» Thu May 10, 2012 2:24 am
I run from a lot of things, as I'm not strong enough for face to face combat since I wear light armor and have one handed up to only around 35 (while stealth is around 52). There was one incident where I felt as if all hope was lost, and that I was surely going to die.
So, I was crossing the map to a point I had never been to: Riften. I was en route to kill the old hag from the orphanage, and of course I had to travel all the way there on foot because I had forgotten to steal a horse. Nevertheless, I was scaling an icy cold mountain because I couldn't be bothered with going around it, when I saw a grand sight. Right ahead of me was a Word Wall! As of this time typing this, I have only seen two word walls. The first one you see in an early storyline quest, and then another one found within the Dark Brotherhoods Sanctum. This new word wall had gotten me excited, since it was not only a powerful tool to have but it also was in a very aesthetically pleasing place. Snow everywhere, the wall on one of the peaks of the mountain I was scaling, and it even had a realistic looking dragon statue on top of it.
As I approached the wall, I noticed the dragon statue's tail was moving. Being the silly Khajiit I am, I thought it must be a flag on the back of the dragon sculpture. Of course it wasn't, and as I approached the wall the dragon came to life and I decided to try and kill it. I pulled out my Imperial Shortsword and took cover behind the wall as he blasted me with fire. This particular wall also had an undead sorcerer who specialized in conjuration magic, and summoned a frost golem thing to try and kill me. This was the point when I ran like hell.
Sheathing my sword I ran as fast as I could towards my objective marker on the compass, hoping to find some place with guards to help me fend off the threat of a dragon and sorcerer. I ran for 5 minutes straight, and picked up some mudcrabs, wolves, bears, skeletons, and angry civilians along the way (Who knew the act of murder made sure your name was known to everyone?). I got about half way to Riften before the dragon decided to kill everything that wasn't me, since it was easier to catch them. When I got to Riften, I ran inside the town walls and the dragon soon lost interest. I then proceeded to brutally kill an old lady in an orphanage in front of many children.
The end.