Skyrim Adventure, Part 42: In Which I Conquer Skyrim In A Day

Entry posted by HAZMAT February 20, 2012

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I was tired of aimless wandering so I looked up what Daedric quests I had yet to do.

I headed to an Orc stronghold southwest of Riften. The tribe had been cursed by Malacath. He tasked the tribe's leader with killing some giants near his shrine. The chief basically commanded me to come with. Whatever. We (and by we, I mean me) killed a couple giants in the cave and came upon the final boss giant at Malacath's shrine. The chief said he was too tired to fight and that he'd pay me for killing this last one. I killed the others, so I might as well. After killing it I went back to the chief by the entrance. He didn't want anyone (i.e. me) letting others know he's a coward, so he attacked me. So I killed him. So Malacath rewarded me with a hammer.

Next I headed to Whiterun for the final Daedric quest. Apparently one of the Jarl's sons was all dark and broody and angsty. The kid told me there was a secret talking door in the basement. I went down to this so-called “Whispering Door.” The Prince(ss) tasked me with getting the key to open it and retrieve her item inside. I pickpocketed the key from the Jarl himself and entered. It was completely empty except for a table with a journal and sword. The journal said something about how the sword was pure evil yadda yadda. I picked it up and got the achievement for getting all 15 Daedric artifacts.

I only needed one more Dragon Priest mask, so I looked up its location. I found his tomb in a dungeon; it was locked and needed two skull-shaped “keys” to open. Each key was guarded by a named Draugr. I unleashed him and promptly killed him. I learned the last word of Kyne's Peace and took the mask back to Labyrinthian. I placed it in its spot and the dragon head of the statue opened, revealing the final mask. I took them all back to my house for, uh... “safe-keeping.”

With nothing else in mind, I decided to finally do the Civil War questline. I joined up with the Stormcloaks. My initiation task to was to kill an Ice Wraith. A single Ice Wraith.

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME

Well it took a whole 5 seconds but I managed to do it somehow. I returned and was told to tag along with some Stormcloaks going after the Jagged Crown. It was in a dungeon guarded by Imperials. There's a spy creepin' round here! (unfortunately this is never expanded upon, wasted potential) We got the crown, much to many Draugr's dismay, and I learned the last word of Slow Time.

Now was time to start our offensive. Step one was capturing Whiterun. I joined up with some Stormcloaks outside. The siege had already begun. Catapults were bombarding the city; buildings were in ruins. I sliced my way through the defenses, reaching Dragonreach. Inside I fought the Jarl himself and forced him to surrender.

With Whiterun under control, I aided the Stormcloaks in taking several Imperial forts; Neugrad, Greenwall, and Hraggstad all fell with little difficulty.

The time had come to end the war once and for all. We marched onto Solitude, rallying for Tullius's death. We fought our way to the castle; Tullius was prepared to surrender, but his second-in-command refused to stand down. I chopped her head off and Tullius laid down arms. I told Ulfric he should be the one to finish Tullius, and he did. With Solitude captured and the Imperial leader in Skyrim dead, the Stormcloaks were finally victorious. Ulfric gave a victory speech, and we went our separate ways.