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:

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Defeats Miraak in Apocrypha - 05/28/2025
    In which Elessir recovers a valuable folio; cleanses the Water Stone of Miraak's influence; finds the hoard of Haknir Death-Brand; gets Neloth a new steward for Tel Mithryn; rescues the kidnapped Baldor; helps Elynea heal Neloth's ailing house; slays the ghost frost giant Karstaag; gets Lucien back from Dumzbthar; witnesses the sacrifice of Storn Crag-Strider; and slays MIraak at the summit of Apocrypha.
  • In Which Elessir Explores Nchardak - 05/09/2025
    In which Elessir recruits the wizard Neloth to help him seek out a Black Book; quests into Nchardak; confronts Hermaeus Mora in Apocrypha, and is ordered to obtain the secrets of the Skaal; and slays the dragon Krosulhah.
  • In Which Elessir Helps a Bunch of Rieklings - 04/28/2025
    In which Elessir gains a Word of Power at Saering's Watch, and one in Benkongerike; breaks Miraak's influence on the Wind Stone, the Earth Stone, and the Sun Stone; helps one tribe of rieklings maintain their control over Thirsk Mead Hall; and helps another by hunting netches.
  • In Which Elessir Takes Lucien to Dumzbthar - 04/02/2025
    In which Elessir takes Lucien and Serana to the Dwemer ruin Dumzbthar on Solstheim; discovers an unnerving secret in its depths; parts ways with Lucien for a while while Lucien researches the ruin; clears out draugr at Kolbjorn Barrow; quests into Miraak's temple with Serana and Frea of the Skaal; is tasked by Storn Crag-Strider to seek a Word of Power at Saering's Watch; and begins hunting for pieces of the Deathbrand armor.
  • In Which Elessir Thwarts an Assassination in Raven Rock - 02/15/2025
    In which Elessir recovers a misplaced Ancient Nordic Pickaxe; discovers what happened to a long-dead miner in Raven Rock Mine; finds the Bloodskal Blade; kills a dragon priest and discovers a Black Book; slays an undead general at Fort Frostmoth; agrees to help an entrepreneur trying to excavate Kolbjorn Barrow; helps uncover an assassination plot against Councilor Morvayn; and is awarded citizenship in Raven Rock and Severin Manor.