So my brave Housecarl who has been with me since I started out on my journey was finally felled...and I'm partly responsible.

She and I were busy clearing out some fairly extensive Forsworn Encampments and Ruins, and we got separated - which happens quite a lot when I go gallivanting off the beaten path. I was taking on several Forsworn and noticed two figures near the distance who looked like more Forsworn. No biggie, as I have my Flame Breath Shout equipped. So I let out a mighty bellow, and am kind of surprised when two of them keel over right away. I dispatch the rest and proceed to search the bodies when, to my horror, one of them is my Housecarl! She must have been fighting her way back towards me, got winded, and my Shout killed her.

Being on PC I could resurrect her if I wanted to, but I've decided to leave her where she fell. For starters, I don't like using the console (Because when I start using it, I grow dependent on it), and also because in a pure role play aspect, this is the first time there has been direct consequences of my character utilizing a Shout in anger. Oh yeah, there was the time outside of Whiterun where I Shouted at the Khaijit Traders and they went hostile, but the Housecarl mopped them up before I even started (I didn't even realize they'd GONE hostile until after I was finished dealing with the Dragon attack).

And while it may seem silly, when I play a Elder Scrolls game I try to get *into* the game. My Nord Paladin has strayed from the Way of the Voice (Something he told the Greybeards he'd try to uphold) and grew arrogance in his mastery of Thu'um...and now a loyal retainer has paid the ultimate price for that arrogance. And for what? Dispatching a band of savages and taking the sword of their long lost leader? My Paladin will dive into Red Eagle's Tomb and uncover its mysteries in honor of the Housecarl - to at least make her death mean something. But he will not raise his Voice unless in the most dire of circumstances ever again. There is a Power to the Thu'um, and my character lost respect for that Power. This is a bit of a turning point for him as a character.

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Ironically, I snapped his shot mere minutes before her demise. I retrieved her Warhammer, as well as the necessities I had her carrying, but I left her armor with her. For one thing, I couldn't carry all of it if I wanted to, but for another - I'm not going to strip her corpse and leave her body like some common bandit.

Wow! That little story had me quite captivated for a moment.

That she may revel in the halls of Sovngarde! :violin:

She has died on me several times, but i refuse to let her rest in peace, F9 it is :lmao: Had to try some bosses many time before we both survived ^_^

I'm totally with the OP on that level of immersion and gotta say, great story!

Heh, has happened to me a couple of times, usually because she steps on a trap. I reload though, no way I'm doing without my trust pack-mule. :tongue:

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shes only died twice for me, once because she was trying to attack someone thru a door, she couldnt hit him but he could hit her, and once because she stepped in front of me in battle......again.....

I have here waiting in Dragonsreach so I can use her as a container for unique loot whenever I pass by.

I accidentally killed her as well a few times. I fire arrows from stealth and if she decides to randomly strafe left or right, she gets a sneak crit attack. I just use the console to resurrect her as I usually have quite a bit of loot on her and don't want to lose that.

I go without a companion at the moment, since they attract far too much attention for a sneak character.

this x99999, with my dog too

nice story, great immersion, perhaps you could put some flowers and coin on her corpse.

I got attacked by a bear and ran away. She decided to stay and be a snack for the creature. Not quite as a heroic way to go. :confused:

My Lydia died earlier today. We were taking out Stormcloaks. I swear, I almost turned off my Xbox.

lmao, thanks you made me laugh

That's what you get for being a dirty little Imperial!

Cool story OP.

Mine hasn't been killed yet. Probably would reload and keep her around though. not much realism or role play in that though I suppose.

Kinda forgot the Thu'um was supposed to be for good purposes...I always use it hahaha. Against everything.

Lydia is dead on my current character as well, she died in a falmer cave. Sven also fell in battle, literally.... he fell off a bridge during a fight.

I have Jenassa with me now.

I also reload when Lydia dies. But, sooner or later I'm going to leave her to die.

My first charactor a Nord, Bjorn Wilde, lost his Lydia in a similar fashion. He learned to watch his "Fas Do Rah's on bridges. RIP Lydia.
My second charactor a Bosmer, Pointier Badas, was smarter and knew to watch his shouts, but almost lost her a few times in combat. However found a healing tome and gave it to her. He doesn't have to keep finding and issuing health potions.
He has one happy well outfitted Lydia still at his side and continues to find or buy tomes for her. She will convert to a full mage charactor soon as my charactors constant ridicule of her heavy armor and 2 hand weapons is breaking her habits. At least she is duel weilding staffs most of the time.

My Lydia was brutally mauled by a frost troll. :dry:

Lydia? I took a Companions quest, she got replaced by a temporary companion, and now I have no idea where she is. Oh well.

bravo! i lost her too.

When Savngarde beckons everyone of us dies :violin:

The Red Eagle quest is great just be careful.

my follower Faendal died sometimes but i would always reload. we parted ways when i had to finish my destiny to destroy Alduin. i go to see him from time to time. we finished Forbidden legends together as i would have died without him by my side in the first tomb. we may take up arms again. for now i travel with Gharbash Iron Hand.

RP? Or can you actually learn them spells? :blink:

Always direct your anger at inanimate objects, i use unrelenting force on set dinner tables