Largashbur is just bristling with sharp and pointy defenses.

It is cool to see the Shivering Isles in Skyrim. Maybe I should look into some of the Creation Club content, that brings back places like this and the Deadlands.

Ooh, complimentary forks!

Dylora is hot.

Shivering Isles is actually from the Skyrim Extended Cut: Saints and Seducers mod. You need the Creation as a requirement but it's an improvement in every way. The orignal Creation is really basic and barely voiced. The extended mod even got Wes Johnson back to play Sheo!

Shrine to Malacath (few things are funnier than watching Yamarz get launched into the stratosphere

Taking a nap after a long day on the road

Lydia joins the gang

A released Aumriel (The Pale Lady) joins the gang


Might seem like a big crew but I'm using this run to vet mods and custom followers. Even Lydia is changed from vanilla.

I vaguely remember some details of Skyrim from long ago. If that Yamarz quest is the one I'm thinking of, it was indeed fun to see that blustering fool get his due. Especially after trying to talk a tiny wood elf into killing that giant for him.

Exactly!

Ironically, the best way to kill that giant is with a bow, from up on the rocks where he can't reach. Buffy would have an easier time than Yamarz, who foolishly brought an axe.

Fun fact. The quest starts with a giant attacking the Orcs at Largashbur. Some of the Orcs are essential, and if the giant whacks them, they can fly a long way, but survive. I've had to track Atub down in the hills above Darklight Tower, where she was looking for a way back down.

Solstheim, from a long distance away...

I've been adventuring with a mod follower called Remiel (fantastic follower, BTW) and to my surprise, she got arrested with me during the Forsworn Conspiracy quest!

https://i.imgur.com/ef1Fizy.png

Nice first shot - love the lantern in the foreground with its sparklebeams.

Neat to hear that you got a good companion!

She is a gem, absolutely a favorite of mine. I've been playtesting a bunch with my current load order and she is at the top of the list, along with Auri.

Stole a horse from the Black-Briar's. Didn't expect everyone to have their own horse hidden away!

Took a break for a bit and played Stardew Valley while I tweaked my load order. Now back in Skyrim with Helia, a greatsword toting, heavy armor build (first in a looooong time).

Welcome and happy hunting to Helia!

Visiting Whiterun (and the Missives board)

Puny Imperials

Tundra

The Guardian Stones, and a 'lil sapling*

The motley crew: M'rissi, Gore, and Remiel**

Lost in Falkreath

Culling the herd***

Pretty rainbow




* Traverse the Ulvenwald is by far my favorite tree mod
** M'rissi and Gore are both new to me and I just picked up the former. No idea where her story is going
*** Pre-M'rissi, had Jenassa with us instead

Nice to see the companion options have expanded. Back in the day, Buffy got along with Jenassa pretty well.

A lot of the best mod companions banter with one another too, thanks to authors collaborating. Gore and Remiel behave like siblings so far, and tease each other sometimes. On my last character (Cain), I had Remiel, Auri, and Serana (from the dialogue add on mod) and all three would converse with each other frequently.


Auri and Serana sharing notes about their dietary habits was particularly amusing.

I've got Message Boards in my Skyrim too, although they're located in a different section of Whiterun.

That 'tiny Imperial' lady is really a fox.

Motley Crue ... which guy or gal is yours to navigate the game with?

Falkreath pic looks amazing. Looks like a photograph, just about!

CRIPES you got a rainbow!!! How come rainbow mods never work in any of my games!??? Cyrodiil, the Capital Wasteland, and now Skyrim, all three have additions for rainbows. 🌈 Yet I have yet to see one!

(Meteors show up at night, at least...)

For that quest board, I'm using Missives. I used to have The Notice Board, but Missives is more expansive.


I think Camila was overhauled by Bijin Wives. Helia towers over them because Lore-Corrected Races shortens Imperials. And because her boots have a wedge heel.


All three are followers, I took the pic in first person. My PC is Helia


Rainbows appear a good bit with Wonders of Weather!

I see you have M'rissi. She is a very good companion with an interesting story. I think you'll like M'rissi.
Another favorite with an interesting story is Auri from Song of the Green.

One thing I liked about M'rissi and Auri is that they didn't annoy me by calling me Dragonborn all the time. In that vein Tania the Hermit was probably my most liked companion. She spoke either Korean or Japanese. I played with subtitles turned off, so I didn't understand a word she said. Was she praising or insulting, don't know. That's what made her so fun

I love Auri, but I opted to not have her installed for this game. Sorta regret it already.

Knight Helia, reporting for duty

Attracting new friends

The City of Kings

The cold lands of the north

Convenient new bridge

Breakfast at the Bee and Barb (and Helia needs a bath)

Watch the skies, traveler

She with the living hair looks great, as do your icy scenic landscapes. Bridges are handy when the water is too darn cold to swim in! And just exactly what was Helia doing last night at the Bee and Barb to require a bath this morning?

Hair with physics was such a game changer for me. I can't go back to the static hairs now and removed most of the mods that have them.

She got a little too rowdy with Gore, Remy, and M'Rissi the night before! Headcanon is that she bought a horse and fell off of it.

Nothing says "back off" like a two-handed Dawnbreaker

Early morning near Valtheim Towers

First training session

Helia is ready for that particular day to end

Nice sword and armor!

Just gotta find some place to wash her face and go to bed.

Frostspire Canyon

Helia, Paladin of Akatosh!

Frostspire Canyon is really pretty (and COLD)! You're really good with landscapes, Kane. I dunno. It's easy to take a shot of the land, but will this shot be wallpaper-worthy? Yours are often wallpaper-worthy.

Wow, love your paladin.

Thanks! I do have a lot of texture mods, but I still like to keep the spirit of vanilla Skyrim when I can. I see so many other videos and pictures on reddit and it doesn't even look like the same game anymore.

Her paladin armor is a bit different than other mods I've used. The boots are part of the cuirass! I had to get creative with enchanting to get all of the effects I wanted to use.

Okay! Let's see if I can remember how to do this!

So my forst character got corrupted. Dodgy mod I think. Mildly annoying.

But here is my new guy! Same name, Just with a Y haha.

He's with the dawnguard.

The photo below shows Trystan and his party!

From left, Erik, Trystan, Serana and Kharjo!

THE GANG

I'm still learning an optimal way of getting amazing shots on PS5 haha

Nice group! I recall Kharjo as a great mod companion. And of course I see the Hoe Pusher and Vamp Girl as well.

Haha indeed!

I was surprised to see such detailed skin texture mods and a Serana overall mod on playstation! Historically Sony have been super nono about ANY outside assets. But I guess they're being a bit more generous these days! And I'm glad for it!

I've always had such a soft spot for Erik, and pretty much always try and have him as a companion 🤣

Hoe Pusher and Vamp Girl?

Erik is a farmer who you can have join you as a companion. As a farmer, he calls himself Erik the Slayer, claiming that it's better than calling himself 'Erik the Hoe Pusher'.

Serana is another character you can have join you as a companion. When you meet her, she is a vampire.

Ah, I see. Very good. Let me see if I have any unposted pictures after several months of Skyrim.

Laprima, Tarn, Rokkr, and two additional soldiers

Footsteps (Laprima's game, on the way to Riverwood).

Siouxie, electified!

Lakeview Manor

Lord Haaf-Mersey, my Xbox paladin.

LHM man cave (instead of a giant plasma TV, pool table, and sports memorabilia he's got a bunch of treasure and a genuine shrine!)

Lord Haaf-Mersey Kill Cam

Nice shots, Renee! Love the footsteps mod.

So I just wanted to share a party update!

Trystan ended up doing all 3 maim stories haha. He helped rhe dawnguard, then when on a missive (a mod that adds a bunch if radiant quests on a community board in every city), the quest giver was the Jarl's adviser, so he naturally got roped into the main quest. Wasn't planning on him being Dragonborn, but it just happened! Hehe.

Then as he got attacked by Miraaks cult, he found himself helping Solstheim. So... now he's taking well earned break from saving the world and just travelling!

Trystan's current party!

Serana, of course. Best girl. And at this point Trystan's best friend.
Goldiir, an adorable Nord that he helped.
And Frea, who is so underrated as a follower, but I absoloutley love her.

Also I found some Witcher 3 outfits, and I think they look amazing on Serana and Frea!

Trystan's been busy!

Misericorde comes to Skyrim

She asked where the Goth club was, but got the Visigoth club...

Let's make a deal

Misericorde is certainly a looker. . . though she does indeed look like she can cause some misery.