Skyrim
Main parent category for all posts about playing Skyrim
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In Which Harrowhark Visits the Forgotten City
In which Harrowhark acquires Bloodthirst and Red Eagle's Bane; slays a dragon at Fort Greymoor; and ventures into the Forgotten City, where she fights to prevent an unspeakable disaster from destroying everyone there. CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE FORGOTTEN CITY MOD.
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Spoiler-free short review of the Forgotten City mod
What this says on the tin: a short spoiler-free review of the excellent Forgotten City mod for Skyrim, which I have now played in Harrowhark's run. If you think you might want to run this mod at all, look at this post FIRST before you look at the next full post I put up for Harrow!
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In Which Kendis Clears Fort Hraggstad and Slays Sahloknir
In which Kendis clears Fort Hraggstad of bandits on the strength of her wolf blood; learns Delphine is a Blade, and slays Sahloknir with her; returns the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller to the Greybeards; breaks the curse on the Orc tribe at Largashbur, and gains Volendrung; acquires the Lord's Mail armor; buys Tundra Homestead; and slays the dragon and dragon priest Krosis at Shearpoint.
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In Which Harrowhark Gains a Star and a Horn, and Also Slays Some Dragons
In which Harrowhark slays Malyn Varen and purifies Azura's Star; discovers an agent of the Blades, and accompanies her to Kynesgrove to slay the dragon Sahloknir; slays another dragon at the Western Watchtower; slays Forsworn at Lost Valley Redoubt and Red Eagle Redoubt; and acquires Red Eagle's sword.
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In Which Kendis Becomes Arch-Mage and Returns Some Instruments
In which Kendis witnesses the death of the Arch-Mage; quests to Labyrinthian to recover the Staff of Magnus, and slays the dragon priest Morokei; uses the Staff to save the College of Winterhold; recovers a missing flute from Hob's Fall Cave; and returns to Solitude to give the missing instruments back to the Bards College.
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Notes on future mods I’ll want for Survival Mode
Notes about Skyrim mods relevant to survival runs, for Future Me, when I consider trying Survival Mode again in a run where I can mod the parts I don't like. Recommendations for any mods I don't have in this post welcome.
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Bailing on Survival Mode in Kendis’ playthrough
As of hitting level 32 in Kendis' run, I'm officially bailing on playing her in Survival Mode. Main reason for why: it takes a lot of the fun out of the College of Winterhold for me. :( More deets as to my reasoning in the post.
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In Which Harrowhark Investigates the Ruins of Winterhold
In which Harrowdark explores long-hidden ruins of the parts of Winterhold destroyed in the Great Collapse; and fights and slays the dragon priest Beinaarkh and the dragon Kahvozein.
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In Which Kendis Becomes Thane of Riften and Quests into Mzulft
In which Kendis agrees to hunt bears for Temba in Ivarstead; agrees to help the Orcs at Largashbur with a giant problem; helps a bunch of people in Riften, and is proclaimed thane; buys Honeyside, and gets Iona as housecarl; discovers the whereabouts of the Staff of Magnus in Mzulft; and retrieves the missing Finn's Lute from Stony Creek Cave.
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In Which Harrowhark Becomes Arch-Mage and is Kidnapped by the Brotherhood
In which Harrowhark recovers the Staff of Magnus from Labyrinthian; uses it to break Ancano's control of the Eye of Magnus, and saves the College of Winterhold; and receives a very special invitation from the Dark Brotherhood to join their ranks.