In which Elessir works with a priest of Mara to save Dawnstar from a plague of nightmares; and recovers Rjorn's drum from Halldir's Cairn in Falkreath.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/10/in-which-elessir-saves-dawnstar-and-finds-a-lost-drum/

In which Finds-The-Way helps Falkreath's alchemist with a skooma problem amongst the guards; retrieves a drum from Halldir's Cairn; and gets involved in lifting a curse of Malacath from the Orcs at Largashbur.

Contains German language geekery, particularly involving idiomatic translations in play when you run the Cursed Tribe plot at Largashbur.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/09/in-which-finds-the-way-finds-a-drum-and-a-very-big-hammer/

This is _mostly_ just interesting to me, but doing a post about it anyway to document the new official load order for my Legacy of the Dragonborn run. In case I run into any issues later that I need to ask for help on, and somebody says to me, "What's your load order?" This'll be the reference source I'll go back to to get that info.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/08/revised-kendeshel-load-order/

In which Elessir recovers stolen books from Fellglow Keep; slays a dragon and dragon priest at Shearpoint; visits the Augur of Dunlain and learns he needs to seek the Staff of Magnus; recovers King Olaf's Verse from Dead Men's Respite; saves the Burning of King Olaf Festival; and slays a bandit chief at Fort Fellhammer.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/07/in-which-elessir-recovers-stolen-books-and-saves-a-bard-festival/

In which Finds-the-Way acquires a farm; joins the Bards College; recovers a lost helmet; retrieves a lost verse and reinstates the Burning of King Olaf Festival; solves a mysterious death in Dragon Bridge; interrupts a summoning ritual in Wolfskull Cave; and acquires the Wabbajack while investigating the whereabouts of a madman's master.

Contains commentary on the German translation of Skyrim, especially stuff involving Sheogorath, and the naming of the Pawned Prawn in Riften.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/06/in-which-finds-the-way-joins-the-bards-college-and-stops-a-summoning/

In which Kendeshel, half-Redguard, half-Altmer scholar and relic hunter, comes to Solitude to join the staff of the Dragonborn Gallery; journeys to Helgen only to discover it destroyed by a dragon; recovers the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow; is VERY surprised to discover she is Dragonborn when she helps Whiterun kill a dragon; recovers a lost artifact at Silent Moons Camp; and saves the Jarl of Whiterun from assassination, letting her claim the Bow of Obfuscation.

This playthrough will be featuring Legacy of the Dragonborn, and all the vast array of changes it makes to Skyrim! By definition, these posts will be chock full of spoilers for that mod.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/05/in-which-kendeshel-comes-to-skyrim-in-search-of-relics/

Yaaaaaaas. :D Kendeshel Playthrough page is up!

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/kendeshel-playthrough/

Overview of the mods I'm pulling in to run a Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough! Includes links off to the new mods I've chosen, and to critical resources used like the official Legacy of the Dragonborn Full Guide.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/04/prep-and-load-order-for-legacy-of-the-dragonborn-playthrough/

The obligatory final thoughts post on Kendis' Skyrim run. Main takeaway: ultimately disappointing, between not liking Survival Mode, major performance issues on the Anniversary Edition build on Nintendo Switch, and major things being outright broken on Solstheim. I recommend all Switch players AVOID the AE.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/01/final-thoughts-on-kendis-skyrim-run/

In which Kendis traps the dragon Odahviing at Dragonsreach, and frees him again; flies with Odahviing to Skuldafn; calls in Durnehviir and her dremora lords to fight her way through Skuldafn; and, with the aid of ancient heroes, slays Alduin the World-Eater in Sovngarde.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/09/01/in-which-kendis-defeats-alduin-in-sovngarde/

In which Kendis slays Ildari Sarothril at Highpoint Tower; recovers the map to the stalhrim source for the Skaal; discovers the Black Books inside White Ridge Barrow and Benkongerike; discovers the hoard of Haknir Death-Brand; and last but not least, confronts Miraak in Apocrypha, liberating Solstheim from his control.

A bunch more commentary here about what is and is not broken in the Anniversary Edition build on the Switch. Including, notably, how broken trying to make the weapon Trueflame is.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/31/in-which-kendis-fights-through-game-performance-problems-to-defeat-miraak/

In which Kendis gives aid to a secret Tribunal cult on Solstheim; quests further into Kolbjorn Barrow on behalf of her mining partner; helps Elynea heal Master Neloth's mushroom house; finds Neloth a new steward; and helps Neloth identify what enemy has been sending ash spawn to attack his tower.

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http://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/29/in-which-kendis-aids-the-tribunal-cult-on-solstheim/

In which Kendis discovers the truth about what happened to Gratian Caerellius in Raven Rock Mine; slays a dragon priest in Bloodskal Barrow; clears the All-Maker Stones of Miraak's influence all over Solstheim; helps a frustrated miner at Kolbjorn Barrow; recruits the wizard Neloth to help find a Black Book in Nchardak; learns how to make netch leather armor; and rescues Baldor of the Skaal from the Thalmor.

Includes some commentary on what is and is not broken in the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim on the Nintendo Switch, and confirms my repro of the bug with the Nord side of the quest for Thirsk Mead Hall.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/28/in-which-kendis-quests-across-solstheim-but-with-challenges/

In which Marwyth comes to the aid of Azura by helping her oracles, and identifies a coming crisis involving other Daedric Princes; travels to Vvardenfell, and helps a canon of Vivec unearth quests in the Andrano Ancestral Tomb; and then must come to the aid of Vivec himself, who is losing his divine energy.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/28/in-which-marwyth-goes-to-vvardenfell/

In which Elessir slays a dragon at Autumnwatch Tower; discovers new armor after slaying a giant at the Sleeping Tree Camp; buys Tundra Homestead; acquires Nettlebane for Danica Pure-Spring, but does _not_ use it to get sap from the Eldergeam, and instead gets a sapling to help replace the Gildergreen; joins the College of Winterhold; and discovers a mysterious orb in the depths of Saarthal.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/25/in-which-elessir-saves-the-gildergreen-and-joins-the-college-of-winterhold/

In which Finds-The-Way slays the dragon Sahloknir at Kynesgrove, and plots with Delphine to infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy; is recognized formally by the Greybeards as Dragonborn; agrees to help the Orcs of Largashbur; joins the Thieves Guild in Riften, and slays another dragon there; and finds a Word of Power in Lost Valley Redoubt.

This post is chock fulla German commentary, since this is part of the ongoing playthrough I'm running in German! Lots of thoughts about translation choices for places in Riften, including Riften itself.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/22/in-which-finds-the-way-slays-sahloknir-and-joins-the-thieves-guild/

In which Kendis helps Viriya build a market stall in Riften; finds good homes for her Elder Scrolls; visits Ysgramor's Tomb to cleanse herself of lycanthropy; journeys to Solstheim to investigate the mysterious Miraak sending cultists after her; and begins work on cleansing the All-Maker Stones of their tainted hold on the people of the island.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/21/in-which-kendis-heads-to-solstheim/

In which Elessir retrieves a helmet from Rimerock Burrow; interrupts a necromantic ritual at Wolfskull Cave; defeats the dragon Sahloknir at Kynesgrove; defeats the undead Potema in her catacombs; and takes her husband's hunting horn to a Shrine of Talos at the request of Elisif.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/18/in-which-elessir-defeats-the-wolf-queen-and-the-dragon-sahloknir/

In which Elessir helps out a jester with a cart; seeks but does not find the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller in Ustengrav; becomes thane in Falkreath; buys land and builds Lakeview Manor; slays bandits at Ironback Hideout; and joins the Bards College in Solitude.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/18/in-which-elessir-becomes-thane-of-falkreath-and-joins-the-bards-college/

In which Finds-The-Way cleanses Kilkreath of a necromancer, and acquires Dawnbreaker; returns both Barbas and the Rueful Axe to Clavicus Vile; slays zombies at a ritual site gone wrong; slays a dragon at Ancient's Ascent; and quests into Ustengrav in search of the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller.

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https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/08/17/in-which-finds-the-way-gets-dawnbreaker-but-not-the-horn-of-jurgen-windcaller/