Traversing Tamriel – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Skyrim Day 100 – Rebellion’s End

On April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

1 Evening’s Star, 4E201 Windhelm ~~~ I woke as the night’s watchmen began to turn in and helped myself to a roasted potato before walking into the Legate’s tend. As expected the Legate’s attention was fully absorbed by the province map spread before her and she addressed me without looking […]

Skyrim Day 099 – A Game of Khajiit & Dragon

On October 4, 2019October 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

29 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Imperial Camp~~~My orders have me once again walking all of Skyrim. I cannot see a reason why the Legion could not simply courier my orders to Whiterun where I would at least be a fairly equal distance from everything else. Instead I walk all the walk to […]

Skyrim Day 098 – An Unexpected Ally

On September 13, 2019September 14, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

28 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Solitude~~~I awoke in my own manor no better rested than when I woke yesterday morning atop a mattress of cold hay. What will it take for me to have a decent night’s rest?That I woke three hours before sunrise may explain that, I am getting into the […]

Skyrim Day 097 – Another Worthless Promotion

On September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

28 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Solitude~~~My rest at the quarters of Fort Greenwall’s missing captain was the first decent sleep I have had in three days. Nonetheless, the exertions of the previous day were not enough to cause me to sleep in and I woke before sunrise. Some of the Legionnaires were […]

Skyrim Day 096 – The Final Refuge of Redwater Den (also The Battle of Fort Greenwall)

On September 6, 2019September 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

27 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Solitude~~~The nap was too short as naps often are.My latest orders are to report to Fort Greenwall on the road between Riften and Windhelm and assist the Imperial Legion in the taking of the fort. After having spent a considerable amount of time in the Rift between […]

Skyrim Day 095 – Regaining the Rift

On September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

27 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Solitude~~~ After having been given the toothless title of ‘Praefect’ in the Imperial Legion I was told to walk nearly the length of Skyrim to an Imperial camp south of Ivarstead from Solitude. There was no possible way for me to walk from Solitude to Ivarstead in […]

Skyrim Day 094 – The Long Report

On March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

25 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Solitude ~~~ The rest in the former Stormcloak’s quarters was a brief one. When I woke the Imperial soldiers were still busy removing the corpses of the fort’s former owners and preparing their own for burial. I spoke briefly with the Imperial Captain, he had sent […]

Skyrim Day 093 – Taking Fort Dunstad

On January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 By Raifield

25 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Solitude ~~~ I knew the Imperial Legion’s garrison for the Pale lay directly west of Dawnstar, having stumbled upon it earlier, which meant I was either in for a very long walk along the roads or a long walk across the swamp of Morthal and the […]

Skyrim Day 092 – The Battle for Whiterun

On December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 By Raifield

23 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Whiterun~~~I had allowed myself a rare moment of tardiness in convincing myself that my arrival at Whiterun last night was too late to call upon the Jarl. I knew my news of Ulfric’s reply to Balgruuf would gain me entrance at any time of the night, but […]

Skyrim Day 091 – Underwhelmed by Windhelm

On December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 By Raifield

22 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Dawnstar ~~~ It had not occurred to me before I accepted the axe, but there was only one Khajiit at Helgen and it was possible that Ulfric would recognize her, which is to say myself. I spent more time last night thinking of creative (mostly magical) […]

Skyrim Day 090 – Demoted to Delivery

On November 17, 2018November 17, 2018 By Raifield

21 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Dawnstar~~~I left Dawnstar before most of the town was awake, the Jagged Crown safely hidden in my pack. I anticipated an increase in Stormcloaks along the road to Solitude in hopes of recovering the artifact, but I encountered no Stormcloaks, only an Orsimer skooma-dealer who attacked me […]

Skyrim Day 089 – The Jagged Crown

On October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 By Raifield

20 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Dawnstar ~~~ I had been told after receiving my orders that the Legate and her squad would not be leaving until late the next day, but when I woke this morning I found them to have left several hours before. As no one had taken any trouble […]

Skyrim Day 088 – Re-Enlisting

On September 28, 2018September 29, 2018 By Raifield

19 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Solitude ~~~ I discovered this morning that I had indeed forgotten something: to take a curative or two after the battle at Volkihar Keep. I was already starting to show signs of the disease this morning, the symptoms having started quite early, or so I thought.Angeline’s Aromatics […]

Skyrim Day 087 – Family Disunion

On September 3, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

Unknown Date, 4E201 Sleeping in the former castle of the Volkihar family was easier than I had anticipated. Once I found an actual bedroom I pushed several bookcases behind the door and fell upon the bed, falling asleep almost instantly. No one attacked me in my sleep, though I did […]

Skyrim Day 086 – Bittersweet Victory

On July 30, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

16 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Isran is a driven man. There was no message at Solitude for Serana and I and no one I spoke to had even seen the Dawnguard passing nearby. With no instructions we had to assume we were to meet the Dawnguard at Volkihar Keep itself…which struck […]

Skyrim Day 085 – Onwards We March

On June 13, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

14 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Dragon Bridge It appears that my previous journal entry was too optimistic, for we have settled in for the night at Dragon Bridge, still quite a distance from Castle Volkihar. As usual we left just as the sun was beginning to rise, confident that we would […]

Skyrim Day 084 – The Dawnguard Rise

On May 30, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

13 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 I barely slept last night despite the considerable comfort of the Grandmaster’s quarters, too excited to finally march with the Dawnguard against the deadly, but misguided, vampires of Castle Volkihar. My excitement, however, is less to do with the Dawnguard’s cause and more for being done […]

Skyrim Day 083 – A Long, Boring Walk

On April 18, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

12 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Winterhold Spending a night at my Solitude estate is a rare blessing, even if it is much too large for one person, or even two, as the case was yesterday. I woke with Serana patiently waiting in my bedroom, which was a bit disconcerting. She must […]

Skyrim Day 082 – The Curse of Immortality

On March 28, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

11 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Serana and I left Falkreath later than we had planned, leaving what passes for a gatehouse after the townspeople had started their day. Fortunately for Serana the weather was overcast and we made good time to the fields of Whiterun, at which point the clouds abruptly […]

Skyrim Day 081 – Eyes of the Gods

On March 6, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

8 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Serana and I left Fort Dawnguard very early in the morning, both of us desiring to reach the Glade before the afternoon and planning on leaving it at dusk. Predictably another group of vampires assaulted us once we left Fort Dawnguard’s canyon, but an ambush only […]