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Completed Let's Play TES: Morrowind - Bloodmoon - Part 50: Long Live Fluffy!
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Part 19: Back to the Colony
Once again, Fluffy performs his traditional morning exercise.
Hopefully Carius won't mind the mess once he returns.
Fluffy returns to Raven Rock to learn that the colony finally has a trader. As Falco's errand boy, it's up to Fluffy to tell this to Carnius.
But first, he has to get past these three, that perpetually keep blocking the stairs!
Excuse me, coming through!
Well, that was thrilling.
Atleast Raven Rock has a proper dock now.
Fine, another thing Falco can't manage on his own, so Fluffy has to do it.
This guy threatens Fluffy and therefore Fluffy doesn't like him. Unfortunately, Raven Rock needs him and thus he has to be spared.
Apronia? She's still here?
Yeah, she's still here. And she looted Elberoth without letting Fluffy do it first. Fluffy confiscates the saber she stole and lets her off with a warning.
I think that a Daedric Longbow and almost-full set of glass armor would be more then sufficient, but what do I know.
Apparently, Fluffy has to equip it and draw it first.
Who you talkin' about, bro?
Hehe, pussy!
Another thrilling quest! What will happen next? Will Fluffy have to dig the latrines? Clean the stables? Make Falco a sammich? We'll soon find out!
Once again, Fluffy performs his traditional morning exercise.
Hopefully Carius won't mind the mess once he returns.
Fluffy returns to Raven Rock to learn that the colony finally has a trader. As Falco's errand boy, it's up to Fluffy to tell this to Carnius.
But first, he has to get past these three, that perpetually keep blocking the stairs!
Excuse me, coming through!
Well, that was thrilling.
Atleast Raven Rock has a proper dock now.
Fine, another thing Falco can't manage on his own, so Fluffy has to do it.
This guy threatens Fluffy and therefore Fluffy doesn't like him. Unfortunately, Raven Rock needs him and thus he has to be spared.
Apronia? She's still here?
Yeah, she's still here. And she looted Elberoth without letting Fluffy do it first. Fluffy confiscates the saber she stole and lets her off with a warning.
I think that a Daedric Longbow and almost-full set of glass armor would be more then sufficient, but what do I know.
Apparently, Fluffy has to equip it and draw it first.
Who you talkin' about, bro?
Hehe, pussy!
Another thrilling quest! What will happen next? Will Fluffy have to dig the latrines? Clean the stables? Make Falco a sammich? We'll soon find out!
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Part 20: Rapid Career Advancement
Fortunately, it seems Falco doesn't require any sammiches or back rubs. No, Fluffy has to play detective once more and catch the wretched thief that keeps stealing ebony ore from the mine. And apparently, it's someone other then Fluffy.
(If Fluffy sided with Carnius, he would be the one tasked with stealing the ebony ore).
This is the new shop Fluffy chose to build.
The trader himself does have some interesting things to sell.
Anyway, Fluffy enters Maren's house with the key from Falco.
Unfortunately, it seems that the chest is empty.
Fine, guess Fluffy has to track down Maren and see if he's doing anything suspicious. Let's go to the mine.
As you can see, Fluffy is completely inconspicuous.
That should be Maren. He doesn't notice Fluffy thanks to his awesome sneaking skills.
After a while, he leaves this tunnel and goes somewhere else, Fluffy follows him stealthily.
After a while, he starts sneaking around. Suspicious!
Journal updated, that means he's done something bad!
Knew it!
How dare you accuse Carnius! He is an upstanding member of East Empire Company and totally not evil!
Falco keeps picking on poor Carnius.
Of course, Carnius denies Falco's ridiculous accusations. Just because the guy has a goatee, it doesn't mean that he's evil!
Dammit Falco, can't you do ANYTHING right?
Anyway, Fluffy realizes that all this time, he never actually asked for promotion, so he's still an underling. Time for some career advancement!
Oh, come on, there's nothing to improve about Fluffy, he's pure perfection!
Well, this sucks. The only skill Fluffy's good at is Security and maybe Speechcraft. I guess if rank starts to matter, Fluffy will have to visit some Security, Speechcraft and Mercantile trainers.
Fortunately, it seems Falco doesn't require any sammiches or back rubs. No, Fluffy has to play detective once more and catch the wretched thief that keeps stealing ebony ore from the mine. And apparently, it's someone other then Fluffy.
(If Fluffy sided with Carnius, he would be the one tasked with stealing the ebony ore).
This is the new shop Fluffy chose to build.
The trader himself does have some interesting things to sell.
Anyway, Fluffy enters Maren's house with the key from Falco.
Unfortunately, it seems that the chest is empty.
Fine, guess Fluffy has to track down Maren and see if he's doing anything suspicious. Let's go to the mine.
As you can see, Fluffy is completely inconspicuous.
That should be Maren. He doesn't notice Fluffy thanks to his awesome sneaking skills.
After a while, he leaves this tunnel and goes somewhere else, Fluffy follows him stealthily.
After a while, he starts sneaking around. Suspicious!
Journal updated, that means he's done something bad!
Knew it!
How dare you accuse Carnius! He is an upstanding member of East Empire Company and totally not evil!
Falco keeps picking on poor Carnius.
Of course, Carnius denies Falco's ridiculous accusations. Just because the guy has a goatee, it doesn't mean that he's evil!
Dammit Falco, can't you do ANYTHING right?
Anyway, Fluffy realizes that all this time, he never actually asked for promotion, so he's still an underling. Time for some career advancement!
Oh, come on, there's nothing to improve about Fluffy, he's pure perfection!
Well, this sucks. The only skill Fluffy's good at is Security and maybe Speechcraft. I guess if rank starts to matter, Fluffy will have to visit some Security, Speechcraft and Mercantile trainers.
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Part 21: Stalhrim Mining
Once again, Falco needs something from Fluffy, since he's the only one around here who's actually working. Turns out, some drunk old man id fighting everyone in the bar and Fluffy has to calm him down.
Before he enters the bar, the guy's wife begs Fluffy not to kill him. She asked nicely, so ok!
This place looks pretty nice. That dark elf on the stairs is the one we are looking for.
Yeah, sure you are.
Fluffy just stands her and let's the old man punch him. Most of his attacks miss.
Nope, sorry. Your wife asked nicely and all that.
After a nice talk with Fluffy, the old man now finally has a reason to live. See? Fluffy saves lives!
Awww, everyone likes Fluffy now!
Since this quest was short and boring, let's go for one more.
Fluffy already met Graring during his travels on Solstheim, but none of them wanted to talk to him. Let's see if anything changed!
This is where they are, so Fluffy uses Recall and then travels there from the Skaal Village.
Nope, they still don't want to talk to Fluffy.
There's also this woman.
She doesn't have anything interesting to say.
Graring and the others still don't want to talk to Fluffy and nothing is happening, so let's rest for a bit and see if anything changes.
Nope, nothing. This woman is still standing here, behind the boulder. Watching, judging...
FAWNING ADMIRER? THAT DOES IT!
DIE!
Oh no, what did Fluffy do, she was just an innocent-
Sweet, another magic blade to switch to when the other ones run out of charges!
To cope with his guilt, Fluffy tries to justify this action by pretending that the woman actually attacked Graring and his friends and he was forced to defend them. He even writes it in his diary. He might lie to himself, but WE KNOW WHAT HE DID!
After witnessing Fluffy's act, Graring finally decides to cooperate with Fluffy in fear of being killed by him as well. He gives him a special pickaxe, which he can use to mine Stalhrim.
(Coventina is actually supposed to attack Graring, but I guess it's bugged).
Fluffy ventures into the Raven Rock mine with the pickaxe and tries to find the burial chamber to mine some Stalhrim.
On the way there, he also takes some ebony ore for "inspection".
It's pretty dark in here, so Fluffy toggles on his night vision.
It seems Stalhrim is even more valuable then ebony.
On the way back to Graring, he rests and levels up again.
Now that Fluffy brought back some mined Stalhrim, Graring and his friends can now make armor and weapons for Fluffy.
(If Fluffy joined Carnius, he would have to kill Graring and the other two nords and as such, he wouldn't gain access to Stalhrim crafting.)
Aenar makes armor, but Stalhrim is medium armor and thus not suitable for Fluffy.
Hidar makes weapons from Stalhrim.
We'll see how good the dagger is, once I remember to return for it.
Falco is finally happy, but he still has his paranoid delusions about Carnius, for some reason.
Once again, Falco needs something from Fluffy, since he's the only one around here who's actually working. Turns out, some drunk old man id fighting everyone in the bar and Fluffy has to calm him down.
Before he enters the bar, the guy's wife begs Fluffy not to kill him. She asked nicely, so ok!
This place looks pretty nice. That dark elf on the stairs is the one we are looking for.
Yeah, sure you are.
Fluffy just stands her and let's the old man punch him. Most of his attacks miss.
Nope, sorry. Your wife asked nicely and all that.
After a nice talk with Fluffy, the old man now finally has a reason to live. See? Fluffy saves lives!
Awww, everyone likes Fluffy now!
Since this quest was short and boring, let's go for one more.
Fluffy already met Graring during his travels on Solstheim, but none of them wanted to talk to him. Let's see if anything changed!
This is where they are, so Fluffy uses Recall and then travels there from the Skaal Village.
Nope, they still don't want to talk to Fluffy.
There's also this woman.
She doesn't have anything interesting to say.
Graring and the others still don't want to talk to Fluffy and nothing is happening, so let's rest for a bit and see if anything changes.
Nope, nothing. This woman is still standing here, behind the boulder. Watching, judging...
FAWNING ADMIRER? THAT DOES IT!
DIE!
Oh no, what did Fluffy do, she was just an innocent-
Sweet, another magic blade to switch to when the other ones run out of charges!
To cope with his guilt, Fluffy tries to justify this action by pretending that the woman actually attacked Graring and his friends and he was forced to defend them. He even writes it in his diary. He might lie to himself, but WE KNOW WHAT HE DID!
After witnessing Fluffy's act, Graring finally decides to cooperate with Fluffy in fear of being killed by him as well. He gives him a special pickaxe, which he can use to mine Stalhrim.
(Coventina is actually supposed to attack Graring, but I guess it's bugged).
Fluffy ventures into the Raven Rock mine with the pickaxe and tries to find the burial chamber to mine some Stalhrim.
On the way there, he also takes some ebony ore for "inspection".
It's pretty dark in here, so Fluffy toggles on his night vision.
It seems Stalhrim is even more valuable then ebony.
On the way back to Graring, he rests and levels up again.
Now that Fluffy brought back some mined Stalhrim, Graring and his friends can now make armor and weapons for Fluffy.
(If Fluffy joined Carnius, he would have to kill Graring and the other two nords and as such, he wouldn't gain access to Stalhrim crafting.)
Aenar makes armor, but Stalhrim is medium armor and thus not suitable for Fluffy.
Hidar makes weapons from Stalhrim.
We'll see how good the dagger is, once I remember to return for it.
Falco is finally happy, but he still has his paranoid delusions about Carnius, for some reason.
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Part 22: Where's Carnius?
Well, that's sudden. Must be a very important report, let's read it!
Nope, nothing interesting. Well, ok, time to get this super important report to Carnius.
One divine intervention later...
Oh my god, could you people stop blocking the stairs?
Strange, Carnius is not here.
Can't Fluffy just leave it in his office or something?
Wait, what?
Drain attribute and burden!
It takes a few minutes, but I finally decide what to leave behind, so that Fluffy can move again.
With his drained speed, he would move at snail's pace and the minimal agility means that any passing mosquito would knock him down on his ass, so Fluffy goes downstairs to the altar and gets rid of that annoying debuff for 25 gold. The Burden spell remains however.
Now, let's hop all the way to Carnius!
There he is. Now, just have to turn in the report-
Alright, it seems that in addition to 5 in-game hours, this quest also has another limit of 10 real-time minutes. So, while the game was paused in the inventory screen and I was trying to decide what to drop, the time ran out.
Failing is not an option, since this one tiny mistake is enough to get Fluffy fired from the East Empire Company forever, just like in real life!
Fine, let's do this again. The location of Carnius seems to be random, as one time, he was apparently near that wrecked supply ship. I tried to that one without restoring Fluffy's attributes, so he was stunlocked by some random wolf and died.
Fluffy got stuck between these two for about 20 seconds while I tried to jump over them.
Well, whatever, we have to hop all the way to Carnius, as fast as we can!
Well, this is unfortunate.
Fluffy manages to deliver the report in time, but the enemies that kept chasing him slaughtered him as soon as he said goodbye to Carnius.
Maybe this time it will go better?
Nope.
Finally!
But if Carnius wanted to ensure that Fluffy fails, why didn't his henchman just tell Fluffy that he doesn't know where he is? Or just lead him to a false location. Pffft, typical Falco and his paranoid delusions. That trap was just a simple malfunction and Carnius is totally a good guy!
Well, that's sudden. Must be a very important report, let's read it!
Nope, nothing interesting. Well, ok, time to get this super important report to Carnius.
One divine intervention later...
Oh my god, could you people stop blocking the stairs?
Strange, Carnius is not here.
Can't Fluffy just leave it in his office or something?
Wait, what?
Drain attribute and burden!
It takes a few minutes, but I finally decide what to leave behind, so that Fluffy can move again.
With his drained speed, he would move at snail's pace and the minimal agility means that any passing mosquito would knock him down on his ass, so Fluffy goes downstairs to the altar and gets rid of that annoying debuff for 25 gold. The Burden spell remains however.
Now, let's hop all the way to Carnius!
There he is. Now, just have to turn in the report-
Alright, it seems that in addition to 5 in-game hours, this quest also has another limit of 10 real-time minutes. So, while the game was paused in the inventory screen and I was trying to decide what to drop, the time ran out.
Failing is not an option, since this one tiny mistake is enough to get Fluffy fired from the East Empire Company forever, just like in real life!
Fine, let's do this again. The location of Carnius seems to be random, as one time, he was apparently near that wrecked supply ship. I tried to that one without restoring Fluffy's attributes, so he was stunlocked by some random wolf and died.
Fluffy got stuck between these two for about 20 seconds while I tried to jump over them.
Well, whatever, we have to hop all the way to Carnius, as fast as we can!
Well, this is unfortunate.
Fluffy manages to deliver the report in time, but the enemies that kept chasing him slaughtered him as soon as he said goodbye to Carnius.
Maybe this time it will go better?
Nope.
Finally!
But if Carnius wanted to ensure that Fluffy fails, why didn't his henchman just tell Fluffy that he doesn't know where he is? Or just lead him to a false location. Pffft, typical Falco and his paranoid delusions. That trap was just a simple malfunction and Carnius is totally a good guy!
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Part 23: Spriggan Invasion
Alright, next thing we have to do is devastate the environment and kick out the indigenous population from their homes. Like true colonists!
There's 4 of these spriggans all around Raven Rock.
Each spriggan has to be killed two or three times, since they ressurect themselves.
And that means Fluffy mostly has to kite them.
And when that fails, he can always jump atop some rock with his acrobatics.
It's pretty time consuming and Fluffy almost runs out of arrows, even though he started out with 300.
Finally, Fluffy almost broke his bow from all of that shooting.
Alright, the quest doesn't end there, now Fluffy has to go look for roots of those spriggan trees inside the mine.
First, he stops at Frostmoth to repair his bow and gain a new level.
He then goes to the mine and questions the miners about those roots.
Alright, time to go back and report this.
Now that he's shown Unel those roots, Fluffy has to go shopping on Vvardenfel so that Unel can make a poison that would kill those trees. I don't think this game is very environmentaly friendly.
Fluffy uses his last scroll of Almsivi Intervention to get to Gnisis and buys some Bittergreen Petals at the temple from Unel.
While he's on Vvardenfel, he also makes a quick trip to Balmora.
He needs to train some East Empire favored skills to gain a higher rank. Long Blade and Medium Armor aren't going to be very useful to Fluffy, but atleast they will grant him a modifier to Strength and Endurance on the next level up.
There's ways to circumvent this, but I think Fluffy will just have to wait until it either goes up naturally or I decide to raise Intelligence.
Let's just spend some money on this to get more speed and also raise hit chance. Fluffy actually hits pretty often, but everything on Solstheim is around level 40, so he needs every little bit of help he can get.
After this training session, he returns to Frostmoth to sleep and gains another level.
He then gives Unel those petals, so that he can take care of those weeds and raze the forest, so that it can replaced by a nice supermarket with a large parking lot.
Falco is of course overjoyed and rewards Fluffy with 2000 gold, which is good, since Fluffy spent all of his money on training and replacement arrows. Hopefully, the following quests will involve less combat.
Alright, next thing we have to do is devastate the environment and kick out the indigenous population from their homes. Like true colonists!
There's 4 of these spriggans all around Raven Rock.
Each spriggan has to be killed two or three times, since they ressurect themselves.
And that means Fluffy mostly has to kite them.
And when that fails, he can always jump atop some rock with his acrobatics.
It's pretty time consuming and Fluffy almost runs out of arrows, even though he started out with 300.
Finally, Fluffy almost broke his bow from all of that shooting.
Alright, the quest doesn't end there, now Fluffy has to go look for roots of those spriggan trees inside the mine.
First, he stops at Frostmoth to repair his bow and gain a new level.
He then goes to the mine and questions the miners about those roots.
Alright, time to go back and report this.
Now that he's shown Unel those roots, Fluffy has to go shopping on Vvardenfel so that Unel can make a poison that would kill those trees. I don't think this game is very environmentaly friendly.
Fluffy uses his last scroll of Almsivi Intervention to get to Gnisis and buys some Bittergreen Petals at the temple from Unel.
While he's on Vvardenfel, he also makes a quick trip to Balmora.
He needs to train some East Empire favored skills to gain a higher rank. Long Blade and Medium Armor aren't going to be very useful to Fluffy, but atleast they will grant him a modifier to Strength and Endurance on the next level up.
There's ways to circumvent this, but I think Fluffy will just have to wait until it either goes up naturally or I decide to raise Intelligence.
Let's just spend some money on this to get more speed and also raise hit chance. Fluffy actually hits pretty often, but everything on Solstheim is around level 40, so he needs every little bit of help he can get.
After this training session, he returns to Frostmoth to sleep and gains another level.
He then gives Unel those petals, so that he can take care of those weeds and raze the forest, so that it can replaced by a nice supermarket with a large parking lot.
Falco is of course overjoyed and rewards Fluffy with 2000 gold, which is good, since Fluffy spent all of his money on training and replacement arrows. Hopefully, the following quests will involve less combat.
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Part 24: Fluffy the Recruiter
Falco continues to have his paranoid delusions and requests more guards, since apparently Fluffy just isn't enough.
Well, I'm sure we can find lots of volunteers-
Nope, turns out, they are way too smart for volunteering.
Come on, GIRL POWER! Fight the patriarchy! What would Tumblr say?
The old lady doesn't want to kill spriggans either.
Finally, onemoron volunteer! I'm sure you will go far. 
And another one.
This guy doesn't want to volunteer, instead he tries to get Fluffy drunk.
My god, are all high elves like this? Sure, whatever, I accept.
It's pretty weird that in Morrowind, Falmer seem to be basically a myth with Rieklings as the only rumored relative of them, yet in Skyrim, their mutated forms are everywhere in dwemer ruins.
Come on, you were so eager to fight before, this is just what you were waiting for!
This is the only other guy, who wants to take up guard duty. No female amazon warriors want to join, so this quest is "problematic".
Well, maybe nowthat Raven Rock has guards, Fluffy won't have to do more KILL 10 X quests.
Falco continues to have his paranoid delusions and requests more guards, since apparently Fluffy just isn't enough.
Well, I'm sure we can find lots of volunteers-
Nope, turns out, they are way too smart for volunteering.
Come on, GIRL POWER! Fight the patriarchy! What would Tumblr say?
The old lady doesn't want to kill spriggans either.
Finally, one
And another one.
This guy doesn't want to volunteer, instead he tries to get Fluffy drunk.
My god, are all high elves like this? Sure, whatever, I accept.
It's pretty weird that in Morrowind, Falmer seem to be basically a myth with Rieklings as the only rumored relative of them, yet in Skyrim, their mutated forms are everywhere in dwemer ruins.
Come on, you were so eager to fight before, this is just what you were waiting for!
This is the only other guy, who wants to take up guard duty. No female amazon warriors want to join, so this quest is "problematic".
Well, maybe nowthat Raven Rock has guards, Fluffy won't have to do more KILL 10 X quests.
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Part 25: Save Falco!
Fluffy's stocks have peaked in value, but he can't actually sell it to Carnius, because doing so displays an error message.
Well, not like Fluffy had any intention of doing that, since he wants to keep his certificate for sentimantal reasons.
After a few days, Fluffy returns to Raven Rock to find Falco encircled by his new bodyguards. Clearly, he's lost it and thinks that people are after him. He'll need to be sent to an asylum if he keeps this up.
But fine, Fluffy can stay with him to make him feel better-
Suddenly, this woman ran from behind a rock, shot something at Falco and then ran off again. I guess she wanted to play catch or something.
All of Falco's bodyguards instantly abandon him to chase after that woman, because they are not very smart. After they leave, more assassins spawn and gang up on Falco.
Fortunately, Fluffy is smarter then that. Surely, it was Falco who hired these assassins to frame Carnius. I'M ON TO YOU!
Well, he might be insane and paranoid, but atleast he gave Fluffy 10 health potions, which is pretty much the best reward ever.
(If Fluffy sided with Carnius, he would be sent to assassinate Falco)
The shield is pretty, but counts as medium armor, so Fluffy will stick with his own.
Next time, we finish this Colony questline! Well, almost.
Fluffy's stocks have peaked in value, but he can't actually sell it to Carnius, because doing so displays an error message.
Well, not like Fluffy had any intention of doing that, since he wants to keep his certificate for sentimantal reasons.
After a few days, Fluffy returns to Raven Rock to find Falco encircled by his new bodyguards. Clearly, he's lost it and thinks that people are after him. He'll need to be sent to an asylum if he keeps this up.
But fine, Fluffy can stay with him to make him feel better-
Suddenly, this woman ran from behind a rock, shot something at Falco and then ran off again. I guess she wanted to play catch or something.
All of Falco's bodyguards instantly abandon him to chase after that woman, because they are not very smart. After they leave, more assassins spawn and gang up on Falco.
Fortunately, Fluffy is smarter then that. Surely, it was Falco who hired these assassins to frame Carnius. I'M ON TO YOU!
Well, he might be insane and paranoid, but atleast he gave Fluffy 10 health potions, which is pretty much the best reward ever.
(If Fluffy sided with Carnius, he would be sent to assassinate Falco)
The shield is pretty, but counts as medium armor, so Fluffy will stick with his own.
Next time, we finish this Colony questline! Well, almost.
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Part 26: Fluffy Still Has To Do Everything!
Even after all he's done, Falco still has Fluffy do the most menial of tasks, like going to Frostmoth to pick up some shitty swords for the newly recruited guards. They already had weapons last time I checked, but I guess they broke them or something. Or maybe they just need spares, still, how rich are we that the town guards have to be equipped with SILVER longswords?
The service here sucks, I wanna talk to the manager!
CAN YOU FUCKING MOVE FROM THOSE STAIRS? GOD, THIS IS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, YOU CAN'T JUST STAND THERE!
It seems that just as Fluffy teleported to Frostmoth, Raven Rock was attacked by "Skaal" and Fluffy has to be the one to take care of this, while the newly recruited guards are presumably busy getting drunk at the bar and talking shit about Fluffy behind his back.
Well, fine, they'd only get in the way anyway. Btw, this is another "Kill 10 X" quest, so hiring guards didn't solve anything.
The first two are easy enough, but the enemies seem to be progressively getting stronger the deeper they are in the mine.
Still, Fluffy somehow manages to defeat these two.
This is the second-best bow type in the game, but Fluffy already has the best one, so this will just go into his collection.
This guy is also manageable. Fluffy has 5 different magical short blades he switches between during combat as they run out of charges. As Nords, these enemies are immune to frost, so Winterwound Dagger doesn't provide its amazing dot, but it still destroys their armor.
However, starting with this dude it gets a bit too difficult for level 14 Fluffy, so he has to look for a good sniping position.
So he jumps behind these ore deposits, where it's (relatively) safe and finishes them off with archery.
They still sometimes manage to get an attack through though, so it takes some reloading to get through this.
Well, duh!
Let's try out those explosive arrows Fluffy bought in Vivec once again.
They prove to be surprisingly effective when you don't shoot directly at the enemy, thus the explosion triggers every time and not only when he hits. It's pretty much like spamming a strong AOE spell with no magicka cost. Kinda cheesy, but Fluffy spent all of his money on them, so it's nice that they aren't useless.
Fluffy has to rest outside to regain HP and eventually he gains a level from all of those acrobatics, marksman and short blade skill ups. He trained some more in Medium armor and Long Blade offscreen to ensure that he has high enough skill for the next promotions. It also gives him a great modifier to endurance. Thus, he now gets a whooping 4 HP per level instead of 3. Woohoo!
Five down, still more to go.
Fluffy decides to put those firestorm arrows to use. He hops away from those nords that keep chosing him while shooting the firestorm arrows under his feet, like he's trying to rocket jump in Quake 3 Arena, but unlike the rocket launcher, AoE spells in Morrowind don't hurt the "caster", in this case Fluffy. It takes about 10 arrows to get rid of these two.
While going back outside to heal, Fluffy falls through the floor and end ups in some freaky alternate dimension. Maybe it's a bug, maybe it's a skooma-induced hallucination.
Well, whatever it was, it's over now.
Hey, what's this?
C? Well, I think it's obvious who that is! FalCo! That fiend! Hiring all of these thugs just so he can blame poor, innocent Carnius!
Still not done with these mercenaries. Yet.
There, all done!
The miners are safe, but Fluffy still has to confront that horrible scheming bastard Falco!
Feigning surprise, are you? I know what this is about. You are going to frame poor, innocent and hardworking Carnius for that, are you?
Just as I thought! Falco, let me tell you something. Just because a man has a goatee and cosplays as a less trustworthy version of Count Rugen from Princess Bride doesn't mean he's evil. Your behavior is deeply problematic and it certainly wouldn't fly on tumblr. Please, check your privilege and leave poor Carnius alone, thank you!
Now, sit in the corner and think about what you've done! Fluffy will go to Carnius to complain about your behavior. I'm sure he will be understanding and resolve this matter.
Even after all he's done, Falco still has Fluffy do the most menial of tasks, like going to Frostmoth to pick up some shitty swords for the newly recruited guards. They already had weapons last time I checked, but I guess they broke them or something. Or maybe they just need spares, still, how rich are we that the town guards have to be equipped with SILVER longswords?
The service here sucks, I wanna talk to the manager!
CAN YOU FUCKING MOVE FROM THOSE STAIRS? GOD, THIS IS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, YOU CAN'T JUST STAND THERE!
It seems that just as Fluffy teleported to Frostmoth, Raven Rock was attacked by "Skaal" and Fluffy has to be the one to take care of this, while the newly recruited guards are presumably busy getting drunk at the bar and talking shit about Fluffy behind his back.
Well, fine, they'd only get in the way anyway. Btw, this is another "Kill 10 X" quest, so hiring guards didn't solve anything.
The first two are easy enough, but the enemies seem to be progressively getting stronger the deeper they are in the mine.
Still, Fluffy somehow manages to defeat these two.
This is the second-best bow type in the game, but Fluffy already has the best one, so this will just go into his collection.
This guy is also manageable. Fluffy has 5 different magical short blades he switches between during combat as they run out of charges. As Nords, these enemies are immune to frost, so Winterwound Dagger doesn't provide its amazing dot, but it still destroys their armor.
However, starting with this dude it gets a bit too difficult for level 14 Fluffy, so he has to look for a good sniping position.
So he jumps behind these ore deposits, where it's (relatively) safe and finishes them off with archery.
They still sometimes manage to get an attack through though, so it takes some reloading to get through this.
Well, duh!
Let's try out those explosive arrows Fluffy bought in Vivec once again.
They prove to be surprisingly effective when you don't shoot directly at the enemy, thus the explosion triggers every time and not only when he hits. It's pretty much like spamming a strong AOE spell with no magicka cost. Kinda cheesy, but Fluffy spent all of his money on them, so it's nice that they aren't useless.
Fluffy has to rest outside to regain HP and eventually he gains a level from all of those acrobatics, marksman and short blade skill ups. He trained some more in Medium armor and Long Blade offscreen to ensure that he has high enough skill for the next promotions. It also gives him a great modifier to endurance. Thus, he now gets a whooping 4 HP per level instead of 3. Woohoo!
Five down, still more to go.
Fluffy decides to put those firestorm arrows to use. He hops away from those nords that keep chosing him while shooting the firestorm arrows under his feet, like he's trying to rocket jump in Quake 3 Arena, but unlike the rocket launcher, AoE spells in Morrowind don't hurt the "caster", in this case Fluffy. It takes about 10 arrows to get rid of these two.
While going back outside to heal, Fluffy falls through the floor and end ups in some freaky alternate dimension. Maybe it's a bug, maybe it's a skooma-induced hallucination.
Well, whatever it was, it's over now.
Hey, what's this?
C? Well, I think it's obvious who that is! FalCo! That fiend! Hiring all of these thugs just so he can blame poor, innocent Carnius!
Still not done with these mercenaries. Yet.
There, all done!
The miners are safe, but Fluffy still has to confront that horrible scheming bastard Falco!
Feigning surprise, are you? I know what this is about. You are going to frame poor, innocent and hardworking Carnius for that, are you?
Just as I thought! Falco, let me tell you something. Just because a man has a goatee and cosplays as a less trustworthy version of Count Rugen from Princess Bride doesn't mean he's evil. Your behavior is deeply problematic and it certainly wouldn't fly on tumblr. Please, check your privilege and leave poor Carnius alone, thank you!
Now, sit in the corner and think about what you've done! Fluffy will go to Carnius to complain about your behavior. I'm sure he will be understanding and resolve this matter.
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Part 27: Carnius's Mental Breakdown
OUT. OF. THE. WAY!!!
Fluffy has to report Falco to Carnius. I'm sure he will take care of that traitor and fire him from the East Empire Company.
Sadly, it seems that years of being bullied by Falco and ridiculed for his stupid outfit and hairstyle by everyone else have left a toll on Carnius. The poor man lashes out in anger and chooses Fluffy as his punching bag. Fluffy has to subdue him.
Fluffy doesn't blame him, as he knows that it's really his fault and that he doesn't see Fluffy in front of him, but Falco, mocking him, judging him...
Carnius is actually the strongest opponent Fluffy's faced so far.
He has a Stalhrim mace and keeps healing himself with his Exclusive health potions.
Fluffy also has his own from Falco...
But Carnius is still too strong for a straight-up duel.
And thus this and the next five attempts end up like this.
Seems like Fluffy has to switch tactics.
He jumps over Carnius's bed. Carnius has trouble walking around it, since due to his poor mental state, he takes his nightstand for a much bigger threat then Fluffy.
Fluffy bombards him with firestorm arrows to snap him out of it. Sadly, it seems this only makes it worse, since Carnius quickly runs around the bed and slaughters Fluffy.
Jumping over the bed from one side to the other doesn't seem to work very well either, as Carnius is very fast and has a much bigger reach then his animations suggest.
While running away from that maniacal poor man, Fluffy notices that Carnius has great trouble actually leaving his room, for then he would have to face the world and deal with the scorn it shows for him every day.
Fluffy can't watch Carnius like this any longer and decides to put him out of his misery. He shoots some Firestorm Arrows through the door into his room.
This makes poor Carnius even angrier and he keeps running around the room like he's on fire or something.
This is bad. He's completely lost it. He thinks he's the Flash and can run through walls.
It seems that some additional therapy is needed.
Well, that backfired.
There, much better! Now, stay in that corner!
Well, it seems that Fluffy's therapy was too much for poor Carnius, who didn't survive through the whole process.
Guilt-ridden Fluffy writes this down in his diary, for he should never forget this day. Goodbye Carnius, you were too good for this cruel world!
(If anyone wants to know, yes, you still have to fight Carnius even if you choose to side with him)
To honor this great man, Fluffy shall henceforth wear his clothes with pride, with no regard for what others may say about him. Carnius would be proud!
Constans is very understanding. He actually didn't seem very interested in that epic battle, as he kept yawning all the way through.
FALCO! You monster, I hope you're proud of yourself!
Falco bribes Fluffy by promoting him all the way to the highest rank, Factor. Only this prevents Fluffy from avenging poor Carnius. After all, Falco is now his subordinate and thus, he can send him on endless fetch quests to make him pay for what he did!
It seems that unlike the lower ranks, being a Factor requires 0 skill, effort, personality or the ability to give a shit, so all of that training Fluffy did was actually pointless. Oh well, luckily he didn't raise those skills that much.
This pretty much wraps up the Raven Rock questline, all that's left is for Fluffy to build himself a snazzy little manor!
OUT. OF. THE. WAY!!!
Fluffy has to report Falco to Carnius. I'm sure he will take care of that traitor and fire him from the East Empire Company.
Sadly, it seems that years of being bullied by Falco and ridiculed for his stupid outfit and hairstyle by everyone else have left a toll on Carnius. The poor man lashes out in anger and chooses Fluffy as his punching bag. Fluffy has to subdue him.
Fluffy doesn't blame him, as he knows that it's really his fault and that he doesn't see Fluffy in front of him, but Falco, mocking him, judging him...
Carnius is actually the strongest opponent Fluffy's faced so far.
He has a Stalhrim mace and keeps healing himself with his Exclusive health potions.
Fluffy also has his own from Falco...
But Carnius is still too strong for a straight-up duel.
And thus this and the next five attempts end up like this.
Seems like Fluffy has to switch tactics.
He jumps over Carnius's bed. Carnius has trouble walking around it, since due to his poor mental state, he takes his nightstand for a much bigger threat then Fluffy.
Fluffy bombards him with firestorm arrows to snap him out of it. Sadly, it seems this only makes it worse, since Carnius quickly runs around the bed and slaughters Fluffy.
Jumping over the bed from one side to the other doesn't seem to work very well either, as Carnius is very fast and has a much bigger reach then his animations suggest.
While running away from that maniacal poor man, Fluffy notices that Carnius has great trouble actually leaving his room, for then he would have to face the world and deal with the scorn it shows for him every day.
Fluffy can't watch Carnius like this any longer and decides to put him out of his misery. He shoots some Firestorm Arrows through the door into his room.
This makes poor Carnius even angrier and he keeps running around the room like he's on fire or something.
This is bad. He's completely lost it. He thinks he's the Flash and can run through walls.
It seems that some additional therapy is needed.
Well, that backfired.
There, much better! Now, stay in that corner!
Well, it seems that Fluffy's therapy was too much for poor Carnius, who didn't survive through the whole process.
Guilt-ridden Fluffy writes this down in his diary, for he should never forget this day. Goodbye Carnius, you were too good for this cruel world!
(If anyone wants to know, yes, you still have to fight Carnius even if you choose to side with him)
To honor this great man, Fluffy shall henceforth wear his clothes with pride, with no regard for what others may say about him. Carnius would be proud!
Constans is very understanding. He actually didn't seem very interested in that epic battle, as he kept yawning all the way through.
FALCO!
You monster, I hope you're proud of yourself!
Falco bribes Fluffy by promoting him all the way to the highest rank, Factor. Only this prevents Fluffy from avenging poor Carnius. After all, Falco is now his subordinate and thus, he can send him on endless fetch quests to make him pay for what he did!
It seems that unlike the lower ranks, being a Factor requires 0 skill, effort, personality or the ability to give a shit, so all of that training Fluffy did was actually pointless. Oh well, luckily he didn't raise those skills that much.
This pretty much wraps up the Raven Rock questline, all that's left is for Fluffy to build himself a snazzy little manor!
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Dunno if you can tell, but that's a Bloodmoon. Tonight, in y area
Dunno if you can tell, but that's a Bloodmoon. Tonight, in y area
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Part 28: Fluffy's New Crib
Now that Fluffy is Falco's boss, he obviously does what anyone would do and has his underlings build him a mansion.
It can be built here on the main street, in a nice spot between the tavern and some other house, but far away from the harbour.
Or here, in a dark corner, hidden behind all of the houses, like Fluffy is something everyone should be ashamed of. Atleast it's a beachfront property?
Or here, at the western end of town and really close to the harbour. Also, Falco is in this area, so he will have to jealously stare at Fluffy's crib for eternity. The choice is obvious.
Fluffy obviously picks the last spot.
He then spends three days in Carnius's bedroom, while his estate is being built.
Time to check it out!
As you can see, Fluffy now commands respect among his subordinates.
Looks pretty good!
The only thing that spoils it is that Aldam will spend rest of the game standing in front of Fluffy's house like some crazy stalker. And Fluffy has enough of those already.
Suck on that, Falco!
A pretty nice place.
The bedroom is kind of underwhelming though.
Also, the HAHA, NO! guy's house is now blocked by Fluffy's estate, so another
.
And that's the end of Raven Rock questline. Fluffy's finally archieved everything he's set out to do. Hope you've enjoyed my LP, everyone!
Now that Fluffy is Falco's boss, he obviously does what anyone would do and has his underlings build him a mansion.
It can be built here on the main street, in a nice spot between the tavern and some other house, but far away from the harbour.
Or here, in a dark corner, hidden behind all of the houses, like Fluffy is something everyone should be ashamed of. Atleast it's a beachfront property?
Or here, at the western end of town and really close to the harbour. Also, Falco is in this area, so he will have to jealously stare at Fluffy's crib for eternity. The choice is obvious.
Fluffy obviously picks the last spot.
He then spends three days in Carnius's bedroom, while his estate is being built.
Time to check it out!
As you can see, Fluffy now commands respect among his subordinates.
Looks pretty good!
The only thing that spoils it is that Aldam will spend rest of the game standing in front of Fluffy's house like some crazy stalker. And Fluffy has enough of those already.
Suck on that, Falco!
A pretty nice place.
The bedroom is kind of underwhelming though.
Also, the HAHA, NO! guy's house is now blocked by Fluffy's estate, so another
.And that's the end of Raven Rock questline. Fluffy's finally archieved everything he's set out to do. Hope you've enjoyed my LP, everyone!
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Part 29: Fluffy Finds Treasure
Now that Fluffy is rich and powerful, he'll do some more quests because he's bored. I guess it's time he saved Geilir's friend and in the process also freed that captain from his curse.
Fluffy already explored the area southeast of Geilir's home all the way to Raven Rock, so I guess he has to continue searching in this area.
Indeed, he finds what he's looking for.
The barrow is really small with only two draugrs around.
Still, Fluffy turns invisible and searches for Geilir's friend. In the burial chamber, he finds a rather conspicuos-looking skull.
Somehow, Fluffy deduced that this skull was just what old Geilir was looking for. Don't ask me how he did that, I'm not as smart as him.
Well, time to return to the seer and get his reward.
Somehow, Geilir already knew about Fluffy's intention of removing Thormoor's curse, even though he never said anything about it. I guess he knows that because he's a seer.
Also, telling Fluffy about his future turns out to be pretty pointless, as it's your standard vague and useless drivel. All he did was pretty much give out spoilers for the main quest. Jerk!
(And if you do this quest after you've already finished the Bloodmoon main quest, he gives you Oblivion spoilers instead.)
Thormoor is finally free from his curse. Fluffy will definitely go to find him as soon as possible to get his reward.
So, back to the Skaal village...
...and into Thrisk! Fluffy's not been there for a long time, wonder what's changed-
Well, that's unfortunate, but Fluffy can surely use these boots-
Chieftan of Thrisk, eh? Fluffy already runs one place, so at this rate, he will soon rule over the whole Solstheim. So of course, Fluffy accepts.
Sure, we will get to that eventually.
There's two people upstairs. This guy, who sells some books.
And also Thormoor, who seems oblivious to what actually happened to his friends. But he gives Fluffy his reward, a key that should open the way to riches.
Let's go there and check that out.
The barrow is located on a small island just off the coast.
Of course, Rieklings!
Well, this is the barrow. It has 100 lock, but Fluffy has the key, so he doesn't have to risk his Master Lockpick on this. Let's see if this was worth it-
Well, Fluffy was almost broke.
Not anymore.
After looting that barrow, Fluffy returns back to Frostmoth and leaves some of the treasure before the imperial shrine, where it's safe. Maybe he'll move it to his crib in Raven Rock sometime. Now he only has to find a merchant with enough money to buy these priceless things...
Now that Fluffy is rich and powerful, he'll do some more quests because he's bored. I guess it's time he saved Geilir's friend and in the process also freed that captain from his curse.
Fluffy already explored the area southeast of Geilir's home all the way to Raven Rock, so I guess he has to continue searching in this area.
Indeed, he finds what he's looking for.
The barrow is really small with only two draugrs around.
Still, Fluffy turns invisible and searches for Geilir's friend. In the burial chamber, he finds a rather conspicuos-looking skull.
Somehow, Fluffy deduced that this skull was just what old Geilir was looking for. Don't ask me how he did that, I'm not as smart as him.
Well, time to return to the seer and get his reward.
Somehow, Geilir already knew about Fluffy's intention of removing Thormoor's curse, even though he never said anything about it. I guess he knows that because he's a seer.
Also, telling Fluffy about his future turns out to be pretty pointless, as it's your standard vague and useless drivel. All he did was pretty much give out spoilers for the main quest. Jerk!
(And if you do this quest after you've already finished the Bloodmoon main quest, he gives you Oblivion spoilers instead.)
Thormoor is finally free from his curse. Fluffy will definitely go to find him as soon as possible to get his reward.
So, back to the Skaal village...
...and into Thrisk! Fluffy's not been there for a long time, wonder what's changed-
Well, that's unfortunate, but Fluffy can surely use these boots-
Chieftan of Thrisk, eh? Fluffy already runs one place, so at this rate, he will soon rule over the whole Solstheim. So of course, Fluffy accepts.
Sure, we will get to that eventually.
There's two people upstairs. This guy, who sells some books.
And also Thormoor, who seems oblivious to what actually happened to his friends. But he gives Fluffy his reward, a key that should open the way to riches.
Let's go there and check that out.
The barrow is located on a small island just off the coast.
Of course, Rieklings!
Well, this is the barrow. It has 100 lock, but Fluffy has the key, so he doesn't have to risk his Master Lockpick on this. Let's see if this was worth it-
Well, Fluffy was almost broke.
Not anymore.
After looting that barrow, Fluffy returns back to Frostmoth and leaves some of the treasure before the imperial shrine, where it's safe. Maybe he'll move it to his crib in Raven Rock sometime. Now he only has to find a merchant with enough money to buy these priceless things...
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Part 30: The Beast's Lair
Fluffy returns to the icy lake and searches for the Udyrfrykte's lair.
Right here!
Udyrfrykte shows up as soon as Fluffy enters.
This is a pretty easy fight, since the beast is slow and its agility must suck, since it keeps getting staggered and knocked down.
After he rund out of arrows, he finishes the beast with his sword.
Well, that was kinda underwhelming. How did this thing manage to solo the whole mead hall is beyond me.
He takes the beast's heart as a trophy...
Well, this looks interesting!
Nothing else here, except for a locked chest containing some worthless junk and loads of skulls.
Yes, Fluffy should return to Thirsk.
With his new weapon.
It's pretty much useless, but it looks hilarious.
And it's funny to smack these super-strong boar riders around with this. Btw, these guys are so strong it's unreal. I don't think I've managed to defeat one of them yet, though I've never tried that hard. I mostly just run from them, which is hard, since they can catch up easily.
Well, it seems that slaying that beast wasn't good enough to become chieftan, now Fluffy will have to do one more task before he can run this place. Next time, we'll find out just what Svenja wants from Fluffy!
Fluffy returns to the icy lake and searches for the Udyrfrykte's lair.
Right here!
Udyrfrykte shows up as soon as Fluffy enters.
This is a pretty easy fight, since the beast is slow and its agility must suck, since it keeps getting staggered and knocked down.
After he rund out of arrows, he finishes the beast with his sword.
Well, that was kinda underwhelming. How did this thing manage to solo the whole mead hall is beyond me.
He takes the beast's heart as a trophy...
Well, this looks interesting!
Nothing else here, except for a locked chest containing some worthless junk and loads of skulls.
Yes, Fluffy should return to Thirsk.
With his new weapon.
It's pretty much useless, but it looks hilarious.
And it's funny to smack these super-strong boar riders around with this. Btw, these guys are so strong it's unreal. I don't think I've managed to defeat one of them yet, though I've never tried that hard. I mostly just run from them, which is hard, since they can catch up easily.
Well, it seems that slaying that beast wasn't good enough to become chieftan, now Fluffy will have to do one more task before he can run this place. Next time, we'll find out just what Svenja wants from Fluffy!
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Part 31: Timmy in a Well
Alright, it seems Fluffy has to find Hrothmund's Barrow and gain the blessing of the first chieftan to take over Thirsk.
The only real mountains on Solstheim seem to be here, so let's go there.
Well, some nords over here. Are they friendly?
Nope!
Hop away to safety!
RUN FLUFFY, RUN!
They are pretty persistent.
Finally, Fluffy managed to lose them.
Well, this area is called Hrothmund's Bane, so Hrothmund's Barrow should be near.
Yes, there!
Well, we don't know his name and Svenja never said anything about it, so let's just walk away.
Thankfully, this allows Fluffy to return later with the answer.
Fluffy returns to rest in the Skaal village and gains a level. Most likely from all those Acrobatics boost he gained while hopping away from those reavers. Yes, jumping is faster then running. Then again, Fluffy's Athletics are still pretty low.
Well, maybe Fluffy will come across the answer somewhere else. For now, he still has some sidequests to do.
Let's explore the village a bit, maybe one of these people knows the answer.
Well, no answer to that riddle, but another quest. Fluffy accepts, of course.
Here's the well. It's secured by a 100 lock, but Fluffy has the key from Lassnr.
No sign of Tymvaul yet. I find it hard to believe that someone could fall in this well and unintentionaly end up in the icy caverns, since it's quite a long swim there.
These caves are full of skeleton warriors.
These skeletons seem to have real problems navigating these icy pathways, so it's pretty easy to snipe them.
Fluffy finds a locked chest full of cheap potions.
And also this ring, in case he needs to summon a distraction.
Well, that guy has some fancy robe. let's talk to him.
Turns out, it's just the person Fluffy's been looking for. Tymvaul is just going through an edgy and rebelious emo phase. Clearly, he spent a little too much time on RPGCodex and now he's convinced that enslaving nations with necromancy will earn him some points with the chicks. Fluffy will have none of that, he tells him to stop being a moron and take off that ridiculous outfit.
After a nice chat with Fluffy, Tymvaul swears off RPGCodex forever and decides to go outside and do something productive instead.
However, it's too late for Fluffy.
Mantle of Woe seems to give crazy boost to Conjuration and huge amount of magicka, but it also basically turns you into a vampire.
Well, Fluffy gets out of here, using the other entrance. Surely, it's gonna be nice and quiet out there-
HOP AWAY!
Thankfully, it seems that Skaal Honor Guard are the only NPCs that actually help you if you get attacked.
Lassnr is of course overjoyed and rewards Fluffy fo his heroic deed. Good Khajiit!
Alright, it seems Fluffy has to find Hrothmund's Barrow and gain the blessing of the first chieftan to take over Thirsk.
The only real mountains on Solstheim seem to be here, so let's go there.
Well, some nords over here. Are they friendly?
Nope!
Hop away to safety!
RUN FLUFFY, RUN!
They are pretty persistent.
Finally, Fluffy managed to lose them.
Well, this area is called Hrothmund's Bane, so Hrothmund's Barrow should be near.
Yes, there!
Well, we don't know his name and Svenja never said anything about it, so let's just walk away.
Thankfully, this allows Fluffy to return later with the answer.
Fluffy returns to rest in the Skaal village and gains a level. Most likely from all those Acrobatics boost he gained while hopping away from those reavers. Yes, jumping is faster then running. Then again, Fluffy's Athletics are still pretty low.
Well, maybe Fluffy will come across the answer somewhere else. For now, he still has some sidequests to do.
Let's explore the village a bit, maybe one of these people knows the answer.
Well, no answer to that riddle, but another quest. Fluffy accepts, of course.
Here's the well. It's secured by a 100 lock, but Fluffy has the key from Lassnr.
No sign of Tymvaul yet. I find it hard to believe that someone could fall in this well and unintentionaly end up in the icy caverns, since it's quite a long swim there.
These caves are full of skeleton warriors.
These skeletons seem to have real problems navigating these icy pathways, so it's pretty easy to snipe them.
Fluffy finds a locked chest full of cheap potions.
And also this ring, in case he needs to summon a distraction.
Well, that guy has some fancy robe. let's talk to him.
Turns out, it's just the person Fluffy's been looking for. Tymvaul is just going through an edgy and rebelious emo phase. Clearly, he spent a little too much time on RPGCodex and now he's convinced that enslaving nations with necromancy will earn him some points with the chicks. Fluffy will have none of that, he tells him to stop being a moron and take off that ridiculous outfit.
After a nice chat with Fluffy, Tymvaul swears off RPGCodex forever and decides to go outside and do something productive instead.
However, it's too late for Fluffy.
Mantle of Woe seems to give crazy boost to Conjuration and huge amount of magicka, but it also basically turns you into a vampire.
Well, Fluffy gets out of here, using the other entrance. Surely, it's gonna be nice and quiet out there-
HOP AWAY!
Thankfully, it seems that Skaal Honor Guard are the only NPCs that actually help you if you get attacked.
Lassnr is of course overjoyed and rewards Fluffy fo his heroic deed. Good Khajiit!
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Part 32: Fluffy the Chieftan
It's been a long time since Fluffy was last attacked by any assassin. Surely now that he's rich and powerful, he's basically become untouchable and his enemies backed off, knowing that Fluffy is too dangerous to mess with.
Or maybe they just ran out of assassins to send after him.
Anyway, Fluffy enjoys the end of his exile by goin to Balmora for a training session. Best way to spend all off that gold he found.
Of course, he also shares his phat lewt with the residents of this town, who look much better after they equip it.
He also trains some other skills to get a better modifier on level up.
Look, the equopment chest's restocked. Fluffy ran out of non-magical arrows long ago, so this saves him the chore of actually having to buy them.
Well, he sleeps in the Fighter's Guild hall and gains a level.
Fluffy's almost broke now, but the money was well-spent.
The center of Solstheim is largely unexplored by Fluffy, let's change that quickly.
On the way there, he gains another level!
This looks like the airship that old guy was talking about. Doesn't seem like they've suceeded in their mission.
Near the captain's body lies his diary.
Well, atleast there are some valuables to sell.
Alright Fluffy, if you say so...
Fluffy had enough gold to pay for the voyage to Khuul, but now he's broke.
A quick Divine Intervention gets him to Gnisis.
Hmmm, Moon Sugar. Fluffy can't afford it however, so he sells some gems to get enough money for Silt Strider.
Well, fine, I will fetch that amulet, but first I need to know how to get inside-
I have no idea how Fluffy suddenly knows that, since no one ever mentioned this, unless I am stupid.
But ok, Ondjage it is.
With his high Acrobatics, Fluffy can now climb mountains.
The view sucks though, since he's standing in the middle of a snowstorm.
Turns out Ondjage was right! Fluffy's skooma-induced hallucinations might be useful after all!
No enemies inside, just some loot, amulet of infections charm and this axe.
Yes, Fluffy can now become the chieftan!
We should grab this as well.
We need more mead to celebrate Fluffy's triumph!
Also, the less wolves and bears on this stupid island, the better. Seriously, they are worse then Cliff Racers.
Fluffy also has a personal bard, who keeps singing songs of his heroic exploits.
And also his own throne.
Unfortunately, he can't actually sit on it.
It's been a long time since Fluffy was last attacked by any assassin. Surely now that he's rich and powerful, he's basically become untouchable and his enemies backed off, knowing that Fluffy is too dangerous to mess with.
Or maybe they just ran out of assassins to send after him.
Anyway, Fluffy enjoys the end of his exile by goin to Balmora for a training session. Best way to spend all off that gold he found.
Of course, he also shares his phat lewt with the residents of this town, who look much better after they equip it.
He also trains some other skills to get a better modifier on level up.
Look, the equopment chest's restocked. Fluffy ran out of non-magical arrows long ago, so this saves him the chore of actually having to buy them.
Well, he sleeps in the Fighter's Guild hall and gains a level.
Fluffy's almost broke now, but the money was well-spent.
The center of Solstheim is largely unexplored by Fluffy, let's change that quickly.
On the way there, he gains another level!
This looks like the airship that old guy was talking about. Doesn't seem like they've suceeded in their mission.
Near the captain's body lies his diary.
Well, atleast there are some valuables to sell.
Alright Fluffy, if you say so...
Fluffy had enough gold to pay for the voyage to Khuul, but now he's broke.
A quick Divine Intervention gets him to Gnisis.
Hmmm, Moon Sugar. Fluffy can't afford it however, so he sells some gems to get enough money for Silt Strider.
Well, fine, I will fetch that amulet, but first I need to know how to get inside-
I have no idea how Fluffy suddenly knows that, since no one ever mentioned this, unless I am stupid.
But ok, Ondjage it is.
With his high Acrobatics, Fluffy can now climb mountains.
The view sucks though, since he's standing in the middle of a snowstorm.
Turns out Ondjage was right! Fluffy's skooma-induced hallucinations might be useful after all!
No enemies inside, just some loot, amulet of infections charm and this axe.
Yes, Fluffy can now become the chieftan!
We should grab this as well.
We need more mead to celebrate Fluffy's triumph!
Also, the less wolves and bears on this stupid island, the better. Seriously, they are worse then Cliff Racers.
Fluffy also has a personal bard, who keeps singing songs of his heroic exploits.
And also his own throne.
Unfortunately, he can't actually sit on it.
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Part 33: In Search of Sovngarde
Everyone's cheering for Fluffy, even the local drunkards.
Now that Fluffy's the chieftan, this guy updated his history book to include Fluffy's heroic deeds and added him to the list of chieftans.
The whole book:
Thiesk, a History -- Revised
Here are the relevant parts.
And this is Fluffy's new room. A bit nicer then his bedroom in Raven Rock.
This sword has pretty bad enchantments, but atleast it looks pretty.
This guy can now craft armor from the pelts of snow wolves and bears, ie. those special wolves/bears that cast frost spells. Snow bear armor is medium, the wolf one is light armor, they are worse then glass and each piece has a 5 resist frost constant effect (adding up to a total of 30 resist frost if you have the whole set). It's pretty pricy pricy, ignoring the pelts needed to craft them, you still need to fork over 20000 gold for the whole set.
Louis is very happy that Fluffy brought him his amulet back and he can go on tinder to pick up some chicks.
Turns out, he's been quite successful, although the "infectuous" part of the amulet's name might have been meant literaly.
Oh well, back to exploring, I guess.
Near Brodir Grove, Fluffy finds this "cave".
This guy is quite interesting, turns out, he was one of Ysgramors companions and together they drove the elves out of Skyrim, which means he's a badass. He wants to find the entrance to Sovngarde. Kind of a tall order, but I'm sure that Fluffy can help him find it.
These stones are his other 3 friends, who were turned to stone by an evil sorcerer. Fluffy can interact with them, but it does nothing.
This guy at Thirsk mentioned that he has a book about Sovngarde earlier. Maybe Fluffy can find some clues there.
Alright, so basically Valhalla. Makes me wonder what happens to those Nords that don't die in battle. Well, Fluffy will have to tell Ulfgar about this later.
As you can see here, Fluffy himself almost found an alternate way to Sovngarde.
Thankfully, Recall spell saves him. Fluffy goes back to Thirsk to check if the mead from Skyrim arrived already and takes the scenic route.
On the way to Thirsk, he finds this cave. Well, maybe it will contain some information about the Falmer?
Well, it's not a barrow, so probably not. Still, let's explore it.
As soon as Fluffy approaches the water, he hears multiple dying screams coming from deeper in the cave. Well, that's weird...
Although this guy has an almost full set of Glass Armor and an enchanted sword to boot, Fluffy manages to defeat him in melee combat.
Well, Fluffy can certainly use the glass pauldrons for his own set. He takes everything else too as a trophy. Not sure where to sell it, since no merchant actually seems to have enough money to buy these things at full price.
The letter on the assassin's body reveals that he was sent here to kill 3 escaped slaves. Also, that letter counts as a skill book for Security, for some reason.
The three dead slaves are all argonians. Well, Fluffy might have been here too late to save them, but atleast he avenged them.
This also looks nice, even if the damage is pretty random.
Fluffy decides to abandon his plan of returning to Thirsk and teleports to Frostmoth instead.
For it seems that now is the time...
...to finally complete his set.
Everyone's cheering for Fluffy, even the local drunkards.
Now that Fluffy's the chieftan, this guy updated his history book to include Fluffy's heroic deeds and added him to the list of chieftans.
The whole book:
Thiesk, a History -- Revised
Here are the relevant parts.
And this is Fluffy's new room. A bit nicer then his bedroom in Raven Rock.
This sword has pretty bad enchantments, but atleast it looks pretty.
This guy can now craft armor from the pelts of snow wolves and bears, ie. those special wolves/bears that cast frost spells. Snow bear armor is medium, the wolf one is light armor, they are worse then glass and each piece has a 5 resist frost constant effect (adding up to a total of 30 resist frost if you have the whole set). It's pretty pricy pricy, ignoring the pelts needed to craft them, you still need to fork over 20000 gold for the whole set.
Louis is very happy that Fluffy brought him his amulet back and he can go on tinder to pick up some chicks.
Turns out, he's been quite successful, although the "infectuous" part of the amulet's name might have been meant literaly.
Oh well, back to exploring, I guess.
Near Brodir Grove, Fluffy finds this "cave".
This guy is quite interesting, turns out, he was one of Ysgramors companions and together they drove the elves out of Skyrim, which means he's a badass. He wants to find the entrance to Sovngarde. Kind of a tall order, but I'm sure that Fluffy can help him find it.
These stones are his other 3 friends, who were turned to stone by an evil sorcerer. Fluffy can interact with them, but it does nothing.
This guy at Thirsk mentioned that he has a book about Sovngarde earlier. Maybe Fluffy can find some clues there.
Alright, so basically Valhalla. Makes me wonder what happens to those Nords that don't die in battle. Well, Fluffy will have to tell Ulfgar about this later.
As you can see here, Fluffy himself almost found an alternate way to Sovngarde.
Thankfully, Recall spell saves him. Fluffy goes back to Thirsk to check if the mead from Skyrim arrived already and takes the scenic route.
On the way to Thirsk, he finds this cave. Well, maybe it will contain some information about the Falmer?
Well, it's not a barrow, so probably not. Still, let's explore it.
As soon as Fluffy approaches the water, he hears multiple dying screams coming from deeper in the cave. Well, that's weird...
Although this guy has an almost full set of Glass Armor and an enchanted sword to boot, Fluffy manages to defeat him in melee combat.
Well, Fluffy can certainly use the glass pauldrons for his own set. He takes everything else too as a trophy. Not sure where to sell it, since no merchant actually seems to have enough money to buy these things at full price.
The letter on the assassin's body reveals that he was sent here to kill 3 escaped slaves. Also, that letter counts as a skill book for Security, for some reason.
The three dead slaves are all argonians. Well, Fluffy might have been here too late to save them, but atleast he avenged them.
This also looks nice, even if the damage is pretty random.
Fluffy decides to abandon his plan of returning to Thirsk and teleports to Frostmoth instead.
For it seems that now is the time...
...to finally complete his set.
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Part 34: Of Glass Armor and Cliff Racers
Fluffy finds himself in Ald'ruhn, his mission quite clear.
Ghostgate, here we go!
Oh look, a cliff racer!
Oh look, a dead cliff racer!
Oh look, a flying jellyfish!
Oh look, the ghostfence!
Oh look, another dead cliff racer!
Oh look, swarms of cliff racers!
Oh look, swarms of dead cliff racers!
These things are really good for target practice.
Clearly the best enemy in the game, it's just so satisfying when you finally manage to kill them.
They also get stuck onrandom hills pretty often, so they also provide comic relief.
Aaaand the last one! Pretty low number of cliff racers to be honest. Expected more of them.
Oh look, the Ghostgate!
Hello sir, I've heard that you have quite a collection of glass armor.
Now, Fluffy could sell some of his treasure to buy this...
...but that would be lame.
Before...
...after!
Don't worry sir, Fluffy will plunder your store faster from now on!
It's only safe to pick up these items when the "pickpocket icon" appears in the lower left corner. It keeps popping back in and out, so Fluffy has to watch for the right moment.
Of course, Fluffy doesn't leave any valuables behind.
Not even this hammer.
Bye sir, it's been a pleasure!
There, back on Solstheim with the loot.
Aside from getting a lot of spare glass armor pieces for his treasure trove in Raven Rock, Fluffy completes his set with the bracers and a shield!
Also, he managed to steal a glass jinkblade from the shop, a glass dagger that paralyses an enemy for 10 seconds when they don't resist it. A VERY useful weapon. He will certainly make use of it, since those paralizing weapons from the smugglers did not fit Fluffy's skillset. I foresee that he will use this weapon a lot in the future!
Fluffy finds himself in Ald'ruhn, his mission quite clear.
Ghostgate, here we go!
Oh look, a cliff racer!
Oh look, a dead cliff racer!
Oh look, a flying jellyfish!
Oh look, the ghostfence!
Oh look, another dead cliff racer!
Oh look, swarms of cliff racers!
Oh look, swarms of dead cliff racers!
These things are really good for target practice.
Clearly the best enemy in the game, it's just so satisfying when you finally manage to kill them.
They also get stuck onrandom hills pretty often, so they also provide comic relief.
Aaaand the last one! Pretty low number of cliff racers to be honest. Expected more of them.
Oh look, the Ghostgate!
Hello sir, I've heard that you have quite a collection of glass armor.
Now, Fluffy could sell some of his treasure to buy this...
...but that would be lame.
Before...
...after!
Don't worry sir, Fluffy will plunder your store faster from now on!
It's only safe to pick up these items when the "pickpocket icon" appears in the lower left corner. It keeps popping back in and out, so Fluffy has to watch for the right moment.
Of course, Fluffy doesn't leave any valuables behind.
Not even this hammer.
Bye sir, it's been a pleasure!
There, back on Solstheim with the loot.
Aside from getting a lot of spare glass armor pieces for his treasure trove in Raven Rock, Fluffy completes his set with the bracers and a shield!
Also, he managed to steal a glass jinkblade from the shop, a glass dagger that paralyses an enemy for 10 seconds when they don't resist it. A VERY useful weapon. He will certainly make use of it, since those paralizing weapons from the smugglers did not fit Fluffy's skillset. I foresee that he will use this weapon a lot in the future!
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Part 35: Honorable Duel
Now that Fluffy has a manor in Raven Rock, he should probably stop littering everywhere.
Fluffy takes some time to clean up after himself and removes everything he dropped in front of the Imperial Shrine and in Carius's bedroom and hauls it to his home. His treasure trove will only continue to grow.
He also takes time to level up. Speed is finally maxed, yet Fluffy's Athletics are still average, so he moves a lot faster by jumping around then by running.
Now, Fluffy should return to Ulfgar with the information about Sovngarde.
On the way there, this guy attacks him. He is not a berserker, as he is WAAAAAAAY tougher, but he is unarmed and thus only deals fatigue damage until Fluffy gets knocked down.
Also, jinkblade is great for an opening attack, as soon as the enemy fails to resist the 10 second paralyse, Fluffy just switches to another weapon and finishes him off before it wears off.
I think this was actually one of those randomly spawning werewolves. They are only in werewolf form during the night and like this during the day. Shame Fluffy idn't encounter him at night, as that fight would've been much more epic.
Time to break the news to Ulfgar!
Well, why not, let's do this. He lived 500 years already due to his curse and looks for an honorable death.
Of course, Fluffy doesn't exactly fight honorably.
And he has quite a lot of potions to use when the paralysis wears off.
Well, honorable or not, seems it did it's job. Fluffy gains another sword for his treasure trove.
Outside in Brodir Grove, Ulfgar wishes to reward Fluffy further.
He can now activate each of these four stones to gain a temporary boost to attributes. And it seems to last for a very long time!
Now that Fluffy has a manor in Raven Rock, he should probably stop littering everywhere.
Fluffy takes some time to clean up after himself and removes everything he dropped in front of the Imperial Shrine and in Carius's bedroom and hauls it to his home. His treasure trove will only continue to grow.
He also takes time to level up. Speed is finally maxed, yet Fluffy's Athletics are still average, so he moves a lot faster by jumping around then by running.
Now, Fluffy should return to Ulfgar with the information about Sovngarde.
On the way there, this guy attacks him. He is not a berserker, as he is WAAAAAAAY tougher, but he is unarmed and thus only deals fatigue damage until Fluffy gets knocked down.
Also, jinkblade is great for an opening attack, as soon as the enemy fails to resist the 10 second paralyse, Fluffy just switches to another weapon and finishes him off before it wears off.
I think this was actually one of those randomly spawning werewolves. They are only in werewolf form during the night and like this during the day. Shame Fluffy idn't encounter him at night, as that fight would've been much more epic.
Time to break the news to Ulfgar!
Well, why not, let's do this. He lived 500 years already due to his curse and looks for an honorable death.
Of course, Fluffy doesn't exactly fight honorably.
And he has quite a lot of potions to use when the paralysis wears off.
Well, honorable or not, seems it did it's job. Fluffy gains another sword for his treasure trove.
Outside in Brodir Grove, Ulfgar wishes to reward Fluffy further.
He can now activate each of these four stones to gain a temporary boost to attributes. And it seems to last for a very long time!
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Part 36: Barrow Raiding
After helping Ulfgar reach Sovngarde, Fluffy goes hunting.
He does a very good job.
There's a barrow nearby. That elf guy in Raven Rock wanted Fluffy to search barrows for any information about Falmer, so let's check it out. Maybe he'll find something about them there.
This heavy stone door is somehow locked, but Fluffy manages to pick the "lock".
No draugrs or any other enemies.
Just a lot of treasure chests. Fluffy picks the locks and disarms the traps.
This would be better if nords and Rieklings weren't immune to Frost damage.
This, however, is a great addition to Fluffy's arsenal!
This is the best non-magical crossbow in the game I believe.
Pretty nice rings.
Not sure why'd you ever need this, since you can't go 5 feet on Solstheim without encountering atleast one wolf and other cuddly animals.
This is a nice piece for Fluffy's collection, but it's a Long Blade, so he won't actually use it.
Also some skill books.
And a book about Skyrim, which seems to be pretty outdated, as it describes Skyrim as a somewhat wilder and more interesting place then we got in TES: Skyrim.
Anyway, Fluffy can't move with all this junk, so he teleports back to Frostmoth and drinks 3 tankkards of Nord Mead to increase his Strength and carrying capacity to Hulk levels.
Then he goes back to Raven rock and deposits the "trash" in his vault.
He then continues exploring and tests the crossbow on a nearby bear.
Another barrow.
This one is actually inhabited by two draugrs.
And their pet.
Inside the main chamber, Fluffy finds a spear, some armor pieces and a book.
I guess this could be of interest to that high elf looking for the Falmer.
Indeed, Fluffy will bring him that book.
Quest completed!
And finally, level 20!
...the level up message is pretty dark, isn't it?
After helping Ulfgar reach Sovngarde, Fluffy goes hunting.
He does a very good job.
There's a barrow nearby. That elf guy in Raven Rock wanted Fluffy to search barrows for any information about Falmer, so let's check it out. Maybe he'll find something about them there.
This heavy stone door is somehow locked, but Fluffy manages to pick the "lock".
No draugrs or any other enemies.
Just a lot of treasure chests. Fluffy picks the locks and disarms the traps.
This would be better if nords and Rieklings weren't immune to Frost damage.
This, however, is a great addition to Fluffy's arsenal!
This is the best non-magical crossbow in the game I believe.
Pretty nice rings.
Not sure why'd you ever need this, since you can't go 5 feet on Solstheim without encountering atleast one wolf and other cuddly animals.
This is a nice piece for Fluffy's collection, but it's a Long Blade, so he won't actually use it.
Also some skill books.
And a book about Skyrim, which seems to be pretty outdated, as it describes Skyrim as a somewhat wilder and more interesting place then we got in TES: Skyrim.
Anyway, Fluffy can't move with all this junk, so he teleports back to Frostmoth and drinks 3 tankkards of Nord Mead to increase his Strength and carrying capacity to Hulk levels.
Then he goes back to Raven rock and deposits the "trash" in his vault.
He then continues exploring and tests the crossbow on a nearby bear.
Another barrow.
This one is actually inhabited by two draugrs.
And their pet.
Inside the main chamber, Fluffy finds a spear, some armor pieces and a book.
I guess this could be of interest to that high elf looking for the Falmer.
Indeed, Fluffy will bring him that book.
Quest completed!
And finally, level 20!
...the level up message is pretty dark, isn't it?
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Part 37: One Khajiit Army
After his succesful recovery of the Snow Elf book, Fluffy rests in the wilderness and gets attacked by another assassin. It's been a LOOONG time since the last one showed up, but it seems the dark brotherhood finally hired some new members after Fluffy eliminated all of the previous ones. Or maybe this is their initiation test. If they manage to assassinate Fluffy, they get to join the Dark Brotherhood.
Well, if that's the case, this one failed.
An ebony dart, looks interesting.
Finally, a great weapon! Let's test it out.
But first, Fluffy comes across this cave. The woman inside wants Fluffy to get vengeance for her dead husband. Apparently, she doesn't want the murderer dead, just his precious jewel to spite him.
While testing his daedric wakizashi on the local wildlife, Fluffy comes across some reavers.
It seems the wakizashi is very effective, but we still need to run more tests to confirm this.
These smugglers look like good test subjects.
First, Fluffy will aggro them with his bow.
And then finish them off with his wakizashi.
Rinse and repeat.
We still need to run more tests. How about these reavers?
Well, first Fluffy has to run some tests on a group of Rieklings, who were very eager to volunteer.
Now more reaver tests.
After his succesful recovery of the Snow Elf book, Fluffy rests in the wilderness and gets attacked by another assassin. It's been a LOOONG time since the last one showed up, but it seems the dark brotherhood finally hired some new members after Fluffy eliminated all of the previous ones. Or maybe this is their initiation test. If they manage to assassinate Fluffy, they get to join the Dark Brotherhood.
Well, if that's the case, this one failed.
An ebony dart, looks interesting.
Finally, a great weapon! Let's test it out.
But first, Fluffy comes across this cave. The woman inside wants Fluffy to get vengeance for her dead husband. Apparently, she doesn't want the murderer dead, just his precious jewel to spite him.
While testing his daedric wakizashi on the local wildlife, Fluffy comes across some reavers.
It seems the wakizashi is very effective, but we still need to run more tests to confirm this.
These smugglers look like good test subjects.
First, Fluffy will aggro them with his bow.
And then finish them off with his wakizashi.
Rinse and repeat.
We still need to run more tests. How about these reavers?
Well, first Fluffy has to run some tests on a group of Rieklings, who were very eager to volunteer.
Now more reaver tests.
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Part 38: Fluffy's Charm
After Fluffy finishes testing his wakizashi, he finds Sigvatr standing near the river.
Turns out, he's not very cooperative.
Fluffy could steal the jewel, but of course, it would be better if he could get Sigvart to admit his guilt and give it freely.
Fluffy's speechcraft sucks and although he could bribe his way to 100 disposition with all of that gold he got from selling some of his stuff, he's not about to give jerks like Sigvart any money.
So Fluffy makes his own custom charm spell.
Of course, due to his low Intelligence, he needs to drink this potion before he can even cast it.
While jumping back to Sigvart, Fluffy gains another level!
And another sword for his collection.
Now, time to do this.
Fortunately, he succeeded on his first try, so no more fortify magicka potions are neccessary.
Now that his disposition is high enough, Sigvart gives pinetear to Fluffy freely.
It seems that a new group of reavers replaced the old one.
Well, first Fluffy will take a well deserved rest in this cave. Hoepelly, there will be no interruptions.
Hey look, they've started sending two assassins at once!
Not that it helped them much. Fluffy now has a spare daedric wakizashi.
Oh yes, and these guys are still here.
Let's take care of them.
Didn't even have to cross the river!
Kolfinna is of course very happy now that Fluffy brought her Pinetear. She now welcomes him into her family, urges him to sleep in her bed and use her dead husbands gear. Hopefully that doesn't lead to anything creepy.
This will definitely be useful!
After Fluffy finishes testing his wakizashi, he finds Sigvatr standing near the river.
Turns out, he's not very cooperative.
Fluffy could steal the jewel, but of course, it would be better if he could get Sigvart to admit his guilt and give it freely.
Fluffy's speechcraft sucks and although he could bribe his way to 100 disposition with all of that gold he got from selling some of his stuff, he's not about to give jerks like Sigvart any money.
So Fluffy makes his own custom charm spell.
Of course, due to his low Intelligence, he needs to drink this potion before he can even cast it.
While jumping back to Sigvart, Fluffy gains another level!
And another sword for his collection.
Now, time to do this.
Fortunately, he succeeded on his first try, so no more fortify magicka potions are neccessary.
Now that his disposition is high enough, Sigvart gives pinetear to Fluffy freely.
It seems that a new group of reavers replaced the old one.
Well, first Fluffy will take a well deserved rest in this cave. Hoepelly, there will be no interruptions.
Hey look, they've started sending two assassins at once!
Not that it helped them much. Fluffy now has a spare daedric wakizashi.
Oh yes, and these guys are still here.
Let's take care of them.
Didn't even have to cross the river!
Kolfinna is of course very happy now that Fluffy brought her Pinetear. She now welcomes him into her family, urges him to sleep in her bed and use her dead husbands gear. Hopefully that doesn't lead to anything creepy.
This will definitely be useful!
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Part 39: Fluffy the Assassin
While exploring, Fluffy comes across another dwelling, inhabited by a woman that has a problem related to her husband.
Kjolver's husband is perfectly fine, he's just cheating on her with some presumably much hotter woman. Naturally, she's not very happy about that and wants Fluffy to assassinate his mistress. She even gets all pretentions about it, calling it "dark bussiness".
Well, Fluffy is a very moral person, so of course he refuses to do something so wicked!
On the other hand, maybe he could pretend to work for her to lure her into a false sense of security, so that she doesn't hire someone else. Then Fluffy can warn those two of her evil scheme, because Fluffy is a good guy!
He is also a pacifist.
Fluffy teleports back to the Skaal Village and gets a good nights sleep before continuing with his mission. In the morning, he reads a book that helps him jump higher.
Then, he goes to Erna's house to warn her of Kjolver's evil plot.
She isn't home, but there's a letter addressed to Brandr on her desk.
Well, that's great! They are going to be together, so Fluffy can tell them all about Kjolver!
There's also a book nearby, let's check that out-
...you know, maybe Kjolver does have a point about Erna. She's obviously into some pretty dark stuff.
Well, Fluffy won't judge. He finds both Erna and Brandr near the river. Time to break the news.
Unfortunately, it seems that they don't even want to hear anything Fluffy's got to say. All they talk about is how much in love they are. Disgusting.
Fluffy tries for several hours and even after it's day already, they still won't listen and talk about how they love each other. This is like some disney movie.
Well, Fluffy's had enough of this bullshit and he tells Erna just what he thinks about her lame attempts to become a disney princess.
Erna isn't pleased and even threatens Fluffy with violence. She doesn't actually attack him, just flames him on twitter.
FLUFFY'S NOT PATHETIC!
YOU ARE PATHETIC!
Uh-oh. This was a mistake. Maybe Brandr will understand Fluffy's rash action, he seems like the forgiving type...
Well, he doesn't seem to be in the mood to forgive anything.
Maybe a Calm spell will help?
Hey, it was totally an accident!
Anyway, Brandr doesn't seem willing to talk about this, so Fluffy quickly collects Erna's ring...
And then runs away from furious Brandr.
He is very fast and catches up to Fluffy, but fortunately a calm spell gives him more time to get away.
Just running away doesn't seem like a feasible option, so it's time to teleport back.
One Divine Intervention later, Fluffy finds himself back at Frostmoth.
He also gets stuck on this torch here.
Well, unfortunately, Fluffy wasn't able to save Erna, but whatever, it would be a shame to leave this money in Kjolver's hands. Fluffy can use it to pay for Erna's funeral.
Well, he's not gonna do that, but he COULD!
Good luck with that, hon!
While exploring, Fluffy comes across another dwelling, inhabited by a woman that has a problem related to her husband.
Kjolver's husband is perfectly fine, he's just cheating on her with some presumably much hotter woman. Naturally, she's not very happy about that and wants Fluffy to assassinate his mistress. She even gets all pretentions about it, calling it "dark bussiness".
Well, Fluffy is a very moral person, so of course he refuses to do something so wicked!
On the other hand, maybe he could pretend to work for her to lure her into a false sense of security, so that she doesn't hire someone else. Then Fluffy can warn those two of her evil scheme, because Fluffy is a good guy!
He is also a pacifist.
Fluffy teleports back to the Skaal Village and gets a good nights sleep before continuing with his mission. In the morning, he reads a book that helps him jump higher.
Then, he goes to Erna's house to warn her of Kjolver's evil plot.
She isn't home, but there's a letter addressed to Brandr on her desk.
Well, that's great! They are going to be together, so Fluffy can tell them all about Kjolver!
There's also a book nearby, let's check that out-
...you know, maybe Kjolver does have a point about Erna. She's obviously into some pretty dark stuff.
Well, Fluffy won't judge. He finds both Erna and Brandr near the river. Time to break the news.
Unfortunately, it seems that they don't even want to hear anything Fluffy's got to say. All they talk about is how much in love they are. Disgusting.
Fluffy tries for several hours and even after it's day already, they still won't listen and talk about how they love each other. This is like some disney movie.
Well, Fluffy's had enough of this bullshit and he tells Erna just what he thinks about her lame attempts to become a disney princess.
Erna isn't pleased and even threatens Fluffy with violence. She doesn't actually attack him, just flames him on twitter.
FLUFFY'S NOT PATHETIC!
YOU ARE PATHETIC!
Uh-oh. This was a mistake. Maybe Brandr will understand Fluffy's rash action, he seems like the forgiving type...
Well, he doesn't seem to be in the mood to forgive anything.
Maybe a Calm spell will help?
Hey, it was totally an accident!
Anyway, Brandr doesn't seem willing to talk about this, so Fluffy quickly collects Erna's ring...
And then runs away from furious Brandr.
He is very fast and catches up to Fluffy, but fortunately a calm spell gives him more time to get away.
Just running away doesn't seem like a feasible option, so it's time to teleport back.
One Divine Intervention later, Fluffy finds himself back at Frostmoth.
He also gets stuck on this torch here.
Well, unfortunately, Fluffy wasn't able to save Erna, but whatever, it would be a shame to leave this money in Kjolver's hands. Fluffy can use it to pay for Erna's funeral.
Well, he's not gonna do that, but he COULD!
Good luck with that, hon!
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Part 40: Werewolf Battle
After contracting ataxia from a random bear, Fluffy gains another level!
After that great battle underneath the burning frozen lake WAAAY back, Korst Wind-Eye told Fluffy to speak to Heart-Fang again. It seems like he kept him waiting long enough.
As soon as Fluffy exits the conversation, Fluffy hears horrible growling and screams coming from outside.
Yes, indeed. Werewolves attacked. Time to kick some ass!
...wow, there's certainly lot of them!
Anyway, Fluffy gets to work with his wakizashi.
Aaand, that was the last one. Surely, after he saved the village from the werewolves, Fluffy can only expect gratitude-
Wait, what?
It seems that Fluffy accidentaly hit one of the Skaal with his wakizashi once while battling the werewolf hordes. Even though nothing really happened to anyone, the Skaal don't fuck around and execute Fluffy on the spot.
...bunch of ingrates.
Fine, this time, Fluffy will be extra careful not to hit anyone but the werewolves.
After taking care of all of these werewolves, Fluffy is ordered by the guards to get to the greathall and eliminate the werewolves inside, while they... stand around and stare at the snow, apparently.
*Sigh* Fine, Fluffy's the only one who actually gets anything done around here.
There's not enough space for two werewolves in the entrance, so Fluffy can fight each one separately. They are really tough, they have more HP then Dagoth Ur (more then 300) and their damage is really high. It also varies wildly. Sometimes they barely do anything, sometimes they one-shot Fluffy.
But in the end, Fluffy prevails!
Heart-Fang joined Captain Carius on the list of people that used to give us quests and then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Also, Fluffy now has Sanies Lupinus. Yes, you get it even if you've finished the main quest and gained immunity to all diseases, which is a huge plot-hole.
And no, there's no lore justification for this, like "corpus doesn't prevent lycanthropy". Yes, it does, you normally can't get Sanies Lupinus from wandering werewolves or even vampirism from vampires, if you've progressed far enough in the main quest. This quest is the only opportunity to actually become a werewolf and it doesn't make sense. Hell, you get this automatically after this quest, even if no werewolf ever touched you.
I get it that they wanted players to have a way to try out the new werewolf gimmick, but they could certainly choose a better way of introducing it, considering that the immunity to diseases is a huge plot point in the base game.
Anyway, after that, Fluffy goes back outside and has a chat with Korst.
Fluffy now has to cure himself of this disease if he wants to stay on friendly terms with the Skaal. Or he could just allow himself to become a werewolf instead. Well, stay tuned for the next update!
After contracting ataxia from a random bear, Fluffy gains another level!
After that great battle underneath the burning frozen lake WAAAY back, Korst Wind-Eye told Fluffy to speak to Heart-Fang again. It seems like he kept him waiting long enough.
As soon as Fluffy exits the conversation, Fluffy hears horrible growling and screams coming from outside.
Yes, indeed. Werewolves attacked. Time to kick some ass!
...wow, there's certainly lot of them!
Anyway, Fluffy gets to work with his wakizashi.
Aaand, that was the last one. Surely, after he saved the village from the werewolves, Fluffy can only expect gratitude-
Wait, what?
It seems that Fluffy accidentaly hit one of the Skaal with his wakizashi once while battling the werewolf hordes. Even though nothing really happened to anyone, the Skaal don't fuck around and execute Fluffy on the spot.
...bunch of ingrates.
Fine, this time, Fluffy will be extra careful not to hit anyone but the werewolves.
After taking care of all of these werewolves, Fluffy is ordered by the guards to get to the greathall and eliminate the werewolves inside, while they... stand around and stare at the snow, apparently.
*Sigh* Fine, Fluffy's the only one who actually gets anything done around here.
There's not enough space for two werewolves in the entrance, so Fluffy can fight each one separately. They are really tough, they have more HP then Dagoth Ur (more then 300) and their damage is really high. It also varies wildly. Sometimes they barely do anything, sometimes they one-shot Fluffy.
But in the end, Fluffy prevails!
Heart-Fang joined Captain Carius on the list of people that used to give us quests and then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Also, Fluffy now has Sanies Lupinus. Yes, you get it even if you've finished the main quest and gained immunity to all diseases, which is a huge plot-hole.
And no, there's no lore justification for this, like "corpus doesn't prevent lycanthropy". Yes, it does, you normally can't get Sanies Lupinus from wandering werewolves or even vampirism from vampires, if you've progressed far enough in the main quest. This quest is the only opportunity to actually become a werewolf and it doesn't make sense. Hell, you get this automatically after this quest, even if no werewolf ever touched you.
I get it that they wanted players to have a way to try out the new werewolf gimmick, but they could certainly choose a better way of introducing it, considering that the immunity to diseases is a huge plot point in the base game.
Anyway, after that, Fluffy goes back outside and has a chat with Korst.
Fluffy now has to cure himself of this disease if he wants to stay on friendly terms with the Skaal. Or he could just allow himself to become a werewolf instead. Well, stay tuned for the next update!
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Part 41: Fetch the Totem, Fluffy!
Apparently, Codex is against werewolves, so Fluffy drinks a potion to cure his disease.
Alright, now that Fluffy is no longer in danger of turning into a werewolf, he is now treated as one of the Skaal and gets another house. He also has to get a totem from the Tomb of the Skaalara for some ritual.
Fluffy has already been sleeping here ever since "Geralt's" sad demise, but it's nice to make this official.
Anyway, now to that tomb. Should be somewhere southeast, as Korst said.
Here it is!
As soon as Fluffy enters, he is attacked by a group of werewolves.
They are really strong, however Fluffy manages to defeat them. After a couple of reloads...
Mhmm, Moon Sugar...
Still more werewolves in the way. This place is full of them.
Well, atleast this looks like the place we need to go to.
But it's not so simple, as there was a werewolf in there I did not notice.
After killing one werewolf, another one showed up, but Fluffy did not have trouble dispatching him.
There, we finally have it!
Quest complete!
(If Fluffy was a werewolf, he would have to go to that same tomb, but he would have to kill the Skaal that try to retrive the totem.)
Alright, game finished. I'll post the rest of the updates sometime later. Codex voted that Fluffy shouldn't become a werewolf, so I've cured his lycantrophy.
I've decided that I won't do the Werewolf branch of the main quest, because just like Falco vs Carnius in the Raven Rock questline, it's the same quests with minor differences. Plus the game ends the same, with the same last quest no matter what you choose. And the last quest is really painful to go through, featuring splendid mazes full of 700 HP werewolves that can one shot my character. And there's no real way to use archery, because it's so cramped and you have to babysit an NPC. Plus those bosses... Somehow, I've made it through.
But don't worry, you will get catdog.
Apparently, Codex is against werewolves, so Fluffy drinks a potion to cure his disease.
Alright, now that Fluffy is no longer in danger of turning into a werewolf, he is now treated as one of the Skaal and gets another house. He also has to get a totem from the Tomb of the Skaalara for some ritual.
Fluffy has already been sleeping here ever since "Geralt's" sad demise, but it's nice to make this official.
Anyway, now to that tomb. Should be somewhere southeast, as Korst said.
Here it is!
As soon as Fluffy enters, he is attacked by a group of werewolves.
They are really strong, however Fluffy manages to defeat them. After a couple of reloads...
Mhmm, Moon Sugar...
Still more werewolves in the way. This place is full of them.
Well, atleast this looks like the place we need to go to.
But it's not so simple, as there was a werewolf in there I did not notice.
After killing one werewolf, another one showed up, but Fluffy did not have trouble dispatching him.
There, we finally have it!
Quest complete!
(If Fluffy was a werewolf, he would have to go to that same tomb, but he would have to kill the Skaal that try to retrive the totem.)
Alright, game finished. I'll post the rest of the updates sometime later. Codex voted that Fluffy shouldn't become a werewolf, so I've cured his lycantrophy.
I've decided that I won't do the Werewolf branch of the main quest, because just like Falco vs Carnius in the Raven Rock questline, it's the same quests with minor differences. Plus the game ends the same, with the same last quest no matter what you choose. And the last quest is really painful to go through, featuring splendid mazes full of 700 HP werewolves that can one shot my character. And there's no real way to use archery, because it's so cramped and you have to babysit an NPC. Plus those bosses... Somehow, I've made it through.
But don't worry, you will get catdog.
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