Finds-The-Way Playthrough
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| 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:
- Running with no mods whatsoever, just so I could have Achievements–not a thing I’ve been able to do before
- Playing in German!
- Running the Thieves Guild again
- 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 Becomes Arch-Mage, and Thane of Hjaalmarch and the Pale - 11/11/2023In which Finds-The-Way recovers the Staff of Magnus and uses it to slay Ancano, and save the College of Winterhold; quests into Runoff Caverns to shut down a malfunctioning Dwemer weather machine; battles necromancers at Fort Snowhawk; discovers why a house burned down in Morthal, and stops a vampire plot; kills a giant for the Jarl of Dawnstar; and becomes thane of both Hjaalsmarch and the Pale.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Acquires Mehrunes’ Razor and Azura’s Star - 11/05/2023In which Finds-The-Way acquires the pieces of Mehrunes' Razor, but is forced to kill Silus Vesuius to claim it once it's reassembled; acquires and cleanses Azura's Star of the soul of the necromancer who'd tainted it; and quests into Mzulft to discover the location of the Staff of Magnus.
- In Which Finds-the-Way Becomes Thane of Haafingar and Saves the Gildergreen - 10/28/2023In which Finds-The-Way slays dragons, a giant and some vampires; recovers lost artifacts from the bottom of a spider-infested cavern; helps create a new Gildergreen for Whiterun; reveals their Guildmaster's treachery to the Thieves Guild; buys Proudspire Manor and becomes Thane of Haafingar; acquires the hilt of Mehrunes' Razor; puts the Pale Lady to rest in Frostmere Crypt; defeats Seducers bandits near Windhelm; and recovers the Ring of Pure Mixtures and the White Phial from Forsaken Cave.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Saves Dawnstar, Catches a Murderer, and Robs a Museum - 10/18/2023In which Finds-The-Way saves the city of Dawnstar from a plague of nightmares; discovers a helm when questing in Yngol Barrow; catches a murderer rampaging through Windhelm; quests into Snow Veil Sanctum and learns of her Guildmaster's treachery; robs a Dwemer museum to get a rubbing for translating an important journal; and agrees to accompany Karliah back to the Ragged Flagon to present that journal to the Thieves Guild.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Joins a College and Infiltrates a Warehouse - 10/09/2023In which Finds-The-Way joins the College of Winterhold; discovers a powerful orb in Saarthal, while also killing a powerful draugr; quests into Fellglow Keep in search of books about her discovery; learns she must seek the Staff of Magnus; learns the name of the mysterious nemesis who's been sabotaging the Thieves Guild; and pays a visit to the Face Sculptor in the Ragged Flagon.
