Feel free to interact with Taliah if you want. I'm itching for some conversation.

I'm open to interaction also, usually I'd be an interaction [censored] at this point but I've been trying to move us into the ruins. Once we're in the ruins at large we can split up or stay together if you guys like, I wont mind either way. I will however be making a map soon so that it will be easier to follow our progress throughout the labyrinthine depths.

I should stop referring to them as ruins too... they aren't exactly ruins if they're pristine.

Should we assume there are other, unnamed NPCs, within this group? Or is it just us?

Yes indeed. EDIT: To clarify, I was Yes Indeed'ing to the first question.

I've made a map, not a great quality map but it will suffice for now, having a little trouble uploading it to photobucked so as soon as i'm successful it shall be shared.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z10/leecarey_2007/Nchuand-Zel.jpg

Will introduce more sections as they are discovered, we're currently in the long curved corridor outside of the staging area, approaching the spiral stair case. What direction you go is up to you.

I imagine that splitting up could provide more exciting opportunities to RP. It could be fun to have encounters between characters that almost never interacted in the past.

There ya go!

Any chance you're still accepting characters?

Name: Yorrick Brightblade
Race: Nord
Age: 55
Appearance: Yorrick stands 6'2" and weights in at 250lbs, with broads shoulders and a bear-like build. Never seen as an attractive man, the left side of his body and lower left side of his face up to mid cheek are covered in burn scars. Short white hair on his head, and a pale shadow of stubble on his cheeks (except on the lower letf side of his face.) A long ago broken nose, with pale bue eyes behind, leans crooked to the left.
Talents skills and or abilities: A naturally talented swordsman, honed by years of fighting, and a hardcoe suvivalist, Yorrick prides himself on his ability to pull people out of, or keep them out of danger. He is also a competant gambler and blacksmith.
Apparel, weapons and Misc: Yorrick wears heavy furs at all times. He carries alternate clothing for when he needs to attend festive events, but little else for clothes. He wields his sword, the Brightblade, a steel sword that while not magical, seems to shine with its own silvery light, and an iron-rimmed targe. His pack holds a lamp, lamp oil for two days, an extra waterskin, and his fathers compass.
Background: Yorrick was born in Solitude, his father a legion blacksmith, his mother a washwoman, who died when Yorrick was three. He learned his fathers trade until he was 18, then enlisted with the legion. His father presented him with the Brightblade as a gift for his enlisting. His father would fall ill after. On his deathbed, Yorrick was warned of his family history and tragedy. His fathers last words would shape his life, and would make sure he would never marry.

When the civil war broke out, Yorrick would stay with the legion, and at the battle of Whiterun, he was seriously burned. The flames would damage his left leg and arm, reducing his mobility in both. Fire would also scorch his throat, giving him a distinct rasp in his voice. He left from Skyrim for the remainder of the war, taking work as a bodyguard in Hammerfell when he finally healed. He was hired on by a writer for the expedition.


Name: Ardis Simmons
Race: Breton
Age: 32
Appearance: Short black hair, with brown eyes and a baby face, and keeps himself clean-shaven at all times. His slim build fits with his short stature, standing at 5'7, and weighs 150lbs.
Talents skills and or abilities: Ardis is a skilled wordsmith, working as an independant writer, and aspiring inventor. He has some experience in pick-pocketing.
Apparel, weapons and Misc: Ardis carries nothing in the way of weaponry, fully believing that the pen is greater than the sword. He wears patched white and purple robes, caring little for how he looks, and wears a threadbare hat, with an old grey feather pointing outwards. He has a side worn pack holding dozens of sheets of paper, several ink-wells, and three freshly plucked goose feather quills. He also has several tool of his own creation.
Background: Ardis grew up poor on the streets of Skingrad, living as an urchin. When he grew older, he left looking for more in life, traveling to Anvil, where he found work on a small merchant ship headed to Hammerfell. When he arrived, he went from one job to another before finding his true calling as a writer. He would work for years, building up his reputation and bank account, all the while working on ways to make his job easier. He heard of the possiblity of a lost Dwemer City, and saw the chance for immortality as the first man to report on the expedition. He hired a bodyguard, and left for Skyrim.

Any chance you're still accepting characters?

Name: Yorrick Brightblade
Race: Nord
Age: 55
Appearance: Yorrick stands 6'2" and weights in at 250lbs, with broads shoulders and a bear-like build. Never seen as an attractive man, the left side of his body and lower left side of his face up to mid cheek are covered in burn scars. Short white hair on his head, and a pale shadow of stubble on his cheeks (except on the lower letf side of his face.) A long ago broken nose, with pale bue eyes behind, leans crooked to the left.
Talents skills and or abilities: A naturally talented swordsman, honed by years of fighting, and a hardcoe suvivalist, Yorrick prides himself on his ability to pull people out of, or keep them out of danger. He is also a competant gambler and blacksmith.
Apparel, weapons and Misc: Yorrick wears heavy furs at all times. He carries alternate clothing for when he needs to attend festive events, but little else for clothes. He wields his sword, the Brightblade, a steel sword that while not magical, seems to shine with its own silvery light, and an iron-rimmed targe. His pack holds a lamp, lamp oil for two days, an extra waterskin, and his fathers compass.
Background: Yorrick was born in Solitude, his father a legion blacksmith, his mother a washwoman, who died when Yorrick was three. He learned his fathers trade until he was 18, then enlisted with the legion. His father presented him with the Brightblade as a gift for his enlisting. His father would fall ill after. On his deathbed, Yorrick was warned of his family history and tragedy. His fathers last words would shape his life, and would make sure he would never marry.

When the civil war broke out, Yorrick would stay with the legion, and at the battle of Whiterun, he was seriously burned. The flames would damage his left leg and arm, reducing his mobility in both. Fire would also scorch his throat, giving him a distinct rasp in his voice. He left from Skyrim for the remainder of the war, taking work as a bodyguard in Hammerfell when he finally healed. He was hired on by a writer for the expedition.


Name: Ardis Simmons
Race: Breton
Age: 32
Appearance: Short black hair, with brown eyes and a baby face, and keeps himself clean-shaven at all times. His slim build fits with his short stature, standing at 5'7, and weighs 150lbs.
Talents skills and or abilities: Ardis is a skilled wordsmith, working as an independant writer, and aspiring inventor. He has some experience in pick-pocketing.
Apparel, weapons and Misc: Ardis carries nothing in the way of weaponry, fully believing that the pen is greater than the sword. He wears patched white and purple robes, caring little for how he looks, and wears a threadbare hat, with an old grey feather pointing outwards. He has a side worn pack holding dozens of sheets of paper, several ink-wells, and three freshly plucked goose feather quills. He also has several tool of his own creation.
Background: Ardis grew up poor on the streets of Skingrad, living as an urchin. When he grew older, he left looking for more in life, traveling to Anvil, where he found work on a small merchant ship headed to Hammerfell. When he arrived, he went from one job to another before finding his true calling as a writer. He would work for years, building up his reputation and bank account, all the while working on ways to make his job easier. He heard of the possiblity of a lost Dwemer City, and saw the chance for immortality as the first man to report on the expedition. He hired a bodyguard, and left for Skyrim.

I guess you didn't see my last post

I'm not sure if you want to edit yours or let Tommy juggle the two, maybe ending the conversation with Leo in one post to start the one with Fjolr and keep things moving.

Crap, thought you were talking to someone else... Ok i'll edit it.

EDIT: Changed it, better?

Sounds perfect to me

Welcome to the family.


I think we have enough sheet's now though, still waiting on some people to post I think. If we're still waiting for said people by the end of next week It might be prudent to edit out said people and allow others to join, this RP is far more popular than I'd anticipated.

Hey guys, I'm a little iffy on the transition from Understone Keep to the excavation site. Is it just a door in the castle and then a very long corridor? I would attempt to find it in skyrim but I sadly don't have access to it right now.

EDIT: Nevermind, just read Solidors post which explains it.

@Solidor- you have some aragonian action (well NOT the Lifts Her Tail polish my spear kind).

I appreciate the lack of lusty maids

Just introduced Larry to the group.

For those curious - Larry is schizophrenic, one side of him is the scholar, the other side is the drunken/raging idiot who has no knowledge about Dwemer.

I like the sound of these creatures at the heart of the world (which I'm guessing are Falmer). They seem to sound more powerful than what we've been used to in Skyrim which'll give us a bit of a challenge.

Hey guys,
I'm quitting the fourms, so my charater can be arrested, killed whatever.

Okidokie, we'll keep her with the group as an "NPC" for now Incase you change your mind, sorry to see you go.


On another note, good to see that we're getting a regular stream of posts, I'm usually lucky if my rp's get past the second page. Quite unexpected considering that the only person I've RP'd with before is Uglius MaximusII, very briefly.

Keep it up

From what I understand, she never got in, she was waiting for another group to go in. If she comes back she can justify the delay and she'll find some other way.

So, how are we going to move this along?

Sorry I haven't posted, been re-decorating the last few days so I've not had time to post, I'll get one up tonight.