Skyrim
Main parent category for all posts about playing Skyrim
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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 Kendis Confronts Alduin, Interrupts Necromancers, and Recovers a Shard
In which Kendis recovers a totem of Hircine for the Companions' Underforge; confronts Alduin on the Throat of the World, and afterward plans with Paarthurnax to trap one of Alduin's allies; restores the White Phial; interrupts a ritual to summon Queen Potema; discovers the Oghma Infinium; and recovers the final lost Aetherium shard in the ruins of Raldbthar.
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In Which the Dragonborns Interrupt a Ritual and Infiltrate a Warehouse
In which the Dragonborns interrupt a summoning ritual in Wolfskull Cave; steal some wine for an Argonian, and then trail him through the East Empire Company Warehouse and Brinewater Grotto; extinguish a lighthouse fire; and report back to the Thieves Guild with what they learned from Gulum-Ei.
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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.