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I used the console command to kill Onmund, but after some game play without him in my assassin's game, I reloaded.

Felina purchased Honeyside and moved her family to Riften. She isn't Maven's thane yet, and I don't know when she will be. Felina doesn't care for Maven much, and the Night Mother hasn't mentioned any prayers from that awful woman anyway.

Honeyside is a cozy house, and its nice not having a housecarl. There's more room to walk around. Only problem is, Felina has to do her runs for supplies alone, since Onmund is watching the children. And its not like he complains. He seems to love watching the children, but Felina didn't want him to get stressed out. So she fetched Serana from Fort Dawnguard for a babysitting job.

Ursula Level ***60***
Erik and Ursula went to Solsthiem to find a Werebear, and finish some crap there.
Found a new Blackbook. Read it, and ran through that maze. (new technique that worked well)
Eventually Sero replaced Erik, and Ursula is trying to get him to take off that helmet.
Erik was escorted to the boat and he will hopefully make it back in one piece.
I do not want to be responsible for his death.!!

Yesterday I recreated Vulom Staadnau. I miss her too much to wait until after I reinstall. So... Now she's back again. This time, I'm saving Dawnguard until last. That way, if it breaks her save, she'll at least be close to completed. I'm doing the same with Wild-Like-The-Sea.

Speaking of which... Wild-Like-The-Sea finished the dungeon diving and exploring on Solstheim, along with any remaining random Dragonborn quests that were in her journal. After that, she started the Dragonborn main quest. Right now, she just needs to go and speak to Neloth. She needs to learn more of Miraak's knowledge.

I was in Solstheim doing things when Neloth asked me to find him a Briarheart. It had been a while since I'd been back to Skyrim so I hit my house in Raven Rock, loaded up on all of the items I wanted to sell and headed to Windhelm. The original idea was to run down the Forsworn in The Reach, get what I needed and head back. Well....I tend to get sidetracked.

I got the heart and hit Markarth to sell loot before heading to Solitude. Sold a bunch of stuff there and then decided it was time to manage the Civil War. I've joined the Legion and have been assisting with clearing strongholds and defending Whiterun. I love having these fights at night when possible and calling Odahviing to help out. Between his breath and my magic, the fire tends to light up the night. It shouldn't be long before this little rebellion has been crushed. I don't usually mess with this quest line at all and I think this is maybe the third time I've ever taken it on, but I'm enjoying the fights.

Marilyn (II), man-murdering mer-maid, Nightingale of Nocturnal and incipient servant of Sithis,
- was rewarded well by Muiri for two commissioned deaths (and couldn't help speculating whether the young apothecary's recent bad luck with men might have made her amenable to a little erotic experiment of another kind; that girl is damn cute);
- finally followed Vigilant Tyranus into that haunted house and left it alone shortly thereafter, laden with some valuable armour and other sweet loot;
- broke into several Markarth buildings, including the Treasury, stealthily crowdfunding the means to pay off her bounties in Falkreath and Whiterun;
- realized that most people Skyrim seem to be dog-haters and killing everybody who insults Meeko is not a viable option, but still felt compelled to make an example of Mulush the smelter overseer (who was a detestable [&@%!] anyway and wouldn't be missed by anybody);
- went hunting goats in the mountains north of Markarth and realized that, preoccupied as she had been with criminal pursuits lately, she had missed roaming the wild and shooting her own dinner;
- met some Forsworn who were actually friendly (at least if you were neither a thug nor an orc hunter);
- discovered a large ancient Nord ruin nearby and started to explore it, but when she discovered the central sarcophagus with its weird skull-locked mechanism that could only have been designed to keep whatever was inside locked in by all means she felt the hair on her neck rise up and decided that it was not for her to gainsay the wisdom of the old Nords and open that Pandora's Box;
- followed a small track up the mountainside from the ruin and discovered a little camp that had all hallmarks of Forsworn magic; while she was rummaging through a shoddily locked chest she was surprised by the hagraven returning to her lair, but the Mighty Meeko flung himself at the creature fearlessly, buying his mistress time to nock a fatal arrow;
- left Markarth the following day several thousand septims richer than she had arrived, heading for Falkreath and the Twilight Sepulcher; time to settle her bill with Nocturnal at last.

Last night: took the new Argonian out for a bit
Seamoor Tailwagz
He made it to Falkreath, helped some of the people there.
Some missy at the bar said he was a handsome man?? Bet she needs glasses. She must not have noticed the tail. Seamoor was flattered, but skepticle
Helped an old guy get the ashes of a friend to the cemetary. Pay was good.
Almost punched out a sassy nord. Thought better of it, as he was REAL big. His brother kept thinking Seamoor was going to steal something. (didn't)
Swam around and caught the little fish, ate a few and got sick. Took a shower in the waterfall. That felt good on his grey/green scales.
Seamoor ran into a necromancer who put up a good fight.
Tailwagz is a level 1, so he ran from more trouble than he got into.

Today, Cedran Madach, Breton thief. . .

- Tricked Romlyn Dreth into thinking he'd deliver the stolen cask of Black-Briar Mead when he actually reported the fetcher to Indaryn. What? A cut on Maven's profits wouldn't be good for the Guild, and if Dreth wanted to get his weaselly hands on some slyly gotten coin he should talk to Brynjolf. Not that he's a good enough thief to keep up with the Guild; he tried letting someone he barely knew do the legwork for him and ended getting burned by a much better thief. A Dreth never forgets a traitor. . . says the traitor.
- Had a talk with Svana and agreed to her proposal to trick her aunt. Svana promised a reward and Cedran finds it fun to meddle, so he either persuaded/picked the pockets of (some) of the men Haelga had been running around with and talked to the woman about her Dibellan "arts" (come on, Haelga, if you don't want the rumors going around why don't you focus on stuff like painting? Sleeping with married men isn't wise in a town that has a Chapel to Mara . . . ). Svana was happy and Cedran walked away richer, so it was a win-win. Just not for Haelga or her lovers.
- Invested in Yushari's (3DNPC) flower business. She's greedy and she's shrewd, and Cedran took a liking to her business methods. While he has always preferred using his silver-tongue to persuade others, her direct approach is amusing to him. He even bought some flowers from her. . . maybe he'll give them to Vex. . or Sapphire . . or that Jade (3DNPC) in the temple. . Riften sure has its share of beautiful women. (most of which are thieves.)
- Was assigned the Goldenglow job - his first real job for the Guild. He's determined not to muck it up.

And Mirisa the Redguard crusader didn't do as much as Cedran, but she's certainly just getting started.

- She saved Tikrid (3DNPC) from a group of bandits. Interesting girl.
- And she got the Ring of Pure Mixtures for Frida. Nice old woman with a horrible brat of an adopted orphan. (also from 3DNPC) Mirisa had a nice chat with the boy and, loathe as she is to admit it, has learned that not all children are blessings from Mara.
- After returning from the Hall of the Vigilant, she, her sister Tierra, and Erandur are setting off on an expedition to the west to search for any Daedric-related activity. They plan on going through Morthal, Solitude, and then Markarth. They're sure to find what they're looking for.

(a few days ago i restarted skyrim,new char) today i became thane of eastmarch and solved a murder (in that order) then i killed many dragons and then i slept and then i formally joined the thieves guild,finished the gaulder legend quest and tomorrow i am getting the sword of the red eagle

I continued working on the Dragonborn main quest with Wild. She defeated Miraak (I purposefully used the weakest weapons I had on me -which happened to be the ones from the Deathbrand quest- so I could hear what the little [&@%!] had to say) and then went on to helping the people of Solstheim. Which involved doing various favors for the people of Thirsk, rescuing the Skaal smith, helping an old man explore a ruin, paying Ralis a visit at Kolbjorn Barrow, and doing some stuff for Neloth.

I was going to do more, but my game froze on me as I was setting out to take care of Neloth's ash spawn issue. Considering what time it is, I decided that that was enough for one night.

Felina and Cicero had a disagreement about keeping the Night Mother's coffin closed. She preferred it closed, since Onmund traveled with her and the corpse's presence makes him uneasy. But Cicero wanted the coffin open. In a strange glitch, Felina and Cicero stood next to each other, opening and closing the coffin. She finally walked away when Onmund sounded irritated "its time to go" bla bla.

Marilyn (II), Dark Brotherhood initiate newly appointed to great responsibility,
- transformed herself from criminal scum back to respected thane and citizen with a few thousand septims,
- had a cuddly tête-a-tête in the dark with Mom and found that at times you think clearer inside the box,
- was deeply moved by Cicero's devotion and pure joy when she told him the good news: this could be the beginning of a wonderful friendship;
- is worried by Astrid's reaction to the whole affair: she likes Astrid well (actually has a bit of a crush on her), but at a crunch she's determined to obey Mother over Sister;
- finds it perversely pleasing to call Arnbjorn "stupid dog" (not to his face though, as she fears that some of the Falkreath Family members have but a loose grip on the Five Tenets);
- reluctantly returned the Skeleton Key to Twilight Sepulcher and, having met Gallus's ghost and the other Sentinels, couldn't help feeling that such a fate seems a pretty poor pension plan for retired thieves. If at all possible, she'll have to find a way to wriggle out of this contract, although she can tell it won't be easy. The first step would be postponing her own death as long as possible, which she's incidentally quite good at, but in the long run a more radical solution may be required...
- fulfilled a contract on the not-so-harmless lumberjack couple at Half-Moon Mill and was seriously puzzled when she learned that Hert had left her an inheritance of 100 septims; it took her quite a while to remember that she had chopped many a log of firewood for Hert back in her early days in Falkreath. Who's to say menial labour doesn't pay well sometimes?

Delia-Jessamine Maric, Breton stealth-mage, with Aela the Huntress, Nord huntress:
1. Met the person behind the mysterious note at Ustengrav.
2. Traveled to Kynesgrove, saw Alduin reviving the dragon Sahloknir, and killed it.
3. Does not trust Delphine.
4. Killed another Ancient Dragon south of Kynesgrove. Got assists from Stormcloaks, mammoths, and a giant.
4. Checked on her Darkwater Crossing friends. They are fine.
5. Killed a troll and 3 bandits in a crazy fight outside the Riften gate. Got assists from the Khajiit, guards, horses, and stable workers.
6. Decided to wear black from now on (coincidentally, her first name comes from the Johnny Cash song "Delia's Gone").

Long version

Felina took her last bottle of Redwater skooma while she and Onmund watched over their son's dagger lesson. It helped cut the boredom. Its too bad she's decided to go clean after this, since the stress of raising children is getting to her. At least she has plenty of smithing work to do, which helps keep her out of the house at least part of the day, when she's not adventuring.

She got ahead on her cooking (cabbage apple stew and some beef chunks), played outside with the children, had an ale with Serana at the Bee n'Barb, and talked to Sofie about practicing lady like behavior. She also forgot that she'd left poor Meeko outside to use the bathroom. She remembered at 3am.

Akasha took care of that pesky Lioness problem for Maven:

Delia-Jessamine Maric, Breton stealth-mage, with Aela the Huntress, Nord huntress:
1. Is accepting and mostly embracing being the Dragonborn. That surprised me at first, as I always assumed she would be a "relucant hero" type. But this isn't the first time the character has surprised me.
2. Returned the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller to High Hrothgar.
3. Went on a quest from Arngeir to find a Word Wall at Silverdrift Lair. Killed a rare female draugr during the exploration.

Longer version. Not much to it and it was straightforward. I'd skip it if I were you.

Marilyn (II) slit the not-so-melodious throat of a certain bard in Morthal, then decided to do the good people there another favour (and get into the jarl's good books, because that never hurts) by investigating the burned house affair and spoke to the ghost of a child who asked her to find her after dark before "the other one" could. It was still before noon, so Mari decided to pass the time by searching the swamps north of Morthal for alchemy ingredients and doing some brewing at Lami's place. When she was done and looked up from the laboratory table she was gobsmacked to find that midnight was approaching and Lami, who was tired and wanted to go to bed, politely asked her to GTFO. (This really happened: I've newly installed the Living Takes Time mod which makes time pass in-game when you're crafting, reading, consulting the journal or map etc.) Cursing the delay, she ran to get her anti-undead weapons off Frost (Helgi mentioning that "the other one" could only come out after dark had been an, um, dead giveaway), made a beeline for the burial site (which she already had discovered in the morning) and reached it just in time to intercept "the other one".

One thing led to the other, and in the end the little girl's ghost found rest and Marilyn narrowly escaped being offered yet another thaneship (in my headcanon Idgrod Ravencrone, a shrewd judge of character as well as a visionary, saw through the Bosmer sufficiently to not want to offer her a place in her court, which I realized by having M. ask her "Do you need anything else, my jarl?" but then aborting the dialogue before I could get the "Help the people of hold X" quest).

(Note on character development: In her previous incarnation this was the quest during which Marilyn (I) was turned (by Laelette IIRC), but this time her racial disease immunity (combined with a ring enchanted with drain resistance) stood her in good stead. I'm not really sure what would have happened otherwise (meaning whether or not she would have sought a cure) - she has developped a certain unhealthy interest in vampires lately, and the thought has entered her mind that vampirism might be a way to escape her contract with Nocturnal and the ultimate fate of a Nightingale; but on the downside she would then be, well, dead (except not), which doesn't sound very attractive either. All her ruthless immorality and devotion to Sithis notwithstanding there's still that nature-loving young Bosmer girl in her whose heart leaps at feeling the warmth of the sun caress her brown skin and seeing it turn the leaves of the Rift to gold, and I don't think she'll be ready to give that up anytime soon. We'll see.)

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Update, following day:

After a short detour to Solitude to sell the loot from Movarth's Lair, Marilyn remembered that she had a bounty letter for the leader of Dragon Bridge Overlook and took Meeko on a little Forsworn hunting expedition, then headed south again via Rorikstead to Falkreath in order to report to Nazir about contracts fulfilled and talk to Astrid about the Night Mother's orders. Unfortunately Falkreath hold seems to hate her these days: no sooner had she crossed its border than she had to meet one of those pesky itinerant nobles whose Imperial bodyguard yelled at her "Stop right there, criminal scum!" and accused her of having "committed crimes against Skyrim and her people". What the heck? Hadn't she paid a 10 000,- $ bounty to get into the jarl's good graces again a mere week or so ago? There was no reasoning with the legionary though, so she had no choice but to dispose of him in the usual fashion, and in her fury she slew the noble (who had watched the whole incident in wide-eyed fear) too for good measure and because he had the bad luck to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, so there's now 30 000,- septims on her head in Falkreath hold.

Only then did she stop to consider how she could have got a bounty in Falkreath again in so short a time. She hadn't stolen anything that she was aware of (not counting stealing back her confiscated stuff from the evidence chest in Falkreath barracks), and she hadn't killed any citizens of Falkreath hold with the exception of Hert and Hern - for which she was pretty sure there had been no witnesses, unless you believe the absurd folk tales about informing chicken. No, the only people who could have known that she was to blame for the death of the two lumberjacks were... her fellow Dark Brotherhood members. Could there be a traitor among her own Family?

She reached the Sanctuary without encountering any more officers of the law and was tremendously relieved to find that Astrid had come to her senses and urged her to carry out Mother's orders without any further delay. For a moment there she had thought ... but no, that couldn't be, could it?

Lieth and her new friend, Erandur, traveled to Solstheim for a bit of adventure. They came across a wrecked cabin near the beach and discovered a love story torn apart by Reavers and Dwarven machinery. She also did some smithing and fetched a special pickaxe for a certain hunk (yes, you are a fine man Glover).

And now back to Skyrim Lieth and Erandur go. Bandits broke into Lakeview Manor and killed the bard, so the family wants to relocate for some fresh scenery. Only problem is that Lieth and Vilkas are low on funds right now, so they can't afford to buy a new house at the moment. And the kids hate living in Riften...so the dangerous woods it is.

Marilyn (II), passing through Whiterun on the way to Volunruud, attempted to pull off a heist on Jorrvaskr just to prove that it could be done in spite of the shadowmark at the front door, and
- ascertained that rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, Skjor and Aela sleep in separate beds (which is good for Aela because Skjor snores horribly);
- withstood the temptation to pickpocket Skjor; that guy had an invisible "danger" sign written all over him;
- briefly had to uncrouch in an attempt to nick a potion from the top shelf in Aela's quarters and promptly was surprised by the Huntress, who seems to have the hearing of a lynx;
- was baffled to no end when Aela, instead of raising the hue and cry, invited our little elf to go hunting with her some day, which Mari could only interpret as a typical Nord pickup line; having admired Aela's well-shaped back earlier, she was flattered, but some romances are just impossible;
- decided not to push her luck after that and leave the Harbinger's rooms alone, but still escaped with several coin purses, two or three sets of Fine Clothes, an elven bow and a few nice potions. Q.E.D.

Today I went with my new character to High Hrothgar to have the first chat with the Greybeards. Then I did the Shroud Hearth Barrow quest and went to Ustengrav.

This time I'm playing with Enhanced Towns and Cities, Inconsequential NPCs, Sexier Whiterun and Realistic Lighting Overhaul and the experience feels fresh once again. Especially the lighting mod changes things: Now nights are actually dark, so either a light source is useful, or one is wisest to camp for the dark hours. Much more realistic.

Also, I got Vilja as my companion. She's adorable as ever, and seems to be even more customizable than in Oblivion. It happened that she and my new mods together provided me an exciting moment. I obtained the player home in Ivarstead (added by the Enhanced Towns) and spent the evening with Vilja there. She wanted to see if there is a good spot for wandering around outside. I obliged her and went outside. Just as we were behind the inn, a dragon attacked. The night was very dark, so at first I only heard it. I located the beast only as it launched a frost breath attack against a guard, as the icy stream shone against the darkness. I could only discern the dragon as a great black form, but managed to bring it down in the end. That was a great fight, since it was actually challenging for a change.

Another good moment due to the lighting mod: When nearing Ustengrav, I saw from afar the campfire of the resident necromancer, and sneaked nearer. It was early dawn, and the undead bandits and the necromancer were just grey forms I could hardly see. When I noticed movement, I instinctively shot at it. That shot hit the necromancer straight in the gut, and his pals dissolved into piles of ash. I didn't even know which enemy I was shooting, so I got lucky. Of course, I patted myself on the back for this feat of marksmanship. Seems that for once more realism equals more fun.

Tomorrow I think I'll hire a second companion or even more and test out the Ultimate Follower Overhaul. Let's see if it's fun to own a personal army.

Today I visited Solstheim for the first time. Saw a weird green glowing stone, cleared out a temple undercroft of ash spawn. Tried to swim to the active volcano (Red Mountain?) but it wouldn't let me. Started travelling towards mushroom shaped tree but game froze. The End.

Danae Neryssa, altmer Nightblade and her friend, Illia the witch, cleared out Deepwood Redoupt, the Vale behind it and the Hag's End. They killed lot of forsworn, Danae died only once (damn hagravens) and she found out that summoning Frost Atronach indoors effectively blocks whole door way.

Then they went to Solitude, slept the night in the inn and sold their loot. Their next stop was Dragonsbridge.

I have found a black book in White Ridge Barrow. I had to battle my way through a den of spiders, some of which controlled living bandits like zombies. Very unsettling

You all have been very busy.
I have been playing too many characters at a time. Getting confused!!
Felinia; Khajiit, level 25, spell sword Nightengale:
Traveled with Belrand and Meeko to Windhelm to finish 2 quests of the Theives Guild.
That went well, then Felinia lost her cool and killed the two people at the Stable and a guard (trying to get 1000 bounty).
She also attacked the Driver of the carriage. That was interrupted by a dragon attack.
Eventually the three made it to Whiterun for the next job. Apparently it was time to regroup at Jorvaskr.
Oh yeah, a cave needed to be cleared of bandits and the three, Felinia, Meeko and Belrand took care of that.
Belrand looks so much better in the Thieves Guild armor, I'm just saying...
Went back, got paid and had to talk to Skjor. Sheet.. he wants me to do what?? Farkus, is the new follower, and they are stuck in Dustman's Cairn, where Meeko and Felinia have "died" at least 4 times.
Strategy/difficulty changed and looks like we may make it out alive. We shall see.
Felinia thinking Farkas may be husband material a Dog/Cat union sounds interesting.

Marilyn (II), newly appointed Listener to the Night Mother, currently on the run from the law in the hold of Falkreath,
- met Armaund Motierre at Volunruud to talk business, then thought it couldn't hurt to explore the crypt a bit further in hope of some nice treasure; had a run-in with a certain spectral loudmouth from ancient Nord history and was not impressed;
- took the northern road along the shores of Ilinalta back to the Sanctuary, hoping to avoid meeting any of the jarl's men, only to run into another noble & guard duo with the guard trying to arrest her, bringing her current bounty in Falkreath up to 50 000,- $;
- was pleased to find Astrid all enthusiastic about the new contract, and even Cicero was all rainbows and butterflies;
- arrived in Riften and, entering the Flagon to talk to Delvin about some Brotherhood business and hand in a few guild jobs, was deeply embarrassed to find that she'd been banned from the Guild for her problems with the law in Falkreath; fortunately a very modest payment to Vex was enough to get her back in the Guild's good graces, but she's aware she's still on probation for now and will have to prove herself to Brynjolf in order to qualify for the position of guild master.

Danae Neryssa and Illia walked from Dragon Bridge to Bruca's lead redoupt. (is every bear in Skyrim out there to get her?) Saved at the door of the dungeon and switched character.

Ahriman has been stuck for a long while in Eastmarch. Tried to get him out of it by fasttravelling to Windhelm. Sold everything he doesn't want to keep to merchants, then fast traveled to his home in Windstead Manor. Gave Alesan his allowance, dumped anything not nessessary out of his inventory to the containers around the house (he had like 3 dragon bones, 3 dragon scales, assorted soul gems and way too many alchemical ingredients considering he don't do alchemy). Got his carry load to ~150.
Then fast traveled back to Windhelm Stables and got a dragon attack. He tried the storm call-shout for the first time. Awsome...unfortunately the khajit traders were killed (either by the dragon or the lightning storm he had summoned). Had to go to work, made a clean, new save for him and deleted all his old ones.
No freezes.