> You’ll probably get more human friends if you have a name they can actually pronounce, right?

Fuck that. Why would we want human friends anyway? Bunch of assholes who try to stick their dick in anything that moves.

We'll go by our real name.

Steelscale
or
Stealscale...

How is that written again?

>>23116382
Phineas K. Douchenstein

>>23116412
> Nords
> reading

Yeah, I don't think that will come up much.

HRAZLM'THUK, LORD OF DEATH

Drinks-for-Ten

>>23116412
> Stealscale

I like this idea.

We're such a dickass thief that we'll steal your scales right off of you. Only we let everyone think it's the usual macho posturing. Nords like that sort of thing anyway.

Stupid Nords.

>>23116412
Voting Steelscale for when we do legal business and Stealscale for when we do shady business.

>>23116382
How about Hyoo Ma'n?

>>23116382
We go by SteelScale, the local thieves call us StealScale, and our real name is Thrysskinaskitlak,

>>23116477

Oooh, I like that for our real name.

>>23116507
Just finished The Witcher 2, liked the names of the dragons.

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>>23116450
Steal scales. We steal from/for The Scales of Justice?

>>23116477
>>23116542

All of the above?

Perry Managan.
A last name famous amongst immigrants and because we all know where this is going.

>>23116542
Steal for justice.

>>23116615
Our name really means "One Who Steals To Balance The Scales of Justice" but is shortened to StealScales?

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>>23116402
Okay, fine, there’s no sense in lying to oneself anyway. The REAL reason you don’t want people to call you by your given name anymore is because you’re paranoid that any traces of your past life will let Iron-Hide or Rolen track you down and slit your throat, and to be honest you very much like your throat as it is.

>>23116412
>>23116450
>>23116456
Steelscale... Steeeeelhh-skuhaaaale. That sounds pretty nice, actually! The added versatility of “steel” and “steal” is pretty good too, since after all you don’t want to seem like a tough guy everywhere and a name like “steel-scale” may make a drunken nord curious if it holds any truth…

Excellent! We’re good to go. Uhm. Yeah.

>now what?

>>23116846
Get a job you bum

Find a place to stay, so you're not caught short later this evening.

>>23116846

Organize big ass orgy.

>>23116887
Let's go steal one from a Nord.

>>23116846
What particular specialties did we bring with us?

>>23116901

Work on the docks.

Hmm... we need things... and stuff. And that comes from money.

Time to make some money, get a stabby thing and then... I dunno... go raid a crypt or something?

>>23116977

Get a job on the docks. Be treated like shit. Rebel with others. Take control of windhelm. Be Jarl.

>>23116846
Become a town guard.

>>23116900
>Organize big ass orgy.
Big ass as in a large orgy, or big ass as in a orgy with chicks who have big asses?

check inventory and remind self of special skills or traits.

>>23117009

Yes, we are the king of duality!

>>23117009
I'm fine with pear-shaped girls, regardless.

Also OP go diving for clams and pearls, sell wares in local town, save monies to rent a place from a nice black haired barmaid that looks like Christina Hendricks.

Bump

I'm digging this already.

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>>23116887
Hey now, you’re not a bum! A hobo is a diseased, homeless vagabond carrying his entire life’s worth with him in his plighted misery… and you’re pretty sure you don’t have any diseases. But that is a good point, we’ll be needing steady income to survive, seeing as you can’t just dive into the river and grab a fish to eat anymore.

>>23116940
Ah, your “specialties”. Or rather, everything you could salvage from a burning hut within 30 seconds before it collapsed from fire damage and nearly killed you. Your life possessions have been reduced to:
-35 septims (all you could gather)
-An assorted set of lockpicks you found on the ship (probably belonged to Voldsea, not that you care)
-A VERY rusty dagger (also found on the ship)
-Two garnets
-A netchleather-bound complete signed collector’s edition of the lusty arg… uhm… some“light reading”
Oh, and hidden on your person are three vials of hist sap, for emergencies.

Anyway, the dock is attached to a little path that curves around the city walls and connects to the main bridge. There’s a small door into the city near the docks that’s guarded by a man dressed in leather armor layered with a blue sash. Other Argonians are sluggishly moving about, loading and unloading cargo from other ships.

>>23117816
Go into Solitude proper. Sell the two garnets, the 'light reading', and the rusty dagger for all you can. Buy a new dagger, then go looking for work at the tavern.

How strong are we? Do we know any magic, or do we have other training in some form?

Rolled 1

>>23117864
Failed roll that I didn't even mean.

>>23117816
make sure you DON'T get a job at the docks because they will work you like a dog and wont pay you for shit

See if you can get into the city, there's gotta be some good prospects inside.

>>23117864
This guy has right idea, after selling our useless things and buying useful things we could keep and ear hole open in the tavern for some real adventuring work.

>>23117864
>>23117904

I vote for this as well.

Maybe steal some stuff.

>>23117995

Aww come on, even the ehem light reading? what if we get bored someplace?

>>23118244

Ok fine, let's keep the light reading for a while.

>>23118244
Whores.

Whores love Argonians. Our wangs taste like Lobster.

BUTTER UP.

>>23118257

I'm not gay, but there's just something about argonian dick :3~

>>23118244
Then we'll get creative. Well come to that bridge when we cross it etcetera,

>>23118257
That is the best mating call I have ever heard.

>argonian
>preferring dry land

Oh fuck you must work for Bethesda

>>23118271

By doing what? Fucking a mudcrab?

>>23118299
Hey man, they are FILTHY little creatures....

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>>23117016
Well, not to be a braggart or anything like that but you’re pretty good with a bow. The finest shot on the Rotshores... a whole lot of good that’s doing you now, though, considering that you lost your father’s bow while you fled... Okay, that’s it, enough of the past it’s making you homesick. Let’s, see… you’re okay at alchemy, you guess. But, uh, you kind of rode on your archery skill for most of your life.

>>23117864
No, you’ve never been able to cast anything more than the pathetic self-healing spell they teach toddlers. It takes all your effort and mana to heal a scrape, so it’s actually easier on yourself to just let it heal on its own.

>>23116994
Windhelm? This is Solitude! I mean, you’re pretty sure its Solitude. The captain told you he was dropping you off at Solitude, and he seemed honest enough. A dock job sounds nice…

>>23117904
oh, well nevermind then. Let’s just enter the city through that door, then sell the garnets.

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>>23118289

>>23118299
Roll to seduce.

>>23118357

I take a 10.

>>23118335

Try to find a cheap bow after selling the garnets, or maybe even an odd job in order to find a bow.

Talents are meant to be used and refined over the years, and every minute spent not trying to use said talent or developing another is time wasted.

>>23118335
East Empire Company pays a fair wage. Not great, but fair.

Maybe we should check if one of the ships needs a deckhand?

>>23118335
>rode on your archery skill
>A dock job sounds nice
After we sell the old dagger and garnets, by a new dagger and a bow, plus some cheap arrows.

Head to tavern, ask if there's any work for competent shot. If not, head out into the wild and try to find some clams to gather or deer to kill and skin, and sell the results to local foodsmith.

>>23118407
>foodsmith

Why can't I even

>>23118407
>ask if there's any work for competent shot AND/OR sea-capable person.

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>>23118421
I couldn't think of the word 'store' at the time.

>>23118460
I just got this image a dwarf explaining his settlement to a human.

"Oh, everyone's a smith."
"Everyone?"
"Yeah, for example. Over there's the blacksmith. Then there's the silvermsith. Then next to him is the goldsmith. Then the weaponsmith, and the armorsmith, and the woodsmith, and the foodsmith..."
"Did you say food smith?"
"Sure did."

>>23118492
This is the best setting, why are we not ALL playing this?

>>23118520
We need a settingsmith at once!

>>23118556
You son of a bitch, you made me get tea up my nose.

>>23118556
Work in the mines is over for the night, go fetch the Boozesmith!

>>23118583
>>23118587
Glad I could be of service.

Also, where is the threadsmith who created this thread?

I'm also totally working on my own homebrew setting/system with dorfs and may do this now

Wait... does this make prostitutes Dicksmiths, or Whoresmiths?

>>23118631
I think all women are babysmiths

>>23118631
Prostismiths

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CAN WE GET BACK ON TRACK PLEASE?

>>23118648
>>23118640
>>23118631
>>23118623
>>23118587
>>23118583
>>23118556
>>23118520
>>23118492
>>23118460
>>23118421
I've never seen a quest thread derailed so hard

>>23118335
buy the guards, talk to a bow, eat your garnets and sell some food

>>23118681
>>23118662
waitingonop.avi

>>23118681
>I've never seen a quest thread derailed so hard
OP said that s/he'd be a while in between posts.

Just keeping the thread bumped till the next update.

>>23118699
Wonder if OP has skyrim booted up or something and is going through it and just presenting us with options.

Actually, that could be a fairly fun quest thread.

>>23118716
It wouldn't work since /tg/ would go off the tracks bethseda set pretty hard.

>>23118716
Probably because of the drawings, tho.

>>23118759
Morrowind, then.

Actually, Arena. /tg/ would ragequit.

20 fucking hours, can't get out of those sewers.

Bump

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>sorry its taking so long, >>23118762 hit it on the head.

>>23118400
There's no way in hell you're getting back on a boat. Voldsea lied, sailing is NOTHING like swimming, the ship constantly throws you side to side and you can't orient yourself at all... anyway, If you can't find a job inside the city, you decide that working on the docks will be your backup. It seems simple enough; it's just lifting things back and forth, right? Plus, you'll be able to socialize with more of your kin, although these northern argonians do seem a bit... off. You can't quite put your finger on what it is, though.

As you pass the female argonian onshore you greet her in Jel, but rather than respond she tilts her head and makes a funny face. You feel embarrased for some reason, so you quickly continue past her and walk up the stairs to where the guard is standing. You deduce from his enormous height and smell of alcohol that he's probably a nord.

The guard's blocking your way to the door. You stand there a bit, waiting for him to move, but he just remains still, staring at you though the helmet's dark, soulless eyeholes. There's no way nords are THIS dumb... maybe this is a human culture thing? Lets try acting human-ey.

You bare your teeth into a "smile" and move your open hand forwards to initiate "the handshake". "Hello!" you say loudly, "My name is Dulku- uh, Steelscale. I've travelled quite a distance to-"

>"Do I look like I care about your damn life story, Lizard?" He suddenly interrupts.

This outburst catches you off guard a bit, but you quickly stutter out "Oh, Uh... I'm sorry to waste your time, it's just that I'm trying to enter the city-"

>"Did you hit your head or something? The city's still off limits to scum like you."

"What? Why?" you ask.

>"I don't need a damned reason," The guard says plainly, "get lost."

...this is going well.

>>23119247
I turn around and my tail 'accidentally' brushes against his groin, making him feel uncomfortable as I walk away.

After that I run to catch up with the Argonian chick and try to get her attention again.

>>23119247
Is that you, Guoh?
'nyways, I'm starting to think this is a terrible idea, if we just let the nords boss us around and cage us up in the docks. We'll be stuck there forever with nowhere to go. Gotta figure out some definite out-of-the-box goal, instead of just taking up whatever they offer.

Bump

>>23119247
Go back to talk with the other Argonian. We need to get our bearing and figure out how to actually carve out a place for ourselves, and to do that we need someone who might actually talk with us.

>>23119983
yup, this

>>23119247
Ask the guard if he would mind giving us directions to the nearest imperial-held city.

>>23119247

Let's find the nearest small town/inn and get some work. If that fails, we acquire a bow an find a cave/ruin to raid.

Steal anything that's not nailed down on the way.

Try talking to the Argonian dock workers and if that fails, make your way to a friendlier town.

>>23119983
>>23121202

Thirding this.

>>23119247
punch him in the dick, then take his sword and run into the ocean.

Open the command prompt and become a living god after killing all the others.

>>23123005

That would be neat, but impossible because he doesn't have access to the ~ key.

Neat pics (and thread) OP, you have a tumblr or deviantart or something?

>>23123237

This. Also bump for hopefully being around after class and crawfish.

>>23119247
Kill all the bears and deer in the forest you can and dump them into his chimney. No chimney? dump them all in front of his door.

You are now the Prank king.

I bump thee

>>23123693
Put a bucket on his head so he can't see you first.

How stealthy are we? any pickpocket skill?

Dear lord, I have recently started browsing /tg/, and this is the most hilarious thread I have seen in a while. And the drawings are making this -amazing-. Good job on you, OP. Good job. This needs to be archived.

Also,
Head back to fellow kin, start inquiring as to why the city is off-limits. Guard implied that something is wrong with you for wanting to enter. Obviously, Argonians do not enter. Find out why.

Does this quest have a prologue? Perhaps another thread? Perhaps archived, for savory savory goodness?

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>>23119291
Woah there. You decide to cut back on “light reading” until you stop thinking these kinds of thoughts.

>>23119983
Yeah, that seems reasonable. You could probably clear things up from before, too.
You half-heartedly thank the guard for his time and walk away from that asshole. The guard turns his head and spits, but since he’s wearing a full helm it starts dribbling down the inside of the helmet. He looks around, then stands up straight and plays it off like he meant to do that. Are all nords like this? Maybe you should have fled elsewhere... or perhaps to valenwood, since khajiit are kind of scary.

>what do you ask the argonian?

>>23125265
"Why were the guard so hostile? Do they hate argonians here or something?"

"Sorry, but I am new around here. I wanna get into the town, but the guard won't let me. How can I get into town?"

Heeey OP, glad you're back! Any chance of answering this? >>23123237

>>23125265
"Hey there, are you trying to get to the town too? Also why is that guard over there such an ASSHOLE?" I make the last word so loud that he can clearly hear me.

>>23125265
Did OP go to sleep?

>>23125872
No. Most likely drawing. Be patient

>>23125290
>>23125345
>>23125383

This, that, and the other.

I believe OP might have gone to sleep, yes.

>>23128139

Probably, no use in not keeping it well bumped though.

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>>23125290
>>23125345
>>23125630
You walk around a bit to regain some courage, and then approach the female argonian you briefly “chatted” with earlier. At the moment she’s preparing a large animal hide for tanning.

“uhm… hey,” you finally stutter out in cyrodillic. It feels really weird to talk in human tongue to her. “Sorry about earlier, I just figured every argonian knew Jel. My name is Steelscale. I’m, ah, new around here”.

>“hah, that’s apparent!” she laughs. “I’m Hathei. Are you from the homeland?”

“yes.” you nod, then motion back to the guard who’s currently picking his nose. “I see the natives are quite the charmers.”

>“Oh, yes, sorry about that” she replies sheepishly. “I was going to warn you earlier but you ran off. Windhelm’s guards are harsh on anyone who’s not a nord, but at least they only insult us.” She looks a bit worried. “I hear a lot of them act out physically on the dunmer in the grey quarter.”

You scratch your head. “Why are the guards so violent? And… hey, wait a minute, this isn’t Solitude?”

> She blinks, then stares at you. “Solitude? Oh heavens no. You’d be much better off in solitude. This is Windhelm. You’re a good few days journey east of solitude.” She turns to face you. ”Anyway, as for the guards, back when Ulfric was still jarl they were all worked up over ‘Skyrim for the nords’ and whatnot. When the war ended and Ulfric was executed, a few of us were in high hopes that the mistreatment would stop. Technically it should have, as imperial rule bans blatant discrimination, but they’re so busy with rebuilding and politics that no one’s even considered addressing the issue. so the guards can just keep doing whatever they darn well please to do.” She sighs. ”Windhelm’ll never change, I fear.”

>>23125383
>>23123237

One last try before I give up.
I don't want to lose sight of you and your glorious sketches OP ;_;

>>23128681
>ain't got either of those, sorry

>>23128487

"So legally I can walk into the city right? They can't technically stop me?"

If yes then give the guard a smug look as you stroll right through the door into the city after thanking her.

If no then swim to Solitude after she tells you where it is.

>>23128769

You're way to good at this to not keep a handy dandy archive of pictures available to the internet public, most of all me and that other guy that's been asking about it.

>>23128769
No site where you host your stuff at all? Aww, too bad, I really like it.

>>23128487
>This is Windhelm.

Son of a bitch.

>>23128856
windhelm is a few days east of solitude. it was worded weirdly.

>>23128487
wind helm wont take us, so we need to head out of here and go to another keep, but in order to do that we need supplies. In order to get supplies we need to go into Windhelm.

shitty.

Lets just wait for a guard shift and see if the next dude will let us in. in the mean time we can chat it up with the argonian woman

>>23128487
There should be another way into the city besides the way in directly form the docks. Lets see if we can get in that way.

Or maybe see if their are merchants outside the walls that we can offload are less useful stuff on and potentially get a bow from.

>>23128831
While technically they're not supposed to stop us, that probably won't prevent that idiot guard from attacking us if we try to go into the city, to say nothing of what we might run into inside.

>>23129221

Oh please, we can easily fool that idiot by claiming that he's looking for a different Argonian that went that way and point in three different directions with our hands and tail.

This plan is flawless.

Bump for this still being around after the second class of the day.

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>>23128831
"so legally I can just walk into the city? they can't technically stop me? you say enthusiastically.

>She scratches the back of her head. “Well, yes, but good luck explaining that to them while they’re bashing your head in. You’d best stay out of the city walls. It’s really not that bad down here, you get used to it eventually”.

>>23129061
“Since I can’t enter the city, are there any merchants outside the walls that I can barter with?” you ask, “or are they all bigoted as well”?

>Hathei nods. “yes, there’s a khajiit caravan parked at the end of the bridge connected to the main gate”, she points to the bridge you saw earlier. “They’ll buy and sell almost anything to anyone. It’s really only ex-stormcloaks that are cranky, thankfully”, she sighs.

Bartering with khajiit? It’s true, cat merchants have the highest quality inventory, but they’ll always try to swindle you if you’re not paying close attention... okay, fine. You’ll walk by, sell the gems to them, and get away from them before they try anything funny.

“Thank you”, you say, bowing your head slightly. Hathei smiles and turns back to her work. As you’re walking away, you realize what’s so weird about this argonian…

“Oh, uhm, before I go”, you say, “Sorry to bring this up again, but your name is in Jel, yet you can’t speak Jel? How is this so?”

>”I’m second generation”, she cheerfully says. “Most of us on the docks are. Our parents came from the homeland and, well, never went back. They never taught us Jel because, well, it’s not very useful in the north.”

“They never TAUGHT you?” you say, a look of horror on your face. “But… b-but our culture… t-then how do you communicate with the Hist?”

>she looks oddly at you. “Talk with the trees?” she fiddles with her earring, “I never have. Hist trees don’t grow in this weather, we mostly just import the sap”.

>>23131272
leave this heathen for she dost not knoweth our fair ways!... also buy some skooma, lets try and alchemy skooma and any hist sap we have laying around together.
because drugs.

>>23131272
Well, this is an unpleasant surprise. See if we can get a half-decent bow and some arrows from the Khajiit, then set our aim for Solitude proper. We can adventure our way across the holds and maybe earn some nice loot (and cash!) from looting any convenient ruins or bandit camps we come across..

>>23131272
>>23131272
Well, that was a shame, a shame indeed. But she is but a poor working Argonian. She has her life to tend to, and you have yours. She could be of use in helping you barter with the Kahjit, being local and such, but she would most likely not have time for that.

Except I sense romance opportunity. Perhaps give her lessons in talking to the Hist in return for her helping you.

"Do you... perhaps know these Khajit traders? Are there anyone particulary bad I need to watch out for?"

If not wanting to help, get to it! So little time, so much to do. Perhaps the Khajits have a bow!

>>23131729
> Except I sense romance opportunity.

Damn it, we're not going to just stick our dick in anything that happens to cross our path. What do we look like, a human?

>>23132458
to be fair, she is a felow argonian... and pretty cute... and we are looking to get rid of our reading for good... and you know... sex

>>23131532
agreed on the drugs part

>>23132517
If we're running from someone it's probably not a good idea to settle down again too quickly. We should explore Skyrim a bit first, do some adventuring and that sort of thing.

>>23132458
Stick our dick into? What on -earth- are you smoking?
When someone is in need of romance, you give them appreciations and tokens of affection (like teaching how to speak to said trees) in return for favours.

Then you get your ass out of there.

>>23132458
I'll agree, quest threads tend to go south when this happens. Besides, there's plenty of waifu/monster girl quests already.

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>hist trees don't grow in this weather
>hist trees don't grow here

>no hist trees for thousands of miles
>no hist

>no
>hist
>NO HIST

i've made a terrible mistake

>>23132689
Yes, yes you have. Go find the khajiit, get yourself a bow, and go wander west. There's a farm there, maybe the owners won't be bigoted/dead/burned by dragons.
Maybe go looking for a cave that isn't full of bear, in case the dragonborn dropped anything you can sell while he was romping through there years back.

>>23132689

Only two things you can do now:

Fap

then kill yourself

>>23132689
Fuck bitches

Get Money

Smoke Trees

Been spending most my life livin' in an Argonian paradise.

Hit up dose desert cats for some moonsugar or a job that pays in moonsugar. Sell dat shit, get you some iron, then we're talkin'.

>>23132689
Damnit, man! You did not just come all this way to give up at the first major hurdle! The first generation of Argonian immigrants managed without the Hist. So can you. Do what this guy >>2313272 says. Adventure for fun and profit! Mostly profit, if things go your way.

>>23132689
Not to worry. If the Hist didn't need you here, you'd be in the Blackmarsh. Your true goal is revealed: THE HIST MUST SPREAD TO SKYRIM! Truly you are honored to take up this sacred task.

First though, find a carter and head to the nearest Mages' Guild. The Nords are ignorant of the Hist, but strong mages and alchemists may be able to create a Winter Hist.

>>23132779
This guy >>23132729, even.

>>23132792
Trees ain't good for nuthin but tokin, son.

You want that gold, you talk to the cats.

>>23132689
Aaaaaaand cue mental breakdown.

>>23132812
A DUNMER? Why the hell would ANY Argonian listen to you?

>>23132817
The fuck are you, a wisp?

Man up son. Can't go back home anyhow.

>>23132853
Shit son, this ain't Morrowind. You want gold, you gotta work with lizards and cats. Shit like that don't fly back home, but I ain't back home, so stop trippin'.

>>23132817
Then snap out of it with this in mind:
>>23132792

>>23132689
5 step plan to success.
Step 2: Man up.
Step 2: I said MAN THE FUCK UP!!!!
Step 3: ration what little hist we currently have so we don't go cold turkey and can get ourselves off of hist.
Step 4:Proffit, we'll need it early to pay for hist
Step 5: ???

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>>23132817
>Aaaaaaand cue mental breakdown.

YES THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL IDEA I THINK I SHALL DO JUST THAT

>>23132860
>Man up son. Can't go back home anyhow.

The hist has been a part of you since your birth, the hist is what gave you your soul! If you were to die this far away from this hist there’s no way your soul would find its way back, you’d be cursed to wander this frozen tundra as a ghost until THE END OF FREAKIN TIME ITSELF.

>>23132779
>Damnit, man! You did not just come all this way to give up at the first major hurdle! The first generation of Argonian immigrants managed without the Hist. So can you

...
Yeah.
Yeah that’s right. Freaking out won’t accomplish anything. This isn’t some impossible task, it’s been done before… though getting used to this place is going to be the worst couple of months of your life. But goddamn it you’ll do it.

>>23132953
>ration what little hist we currently have so we don't go cold turkey and can get ourselves off of hist

It’s not just the sap itself that you’re “hooked” on. The sap is a substance that attunes the consumer to the power of the hist trees, and allows these deities to guide or manipulate the individual to their will. No, the part that’ll take some getting used to is the void where the hist once was; in the black marsh, it’s always a part of one’s mind, but here… there’s nothing. Only you. And that thought terrifies you.


>>23132729
>Go find the khajiit, get yourself a bow, and go wander west

Alright, it’s settled. We originally planned to go to Solitude anyway, right? Well let’s go through with it. We don’t exactly have anything else to do, anyway.

>>23134018

Take a deep breath and reflect on our stunning good looks.

>>23134018

You're just the creative efforts of a good artist with free time taking suggestions from a collection of random strangers. You didn't technically exist on this level until a day ago.

Relax, find the crazy cat people, get a bow, get some arrows, get trail mix for Argonians, and make your way to Solitude without attracting unwanted Nordic attention.

Hum http://youtu.be/lkUMdrEGCfs along the way too.

>>23134018
Why don't you go talk with the cats for some rumors, and then the stables for some work! If anything, check out the surrounding farms for some honest work!

>>23134018
And with a bow we can hunt for ourselves, keep fed, and have a nice pile of stuff we can sell when we arrive!

>>23134254

Provided we know how to skin things.

>>23134018

Maybe there's a wagon on which we can hitch a ride to a more friendly hold. We might have to pawn off some of our stuff to afford passage, but it's surely safer than wandering about in the snowy surroundings with only a vague idea of where to go.

>>23134153
why not this http://youtu.be/fOzk_56gZk0

>>23134018
Do our best heroic pose to the fair argonian lady and ask her if she wishes to go on an adventure to Solitude.
(Or anybody really, where barely know where shit is)

>>23134018
Solitude does seem like it would take a while. Ask around (the girl and the cats) about other cities more friendly to argonians.

>>23134791
Well sounds like Riften awaits us!

>>23134791
Looking at the map there's a few routes that will take us through populated towns, at least.
>The long, cold way: Winterhold>Dawnstar>Solitude
>The beeline: Morthal>Solitude
>The long, "warmer" way: Whiterun>Morthal>Solitude

>>23135389
>The Warmest Route: Windhelm -> Aivarstead -> Riverwood ->Rorickstead ->Dragon Bridge -> Solitude

Fuck Solitude.

Solstheim, here we come.

>>23134018
If we're good with a bow and want to leave this shit hole then why not join the Khajit caravan as a guard or at east tag along to stay safe on the road.

>>23135673
lots of time to get our quest on

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This is probably just bias because I love TES but this is the first quest thread to catch my eye. Is this archived somewhere?

>>23136215
That could work. See if their up for it.

Why don't we just talk to the Imperial Legion?

So far, it turns out that the Legion fucked up the stormcloaks, and afterwards weren't they garrisoned inside the city?

Also, fuck yeah, go the Legion

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With what little composure you have left you utter out a weak “thanks” and walk away from Hathei. She seemed nice, despite being a cultureless abomination more man than saxhleel. Anyway, you continue along the riverside until you reach the city’s main entrance, then take a left and begin walking across the stone bridge arching over the river.

>>23134298
When you live in a territory as dangerous and unforgiving as the black marsh, you either pick up basic survival skills or you’re devoured by a swarm of fleshflies. After much deliberation, you chose the former. You’re no expert, yeah, and most of your survival ‘crafts’ are incredibly low quality, but hey, it works. Uhm... usually.

The bridge is long, and it takes several minutes to reach the end, but the experience is actually a bit pleasant. You quietly gaze at the serene beauty of the mountains, the river, the trees, and soon you start to feel a bit more optimistic of your journey.

There was truth in Hathei’s words, and soon enough you see a small encampment at the end of the bridge next to a crooked signpost. A tent that appears to have been made from animal hides literally piled on top of one another and rests alongside a small cliff. Nearby, a large campfire viciously burns, and several animal hides are hung up for tanning. Inside the shoddily-made tent a lone khajiit sits with its eyes closed, motionless. Quite a bit down the road you can see a stationary carriage drawn by two horses. It has the words “CHEEP TRAVL” painted in bright yellow on the side, and a somewhat fat man (presumably the driver) is lying belly up with a book over his face.

>>23136834
Here.

>>23136812
Disregard that, I suck cocks, etc.

Anyway... We should talk to the Khajiit. Or maybe the wagon driver. See if either of them needs a crack-shot guard.

>>23136871

Agreed. Bow and travel are our priorities - let's see if we can earn either and save the money for later.

>>23136494
They're apparently busy rebuilding everything.

>>23136812
Talk to the khajiit, see what we can get for our garnets and "light reading."

Also beware of sneaky khajiit.

>>23136812

Seems legit. Pawn stuff and then travl.

So...

If this were hypothetically going to get archived, what should it be called? Argonian Quest, I presume?

>>23139989
sure

>>23136215
here. I still think it is worth seeing if we could act as a one time caravan guard, but know we could ask the cart driver and not just the Khajits

>>23136812
Keep a steady eye on your valuables. After entering Khajit tent, pickpockets might be cunning, stealthy or both. You are a thief, stealscale, you know how these things work.
Try to look for a bow, and / or travel. But make sure to exchange valuables for -septims-, and not just a travel. You don't want to be left with no money, no valuables and no weapon when you get to where you want.

Optimally, ask for work. Impress them by showing off your own thief skills. If he asks what you have to offer, and only if he asks and should show interest in wanting someone to work for him, filch an object from his person.

This needs to be archived.

bumping to prevent the great fall.

Return to us OP

>>23136812
You have a few septims, so set a budget and don't be talked into more than that. Look at his/her wares and find something cheap, but worth buying, then make small talk. As a merchant, they'd be encouraged to give you free advice for the area and trek ahead if they think it'll make a sale.

Bump for Prequel Sequel.

>>23134153
>You're just the creative efforts of a good artist with free time taking suggestions from a collection of random strangers. You didn't technically exist on this level until a day ago.
Are you trying to stop the mental breakdown or accelerate it?

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>>23139989
>bah, that's so bland. call it "aftermath".

>>23137302
There’s no way in oblivion that you’re selling your “light reading”, but these garnets should probably be worth something. You slowly approach the meditating khajiit...

You’re jolted out of thought when you hear a loud *SNAP* as you crush a twig underfoot. The cat’s eyes flicker open, and it stares at you for a moment, before a small smile curls on its face.

>“Warm greetings, friend” the cat whispers with a rough, yet oddly soothing, voice. “Apologies, you catch Khajiit in a state most unbecoming. Khajiit do not get many visitors”. It inspects you with its silver eyes. “But you are no city-dweller, hmm? Your clothes speak of roads you’ve travelled, and you carry a scent not of the north…”

“Aah… yes. I’m a traveler, like you I suppose”, you say. “I… I’m sorry, but is your name… Khajiit?”

>The cat flicks its tail impatiently. “That would be very foolish. Khajiit is called Ahkari”. She rolls her eyes. “Perhaps you’ve spent too much time with nords, hmm?”

“S-sorry, sorry!” you quickly stutter out. “I’m Stealscale. Look, uhm, are you a trader?” Ankari’s ears perk up when you say those words. “Because, well, I’ve got some things to trade, and I’m looking for archery equipment… and perhaps I could work for you as a caravan guard for the time bein-”

>“First things first” Ankari suddenly interrupts, “you are an archer with no bow? Khajiit wonders how you made it this far from home”. Ankari opens her palm out to you. “What sort of bow are you looking for, hmm? Khajiit has many… many wares. Her hand motions inside the tent, where several bows, swords, and shields lay leaning against the corner. “But…” she suddenly pulls her hand back. “Perhaps an ordinary bow won’t do? Perhaps this friend desires a weapon more… fearsome?” she grins, baring a set of sharp fangs.

>>23144387
>>23144387

Thank you for your consideration, however I think something simple that gets the job done would be enough, we'll let our skill speak for itself.

Anything you can tell me of the road ahead? The dangers? local tales? What of the people? Anything important that i should take note off?

>>23144387

"Um...I was wondering what I could get for these so that I could buy a fairly decent bow. I sort of lost mine during my travels, and since I'm planning on heading to Solitude I need something to both help keep me safe and maybe help me get some animal skins to sell when I get there."

Get the garnets and maybe the dagger to sell out of our bag.

>>23144387

"Do you drink milk out of a bowl?"

>>23144387
give her the dick

>>23144387
"Well... I might be interested in some type of javelin gun, if that's what you're suggesting. One problem I always had with bows is they don't work so well underwater"

>>23145203

If only spears existed here. Must make fishing annoying since there aren't any fishing poles either.

I guess they just have Argonians catch fish in their teeth and spit them into nets.

>>23144387
"It need to keep me alive, not be fancy. And truth be told, I need a new dagger as well. I hope you won't mind a test firing. I know that well traveled items do not necessitate long lasting.(motioning to our very shabby dagger)"

>>23145270
It's weird because half the traps in Skyrim were machine gun dart launchers. I'm suprised no one made a portable version.

>>23145270
Argonian introduces spear formations, revolutionizes global military forces.

>>23145358
Must be why morrowind fell.
Skyrim next...

>>23145340
Crazy mechanism might just be too bulky considering they shoot like machine guns.

Great, now I got this image of a magazine-fed crossbow in my head...

>>23144387
Go for simple and supple, your funds are limited and you'll need to buy supplies yet. Khajiit are famed for their exports of saltrice so I'm sure there'll be some dried goods for traveling as well. Inns are an expense we might best avoid. Do we have a bedroll in that pack? Some spare bowstrings would be handy if any break. Arrows as well. Flint and Steel? A hatchet? A knife? A blanket? A simple tent?

>>23145373
Well the Black Marsh never truly was conquered by the Imperials, they barely scratched the surface. Argonians just went along with it because they saw no point in a war and gave lip service to the Empire. By the time of Skyrim they're considered 'allies' of the Empire and have conquered southern Morrowind. No one wins a proper war against the Black Marsh, not even the daedra in the Oblivion Crisis when so many Argonians stormed Oblivion that the daedra princes closed the portals because they'd be overrun.

>>23145493

Holy shit really?

>>23145522
Yeah, Argonians are like Vietnamese on steroids.

>>23145526
TES 6: Argonians rise out of the ocean and storm the Aldmeri Dominion.

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>>23145556
>They just fucked with the wrong Argonian

>>23145556
Why?
Argonians don't do things unless it benefits them.

>>23145522
Yeah they were the first province to secede, followed closely by Elsweyer. This happened about one year after the events of Oblivion. Then four years later the moon over Vivec crashes the fuck into the city causing massive horrible damage and causing Red Mountain to explode. This devastates Morrowind to no end, Vvardenfell is more or less incinerated while the Argonians invade what little remains of the southern province. Skyrim's king donated Solstheim to the Dunmer as their new home.

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>>23145624
or the Hist commands them

and if those trees sense that the Aldmeri Dominion is a thread, well, they ded.

>>23145526
Great lords of thunder...
Who is their leader(s)?
And why do we not have a game set in the marshes yet?

>>23145672
But the cat bros are part of the Aldmeri Dominion, beast races gotta stick together.

>>23145705
The hist trees.
Because only European countryside appeals to a broad audience.

>>23145624
But anon, fucking up the Dominion is in everyone's best interests.

Because FUCK the Dominion.

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>>23145737
stay mad human

>>23145705
Because lizardpeople do not, and never will have, mass appeal. The size of game that Beth makes these days needs publisher support and publishers, as a matter of business principle, want as much money as they can get. So if it can't have a human of some description on the cover (preferably a white male to maximise that all-important mass appeal), it probably won't sell in large enough quantities because the average joe in the stores won't look at it, say "Hey, that looks like fun" and buy it. Also what >>23145734 said, more or less.

>>23145655
Not to mention that the Argonians were no slouches before this. The Dunmer won the Arnesian war against the Black Marsh. Their field armies were destroyed but the Argonians ended up with more territory under their control than they began with. Some of which were important culturally to the Dunmer and Vivec personally wanted them back but then the events of Morrowind happened.

>>23145838
Can't you just...get to choose a race?
Also, people seemed to like Sonic, Banjo and Donald.

>>23145712
requesting picture of Khajit and Argonian fist-bumping

>>23145906
But what do they put on the cover?
Trees?
A nord?
Also, almost every npc would be Argonian.
Furthermore, black marsh is pretty prosperous right now, and most es games take place when the country is in distress.

>>23145964
I thought they had been crushed by the Empire and there way of life was dying?

>>23145759
Hey guys, remember that time one of the Thalmor's most trusted and powerful field agents tapped the power of a demigod? And then he got killed by some no-account hedge mage?

Ah, good times.

>>23145981
At this point in the timeline, I think it's the Empire that's in trouble.

>>23145981
Only in the other provinces. Black marsh is a pretty prosperous place.

>>23145705
Leaders? Currently the An-Xileel and the Hist above all. The Hist are older than the current world, the Black Marsh is possibly part of their ancient realm that got destroyed in the war of the Ehlnofey and as the world's laws were bound to Mundus. Its just a piece of the sundered Hist realm though, they still have their own place in Oblivion.

>>23146013
True, true. To be fair my main source of information on how Black Marsh is doing was Veezara, and he was the last of the Shadowscales, so he was sort've pessimistic.

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>>23145964
This but with an argonian and an elf

>>23146050
Man, take a look at the uespwiki about all the crazy shit that goes on in the Black Marshes. They have giant underground worm trains.

>>23146078
Dammit, I want to go there.

Well I guess it's time to reinstall Skyrim and give the latest batch of mods a try.

>>23145981
>Black Marsh
>Crushed by the Empire
>Crushed
>By the EMPIRE

This is the nation that, when invaded by the TES equivalent of hell, proceeded to first push them out of their land, then invade hell right back. This was largely due to the Hist mind-controlling every last Argonian in Black Marsh into fighting back Dagon's forces, but then -anything- native to Black Marsh is nothing to be trifled with on account of them living in Black Marsh; a land so un-tameable that attempts to build roads and bridges actually slowed down trade and commerce.
Black Marsh is a scary (awesome) place.

>>23146161
It's like Australia and the rainforest had a horrible murderbaby

>>23146217
A horrible physic gestalt murderbaby with lightning-dragons.

>>23144387
Try to see if she has a bow that is affordable. Also, be careful, she might try to rip you off.

>>23146258
Remember the time during the second era the Hist manufactured a super flu that genocided every non-native from the Black Marsh?

>>23146392
Um, no. That was the Sload. Led into the All Flags Navy and their islands getting sunk.

>>23146438
That was the Thrassian Plague, I'm talking the Knahaten Flu.

>>23146475
Whoops. My mistake.

>>23146492
Second Era sure did like its horrible horrible diseases.

>>23146519
Thrassian was in the First, actually. Five hundred years short of the Second.

>>23146475
And both of them utterly fucked the Khajiit. Thrassian turned them from a peaceful utopia of sixteen religious states to two opposed super-powers. The second cut huge swaths out of their population and leaving them indebted to the Altmer for giving them medical/magical help so they weren't wiped off the planet.

Man I seriously need to replay some TES games or go on a wiki binge, I remember so little of the stuff mentioned here.

>>23146649
you'd think there'd be more animosity between em

>>23146703
There is, at least at the current point in the timeline. The Thalmor are basically running their empire Stalin-style, complete with purges every non-Altmer race. And actual Altmer who aren't "True" Altmer.

>>23146798
the kittens and lizards I meant...

>>23146805
Ah. Guess I misread.
I guess they're to busy hating everybody else for more recent shit.

>>23144387

Ask if she'll sell her body.

>>23146847
WAIT!
...what if WE sell HER body!?

>>23146885

You mean become her pimp?

I'm up for it, get the lizzard chick from near the city entrance as well and we're already 2 chicks into our harem.

>>23144387
Explain that you're on a budget, and are looking for a bow that works, first and foremost.

Perhaps offer to help with tasks around the camp for a discount?

Screw taking the wagon. That costs septims, WHICH YOU COULD SPEND ON A BOW.
Walking is free. You can catch your own food.

Consider wandering south if you choose to loop down through the warmer areas. The hot springs down that way are great for a bath, if you don't mind the smell. Or the giants. Or the bears.
And, again, maybe an adventurer dropped some crap.

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Here's the real question:
Where's the Dragonborn now, how quickly can we achieve CHIM, and how are we going to use the latter to kick the ass of the former.

>>23146966
>Walking is free. You can catch your own food.
Besides, how else are we going to find dungeons to raid?
brb plotting loot-optimal course to Solitude.

OP died?

>>23147020
Whoa whoa whoa. We don't even have any armour yet, or a proper melee weapon.
And we don't even have a packhorse/follower yet.

One dungeon, but we take EVERYTHING, and go sneaky. Can't get rich if you're dead.

>>23147211
He's constantly in limbo, only briefly resurfacing for his next post before being dragged back into the abyss by lost souls.

>>23147020
Ok, taking the road west from the stables will take us past Anga's mill(cut wood for some quick cash, nothing else of note), Forsaken cave (nothing useful here save normal dungeon loot, unless we manage to get the White Phial quest going), the Nightgate Inn(warm beds, one skill book), Silverdrift lair (bandits and undead, traps, one book each for sneak and two-handed, no static loot to speak of other then a handful of potions and a shield, but normal random loot for a barrow), the Weynon Stones (Fucking avoid! Ice wraiths and shit loot), Shrouded Grove (wildlife and a spriggen, but the beasies start off fighting eachother at least. Also a smallish cave with a couple dragur and a chest), then pass between (or right though) forts Dunstad (bandits, heavy armor skill book, full set of crafting stations except for a smelter and enchanting table) and Fellhammer (bandits, garnet for certain, lots of iron ore veins and a smelter. may also find the Moon Amulet, a fragment of Wuuthrad, or the Helm of Winterhold stashed somewhere. Boss is skippable) before coming out at the Hall of the Vigilant as an approximate halfway point. Well, assuming it's not still a vampire-filled ruin at this point, anyway.

Since we're Argonian, we've got water breathing and a sneak bonus for stealth attacks, big bonus to lockpicking for maximum looting, a bonus to light armor to avoid getting killed quite so quickly, and our racial bonuses to unarmed combat and one-a-day super health regen. Sticking to stealth/archery, with our claws for any close work (hopefully avoided), we should be able to get though at least one dungeon pretty easily with just a bow, decent rolls, and maybe some looted armor if we get jumped on the way.

>>23147257
I'm not saying we should head out RIGHT NOW, I'm just laying out what we'll find if we take the road. We should definitely get at the least a bow and arrows, maybe work a couple days at the mill/docks for some spending money.

>>23147453
Screw the docks, they'll make us sign a long-term contract. Go catch some fish to trade to the khajiit, perhaps, or try and sneak over the wall/in the gate with a disguise.

How much are we assuming that the dragonborn has done, here? Speedrun, or completionist?

>>23147002
Dragonborn: Making a bitching house, going to meetings in Whiterun since you know he's a thane there and carries some responsibilities. Probably is overseeing some settlement of the Whiterun region and being called on if any dragons get frisky.
CHIM, well our ~ is inaccessible. So as soon as we break the fourth wall and gain access to it.
And finally, probably by doing tgm and activating no clip mode so we can just fucking run through the sky and punch him to death.

>>23144387
You know, I hear the Dawnguard are recruiting again

>>23147541
I dunno. In Oblivion they handwaved off as "Fuck if anybody knows, Cowl magic", in Morrowind it was "Yep, did everything. Because Nerevarine. But then everything exploded, so you'll never know exactly what once he's fucked off to Akavir", and Daggerfall threw up its hands and yelled "DRAGON BREAK, EVERYTHING DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE."

I don't see an obvious fuck-history condition hanging around for Skyrim, unless reading the Elder Scroll fucked up time even worse. Or maybe Hermaeus Mora went and fucked with everyone's head.

>>23146903
I saw something cruising the wiki that may be relevant: "Argonians' genders are sometimes referred to as life-phases, implying they may be able to change gender."

So possibly three up.

>Find fuzzy nord cattle
>give it tribute of fish to show friendship
>mount cattle
>ride into the sunset
>???
>Adventure!

>>23147647

If Dragonborn did every fucking quest, then there are like dozen different deities after his soul when he dies.
All the daedra he served, and he also is supposed to go to soverngard.
There is gonna be a mighty brawl of the gods when the dragonbord dies.

>>23147866
so who won the civil war?

>>23146673

That's because almost none of it happens at all in the games. Just gossip and made up stuff after the fact; which is continuously mangled and rearranged to suit personal preference.

>>23147917
The people did

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>>23147917
The Thalmor.

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>>23147996

>>23147935
The games really need to bring the weird that the lore presents.

Thread is dead.
Deal with it.

>>23147866
So, let's see... for certain there's Akatosh for the dragon blood, Mara and Dibella for their respective "agent" quests, Shor for Sovngarde, Hircine because werewolf, Boethiah because she's a manipulative bitch, Hermaeus Mora for championhood and secrets, Mehrunes Dagon because champion, Molag Bal because champion and perhaps also vampiredom, Nocturnal for being a Nightingale, and Sithis for being in the Dark Brotherhood.

On top of that, we've got maybes for Azura, Clavicus Vile, Malacath, and Meridia depending on how binding they consider championhood, Kynareth for the Voice, and also maybe Talos, depending on how much of an interest he took and how much power he has to spare after being starved of worship. Maybe also the God of Worms or the Ideal Masters, depending on just how the events of Dawnguard and vampirism play into everything.

And also Sheogorath, if he feels like it.


Fuck.

>>23148076
Not dead. Just waiting for OP to wake up/get back from work.

>>23148057

Coming from a long time fan of the Elder Scrolls games, I came to a realization earlier this year, while playing through part of the Dawnguard expansion for Skyrim.

The Elder Scrolls are terrible.

The writing is often outright bad. Combat consists entirely of whomever has a larger health bar. Quests are often so mangled and degenerate in their thought process that they're not worth thinking about(Good example: Thieves Guild in Skyrim). The history of the series is constantly thrashed, to the point of saying: lol didn't happen. to previous games.

There is almost no immersion to speak of.

I looked forward to, and enjoyed playing Skyrim. But when I look back upon it and its predecessors, I can't help but say they're all terrible games. Owing their status exclusively to the fact that they are, for all intents and purposes, the only games of their likeness available at this time.

>>23148238
I completely agree. Not even my favorite game, Morrowind, is exempt from the criticism. It invented that 'Dragonbreak' thing to begin with, to explain away the multiple endings of Daggerfall.

>>23148238
The writing is terrible, yes. However, it's so PRETTY. And I can micromanage that shit alll day.

>>23148502

Eh...yes and no. It's pretty if you look at it from a distance. I'd describe it like impressionist paintings.

They look pretty good from a distance, only when you get close you realize it's a horrible mess of scratches and sloshed paint, and it's hard to differentiate one thing from another.

Enjoyable quest, OP, even with the slow updates. Do you intend on continuing this?

We must join the Dark Brotherhood.

Free enchanted armor, plus one job literally pays almost five times as much as one thieves guild job.

>>23148894
metagaming

>>23149038
Well, considering the shadowscale tradition of Black Marsh, it stands to reason we would have at least some knowledge of the Dark Brotherhood

>>23148894
if the brotherhood exists at all anymore.

>>23148894
Since there are no hist trees to be found, we should start synthesyzing and distributing drugs.

>>23149534
Khajiit are the best at drugs bar none.

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So is this thread officially like pic related?

>>23150871
He might come back! He might just have been busy today!

>>23150871

Yup. Another promising quest left to die.

>>23150871
>>23150914
>>23150918
To be fair he does have to draw a completely new panel every time he posts, and it's much more complex work than what Culexus does for his quests.

>>23150871
I'm assuming OP bit off more then he could chew with his detailed images.

I'm going to guess he jumped ship rather then try and tone it down.

>Imperials won the war

So, we're playing in the shitty, elfcock-sucking version of Skyrim? I would rather deal with racists than Thalmor puppets.

>>23151236
>implying the dragonborn isn't plotting to usurp the assassinated emperor as we speak.

>>23150953

Doesn't "have to." The quest would still be plenty of fun without the illustrations. I suspect it was more of a draw-thread than a quest-thread to begin with, though.

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WAKE UP, OP!!!

OP!
WAKE UP!!!

OP, if you're reading this, I think I speak for most of us when I say, we don't need the detailed pics anymore, we just want to finish the story

you need to post one last pic, with a trip though, so we know it's you

>>23151388
You don't speak for me. I'm loving the pictures. Only reason I started reading this thread was because your argonian sketches are amazing and amusing.

>>23151388
I agree with this man.

We need you OP

>>23151456
>>23151453
>>23151388
Is this thread worth archiving, short as it is, or should we just cap the story bits?

>>23151479
Just cap the story bits, and relevant posts, there are so many just asking for OP to return

>>23151528
Hopefully someone will continue the story though.

>>23152147
OP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also, ask her how much the bow is

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“Oh, there’s no need for that”, you say, confident in your archery skills, “I think something simple that gets the job done would be enough. It just needs to keep me alive, not be fancy”.

>”ah, but there is nothing ‘excessive’ about this weapon, you will see”, she whispers, and quickly jumps into the tent and begins haphazardly searching through the bags and chests scattered inside. moments later she returns outside, clutching a large bundle of cloth. Beaming, she unwraps the pile to reveal a slightly recurved wooden bow reinforced with ornately decorated bits of metal.

>”Khajiit knows a good bow when she sees one”, she explains, slowly turning the bow while pointing out important details. “It was found deep within the tomb of Yeen-gol Baar-row, the nordic hero, and restored to its former glory by the expert blacksmith of whiterun”
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“I don’t care about the bow’s legacy”, you retort. “I’d take shoddy bow made in the 4th era over a masterwork bow made in the 1st any day. What if the wood’s rotten on the inside? How do I know it won’t just shatter while I’m hunting?”

>Ankari extends a finger and scrapes a claw along the bow. “Ancient nordic steel. Khajiit guarantees it’s strong as dragonscale…” She flips the bow around and grabs it by the bottom. “ Nordic weapons are as tough as their makers”. She smacks it down against the ground like an axe, with a metallic *THUD*.

“Metal, huh? Seems a bit heavy.” you mutter. “I’m more of a scout, I need to be able to run fast for long distanced”.

>Ankari’s ears droop down a bit, but then they perk up once more and her eyes open wide. “ah, but this bow still holds many secrets, yes?” She taps the bow gently on the side, and it shimmers twice. “This is no trick. Ancient Nordic magics, affixed by the soul of a frost daedra.” She bares her teeth in a smile once more. “It fires arrows so cold even ice wraiths fear it”.

>>23152147
OP.
OP STOP THAT SHIT.
OP YOU PUT THAT POST BACK RIGHT NOW.

>>23152205

While you were gone we became Jarl of Windhelm.

Lets try and charm her to get a discount and friendship, possibly more.

something smooth, for a smooth talkin' argonian.

>inb4"whats a woman like you doing in a place like this?"

How expensive is the bow? Can we work for her as a guard while we work off the price of the bow?

Can we have it on credit and sell our loot from our first dungeon to her at cost?

>>23152205
>ancient nordic bow
>frost enchantment
Dis bitch try'n ta scam our ass.

>>23152205
If you'll give me it for a couple of garnets, then sure. If you were saying all this to make me pay a lot, then I'm afraid you're out of luck, as I don't have much money.

We should challenge her to a bet or battle of wits, the prize being the bow and adventuring gear.

>>23152285
Nonononono, you gotta have a better pitch for something like that.
Look at these fine gemstones. Exquisitely cut, richly colored, and *cough* less likely to attract certain, attentions, then larger stones, yeah? *wink*

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>>23152340
"beautiful baubles and gleaming gemstones over here! legendary argonian craftsmanship"

>>23152205

A creature literally made out of ice and fear being afraid of a weapon that shoots ice?

Why would I need an icy weapon in Skyrim anyway? Almost everyone here practically lives in a blizzard. It'll be like tickling them with a spring breeze, and I have yet to hear about anyone relaxing a foe to death.

>>23152205
> “This is no trick. Ancient Nordic magics, affixed by the soul of a frost daedra.”
>frost Daedra
>Not a Soul Gem enchant

I think she's trying to foist this thing off on us.

>>23153006
It could be affixed by the soul of a frost daedra, WITH a soulgem. That's half implied.

>>23153006
Somebody's never read the description for the Frost Blade of the Monarch.

>>23153006
>>23152738
>>23152205
Is this thing gonna suck our souls or some shit? Bad enough I left Black March, I don't want to spend eternity in a bow.

>>23153006

Either way, we were forewarned about this khajit, and why would she be trying to do us a favor? Stick to the simple bow - let's get this journey moving, and we can worry about fancier things when we have a job.

>>23153083
Yeah, but once you soul trap something with a soul gem the source doesn't matter, it's just a power source to fuel the enchantment.