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 Sabotages a Meadery, Helps Remnants, and Slays Potema - 09/22/2023In which Finds-The-Way sabotages Honningbrew Meadery for the Thieves Guild; returns the Lexicon to the depths of Avanchnzel; turns Goldenhills Plantation into a thriving farm; retrieves the Headman's Cleaver from Lost Knife Hideout; aids Remnant agents of Hammerfell in rescuing one of their own; and vanquishes the resurrected spirit of Potema in the catacombs beneath Solitude.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Becomes Thane of Riften and Robs an Estate - 09/21/2023In which Finds-The-Way retrieves the remaining lost instruments for the Bards College; cleans up a skooma problem and becomes thane in Riften; acquires Honeyside, Shadowfoot Sanctum, and housecarl Iona; robs Goldenglow Estate for the Thieves Guild; and helps a mage slay her mother before she can become a hagraven.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Finds a Drum and a Very Big Hammer - 09/09/2023In which Finds-The-Way helps Falkreath's alchemist with a skooma problem amongst the guards; retrieves a drum from Halldir's Cairn; and gets involved in lifting a curse of Malacath from the Orcs at Largashbur.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Joins the Bards College and Stops a Summoning - 09/06/2023In which Finds-the-Way acquires a farm; joins the Bards College; recovers a lost helmet; retrieves a lost verse and reinstates the Burning of King Olaf Festival; solves a mysterious death in Dragon Bridge; interrupts a summoning ritual in Wolfskull Cave; and acquires the Wabbajack while investigating the whereabouts of a madman's master.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Slays Sahloknir and Joins the Thieves Guild - 08/22/2023In which Finds-The-Way slays the dragon Sahloknir at Kynesgrove, and plots with Delphine to infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy; is recognized formally by the Greybeards as Dragonborn; agrees to help the Orcs of Largashbur; joins the Thieves Guild in Riften, and slays another dragon there; and finds a Word of Power in Lost Valley Redoubt.
