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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A few more thoughts about Inigo and dragon souls
A few followup thoughts on the question of Inigo being opposed to the Dragonborn absorbing dragon souls, and bigger picture questions of character conflict and narrative resolution.
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In Which Harrowhark Takes a Moonpath to Elsweyr
In which Harrowhark ventures down to Elsweyr to help rebel Khajiit resisting their Thalmor overlords; reaches a contact in Markarth about a Dark Brotherhood contract; and quests into Arkngthamz to investigate what treasure can be found there. Features commentary on the Moonpath to Elsweyr mod, and why I am reluctantly deciding to give up Inigo as a follower.
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In Which Harrowhark Slays Mercer Frey and Is Cured of Vampirism
In which Harrowhark slays Mercer Frey; returns the Skeleton Key to the Twilight Sepulcher, and becomes an Agent of Nocturnal; acquires the hammer Nerveshatter; is finally cured of her vampirism by Falion in Morthal; and recreates some long-lost artifacts after acquiring sigil stones in a summoning ritual.
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In Which Harrowhark Becomes Thane of Haafingar
In which Harrowhark continues musical studies at the Bards College; recovers the Ancestral Sword of Clan Ice-Blade, and gains the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal; wins the Wabbajack by answering a challenge from Sheogorath; destroys the spirit of Potema before she can escape her catacombs; investigates signs of a resurgence of the Mythic Dawn; and becomes thane in Solitude and buys Proudspire Manor.
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In Which Harrowhark Acquires Mehrunes’ Razor and Joins the Bards College
In which Harrowhark acquires Gauldur's Amulet and Mehrunes' Razor; battles the mad smith Evethra, and learns how to forge amber and madness gear; joins the Bards College in Solitude; agrees to help a madman find his master; disrupts a ritual to summon Potema in Wolfskull Cave; and follows clues from a mysterious stranger to lead her to find a lost sword at Silverdrift Lair.
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In Which Harrowhark Visits the Forgotten City
In which Harrowhark acquires Bloodthirst and Red Eagle's Bane; slays a dragon at Fort Greymoor; and ventures into the Forgotten City, where she fights to prevent an unspeakable disaster from destroying everyone there. CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE FORGOTTEN CITY MOD.
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Spoiler-free short review of the Forgotten City mod
What this says on the tin: a short spoiler-free review of the excellent Forgotten City mod for Skyrim, which I have now played in Harrowhark's run. If you think you might want to run this mod at all, look at this post FIRST before you look at the next full post I put up for Harrow!
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In Which Harrowhark Investigates the Ruins of Winterhold
In which Harrowdark explores long-hidden ruins of the parts of Winterhold destroyed in the Great Collapse; and fights and slays the dragon priest Beinaarkh and the dragon Kahvozein.
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Some thoughts on the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim
Here, have a writeup of my thoughts about the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim thus far, now that I've finished most of a playthrough with it! Picoreview: would recommend, but there are bits I'm ambivalent about too.