Finds-The-Way Playthrough

Finds-The-Way
Finds-The-Way in Riverwood
Playthrough Info
Game Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Race Argonian
Playthrough Dates 7/8/2023-8/23/2024
Platform PC, Steam Deck
Language German
Difficulty Adept

This is the page for my ninth Skyrim playthrough, for the Argonian character Finds-The-Way, who was a thief and assassin.

I began this playthrough on 7/8/2023, as part of verifying whether my base Skyrim game was still okay after a disastrous attempt to recover Harrowhark’s playthrough. But I went ahead and decided to play her, with a few goals in mind:

  1. Running with no mods whatsoever, just so I could have Achievements–not a thing I’ve been able to do before
  2. Playing in German!
  3. Running the Thieves Guild again
  4. Playing the Dark Brotherhood, finally

Finds’ playthrough concluded on 8/23/2024. Her posts are not yet done, though, and I’ll be working on getting those caught up, since she did have a complete playthrough. Until then, her playthrough will remain in the Current section of the Skyrim playthroughs on the site.

Like Ysani before her, Finds is named (indirectly) after my character Wayfound from my days on Two Moons MUSH.

Finds-The-Way’s Backstory

Very rough idea for Finds’ backstory is that she’s marsh-born, from a very remote tribe that hasn’t had a Shadowscale born to them in a very long time. But she was born under the sign of the Shadow, and her tribe’s Hist realized she would have to go to Skyrim to find the Dark Brotherhood to receive training there.

As a cover story, she also cheerfully claimed to have relatives working at the Riften docks. Who most likely conveniently “died” the first time a dragon strafed the place in her run!

Playthrough Posts

Here are all the posts about Finds-The-Way’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 Finds-The-Way Assassinates the Emperor of Tamriel - 10/04/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way assassinates the Gourmet at Nightgate Inn; infiltrates the Imperial party at Castle Dour; learns from Commander Maro that someone in the Brotherhood has betrayed her; rescues survivors from an all-out assault on the Brotherhood Sanctuary; dispatches the traitor to the Brotherhood; assassinates the Emperor at last; and takes over the Brotherhood Sanctuary in Dawnstar.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Assassinates a Markarth Chef - 07/28/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way assassinates a chef in Markarth; acquires a set of Ancient Shrouded Armor from Hag's End; hunts for additional Stones of Barenziah; returns to Septimus to give him his requested blood samples, only to see him disintegrate when he opens his Dwemer artifact; and reads the Oghma Infinium.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Faces Alduin and Wrecks a Wedding - 07/13/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way has her first encounter with Hermaeus Mora; fights Alduin for the first time on the Throat of the World; slays the vampire Hert for the Brotherhood; helps the Brotherhood accept a contract that will lead them to killing the Emperor; takes out a bride at her wedding in Solitude; frames the son of the commander of the Penitus Oculatus; gains the unearthly horse Shadowmere; and confronts Cicero at the Dawnstar Sanctuary after he attacks a fellow member of the Brotherhood.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way is Named Listener of the Brotherhood - 07/06/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way is proclaimed Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, much to the surprise of Cicero and Astrid; reaches the Aetherium Forge along with the ghost of Katria, and forges the Aetherial Crown as proof of Katria's work and the forge's existence; quests into Alftand and Blackreach in search of the Elder Scroll; and brings the Elder Scroll and crimson nirnroot out again.
  • In Which Finds-The-Way Becomes Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild - 03/16/2024
    In which Finds-The-Way goes on a thieving spree through Solitude and Markarth; does additional special jobs to gain a foothold for the Guild in those two cities; helps the people of Markarth and is proclaimed thane of the Reach; is also proclaimed Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild; slays Alain Dufont in Raldbthar; and recovers the fourth and final aetherium shard.