[Ian White]

A little update on Driikyn, my argonian thief... now level 3

19 Last Seed,

I'm on my way from Windhelm to recover an amulet from bandits (my good deed of the day). This morning i found a shack near the river. As my curiosity is has big as my greed i decided to go see. I had the unpleasant surprise of finding the shack inhabited by a Saber Cat! I ran as fast as i could and was able to outrun that bloody cat...

Note to myself: stick to the road for the rest of the trip.

[Roanne Bardsley]

Hmm, anyone want to help me choose a character for a dead is dead playthrough?

I'm bored with my current characters, if anyone has any ideas for a hybrid build for master difficulty DiD post it please.

[Horror- Puppe]

Discovered this game style and am loving it. I was always a huge fan of hardcoe mode in Diablo 2 so this is fitting.

Something I really enjoy doing, and you may too if you are looking to spice things up a bit, is I am using a set of dice to roll my race and skills. I roll 5 times so that I use 5 perk trees in my build then I roll one time for race and another for six. This leaves me with a random character that can be pretty interesting to play at times.

[Evaa]

Discovered this game style and am loving it. I was always a huge fan of hardcoe mode in Diablo 2 so this is fitting.

Something I really enjoy doing, and you may too if you are looking to spice things up a bit, is I am using a set of dice to roll my race and skills. I roll 5 times so that I use 5 perk trees in my build then I roll one time for race and another for six. This leaves me with a random character that can be pretty interesting to play at times.

I thought of doing something similar by drawing pieces of paper from a hat. I just seem to come up with another character to try out, so i haven't done it yet. That may change though.

EDIT : Even their looks would be drawn. Placing numbered slips of paper to rep the placement of the slider for each facial construction.

[Mr. Ray]

I thought of doing something similar by drawing pieces of paper from a hat. I just seem to come up with another character to try out, so i haven't done it yet. That may change though.

EDIT : Even their looks would be drawn. Placing numbered slips of paper to rep the placement of the slider for each facial construction.

Oh ya, I also roll a 10 sided for their looks too and just go with one of the 10 presets (1 far left - 10 far right).

[Marquis T]

From Rommel's journal:

19th of Last Seed, 4e 201

After recovering from the thousands of pus oozing bug bites and getting a good night's rest I set off for Riverside. Not that I feel any particular kinship with that nord fellow, Ralof, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have a few friendly contacts now does it. And I think I recall him saying I could stay at his sister’s house. Beats paying for an inn every night!

The trip to Riverside was relatively uneventful. At one point I did spy a strange stone standing on a small island in the river. I swam out to investigate and when I touched it some power washed over me and I felt hale and hearty, as though I were 10 years younger.

I continued north and at about dusk I spotted a campfire just off the road. I snuck in for a better look. 3 people, bandits judging by their disposition. 3 on 1… don’t like those odds. I slinked back the way I came a bit then continued in a roundabout way toward Riverside.

Along the way I found some more of those standing stones. This time a group of three with a depiction of a warrior, a mage and a thief etched into them. I touched the one with the warrior image and felt some primal power infuse my body. I feel like I could rip the arms off a troll right now. Though I must admit I preferred the youthful vigor of the previous stone and may have to return.

I finally strolled into Riverside just after nightfall and as I did so noticed the local blacksmith leaving his smithy and heading up the street.
I snuck into his shop right behind him, grabbed everything of use to me and snuck right back out again, passing him on the street with a nod and a "how d'ya do".

I've a room at the inn for tonight and have had my fill of mead and hot food.
I'll seek out Ralof and family in the morning...

[Peetay]

Oh ya, I also roll a 10 sided for their looks too and just go with one of the 10 presets (1 far left - 10 far right).

The presets would be an option. But I just want to see what kind of crazy can come from doing each one custom. No telling what they might end up looking like.

[Cool Man Sam]

Day 1
I ran through the trees, feeling the gentle breeze in my face, hearing the noises that had surrounded me from my birth. We had been out since the dawn two days ago, hunting,collecting plants and fungi and soon we would make our way back. my Home was a small village close to a small river. We lived simple lives as most Bosmer do living close and part of our natural world. We used what we caught or found even if it was found in a locked house... our small, lithe, golden skinned bodies meant we could all but disappear in any wooded area, we could climb trees as swiftly as a squirrel and swim like a water snake.. without a ripple.
Suddenly a arrow whizzed past my ear, I turned and Jagas crouched and pointed, there in front of us, near a road was a group of soldiers, one lying dead with Jagas' distinctive yellow and brown feathered arrow in his chest.. the others looking around to see who fired it. We hated these soldiers, they and their kind would go into the forest and set fire to our villages, steal our food and laugh as they did so. Jagas signaled and we silently surrounded the group, we killed them one by one.. they ran but could not escape our swift and deadly tipped arrows, Four of us and we had no difficulty killing 15 of them. We stripped the bodies taking anything of any use and dragged them into the forest so the wild beasts could feast tonight. Then we ran to the river to bathe the blood from our bodies. Jagas and Huno went deeper into the wood, killing always made Jagas want his woman more. I, Tega and Scirl went different ways.. he wanted to see the miners from another village, to see if his new sword was ready, Scirl wanted to be a warrior, wanted to fight for our people, he would make a good leader, if he survived long enough.
I felt relaxed and peaceful so walked the river bank until I came to a bridge. I looked at the bridge and was puzzled. it had not been here the last time I had been in these parts.. I went up to the road, it was just a footpath before, now it was wide and cobbled. As I stood there a cart came by, I was used to carts and often traded with the people or begged a ride just for fun.
The cart stopped and a man got out, said " What are you doing elf ? " I smiled, finding his accent hard to understand, I explained I was just going home and pointed to the trees. He Said " You are trying to cross the border, you must be a spy" and jabbed a sword in my side while another man tied my wrists then they threw me in the cart. There were other people in the cart, all with tied wrists. I looked at them and one said kindly "here maid, put this on" and gave me a sack that had a hole for my head and arms. until that moment I had forgotten that I was just wearing my gwiska ( leaf bindings to cover my loins and briast). I did so and then another man produced a bottle of mead and I drank some. I did not feel fear, I knew that I would be released, how could a slip of a girl, one of the Tree Sap People be a spy? Soon the hot sun and rumble of the cart sent me to sleep.

[bonita mathews]

Hi guys and gals! I haven't had time to play Skyrim lately, it was work, work and more work and I was away from home.
Really nice stories here! I love reading them all!

So Lilith is still kicking, even if that is from lack of play time. I mostly do exploring right now, because I'm kinda curious of what I missed by not travelling at night with my other characters.

My lovely travelling attempts led me into a nice Forsworn ambush on my way to Markarth. Luckily, they only felt a small shift in the air as I passed by, and not outright detected me. While I was attempting to evade them, with the corner of my left eye I saw an Imperial patrol. I thought I was done for, between the Imperials and the Forsworn there was no chance for me. But then they started fighting each other. Good...I perched myself on a rock and between some bushes, where I could get a good view of the battlefield. These foolish mortals! The Forsworn made quick work of the Imperials, but that did take it's toll on them. They were injured. Now what do I do?
I could slip by them, but they could have some good valuables on them, and I really need the gold! But I'm going to play with them first!

As I moved into position one of them felt something, maybe a change in the air or the smell of death. He slowly came towards me. I think the other knew what was going on because I heard her screaming : "NO! Get away from her!" But it was too late...the slight reddish light that was caressing his skin could only mean one thing. The frenzied man turned to his comrade, and like a mindless beast fell on her. The fight was hard and in the end my pet won, but he was lying on the ground wounded.
The spell was wearing off. As I approached to deliver him into eternity, I heard him beg, how pathetic! : "Please, don't! I yield! I swear I'll serve you if you spare my life!"
I gently walked towards him and caressed his cheek. Sure you'll serve me, but I don't need you to be alive to do it!

I thought of doing something similar by drawing pieces of paper from a hat. I just seem to come up with another character to try out, so i haven't done it yet. That may change though.

EDIT : Even their looks would be drawn. Placing numbered slips of paper to rep the placement of the slider for each facial construction.

Wow! This is so interesting! Now you make want to start another character. You have such great and original ideas! I'm definitely doing this if Lilith expires!

[Jesus Sanchez]

Every time i play a did character they get clubbed by a bandit leader... last time i'm playing on master..

[djimi]

A preset imperial whose Permanent scowled face irritated me enough to go on a riverwood ranpage and get myself killed at level 1

[Claudz]

Hi guys and gals! I haven't had time to play Skyrim lately, it was work, work and more work and I was away from home.
Really nice stories here! I love reading them all!

All right! Lili is back! And yes, I agree. The stories are great. Keep'em commin'.

I haven't been able to play much either. I am really trying to get this deal together with a local supplier on the parts for my PC rig. If they can't get the total in reason, I will build it myself. Either way, I am trying to be up before the release of ME3. And can't wait to start modding for Skyrim.

Wow! This is so interesting! Now you make want to start another character. You have such great and original ideas! I'm definitely doing this if Lilith expires!

It was bully's post on the dice roll that lit that thought. I stole it from some that linked a homepage about doing it with dice, a week before release. We had a discussion about it here in the forums. For the life of me...I can't remember who it was. I just thought about putting numbers in a hat and drawing for each and every element. I'm just playing off of someone else's creativity.

I haven't thought about it in a while. As I said, I have wanted to try it but I seem to get sidetracked with other characters.

bulldozer sparked my interest again. So, props to Bully.

[Brandi Norton]

Discovered this game style and am loving it. I was always a huge fan of hardcoe mode in Diablo 2 so this is fitting.

Something I really enjoy doing, and you may too if you are looking to spice things up a bit, is I am using a set of dice to roll my race and skills. I roll 5 times so that I use 5 perk trees in my build then I roll one time for race and another for six. This leaves me with a random character that can be pretty interesting to play at times.

I have a couple of Diablo II characters whose attribute increases got assigned that way, made for some interesting equipment decisions. Unfortunately, that method stopped working after the huge boost Hell difficulty got.

I don't think I'll be doing any Skyrim characters that way, since future ones will be played on Master, however what I will be doing is making some odd combinations, such as a character who will use H2H and Shouts to fight, and another who will use 2H and Destruction.

[joeK]

day 2-4
I woke up as the cart goes some very pretty countryside , we seem to be heading towards a town or city. Some of the others seem a bit disturbed and restless,Ralof chats a little about a girl he knew once, and how wall made him feel safe. I just feel a bit confused. There are people, even small children about, but no one seems friendly. the cart stops and a executioner stands menacing over his block.. sharp blood stained axe in his hand, a priest seems to be giving some sort of blessing. What is this ? am I going to be a sacrifice to a God I don't worship? a man, well little more than a boy shouts and tries to run away but a arrow in his back stops him. I look about, surely some one will help me or at least explain to me what is going on. at the block a strong looking man kneels, he looks unafraid and with one blow he is beheaded and his body kicked away. A guard says he cannot see my name, makes no difference though.. I will be next. I am confused still but not afraid I know my body will go back to the earth and from the earth will be reborn.
I kneel and the axe is lifted above my neck, I prey for a painless passing.. BUT people are shrieking and yelling and fire is around me. I stand up the executioner is on his back people are injured and a huge roar like thunder makes me look at the sky a dragon, yes a dragon is on top of a tower. I stand and look around trying to see where it is safe to go and Ralof sees me and tells me to go with him, so I do. We run through the now burning town, past injured and dead people he has a sword and fights his way to a tower.. we run up and through a window.. we keep moving the dragon swoops and spits fire at us but still we run we come to a building and run in. Once inside Ralof cut my binds and tells me to take the armor from a dead guard, I do and equip his weapons. We run through the building fighting our way to freedom Ralof seems to know where we are going so I follow .. we find supplies and goods which I take. We get through the building to some sort of tunnel, I am glad of the armor and weapons as huge spiders attack .. then we sneak through a cave past a sleeping bear to freedom and fresh air, wonderful, lung burning cold air!
Ralof tells me his sister lives in a nearby village and would help us, so we set off and soon we are there. I am asked to do a couple of errands and then asked to talk to a Jarl so leaving Ralof resting I make my way to Whiterun .
This is the first time I have been away from my home forest, I have no idea how to return there so must try to make a new life until I make enough money and can find my way home.

[Far'ed K.G.h.m]

[SPOILERS]
I enjoy roleplaying, so here is my new character after so many failed and squishy mages.
Uglash, a Heavy armour wearing Orc male using two handed weapons. he makes up for not using shields or block for defense by having lots of HP and swinging his 2 handed weapon with great ferocity and skill.

After escaping Helgan with no possesions other than an iron warhammer he took from a fallen stormcloak he went with Rolaf to Riverwood. Bored with town life he goes to the embershard mine and discovers it is occupied by bandits and brigands. After clearing the mine of all enemies he claims it for his own, finds a pickaxe and begins the tedious process of mining valuable ores for his secondary hobby, smitthing. After mining the ores he returns to riverwood and discovers there is no smelter, so he goes to Whiterun hoping to find a smelter and he does, the time is very late and he does not want to disturb the Jarl so he goes about crafting some iron armour only to remember he has no leather for strappings. He returns to riverwood were earlier Rolaf easilly dispatched several wolves. He thinks to place these wolves by the roadside evenly and skin them, a time consuming process. After skinning the animals he thinks that the scene may be shocking for the citizens of Riverwood and he laughs, visits the forge in riverwood late at night where he crafts and wears his new armour and throws his tattered rags into the stream nearby. He reports to the jarl with the look of a warior and receives some steel armour for his trouble, he saves it for later. Then the squishy mage says "off to bleakfalls barrow with you, I am not a patient man" and Uglash scoffs at this, with nothing else to do he goes to bleakfalls barrow. After defeating many Ancient Nords whom should have remained sleeping using his primary hobby, hitting things, he finds a mysterious wall and an ancient nord overlord whom he defeats with powerful swings of his fine steel greatsword and a devastating final series of blows which cripple the undead lords legs and then cut his neck.after retrieving the dragonstone and some valuable loot he goes to the shops of whiterun to sell his unwanted loot. When he gives Farangar the dragonstone he gets no thanks, but he does receive a banded shield of waning fire, he does not know what use this will be but then word arives that a dragon is attacking, after what he saw at Helgan he beleives the shield may be off use but the devines cursed him not to be able to use a greatsword and shield at the same time and he has no smaller weapons.
So we go to fight the dragon, Uglash not being a fool decides to let the guards lead the fight and only attack the dragon when it is weakened and unaware of his presense. Things do not go well and he gets burned close to death but he equips his shield and runs away using simple healing magic to recover, he hides behind a wall thinking "rushing the dragon from the side is a bad idea". Finally after the guards and irileth weakened the beast he uses his berzerker power and charges the beast headon, through smoke and fire waving his sword at arms length he finally connects with the beast and begins pounding on its head with all his energy, and so the beast dies and the story of the dragonborn begins.

Of particular note is the reclaiming of Embershard mine, that is Uglash' territory now.
The skinning of the wolves was a time consuming process were Uglash maticulously placed the animals by the roadside and enfusiasticly skinned the beasts. A macabre scene for the people of riverwood and a sickening act for the devines, if they witnessed or cared.

[Samantha Mitchell]

All right! Lili is back! And yes, I agree. The stories are great. Keep'em commin'.

I haven't been able to play much either. I am really trying to get this deal together with a local supplier on the parts for my PC rig. If they can't get the total in reason, I will build it myself. Either way, I am trying to be up before the release of ME3. And can't wait to start modding for Skyrim.


It was bully's post on the dice roll that lit that thought. I stole it from some that linked a homepage about doing it with dice, a week before release. We had a discussion about it here in the forums. For the life of me...I can't remember who it was. I just thought about putting numbers in a hat and drawing for each and every element. I'm just playing off of someone else's creativity.

I haven't thought about it in a while. As I said, I have wanted to try it but I seem to get sidetracked with other characters.

bulldozer sparked my interest again. So, props to Bully.

Yes, shes back! I wonder in what mess she's going to get herself into...
Good luck with your PC!

I see about the dice roll. Thank you Bulldozer for the great idea!

I see a lot of folks are using Embershard. Hihi, it's getting crowded in here!

[anna ley]

Little update on my DID

Driikyn is still alive and now level 8

27 Last Seed

I nearly got killed by a Bandit Leader when my ''surprise'' attack failed. By chance i had been ''collecting'' some healing potions from those generous merchants in Whiterun (even if they are not aware yet)...
Got out of that place alive and with the treasure. A good day for me indeed.

[Brooks Hardison]

I really like all the writing you guys are doing. Its very interesting to read.

I just started a new DiD character. Tib-Ei.
Tib-Ei is an argonian who is the default black one. He is going to focus on Destruction/1 hand/shield for his offence, and Block, Alteration, and Heavy armor for his defence.
He will smith and enchant to decrease the cost of destruction spells.

I look forward to seeing how long he lasts. I actually enjoy DiD characters, but it saddens me because if I grow attached to them I will hate it when they die.

[Len swann]

Little update

29 Last Seed

Dawn was coming...

It jumped on us from nowhere and already two of us were turned to ashes. We kept firing our arrows at the beast but nothing seemed to bring it down.
As the others were being torn to shred by the dragon I quickly saw that the fight was already lost. I turned around to run only to see the beast land before me.

I had one last thought of my home of Black Marsh before being swalloded by a wall of flammes.

Here Lies:

Name: Driikyn
Race: Argonian
Level 9 Thief

Born 8 Last Seed 4e 182
Died 29 Last Seed 4e 201 at 6:43

Nightmare of hoard collecting bandits and amulet stealers...
Of rich people and merchants alike...
As greedy as curious...
Shiny thingnies are now safe...
Burned in the defense of Whiterun by a savage dragon...
May his ashes rest in peace...

[John Moore]

I gotta get in on this. I just need to know one thing: What's the difficulty standard (adept, expert,master, etc)?

If the rules are any more complex than that then I'll check out the link and go through it. I'm in a hurry and gotta go. Thanks.

[Love iz not]

This is exciting. I have never created a dead is dead character before, but I thought it was about time to give it a shot! So let me tell you about ...

http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/7626/screenshot50.jpg, a pure Nord and proud of it, born in the Imperial City, in the year 173 4E. Though young, his story is long, and full of many romances, many battles, and a personal war with the Thalmor, about which I shall not go into here. To make it all short, he was once an Imperial soldier. He then rebelled against the Empire, and his
....
.,...

Woah that's my next character!!!!!!

[kitten maciver]

New DiD Character

Name: Orekke The Butch

Race: Orc

Gender: Female

Background: Like all Orcs she's ugly as a boar and meaner than a snake. Of course she was abandoned, but all Orcs should be abandoned anyway because they're though on the eyes, dumb, and unpleasant to talk to. She aspires to be a mindless killing machine for as long as she ungracefully stomps through Tamriel.

I've never played an Orc or any heavily armored character but this is about survivability. Here goes nothin'...

[Darlene Delk]

spoiler tags for length!

Rules:

Spoiler

I have a few rules to play by that will keep the game challenging and fun for me!
1) My character will never loot from the dead
2) He will not wear armour or use weapons and will only take enchanted weapons to strip down or sell so long as they don't come from the dead.
3) He must eat and drink twice a day. If he doesn't eat for two days He takes a sickness roll. I will die if I don't eat for five days.
4) If my character is submerged in water while clothed he will have to find fire within 5 ingame hours if it is daylight (3 at night) or he will succumb to hypothermia.
5) If he has to swim in fast-flowing water I will open my inventory and then randomly drop 3 items, they have been lost in the river.
6) Any food my character has will be ruined in water except fruit or raw meat.
7) If my character strips before swimming and then changes on the other side of the river there will be no penalty. If the water is fast flowing he will still need to drop items.
8) He will need to sleep at least 6 hours a night. Waiting in the wilderness is considered sleeping, but will have to take a sickness role as a penalty. If he does not sleep for 2 days he will need to take a sickness roll. Not sleeping for 5 days he will die.
9) Hygiene is important, Skyrim is a dirty place. My character must wash once every 2 days. Swimming in a river or staying at an inn is considered washing. If he fails this I will take a sickness role as penalty.
10) He can only enchant jewelry or clothes, my character will never carry or wear ANY armour.
11) My character will never, ever fast travel!
12) Can't use the map, unless in an inn! Cannot lay any marks on the map.

Sickness Roll: I will roll one 6 sided dice. If it lands on a 1 on the first roll I am sick and lose two numbers on the dice starting with 2. 2,3,4,5 I have become sick. If I roll 6 I have avoided sickness. For every day I am sick I will need to drink twice as much while travelling and sleep double the time. The next day I will then reroll the dice, if I roll the same number as the night before my character has died. If I roll a different number my character lives to fight another day! If I sleep in the wilderness I will lose a number starting at 2 and working my way up. To cure myself of sickness I must either sleep 24 hours in an inn or visit a church.

Example: Get lost in the wild, can't find an inn, I sleep under a tree.

First night I roll a 5 I am sick.

Next night I sleep in the woods so I lose the number 2.

Second night: I can't roll a 2 or 5 or else I die. Leaving a 1,3,4,6. I roll a 3 and live.

Next night: I can't find a bed I sleep in the wild I lose the number 4

Third night: I can't roll a 2,3,4,5

I roll a 6, find an inn the next day and recover. All dice rolls are reset yey!

Day-1

Spoiler

I awake to sunlight and the cold.I also have a headache, great. For a moment everything is foggy, but when I try to raise my arms, my painfully bound hands bring the memories flooding back. I am a prisoner. I look around the cart that's hauling me to wherever I am going and see two soldiers and a wood elf, just like me. He seems nervous, I am too but I try to remain calm. I attempt to ignore the big Nord prattling on about the other prisoner being a great man. It does nothing but intensify for my headache.

We are unloaded from the wagon in a town called Helgen. It's would be a quaint place in a different life, but by the nines it is cold! I see the executioner and I know my fate. I'm accused of thievery, usually the imperials would just lock me up for such an infraction, they seem to be on edge since the war. I was caught trying to smuggle my 'ill found' riches over the border. Sorrounded by Imperials I had no choice but to give myself up. I still can't beleive I was found, I'm usually hard to spot. I beleive I was set up, but by whom I could not say. I have made many enemies throughout my life, all of them would like to see me hung out to dry.

My copious amount of septims and items were all stripped from me, now I have nothing more than these prisoners clothes. It's funny how it can all turn sour so quickly. The elves name is called, he panicks and runs. I feel like running too but my legs have seized up with fear. I'm not a brave man. He takes an arrow to the back, I decide running was a silly idea anyway.

For one brief moment, a glimmer of hope. My name's not on the list. But the woman sends me to my death anyway. Nice.

When I lay my head on the block, all hell breaks loose. It's foggy but I remember the dragon. Then my next memory is someone having dragged me into a tower. Then I'm jumping from the tower, dodging and weaving the massive beast. At one point I have a chance to follow one of two men. I choose the imperial, his armour is nice. Then we are in a dungeon. It seems relatively safe, I can still hear the Dragon thumping around above us though. To my surprise the Imperial cuts me loose!

With free hands, tells me to grab some weapons and armour, but of course I don't. I've never been much of a fighter and taking these weapons seem like a waste, someone else could use them to better effect. I can't move quickly with armour on, I need to move quickly in these situations. This man doesn't seem to need my help though. I follow him through the dungeons, sticking to the shadows as he does all the killing. He owes me this after his people tried to behead me! I do not take anything from the dead, it just doesn't seem right.

Finally, after watching the Imperial fight stromcloaks, spiders and sneaking past a bear we are outside. I watch as the dragon flies off. The Imperials eyes fall on me, I wait for him to arrest me but he seems to have forgotten what I have done. He talks of meeting up with me in Riverwood. I readily agree and he leaves. I plan to never see that man again if I can help it.

Smiling at my good fortune I venture off down the road. What a day.

Day-2

Spoiler

I land up in Riverwood afterall, cold, hungry and dressed in tatters. I found 11 gold in that dungeon, I figured no one would miss it so I rent a room. When I enter, I find a bottle of Mead and quickly chug it. Next I rummage through the wardrobe and find a nice belted tunic and greaves, it will do for now. My footwraps are uncomfortable but they are better than nothing in this land so I keep them on. I then work on some potions with ingredients I picked on the way to Riverwood. I have always been interested in Alchemy. I come away with some healing potions for my effort. Tired, I decide to turn in for the night so I go to my room. I lay down in the bed and sleep fitfully for twelve hours. I awaken feeling well rested.

With no money and little else to my name, I decide to stick around Riverwood and work the mill. I swipe a cabbage from a cart outside and munch it. It's not a very filling breakfast but it will do. The axe feels uncomfortable in my hands, and it quickly raises blisters as I cut the wood. I am clumsy at first, but I quickly get the hang of it. I work the mill for three hours and come away with more wood than I can carry. I give it to Hob and he pays me 210 gold! Not bad! With that I drop the cumbersome Axe where I found it and head into a general store. I plan to make my way to Whiterun, it's a city and I can probably find more work there. There's nothing of note in the store so I go to the inn and buy a couple loaves of bread and some ale. Packed and with a little money I head off to Whiterun.

I pick flowers the whole way there, it takes my mind of the numbing cold and pain my feet are in. I really need a good pair of boots. I hear a howl in the distance and pause. Crouching in cover, I wait until I think it's safe and then emerge from my hiding spot, to find a wolf staring directly at me. I run, but the beast gets in a good bite before I can get to safety. I manage to escape onto a narrow ledge on the side of a small hill it's barely wide enough to keep my footing. The wolf snaps hungrily at me feet for awhile, I do not dare move, even when the wolf sulks away, defeated. After the encounter with the wolf I feel more...powerful. I can definetly move faster now and from what I learned in the attack I can sneak a little better. Only when I am sure I am alone I make haste to Whiterun. The sun is starting to fall.

The rest of the trip is uneventful, but my food is depleted so I head into an Inn, I stock up on supplies and rent a room. I am left with just over 100 septims so I decide to head over to the apothecary store. I buy a few samples and taste them, learning their benefits. All around the store I see the things I cannot have...or can I?

I head to the inn and sleep until 1am, I then sneak out and rob the Apothacary store. I know it will mean big trouble later, but I don't care. Randall is back in buisiness.

Sorry for spelling etc, wrote this on my lunch break

[Vickey Martinez]

From Rommel's journal:


20th of Last Seed, 401

I finally met Ralof's sister. She was working across the way at her mill and had been expecting me. We pvssyd briefly about Helgen and the dragon. She gave me a key to her house (ha!) and told me I'd find Ralof there and to take whatever I needed ( oh, I will...).
She did, however, have a small favor to ask in return,

Spoiler

that I ask the jarl in whiterun to send help incase the dragon comes here next

. I nodded, ok ok, and trotted off, intent on surveying the surrounding area.

I spent the better part of the morning hunting and gathering materials to craft some better armor. I also picked some herbs and flowers that I'd discovered have some restorative properties.
When I returned to town I paid the smith a visit. He was happy to lend me the use of his shop and I quickly set to work sharpening my blades and crafting a new set of leather for myself.

The smith was apparently impressed with my work and when I was through he asked if I'd help him out a bit. I agreed and after a few basic tasks the ol'fellow paid me a few septims and taught me a thing or two about his trade to boot.

After a satisfying days work I headed over to the inn to relax and enjoy some well deserved mead...

Alas! When I entered I was greeted by the most horrific of sounds, like the braying of a she-mule in heat. And there, at the head of the common room, stood the source of this cacophony, lute in hand... A graduate, no doubt, of the bards college.
I made a bee line for the man, intent on shutting him up that I may enjoy my mead in peace, but somehow the damn fool mistook my ire for joviality, my scorn for witty banter? I know not how it came to pass but before I knew it he was sitting beside me ordering two meads... At least the "singing" had stopped.
But in its stead, as though I was his oldest friend, he told me more than I cared to know of his life and loves, past conquests and the current object of his affection, not to mention the competition for said harlet's heart.

Beside himself with grief and, for whatever cowardly reasoning, unable to directly confront his competition, he has devised a scheme to deceive the one he purports to love and besmirch the name of the other man.

Not one bit interested in anything this lily livered manling has to say I have been absentmindedly nodding to everything he says... I now find myself alone at long last with only my mead and a letter

Spoiler

that I am supposed to deliver to some local wench by the name of Camilla...

[Samantha Pattison]

Orekke The Butch is Dead.

Level 6

Orekke is dead, she got too cocky, swung the warhammer at Draugrs but did not blocky. RIP

The bummer is that she had like 10 restore health potions and was waiting to level up to 7. I could have done it right then and there and this wouldn't have happened.