Delga Playthrough
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| Playthrough Info | |
| Game | Skyrim Special Edition |
| Race | Orc |
| Playthrough Dates | October 2021 to January 2022 |
| Platform | Nintendo Switch |
| Language | English |
| Difficulty | Adept |
This is the page for my third Skyrim playthrough, for the character Delga of the Orsimer.
I began this playthrough immediately concluding the one for Merawen, with the intention of making Delga my character to accomplish two things I didn’t do with either Merawen or Alarrah:
- Join the Companions
- Fight the Imperial side of the war
In terms of game mechanics, Delga was intended to be a tank, specializing in Heavy Armor and Two-Handed weapons. I also envisioned her as an absolute cinnamon roll who just wanted to help everybody, which was my justification for doing every single side favor quest I could get my hands on. 😀
Those of you familiar with She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will understand what I mean when I say that in terms of personality archetype, I was very much inspired by Scorpia!
Like Merawen and Alarrah, Delga is named for a character in my writing–but a story which isn’t actually published yet.
Delga’s Backstory
An Orc character was an interesting one to think about in terms of Skyrim’s culture. There are four known Orc strongholds in the game, all of whom treat the player character like a stranger even if you’re playing an Orc. Plus, the start of the game always treats you like you’re coming in from outside of Skyrim. (Unless you’re playing the appropriate mods that let you have alternative starting choices!)
Therefore, I had to assume that Delga was from an Orc stronghold from somewhere outside of Skyrim. I also decided that she was not content with the idea of being married off as a wife to a stronghold chieftain. Which, given that I was imagining Delga as a cinnamon roll type, strongly suggests that the chieftain she was promised to was not a worthy chieftain, to the degree that Delga felt it was better for her to flee rather than to submit to being his wife.
That said, I think she was probably always a little regretful about running off like that, and probably pissing off her family. Which did inform her choices in trying to visit all of the Orc strongholds in Skyrim and help them when she could. She also tried to uphold the Code of Malacath, even though she was an Orc woman living outside her people’s normal culture. But she eventually came to some peace with it, given the whole Dragonborn thing! I suspect that she eventually got to the point of accepting that Malacath had made her what she was, and that she could never have stepped up to save the world from Alduin if she’d stayed in the stronghold where she was born.
Playthrough Posts
Here are all the posts about Delga’s playthrough! They’re listed in descending date order, so the newest posts appear first. Also, note the pagination controls after the first five posts. You can page through to see the older ones.
You can also browse all of Delga’s posts via her playthrough category link.
- In Which Delga Acquires the White Phial and Joins the Bards College - 11/11/2021In which Delga retrieves the White Phial from Forsaken Cave, only to find it is damaged; in which she finishes retrieving requested things for Wylandriah and Ingun; and in which she is admitted to the Bards College in Solitude.
- In Which Delga Becomes Thane of Riften - 11/10/2021In which Delga acquires a sacred sapling for Danica Pure-Spring; seeks but does not find the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller; seeks and DOES find a lost helmet; and last but not least, becomes thane of Riften and buys the house called Honeyside.
- In Which Delga is Inducted into the Circle - 11/09/2021In which Skjor and Aela make an offer to Delga to induct her into the Circle by making her a werewolf; in which Delga and Aela clear Gallows Rock of Silver Hand bandits only to discover the death of Skjor; and in which Delga slays a dragon for Riften.
- In Which Delga Slays Bandits for Whiterun and the Companions - 11/08/2021In which Delga slays some bandits, both for a Whiterun bounty and for the job she was tasked to do by the Companions: getting back a lost Orcish Warhammer.
- In Which Delga Becomes Thane of Falkreath and Gains Dawnbreaker and Breezehome - 11/07/2021In which Delga gains Dawnbreaker and the Masque of Clavicus Vile; in which she becomes thane of Falkreath; in which she vanquishes skooma dealers for the Jarl of Riften; and in which she buys a home for herself and Lydia in Whiterun.
Screenshots
All of Delga’s screenshots can be found on the Delga Screenshots page.