Skyrim
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In Which Kendis Slays Harkon and Does Side Quests
In which Kendis rescues Florentius from Ruunvald; slays Lord Harkon at Castle Volkihar; helps Valerica escape the Soul Cairn; participates in a fishing contest in Morthal; slays a dragon at Eldersblood Peak; and does work for the Companions.
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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 Kendis Acquires Auriel’s Bow
In which Kendis quests through Forgotten Vale; slays the dragons Voslaaruum and Naaslaarum; slays the Arch-Curate Vyrthur; and acquires Auriel's Bow.
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In Which the Dragonborns Slay Malkoran and a Couple Other NPCs While They’re At It
In which the trio of Dragonborns finds Malkoran a tough foe in Kilkreath, but take him out after much effort and acquire Dawnbreaker; acquire the Wabbajack from Sheogorath, with rather less effort; and acquire a horse and a house, or at least for ONE of them, in Whiterun.
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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 the Dragonborns Try Very Hard to Deliver a Beacon
In which the trio of Dragonborns try to help Largashbur with a giant problem, but are rebuffed; in which there are a stupid number of bears and vampires; in which we have our asses handed to us by a dragon and a dragon priest; and in which getting into the Kilkreath Ruins to recover Dawnbreaker proves _surprisingly_ difficult.
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In Which Kendis Finds an Elder Scroll, Crimson Nirnroot, and Ancestor Glade
In which Kendis recovers an Elder Scroll from Mzark in the depths of Blackreach; brings crimson nirnroot to a very tired farmer in the Rift; learns the location of Auriel's Bow in Ancestor Glade; and quests into Darkfall Cave in search of the fabled weapon.
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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 Three Dragonborns Quest for the Thieves Guild
In which Rhanys, Luciriel, and Kitty raid the Goldenglow Estate to lean on its owner; fight bandits just outside Riften; sabotage the Honningbrew Meadery; and trigger a surprise melee between Whiterun guards and Eorlund Gray-Mane at the Skyforge.