Thanks, you seem like the kind of guy I'd like to discuss philosophy with.

Great shots too!

Glad to see more shots from you. (Looks like Jirard had a few too many shots in that tavern, though )

No, both of her parents were Bosmer, as were their parents.

They stopped in Stonehills, and decided to spend the night there.

It's crazy, really, Jelissa thought as she and Corwin had dinner, http://i.minus.com/ipjRx0PlsEezP.jpg. What do I know of this man? He's a Bosmer. He likes to joke and to hunt, he hates the Thalmor. He must like adventures, or he wouldn't have offered to come along. And he's good in bed. And that's about it.

Maybe that was all she needed to know, she thought. He didn't tell her anything about his background. http://i.minus.com/i0hHQtjHwoxuE.jpg

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After a short stop in Morthal to buy some supplies, they continued through the frozen marshes. Corwin was at home here, and could http://i.minus.com/iNKWlxcd23mVq.jpg to a barrow he knew of that seemed to fit the mark Arngeir had made on Jelissa's map.

A few slain bandits, dinner and some sleep later, they entered the barrow early next morning.

Inside, they found that they weren't the first. The dead had already been disturbed by necromancers, who probably had tried to dig into the barrow to find whatever treasures was in there. http://i.minus.com/iunqHN2afbNFM.jpg, and the few remaining draugr were put to their final rest with Corwin's arrows and Jelissa's sword and fire shout.

They went further down.

”http://i.minus.com/i4CWJhhLw6VZ4.jpg – would you look at http://i.minus.com/ibbhSiBNbOstqK.jpg?”

Further down. More draugr, but not many. A few http://i.minus.com/ixDosLNdfj4t0.jpg, shattering like brittle glass as the arrows hit them.

http://i.minus.com/imMgjtguWse7p.jpg They made a campfire to roast a couple of rabbit haunches, and bathed in the spring water while they waited for the meat to get ready, then made love. They swallowed the over-done meat down with water that left a taste of iron and moss in their mouths.

Only one way remained to be investigated. It was guarded by strange stones, that http://i.minus.com/iumRQpmTRAIjp.jpg when they got close.

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”Mm... You're right. And then the gates close again, too fast. Luckily, I think I know a way...”

Despite that Jelissa figured out that the whirlwind sprint shout was about to come in handy, it took several attempts before she http://i.minus.com/iz3kG9xUhBZzq.jpghad gotten them both through the gates.

They had to jump and run over fire traps, but the only enemies they encountered were a few http://i.minus.com/irp8ZAlmr7xNS.jpg.

http://i.minus.com/isAu6oLZx8Mwv.jpg through the darkness to a gate. Jelissa felt a bit uneasy as she pulled http://i.minus.com/iiI09CJXVAEp0.jpg to opened it, Dustman's Cairn with its multpile draugr guardians still in fresh memory.

”Watch out”, she warned Corwin as they http://i.minus.com/iYRPyTevbBeQL.jpg to the inner chamber, and a low rumbling noise was heard.

The water began to boil, and statues rose from underneath the surface.

Nothing else. Jelissa relaxed a little – but not completely – and http://i.minus.com/iS8kt7pbpFlUy.jpg towards the elaborate sarcophagus in front of them. http://i.minus.com/iZcHwDZjW4VXW.jpg, she thought – but something was amiss.

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”There's no horn... There should have been. Was this somekind of fake trial?” Jelissa felt the anger built inside here. Had they put her through all this, just for nothing? ”Come here, Cor, can you hold the lantern for a moment so I can http://i.minus.com/inW13BkyJmxJd.jpg?”

”http://i.minus.com/iLRN2ZDJB7cU3.jpg 'Dragonborn. I need to speak to you urgently. Rent the attic room at the Sleeping Giant In at Riverwood, and I'll meet you. A friend.'”

Corwin began to laugh. At first, Jelissa frowned at him, then she laughed too. They had gone through this entire barrow, only to find that someone had sneaked in the backdoor, killed the two draugr that apparently had been guarding the tomb, snatched the horn from right under their noses and then left.

http://i.minus.com/ibw3oLcqOd2Stx.jpg when they had come out from the barrow and were eating some bread before going back to Morthal, ”it's really all your fault.”

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”It was your idea to bathe in that spring, you know what that lead to... If we hadn't stopped for so long, we might have beat this mysterious 'friend' to the horn.” She punched him lightly.

Corwin shook his head and chuckled.

”You're no hunter, sweetling. The air in there was stale, there was no scent left from a living man or woman. That note had been there for a while. I can't tell you if it has been days, weeks or even months since the horn was taken, but it surely wasn't hours.”

Jelissa pondered on this as they walked back to Morthal. There was something about that letter she couldn't quite put her finger on. Something – odd.

Awesome.

I'm torn between creating a story for William an have him be an "highlander" or just have him been who he is Taliesa an Leiana`s father an Lucia`s grandfather either way he as a liking for decapitation an killing every imperial he comes across so visiting solitude is going to be a bloodbath of epic proportions.

Now if only I can find a mod that would allow the blood to flow like a river rather then just disappear after a few seconds or well maybe it's a good thing or the land would turn to crimson with the blood of my victims.

Note to self obliterate the dark brotherhood.

Quick question does the puppeteer work on dragons?

Having returned the mysterious vampire daughter to her father, Talias and I set back across Skyrim on foot. No doubt the leader of the Dawnguard would be displeased but neither of us cared. We were not sworn to the service of the Dawnguard and felt we had done what was best. And we were in no hurry to get back either and decided to visit Whiterun on the way to Riften. I decided even though it had been a month since I had seen my love Kharjo, I did not want to accidently run into him now. So it was through the secret hole in the wall and through the underforge http://i.minus.com/igNT52pGaiTkL.jpg.

I found Aela in the courtyard talking with the others and they all greeted us warmly. They all understood why I was absent and they respected me enough not to mention it. Aela of course knew of Talias and as he talked with the others,http://i.minus.com/iyj2QrSk7DJGJ.jpg.

http://i.minus.com/ibtRGQEdUBv21I.jpg Aela smiled softly as we rested by the wall. "I know you and Kharjo are having your differences but Jorrvaskr has been your home before you two met. I'd hate to see you abandon us simply over him."

http://i.minus.com/i4A9RMqJqvOrt.jpg. I... I just could not bring myself to return. Whiterun has painful memories now. Not a moment goes by that I don't think of him... or my little sisters." I sighed deeply.

"I am your friend Salessi. More importantly I am your family. You know I am here for you. And... I need you to be here for me." Aela continued. "http://i.minus.com/ibnZUreqtdbTzj.jpgunlike you I can't just leave. Every day I see something that reminds me of Skjor. I often think I hear his voice in the halls and turn expecting to find him standing there telling me he was just badly injured. But he is never there. The others stay away from me as though afraid... and it is you shield sister that I must count on. I need you to visit more often. Please."

http://i.minus.com/isQVoPyY5FbVt.jpg I apologized. "I guess I got caught in my own sorrow I forgot about yours. At least Kharjo is alive and can watch my sisters. I will drop in more often from now on."

"It would be nice." Aela smiled and I could see the comfort my words brought her in her eyes. "http://i.minus.com/ibsQ0h2HAGyC2f.jpgwell I gotta say I am jealous. He's more like a giant tree then a man."

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http://i.minus.com/iDRzh4EGUYOsX.jpg. Talias and I go a ways back. http://i.minus.com/ibwoTezMDFCTAe.jpg Talias and I were close once, well before Skjor anyway."

http://i.minus.com/irGefxpZiCGyH.jpg I had to ask, knowing she wouldn't lie were as Talias might. He did like to brag a lot.

http://i.minus.com/ikT5U9HCJfNM9.jpg But I was young and thought I was all he needed. Turned out I was wrong. Despite the fact we both shared the nature of the beast, he was to wild to be tamed. I had foolish notions of settling down but he is a true man of the wilds. If he was not sleeping with me those nights, he would have found some other maiden at the tavern to spend the night with. Have fun with him... just be careful. He wouldn't settle down then and I doubt he will now."

http://i.minus.com/ibaWLviAaLcZYK.jpg I was quick to correct her.

http://i.minus.com/ibaWLviAaLcZYK.jpg. "Like I said. There is nothing about him I have not seen. I doubt even a young woman with the determination of steel like you will resist him for long. I know I tried and failed... and I don't regret it."

I could only laugh as there was no point in arguing. While my heart missed Kharjo, I was spending time in the wilds with Talias. So far he had kept his distance but I knew he would not turn me down if I ever slipped into his bedroll. http://i.minus.com/iW8OY9H2D9T6b.jpgand even discussed the Silver Hand and their recent activities. She told me there was very few hideouts left but a small group were living in a cave not far from Riften. It seemed like a good idea to hit that place before returning to Fort Dawnguard. After saying our goodbyes, Talias and I left Jorrvaskr through the Underforge tunnel and set off towards Riften.

http://i.minus.com/iYhtJ4azxwfFn.jpg. Its entrance was unguarded but partly hidden by the large waterfall that poured from the rocks above. We could also see the tower the remaining Stendarr Vigilants were calling home so we decided to keep our hunting a little quitter then normal. We would have no problems normally killing vigilants of stendarr if they attacked us but with their connection to the Dawnguard we thought it would be a good idea not to wipe them out. http://i.minus.com/id7K0piw0mdY2.jpg, we decided to get as close to the cave as possible before unleashing our inner beasts. We both undressed and left our gear at camp and I watched as he transformed into a werewolf. http://i.minus.com/ibfLdXQfaWg30u.jpg

Inside the cave we found three sleeping Silver Hand soldiers. http://i.minus.com/i2HAoLA7PaW3J.jpg Aela had been right. There was only a few of them left. http://i.minus.com/ibtl9bjAwC5qOE.jpg, my beast form did not last long. http://i.minus.com/ibpu6XQhbBafwT.jpgand change when he wanted to, I could not. He was teaching me this but so far I had not mastered it. Together we made our way back to the camp http://i.minus.com/iKIegmNLh9cI8.jpg "The night is young and that battle was hardly worth the effort." Talias spoke as he towered over me. http://i.minus.com/ibc83acM663OIx.jpg

http://i.minus.com/ibrtY8eVgWxxxR.jpg I replied. "However if you have any other ideas of how to bring about exhaustion I will have to politely decline."

"Why dance around metaphors and suggestion? We're both advlts here." He grinned in an almost boyish way.

"Oh, you say that to me after you use hints?"

"Hints? Hahahaha." http://i.minus.com/iQW4MfMpYDgbe.jpg. "I simply said I was not tired. Your the one who thought I was suggesting we have six to wear ourselves out. Your pretty bold to assume I'd want to have six with you anyway. Don't now what Aela told you but I'm not that easy. So, why don't you just go to bed ok?" http://i.minus.com/irAnslx7cDvrs.jpg, leaving me baffled as to what the hell just happened.

The next morning I woke up alone inside the tent with him outside making breakfast of deer sausage and bird eggs. http://i.minus.com/iG2TGK0wIHP1C.jpg. I set out to investigate and found two of them on a nearby hill. http://i.minus.com/ii4diLCvolGaE.jpg and allowed me to pet them. Talias joked saying that I was the wolf queen as soon as I was done playing, I should come back to camp and eat some breakfast. Unless I would prefer some raw rabbit with my children or something. And of course once we were done eating he suggested we pack up camp and return to the Dawnguard. The entrance to Dayspring Canyon was not far from here.

Cool pics Resident. I think I have decided what my next character will be. I have an idea for his story so you might see some from me soon.

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Note with the sloppy imperials, there was a three way battle against, Elves, vampires and the Imperials. The Imperials won without lost. The other imperial is checking the dead bodies. The Nord prisoner joined in as well.

Heh, well considering who she is they're likely the same age

Great stuff Res and happy to see more of your stuff again, I'm glad we didn't need to see another version of Salessi

Some really great images and stories; well done everyone! But spare a thought for those of us on consoles... getting a decent screenshot is difficult, to say the least.

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Those are great!

Great stories and shots Velorien, Broder-Fisk, Aurora, Res, Elf Lord, Gerza, FoxtrotOscar!!

I hope I didn't miss anyone, I was too busy looking and reading to go back and quote for each one. That's what happens when I am playing for a few hours and come back here! lol

Truly good stuff y'all!!!

Lots of pics, to look at! Breakfast reading!


No, only on the playable races.

I think. I haven't tried it on Falmer and draugr... Hevnoraak?

I'm sure it doesn't work on dragons or animals, since those animations aren't included.

These are really good for console shots

Back in Morthal, Corwin said something he had mentioned briefly earlier.

”http://i.minus.com/iNOPIY2xfePTw.jpg Don't get me wrong, it has been fun – but I have work to do. Customers who are waiting for deliveries, and, you know, this is my trade after all. I'm a hunter, I need to hunt to make a living... I can't come with you all the way to Riverwood, if that's where you're going.”

http://i.minus.com/ibxXd54urjjBpQ.jpg She glanced up to meet his eyes briefly. As far as she could tell, he was sincere, but it was hard to know. ”I will be staying here for tonight, you know”, she added and http://i.minus.com/ie507Ul0pQXFf.jpg.

”Well, that's funny”, he smiled back. http://i.minus.com/ibvahXbcAsneLv.jpg

They spent the day together, doing practically nothing except selling a few valuable they had picked up in the barrow.

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”Riverwood. http://i.minus.com/iWSnsE86GFWdU.jpg – if whoever wrote that note would have any chance to find out that someone was to rent the attic room at the inn there, that someone must either work at the inn, or frequent it a lot.”

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”The innkeeper, the cook or the bard are my prime suspects.” Jelissa thought about it for a few moments. ”Of course, most of the townspeople come there in the evenings. It wouldn't be hard to find out if someone had asked about the attic room.”

”Wouldn't it seem suspicious to ask about that every evening? You don't write a note to the Dragonborn and sign it 'a friend' if you want your identity to be known.”

”They would hardly need to ask. You see – the Sleeping Giant Inn doesn't even have an attic.”

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”Oh, yes. I've been there a few times, I've even stayed there.”

With Erik.

http://i.minus.com/ibwvRhDhR54u92.jpg She tried to push the sadness away by remembering how she had wanted to avoid Ralof, but strangely enough, that made her feel even more sad. And almost uneasy.

When she first met Ralof, her scars had been fresh – both her outer and her inner scars. He had been so sweet to her... if they had met under different circumstances...

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She bid Corwin farewell the following morning.

”Come see me if you're in the neighbourhood again, sweetling”, he said. ”I'll miss your company.”

”I'm sure you can find company elsewhere in the meantime, Cor.” http://i.minus.com/iBTZPHiqCAPvs.jpg ”http://i.minus.com/iunSlsWUpd69O.jpg

And with that, she left.

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It will be a couple of weeks until my next update. We will be leaving the country on vacation, so no gaming for me until I get back home!

great stuff aurora.

I noticed however her amulet changed during your tale. From Talos, to another gold amulet and then back to Talos? I accidently do that as I have an enchanced smithing one I forget to change out of hah.

Trust me I am glad I don't need to restart her. Though I did however have plans if I had lol

Very nice!

I really like the lighting and shadows in the pictures with Salessi and Aela talking. Another question - what circlet is it that Salessi wears?

Lol, yeah, that would be the haggling necklace still on! (Sometimes, I've also noticed strange inconsistencies with weapons equipped when I've looked through the pics afterwards!)

Thanks. I don't recall the mod its from exactly but its a wolf amulet. Its simply named steel medallion or something to that effect. Its from the same mod that allows me to craft dragonbone neckless and other skill lv specific amulets. like dwemer or ebony. I can try and find the mod if you like.

A few shots of my newest Nord. She looks simmilar to another members character. I named her Freya.

20 minutes after Alduin attacked Helgen

I was in a cave escaping from Helgen. http://minus.com/myxmzYFL7ZE9h but it didnt attack me. The poor bear was in pain, he had something in his mouth and he was bleeding. http://minus.com/mrpn45ZyY2Si7. The bear then left me and I made it out of the cave.

2 days later Freya had made it to Whiterun and paid the companions for training in Archery, one handed and two handed. The companions let Freya use the practice dummies for 3 hours and she was later asked to join them.

Aela: "I trained Freya in Archery for one hour and she seemed nearly as good as me."
Farkas: "Freya is good with a Greatsword, If she used a Battleaxe I'd marry her in a second."
Athis: "I think Freya needs to practice more with her sword and dagger. She is good with her sword but not good enough to kill a frost troll."

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Great post Michael !

That Athis, typical Dunmer. Can't please 'em

I'm beginning to think that Jelissa isn't supposed to be a Companion. Now I can't report the radiant quest I have active.

Using console commands completes it, but no one will give me work, and using commands to force start and complete another radiant quest won't solve this (like it did the last time). The radiant quests won't register, if I read the progress correctly the game hasn't registered that I've finished Proving Honor, which means the questline is broken and Silver Hand probably won't trigger at all. As things are right now, I have four options:

1. Use console commands to force my way through the questline. Huge risk that things break, that follower/marriage options don't work and that the game never recognizes Jelissa as Harbinger (not that it's much of a recognition anyway...)

2. Go back five levels and do everything over from right after Dustman's Cairn, using a few console commands recommended by the ESF Companions mod's creator (which I read about on Nexus TODAY since I stupidly never went back there to see if he had written anything else after I had troubles the last time). This means I have to do a few other things as well (to get the Krosis, Bolar's Oathblade, a couple of words, and finish a few other things including Ustengrav). It's not THAT bad, but even if I hurry through it, it means at least 4-5 hours, which is fairly much for me.

3. Decide that Jelissa never will progress the questline further - which would be incredibly annoying, since I've planned a lot of things ahead.

4. Restart Jelissa. Which really isn't an option for me. I'd rather settle for option 3.

I guess I have my vacation to think it over. What would you guys have done?

Me personally I would use the vacation to think it over before I would decide anything. Maybe someone will have worked out a solution before you come back. I too use ESF Companions so if i encounter the same problem I will be looking for one myself. I am nearly sure Resident is using that mod as well.

I'm using the Enchanced Companions overhaul as well and not having issues like you are Aurora. My only issue with my patience, thinking I had done all the requirements and all and it turned out I hadn't. I had Proving Honor work by walking Aela back to Whiterun and through the front gate instead of fast traveling. I did wait approx. 2 days for Aela to return to Whiterun after Skjor's death. But radiant and other quests have been working out fine.

I'm trying out the Real Girl Skin texture mod and loving it. However it over wrote the no make up effect from Coverwoman. So in case you notice in future pics that Salessi had no lip stick, then did, then didn't again. That's why lol.

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The issues has most likely nothing to do with the mod, but with the vanilla bug where Vilkas didn't show up (and walking through the city gates did NOT solve this issue, neither did using the fix DreamKing has made). In the end I just finished the quest with console commands, and then forced the radiant quests to start the same way, and apparently the game doesn't acknowledge that.

I think it's possible RLO messes with Whiterun (it adds a shrine of Mara for instance), and that messes up the quest triggers for Proving Honor's initiation ceremony as well. So if I decide to reload, I will deactivate the Major Cities Exterior plug-in until I'm done.

Using the vacation to think it over is wise (and really my only option since I doubt I will have time to play until I get back). But IF I am to go back, now's the time, since the weekend after I'm back, I will have the house all by myself and all time in the world for a rare Skyrim marathon!

I thought maybe RLO or the time scale mod were causing issues but can't say they have so far. Have you deactivated and then reactivated the companions mod? Since your between quests you might be able to without messing something up and maybe then it will trigger the next event?

Another random pic.

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