Skyrim
Main parent category for all posts about playing Skyrim
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In Which Finds-The-Way Assassinates the Emperor of Tamriel
In which Finds-The-Way assassinates the Gourmet at Nightgate Inn; infiltrates the Imperial party at Castle Dour; learns from Commander Maro that someone in the Brotherhood has betrayed her; rescues survivors from an all-out assault on the Brotherhood Sanctuary; dispatches the traitor to the Brotherhood; assassinates the Emperor at last; and takes over the Brotherhood Sanctuary in Dawnstar.
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In Which Finds-The-Way Assassinates a Markarth Chef
In which Finds-The-Way assassinates a chef in Markarth; acquires a set of Ancient Shrouded Armor from Hag's End; hunts for additional Stones of Barenziah; returns to Septimus to give him his requested blood samples, only to see him disintegrate when he opens his Dwemer artifact; and reads the Oghma Infinium.
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In Which Kendeshel Becomes Thane of Hjaalmarch
In which Kendeshel participates in a fishing contest in Morthal, with unexpected results; does favors for the people of Morthal, and is named thane of Hjaalmarch; acquires Valdimar as her latest housecarl, and Windstad Manor; begins work on a dwarven planetarium; is inducted into the Circle of the Companions; and joins Aela to avenge the death of Skjor at Gallows Rock.
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In Which Kendeshel Quests at Arcwind Point
In which Kendeshel recovers a lost explorer's key from Greywater Grotto; raids a cultist camp, and gets intel that leads her to Arcwind Point; slays a dragon at Autumnwatch Tower on the way; slays another dragon at Arcwind, along with hostile draugr; and quests into Varlais Cavern to try to put a stop to what the Dagon cultists had been up to.
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In Which Elessir Destroys the Summerset Shadows
In which Elessir destroys the Summerset Shadows at Uttering Hills Cave, to put an end to their encroaching on the Thieves Guild; teaches a woman in Markarth to fish; slays the dragon Nahagliiv at Rorikstead; and slays the Forsworn camped at Serpent's Bluff Redoubt by the order of the Jarl of the Reach.
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In Which Finds-The-Way Faces Alduin and Wrecks a Wedding
In which Finds-The-Way has her first encounter with Hermaeus Mora; fights Alduin for the first time on the Throat of the World; slays the vampire Hert for the Brotherhood; helps the Brotherhood accept a contract that will lead them to killing the Emperor; takes out a bride at her wedding in Solitude; frames the son of the commander of the Penitus Oculatus; gains the unearthly horse Shadowmere; and confronts Cicero at the Dawnstar Sanctuary after he attacks a fellow member of the Brotherhood.
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Getting up and running on the new Steam Deck
My overall impressions of the new OLED Steam Deck I've acquired (picoreview: overall splendid, especially improved Bluetooth). Reinstating all my previous games was easier than expected! This post goes into detail on how I reinstalled everything, and has my general impressions of the device as well.
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In Which Kendeshel Destroys the Dark Brotherhood and Excavates at Rkund
In which Kendeshel brings about the death of Grelod the Kind; fights a mad mage in the hot springs of Eastmarch; slays the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, and then wipes out the rest of them, except for an old blind man who tells her of the Hand of Glory; helps a mage at Darklight Tower put an end to her hagraven mother; and works with the Explorer's Society to excavate the ruins at Rkund, making a number of valuable discoveries in the process.
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In Which Elessir Slays Mudcrabs and Commits Thievery
In which Elessir deals with an infestation of frenzied mudcrabs in Dawnstar; commits further thievery for the Thieves Guild; and slays a monster horker near Windhelm.
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In Which Finds-The-Way is Named Listener of the Brotherhood
In which Finds-The-Way is proclaimed Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, much to the surprise of Cicero and Astrid; reaches the Aetherium Forge along with the ghost of Katria, and forges the Aetherial Crown as proof of Katria's work and the forge's existence; quests into Alftand and Blackreach in search of the Elder Scroll; and brings the Elder Scroll and crimson nirnroot out again.