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Tenebrous' Tamriel Travels #1

  • Member
    January 20, 2018

    After the previous quest, as well as a boring objective for Serpent's Grotto (which I won't get into), comes one of the best damn ESO quests; indeed, it ranks pretty high on the ES questscale. Start off by chatting with the soldier lady, and Jimila, who happens to be there. The soldier is... Rather patriotic, by the way.

     

    Anyone know the Dominion anthem?

     

    Now then, there's two ways you can go about this, either rescuing the hostages or whacking the commanders. As anyone who's read through this knows, Rahzam and I prefer murder. You can, however, grab a Maormer disguise... Which makes one wonder just how idiotic these Sea Elves actually are.

     

    "Hail, fellow Sea Elves! Fantastic day to kill some Altmer, right?" -Rahzam-do

     

    Once the commanders have been slain, go to the lighthouse, where you'll discover a blind wounded dude. Turns out Pelly used the Staff of Magnus to bring Naemon back to life. But it appears that either Naemon has totally lost his mind or is possessed by some malevolent force. It's a bit vague. Since we are no healers, abandon the dude and go light the signal, then report back to the patriot. This is where it gets cool; boarding the Prowler, we set sail for some intense ship-to-ship combat! Woooo!

     

    One more drink, at the Sunken Norwegian! One! More! Drink! Before we have to die!

     

    The battle is intense, full of magefire and boarders and giant snakes. Yep, Maormer are sending their mighty sea serpents to destroy the ship! This leads to a very unique encounter, and a magnificent bit of swearing.

     

     

    Thankfully, we have ballistae, so fire them at the snake until it dies. There are multiple places it'll pop up, so be sure to find the right ballista for the job. Then, fight off more boarders, and enter the portal they came in through. The time has come to whack Pelly. The battle is kind of tough, though with Rahzam's skill set (which works wonders against mages), I didn't have too much trouble.

     

    Alas, the poor bloke must die. Shame, he had cool facial hair.

     

    Once Pelly falls, we've won the day! Report back, where you learn that Evil Lichform Naemon is still running amok in the Valenwood. Hrm. But for now, requisite goodies and gold! Also, interestingly, you can murder Quartermaster Oblan at this point, in what I assume is an oversight from Zenimax. He's an OK guy, though (if implied a few times to be a drug dealer), so he was spared my psychopathic tendencies.

     

     

    That's all for this post! Thanks for reading.

  • Member
    January 24, 2018

    You can, however, grab a Maormer disguise... Which makes one wonder just how idiotic these Sea Elves actually are.

    Yeah, what is up with that? Only thing I can think of is that they're so snake-obsessed that they fixate on the tail to the exclusion of all else, sort of getting snake-charmed in the opposite way it should actually work. Lol, dunno. Like you, if there is an option to sneak in quietly using a disguise and a choice not to, I normally opt for the direct route. With the exception of the goblin disguise in the EP quests. I like that disguise and have kept it long, long after its usefulness ended.

    I tried so hard to get a pristine version of this art for my collection. Didn't happen.

    Alas, the poor bloke must die. Shame, he had cool facial hair.

    Ha, when you put it like that I guess it is a shame :D

  • Member
    January 24, 2018

    Paws said:

    You can, however, grab a Maormer disguise... Which makes one wonder just how idiotic these Sea Elves actually are.

    Yeah, what is up with that? Only thing I can think of is that they're so snake-obsessed that they fixate on the tail to the exclusion of all else, sort of getting snake-charmed in the opposite way it should actually work. Lol, dunno. Like you, if there is an option to sneak in quietly using a disguise and a choice not to, I normally opt for the direct route. With the exception of the goblin disguise in the EP quests. I like that disguise and have kept it long, long after its usefulness ended.

    I tried so hard to get a pristine version of this art for my collection. Didn't happen.

    Alas, the poor bloke must die. Shame, he had cool facial hair.

    Ha, when you put it like that I guess it is a shame :D

     

     

    Here you are! Glad you liked this post.

  • Member
    January 24, 2018

    Nice! Time to get all Maormer and praise the soggy serpent in all its sinewy glory as it surfaces from beneath the sea. All the lady Fish Elves have gone weak-kneed at the sight of it.

  • Member
    February 3, 2018

    Our next stop in the Main Quest is Sancre Tor, a familiar locale that previously popped up in TESIV: Oblivion. Apparently, this is where Sai hid the Amulet of Kings, which we'll be needing to defeat Molly B. Unfortunately, Manny has installed GPS magic whatsit on our Redguard buddy during his time in the Halls of Torment, and has followed us here!

     

    Nah, we've come for a picnic. Care for a sandwich?

     

    After dealing with Manny (Abnur pokes fun at the size of his projection), continue on into the Inner Chamber. Here, Manny decides to reveal his endgame: Use the Amulet of Kings, which in actuality is a super-powerful Soul Gem,  to take Molag's power and become a god! Apothosis has historically been a goal of Mannimarco's, so it's nice that this game references that plot thread. Whack his cronies, and talk to Sai, who was just tortured while all that happened. He shrugs it off, of course, being a manly man of men. Then, proceed into the tomb of the Dragonguard, a.k.a the proto-Blades, which Manny decides to reanimate.

     

    Oh goodie, more folks for the picnic!

     

    Fight your way through, and have Sai do his spiritual mumbo-jumbo, then head to the bridge. Here, there's a rather annoying puzzle I really don't understand; just try flipping levers until the bridge goes down.

     

     

    Let Sai do his thing again, and carry on. It's interesting to note that the banter between your comrades in this quest is really, really funny. Especially when Abbie gets told to shut up, but really everything is gold.

     

    Oh, snap! Buuuurn!

     

    Then, Manny waxes more poetic about becoming a god and king of all Tamriel. Really, the mer has ambition, if nothing else. Alas, the time has come to whack him; he's the boss for this quest! Not too difficult, but it is an entertaining fight, with the necromancer opening portals  and removing your companions from the fight. Once he's dead, he pops back up and trolls you for thinking you could kill the King of Worms. And then Manny's day gets ruined; his "master" shows up.

     

    Should've gone with the picnic, dude.

     

    Manny gets scoopd up into Coldharbour, and that's that; the Amulet is ours! Back at the Harborage, the Prophet, our dear former Emporer, prepares for the endgame, where the foul daemoniac thing that is Molag Bal will meet his doom. Cadwell couldn't care less.

     

     

    That's all for this post! Thanks for reading.

  • Member
    February 3, 2018

    Oh man, how I beamed getting to explore Sancre Tor! :D Of course, the Imperial Battle Troll and his abrasive narrative were the highlights, like that Riften brothel quote. His abiding focus on the world's oldest profession shows that his priorities are ever in the right order.  I like that the others continued to snarl right back until finally at the end, his only retort is to say "well played, Titanborn. Well played." Awesome stuff, great to relive it through Rahzam's eyes :D

  • Member
    February 3, 2018

    Paws said:

    Oh man, how I beamed getting to explore Sancre Tor! :D Of course, the Imperial Battle Troll and his abrasive narrative were the highlights, like that Riften brothel quote. His abiding focus on the world's oldest profession shows that his priorities are ever in the right order.  I like that the others continued to snarl right back until finally at the end, his only retort is to say "well played, Titanborn. Well played." Awesome stuff, great to relive it through Rahzam's eyes :D

     

    It was a pretty nice throwback to Oblivon, yeah. My personal favorite moment in the banter, however, is when after Abbie and Lyris throw insults about the place around, Sai quietly mutters: "It is much more pleasant in the summer months."

     

    BTW, I've continued to play Rahzam during my backlog; bloke's already at a Champion stage. And he's got a really good NB tank setup (which it turns out is similar to Alcast's) that I might just make an ESO build.

  • Member
    May 18, 2018

    This is on hold; wonn't have access to my Xbox for a while. But, I do have my laptop... And a devious plan for a (hopefully) fun variation on the Travels. Stay tuned.