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In Which Elessir Destroys the Summerset Shadows
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.
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In Which Finds-The-Way Faces Alduin and Wrecks a Wedding
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.
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Additional housekeeping on the new Steam Deck
A writeup of all the non-game-specific housekeeping I wanted to do on my new Steam Deck in Desktop mode, to make it easier to administer the thing when I want to rearrange game mods and addons. Includes details on setting a permanent IP address for it on our house LAN, setting up sshd, setting up a VNC server, and setting up a way to do backups.
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Getting up and running on the new Steam Deck
My overall impressions of the new OLED Steam Deck I've acquired (picoreview: overall splendid, especially improved Bluetooth). Reinstating all my previous games was easier than expected! This post goes into detail on how I reinstalled everything, and has my general impressions of the device as well.
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The Saga of My Surprise Steam Deck Replacement
My Steam Deck's battery started swelling, so I tried to replace it--only to have an extremely generous friend who works at Valve intervene. And now I have a new Steam Deck! This is a writeup of what happened, including what fellow Steam Deck owners should do if they run into similar problems.
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In Which Kendeshel Destroys the Dark Brotherhood and Excavates at Rkund
In which Kendeshel brings about the death of Grelod the Kind; fights a mad mage in the hot springs of Eastmarch; slays the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, and then wipes out the rest of them, except for an old blind man who tells her of the Hand of Glory; helps a mage at Darklight Tower put an end to her hagraven mother; and works with the Explorer's Society to excavate the ruins at Rkund, making a number of valuable discoveries in the process.
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In Which Elessir Slays Mudcrabs and Commits Thievery
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.
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In Which Finds-The-Way is Named Listener of the Brotherhood
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.
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In Which Kendeshel Slays a Whole Lot of Vampires
In which Kendeshel quests across the land in search of Crusader relics for the Dragonborn Gallery; slays draugr and Mikrul Gauldurson in Folgunthur; saves Morthal from being taken over by vampires; discovers the secrets of Shalidor's Maze in Labyrinthian; and claims Bloodchill Manor after clearing it of more vampires.
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In Which Elessir Defeats Lord Harkon
In which Elessir slays Lord Harkon at Castle Volkihar, with the help of Serana and the Dawnguard; retrieves Valerica from the Soul Cairn; joins a fishing contest in Morthal, only to discover it's not what it seems; thwarts a conspiracy of the Forsworn in Markarth; commits further acts of thievery for the Thieves Guild; and masters the school of Illusion at the College of Winterhold.