/fur/ - Furry★

>>80436

Got an update.

Took me a long ass time but I managed to get everything working and stop the CTD's, then had to fix the textures, then had to missing heads issue.

I'm going to play around the game for probably a week to make sure everything is alright, but I've got a couple things you shouldn't expect

>Editing

If I do edit, it will be very limited.

>Requests

Won't be done

>Certain lighting/enb

I'm going to work with what I've got and I'm steadily adding more textures overhauls and lighting, but that's going to be the bulk of it. Don't expect me to use X youtuber's ENB setup.

I'm going to be focusing on improving the graphics for now.

>>81564

Graphics are looking decent, however it's having occasional hangups when entering buildings. Had a CTD when I brought up trade but hasn't happened again after relaunch. Still working out some of the finer details.

>>81599

Had to put in a memory patch. Things are looking pretty fantastic so far.

>>81611

Even then getting mods to work is a complete mess with merging, load orders not being 100% with every other mod, and a ton more. For example, trying to get the creature animations to work and done the tried and true methods. However, at least the loading screens are entertaining.

>>81640

Also an update, I've decided to make a new character and have it be the hyena race from the YiffyAge mod.

'Cus hyenas are awesome.

Tried making him a bit heavier set too and shortened the long ass tail it had.

>>81641

Our boy had a rough start so far, took the "Attacked and left for dead" start and he ended up on Solstheim.

He got harassed by a crazy old dude, he nearly got fucked up by riekling, and he managed to fuck up some pirates for soe much needed gear.

Man it feels so much more rewarding to play the game when the odds are against you, Todd can go fuck himself with how he originally intended the game to be played.

>>81644

I have to agree, but we can literally chop it up to it being mangled when he was attacked and left for dead.

>>81652

I can do that, he finally made it to civilization, after a lot of fighting and running, and trying to get a music mod to work.

>>81654

Glad to hear, he's already made a friend.

Had to dig out my crappy chinese knockoff XBOX 360 controller reciever to get smoother cameras. I'm also going to have to get my hands on some video editing software soon. I've been meaning to learn how to edit and making porn for anons seems like an alright way to do it.

Here's uncompressed vid when it's done processing https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EP3U5wFo6VOVYmMgoZKZY7X4KyLXDdSC

Damn is it a pain to convert to the right file size

Storming hard in Windhelm though, got to sell off the junk I got from Solsthiem and get supplies, going to head to Morthal and see about getting some better transportation.

>>81658

After selling off my goods, the shopkeep gave me a quick and decent paying job, apparently buying a stolen ring. I broke into Viola's place and put the ring in, but I also stuffed my sack with provisions, some books for the wagon ride, and some leather hides. if she's got enough jewelry to misplace it so easily she can settle with losing some supplies. I picked the best time to skip town anyways, apparently someone got murdered and no one knows who it was.

I can say for sure though, it'd look suspicious for the scruffed up fatso fresh off the boat with blood already on their blade to be the prime suspect. Let them point fingers before they get the idea to put them in my direction, I'll be long gone.

>>81659

Theres a grab-bag of dicks, so there'll be plenty of variety

>>81660

Went from a major snow storm to torrential rain, but the way through had some good sights. We passed through Riverwood and the driver told me about some criminal being lead around by either an Imperial soldier or a Stormcloak, story never comes straight. Either way, they were both pretty damn crazy from the word of things, saying a dragon attacked Helgan.

>>81661

We stopped off in Falkreath, didn't need to pass through Helgan due to some road blockage.

I managed to get the leather worked and made a tent thanks to Lod and his wife, but getting to use the forge wasn't entirely for free.

(Sorry for the janky camera and animations this time around. Don't think I'll be doing a full quality upload this time since it wasn't that good.)

>>81662

Heading out of Falkreath to catch the next wagon heading to Morthal I got waylaid by some of those Thalmer nuts. It was a pitched fight considering their magick but I managed to take them down.

However, their armor concerns me.

I feel like a nutjob wearing this.

Morthal was a bust.

I thought I'd find some decent work but the people there are just loony. From a crazy bar wench that won't shut up about a bard who can't play music, a kid who won't shut up about their missing mom, and the general nonsense of the citizens. I finally understand why everyone avoids this place like the plague. I thought they were keeping a secret boom town to themselves.

Maybe they opened up to me because I was wandering around like a clown? In any case, I've got to get new armor.

>>81664

Thanks fam

>>81665

I missed the next wagon, so had to walk from that divines-forsaken town.

But along the way I found a tavern I never knew was even on the route.

"Tall Mast Tavern"? Well the staff seems nice enough.

(Dubbed the audio in this one because the NPC just would not shut up. Also, found the webm converter so things will be a bit easier.)

I gotta say, it might not be much but this thread has got my attention. It's like a CYOA but better because unlike a CYOA thread this one actually fucking exists and has content.

>and the chubby yeen is a bottom too

Whelp, I guess he's my husbando of the month

>>81673

Just...take your time

The way to Solitude took a little bit longer than expected, held up admiring the craftsmanship, not to mention the view, of Dragonbridge.

I didn't arrive to Solitude in time for the gates to be open. Not the city's fault though, due to the war it'd be really stupid to leave your gates open around the clock when a Stormcloak or Imperial spy could slip in and have their way with the entire town.

I did manage to meet up with the family that owned the nearby stables and noticed that all their stock were in studs. I asked about this and got a clear answer.

He said that mares and geldings were in very high demand for Imperial officers since they're easier to control under pressure.

Afterwards they said I could sleep in the loft in the mill, but my sleep was disturbed by some loud grunts and muffled whinnies. I figured there must have been some horse thieves, but when I went to investigate, I found that above being harder to control, studs tend to need tending in other ways.

>>81678

Of course, I had to do my part to help out, otherwise it'd have been animal cruelty or some other law no one keeps track of.

Who knows? Maybe I could get some payment out of the family for this?

A very sore ass later, it was my turn to "relieve some stress". Not every day you'd get suck an opportunity.

Afterwards, I called it a night and went back to the loft for some rest. A bath would be a good idea soon.

>>81680

Solitude at last.

I'd be happy to say I'm here but that's far from the truth.

You know how bad the economy has turned here?

You buy an unworked ingot for forty one gold, make something, and you only get about four gold back.

However, there was an execution today, some traitor or something. Got front row seats.

He was some girl's uncle, think she's one of them "Special" types.

Not Special as in "I will be the most powerful mage!" special, but THAT kind of "Special".

Said something about not being able to see her dad saying she won't see her uncle anymore and not being told why despite the fact she was at the execution.

>>81684

So I was out of gold, not enough to rent a single room.

So I did the "Adventurer" pass time of "Delving".

In otherwords, I murdered a bunch of old ladies and fucked up a bunch of bandits, then took their shit and sold it.

>>81695

I've been in the wrong business it seems. I not only made enough gold to afford a room and hot meal, I made enough to pay for use of the recently made "Bath house".

See, these things have been becoming a "thing" in Cyrodil. With Imperial occupation in Skyrim as well as people coming over for the war efforts it was only a matter of time these would be integrated in.

Fancy places to bath and after horse spunk and bandit blood, I'd say I deserved a good bath.

Sauna powered by Dwemmer pipes, comfortable rugs, hot waters, soothing music and a very friendly staff I'd say this was a good decision.

>>81700

And by friendly staff, I mean "Friendly"

Solitude is behind me but I've left with some good ideas on how to make some dough.

I've heard rumors that theres an abandoned mine, someone selling the deed to it, but I'll look into that another time.

I'm heading to Markarth, rumors are also surging that there's plenty of treasure there, but a lot of the savage Reachmen there too. But silver flows. I've used what I've had left to fit myself in steel armor.

>>81708

Seems like heading to Markarth was the right decision.

Though the warning was a bit ominous, theres a caravan for sale at about 4k gold. Seems pretty damn pricey to me, but with a horse included, supplies, and much more, I think it'll be worth the investment. Plus I won't have to pay for a ride anymore.

Already in Markarth there's blood in the streets when I walk in. Thankfully I don't have to ditch town, everyone saw it wasn't me and they already got the killer. I'll have to snoop around and see if I can get my hands on any glimmer.

>>81713

I stopped by a close-by mine and got word that another one was attacked by Foresworn, the Reachmen I heard about being a danger.

I was prepared for this, and a jobs a job so I took up the task of clearing out the other mine.

I made a major mistake though.

I over prepared.

The first thing I see is a man in the mines wearing nothing but rags and attacking me with... stones and teeth on sticks. So I just ran the bastard right through, after all, he just came right at me.

In fact, the entire mine just came to me unlike the bandits I've been fighting. They took cover, they dodged around, they knew how to fight. For Divine's sake their most powerful mage ran straight up to me as if I couldn't kill him but I ran him right through like the first one.

But these people... I think I have a theory about them, here me out reader:

These people have been raised their entire lives that the land was theirs and everyone else was just invaders. Why improve themselves? The land was THEIRS. They'll rise up at any moment and take what's rightfully theirs. But they're wrong. All these buildings in Markarth, land perfect for defensible structures, hell even a small wooden fence would have worked. They don't even lock their doors. I even heard these people stupidly make pacts with the weird old bird ladies for "power". I think I even fought one, and my sword slid right through him just the same.

So when that nut-job Ulfric came through, he didn't have to do anything because he was never in any danger.

For a people that seem to take no value in wealth like the barbarians of Solsthiem they seem to revel in it. Why else would they capture a gold mine and not one of the outlying farms?

Either way, I'm going to mine this place dry, basic prospecting is telling me it's loaded with gold. I'll say the Foresworn carried it out when I cleared killed a few of them.

Well good FUCKING morning from WET MARKARTH.

It's been storming for the past few days and I am soaked to the bone.

I swear, my traveling cloak doesn't do anything in this weather except be a sopping blanket against my fat wet ass.

Here's a really fun fact. Aparently the only place to get fire wood in the entirety of the Reach is to go out to a remote inn in the middle of nowhere but is "Famous" since a Septim supposedly rented a room there. They even charge a premium for it.

I managed to get the wood though, handsome hunk helped me out on that end, I'll have to remember to visit him when the damn rain stops.

I also got waylaid by a group of bumpkins who were paid some serious gold to kill me. But I showed them whose the big dog in the Reach. I found a note on them and... I have no idea who this person is. But rest assured: They'll get their teeth knocked out.

>>81745

The weather finally cleared up and I was able to make myself some new gear. One lady kept giving me the stink eye while I was working the forge, don't know what that was about. Maybe she didn't like competition? Well news for her: I'm here for the long run. Anyways, I noticed a lot of people in Skyrim don't know the advantages of having a short spear and I aim to teach them just how useful it is.

Anyways, this jack gave me a note, kept insisting I dropped it. Clown has as much subtlety as his red fur. Anyways, I go to his little "Secret meeting" and he's been saying he's investigating murders like this that have been happening. So I humor him and start to poke my nose into this sort of business. After all, people all saw who the murderer was so this might be a fun distraction.

Turns out I've opened a big can of worms I didn't plan on. An Imperial spy was sent to secure the silver mine here, but she ended up getting murked by the Forsworn nutjob.

What is it with everyone in this damn country being lunatics?

Anyways, big fish in the pond sends one of his lackeys to "warn" me, and I told him to fuck right off and went to the manlet himself. I confronted him and was about to beat the crap out of him until he started running his mouth. Turns out he was another nutjob, making the local gully-dwellers that are the Foresworn act on his behalf through their chicken-shit puppet "King of Rags" while he's locked in the mine. Did he really expect for this shit to not backfire? Aparently not as a bunch of them swarmed the building, killed his wife and he's putting the blame on me.

Pure psycho.

So I go around snooping, dumped my cloak since it's pretty warm today when another nutjob decides to fight me bare-knuckle. Naturally, I kick the shit out of him and he tells me he was sent by the Nose. If he's going to pick on me I'm going to pick the shit out of this "Nose"

The Nose turned out to be one of those Foresworn crazies, hell his entire staff were all a bunch of them. After confronting him on sending me the joke of a thug, he starts spilling his life story, I don't have time for that. So I ask in a furstrated and sarcastic way "Why are you telling me this?" he gives me a typical villain line, you know like from those books "You won't get out of here alive."

Now not only did I get out of the room alive, but I slaughtered the lot of them. They're Foresworn, strategy isn't their thing. So for tactical advantage I ran out of the house, leaped from some stairs, made it all the way down to the forge and dock. This spot I knew they'd be too stupid to resist since it meant they'd all come at me through a straight and narrow path, one I could litter them with arrows, then drop my bow and go at them when they came close. Guards ran around like pansies instead of getting the populace under control which caused me to miss some shots. But Nose was first to make it through. I bashed his skull in with my shield and sent him into the water. Next was another of his idiot thugs. After that it was a cake walk.

Fishing the bodies out of the water, looting them, and heading for the meeting spot with... Shit. I don't even remember his damn name, but I was in for a surprise.

It was such a fine day too. Damn place is full of crazies. Now I'm off to Cidna Mine.

Yep, that's me. You might be wondering how my fat ass ended up naked on the filthy floor of a mining-prison that's "Inescapable"

Well there's a story for that.

An idiot who lacks subtlety handed me a note that told me to meet him. I was killing time until dinner so I went to his "super secret hiding place" which was a god damn chapel to Talos. He wanted to know why people were getting killed and it led me from corrupt guards, crazy backwoods hicks, and smashing in the nose of The Nose and his jokes of minions. All said and done I end up framed and this painting isn't looking too pretty. I've got to make my way out of this shituation before it really hits the mill.

So first things first: Find the self-proclaimed "King" and kick his ass. But theres prison rules. In order to get what you want, you either have to be the biggest fish or suck up to them. "The Beast" here wants me to get him a shiv. Oh I'll give him a shiv alright. I've had a long day and I don't need to take this shit.

Dominance asserted, I continued on my way. Now I'm going to be clear here, I prefer taking it in the ass, but sometimes you just have to make an exception. These shut-ins don't understand the true power of a power bottom. It'd just destroy their grip on reality.

And there the bastard was, writing his letters, surrounded by food. Just talking to him I had to hold back from strangling him. So in a very sarcastic way I said "I want my freedom" and he gives me this whole "You're one of us" speech. Now he's got me talking to more of the prison loonies. The one he sends me to admits to being a murderer and then says he had nothing to do with it. What kind of backward logic is that? The kind that tells you to go running face first into an enemy's spear.

After that nonsense Mad Madanach says he has a way of escaping but I have to kill the prison snitch. It's like this place is nothing but stereotypes I swear. Though I have to say: How often do you get an opportunity to suplex someone?

So after I murdered the "snitch" despite having no evidence he might even be one, Madman goes to "rally his troops" which is kind of laughable.

Turns out he, or anyone else, could have left at any time. He had a tunnel that leads through Dwarven ruins. Rather than escaping earlier or letting other prisoners attempt, he had the gate locked and guarded and refused to tell anyone. Needless to say, I was pretty mad.

It wasn't a jolly jaunt though. There were spiders, and those damn Dwemmer machines. I held back from the fighting of course. No I'm no coward, I'm thinking with logic here. A whole prison full of crazies being led by mad man whose put a lot of people to death because he thought just because he was entitled to land he owned it. No. The more of his followers that die in the skirmishes the easier it'll be to kill him when the opportunity arises. I may not care much for the people of Markarth but I know damn well he'll spread his madness throughout the damn country.

That was the plan until it was revealed that he had Forsworn waiting for him at the end of the tunnel. I was thankful to get my stuff back, but he still had to die. But it was even better. Both the people who decided to fuck with me were there. Let them face off, and I'll take them both out.

With both of the men dead as well as their goons, Markarth and the Reach as a whole will have a major void to fill in their power structures. Though I think it's all for the best. I can make a lot more dough with less competition and cutting off the head of the Forsworn chicken will have them even more of a disorganized mess. All and all, what a bizarre day.

Is this mod, str8 friendly?

No bully.

>>81759

On the road again, not taking the wagon this time, I've got to save my dough and scrape some more up along the way. I managed to make a decent picking while in Markarth but I still need more, especially if I want a wagon of my own. On my way to Morthal once more to check out that rumored mine, maybe I can clean it out.

>>81761

Agreed, it's even worse since I had to manually start the quest and limit myself by starting in the quest area, then initializing a stage of the quest and not use any of my items. A fix to the crash says to use removeallitems on yourself or put all your items in a box or something. Turns out to not work at all.

>>81763

Yep! I'm just being a massive faggot

>>81769

It was a long trek and my packs heavy with loot from bandits and Forsworn. I decided to bypass Morthal altogether since I know for a fact I won't find a decent trader there. Just means I'll have to set up a base camp in the mines, but it looks like I don't have to anyways.

Bandits have set up a defense so all I have to do is clear them out. Hopefully it won't be too much of a problem and they're not very entrenched.

>>81779

The bandits were indeed heavily entrenched. Most of them were push overs like the rest, but the leader? He was different. He had a weapon that just hitting me made me feel like I couldn't breath for a bit. Had to solve it with a spear through the gut but damned was he a tough son of a bitch that wouldn't go down easy.

Inside the shack I found a strange set of iron armor, you could just feel power radiating off of it. I've been meaning to pick up enchanting so maybe I can figure out what it does that way. More importantly though, I found plans to expand the mine, whoever prospected it found so many deposits of rare ores that I'd be a fool not to take advantage of this literal gold mine. However, we have to get the place operational and even then we need a mining permit.

I think I heard about a rep of the East Empire Company coming by Morthal. What business he has there? I sure as shit don't know, but if it gets me the dough I need to live out my life with fine food and finer laps to ride then I'll do what I need to do.

>>81789

Sorry for the late coming update, this mine is proving to be a bit of a challenge to get into working order.

I got the permit and while I was in Morthal I mad myself some more pouches and some saddle bags for my saddle bags.

The mine is proving to be the richest I've seen yet, I've never gotten as much ore from any other vein than here, it's still hard to believe this was being left abandoned to bandits. Either side of this war could take it over and fashioned an endless supply of arms and armor. Unfortunately for them, by both Imperial and the laws of Skyrim this mine is rightfully

MINE!

Pardon the pun.

I had to pick up a journal for all the supplies needed. I just need some clay and logs and I can have the exterior walkways and docks completed. I've just got about the right amount of supplies for the interior.

>>81789

That reminds me, got to figure out how to tame a wolf...

>>81793

I'll do my best but no promises, I'll have to see if I can also edit NPC body proportions while I'm at it.

>>81803

A lot of time, a lot of haggling, and a damn lot of construction but I think this company is going to sweep Skyrim like a wildfire with the finest metals and craftsmanship and maybe venture into other businesses though.

My newly newly hired manager, Mr. Tovis Horansen, came highly recommended from the East Empire Trade company having graduated top of his class and eager to start work in putting his skills to use.

We're already swarming with applicants for miners, black smiths, and even chefs but we'll have to be discerning so I want to keep his head clear, a mining operation like this is extremely dangerous with cave ins and bandit raids. We need the best of the best which is why I'm proposing a radical new method of relieving employee stress.

Sorry for the quality in this vid, remember, I'll be posting full rez links later. I think next vid I'll dump them, then I'll just link them with every vid post as well as the webm.

Now we've got a bigger problem: We don't have a name for the business. Brand recognition is everything and we don't have any at the moment.

>>81811

I'll do what I can, but theres quite a bit to do

>>81815

Shit, forgot to post the vid

>>81816

After a few days of work the main shaft is finally operational. I hadn't had the time to meet the rest of the crew, Torvis recommended that we should focus on trade and use the gold we earn to better the mines. I was all for the idea since that meant I'd have more time to work on my figure. He then recommended I should go out and make more seed money. There goes my plans on polishing off three whole turkys and a mountain of sweet rolls.

So I decided we should look into enchanting, I've noticed a severe lack in enchanted arms and armament, the bandit leader, Mad Madanach's armor, and the Silver-Blood Family ring being the only ones we've found in use. we could probably fill that void and increase our profits. I also want to know what this armor does.

My journey started in Riverwood where I heard there was a stockpile of spell books. What we needed was a spell called "Soul Trap". I'm no mage but there was also another book I picked up that I'll have to peruse later called "Warp". I was then told if I was looking for more spells, I'd have to make my way to the College of Winterhold.

Having made the trip, during one hellish snowstorm that made me stop several times to make camp.

When I reached the gates I had to "Prove my worth" by summoning a flame atronach. I didn't have the spell nor knew how to cast it, but the gate keeper had a hand out for thirty gold, which seems to be a very strange way to squeeze money out of potential students. I had read the spell and made an attempt to cast but, for what I can only describe, my mental power wasn't quite strong enough to cast such a spell. So I had to improvise. I had looted a potion that would help me focus and figured to sell it later but a little loss makes for greater gains. I've casted the spell and was permitted entrance.

The library had several books on enchanting and even armoring. They had the spell book I was looking for as well, so I've purchased the needed spell and some of the books. I even unraveled what exactly that armor I had picked up would do, though at the cost of the armor itself. It's an enchantment that strengthens the armor the longer the user is in combat which is amazing. Imagine outfitting an entire Imperial legion with armor like this.

>>81827

After a few trips around I've decided we were not getting enough gold as we could be getting. So I talked with Tovis about getting a caravan I saw a while back. Not only would I be able to carry anything and everything out of ruins and bandit camps I visit but I'd also have a means of getting our wares to outlying areas where supplies are scarce like to Winterhold as I found out from their recent "accident" and how they were unable to deal with that situation.

Tovis agreed and we used our funding to buy the caravan outside of Markarth. After loading it with supplies from smithing equipment, an enchanting table a retired scholar had no more use for, and various means for survival in the wilderness, it was time to meet the horse whose ass I'd be staring at for long trips.

The stablehand told me his name was "Thuse" and he was very well trained. I think we got along very well.

>>81833

With no seed money left after the purchase it was time to head back to the mine. I understand why carriage drivers charge such exorbitant fees now, it's hard to focus on the roads when you've got a horses ass to stare at.

Anyways, a very familiar camp was ahead and I decided to stop for some quick target practice and to stretch my legs, had to make use of my new bow somehow. But the bandit leader had an enchanted weapon, one that when it struck the ground made an explosion of poison. Never had I heard of this so it must had been a new wizard's experiment before it was creatively procured by the highwaymen. In any case, more research for our weapons program. I even got my hands on a set of rare and valuable Dwemmer armor.

>>81834

Agreed, but need to find more opportunities for various "jobs"

>>81835

If you've got the patience to deal with all the mods that make it fun, I'd say go for it.

I'm running on an enemy AI enhancer, Perkus Maximus with it's difficulty mods, TK Dodge for dodge rolling, all of my graphical stuff, Campfire and Frostfall, ranger overhaul, and a bunch of other mods that just make the game actually fucking playable despite having to spend over 12 hours getting them all to function.

Sorry for the long delay, had to fix some mods

>>81838

Passing through Morthal I am only reminded further of how much of a disappointment the town is, but thankfully we have the only valuable claim to this swamp land, a literal treasure trove underneath the swamp.

On my way through though, a durzog came charging in. Though rare these "swamp swine" are very aggressive. There seemed to be an exception with this one though. In the middle of the fight it stopped attacking me, with no explanation.

I managed to calm it down further and treated it's wounds. I decided to make camp for the night as well, and got to know our new friend fairly intimately. I never realized durzog underbellies could be so slimy.

>>81841

Dust in the air from all the ore being mined, crucibles burning hot removing the impurities, hours spent fashioning and forging suits of armor of the finest quality steel.

Not to mention our new resident durzog "Truffles".

Packing the wagon for it's first trade run, we had our first bandit wander by. That's not a good sign as it means words probably already out now that theres a mining operation here. Best we can do though is hire some guards at the earliest opportunity. But we leave once the storm settles in the morning.

>>81843

Oh shoot I had hell getting mods to function in general because the perk overhaul one I have requires a patcher you have to run within Mod Organizer. But if you do get into it it's worth it.

And you enjoying this makes it all the better.

>>81845

The trip to Dawnstar was a short but very frigid one. And it seems we've managed to catch a Khajiit trading caravan along the way.

I don't see them as competition as the locals do, I see them more as a sales opportunity. They buy stuff from all over and sell for dirt cheap where you could flip their wares for a pretty penny.

As you can tell, negotiations went pretty well.

As for Dawnguard, I think the armor sold here will be put to good use. Judging by the inventory they hadn't seen any decent traders in a long time.

>>81846

After camping for the night, the next day I met with one of the members of the Khajiit caravan. He had lost an amulet of his to a bandit attack and I offered to get it back from the bandits if I'm in the area.

However, our conversation was cut short when two warring goblin tribes decided to have their skirmish outside of our camps. When all was said and done, we began looting the bodies when I stumbled upon a very strange and enchanted Dwarven helmet. By the engravings of the enchanter, it says something along the lines of "Of fencing". I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but I was on the road soon after.

Up the road a group of bandits took over an old fort that held a tavern, aparently killing the owners and taking it over. I stayed there for the night in modest comfort after dragging out the bodies of course. But the road to Winterhold became nearly unpassable in the blizzard that blew in. I was lucky to make it to the town in the first place, so I'll have to sell my wares and consider getting a room in the tavern.

>>81850

The merchant in Dawnstar was sort of an odd one. She had gold, yes, but she had "Durg Gold" that I will have to convert at the Markarth treasury.

My final stop on this trade route I'm establishing is... Windhelm. Whose Jarl as far as I can tell is quite the complainer. Rumor has it that he killed the High King by shouting at him because he wanted to be High King. Not only did he not know how his own country's politics work, but you'd have to be very insistant to murder a man by shouting at him enough that he outright kills himself to get away from your whining.

Windhelm is also the town I showed up in and someone just so happened to be murdered the next day. Well, I do have a contact there I'm already on good relations with there, so the trip should be worth it.

Along the way though, I passed by a fort guarded by skeletons, worst of all, some sort of Daedric priest. This was the roughest fight I had, his spells were near constant and I was hard pressed to even get to him. The arrows I had to pump into him, and then finally close the gap, but it was worth it. I found a ring that's just radiating with power, it even pulls at my concentration but I feel something "shocking" being given in exchange. I'll have to have this checked out, but the design of the ring itself is stunning as well.

I've arrived to Windhelm. Maybe I can see what happened, touch bases with my Panther Khajiit contact and see if he's still doing well in business.

>>81852

Thanks fam.

Have a comfy webm

>>81855

Anything but the undead

>>81856

On my way through the streets of Windhelm a guard stopped me. At first, I thought they finally wanted to accuse me of the murder, but turns out, that wasn't the case. In fact, in the month I've been away from Windhelm they've had several other murders happen. I'm not sure how they could not have cot them yet considering you can't steal a cabbage from an empty house without these people knowing, but the blood splattered all over the streets made a clear trail on where to start. Needless to say, it was none of my business, I had a huge armor order to deliver and I wasn't going to let some two-bit guard slow me down.

Finally in the Grey Quarter, the slums, I met with my old friend Revyn Sadri. We caught up, had a few drinks and I had to give him a better deal than I usually would any other merchant, turns out that the racism against the Ashen Khajiit was kicked into overdrive and business has not been as good as it should have been.

We had a few drinks and got to talking about his homeland and how he was much more well off until Red Mountain erupted and had to start over from scratch. He's been doing well for himself with an honest living.

Many more drinks later though, lips were locked more than a few times before he wanted to show me a way his people used to "Have fun". It started out as normal cock sucking but then...

>>81858

True enough!

>>81859

Glad you're loving his little adventures in starting a business. I know he started out as being left for dead and being a general thug, but his windfall should help him get his life in order. He's still tough and I think being a butt slut is only making him tougher!

>>81861

Had to post the vid separately

>>81862

And so we left Windhelm. I'd say it was a much better visit than expected, especially with how good the mountain winds feel after having someone's arm up your ass, that gape'll stay for the trip.

We've got the first trade route established and the next one will soon follow. I'd say though I'm only going to keep my business to my darker feline friend, he has his wits together while the Jarl's personal blacksmith... He can't even keep an eye on his own hammer. Not to mention, the people he does business with are not very ideal. Sure he does work for a Jarl, but not a very smart Jarl. I did sell the rest of my wares to him, made him pay a pretty penny and put the fear of the divines in him that there was a bigger, badder, fatter dog in town who can forge much finer craftsmanship.

His high influences did manage to get him four ebony ingots which I gladly swiped up. I've had an idea for a new set of armor brewing based on designs I had read from a history book on smithing I got at the College of Winterhold. Should provide some more insulation from the cold.

In the meantime, Thuse is proving to be a very intelligent horse. Once he knows where to go, you tell him where we're going and he'll go there himself. Leaving me with all the time in the world to oggle that big rump and his swollen balls as they bounce. Speaking of, I don't remember the last time they were emptied.

We had made it home with no issues, and even earlier than expected. I trusted Thuse and he found a shortcut back to the mine at a gentle slope. I have to say, he's one smart horse.

However, there was another bandit at the mine today, alone, which means they must be scoping the place out. If they're setting up spies it's time to upgrade the defenses.

Before turning in for the night, I decided to check and see how our earnings have been while I was away picking up our caravan, mining, smelting, smithing, then traveling and dealing. Needless to say my eyes went wide as saucers.

My first thought was to fill up a tub of the gold and bath in it while I ate several hams, but Tovis recommended that a better idea was to open up the second mineshaft our prospector discovered. Make more money in the long run, so it was clearly a better idea.

I also pushed that we should sure-up our defenses and filled Tovis in on the brooding bandit situation. If we can put a stop to it before it happens, we'll be better off than where we were.

Construction would begin tomorrow, and while that was going on, I figured to give Thuse a bit of relief.

>>81871

Three days of construction later and our second mine shaft was ready for work. I met up with the new foreman for that site, though I didn't pay attention so much to her words as to what was between her legs. But she did tell me I wouldn't believe it when I saw it. True to her word she was right.

Orichalcum, Moon stone, and Quick Silver all in one place and in such abundant amounts, I was floored. The prospectors said that the veins are incredibly rich and go on for a long time. I never knew so much of it could be in one place. The operation is going to just keep getting bigger and our trade will grow even more.

>>81877

A few days have been spent in the new mine gathering as many supplies as possible. Between this time I would design the new armor I have planned, heavy armor that may not be as strong but will allow for greater ease of movement. Something vital for us who use short spears. The model work is slightly off but should be a good proof of concept.

I even went and did some consultation with the new foreman. I told her that I'm enjoying the new shaft, but we should probably do some deep tunneling. I was glad she felt the same way.

In that time, I had learned to warforge my equipment. This process not only strengthens an item to powerful lengths, hones, and sharpens it, but makes it strangely feel lighter while still feeling unbreakable. The downside is that once this process is done then there is no room for an enchantment to take hold. Taking note of this, I tried an experiment on the ancient ring I recovered from the Daedra cult leader. To my surprise it's enchantment held. I had shown Tovis my work and he was all over the place. At points he was lecturing me about the dangers of tampering with artifacts in both risk and profit loss, but then he'd turn around and admire the craftsmanship. He informed me that this was the ring of the legendary archer "Wamasu" which is a very dumb name. Just say it out loud and hope no one laughs at you like I had.

In any case, while supplies are stockpiled for the next trade route, I'm off to Riverwood to investigate a rumor about some "Golden Claw"

Riverwood again. The sights, the sounds, all just relaxing. Especially when you spend a morning fishing in it's river.

I met up with the same merchant that sold me a spell, Lucan, who lost his "golden claw". He's a nice enough fellow but I'm unsure about setting up this area for the trade route. Maybe a few things I could sell but nothing that'd really bring in the gold.

He filled me in on robbers breaking into his store and taking nothing else but the claw which was very odd indeed. So I agreed and I'll make my way to Bleak Falls Barrow. Maybe I can negotiate a better "payment" between him and his sister?

Thuse and I made up the mountain just fine, but I can tell this will be an easy task to do. It's clear these bandits were far too used to preying on a sleepy little town, only one knew how to hold their shield and that didn't last very long. Into the ruins I go.

It was at this point I was starting to feel a little insulted. These bandits were nothing more than pushovers and I'm joked that no villager had put a stop to them in the first place.

I was especially disappointed with bandit named Arvel though. I only know his name because of his journal. He was stuck in the webs of a giant Frostbite spider and offered to share the treasure if I cut him down. Now, I'm no expert in strategy but I don't think it's a wise idea to just turn your back, run away while monolingual your thoughts and thinking you'll get away when the person you plan on double-crossing has a spear, is in a better condition, and is incredibly well-fed. Needless to say a quick prod in the spine and he was gone.

I am fairly interested in this treasure though, so I press ahead through these puzzles any child could solve, though the "Draugr" proved to be quite an issue. The mumified remains of the ape-like creatures that used to roam Tamriel now reanimated corpses. From what I read at the College their culture was so bizzare they were not only opposed but disgusted by seeing other's genitals exposed and did everything they could to cover them up. How else were you supposed to tell if someone was interested in you in "THAT" kind of way? How would that even be comfortable at all?

They put up a better fight, though their armor is so old and rusted it wouldn't even be worth looting to melt down.

The door into the sanctum was a greater disappointment. The designers of this place didn't realize that if you look at the underside of the key, the combination is right there. Any two-bit thief could have looted the place long before without much of a struggle. However, that paled in comparison to the one that had the chamber for his tomb.

The fight was fierce, not only was he the strongest fighter I've gone against yet, but he had an enchanted great sword that numbed at the touch and he chanted ancient spells I never heard of.

He used one of these spells to disarm me at first, leaving me to scramble to pick up my dropped spear and shield. The fight raged, and I managed to bring him to his knees. Before he died however, he said another word and my spear and shield crumbled to rust before my eyes. I'd have to make new arms as soon as I came back to the mine.

But the deed was done, I recovered the claw as well as a tablet full of strange markings. Something tells me I should hang onto it. But for now, it's back to Riverwood for me.

>>81907

By the time I had gotten out of the crypt it was already nightfall. I went back to my camp and contemplated that fight.

My fights before were hard, yes, but I think there might have been something else to all of this, as that last battle felt very "odd". Why would you make a crypt that anyone could go through with ease? Maybe it was all a trap and something else was released during the fight. I may never know, but I know the strange stone tablet might be mixed into this.

The night passed by quietly and it was another day, it was time to collect my reward from the siblings and I won't take gold for the effort.

When all was said and done, I spent the night passed out on their floor, it had been quite a long day. However, in the morning I got them to agree that the claw would be better in my hands and I'd reimburse them when I come through again.

From there, it was back to the mine, and time to make myself some fresh gear.

Sorry for the sloppiness in this vid. I did the best I could but anims kept fucking up and I'd have to edit. Cropped out all the editing though.

>>81909

The new armor is forged and is proving to be more flexible than I considered, plus theres plenty of room for my belly to hang out. I replaced my pouches with dark leather ones. That frostbite poison seems to be useful for dying leathers black. I did replace one of my rear pouches with a banded hook for my journal. I can keep it at hand for all the trade information. I also need to get my hands on a better back pack.

However, I came to a horrible and shocking realization that if I don't start getting more food and spend more time lazing I'll start losing weight. The unthinkable!

I'll have to figure something out later, for now, we're continuing marking the next trade route. For now, it'll be a shorter one from Markarth to Solitude, then back to mine. I don't need to worry about Morthal, the local economy had already been bleed dry on my first trip.

>>81911

Yeah, it's bad. Go to attack and woopsies got no weapon. And then you just stand there stupidly because it also interrupts attack.

>>81922

Oddities on the road, for starters being frostbite spiders. I've yet to see any outside of caves but now they are becoming common. But there's more than that.

I was passing through the same bandit camp on the trail. Still no army had occupied it but more bandits, moreover, these bandits had some better equipment, one even having a honest to truth Headman's axe. Their purloined goods had some more value to it as well, including a spell book. They even had a fairly competant mage, just one shock nearly killed me and I even found a greater soul gem on them. I'm beginning to think this band of bandits has a very high up benefactor which can also explain why no army has occupied it.

The new armor is working better than expected, the fur faulds make for great protection and the lightweight armor composite of quicksilver and steel makes it all the best for mobility and solid protection. This "Warforged" practice on weapons made the blade so light it's like waving a regular stick and the blade so keen I accidentally decapitated one of the bandits.

Made it to Markarth pretty late in the evening. For once there wasn't blood in the streets or some idiot harassing me to be an investigator. It's not overrun by Reach men nor are the guards looking hassle me. Seems like decapitating the heads of both the Silver-Blood and Forsworn has really paid off.

By the daytime came, I figured it was time I started taking care of my appearance a bit. I got a fresh new hairstyle and decided to take the rest of the day for myself, chatting about about the trade with Kleppr, despite the jabs from his wife. After that, it was time to turn in for the night.

I spent way too much time today fixing mods because guards heads broke. They won't look as good as before until I can get it fixed, posted my distress on Sexlab so hopefully someone will answer and help me fix it. Catch y'all tomorrow

>>81940

That day turned into a few days of fine foods and drinking. I was finally getting my weight together and not losing my hard earned fat but actually gaining.

One of the locals tried making a jab at me about escaping with the foresworn from the silver mine and of how many people died, to which I just grinned at him knowing full well of what happened.

It was time to get back to work. My first stop was Arnleif and Sons where I saw the store was in... Not the best condition. I didn't say much but they surprisingly had some interesting items. Now that the Silver-Bloods had less control, the locals could bring out the finer stuff without an exorbitant tax. Some of the wares included a copper circlet of "Blood and Power" which the Lisbet said enhanced both your health and mind. There was also a ring that just by wearing it healed the wounds of your allies. Naturally I snagged these up but it ate the entire profits of this stop alone. But the research potential would be worth it.

I also left a set of the carved armor I was wearing with the rest of the shipment, as a less-than-subtle way of telling them where to get their armor orders. Local smith be damned, she's an idiot who can't train her own apprentice and is having me find a damn book for him to read.

With nothing else left to do in Markarth, it's off to the next stop on this trade route: Solitude.

>>81967

The way to Solitude was a pleasant ride. I got to stretch my legs with a few stops and sliced up some Forsworn, thinning the heard of idiots.

The rest of the way was calm, and a "greased palm" later with the guard captain and I have a permit to set up the caravan within the walls of Solitude.

We're also starting to approach a real problem with our sales. No, the armor is selling just fine. In fact, it's selling a bit too well. Other merchants want to get their hands on it because the quality is just unsurpassed, which is odd considering I've always been an amateur until I started bettering myself at the mine. It's also not helping that I am completely buying out shops of food supplies. In short, I am carrying out with me almost the entire hold's coinage.

This presents two problems. The first is that Jarls will end up emptying their coffers and begging for whoever will be in charge after the war (Either the Emperor or the High King) which will be too late to prevent the incoming economic collapse. Second problem is that I won't be making a viable income unless I start investing in the local businesses. I would be able to sell them my own wares as well as give them a bit of my inventory to sell to traveling merchants and skim the profits off the top for myself. And best of all, it would mean that coins I spend at these shops I invest in, that I control, would all funnel back into my pocket and it'd just keep growing.

But with Solitude's gold in my pouch it's time to return to the mine and restock for the trips for the next trade route.

>>81991

Had to post the vid separately

>>81991

Back to the mine and opening up the second shaft has really given us some profit alone, plus what I've earned on my travel being a total of 55,400 septims. We're not to the top yet though, there's still staff to pay and seeing to opening up a third shaft that our prospectors have been investigating.

Our next trade route should be more profitable with Helgan, Riften and most importantly Whiterun. Whiterun is the cross roads of Skyrim, every merchant worth their salt should be going through that hub and making a pretty bit. Riften will have me a bit worried though with it's well known crime rates as well as the Black Briar family having a stranglehold on the city. We'll just have to see where I go from there.

With the plan all settled, a good night's rest and restocking of supplies it was time to head out to chart the next route. I did stop by and check on Truffles and gave him a kiss on the rump for luck which drew some stares. Maybe it was because it went on for so long... And was pretty deep. That must have been it. At least it's good to know he's enjoying his new home.

Anyways, on the road again.

>>81996

Falkreath's hold. How can I describe it other than near perfect? Temperate to warm weather, dense forests, a B-E-A-utiful to relax in. Not to mention the Fight Cave.

It's a little known hot-spot in Falkreath. Technically the fights are illegal, but not even the guards care to bust the place. Not only does it take a decent sum in the bettings but the fights are many, and varied.

I decided to stop in and enjoy a few matches, making the occasional bet, winning some and losing some.

Well, then the announcer called for a volunteer to fight "The Beast". A strange werewolf that the crews had captured and were planning on pitting against their fighters. Except not even the fighters would go against it. The odds were very one-sided it seemed. So I did the age-old tactic of all fight pits: Bet on yourself and hope for the best.

I had placed down all of this trip's seed money, a bit recklessly albeit but won't need the money were I dead, but if I won...

Needless to say I was impressed. This would be my first time fighting an actual werewolf but also one so very big in more way than one.

She managed to put up a good enough fight, but my gear and my skill over instinct would win out. I stayed my killing blow though and called for the attendants that I'd give them a real show after the she-wolf was healed.tt

Needless to say, I walked out of there pretty well off and a new body guard for my trips. However, I wasn't counting on the knot to deflate after an hour.

>>81997

I'm just waiting for the right wolf to show up

>>82006

Vid had to be uploaded seperate

We arrived in Falkreath the next morning to overcast skies. For a town so damn lovely the people are incredibly depressive. Death this, death that, name our business "Dead". No matter though, gold is gold and I'm aiming for the glimmer.

I'm having the shewolf help me with simple tasks, finding out she's not entirely "Bright" if you catch my meaning. I also noticed that she hasn't shifted her form, which might mean that she's one of those that were born from two werewolf parents and ended up being essentially a pure breed. I haven't quite settled on a name though, hopefully I can get some help with that.

I also found out that she can't come with me to trade deals, not only does she not fit through the doorways easy enough but the traders damn near piss themselves... Well, that's not true. Lodd had. She's a perfect mule for making the deliveries though. She's pretty much an ass with a fine ass for now.

Speaking of Lod, he did have some fine boots on sale, ones enchanted for speed. I bought them for research of course, but set me back a thousand gold, but I more than made up for it in armor sales and the winnings from the Fight Cave. And like with every stop, I sold them a set of my "carved" armor. Not as good as the set I'm wearing but still a formidible and intimidating design in craftsmanship based off the old Nordic designs.

While I was in town, I was able to make an order for fine Falreath lumber for the palisades at the mine. I was able to negotiate a discount so long as I helped out with the labor. And to cool off I took some "personal" time.

In anycase, this was another town drained of it's coinage and we'll be back on the road tomorrow. `

Along the road to Riften we were going to pass through Helgen, possibly to stop and get some rest from the torrential thunder storm, except for the fact that the walled city had been razed to the ground.

The fires were still smoldering and it looks to be the work of bandits since there are no valuables. And if it were a dragon like that loony that wandered into Riverwood had been spreading then there would have been at the very least foot prints. But there just wasn't a thing.

Making our way through the wreckage, we came to the mountain pass to Riften, beating the snow that usually makes the place impassable, but we had to walk through the night to make sure we didn't get snowed in.

Once we made it through the pass we were rewarded with clear skies and the autumnal surroundings of the area. It amazes me how Skyrim seems to have every season in just a handful of the holds. It makes me wonder if the seasons just cycle over to the next hold.

But the forest was quite peaceful. After traveling for a while there was a decent spot to setup camp next to the river. Aside from the Helgan disaster this trip has been very relaxing. No stress that'd make me shed hard earned pounds, good gold flowing in, and incredible sights.

>>82017

That morning I was up at the crack of dawn. Something about the forest was "stimulating" as I decided to go out for a short hunt with just my bow. The cool morning air was more than a little stimulating. I wouldn't realize how much I would need a relaxing morning like this until I got to Riften proper.

Riften is a den of cut throats and thieves held at the leash by the Black-Briar family. As such, it's a question of whether you'd be safer inside the walls than out. I chose the later option and set up camp outside a lesser-used gate and had the werewolf guard it while I did business.

As for business it was pretty bad, most of the merchants barely having enough coin to afford a suit of my armors due to the high taxes exacted by the Black-Briar family, not to mention the thieves guild.

It also didn't help that with the Black-Briars being strong supporters of the Stormcloaks they had free roam of the city. Normally that wouldn't be so bad except that with every "rebellion" they're not too choosy on who to enlist. So this group were menacing the honest merchants with their "trained" wolf and demanding protection money.

There was however a couple of like-minded individuals who had the same opinions about the town as me. That being Hjoll and Aerin. Though personally I feel that they are just bandits with loosely based "standards". If you come from a family of banditry you can just smell this still a mile away. In anycase, I'll have to keep my eye out for a sword called "Grimsever" and probably get these two out of Riften like someone else I'm bringing along.

A stable boy had been conned by a thug named Sapphire. What kind of name is that for a toady? Hell if I know, but that's what she was going with. Anyways, the kid was naive and with some very strong persuasion I managed to wipe his "debt" clean. He's a bit scrawny but I'll make a proper hyena of him yet. And with that it was time to return home with another trade route completed.

>>82039

If you're looking for sexual stuff here's all the stuff you'll need

>SKSE

>FNIS

>JContainers

>SKSE - Register Custom Animation Events

Schlongs of Skyrim

>Horny Creatures of Skyrim

>More Nasty Creatures

>Skyrim Immersive Creatures

>Sexlab Animation Loader

>Animation packs you might like

>Yiffy Age of Skyrim

There's a ton of mods you'll need but this is all I can think off the top of my head.

Heres a copy of my load order, you can probably google what you might need and pick/choose. But I recommend getting it all to make the whole game fun. The load order is stable as well. Also, use Mod Organizer and not Nexus Mod Manager, NMM really sucks.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Z6E_UWZAzzwGQD9n3VHht-LuC3mqghqI

I decided to take us on an alternate route back since it was doubtful we'd be able to get through the mountain pass after the snow storm, but it also meant bypassing Whiterun which threw a caliper into that plan.

Nearing the mine I discovered the entrance, or rather, a barred exit to a Dwemmer ruin, which is all the more surprising. But not too far away a group of bandits and necromancers were holed up in some old ruins.

The fights with them weren't that bad, but I had to leave Shadr out of it Pure coincidence our names are similar as he wasn't ready for this kind of combat and won't be for a very long time. Not until he builds up at least a bit of muscle. They were all carrying various items I looted blindly. It was only when we got back to the mine and I was digging through our goods that I found out they were recent College graduates as most of them were still carrying their diplomas, and notably strange rings with a large crystal on them. What made them turn to hedge necromancy and not getting a cushy job in a hold is beyond me. This ruin was fairly close to the mine so I think they may be building up their forces and I got the drop on them. Or that's just paranoia talking.

Either way, Shadr and I made it home and are enjoying some music in the recently built Mead Hall. He'll be lined out with mine work, mostly handling cart work since he's well with horses, and I'll try to fit in some combat training with him between trips. As for now, we've got to get the third mineshaft constructed.

>>82047

I decided to investigate around the Dwemmer Ruins while construction on the new mineshaft was going on. Interestingly enough I found the entrance not too far away from the barred gate. However, it was being occupied by bandits.

It seemed like they had just started to establish themselves as I came in while they were fighting the Dwemmer automatons. The amount of salvage that can come from this place is going to be really useful when the place is cleared out.

After the bandits I delved in deeper and found a Falmer infestation. They must have recently arrived as well as their camps were sparse and they only had a few Charrus. I snagged a few of the eggs and put them in a wet bag. Maybe I can try hatching them and training them? Time will tell.

When all of that is through, I found the exit. A "Centurion" was blocking the path. After taking it down it got me to thinking how good it would be to be able to have automatons like that patrolling the mine, but the jaunt was over and it was time to go home. All of that stuff can wait until later.

>>82057

No prob, it'll save you tons of headaches when you're installing FNIS and patchers. Speaking of, you'll need this as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOuGN-yr6E

It's super simple when you get your head around it, and also you can apply this info to patchers as well.

NMM patches the game folder directly but MO is awesome because it loads all you rmods seperately and then puts them in without actually forcing the mods into the game making it a bit more stable. I know I'm not explaining it right but it's keeping your mods in one folder and your game files untouched so you won't have to repair your game every so often like with NMM

I love your adventure, and thanks again for the help. Also, just found out yiffy age of skyrim is not SE compatible! : (

>>82059

The new mine shaft is open and I went to survey the work. Boys, we hit the mother load.

First cavern is full of rich malachite, that'll be good for making some heavy and dense armor in the fashion of Orsinium.

Next we've got what may be the largest gold mine in Skyrim. If we can work it out with the East Empire Trade Company we can probably get a contract to sell the gold to the minters, which'll be important when all the Jarls make demands for more gold to keep their local economies afloat.

Lastly, we've got the Emperor's Blood that is Ebony. Now a bit of history about this incredibly valuable ore. Not only is it incredibly heavy but it's density makes it next to the best for any armor. Now how it's got it's nickname? Way back in the time where Morrowind wasn't on fire and that Nerevarine was about Ebony was claimed by the Emperor and it was illegal just to be in possession of the stuff. Now that law has been overruled due to it's scarcity and the issues it was causing with the colonies, but it's valuable has always been incredibly high. So naturally I got right down to mining.

>>82062

Unfortunate but true, however, that's not entirely bad. With 2011 Skyrim you'll not only have more mods but it's surprisingly easier to mod than SE. You won't be missing much with SE anyways since you can get much better graphics through mods and the "survival" mode they added doesn't add much and can easily be ignored because of how pointless it is.

>>82063

Forgot the rest of the screenshots

>>82063

After a few days of mining our profits have gone further and further, with smart investment we're nearly to 200k gold in profits from both material trade and products. Essentially we're nearing the top of the food chain in mining and smithing.

Palisades are finished around the camp after some days of treating the wood against fire and the elements as well. Normally people would want a stone wall but more often than not it can be a bad idea. True stone walls would be preferable but the construction costs of being on a frontier as well as it being a bit "overkill" go hand and hand. We're not a big city with laborers and the wood from the palisade can easily be produced and replaced if something gets damaged in a timely fashion unlike stone masonry. It's better that we use our environment as well as only a bit of our worked stone for the gatehouse in the long run.

I used some of the dwarven metal salvaged from the mine to make a crossbow, so it will be interesting to test that out as well. But in the meantime, we're off to Whiterun to how much bank we can make.

>>82102

Thanks, theres going to be some more delays, working on modding something in that I'm sure will be really loved design-wise but probably won't pop up in the story until later

>>82105

I decided to take an alternate route through the mountains for a shorter route to Whiterun. I didn't realize how much trouble or how much time I'd waste dragging a wagon up icy steps and narrow walkways, not to mention fighting the damned ice trolls. However, I found something very strange.

In the ruins I had set up camp, there were the remains of a frozen body next to a strange wooden mask. Apparently an expedition that ended pretty bad.

On a whim I put on the mask and it was like I was like being taken through time to when the ruins were still in-tact. I couldn't open the doors to the room, but it was comfortable. I thought I was trapped until I pulled the mask off and was back to where I had been before. In anycase, I've got a good spot to hide any treasure I find or a place to lay low when husbands and wives come looking for my fat ass. But we're nearing Whiterun now.

Ah Whiterun, a perfect hub for any trader's stop as I see with another Khajiit caravan, though not the same as the last one, fine farm land and especially fine horses.

I had to take an opportunity to stop at most of the farms along the way to buy produce and even sample a couple of their finer stallions.

I was stopped at the front gates from entering and was questioned about dragons of all things. That crazy person must have made their way through Whiterun and stirred things up into a panic if they've been on tight security for so long, but I did get through eventually.

And right from the get-go an Imperial soldier was trying to secure a high order from a local smith. This was my time to take full advantage and... She made me work at her forge. True, it was just an iron dagger and a hide helmet but she fell silent after I emptied my bag of my finest steel armor sets. I made quite a mint, even got a pair of enchanted boots and a shield perfect for research. There are plenty of shops in Whiterun to sell to so I'll be at it for a bit.

>>82169

Making the clink in Whiterun is easy. All the shops I had run out of the stock of thirty armors, including the four sets of carved armor I brought, and I had to make some more to milk out as much of the gold in town as possible. The Khajiit caravan also contributed to the profits on that end.

Unfortunately though, it seemed like that was they last night they were around so I couldn't get down to business. Aparently they're getting a bit spooked by the "dragon" nonsense.

Early that morning with my final load of armor I ran into a war orphan, and another abandoned by poor parents. It's good that they haven't made their way to Riften and stuck to Whiterun. With the gold that passes hands it gets people generous and easy to loosen coin from a tight fist.

I'd do something for the two girls, but a mine isn't a place to raise kids. I thought to myself as I chatted with little Lucia that if they're still around on my next trip I'll have to do something about it. I was in their place once and I don't want them going down thinking banditry is a viable career like I had.

But with that, we've got our trade routes to the main holds complete, I'll be able focus more on making profits now that the I can map out the fastest routes as the prices fluctuate. I packed up with as much food I could and all the gold from the respectable merchants. It's back to the mine.

>>82225

The journey back to the mine was stopped rather quickly by a crazed man who "challenged" me to a fight, but kept running away as I chased him down. A shield smash to the head got him to shut up for good when I looked into what little valuables he carried and he had a book called "Boethiah's Proving". I think I may have found an opportunity to make a bit more glimmer. Hell if there's any indication where people are told to go out and brawl with strangers it might be a fighting tournament. My path then changed towards Windhelm.

On the road, it figures one of my own would be starting up a "Toll" road. Two hundred gold and she thought I'd pay for that. The threat of her life did the trick but she spoke a little too loud about "spilling my brains" and that's when she had to go.

Worst of all, there were more bandits, and their chief was wearing a cheap knock-off of my improved design.

There are two true dangers on the battle field. First is the healer, they know where to stick you and really make you scream. The other is the smithy, they know how your armor works because they've made it, and they'll exploit your every weakness. Especially when you're wearing a poorly made copy of it.

I'm beginning to hate how most of my people have turned to banditry. It's bad for business. But off down the road to Windhelm I go again.

>>82236

The rest of the way to Windhelm was pretty uneventful. However, I did manage to snag some great deals at the Khajiit traders. Was surprised to find this caravan here.

Through a long night of fine food and drinks, it was time to have a little fun with a couple of the guards. In any case, pegging is a weak substitute for a cock but at least dwemmer oil makes a great lubricant.

After a short nap, I'll be making my trip up the mountain to see what this whole thing is about.

I got to the top of the mountain and there was a fight going on. Needless to say I thought I was in the right place. But then the "Priestess" told me otherwise.

See, they wanted me to bring a sacrifice up the mountain to prove my worth. I wasn't having none of that. After the little fake skirmish was over I punched the guy in the skull and dragged him up to their crappy little shrine, they got stuck, then I put the knife to them. If they want to have their false ideals then I'll let them die by it and not someone else.

Well, I guess they didn't like that, or, they really liked it because then they all started to just go at eachother. No matter, as long as these idiots are all dead it's no skin off my snout.

But then I guess Boethiah decided that it was bad and confronted me about it by possessing the corpse of the priestess. So I guess I fucked everything up despite it was her followers who started these shenanigans. So now I have to retrieve some ebony mail at Knife Point Ridge.

Before I could just tell the dumb hag that I could easily make some ebony armor if she supplied me but she already left the body. So I took Thuse and sped right off. Hopefully the Khajiit will watch my things while I am out because this is getting ridiculous.

So then I made my way there and of course there are bandits. Poring rain, rock trap ready to go, so I was just in the mood for removing heads from necks.

I don't know what I was thinking actually going through with this. After pushing through the mine the "champion" had been held up in, damnable mages and their lightning spells, I got to the guy. One strike of his sword, I was constantly burning through the fight. Get too close, start feeling nauseated. And his armor barely made a sound despite being solid ebony. I killed him, found out it was the sword and the armor in junction causing the problems during the fight. When all is over I'm going to dismantle it and study how it's enchantments worked.

So then Boethia starts talking. In my god damn head. Says some "High and mighty" bullshit and tells me to keep the armor and do what I want. Is this what everyone whose dealt with a daedric prince had to deal with? Because this was some grade A bullshit.

Back to the mine I go and leave all this nonsense behind.

>>82253

After my bizarre adventure, I managed to get back to the mine. Things were running smoothly without me there.

With all our trade routes established, we've got caravans going back and forth from the holds, not to mention the trade with the East Empire company. I made a check on our profits and it seems I don't have to worry about gold for a long time. But it's still not enough for me.

This leaves me with plenty of time to find other methods of making gold while Torvis handles the day to day dealings. I'm going to go back to Helgan and investigate things a bit further. If theres a bandit crew large enough to raise an entire town then it's going to be a problem in the long run.

I'll have to figure out how to invest our profits soon though before the inevitable economic collapse around Skyrim, everyone will be wondering just where all their gold had gone and don't want the entire country at our gates. Best to make them feel like they have money while still paying me.

It's about time I paid a visit to Orotheim, the cave near Morthal that has bandits held up in it and supposedly has that Khajiit's moon amulet. I should also do some exploring along the way, as much as I'd love to sit on my fat ass and reap the profits of the mine there's still more money being left on the table where we need to put into enchanting research.

With just myself and Thuse, I'm sure we'll cover a lot of ground.

>>82312

Completely agree. I got the mod that removes agro if you damage allies though. I'll see if I can chain it with the heal nearby allies enchantment from the extra enchantments mod I got. Hopefully I can get the two to cancel eachother out

On the way to the cave I ran into a strange creature I've never come across before. It was sort of like an argonian except more bestial and had wings. I wasn't sure what to make of it but killed it either way. It's bones and scales were thick, I might be able to make some scrimshaw of it.

As for the cave, the bandits were a pushover when I got there. However, I did find a pair of boots with metal spiked disks at the heels. I'll have to figure out what they are used for later of course.

Finally after a long ride I made it all the way to Helgan. The place was covered in bandits, sure, but when I entered the keep there was something off. The bodies inside were Stormcloaks and Imperials but their bodies looked to be here for a while and have been completely untouched.

I also found some interesting reading material. I remember the rumors about the crazy person going around calling himself "Dragonborn" and I think I found why he was calling himself that. The nutjob must actually think he's one of the people they're talking about in the book.

Going down deeper in the keep and into the cave complex I found two deserters who seem to corroborate with the "Dragon attack." story on Helgan, however, I think they'll say anything to avoid hanging for treason. But it's not my business to judge these two. No doubt they've been exploring eachother's caves while in the cave. I'm an expert on spelunking.

The cave led out to a path close to Riverwood so I'll have an easy time getting back to the mine.

Along my journey back I found a pack of skeletons, they weren't aggressive though but their use was for a very strange purpose.

The person running the show was Carmella who called her display "Necromatic Art". She said she learned her skill at the College and developed her necromancy skills for this purpose. I don't see her getting very far with an arts degree from the College of Winterhold.

Not too far away though I decided to explore some ruins. I wasn't expecting to find vampires within, nor for it to be such a climb.

I cleared out all of the vampires and made it to the top but was.. met with disappointment. The place lets out to a good view, but a very long drop. I'll camp within the ruins until the storm abates and continue home.

>>82320

On my way back to the mine I found an entrance to a dwemmer ruin. I never miss an opportunity to get more treasure so I went in. Little did I know a bit of an adventure was waiting for me as I made my way in.

I found a ghost, the original author of a book I read at a college, which turns out to be the plagiarized work of this ghost who died in the depths of this ruin.

After ignoring her warnings, she and I delved deep into the ruins to climb to the top of the ancient city to find the treasure that was hidden.

Along the way we had to kill falmer and automatons. We even managed to find her lost bow. It has an interesting design I'll have to study later.

Soon, we were at the room where everything went wrong for her delve. And judging by the bodies littering the place, it's where everyone else fell.

>>82343

>>82343

We made it past the puzzle with a bit of ease, turns out the notes from her journal were fairly extensive.

Inside the treasure was well worth it, one in particular gave me the feeling that if I willed it, I could call upon something and summon it. However, that wasn't the greatest prize.

It was a piece of a key. The theory is that it will give access to the Forge. Not just any forge though, but THE Forge of the Dwemmer. With my skills and that as my foundry I can take my craft to new heights and make some truly remarkable pieces of armor and weapons.

So a major priority has become finding these pieces, and luckily this spirit will be helping me along the way.

As a side note, sex with a ghost is kind of a strange experience.

>>82349

To find the fragments I figured to find any Dwemmer ruin I could find. I managed to find a second fragment. We're halfway to the goal. What I find odd is that this was left in the open at a well known spot. I wonder why no one had taken it by this point?

In my travels I also found a strange pair of gauntlets while clearing out a Forsworn camp. Trying it on in a hunch, I found twenty gold in my hand. It must have been from the gauntlets, and it makes me wonder where exactly the money comes from?

My road took me further and I decided to delve another ruin for any more treasure I could find. If it's something like gloves that'll always give me room and board fees on hand then I'll jump for it. However, this particular ruin had me going against a fancy-dressed mummy who flew around and casted damn ice spells. As if the country wasn't cold enough. I decided to take it's death mask since I could feel it thrumming with energy. It's enchantments are beyond me and I'll have to find an expert to identify it.

As of now though, I checked into Solitude's inn for the night.

>>82363

My time in Solitude was very short as I decided to check on things out in Riften's hold and to see if I can find any Dwemmer ruins.

By chance I found my way to the Black-Briar Lodge. I haven't done anything to provoke them but their mercenaries attacked me. So that probably means they're up to some banditry and with my trade going back and forth to this hold I can't have that.

I lifted a key off a corpse and made my way inside and cleaned shop. I also found out whose been buying my armors to outfit their goons as they've all wore the same sets of steel armor. I'm going to have to do something to really kick the hive and yank the power from under the Black Briar family's feet.

In the meantime, I think I'll enjoy the nice spread of food they had set out before continuing my search and plotting.

My search for more Dwemmer ruins in this area wasn't so fruitful as I thought it would be. I did find the entrance to one, but the entrance was barred from the inside.

On my way back I decided to pop into Riften to see how things have been going. It wasn't until now that I decided to take a look at these signs in front of the buildings. Seems that my escapades had tanked the local economy further than I thought with practically every household and business having property signs for sale. This got the devious side of my mind going, I was looking for a way to ensure I could make money without completely ruining the value of gold and this was it. I could have everyone pay me rent. What makes this even better is that I'll be sweeping property right out from under the Black-Briar Familiy's feet.

And with so much seed money at my disposal, with a huge payout at hand, I think it's time to strike step one of bringing their downfall into action and I can't see a better fit to spend our first million than buying an entire town.

>>82420

We'll see!

>>82443

This is the weight of all the gold. Oof.

>>82443

All of the property of Riften has been purchased. Every single bit of property. I now own the Temple of Mara as well despite it not being a profitable business. The goal of step one is to give them no ground to conduct any business legally.

The biggest blow is to take their own business right away from them in the Black-Briar Meadery. Turns out their business has been tanking a bit, which makes sense from how little of the stuff I see around and it's price always being higher than it's competition.

Overall, these efforts weren't exactly cheap. But in just a month I'll make back all of my seed money.

But that's the thing about crime families, they don't always do business on the books. We'll move on to step two which will be yanking the control of the Thieves Guild and refusing to do work for the Black-Briar family.

But I can't just walk in and join, they have very strong ties with the Black-Briars from what I hear so I'll need a disguise...

>>82454

A full night of planning and consulting with Shadr and I think I've got the perfect disguise to take on the criminal underworld of Riften.

I've seen bandits using katanas so I will be using one as well. Though I'm not into the idea of a single, though sharp, edged weapon with limited utility Shadr insists that I should go with it.

He also suggested I use the Ebony mail and a few other accessories and cited a strange and ancient Akaviri picture book that needed to be read backwards yet forwards at the same time. I couldn't make heads or tails of the strange runes or why the characters had such huge eyes, but he was insistent that if I want to fool people I'd have to do this. What's worse is that he told me to do all of these strange and outlandish poses.

Using a heft amount of soot and dwemmer oil I dyed my fur as well, which'll help sell the disguise. Even though I'm the fattest thing in Skyrim As for the name, Shadr suggested a very long and very tongue-tying name that had more adjectives than I was comfortable with so I just condensed it down to The Ebony Wolf. To fit the new persona I even dyed and reforged the death mask the strange flying undead had been wearing.

To further my disguise I had to take up a completely different fighting style as most would know as a "Spell blade". The coin that went into buying the spell tomes wasn't as much as I thought it would be, but not fighting with a shield makes me feel so naked.

No doubt the Black Briar family has eyes as well as runners on the road, meaning I couldn't take my belongings or anything that may mark me as well as having to avoid all the main roads and use wilderness paths. I've also had someone enter town and gather information on how the thieves guild takes in recruits.

With all of that done, it was now time to sweep into the criminal underworld and try not to get too disgusted with myself while doing it.

>>82546

I'm genuinely surprised how, don't really know if this will be strong enough to phrase it but, incompotent the Thieves Guild actually is. I may have been a walking stereotype but this man talks openly about crime where he's got a witness close to ear. He told me to steal a ring and plant it in another person's pocket just to "teach someone a lesson" despite the fact that the person who is being taught a lesson needs to know whose teaching them. This was just a terrible prank.

Now I'm not an expert thief, but growing up in a bandit family you had to learn how to get your food or end up starving, so planting the ring was easy, just doing an outrageous pose while doing it was the hard part.

After the bizarre "distraction" Brynjolf gave, a snake oil salesman act that I'm surprised no one has ran him out of town for, he tells me he was surprised it went so well despite the luck they were having. I made a sarcastic reply about how talking about their plans in front of everyone was a dumb idea but he ignored it. Told me to get to this "Ragged Flagon" through the ratway.

That place was a wild ride of crazies. But I got there and... Were these people serious? The place was defended by an obviously placed string trap, and this hideout is a complete dump. Theres being a Thieves guild but then theres this. No laundry to mend and sell stolen clothing, no area to clean and maintain tools, no practice locks, no agility course, it's just a bar. They wonder why they have so much bad luck and it's all just incompetence... I can bet a solid fortune none of them know roof walking. They all jst hang out and get drunk.

Whatever. I have to rough up two people for debts or something. Common thuggery.

>>82556

Well, getting the debt was easy enough. In fact, I didn't collect the debt at all. I just said I was collecting the landlord's rent, flashed the mark of the mine and told them to just "Act like they're paying their debt" while I acted menacing.

So I report back to Brynjolf and he bitches and moans about how their little guild isn't doing so well and brings me into the fold. Turns out that the Ragged Flagon wasn't the guild, oh no, it was something just comical.

At least they had training dummies, because as they said they're "Not the Dark Brotherhood" yet here they are... Firing arrows at targets... So uh, totally on the no-kill thing huh? No smoke bombs or- No those are just regular arrows.

I think one of the worst features too is that they have an entrance to the heart of their hideout in the ceiling. Yes the natural lighting is nice, but now I can see why they have nothing but trash and old worn out furniture. Someone came in while everyone was out and lifted it all through the ceiling. No doubt taking their lists of fences, dead drops, house maps, everything. No this wasn't a thieves guild at all.

Well, at least it will be extremely easy to take control of this bad joke when all is said and done. I'm genuinely surprised the Black-Briar family had been hiring these clowns.

>>82558

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-t4k6rby9_a3MYNB8Rb4d0vuimoSPwvr here you go fam. It's not exactly a mod list but it'll point you in the direction plus it's a stable load order. Just google the names and you'll do fine. Theres a lot of graphical mods which'll require ENB that'll be worth it, and as for the PatchusMaximus.esp that's part of the installation for Perkus Maximus which is essential to making game play enjoyable because it offers up tons of play styles including making and using dwemmer automatons. Theres also a couple mods in there like Apocolypse that'll add hundreds of new spells with amazing effects as well as enchants. So it'll make the game into a proper RPG. If the numbers are throwing you off though I pruned some mods, still need to prune some more, that I just don't use and were wasting load space. If you see something you won't use then don't download it. In any case good luck and hope to see some of your posts.

Oh by the way, use Mod Organizer. It's finicky to get set up but once you do you'll have a mod manager that won't fuck up your base game when you install and uninstall mods unlike Nexus Mod Manager

>>82561

>>82561

They're going to send me to this "Goldenglow Estate". A bee farm. And they want me to burn down hi- I'm sorry, how is this a thieves guild again? This is jus- No, calm down. This if you think about it it'll only get more stupid. At least they want me to clean out the safe but... If the guy can't make money off his bees how will he pay in the future? What's even worse is that if the owner of the estate tries stopping me then I have to kill him, which goes against this "No-kill" code, but they order me to kill him if he- Fucking...

The stupidity of these people is beyond me. And I'm the fat-ass in ridiculous armor who dyed his fur black just to do this!

The time to do this though was good. During a torrential storm I was obscured even more and I used one of my new spells called "Ghost Walk" to investigate the place, allowing me to cast the spell and project myself within a limited time to see the defenses before the spell would time out, put me back to where I was and have a look again.

The mercenary crew on hand looked like they knew what they were doing but a little bit of scouting and a "Blink step" later and I got to where I needed to be. Close to the bee hives. And with a few thrown torches they were up in flames.

As for getting the deed of sale, that was a lot simpler. I just had to backtrack through the ratworks until I found this opening. A blinkstep up and I bypassed all the security and snagged the prize. Again, I genuinely don't think this is an actual thieves guild.

However, getting the real prize no one has considered was a more difficult task. I took care of the guard in the basement by a blinding spell, made my way up to the top floor, and then used ghost step to steal this bee.

Why steal a bee? Better question is: why would a honey dealer keep a bee in a jar and in their room unless it was important? There were no air holes in the jar and judging by the residue the bee has been in there for a very long time meaning. I don't have to spell it out any further than that.

>>82567

So I did a good job I guess. So well I got paid 700 to do it, I guess these people really were this desperate for someone with half a brain. And this isn't my taste for work.

I did "so well" in fact that Maven Black-Briar asked for me, the Ebony Wolf by name to meet with her. It says more of how terrible this "Thieves Guild" keeps their secrets that they blabbed who I was. I think my disguise has worked out very well if it's gotten to this point because I really don't want to be associated with these hapless idiots.

And Maven is pretty stupid as well as it turns out. She doesn't deal with "Grey areas" and just absolutes. I don't know how I'm supposed to respect this person in any power when they meet with people in a crowded tavern and don't have the other person sit down. In my dealings with merchants you're perceived with weakness if you're sitting and the other person is standing. It's no wonder she kept the Thieves Guild at hand for so long like this, it's because she can't hire anyone who would respect her authority. Hell I bought her own meadery under her feet.

But I'm being sent to Whiterun for a personal job from her. This aught to be good.

"You see, we at the Thieves Guild don't kill. Now here's the plan: Poison the mead that could very likely kill someone."

After that disaster of a meeting ended, I went out to "Do the job" but along the way a vampire decided to attack Whiterun with a little pet he brought along.

Shadr had told me that the "Shin Know Bees" had a wolf companion. I suppose this will do to help sell the stereotype better, and his lack of fur is pretty interesting to say the least and since his previous owner was beheaded he'll need a good home.

>>82623

>>82623

"Hello yes, I am the exterminator come to exterminate."

The gave me was fairly potent but I pulled some strings and got something much weaker and more diluted than the skeever poison. A vat of meed won't break down the amount of poison. Sabjorn also mentioned that his assistant suddenly "disappeared". Now remember: The Thieves Guild doesn't kill, they just murder people innocent people and leave no signs that they were trying to send a message.

While taking care of pest control, turned out the problem was more than just rats, even a mad man whose been living in the depths of the cave connected to the cellar.

After all was said and done though, it was time for the tasting, however it left me with a bit of confusion. The mead was served from one of the pony kegs on the bar which had not been touched since I got there, and I left through the front door of the barn. So that must have meant that all I had done was not worth the effort since the "Honningbrew Reserve" was terrible from the start which alleviates my guilt more than a little.

Theres also the question of why there's such a harsh sentence for serving some bad mead. Putting someone to life imprisonment for that is more than a little harsh.

There was another note from someone I don't give a damn about and a nice decanter I'll make use of in the upstairs. It's back to Riften to deal with the idiots.

>>82633

I spoke to Maven about the job and she went on about how she's fighting a war on two fronts. Unknowingly one of the people is in front of her, and why you should understand why it's needed to operate in the grey areas, and the other being the owner to a symbol in the papers. If I can find out who the other person is then I can take out two birds with one stone.

As for payment, I'd have to say this really solidifies the amount of power Maven truly has. The best the joke of a Thieves Guild has to offer and she pays them with... An iron dagger with a very weak enchantment. Just by holding it I could tell with how many enchanted items have passed on my hands lately.

Next Mercer tells me theres a lead on the person they're looking for, so i have to go to Solitude. I also got a bit of irony from Brynjolf who said he's glad I'm embracing the ideals of the thieves guild for not wanting to kill them... Despite these people being perfectly fine with murdering the bee keeper and the Whiterun guard captain.

It's Solitude for me.

>>82636

The Solitude connection was a bit of a disappointment as well. I found the broker and he wants me to steal some wine. I mean gold, jewels, anything, but something you're just going to piss out? Come on man.

No breaking and entering, no lock picking. I just walked in, grabbed the case and walked out. What a shame.

As for Gulum, yeah he had something to do with it, got a bunch of coins to arrange a meeting, but I have to shadow him anyways. I never realized how hard it was to sneak around in full ebony mail, and the fact I never really sneak around because this sort of thing is beneath me, but I'll manage.

I didn't need to worry about it though, tailing him was a joke as he didn't hear my bumbling and stumbling. Or maybe it was the enchants I had put onto my boots to help muffle them? Maybe.

Either way, he went into the East Empire Company warehouse. For the life of me I didn't touch a thing, if the Ebony Wolf is ever linked back to me I can kiss my trade contracts goodbye. But then he went into a hidden cave filled with bandits who were no doubt lifting supplies while they're there. I'll have to have a word with the higher ups about their security. In the meantime they'll be taken care of.

I caught up to Gulum and he told me about some bimbo named Karliah or something. Anyways, he's working for her. Don't know why he didn't say so earlier but oh well. Back to the goons.

>>82660

But first, I had to stop and tell them about the bandit cave within. Let them think the Ebony Wolf is some vigilante for justice or something for taking care of the problem.

I finally got to Riften and told Mercer about... Wow I can't even remember her name at the moment, but he started freaking out. Said something about how she betrayed the guild by killing his predecessor and I just had to sit there straight face trying not to burst out laughing at how they keep saying they're against killing but seem to revel in it.

Anyways, I relayed the message about where she might be being "Where the end began" and I tried to say how it's an obvious trap but he talked right over me and wanted to go right after her. It's like is this guy serious? The place could just be filled with hired men or she'll blast the entrances once we're in and bury us alive. But this "Guild leader" has no concept of thinking between the lines and is just as much of a common thug as the rest, one who thinks way too highly of themselves.

So I get there and he says he knows she's here. I ask if he saw her and of course he says "No" but he says he killed her horse. A horse he can't even be sure belonged to her. A horse that could have belonged to literally any adventurer who delves into these ruins. I can't believe the incompetence of this guy.

Worst of all, this "Master Thief" wants me to lead the way and is afraid I might set off traps and warn her. Long story short is the man is a damn coward and I was wondering why there was so much yellow snow around the place. Nothing says leadership when you have to say you're in charge.

Mercer's whining. It won't end. He drags his feet unlocking the door, complains I'm too loud despite his loud ass talking, oh the smell is bad, he sets off a spike wall trap, and he walks into one of those strange draugr spells and gets his ass knocked out of the fight. Hell this is the first time he's seen the use of bone chimes.

The worst part is that he keeps awakening the draugr and fighting them when the aim of the game is to sneak around them. He's a klutz, the Death Hound is more adept at stealth! I'm wondering what exactly is stopping me from making sure he doesn't leave this place alive.

After employing hit and run tactics, laying fire runes I managed to rescue the damn idiot from getting himself killed. But turns out it would have been better off if he died.

Dumb bitch shot me with a paralytic arrow which was supposed to be for him, but then Mercer tried to kill me. So Karl patched me up and, fucking hell I just want to be done with this.

My path now goes to the College of Winterhold. I've got to stock p on more spells anyways, and get this journal translated.

>>82668

Well, I'm being jerked arond to get these translations. From the College and now to Markarth. The journal was written in the Falmer language so it needed to be translated. Fortunately though it's taken me to a researcher studying the Dwemmer. I'll have to keep ties on him as he might have information on The Forge.

Asking politely I was able to obtain a copy of the translations book

Calcelmo has written. Long story short: Mercer fucked something up big time, no surprise, and he's going to fuck more shit up on a temple devoted to Nocturnal. Three of these jackasses were Nightingales, Gallus is dead, Karl is getting revenge on Mercer but was fucking stupid about it, Mercer is incompetent and has fucked over the thieves guild beyond repair. I can't wait for this to be over, have to remember this is all to remove the Black-Briars for good.

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The fact these people hadn't caught on to someone stealing from their "guild" for years is as astounding as putting a huge gaping hole at the top of your super-secret hideout. The fact it took them seeing a journal to see something was going on instead of, oh I don't know the complete lack of everything?

They open up the vault and surprise-surprise it's fucking empty. I'm being sent to find Mercer and have been given more reasons why to remove the Black-Briars.

As for Mercer's house. It's confusing how a supposed "Master Thief" just leaves so many things open. An arrow to a gear box, running past all his traps and... All of his plans just laid out on the table. Hell he had a sword named "Chillwrend" in a case next to them. More and more I can't wait to slide something between his ribs.