• Nona Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Nona Meets the Greybeards and Various Khajiit

    In which Nona treks up the Throat of the World to High Hrothgar; is tested by the Greybeards to confirm she is Dragonborn; upsets a Khajiit deeply when she reports the number of steps leading up the mountain; investigates the secrets of Shroud Hearth Barrow; clashes with some suspicious Baandari; discovers a strange talking shell in a deserted, hidden house; and signs on as the relic hunter of the Dragonborn Gallery.

  • Nona Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Nona and Her Friends Set Out for High Hrothgar

    In which Nona acquires a horse; slays necromancers at the Ritual Stone; slays bandits at Valtheim Towers, and recovers a lost sword; receives word that the curator of a museum would really like to talk to her; is attacked by a stranger, who turns out to have a note on him about a mysterious ruin in Eastmarch; finds three suspicious Khajiit camping by a river; and reaches Ivarstead to prepare for going up to High Hrothgar to meet the Greybeards.

  • Elessir Playthrough,  Reviews,  Skyrim

    In Which Elessir Slays Alduin in Sovngarde

    In which Elessir becomes Guild Master of the Thieves Guild; brings about a peace council between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks at High Hrothgar; solves a rash of murders in Windhelm; forces the Blades to stand down from insisting he kill Paathurnax; traps the dragon Odahviing at Dragonsreach, then lets Odahviing fly him to Skuldafn; quests through Skuldafn into Sovngarde; slays Alduin the World-Eater; and adopts a child after his return to Whiterun.

  • Finds-The-Way Playthrough,  Skyrim,  Uncategorized

    In Which Finds-The-Way Slays a Thalmor Assassin and a Cruel Headmistress

    In which Finds-The-Way meets the master of the Greybeards, and is advised on how to learn a Shout to defeat Alduin; finds a Word of Power in Volunruud; acquires some unusual weaponry; slays a Thalmor assassin in, a mad smith, and a cruel headmistress; and acquires dragonplate armor after hunting down a Forsworn renegade at Arcwind Point.

  • Kendeshel Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Kendeshel Meets a Dragon and Begins an Excavation

    In which Kendeshel clears Kolskeggr Mine of Forsworn; discovers Sky Haven Temple and Alduin's Wall along with Delphine and Esbern; cleanses a dead Spell Knight's heart and wins his Ebony Spell Knight armor; meets the mysterious master of the Greybeards; rescues Gogh the goblin; clears Wolfskull Cave of necromancers; helps Markarth's Hall of the Dead with a cannibal problem; investigates a wrecked pirate ship; finishes recruiting personnel for the Explorers Society; and participates in an excavation of Windcaller Pass. Contains SIGNIFICANT spoilers for Legacy of the Dragonborn, including locations of where to recruit personnel for the Explorer Society, and for the Shattered Legacy quest and the Excavation of Windcaller Pass…

  • Elessir Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Elessir Battles Mercer Frey, Thalmor, and Forsworn

    In which Elessir slays Mercer Frey in the depths of Irkngthand; restores the Skeleton Key to the Twilight Sepulcher and gains his full power as a Nightingale of Nocturnal; acquires the hammer Nerveshatter; slays a mad blacksmith; raids the Thalmor Embassy; rescues Esbern from the Ratway; visits Alduin's Wall with Esbern and Delphine, and learns a way forward to confront Alduin; and meets Paarthurnax, the master of the Greybeards, who sends him off to find an Elder Scroll.

  • Kendeshel Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Kendeshel Returns a Horn, Saves a Tree, and Adopts a Daughter

    In which Kendeshel pries secrets out of the depths of Bkhalzarf; joins the Bards College in Solitude; investigates the Pelagius Wing in the Blue Palace and winds up with the Wabbajack; returns the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller to the Greybeards; quests through a barrow along with a young treasure hunter and her Argonian friend; discovers a VERY interesting codex; helps Danica Pure-Spring with the Gildergreen in Whiterun; and adopts young Lucia, so that she can live in Breezehome and take care of Meeko.

  • Kendeshel Playthrough,  Skyrim

    In Which Kendeshel Visits the Greybeards and the Jarl of Falkreath

    In which Kendeshel finds a fellow Redguard hiding out from assassins in Whiterun; acquires silver armor for her housecarl; puts ghosts to rest at a haunted farm; retrieves a lost sword; puts down a zombie uprising; frees a necromancer banished by her coven; visits the Greybeards and passes their initial trials; investigates Shroud Hearth Barrow; helps a Nord slay a necromancer in his family tomb, then recruits him as steward for her new farm; and slays some treacherous bandits for the Jarl of Falkreath.