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by Hawthorn
Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:21 pm
Forum: Morrowind
Topic: Installation help.
Replies: 11
Views: 4312

Re: Installation help.

Where are you installing Morrowind? Windows systems can be really finicky about games installed in the program files.

You might try this: uninstall Morrowind and the Construction Set if you haven't already. Then go in to your C drive on your computer, and create a new folder. You can name this ...
by Hawthorn
Thu May 09, 2013 6:15 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Arrow to the Knee = Getting Married?
Replies: 31
Views: 15544

Re: Arrow to the Knee = Getting Married?

Well my husband and I have been using "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took a toddler in the knee" as a running joke for quite some time now, so yeah... :P
by Hawthorn
Wed May 01, 2013 5:45 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim mysteries
Replies: 410
Views: 43720

Re: Skyrim mysteries



On a related note, I've always wondered what was up with that skeletal human torso that's lying on the road just outside Whiterun. What happened there, and why has no one bothered to clean up?

Whiterun is just creepy. It looks all nice, but then you find a skeleton floating in the moat under ...
by Hawthorn
Wed May 01, 2013 5:30 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: can we talk about Hadvar and Ralof
Replies: 61
Views: 9578

Re: can we talk about Hadvar and Ralof

I guess I will start my epic quest to look for Hadvar...

Fortunately I went with him on all my other characters.

And a question to all who followed Ralof out and then joined the Legion. Did you see Hadvar in any of the quests that he is supposed to appear in?

It's been awhile, but I think ...
by Hawthorn
Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:35 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim mysteries
Replies: 410
Views: 43720

Re: Skyrim mysteries

I'd like to know more about the Abandoned Carts of Skyrim. Every now and then you come across a cart that's been carelessly abandoned, sometimes even rolling down a hill at you. Who left them there? There's no bodies nearby. At the foot of Dustman's Cairn there's an overturned cart and cabbages ...
by Hawthorn
Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:10 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: can we talk about Hadvar and Ralof
Replies: 61
Views: 9578

Re: can we talk about Hadvar and Ralof

I'm certain that once upon a time I followed Ralof from Helgen, then joined the Legion and Hadvar was there. So maybe they're not dead, just faded into the obscurity of war. It is strange that neither of their families mentions them. Kind of like how no one in Rorikstead has heard of Lokir. Not that ...
by Hawthorn
Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:19 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim mysteries
Replies: 410
Views: 43720

Re: Skyrim mysteries

I always wondered what happened to Mrs Balgruuf. The Jarl has three young children but his wife is never mentioned. Especially interesting since

Nelkir mentions a rumour that he has a different mother than his brother and sister. So we have two missing mums!

There's no lore behind it at all, but ...
by Hawthorn
Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:32 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Fellow Orcs: Empire or Stormcloaks
Replies: 45
Views: 11957

Re: Fellow Orcs: Empire or Stormcloaks

I think Orcs would be more apt to side with the Empire. Traditionally Orcs have a strong presence in the Legion, and I can see any Orc being a bit nervous about Ulfric's general "Skyrim for the Nords" attitude. I don't know about the more assimilated Orcs, but there does seem to be some hostility ...
by Hawthorn
Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:48 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: My walk with Ulfric Stormcloak... (spoilers)
Replies: 14
Views: 2013

Re: My walk with Ulfric Stormcloak... (spoilers)

Ha ha, that's brilliant! I'm still amazed that even after all this time I still encounter new dialogues between characters. Just the other day I overheard a conversation between Niranye and Jora in Windhelm, with the elf offering to help Jora and her husband dissapear if the Thalmor should ever ...
by Hawthorn
Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:33 am
Forum: April Fools
Topic: Elder Scrolls VI: Akavir Announced!
Replies: 44
Views: 23481

Re: Elder Scrolls VI: Akavir Announced!

Ha ha ha! This one actually took me in for a few minutes. :) Although in my defense I've been up since 5am with a bouncy toddler, and I also forgot it was April Fool's. It was Easter just yesterday! I'm still nibbling on chocolate.

Oh, well. At least I'll be alert for NASA's latest announcement ...
by Hawthorn
Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:31 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: My walk with Ulfric Stormcloak... (spoilers)
Replies: 14
Views: 2013

Re: My walk with Ulfric Stormcloak... (spoilers)

Ha ha, that's brilliant! I'm still amazed that even after all this time I still encounter new dialogues between characters. Just the other day I overheard a conversation between Niranye and Jora in Windhelm, with the elf offering to help Jora and her husband dissapear if the Thalmor should ever come ...
by Hawthorn
Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: Skyrim-Help
Topic: Weird Solstheim Audio Bug?
Replies: 2
Views: 752

Re: Weird Solstheim Audio Bug?

You know, I think I remember that too. Glitch, or some sort of random Easter Egg? I haven't had much time to play Skyrim this week so haven't been back to see if I can find the ghost audio again.
by Hawthorn
Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:03 pm
Forum: Skyrim-Help
Topic: Weird Solstheim Audio Bug?
Replies: 2
Views: 752

Weird Solstheim Audio Bug?

I just recently got Dragonborn for PC but I've run in to what seems like an odd bug. I found a dead Dunmer miner near some ores, but I kept hearing his disembodied voice going on about lost treasure. It was definitely located in that area and there was no one else nearby. Later I encountered this ...
by Hawthorn
Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:55 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim's Cut content
Replies: 36
Views: 8804

Re: Skyrim's Cut content

Huh. Do you know if cutting favor quests led to cutting follower/marriage options?
Its possible that they may have, but there no way to be sure.

All characters that share the same voice actor have marriage dialog in their dialog list if that same voice actor voices even one marriageable NPC, and ...
by Hawthorn
Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:49 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?
Replies: 57
Views: 6285

Re: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?

If you make use of Hearthfire's greenhouse option, as well as the outdoor garden, taking crops from farmers becomes redundant. I was surprised to learn that you can even plant carrots, which aren't a "harvestable" crop in the regular game. (You only find them as already-harvested in-game clutter ...
by Hawthorn
Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:13 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?
Replies: 57
Views: 6285

Re: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?

Although mining (and Ore depletion) is involved, you can make a decent living by crafting Jewelry from Gold and Silver Ingots plus random Jewels. Believe me, it's a better return than running around and selling nothing but the various cheeses you find. I've tried.

Skyrim is really crying out for ...
by Hawthorn
Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:02 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim's Cut content
Replies: 36
Views: 8804

Re: Skyrim's Cut content

That is annoying about the civil war. Considering how big a role it plays in the game's storyline the actual war feels like nothing. On my first runthrough I joined up with the Stormcloaks and it seemed I'd conquored all of Skyrim in about 10 minutes. Just take over a few forts and there you go ...
by Hawthorn
Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:16 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Unintentional giggles
Replies: 204
Views: 25160

Re: Unintentional giggles

I for some reason was under the impression that sabrecats wouldn't cross running water. Cats hate to get their feet wet, right? One day I was out with a new character, a Breton alchemist with no armour whatsoever. I spied a sabrecat patrolling on the other side of a river and cheekily decided to ...
by Hawthorn
Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:58 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?
Replies: 57
Views: 6285

Re: Is there a way to make an honest living in skyrim?

Alchemy and smithing are probably the most interesting ways of making money without dungeon delving. I have had characters who wandered the wilds of Skyrim harvesting plants and mining ores to smith. Alchemists can be fun for this, travelling from one region to another to experiment with the local ...
by Hawthorn
Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:55 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Unintentional giggles
Replies: 204
Views: 25160

Re: Unintentional giggles

Remember kids, only YOU can prevent tundra fires!

What we need now is a mod that puts ranger-style Stetsons on bears.

Speaking of bears, there was a snow bear that spawned on the road just outside Winterhold in my latest game. I watched an Imperial Legion patrol approaching and thought that ...
by Hawthorn
Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:35 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Roleplaying in Skyrim
Replies: 83
Views: 12013

Re: I can't not roleplay

I do to an extent; I get a character in mind and try to keep to their ethos, but I don't usually take it much further than that. For some reason roleplay is always most important when starting out a new character. I dress them in ordinary clothes when not out adventuring, chop wood for my room and ...
by Hawthorn
Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:49 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Random Encounters
Replies: 11
Views: 1621

Re: Random Encounters

Some encounters I get all the time, others I rarely see. I've played different characters and put a lot of hours into the game but the encounters I get are pretty similar. I run into Talsgar the Wanderer so much I'm starting to think he's following me! Yet I've never seen him sitting down, as is one ...
by Hawthorn
Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:36 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Unintentional giggles
Replies: 204
Views: 25160

Re: Unintentional giggles

Talsgar the Wanderer (a Bard): "Ah, smell that fresh air. Truly, this is a good place to play a song."

His standard greeting, delivered just inside the Solitude city gate after I helped Ulfric Stormcloak (yes, I joined the Stormcloaks) to win the final battle for Solitude.

I just burst out ...
by Hawthorn
Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:45 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Unintentional giggles
Replies: 204
Views: 25160

Re: Unintentional giggles

More Skyrim-meets-real-life humour: My female Nord was relaxing one evening in the Bannered Mare when Sigurd walked in and sat down opposite her. He spent the best part of an hour staring at her and repeating "I work for Belethor at the general goods store. Come by Belethor's shop in the ...
by Hawthorn
Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:22 am
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Unintentional giggles
Replies: 204
Views: 25160

Re: Unintentional giggles

More Skyrim-meets-real-life humour: My female Nord was relaxing one evening in the Bannered Mare when Sigurd walked in and sat down opposite her. He spent the best part of an hour staring at her and repeating "I work for Belethor at the general goods store. Come by Belethor's shop in the marketplace ...