Nona Playthrough
Posts pertaining to my Skyrim playthrough for Nona the Imperial
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In Which Nona Meets the Greybeards and Various Khajiit
In which Nona treks up the Throat of the World to High Hrothgar; is tested by the Greybeards to confirm she is Dragonborn; upsets a Khajiit deeply when she reports the number of steps leading up the mountain; investigates the secrets of Shroud Hearth Barrow; clashes with some suspicious Baandari; discovers a strange talking shell in a deserted, hidden house; and signs on as the relic hunter of the Dragonborn Gallery.
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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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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 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.
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Initial Commentary on Tuxborn
A post with my initial impressions of the Tuxborn modpack for Skyrim. Including how leveling works; changes to the look of the world and the characters; UI changes; map and music changes; new armor on NPCs and available to the player; some bumpiness with settings I needed to figure out how to change; and more!
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In Which Nona Has a Long and Bumpy Start
In which the young Imperial Nona is left for dead at Steamcrag Camp; eludes a treacherous Khajiit by way of hostile giant; visits Kynesgrove and Windhelm; travels to Whiterun, and helps several of the locals there; travels to Riverwood and Helgen, and meets a former arena fighter named Gorr; witnesses Alduin's attack on Helgen, and reports it to Whiterun's Jarl; and is engaged by Balgruuf and Farengar to retrieve the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow.