet has no idea what he intends, but she hopes it’s not as bad as it sounds. She is not in the Dark Brotherhood. Killing people is not what she signed up for.

[Acadian]

Kanet is a shopping dream!

The TG questline details are fuzzy to me. After all, the last time I did it was BB (Before Buffy) which translates to probably 2007-8. It is fun seeing Kanet going through it as she collects baubles and handsome Dunmer.

[Grits]

It’s no surprise that Kanet’s favorite place to shop is the Apachii Goddess store right in her own neighborhood. Unfortunately even if those hyper-vigilant goddess shopkeepers would ever close their store and go to sleep Kanet wouldn’t allow herself to steal from a neighbor. Too close to home. So she’s always broke and has an endless list of trinkets she plans to buy next. This is why she still lacks any Nighteye enchantments! It’s a good thing most of their stock wouldn’t fit her. Sigh.

The last time I went through the TG questline was years ago with a post-Main Quest fallen hero detoxing from a stint in the Dark Brotherhood. She could kill anything, had tons of specialized gear, and could turn herself invisible at any time. It’s much more fun with Kanet.


The Castle Bravil night watch is almost as dedicated as our Dunmeri Shadowfoot. After a thorough search of the more accessible areas she realized that there was only one way to her goal. It required a change of costume. Here Kanet waits for her chance dressed as a maid. (Not a sexy maid, just a maid. ) Her prayers throughout the small hours of the watch were equally that there would be a significant break between shifts and that she would not actually be called upon for any morning maid work. She does not have the stomach for emptying chamber pots.

It turns out that she does have the stomach for cutting parts off of fallen daedric enemies if they’ll make a good potion. Kanet got very pissed off in the series of dungeons that led to her next goal. She became convinced that the court mage must know what his friends and their dremora were up to under his remote tower. Actually that fact that he felt the need for a remote tower should have been a pretty big clue that things would get ugly. She got into two toe-to-toe confrontations with conjurors, both nearly fatal to her. By the time the court wizard himself finally caught and confronted her, Kanet simply grabbed what she was after and ran for her life.

It worked. Still she’s not going back to Castle Bravil any time soon. The wizard saw her in a soaking wet, bloodied, exhausted, starving, no lipstick, and nearly crazed with terror state, but there’s still a chance he might recognize her. He is after all a wizard.

Also he was pretty cute from what she could see past his summoning fog and the fire from his pet daedra.

No, Kanet, she tells herself. Do NOT go back to flirt with attractive but possibly murderous court mage.

Kanet consoled herself by wearing one of her favorite gowns when she got back to Chorrol. Her business went smoothly and the usually rapacious Rashida gave her a fair price with no questions about where she picked up an enchanted dremora mace. Best of all she was reminded of the Night Mistress’ presence when she met a raven (from this delightful mod) near the cemetery. The shadows have hidden her many times when she thought for certain that she was caught. She was wrong to doubt their Mistress’ favor.

Still, a return to Azura’s shrine (and Azura’s priest) is in the plan. After a trip home to rest she might head in that direction.

Oh, and it’s still raining Dunmeri men. Her new rank has provided her with a new fence also named Fathis. If she gets time to pocket some choice items maybe she’ll get to meet him.

[Acadian]

I'm still loving how fun it is that Kanet requires such a massive wardrobe and stock of appropriate accessories. Yes, Toc Toc is a very neat (and capable) little companion! Like a 'melee' version of Maigrets' little pixies.

[Grits]

Kanet’s Thieves Bag (Bag of Holding mod) is stuffed with clothing and accessories. She only steals what she can carry with her very limited encumbrance plus Feather potions. It cracks me up that she won’t use her magic bag for its intended purpose. She doesn’t want to muss the wigs or wrinkle her clothes!

If it could be said that Grits collects anything it would be Maigrets’ mods. Somehow they’re always just right.

[Grits]

Kanet executed her orders with her customary style and efficiency. I knew what was coming and felt some concern for her, but Kanet’s hand is much quicker on the bowstring after recent events. She no longer wonders what she should do when she’s somewhere dark and smelly and a stranger rapidly approaches. Especially when she’s just killed a bunch of vampires.

While she was in the neighborhood she climbed back up the mountain and spoke to the Lady of Twilight. Azura told a tale that made the usually chill Kanet shed a tear. Thankfully due to habitual snooping she knew where she could pick up some fire salts for free (as soon as their owner left for work), so she had some decent fire damage poison on her arrows later when she most needed it. Still, her nerves are not made for combat. Afterward she dried her tears, healed the places where the last guy clobbered her, and pulled her arrows out of various posts and wooden partitions where she had managed to miss the guy multiple times at close range. She gets really scared, especially when confronted by a heavily armored orc vampire wielding an enchanted axe. Also he was talking about her sweet meat or something while attacking her and that was upsetting.

Kanet did not touch the bodies other than gathering a bit of their dust and picking up a note. She wasn’t sure if Azura would want proof that the vampires were now at peace. She had no intention of looting Azura’s afflicted yet still faithful followers.

Back at the shrine Azura rewarded her with an astonishing gift. Kanet was so stunned she forgot to ask the Lady if she was screwing up or if her life was on the right path. She’s been called “wicked one” so many times she’s starting to believe it. Anyway Kanet forgot to ask but then realized that Azura wouldn’t have handed over her Star to someone she didn’t favor.

The handsome priest turned out to be a Nightblade named Mels, and he would be more than happy to join Kanet on her adventures (Companion Share and Recruit). Kanet decided to shelve that idea until she is less likely to get arrested every time she walks through a city gate. Mels called her Star-Bearer. She thought that was pretty special. Also she likes his hair and decided on the spot that Nightblades are hot. The monks robe will have to go, though. She’s going to be “shopping” for some badass light armor.

Funnily enough right before she left Kanet looked back at the statue and noticed that Azura was holding aloft a star and moon. Now she wonders who might be the Moon-Bearer.

During the side trip to pick up fire salts before the vampire wars Kanet embarrassed herself by getting caught stealing a silver vase. Her response after paying the fine was to completely clean out the castle. The countess and guests will be eating from parchment plates for a while. At least until Ongar gets his stock back into legitimate trade. Even then there will be a few pieces missing from the set. Kanet decided to brighten up her little waterfront house with some Brumese silver.

[ghastley]

Now she wonders who might be the Moon-Bearer.

Azura allows others to Star, but she does all her own Mooning.