Day 23 - Swindler's Den, Broken Fang Cave, Sleeping Tree Camp, Gjukar's Monument, Fort Sungard, Sunderstone Gorge, Bleakwind Basin, Dustman's Cairn, Hamvir's Rest

Date: 22 June 2013
Start time: 5pm
End time: 9.46pm
Total play time: 4 hr 46 min
Accumulated play time: 53 hr 35 min

Going back to work means less time for gaming....

Also need to try out "The Last of Us" for the Gameoilio site

But must soldier on in Skyrim now I am getting into it!

Ok now the College of Winterhold quest is done what shall I do?

Maybe just a few minor quest before proceeding with main quest

Now that I don't have an inventory problem with the Arch-Mage headquarters things would be easier

But first need to do some selling

Haya must be at night at Whiterun

Will do some smithing while waiting for the sun to come out

Oh people do talk about Winterhold being back to normal now. So cool

Ah I ran out of soul gems because of the last battle....

Found out can buy and sell with Adrianne, the girl working outside :o)

Discovered Swindler's Den

There is an annoying biatch inside the cave

Finally killed her and she only carries budget items >:(

And Level up! Now I am a Level 22 Imperial male!

Enemies are very strong in here

Killed the Bandit Chief, who happens to be a very strong woman. Lucky my familiar attacks from behind while Faendal attack from the front. Keep healing Faendal so he survives the ordeal in this stupid narrow corridor

Killed all the bandits in the cave but still not cleared the area. Don't know what is required...

Discovered Broken Fang Cave

Of course Faendal wants to check it out LOL

Lots of vampires in here I think I will leave that to my trustful familiar and companion :o)

Found some good items after defeating the Vampire Master and so happen an enchanter station is nearby :o)

Discovered Sleeping Tree Camp

Discovered Gjukar's Monument

Discovered Fort Sungard and got ambushed immediately. Sent my familiar and Faendal to clear the area :o)

Read "Guide to Better Thieving" and my pickpocket went up LOL

Went out from the underground tunnel and ended up else where...

Discovered Sunderstone Gorge

Lots of crazy mages in this area...

Mages after mages but then at the end learnt a new Word for Fire Breath. All worth it :o)

Ok will go back to the College to store some stuff then Whiterun to sell some stuff

Discovered Bleakwind Basin

Discovered Dustman's Cairn

Discovered Hamvir's Rest. Got ambushed by skeletons but they are now pretty easy to deal with. Also started soul trapping them too.

After smithing, enchanting and selling, Level up! Now I am a Level 23 Imperial male!

I think that's all for the day :)

Day 22 - Labyrinthian, College of Winterhold (Quest completed!)

Date: 15 June 2013
Start time: 7.41pm
End time: 11.36pm
Total play time: 3 hr 55 min
Accumulated play time: 48 hr 49 min

Now I am level 20 will attempt to continue the College of Winterhold quest

Going back to Labyrinthian to attempt the Skeletal Dragon again

Got killed 3 times and finally killed it the fourth time. That dragon was so annoying and not to mention those freaking skeletons.

Used up quite a bit of potions though :o(

Oh those spirit things show up again in the next chamber

Obviously one of their companions just went through the same ordeal as I did

Some spirit warrior showed up in the next chamber but was killed by my familiar LOL

I think it is kind of convenient to have a fire spell next to the door that needs it. But then I previously already needed fire spell, shouldn't someone who arrived here already has it?

More zombies and skeletons.

Level up! I am now a Level 21 Imperial male! Added point to HP

Got shocked by the magic trap and then sabotaged by a zombie (draugr). Killed it while healing at the same time

Learned a new spell called Equilibrium which converts HP to MP but then would kill me LOL Who in the right mind would use this?

Disenchanted a few things and Enchantment is now on 40

There is a voice that keeps coming and draining my magicka

More enemies...trolls, draugr and skeletons....

Seems like the Arch-Mage was here before seeking for something but couldn't finish the job

This place is so big...and the dungeon is sooooooo long!

Hm there are some traps around this room

Learnt a new spell - Steadfast Ward!

Freaking Daugr Deathlord so annoying. Finally killed it after two attempts.

Learnt a new shout to slow time but needs daugr soul...

Ok finally arrived at the boss room. The boss is a lot easier than I thought...he didn't even attack or counter. That's very strange. But then I got the Staff of Magnus, who am I to complain? :o)

Gees when I thought I was safe....

Weird couldn't directly fast travel to the College

Got attacked by a Cultist in Winterhold and started a new quest called Dragonborn

Used the staff to get into the College...that's why couldn't fast travel, it was blocked by magic from Ancano

Of course the next stop is Ancano

The battle is so chaotic so I just keep summoning and hide behind pillars lol

After three attempts finally killed Ancano

Tolfdir doesn't know what to do. Now need to talk to Quaranir who suddenly showed up. Of course he has a solution LOL

Now I became the Arch-Mage LOL. Suddenly I am the highest in the order rising from a student.

Got a trophy "The Eye of Magnus"

Now can use the Arch-Mage Quarters

Ah now can store all sorts of stuff in the wardrobe and also have the Enchanter thing and Alchemy Lab handy. Pretty cool! :oD

Cool learnt some new enchantments. Next time will sell all the extra stuff for cash :oD

I think that's all for today for me :o)

Three is a good crowd :o)

Day 21 - Fort Amol, Lost Knight Hideout, Ivarstead, Pine Peak Cavern, North Skybound Watch, South Skybound Watch

Date: 14 June 2013

Start time: 7.30pm 

End time: 11.44pm 

Total play time: 4 hr 14 min

Accumulated play time: 44 hr 54 min

Fast travelling to the nearest spot where the Greybeards are

Ran into a thief and neither of us is scared of each other. He attacks and I killed him LOL

Got a good armour for Faendal. Gave it to him and he equipped :o)

It's raining again...

Discovered Fort Amol!

Not very friendly mages. Better go somewhere else. Don't really like fighting mages at this stage

Discovered Lost Knife Hideout

Going to check it out.

Got attacked by thieves and bandits

Got lots of bandits in this cave. Conjuring my familiar to help out at all times!

Cleared! It was easier than I thought tbh

Got out of the cave and then got ambushed by more thieves and bandits. Skyrim surely is dangerous!

Got attacked by some wisp and a wsipmother or something like that

Killed it in the second attempt. Quite annoying enemy as it splits into several units upon dying. That's how I was killed in the first attempt. Was caught by surprise

Discovered Ivarstead after killing a troll

Went in to the Barrow to check it out and there is spirit asking me to leave this place...should I?

Decide to soldier on.

Oh a simple lever puzzle :o)

Open a door and got seriously attacked by a spirit. Working together with Faendal and my familiar and finally killed it

Wondering what's inside that room....

OK that guy is Wyndelius and he left a journal and an alchemy lab behind....

Oh ok he sets out to find something in the tomb but became a spirit inside it somehow...

Continue exploring but there is a door that needs a sapphire claw to open...don't have it....probably this is the claw Wyndelius was talking about...oh well

Went to check out the town folks at Iverstead

Oh talk to the inn keeper at Ivarstead and gave him the journal then got the sapphire claw LOL

Oh Enchantment increases simply by charging items....good one

Discovered Pine Peak Cavern

As usual Faendal wants to check it out LOL

LOL Faendal said he doesn't like the look of this again LOL

Immediately got attacked by a bear!

Oh that's all? Cleared already????

Now got that sapphire claw will go back to the Barrow.

Wow saw fishes jumping upstream! Such details!

Ok time to solve another ring puzzle.

Opened the door and soldiered on

More zombies and skeletons....

Level up! I am now a Level 20 Imperial male!

Unlocked an expert level lock! :oD

Hm another puzzle...

Solved it! :o)

Walked into a room. Faendal got locked out and can only summon my trustful familiar

Lots of zombies and skeletons....

Lure them to the gate so Faendal could help out LOL

Finally cleared the room :o)

Yay chest! Oh also a wall of words. Learnt new words....

Area cleared :o)

Continued with the journey up hill

Discovered North Skybound Watch!

Got ambushed without a reason (as if there needs to be one in Skyrim LOL)

Cleared the area with my familiar's help. :o)

Discovered Orphan Rock

Seems to have gone the wrong direction....

Oh there is a pass inside that Watch place I could go into

Cleared the bandits in the pass

Eh how come the corridors are full of spider webs? Better change over to fire magic

LOL of course there is a giant spider inside LOL

Got more bandits inside...killed them.

Oh area cleared...

Back to the "open" world

And discovered South Skybound Watch LOL So convenient

Ran into a Blood Dragon and got killed :o(

Discovered High Hrothgar. This time the Blood Dragon did not attack. Strange....

Need to go through a test with Arngeir. Done

Ok need to learn more about shouts

Learnt another word

I showed great promise as a Dragonborn he he

Learnt another shout

Oh got a trophy "The Way of the Voice"

Ok will end the session on a high :o)

Day 20 - Winterhold, Dawnguard, Silent Moons Camp, Fort Greymore, Redoran's Retreat, Greenspring Hollows, Drelas' Cottage, Labyrinthian, Western Watch Tower, White River Watch

Date: 9 June 2013
Start time: 8.37am
End time: 12.07am
Total play time: 3 hr 30 min
Accumulated play time: 40 hr 40 min

It's long weekend in Sydney, so good time to catch up with Skyrim

Ok where was I? Oh yeah need to find Savos after the last incident

Found Savos, now need to save Winterhold...why can't other people do this?

LOL one of the guys was telling me about summoning in the midst of the crisis LOL

Recruited some partners to help check out Winterhold

Got ambushed by a lot of those ice element thingies

Just keep using fire spell to attack them

Looks like one of the companions is dead but couldn't find his body. Just didn't show up after the battle at all...

Some guy told me about Dwanguard and asked me to see whether I am interested to kill some vampires

Hm still couldn't find the other companion...

Ah finally found him. How come he disappeared earlier? LOL

A courier said I got something from the Jarl but then couldn't find it in my inventory?

Reporting back to the College

Mirabelle said I need to get the Staff of Magnus now. As if it is so easy LOL

Off to that Labyrinthian place now

LOL so far away again LOL

Need to go sell some stuff first. Need more space in my pack LOL

Of course it has to be night time at the town....

Discovered Silent Moons Camp

Got ambushed! Summoned my familiar and cleared the field with trusty Faendal

Now finally day time and can go sell gears!

Sold gears and in the process Level up! I am a Level 18 Imperial male now!

Add points to Health and gonna save the perk

Discovered Fort Greymore

People aren't too friendly...asking me to back off

Discovered Redoran's Retreat

It is crawling with bandits

Haya accidentally triggered that shout thing LOL

Killed the bandit chief. Don't know what else I need to do here...

Oh the map said it is cleared...

Discovered Greenspring Hollows

Got attacked by another stupid bear

Discovered Drelas' Cottage

Discovered Labyrinthian

Got attacked by a Frost Troll immediately

Quite tough indeed.

Eh how come the courier showed up again and again no time for chatting????

LOL he got attacked and killed by another Frost Troll LOL

Found a note on the courier's body and a new place was added to the map?

Hm Faendal seems to be stuck by the side of the ledge...

Discovered the Lost Valkygg

Hm looks like I walked past the entrance already... :o/

And Faendal is still seriously stuck....

Finally resolved it by fast travelling in and out

Oh Savos Aren is here

Wow there are a lot more people showing up...

Lots of skeletons lying on the floor once you entered...

They show up again...

Learnt the water breathing spell!

Oh my god lots of enemies in the next room....

Got ambushed and killed

Ok now I see it is a zombie dragon

And Faendal is blocked...

Can't do it. Too high level One hit I am dead

Tried several times and still couldn't beat it. Will need to come back to this later. Maybe will continue with main quest for now to level up

Discovered Western Watch Tower

Oh the dragon shows up!

Yay killed the dragon! :oD

Oh absorbed a dragon's soul and got a trophy...

So I turned out to be a Dragonborn

Now need to see those Greybeards

Yay I became the Thane of the city :o)

Oh it's raining

Discovered White River Watch

Got to the Overlook and killed the boss. Area cleared but boss slid down the mountain path so can't loot LOL

Ok pack is full again. Better go and sell some stuff and learn some enchantments, make some potions and all that jazz!

Level up! Now I am a Level 19 Imperial male!

I think that should be it for the day for me :o)

My first dead dragon

Day 19 - The Eye of Magnus, The Midden, Mzulft, College of Winterhold

Date: 2 June 2013
Start time: 8.30am
End time  12.52pm
Total play time: 4 hr 22 min
Accumulated play time: 37 hr 10 min

It's raining outside. So it is a good time to play :o)

Ancano is very concerned about the Psijic Order and wants to talk to me again...

Now I need to talk to a monk called Quaranir

Oh time stops as I talked to him

That thing we found is the Eye of Magnus. And of course the Psijic Order is not to intervene and leaving me to deal with the rest. How convenient....

And I need to talk to someone else who seemed to have "disappeared"

Need to go somewhere under the College to talk to that guy

Found a book called "De Rerum Dirennis by Vorian Direnni". Read it Alchemy increased and Level up! I am now a Level 16 Imperial male!

A very icy cold and damp place this Midden place. Of course skeletons are everywhere. Sometimes don't know attacked by what but the life went down a tiny bit

Spider web and of course there is a spider. LOL

Oh that guy is a ball of light....

More riddles LOL

Oh Ancano was here before...

Lucky I already discovered the next location. Can just fast travel over :o)

Oh it was the dwarf ruins Faendal was mentioning earlier

A dead researcher. How convenient LOL

More spiders. They seem less vulnerable to fire...

I thought they are metal so vulnerable to thunder? But looks like physical attack works better...hm...

Unlocked an Adept difficulty door and Lockpicking increased! :o)

How come there is an alchemy table there among all the machines? LOL

Oh it suddenly said my weapon needs a recharge? What does that mean?

That are lots of soul gems to loot in this place :o)

An Expert lock. Can't do it LOL

Ambushed! Reloaded several times and finally pass through this one hell of a battle. Hate those chaurus and falmers. Sooooooooo annoying!

At least I level up after the battle. Now I am a Level 17 Imperial male!

Add perks to one hand weapon - 3 points added now hacking with mace causes 60% more damages

That works wonder! Can kill those annoying falmers and chaurus much faster now!

Entering Mzulft Aedrome

More falmers and sneaking around

Found a guy called Paratus Decimus talking about another guy call Gavros and some crystal

Oh he wants my focusing Crystal

So I am now following him around

Faendal is impressed with the room and the machine LOL

Ok need to place the crystal into that machine

Ok now need to heat up or cool down the crystal

Another puzzle....

Oh ok I need to adjust the lights with spells...

Then moving panels....

Ok done.

So some map shows up and Paratus is angry but then he calmed down

Now I need to go over to Labyinthian? He is going to report to his council. And I told him the had gone mad for being mad at me LOL

Oh Nerlen shows up again when I tried to leave the place. He said I am on the right path but still a lot needs to be done.

Time to go back to Winterhold

Wow came out from the mountain top

Fast travel to College of Winterhold

Oh there is a ward in the hall and some commotion. Savros and Mirabelle try to break it

Helped destroying it and trying to stop Ancano

Something happened and apparently now the Arch-Mage Savros is missing. Next mission is to find him.

Received a trophy "Revealing the Unseen"

Anyway I think I am done for the day. Sunday went pass too quickly!