It was a glitch. But a very welcome glitch.

How did you know it was a Orc?

Ha! I do love Bulgak, if he were to tell me to go to the backroom I'll be there with out hesitation ;D, but Jericho got his kiss from one of my characters, I'll post a pic a bit later.

Bruma ended up, rather interesting, plus some awkward cuddling, Jericho ordered some fruit juice, but little did he know those Nords put mead or ale in anything!
Jericho ended up being a "Fall asleep on the first sip" drunk.

Baa and Mooch were out climbing in the Jerall Mountains recently heading for Dive Rock when a really odd thing happened. They were somewhere near the Skyrim border above Temple of the Ancestor Moths standing on a mountain peak watching the two moons going by. Baa had her camera out intending to snap a picture when everything lined up, when suddenly the larger moon started to turn dark. On a second look, it wasn’t dark, it was disappearing. The star background started to show through as it became more transparent. Baa quickly snapped this pic of http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh539/tmodel/Baa2012-04-2917-27-13-54.jpg. Within a few more seconds, it was gone. Strange.

kp: Kewl! Looking forward to a Jericho story.

tmar: Yes. I have gazed upon those moons many nights too. I didn't know they had names, though!

Renee: The smaller moon is named Secunda. The larger moon is Masser. Nirn’s sun isn’t really a sun like ours, it is a hole in the sky called Magnus.

huh. weird.

One thing that doesn't seem right about the 2 moons are their size. They're both huge! Nirn doesn't seem to be a very big planet, so wouldn't the moons create some really dramatic gravitational forces? I would think so. I dont' know much about how astronomy works like that, though.

You’re right about the moons being relatively huge, or are in an orbit very close to Nirn making them appear larger. Either way the gravitational forces of the two moons would create enormous tides and probably create a few earthquakes also. When both are overhead, you would probably weigh ten pounds less. Their periods are different, but when they are together, the forces would be enormous. The “sun” sets in the west, so Nirn turns left to right like our world. Therefore, the water/tide would go out from Anvil and spare the city of flooding. But remember that this is Nirn, not Earth, so things are probably different. Maybe they’ve use some ancient power to eliminate tides, or the moons are made out of Swiss cheese which has a much lower density than rock, making the gravitational forces much lower. You can shoot an arrow at the moon, and if it goes high enough, the moon’s gravity will capture it and it will go there. Since arrows shot straight up on Nirn don’t seem to come back down, I guess they may actually hit the moon, that is if you get your lead right.

Renee, you keep baiting me. Why do I wander off on these esoteric topics?

They are nerf moons.

Secunda is the smaller moon. From memory, Masser (the larger) orbits Nirn, but Secunda orbits Masser. But I don't know much about astronomy either, so I have no idea how the moons would affect Nirn.

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Eleanor has been decorating.
She and Fergus have retrieved the Honorblade of Chorrol, returned it to the Castle and informed the Jemane brothers of their father's past. This, combined with clearing a few forts, a few encounters with minotaurs and a trip to the Imperial City, has worn the two of them out. They returned to their Chorrol abode at 2pm, and gladly shared a bottle of Bernice's Summer Wine.

At about 4pm Eleanor began decorating. In the past, she'd failed miserably. She'd take forever to place on small item, rejoice, and then knock it off with a second item. This time, however, she was armed with her new Telekenisis spell and a strategy for placing items, especially potions.

At midnight she was satisfied with the result, and didn't find herself frustrated once - a combination of quick saves and the aforementioned strategies made it pain-free. Arborwatch is now adorned with potions, alchemical equipment and ingredients, unique and treasured weapons/armor, welkynd stones, soul gems and an Ayleid statue. She, Fergus and their watchful overlord (yours truly!) are very happy with the result!

They now have about two days to rest and explore the Great Forest. On the 28th of Evening Star Eleanor is due back in the Imperial City. There she will tend to business at the Arcane University and update her spell book, and probably decorate her quarters there as well. On the 31st at 9pm she is to head to the Imperial Palace to begin preparations for the opening of the Fourth Era. At 11:59 pm, she will cast the spell, which will fill the whole Elder Council chamber, and the fourth era will officially have begun. As the Arch-Mage, she has the honor of weaving the magics of the New Era - an honor last held by Tiber Septim, four hundred and thirty three years ago.

^cool. My Skyrim character has been making her first attempts at decorating, too. Then I realized, it's probably better to buy all the house stuff first. All those flowers and gems and books and food Crystal Beth placed everywhere could be knocked off after she buys the actual house furnishings, you see.





I wish I had an answer but I'm finally speechless.

If I remember what I read a long while ago, the moons are actually a plane of their own or something like that, they are freaking pretty though.

Nothing much in my end, Jericho and Berret are walking back to the Imperial City, Mission accomplished

Eliette (the Breton archer mage ) cast her Sea Strider spell and stepped out onto the surface of Niben Bay. The setting sun turned all the sky and water to fire. She shaded her eyes so she could watch her footing. With a little luck she should reach the Bravil Mages Guild by dinner time. Healing a twisted ankle while sitting on the water’s surface was an adventure she could do without.

Last week in Cheydinhal, Trayvond the Redguard had taught her the spells to manipulate water into air or a solid surface. She had practiced until she mastered them, achieving Apprentice status in the school of Alteration. The new knowledge had saved her life when her recommendation task went horribly wrong.

Now she had a new purpose, and a new hardness in her heart. In Bravil she would learn how to trap a soul from Ungarion, a mage with no guild affiliation. Now she knew about black soul gems, thanks to Falcar. If Ungarion couldn’t get one for her, perhaps he could tell her where to find one. She still had three more recommendations to acquire before the enchanting services at the Arcane University became available to her. Then she would craft a bow that would both cast a curse of silence and trap the target’s soul. Vidkun’s Reckoning, made for only one target. If the gods were good, some day she would get a chance to use it.

@ Grits - Grrrr! Falcar! Here's hoping Eliette can stuff him in a BSG where he belongs! His name is still on a list in Buffy's Journal simply labeld 'Targets'.

Here's hoping she gets to use it! That man was so horrid to young Rayn when she turned up in Cheydinhal full of hope for the future. If it hadn't been for the kindness of the argonian Deetsan, her dreams might have been squashed right out of her.

My decrepit avatar and Vilja are at Faregyl Inn, where they just collected taxes-due for the Council. They arrived there in a rather roundabout manner. It started as a Road Patrol and mercantile delivery run from IC to Chorrol the day before. They also restocked their Sales Shoppe whilst in the city. All that done they rode further west on the Black until its intersection with the westernmost West Road, which they followed south southwest to the Gold. From there it was but a short jaunt to Brina Cross. There their mounts and Groucho were tethered. They continued westward afoot until entering the wilds near the Gold Coast. In that hilly country they met with an important contact.

Business done they retraced they steps to Brina, untethered beasts, mounted, and rode the Gold to Kvatch Turnoff, which they took. Passing through Wolf's Gate they tethered their mounts and Groucho, placing Wolfgang on guard. On foot once more they proceeded up Kvatch mountain, entered that city and traipsed straight to their ruin of a home. There they passed the night.

Next morning it was up at 0500, gobble down breakfast, change into travel attire, depart Kvatch, reclaim beasts at Wolf's Pride and ride to Skingrad, there to received payment for a completed wine delivery contract from Tamika. They rode the Gold to Halfway Inn Road, taking that all the way to Faregyl. Taxes having been gathered, the day is still young enough to continue on to Weye rather than stay at their Faregyl property.

Little of interest occurred during their travels. My avatar found one minor incident ironically humorous. He had not practiced archery to any great extent during the course of his more recent activities. He resolved to rectify that. An opportunity arose at the Gold / Half Way Road intersection. Outside a cave not far east of the intersection stood / hovered two creatures; "Billy" and will-o-wisp respectively. He decided to dispose of them with arrows.

The distance was considerable.

Billy first. He crouched, drew, took account of trajectory, aimed, and fired. Miss. Take two. Draw. Recalculate trajectory. Aim. Fire. Miss. By now the Billy was moving. Two more wasted arrows later the Billy rounded a curve in the road and disappeared behind a huge boulder. So much for bow prowess.

One foe remained, the tiny will-o-wisp. It was no nearer than the Billy had been. What's more the wisp was most definitely on the move. My avatar thought it hopeless. Still, why not get off one shot while still crouched, then charge the creature? He drew, aimed, made his best guess at arrow trajectory and wisp travel path, and let fly. A brief moment of suspense followed, ended by a small yellow blob falling to ground and rolling along the road. Go figure.

-Decrepit-

Sweet shot Decrepit! Those will o wisps.... freak out most low level characters, unless they are Atronachs.

In Ha is now a honorary member of the Order of Virtuous Blood.
Still working north, towards the reputed site of the Temple of Ancestor Moths. Got waylaid and distracted several times, but continuing on. Heard about a Daedric shrine to Azura, and is keeping that in mind as he soldiers on.
(Sidenote: with the 3 Majors only dealio that I am trying, he is getting his butt kicked all day long, so when leveling to 8, he increased his Endurance a bit. I am trying to find the sweet spot where I can cap his leveling for future builds. Seems easier to do this in Fallout 3 for some reason.)

Ha ha...go figure, indeed!