Skyrim
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In Which Nona and Her Friends Set Out for High Hrothgar
In which Nona acquires a horse; slays necromancers at the Ritual Stone; slays bandits at Valtheim Towers, and recovers a lost sword; receives word that the curator of a museum would really like to talk to her; is attacked by a stranger, who turns out to have a note on him about a mysterious ruin in Eastmarch; finds three suspicious Khajiit camping by a river; and reaches Ivarstead to prepare for going up to High Hrothgar to meet the Greybeards.
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In Which Kendeshel Cleanses the Soul of Kodlak Whitemane
In which Kendeshel, in the company of the Circle of the Companions, ventures into Ysgramor's Tomb; and finds and cleanses the soul of Kodlak Whitemane, liberating him from Hircine.
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In Which Elessir Slays Alduin in Sovngarde
In which Elessir becomes Guild Master of the Thieves Guild; brings about a peace council between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks at High Hrothgar; solves a rash of murders in Windhelm; forces the Blades to stand down from insisting he kill Paathurnax; traps the dragon Odahviing at Dragonsreach, then lets Odahviing fly him to Skuldafn; quests through Skuldafn into Sovngarde; slays Alduin the World-Eater; and adopts a child after his return to Whiterun.
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In Which Finds-The-Way Quests Through the Soul Cairn
In which Finds-The-Way infiltrates Castle Volkihar with Serana; finds Serana's mother Valerica's hidden laboratory; activates a portal to the Soul Cairn; finds a dead saint's lost writing, and the soul of a dead horse; finds Valerica and reunites her with Serana; slays the undead dragon Durnehviir... temporarily; escapes the Soul Cairn; returns to Fort Dawnguard, and discovers that the Moth Priest Dexion has gone blind.
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A review about followers available in Tuxborn
While I work on getting caught up on my main playthrough posts, here's a roundup so far of my thoughts on followers available in the Tuxborn modpack for Skyrim. LOTS of interesting followers, but I can't run them all, so I've had to cut down on the number of active followers I have! This post is a roundup of what followers I've tried so far, who's made the cut to remain an active follower, and who hasn't.
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Mod review: Carved Brink (with spoilers)
Since I have concluded playing the mod Carved Brink in my ongoing Tuxborn playthrough, here's a review post about that. Picoreview: very mixed bag. Gorgeous visuals and a fun travel mechanic, but a plot I found ultimately weak and unsatisfying. Post contains spoilers for the mod, so read with caution if you haven't played it yet.
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In Which Nona Finds a Dragonstone and Fights a Dragon
In which Nona recovers the Dragonstone and a lost golden dragon claw from Bleak Falls Barrow; is tasked to help fight an attacking dragon at Whiterun's western watchtower; slays the dragon Mirmulnir and is revealed as Dragonborn; is given a thaneship in Whiterun; and is assigned a very cantankerous Lydia to be her housecarl.
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In Which Finds-The-Way Quests for the Dawnguard
In which Finds-The-Way rescues Serana from Dimhollow Crypt; declines her father's offer to become a vampire; recruits Sorine and Gunmar for the Dawnguard; rescues the Moth Priest Dexion; rescues Florentius from Ruunvald; recovers a sword and a schematic from Mzinchaleft; and returns to Castle Volkihar to search for Serana's mother.
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In Which Kendeshel Slays the Glenmoril Coven
In which Kendeshel recovers another piece of the Gauldur amulet; retrieves a piece of Wuuthrad from Broken Helm Hollow; wipes out the Glenmoril coven of hagravens by the orders of Kodlak Whitemane; discovers Kodlak has been slain by the Silver Hand; wipes out the Silver Hand at Driftshade Refuge; and attends Kodlak's funeral in Whiterun.
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In Which Nona Takes a Crack at Bleak Falls Barrow
In which Nona tries and fails, several times, to go to Valtheim Towers; meets a blind mage in the Bannered Mare and invites her to join her on her journeying; goes with both her followers to Riverwood, and agrees to help the trader there recover his lost Golden Claw; and goes to Bleak Falls Barrow in search of the claw and the Dragonstone.