Completed DraQ strikes back: a Morrowind LP

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Part XCII: Brawn over brian

Spoiler

Next, DraQ checks out the smuggling ring with Gaea Artoria

indeed not the sharpest knife, but she seems she can hold her own at least

After solving the booze problem DraQ has max reputation with the entire fort, it’s easy to get directions

Another Imperial chick has a sidequest to offer

moon sugar? Are there Khajiit on this island

Outside the north gate stands a Nord with some general information about the island

so the lost missionary is likely in Thirsk

The smuggling cavern is just to the east of the fort

Inside are some Imperials to kill who wield paralyzing weapons

With high reflect these suckers just paralyze themselves so Gaea Artoria can finish them off

DraQ finds some Nord mead in the cave as well

bah, this swill is totally worse than sujamma

Funnily enough, after the action is over Gaea gets all hard to get

lel what’s with these high maintenance Imperial bishes

There’s some surprise when returning to the fort

what happened? Somebody fart

This event basically triggers the next phase of the main quest

well, as the Knight of the Imperial Dragon I guess I should solve this matter

wait… furries?

well, let’s see about that moon sugar first.

The Redguard priest does not have any particularly useful to tell

At any rate, Skaal Village is about twenty 100 Acrobatics jumps away from the fort

well, let’s look around this island a bit

 

[hello friend]

Getting mixed messages about this Thirsk place

 

[abnaxus]

Part XCIII: Barrow-downs

Spoiler

Not far east from Fort Frostmoth is a barrow named Frosselmane barrow

Inside there is nothing special, aside from stahlrim and petty loot

To the east of Frosselmane barrow is Himmelhost barrow

Inside are no draugr but regular skeletons

skeleton pirates? Finally something interesting

The pirate captain even carries a unique saber

There’s also a note with a riddle and a key

what happened to the classic X marks the spot

Not far from Himmelhost barrow is also a strange pillar

so this is Sun stone from the note? Not really interested in digging into the mud

Moving northwards from Fort Frostmoth across the river, DraQ encounters his first Riekling

These lil pricks have a natural 60% reflect, so can’t even be killed with all the fancy crap from Tribunal

On the river DraQ finds a dwelling

There’s a Nord inside with a small quest

well if I run into that guy maybe I’ll look into it

Returning to Raven Rock, the place will actually be under construction

Around Raven Rock are two locked barrows

locked means there’s something special inside, right

However, there are just some corpses inside

is there a story here?

Wandering around Raven Rock, DraQ is also attacked out of the blue by a gibbering lunatic

The other locked barrow contains a unique sword, but it’s p. weak

only a loser would carry this around

A bit further from Bloodskal barrow past some doggies is Eddard barrow

Inside are many chests, one contains a daedric katana

I think I have five of these already

There’s also a unique bear helmet

let’s stay away as far as possible from this furry crap

 

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Part XCIV: Airboy

Spoiler

DraQ finds a cave called Fjell near the Tree stone not far from Eddard barrow

Inside is a new enemy type called grahl

Fearsome as they look, they go down with one swipe from Trueflame

I guess they must be weak to fire

In the heart of the cave is a chest guarded by several grahl. Contrary to expectations, the chest contains nothing of note

To the north along the river is a band of smugglers. Surprisingly they are not hostile

Near the middle of the island is Brodir Grove, where there are three distinct menhirs

In Brodir Grove is Ulfgar the Unending’s dwelling

Ulfgar is a long Nord with a crazy story

don’t you just need to die to get to Sovngarde? You don’t make much sense breh

To the northeast of Ulgar the Unending’s dwelling is a cave called Gronn. It is the main base of the berserkers.

well, there gonna be a lot of nekkid ladies here

The berserker denmother has a unique helmet, but nothing special

To the west of Gronn is another lone Nord’s dwelling

really not interested in petty tasks at this point

Straight north from Brodir Grove is the Alter of Thrond. DraQ finds there a snow doggie, a crashed ship and many corpses

this must be what that Beauchamp Breton was talking about

DraQ finds a logbook near the captain’s corpse

guess I should take this to Beauchamp in Ald’ruhn. It’s the main reason why I got here after all

Not far west from the Altar of Thrond is Jolgeir Barrow

Inside is a unique spear and a book talking about a snow prince

I guess there must be a story here

 

[luj1]

I love it that you are playing vanilla with no mods

 

[abnaxus]

Part XCV: Santa

Spoiler

DraQ reports back to Beauchamp in Ald’ruhn

no promises, breh

Back at Fort Frostmoth there’s a second mission available for the East Empire Company

At this point in Raven Rockonly the mine building will be completed

what’s this? A Nord hippie?

I’m always up for a hippie bashing

a short but satisfying task

As usual, the next task will only appear after some days have past

On his way to Thirsk by the east side of the island, DraQ finds a Nord in front of a barrow

I smell another petty task

Eventually, the Nord manages to kill the draugr

reminds me of when I myself was a level 1 putz

To the north of the barrow DraQ comes across a conspicuous lodge

A dead Khajiit near the lodge betrays the presence of a skooma den

right, it’s that guy I needed to kill

Uncle Sweetshare greets DraQ with his insufferable song

that chitty song alone is ample reason for summary execution

Taking his white hat to Severia Gratius ends the quest

 

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Part XCVI: Thirsk

Spoiler

Thirsk is not far south from Skaal village

Behind the mead hall is a conspicuous tree stump with some mad loot

There’s a craftsman outside, but the custom armors he can make are not very gud

Inside the mead hall, the Nords are p. chill

right, I should ask about that missionary

sounds like this Erich needs some killing

the missionary should be upstairs

Upstairs, DraQ finds a Breton bookseller

sounds like that Sovngarde book would be of interest to that Ulfgar weirdo

The missionary is in another room

you’re a missionary yet don’t even know to cast Divine Intervention

it’s a real hassle to escort this chick back to Fort Frostmoth with all groups of annoying wildlife around

At any rate, the Nords downstairs don’t really give a fukk about what happened

The reward for this quest is absolutely pathetic.

well, it’s to be expected for damaged goods

 

[NecroLord]

Ebony Arrows of Slaying FTW!
Just don't use them on anyone with reflect abilities...

 

[abnaxus]

Part XCVII: Thirsk environs

Spoiler

Returning north, DraQ finds a barrow with a hard lock near Thirsk.

Turns out there’s a werewolf inside

These doggies are very fast and hit extremely hard, being able to destroy even a Daedric tower shield with a few blows

Northeast of Thirsk is a small island off the shore

There’s a maximum security barrow here

Inside the barrow is a lot of treasure

Near Thirsk is also a cave called Sjobal

Inside is a hostile Dunmer slave huner with an odd name.

shame I came too late to save the slaves

Returning to Thirsk, DraQ is attacked twice by naked lunatics.

is this some kind of moon sickness

 

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Part XCVIII: Skaal village

Spoiler

DraQ heads to Skaal village, slightly to the north of Thirsk

The village is rather big and the villagers not very welcoming

Funny enough, there’s a cliffracer hanging from the great hall ceiling

indeed enemies on this island almost makes you wish for cliffracers

Tharsten Heart-Fagget is supposed to push the main quest forward

restore “balance”? Who knew Nords were into this hippie crap

Since the Skaal are nature freaks, they have more information on the wild life of Solstheim

The guy DraQ helped in the barrow is at his home, he gives not a bad reward

An old Nord has a short sidequest

Inside the well are many skeletons and one guy in shiny robe

The weirdo with delusions of grandeur is almost too easy to convince

looks like another suicidal item

After reporting back it’s time to see the shaman

The story of Aevar Stone-Singer

so basically I need to step in the footsteps of this Aevar Stone-Singer

 

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Part XCIX: Power of stones

Spoiler

DraQ heads to the Wind stone, not far south from Skaal village

Glenschul’s tomb conveniently opens just for this quest

It’s a regular barrow but with a higher density of draugr than usual

now here’s a literal bag of wind

Opening the evidently empty bag finishes the trial.

The Wind stone gets all shiny after finishing the task

The second stone, the Beast stone, is near Thirsk

DraQ finds a white bear harassed by Rieklings.

After killing the Rieklings and pulling an arrow from its arse, the bear is ready to go

Escorting it back to the Beast stone finishes the task

The third stone, the Sun stone, is east of Fort Frostmoth

The Halls of Penumbra is wholly dark, Nighteye spell is needed to see anything

At the end of the dungeon is a stronger than usual Grahl

Using his eye, DraQ manages to break an ice wall containing the “sun”

Well, that’s three trials down. Three more to go

 

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Part C: Sloven guard

Spoiler

DraQ finds the tree stone in the middle of the island

The seed thief is a Riekling surrounded by mind-controlled dryads

Recovering the seeds, they just need to be planted near the Tree stone

well, that was quick and easy

The Tree stone is also close to Brodir Grove. DraQ returns to the weirdo Nord

well, I do need to tell him about the book

lel, are you the Nordic Umbra or what

Ulfgar carries a unique sword, but since it’s not silver its use is very limited on the island

Outside, Ulfgar’s spirit then appears between the menhirs

lel, at least it worked

There’s a temporary boost to three attributes to be gained here, which is kinda underwhelming

 

[abnaxus]

Part CI: Earth stone

Spoiler

DraQ returns once more to Fort Frostmoth for another task for the EEC

I forgot to ask for promotion as well

the last two stones are near Raven Rock anyway

There are more buildings constructed at Raven Rock now

It turns out there’s some wreck to the north west

The shipwreck has some draugr around

so they actually venture outside their barrows as well

There’s only one survivor. Escort quest #651 beckons

DraQ forgot to fetch some mining picks but it doesn’t matter

srry, there are more important matters to turn to

The Earth stone is not far to the north

Deep inside the cave is a Myst-like sound puzzle to solve

now there’s only the Water stone left

 

[abnaxus]

Part CII: Water stone

Spoiler

The final stone is on the west coast of the island.

DraQ finds a random guy there standing around.

Sidequests are nice and all, but why am I not even getting directions

The final task to restore the balance requires some swimming

There’s a black horker that needs to be followed underwater to a cave

Inside the cave is just one skeleton

Just picking up the bottle finishes the task

guess I can now return to the Skaal

 

[abnaxus]

Part CIII: the Balance provides

Spoiler

DraQ reports back to the perpetually butthurt Carnius Magius for a paltry reward and a promotion

Right on cue, there are more hoops to jump through

now let’s finish things with the Skaal

The mace of Aevar Stone-Singer is ludicruously stronk but a bit too heavy

let’s just keep using Skull-Crusher k

Talking to the Nords in the village doesn’t really give much information

I need a bit more than mere cuckolding rumours

time to see the main actors

well, you certainly look sleazy enough

It’s possible to finish things immediately by killing Rigmor but pixel hunting is the right way to continue

well, this is proof enough

Rigmor is literally thrown to the wolves

The helmet received as reward is p. crappy

well, let’s go and see Rigmor get chewed

The wolves were summoned by the shaman and henceforth disappear after killing Rigmor

In the end, the husband is surprisingly forgiving

err and here I was thinking you’d be driven out of the village bare-naked or something

 

[abnaxus]

Part CIV: Test of strength

Spoiler

DraQ keeps getting strung along by Heart-Fagget

But at least the next quest is a bit unusual

now what may that be? A fire atronach cumming somewhere?

There’s a cavern underneath the lake that wasn’t accessible until now

The cavern is full of draugr but surprisingly one draugr initiates dialogue

let’s see what you can do then, draugr breh

After slaying a dozen or so frost atronachs, draugr breh drops dead

goodnight, sweet prince

I guess no Sovngarde for you?

At least his ring is p. decent

Back at the surface, now all Skaal trials should finally be finished

let’s stop by at Thirsk first

However at this point almost everyone at Thirsk will be ded

err...

seems only Svenja is left

The fire from the lake opened an other previously inaccessible cavern

let’s see this Udyrfrykte

ugh, as ugly as a mother-in-law

Taking the heart to Svenja, DraQ has the opportunity to become chieftain of Thirsk

Hrothmund’s Barrow is very hard to miss when levitating

right, the Breton at Ald’ruhn told me about this

Inside is the amulet the Breton wants

More importantly, DraQ gets the blessing he needs to become chieftain

Back at Ald’ruhn, the matter with the Breton can now be closed

lel, don’t drown in the sea of pussy, breh

 

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Part CV: No truce with the furries

Spoiler

DraQ returns once more to Raven Rock to see it progress smoothly

yeh, screw that Imperial loser

let’s just handle this democratically

trader it is then

always ready to make Imperials butthurt

hopefully that’s the last time I need to see that loser

Back in Thirsk DraQ can now become chieftain

Svenja’s weapon is really weak, then again nothing can outshine the twin blades of Nerevarine

now I can finally wrap up matters with the Skaal

Werewolves attack but these are easily dealt with by the Skaal

Some werewolves got into the greathall and took away Heartfang

guess he can’t string me along anymore now

Korst Wind-Eye is now the one in charge

I’m immune to all disease unless Divayth Fyr’s potion no longer works. Guess this is more of a curse.

let’s not become a scaly-furry at any rate

The totem of claw and fang is deep inside a tomb crawling with werewolves

matters are coming to a head it seems

 

[abnaxus]

Part CVI: Reichstag

Spoiler

DraQ heads to Ristaag late at night

shouldn’t there be more of you with those furries on the prowl

Predictably the sidekicks get gibbed

feels like a bad horror story

well at least you’re not going to die as you’re with me

The ristaag ends with the slaying of another mysterious spirit bear

let’s check on Raven Rock first

 

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Part CVII

Spoiler

There are new events at Raven Rock

After reporting back to Carius there are some events more suited to low level character

There’s no way to get past this except by following the script

Parading in front of the Imperial brandishing the sword is a must

Next event is even more trivial

There’s nothing inside the Dunmer’s house so DraQ is forced to stalk him in a mine

Galenus is an idiot as reporting to Carius obv. leads to the Dunmer’s death

now to return to Korst Wind-Eye

 

[abnaxus]

Part CVIII: Castle Karstaag

Spoiler

DraQ receives his next task from Wind-Eye

come to think of it, I’ve never seen a giant before

The entire northern coast of the island is now indeed littered with horker corpses, like Wind-Eye said

Castle Karstaag is guarded by hordes of Rieklings and entry through the gate is not possible

On top of the castle is the very last piece of Daedric armour

who even gives a chit about this at this point

Near Castle Karstaag is a cave where another suicidal robe can be found

However the actual entrance to the castle is underwater

To get access to the castle DraQ must team up with a Riekling

Access is granted only after slaying an amount of Grahl

However, the giant is nowhere to be found

The castle also contains nothing interesting

The most interesting is perhaps skeletons strewn around everywhere

well, he’s clearly no vegetarian

 

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Part CIX: Stalhrim

Spoiler

It’s preferable to finish the Eastern Empire quests before anything else

Next time in Raven Rock an inn has appeared

Inside the inn is an Altmer with a sidequest about Falmer but DraQ already took care of it

In the next job for Falco DraQ needs to play shrink and punching bag at the same time

Next job has to do with Stalhrim which is at least slightly interesting

The Nords near Skaal village won’t talk to DraQ unless some Imperial chick nearby is killed

P. Much every barrow on the island has some Stalhrim

DraQ can now have Stalhrim armour and weapons made but it’s not really worth it

 

[Norfleet]

I'm just waiting for the Dagoth Ur vs. Argonian encounter.

 

[abnaxus]

Part CX: Sabotage

Spoiler

The final tasks for the colony are looming

DraQ is to deliver a report to Carnius, who makes it hard to find him

There’s a trap setting off to slow down DraQ, but it’s a non-issue with DraQ’s monstrous stats

Carius is quickly found at the other side of the island

Next up there’s a spriggan problem

There are some roots that need to be taken care of in a roundabout way

The problem is solved by bittergreen petals from Vvardenfell

Next up, DraQ needs to recruit some guards but one is enough

Some assassins attack afterward but they’re really weak. The new guard even kills one.

 

[abnaxus]

Part CXI: The final insult

Spoiler

Carnius tries his last ploy back the colony

Back at the colony there’s an attack by “Skaal”

There are some Nords to kill in the mine

The Nord leader carries a note revealing the truth

It’s time to end matters once and for all

Carnius flies in a butthurt rage and attack DraQ, pulling a Stalhrim weapon out of his ass

lel, sayonara

DraQ also kills the other Imperial twat after some taunts

DraQ is now in charge of the whole chitchow

With matters settled at the colony, DraQ reports back to the Skaal shaman

The reward is not very useful since DraQ already has Trueflame

Wind-Eye reveals what’s really going on but there are no more immediate tasks

yes, I am sure praying will surely solve this matter

 

[abnaxus]

Part CXII: Lord of furries

Spoiler

Sleeping after Wind-Eye’s revelations leads to a kidnapping by furries

Next, DraQ is somehow in a Daedric ruin below the glacier

oh hai Hircine

DraQ finally finds the missing Imperial captain

There’s a maze to go through with Carius with very powerful werewolves that can destroy even a Daedric tower shield with a few blows

It’s hard to keep Carius alive

There’s also a key necessary to advance to the next maze

Heart-Fang is in the next level of the maze but he turns out a turncoat

pathetic hypocrite

Heart-Fang carries Hircine’s ring which allows one to turn into a werewolf at will

I should throw this in the middle of the Padomaic Ocean

In the final level of the maze awaits the man-eating giant Karstaag

Magic is little use against this brute since he has very high Reflect for some reason

The final challenge is an aspect of Hircine

Choosing Guile gets DraQ a unique spear

Hircine’s spear has a paralyze enchantment so some care needs to be taken

After leaving the Daedric ruin there’s a cutscene of the glacier collapsing

DraQ reports back to the shaman and Carius but there’s nothing really new.

heh, well that’s the end of matters then.