Reviews
Any post in this category has review commentary, sometimes as a standalone review, and sometimes as review commentary mixed in with active playthrough session commentary. Any post in this category with "review" in the subject line is a standalone review post; anything else is out of an active playthrough, but with review commentary mixed in.
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In Which Kendeshel Fights Vampires and a Lich on Wyrmstooth
In which Kendeshel continues her questing across the island of Wyrmstooth, featuring a fight with vampires, recovering the lost bones of a dead spirit, and discovering that this was not necessarily the wisest way to spend her time. (Contains spoilers for side quests in the Wyrmstooth Skyrim mod.)
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In Which Kendeshel Buys a Fort and Quests on Wyrmstooth
In which Kendeshel does general adventuring on the island of Wyrmstooth; adopts a wolf after the death of her owner; helps a Nord who had his pants stolen by a witch; agrees to bring a spirit's bones back to his tomb; takes over an abandoned fort and refurbishes it; aids miners who accidentally broke into a spriggan sanctuary; and slays a marauder leader at his stronghold.
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In Which Kendeshel Battles a Dragon on Wyrmstooth
In which Kendeshel saves the island of Wyrmstooth from the threat of a particularly ambitious dragon. (This session is focused entirely on the main plot of the Wyrmstooth mod, so I won't say more because spoilers. Read with caution if you're not already familiar with this mod.)
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In Which Kendeshel Becomes Thane of Eastmarch and Haafingar, and Goes to Wyrmstooth
In which Kendeshel finishes excavating Windcaller Pass with her Explorers Society team; slays a Thalmor assassin; solves a string of murders in Windhelm; buys Hjerim and becomes thane of Eastmarch; destroys the spirit of Potema; buys Proudspire Manor and becomes thane of Haafingar; retrieves the White Phial from Forsaken Cave; and journeys to Wyrmstooth to help the East Empire Company with a serious dragon problem. Contains major spoilers for Legacy of the Dragonborn, and also Wyrmstooth. Read with caution if you're not familiar with these mods!
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In Which Kendeshel Hunts a Mysterious Criminal and Lost Relic Hunting Tools
In which Kendeshel is hired to track down a mysterious criminal wanted in Morrowind; aids the village of Little Vivec; tracks her quarry to Kagrenar, only to find that he was not at all what she expected; discovers a hidden room in the Dragonborn Gallery; retrieves a powerful staff from Brittleshin Pass, and a highly useful backpack at Shriekwind Bastion; and is attacked by assassins at her own house in Whiterun. This post contains significant spoilers for the Moon and Star mod, as well as minor spoilers for Legacy of the Dragonborn. Read with caution.
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Review of Moon and Star mod (non-spoiler version)
Spoiler-free review of the Moon and Star mod, which I'm running as part of Kendeshel's Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough. Mostly enjoyed it, but found it kind of flimsy and too short. Not sorry I tried it, but not likely to play it again (though I reserve the right to change my mind here). Spoiler review to come with Kendeshel's next post.
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Some Final Thoughts on Running Project AHO
A followup post about running Project AHO, with some final thoughts about what frustrated me about this mod's overall plot. And what I would do to fix it. Obviously, this contains major spoilers for Project AHO, so read with caution if you think you might want to try this mod in a future Skyrim playthrough.
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In Which Kendeshel Claims Some Ships and Solves a Haunting
Withholding a specific summary on this post because it contains plot spoilers for the end of the Project AHO mod. AND two plots for Legacy of the Dragonborn: Night At the Museum, and It Belongs in a Museum. Content warning for some graphic horror imagery in the screenshots. Screenshots are password protected if you don't want to see them.
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In Which Kendeshel Recovers Her Freedom
In which Kendeshel's player plays through more of the Project AHO mod, the specifics of which I will not get in this summary because spoilers; and in which Kendeshel returns to Skyrim long enough to kill the dragon Sahloknir in Kynesgrove, and recover her housecarl Lydia for help in resolving the situation in Sadrith Kegran.
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In Which Kendeshel is Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery
In which Kendeshel retrieves a lost journal in Sunderstone Gorge; becomes thane in Falkreath; acquires land and begins the building of Lakeview Manor; follows the trail of clues in a journal to visit a runestone and a shrine; meets the mysterious figure who stole the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller, and agrees to travel to Kynesgrove with her to slay a dragon; and last but not least, has all her plans upended when she is captured by slavers and dragged off to a secret Dunmer settlement beneath Skyrim, where she is sold to a Telvanni wizard.