Elessir Playthrough
Posts pertaining to my playthrough of Elessir the Dunmer
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In Which Elessir Opens an Oblivion Gate and Joins the Dawnguard
In which Elessir vanquishes a Mythic Dawn cult, but with unexpected results; acquires the Gray Cowl of Nocturnal, and the sword Bloodthirst; commits some light thievery for the Thieves Guild; and goes to Dayspring Canyon to join the Dawnguard.
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In Which Elessir Acquires Mehrunes’ Razor and Quests Through Rielle
In which Elessir reforges the Gauldur amulet; acquires Mehrunes' Razor; slays a dangerous fugitive and acquires his Elven Hunter armor; slays the Forsworn renegade Crowstooth and acquires dragonplate armor; slays a dragon at Arcwind Point; and quests into the ruins at Rielle in search of what's driving the Mythic Dawn cult to investigate the place.
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In Which Elessir Becomes Thane of Hjaalmarch and the Pale
In which Elessir slays a Thalmor assassin, and the dragon Vuljotnaak; investigates the activity of Mythic Dawn cultists at Rielle; retrieves the fragments of Geirmund's amulet, and the sword called both Dawnfang and Duskfang; acquires Bloodchill Manor after vanquishing vampires there; and becomes thane of both Hjaalsmarch and the Pale, after aiding Morthal with a vampire problem and Dawnstar with a giant problem.
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In Which Elessir Battles Mercer Frey, Thalmor, and Forsworn
In which Elessir slays Mercer Frey in the depths of Irkngthand; restores the Skeleton Key to the Twilight Sepulcher and gains his full power as a Nightingale of Nocturnal; acquires the hammer Nerveshatter; slays a mad blacksmith; raids the Thalmor Embassy; rescues Esbern from the Ratway; visits Alduin's Wall with Esbern and Delphine, and learns a way forward to confront Alduin; and meets Paarthurnax, the master of the Greybeards, who sends him off to find an Elder Scroll.
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In Which Elessir Becomes Thane of Winterhold and a Nightingale
In which Elessir destroys a second Seducers bandit camp; slays the mad conjurer Thoron in the Solitude sewers; locates what's left of missing College of Winterhold apprentices; recovers the Helm of Winterhold and becomes thane of Winterhold; reforges the Arms of Chaos; discovers the treachery of his Guildmaster; and joins forces with Karliah and Brynjolf to become Nightingales of Nocturnal in a united effort to take down Mercer Frey.
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In Which Elessir Investigates Ruins and Caverns, and Becomes Thane of Haafingar
In which Elessir investigates the ruins of Winterhold, and slays the dragon priest and dragon he encounters as a result; slays another dragon at Goldenhills Plantation; tames a unicorn near Riften; finishes helping Largashbur with its curse problem; fights Forsworn and hagravens at Lost Valley Redoubt and Cradle Stone Tower; and delves into Runoff Caverns to find and deactivate a runaway Dwemer weather machine.
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In Which Elessir Defies Maven Black-Briar and Becomes Thane of the Rift
In which Elessir acquires critical intel for the Thieves Guild from both Goldenglow Estate and Honningbrew Meadery, defying Maven Black-Briar as he does so; aids Remnant agents in rescuing one of their own from the Thalmor; helps the Orcs of Largashbur with a giant attack; returns the Lexicon to the depths of Avanchnzel; buys Honeyside in Riften and is named Thane of the Rift; returns Azura's Star to her shrine; and heeds Azura's command to cleanse Malyn Varen's soul from the Star.
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In Which Elessir Seeks Azura’s Star and Joins the Thieves Guild
In which Elessir is tasked by Azura to restore her broken Star, and recovers it from Ilinalta's Deep; slays the bandit Tyra Blood-Fire, after she challenges him; clears a mine of a spider infestation; joins the Thieves Guild in Riften, but with less extortion than they ask him for; recovers the Headman's Cleaver from Lost Knife Hideout, and a Khajiit's amulet from Treva's Watch; and clears out a skooma den on behalf of Riften.
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In Which Elessir Becomes Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold
In which Elessir retrieves and returns instruments for the Bards College; discovers what slew a family in Frostflow Lighthouse, and another family at Goldenhills Plantation; quests into Mzulft in search of Synod researchers and the Staff of Magnus; retrieves the Staff from Labyrinthian, and slays the dragon priest Morokei; and saves the College of Winterhold by putting a stop to the plans of Ancano of the Thalmor.
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In Which Elessir Saves Dawnstar and Finds a Lost Drum
In which Elessir works with a priest of Mara to save Dawnstar from a plague of nightmares; and recovers Rjorn's drum from Halldir's Cairn in Falkreath.