Elessir Playthrough

Elessir

Playthrough Info
Game	Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Race	Dunmer
Playthrough Dates	Started 7/19/2023
Platform	PC, Steam Deck
Language	English
Difficulty	Adept

This is the page for my tenth Skyrim playthrough, for the Dunmer character Elessir.

Elessir’s playthrough is born out of my attempt to reassess my mods situation after the disastrous attempt to recover Harrowhark’s playthrough. I’m running him concurrently with Finds-The-Way and Kendis.

This marks my first time playing a male character in Skyrim, as well, since I finally got High Poly Heads, KS Hairdos, and RaceMenu working, all of which allowed me to make a male character that didn’t look terrible! And, playing a male character is one of the few things I haven’t tried in the game yet.

This character is named after Elessir a’Natharion, Unseelie mage and singer, who’s one of the major characters in my books Faerie Blood and Bone Walker.

Goals for this run:

Cover some of the same ground I wasn’t able to do with Harrow’s run before it imploded, which means:
- Running Lucien as a follower
- Running the Thieves Guild for Good Guys mod (though this time I’ll be trying a newer version)
- Running the Dark Brotherhood for Good Guys mod
- Running Beyond Skyrim: Bruma
Like his namesake, Elessir needs to be a gifted mage, so I’ll be emphasizing using Destruction magic in his combat and will try to get his Illusion up, too.
Elessir’s namesake is also a skilled musician (and a notoriously snarky Elvis impersonator, LOL), so he will definitely be running the Bards College.

Elessir’s Backstory

Since the Elder Scrolls franchise doesn’t really have an analogue of the Seelie and Unseelie Court mythos, I can only borrow some of the core ideas from Elessir’s background in my books. Current rough idea is that he’s an exile from a House in Morrowind, fleeing for his life after he failed in an attempt to overthrow his House’s Grandmaster. Who very likely also sicced the Morag Tong on him.

Playthrough Posts

Here are all the posts about Elessir’s playthrough! These are dynamically updated, so a new post should appear here when it goes up. They’re listed in descending date order, so the newest posts should always appear first. Also, note the pagination controls after the first five posts. You can page through to see the older ones.

In Which Elessir Slays Alduin in Sovngarde - 12/23/2024
In which Elessir becomes Guild Master of the Thieves Guild; brings about a peace council between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks at High Hrothgar; solves a rash of murders in Windhelm; forces the Blades to stand down from insisting he kill Paathurnax; traps the dragon Odahviing at Dragonsreach, then lets Odahviing fly him to Skuldafn; quests through Skuldafn into Sovngarde; slays Alduin the World-Eater; and adopts a child after his return to Whiterun.
In Which Elessir Steals Everything That Isn’t Locked Down - 11/05/2024
In which Elessir recovers a stolen silver mold for Endon the silversmith; commits several acts of thievery in Solitude; assists Erikur with framing a ship captain (but also robs Erikur's house); and commits more thievery in Whiterun.
In Which Elessir Becomes Thane of the Reach - 10/21/2024
In which Elessir recovers a lost shipment for the caravan leader Ri'saad; recovers a shield for the Jarl of Markarth; commits several acts of thievery in Markarth; and, ironically, is also made Thane of the Reach.
In Which Elessir Destroys the Summerset Shadows - 07/13/2024
In which Elessir destroys the Summerset Shadows at Uttering Hills Cave, to put an end to their encroaching on the Thieves Guild; teaches a woman in Markarth to fish; slays the dragon Nahagliiv at Rorikstead; and slays the Forsworn camped at Serpent's Bluff Redoubt by the order of the Jarl of the Reach.
In Which Elessir Slays Mudcrabs and Commits Thievery - 07/07/2024
In which Elessir deals with an infestation of frenzied mudcrabs in Dawnstar; commits further thievery for the Thieves Guild; and slays a monster horker near Windhelm.

Screenshots

Elessir’s screenshot galleries can be found on the Elessir Screenshots page.