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Final thoughts on Harrowhark’s Skyrim Run
The obligatory final thoughts post on Harrowhark's Skyrim run, tragically cut short by her player losing a bunch her saves!
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Mods review for Harrowhark’s run
A writeup of final thoughts on the various mods I ran in Harrowhark's now canceled playthrough, calling out which ones I want to keep for the future, which ones I'm ambivalent about, and which ones I'm definitely ditching.
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In Which Harrowhark Becomes Guildmaster, Fights Mudcrabs, and Takes Contracts
In which Harrowhark wins Windhelm for the Thieves Guild, and becomes Guildmaster; retrieves the final Aetherium shards and finds the Aetherium Forge with Katria's ghost; kills Alain Dufont, Hern, and Lurbuk for the Dark Brotherhood; is revealed as the new Listener of the Brotherhood; and slays an infestation of frenzied mudcrabs in Dawnstar.
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Canceling Harrowhark’s Playthrough
Thanks to a disastrous attempt to fix Harrowhark's broken playthrough in Skyrim, I only wound up losing the last several months of her run. So I'm going to have to cancel that playthrough. AUGH.
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In Which Harrowhark Learns Dragonrend and Saves Dawnstar
In which Harrowhark faces Alduin on the Throat of the World; plots with Paarthurnax to trap one of Alduin's allies; returns the Lexicon to Septimus Signus; meets Hermaeus Mora; save Dawnstar from nightmares; buys land for and builds Heljarchen Hall; slays the dragon at Autumnwatch Tower; and becomes Thane of the Pale.
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In Which Harrowhark Meets Paarthurnax and Hunts for an Elder Scroll
In which Harrowhark and her companions meet the master of the Greybeards; and venture to the outpost of a mad scholar and then into the depths of Blackreach to find an Elder Scroll.
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In Which Harrowhark Has a Bit of a Reset
In which Harrowhark's player re-runs a bunch of things, including Moonpath to Elsweyr while trying to diagnose why this playthrough keeps crashing on the Steam Deck right now; and in which Inigo's dismissal is also retconned.
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Giving Inigo another chance
I decided to give Inigo another chance, after I rolled back to an earlier save that put me back before I dismissed him as a follower. This is a writeup of the conversation I think Harrowhark, Inigo, and Lucien had about the whole question of her taking dragon souls.
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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 Opens an Oblivion Gate
In which Harrowhark raids the Dainty Sload to plant contraband on board for the Thieves Guild; robs Wintersand Manor, the home of Nazeem; buys Tundra Homestead; discovers the Oblivion gate at Red Scar Cavern, and ventures through it into the Deadlands; and helps the Vigilants of Stendarr defeat the Mythic Dawn and take control of the caverns.