I tell you no lie. The update has arrived. And it would have arrived earlier if the imageshack multiuploader had not been such a dick and crashed on me every five seconds. Oh yeah, I’m in Canada, so the time here may be different from the time wherever you are.
So, anyway, it’s 10:12 when my clock rings. I jump out of bed, dress myself, and check my gold. 25. A bit off, but at least it’s still an 8 gold increase from my start.
I chat with the innkeeper, eat some cheese and a carrot, then walk outside. I spot a cat from a mod that downloaded walking around. I give it a nice pat, and walk off to begin my exploration of the area to the north west of Leyawiin. I talk with the guard, who tells me about noises and smells coming from the house of Rosentia Gallatus, or something of that sort. In any case, I ignore him.
My view out of Leyawiin.I walk down the path and turn to the left. The guard standing up there turns to me, and to my surprise, calls me an adventurer!
As you can see by the picture, I ignore him. I mean, look at me! Do I look very adventurous in those clothes? Come on!
I find some Clouded Funnels growing along the not-path, and because of this, decide to venture further away from Leyawiin. In the distance, I spot this humble-looking abode:
Looks quaint enough. Might even make a small home, If there’s no one inside. I peek around the garden, getting some tiger-lilies and other plants of that sort. I also check the barrels around the house.
This one had gold, which I take. Another one also had gold, but many of the other ones had naught but miscellaneous garbage, some of which I take, because apparently, it’s worth something to someone.
After checking the area around the house for people (who may or may not inhabit the house, henceforth to be referred to as ‘Greyland’, and finding no-one, I decide to enter.
It’s not the smartest move.
As soon as I enter, an ORCISH, FEMALE (!!!) Marauder spins around. Apparently, my natural charisma didn’t charm her very much. I know this because she yells an insult, and proceeds to attack me.
NOW, she’s got iron armour and a longsword.
And I’ve got a rusty dagger and a vest.
Now, you children might be getting a little bit frightened, but fear not. Uncle Grugzob’ll make sure eeverything turns out okay in the end.
We trade blows for a while, with her seeming the victor, until I remember my noble status, and use my level 25 in Conjuration to summon a skeleton. Victory shall be mine! (You can sort of see the skeleton in the previous picture.
With our combined might the marauder falls, and guess what that means?
Hells yeah, bitches! Grugzob’s coming for you!
I scavenge around the cottage for a while, and find a treasure trove of ingredients – there are nuts, mutton, ham, and other stuff on the table and in some drawers. But a certain chest catches my eye…
Skooma! Seems like a dealer hired a certain marauder to protect his ’stuff’. It’s obvious that she won’t be doing much protecting now, her lying dead and naked in the front hallway. I take the Skooma and walk out. I don’t know what I’ll do with the drug yet, though.
There’s a hill beside the cottage which I walk up. It’s about 2:00 now, and I’m getting kind of bored, so I resummon my skeleton familiar to keep me company. Eventually, I come to what looks like once was a grand fortress, but now it’s but a ruin.
It’s called Telepe. I use some common sense and refrain from entering. There is a bedroll there, though, so I take a quick, one hour nap to heal up, then continue searching. Soon, I see the rooftop of another house:
(Sorry that you kind of can’t see it in this picture, but it around three quarters of the way up, in the center.)
Common sense kicks in again, and due to the fact that the first time I stumbled upon a seemingly harmless home, I was almost killed. I don’t go in, and instead, I approach the rocks seen to the left, but someone (Cause rock’s can’t talk) tells me that It has to be night for the spirit of the rocks with weird-o writing on them to come alive. I decide to get back to the road, since I’ve wandered pretty far from it, and Leyawiin, by now. I get there and find a bridge leading across some shallow water to a small island. Grugzob hasn’t gone swimming yet, and I’d like to practice, so I shimmy out of my armour and into my skivvies, and swim. It goes without incident, and I get out, wait a while to dry myself, put on all my stuff, and continue walking to a little dock I spotted in the background.
Now, as I was writing some notes, Grugzob informed me that he heard the omnipresent music change to a pleasant tune to something he had not heard from the days of the Marauder. So, I stop, spin him around, and find the most talked about beast in all of Cyrodiil:
God damned mudcrabs! I manage to dispatch it with a few swipes, so it’s all okay, I guess. The time’s 4:49 now, so I hurry over to that dock and peek about in some barrels, crates, and chests.
There’s nothing much in them, So I continue. Soon, On top of a hill, almost in the exact same spot where I first started:
, I spy an entrance to what seems like a cave:
I decide to check it out. I walk through the shallow river, and upon close inspection, the thing which I once thought was a Cave, was actually a Tomb. For the third time, I use my common sense and don’t go inside. Rather, I hang around, and pick up some Stinkhorns and Funnel Caps. It’s getting kind of late, so I decide to walk begin my trek back to Leyawiin. However, I’m startled by a mudcrab on the way back. I decide to train my block skill, so I let him make the first move. So, it came as a surprise when it is, in fact, I was the one staggered, and not the damn crab. I dispatch it with a power attack, and take the meat.
It’s 8:10 by the time I’m back at town. I talk with the guard at the gate, who informs me of a female orc, Mazoga, thinking that she’s a knight.
Well, even though she is an Orc, and although she isn’t exactly a noble knight from what I hear, it’s the thought that counts! However, it’s getting dark, and I’ve had enough Orc women for the day. One place I want to get to is the chapel, cause I’m hurtin’ quite a bit. I find the chapel without error this time, and, myself being the lucky Orc that I am, the gods do end up speaking to me!
Hurray! I feel my wounds healed, and my body refreshed. Maybe I should become a religious man? It’s 9:00 when I’m done it all, so I stroll down to the five claws, talk with the shop keeper, and sell him any stuff that he’ll buy from me. From him I buy some food, and in the end, I’ve got 56 coins in my pocket, which is a 100% increase from this morning. Things are looking good!
I set up my clock of waking, as I’ve come to call it, for an eleven hour sleep this time, and finish off the day.
And thus ends Day two of Grugzob’s rise to greatness.
