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Larawen, Bosmer assassin, left Candlehearth Hall in the morning and walked over to the Aretino residence. She was wearing plain miner-style clothing, black boots, and displayed no weapon. Entering the house, she found Aventis Aretino performing the Black Sacrament, as the rumor said. Larawen had followed all the other rumors she had heard, so far. This was the last lead she had toward trying to find the mysterious Astrid.

Larawen spoke with Aventis, who mistook her for an assassin sent by the Dark Brotherhood. Funny, none of the DB assassins who had attacked Larawen in Skyrim were dressed like miners (why they attack her in the first place is another mystery - who put a hit out on Larawen, and why?). Etc etc Larawen agreed to investigate Grelod and left for Riften. The trip was uneventful.

Back in Riften that evening, Larawen sneaked into Honorhall Orphanage and listened to Grelod verbally abuse the children. Afterward, she came out of hiding and spoke with the children and Grelod's assistant. Unfortunately, no one was named "Astrid", so Larawen would have to resort to Plan B to continue following the lead.

Plan B was:
1) Kill Grelod.
2) See what happens.

Larawen went into the orphanage yard and waited until after midnight, then slipped back inside. She found Grelod asleep in her bed and poisoned her with frostbite venom. Then Larawen slipped out unseen. She sneaked through Riften avoiding the guards, exited the city gate, and hired a carriage to go to Windhelm.

The next morning in Riften Windhelm, Larawen found Aventis, who paid her with a family heirloom. But then my Bosmer returned the heirloom, placing it on a shelf. I don't know why she did that. I didn't think Larawen would kill anyone for free, but she surprised me. She spent the rest of the day in Windhelm trading and crafting, then slept a few hours at the Candlehearth.

She started to leave in the wee hours, but a courier approached with some bad news: Angrenor Once-Honored had died. But he left Larawen 100... no... 90 septims in his will, which Larawen then wagered on a brawl with Rolff Stone-Fist. Unfortunately, she accidentally punched a guard during the fight. 80 septim fine, and she lost the money she had wagered. After paying the fine, she found Rolff again, and they resumed the brawl. Larawen won back her money. After all that, she was 10 septims richer than when she woke up.

Tired of the meager hunting in the frozen north of Skyrim, Larawen set off for The Rift's more fertile hunting grounds. Along the way, she encountered some mages at Fort Amol and another near some dwarven ruins near Shor's Stone. The mages warned her away from their turf, and Larawen left them alone. After the morning's brawl with Rolff, she had vowed not start any more trouble in Skyrim unless she is getting paid for it. She did some hunting in the vicinity of Shor's Stone, shot and killed a deer, and ate some of its tender flesh on the spot. Then she went to the hunter's camp near Riften, traded with the hunters and hung out with them as afternoon turned to evening and then night. It was beautiful and Larawen did not want to sleep inside, so she slept at the camp.

Larawen awoke in a strange place and was greeted by a woman named Astrid. Astrid? The Astrid? Oh, you have no idea how pleased my character is to find you, wherever this place is. Larawen refrained from telling Astrid that she had been sent to find her. That would only raise more questions. Besides, Astrid had her own agenda. Apparently a life was owed to the Dark Brotherhood, and Larawen was to choose which of three hostages would lose their life as payment.

Larawen interviewed the three hostages and persuaded them to divulge their life stories. Then Larawen walked behind the group, drew her bow, and shot the Khajiit in the head, killing him almost instantly. Almost. She then approached Astrid as if to talk, but instead turned and dual-cast a Pacify spell on the other two hostages. Then Larawen shot them, too, knowing that Astrid would not allow them to leave that place alive.

"Well, well, aren't we the over-achiever?" Astrid said.

"Yes," Larawen replied, pleased that Astrid noticed.

Larawen, Bosmeri assassin, acquainted herself with the town of Falkreath and met the cemetary people. The grieving parents of a murdered child told her that the murderer Sinding was in the Falkreath Jail. Larawen decided that her top priority remained finding the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary.

Larawen found the Sanctuary, gave the passphrase, and was allowed inside. Astrid greeted her and gave Larawen some new attire, which the Bosmer promptly tried on. Good eye, Astrid, the armor is exactly Larawen's size. (Larawen did exchange the standard cowl for a maskless version).

Astrid was troubled that the corpse of the Night Mother would be arriving soon, and Larawen had her concerns as well, having met Cicero a couple of days earlier. She spent the rest of the evening meeting her new family and learning what she could about them. She remains eager to please Astrid, and looked forward to working with Nazir and Veezara, who seemed like consumate professionals. Festus and Gabriella seemed OK but were hard to read. Larawen was much less enthusiastic about Arnbjorn and Babette, because she doesn't trust lycanthropes and vampires - but she would have to get used to them. And Arnbjorn may be right for not trusting Larawen, since she is sizing him up, just in case.

Nazir gave Larawen a set of contracts, all in eastern Skyrim, but said there was no hurry to complete them. Larawen found a bed that appeared to be unused and spent the night at the Sanctuary.

The next morning, she returned to Falkreath and it came under attack by a Blood Dragon. Larawen helped kill it, with assists from the guards and several townsfolk. Civilians really ought to leave dragon killing to the pros. Fortunately, no one was killed. She met Thadgeir and delivered some ashes to Runil for him.

Larawen went to the jailhouse and met Sinding etc etc next she was off to slay a White Stag. It was early evening when she found the stag and killed it, causing the Aspect of Hircine to appear. Hircine wanted Sinding's hide, and my Bosmeri hunter did not argue with the Daedric Prince of the Hunt. She made her way to Bloated Man's Grotto, arriving a little before midnight. Inside she found that Sinding had already attacked and killed some fellow hunters. She kept going and saw Sinding up ahead. Whether Sinding might have had anything to say to Larawen quickly became irrelevant - Larawen shot Sinding on sight. She ran toward Sinding to finish him off, but found him fighting another hunter (Rissing). Larawen shot Sinding again, this time killing him and allowing Larawen to retain credit for the kill. She skinned Sinding, and another aspect of Hircine appeared etc etc Larawen was rewarded with the Savior's Hide.

On the way back to the camp, Larawen saw Rissing and several other hunters leaving the grotto. She had not realized that so many were after Sinding's hide. She tried on the Savior's Hide, and surprised this player by wearing it instead of her standard fur armors.

The next day, Larawen went to Whiterun, traded, alchemized, and spent the night at the Bannered Mare. She left again the next morning headed for Ivarstead. Along the way, she stopped at the Ritual Stone, which she had read about in the book "An Explorer's Guide to Skyrim". She had to fight a necromancer there. Next, she came to Valtheim Towers and came under immediate attack by bandits. She killed the sentry in melee combat, then sneaked around backstabbing and sniping the others one by one.

Larawen enjoyed a lovely evening hanging out on the roof of the northern tower watching the sun set and the stars come out before sleeping in the dead bandit chief's bed.