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Larawen, Bosmeri assassin, slipped into Ivarstead after dark and found target #1, Narfi. She watched him wander outside his shack for several hours. Eventually, she grew tired of waiting for him to go to sleep, so she cast Calm on him, then poisoned him with paralyze and lingering damage health poisons. Larawen took none of his possessions. She slipped out of Ivarstead and returned to Nilheim for a few hours of sleep. One down, two to go.

The next day, near Sarethi Farm, Larawen saw a bear kill two Alik'r warriors and a Redguard woman. She could have killed that bear yesterday but had chosen not to. Concerned about the farmers nearby, Larawen killed the bear this time and continued to Riften.

Larawen traded a bit and camped with the hunters outside the city. She left before dawn, hunted, shot a deer, had a breakfast of raw venison and bread, then continued toward Anga's Mill. At Kynesgrove, Imperial soldiers led a Stormcloak prisoner right into the village. Larawen watched as the Kynesgrove guards killed the Imperials. The freed prisoner then relaxed on the porch of the Braidwood Inn, in no hurry to return to duty.

Larawen made it to Anga's Mill and chopped firewood for Aeri. Nobody at Anga's Mill was named Ennodius Papius, her target #2. Oh, he's camped by the road to the west. Larawen watched him for a while. Fortunately, he went to bed early, unlike the nightowl Narfi. Larawen poisoned Ennodius in his sleep, took nothing, and moved on. One more to go, at Dawnstar. Larawen expected a long night of traveling ahead of her, but soon came across the Nightgate Inn. She continued her journey the next morning.

Next, she came across Fort Fellhammer. It was populated by bandits. Soon it was populated by Larawen. She mined some iron ore for pleasure and slept a few hours at the fort before continuing for Dawnstar that evening. Along the way she saw a dragon attack some trolls. The dragon was non-aggressive toward Larawen. It killed the trolls and flew away.

Larawen made it to Dawnstar late at night and checked into the Windpeak Inn. People in town are having bad dreams. Not Larawen's problem. She spent the next day pretending to be a tourist in need of cash. That Dawnstar Museum Pamphlet given to Larawen by a courier earlier proved useful as cover for why she was in town. She toured the Museum of the Mythic Dawn but did not agree to help Silus Vesuius. Then she mined quicksilver for Leigelf, traded at the smithy and alchemy shops, and located her next target, Beitild, as well as Beitild's house. That evening, Larawen slipped out of town for a long walk on the beach, where she didn't see any unicorns, but she did find the Dawnstar Sanctuary. She couldn't get inside the Sanctuary, but found a tent further down the beach - apparently a romantic hideaway. Larawen slept a few hours in the tent, as she expects a long non-stop trip ahead of her.

Larawen slipped back into Dawnstar after midnight, sneaked to Beitild's house, and broke in. Beitild was asleep. If you've read this far, you should be able to guess what Larawen did next. Larawen took nothing but Beitild's life, and left.

Larawen sneaked out of town in the wee hours to begin the trek back to the Falkreath Sanctuary. Nearing Loreius Farm, she remembered the encounter with Cicero and detoured to the farm. The Loreii were alive and well. The rest of the trip was uneventful and she arrived at the Sanctuary in the afternoon.

Cicero had arrived with the Night Mother, and it did not seem good for morale, as it seemed to undermine Astrid's leadership in the minds of a couple of members. Astrid gave Larawen a new contract in Markarth. They also spoke about the turn of events. Larawen remains loyal to Astrid (I would think that Astrid's more "secularized" vision of the DB is something my ex-Aldmeri assassin/deserter would appreciate). She continues to size up the members - Babette's stock improved when the vampire told Larawen of her loyalty to Astrid. However, Cicero, Festus, and Gabriella remain potentially problematic, and Arnbjorn needs to keep his mouth shut and stop undermining his wife's command. Cicero remembered Larawen from the road and expressed his gratitude for the Bosmer's assistance. He was surprisingly respectful and informative in answering her questions.

Larawen found Nazir, who paid up for the finished contracts. It was late and Larawen was exhausted. She slept in the apparently little used storage room in back.

Larawen, Bosmeri assassin, traveled to Markarth to meet a client, Muiri. The trip was surprisingly uneventful. Entering the city gate, she saw a man with a dagger sneaking up behind a woman. Unacceptable. The would-be killer was not even Dark Brotherhood. Larawen parayzed the man before he could stab the woman and the guards took care of the rest. Before dying, the man yelled some nonsense that Larawen didn't understand. She spoke with the various witnesses and another man discreetly gave Larawen a note.

After that, the universe split in two. In the first universe, Larawen followed the leads and became my first character to complete "The Forsworn Conspiracy". She did that because her player thought she would get involved in the business of The Reach and become Thane. But then her player changed his mind, realizing that Larawen wouldn't care about Markarth or The Reach (the deer hunting is pretty bad there). So Larawen will go no further in that universe.

In the current universe, Larawen decided to ignore the man's note. She is in Markarth on a job, and getting involved in the Forsworn shenanigans would be an unnecessary distraction. She did a little trading and ran a couple of quick errands for Markarth merchants. The errands required Larawen to make deliveries to Understone Keep, where she noticed a heavy Thalmor presence (all the more reason she should avoid Markarth - Larawen the ex-Aldmeri assassin is hunted by the Thalmor for desertion).

Larawen found Muiri at the Hag's Cure. Apparently, they had a conversation that I couldn't hear, because later they met at Silver-Blood Inn, where Muiri was waiting for Larawen in the room available for rent. Behind closed doors, Larawen and Muiri discussed business. Turns out that Muiri wants two people dead. Excuse me, honey, how many people did your Black Sacrament cover? One, right? That's what I thought. Larawen will kill Alain Dufont for you, but your contract doesn't cover Nilsine Shatter-Shield, and your reasons for wanting Nilsine dead sound insane. Larawen thinks you'll end up regretting having Nilsine killed someday when you come to your senses. (Who says an assassin has to be evil?)

Larawen spent the night at the inn and left early the next morning. First stop, Whiterun. Along the way, she commanded a bear to help her fight a group of looters, and later she accidentally cast Pacify on Talsgar the Wanderer while trying to calm a saber cat. Ironically, the Pacify spell made Talsgar attack Larawen! She re-cast Pacify on him and he went on his way. Larawen made it to Whiterun, where she delivered a mammoth tusk to Ysolda. Larawen had been carrying that mammoth tusk in her magickal underwear for a couple of weeks, so it was good to get rid of it - it was starting to chafe. Larawen got nothing for delivering the tusk to Ysolda (her Speech is already 100), but apparently she made a friend.

Falmers, urg

Larawen, Bosmeri assassin, began the hike from Whiterun to Raldbthar in the morning. Between the White River bridge and the Ritual Stone, she was attacked by a wandering group of 4 bandits, 2 of them bandit chiefs. She killed the bandits, getting an assist from a nearby saber cat. Sadly, the cat did not survive.

Larawen made it to Raldbthor in the mid-afternoon. Time for business, so she changed into her Shrouded Armor. The sniped and fought her way into the ruin, then located her target, Alain Dufont. She sneaked to an overlook where she could look over Dufont and his group of bandits. Then she poisoned her bow with Slow + Damage Health. She would have two poisoned shots but there were four enemies. Larawen sniped Mr. Dufont first. He was killed instantly, but the other bandits were alerted. The over-achieving Bosmer sniped a second bandit, wounding him, and he began his counterattack - slowly. This gave Larawen time to reapply poison to her bow before sniping the other two. Badly wounded and moving slowly, her enemies were easy marks to finish off.

Mission accomplished, but there is another matter Larawen would like to attend to while she's in a dwarven ruin: acquire some Dwarven Oil for weapon smithing (one of my self-imposed rules is that tempering weapons requires Dwarven Oil to lubricate the grindstone: 4 for a bow or sword, 2 for a dagger. The character must possess the Oil at the time of tempering and "dispose" of it when done).

Larawen has several Ebony weapons in her possession that need tempering - a bow, a dagger, and a sword. She will need 10 canisters of Dwarven Oil to improve them all.

So Larawen began an expedition into the ruins, using Dufont's bandit camp as her base, and venturing further each day. She lost her sense of time... how many days passed while down there? 2? 3? She made her way through the Deep Market and found Blackreach, fighting constructs and Falmer along the way. For all that, she acquired a mere 6 canisters of Dwarven Oil, but lots of other valuable loot. She needed to return to Markarth and report to Muiri, but made a mental note of Blackreach. Maybe she'll return sometime.

Exiting Raldbthar, it was morning, and Larawen soon found herself under attack by an Ancient Dragon. The dragon unwisely spent much of its efforts fighting various nearby wildlife, when the real threat to its existence was the Bosmer with the bow and arrows. When the dragon was dead, she made her way to Windhelm, stopping at Anga's Mill to relax by chopping wood for Aeri.

At Windhelm, Torbjorn Shatter-Shield told Larawen of his famiy's sorrows and said that an Amulet of Arkay might console his wife. Larawen said she would be on the lookout for one. Better yet, she has decided not to kill your other daughter, Torbjorn. Larawen traded with various merchants, then hiked to Kynesgrove for the night. There she read "Dwemer Inquiries, Vol 1" before bed.

The next day, she made her way to Riften, where she prayed at the shrine of Zenithar outside the city, and agreed to deliver a letter from Bolli to Kleppr in Markarth. She's going there anyway. She hiked to Nilheim for the night, then to Whiterun the next day. There she saw her new friend, Ysolda. The two may not have a lot in common, but they share an appreciation for business. Larawen respects Ysolda's ambition.

The trip to Markarth was eventful with Imperial vs Stormcloak skirmishes. Not Larawen's concern, so she merely watched.

At Markarth, Larawen went to the Hag's Cure to let Muiri see that she is in town. Muiri still wants to be discreet - she started to ask Larawen about Alain, but stopped: "Is Alain...?" I guess they'll meet somewhere later to finish their business. Larawen traded a bit with Bothela and borrowed the alchemy station.

She went to the Silver-Blood Inn and delivered the note from Bolli. It was near closing time for the Hag's Cure, so she went out to meet Muiri, who was found wandering the city. They found a darkened area and waited for a guard to pass. Larawen told Muiri that Alain is dead. Muiri was disappointed that Nilsine isn't dead. Larawen was let down. She thought she had done what was in her client's best interest by not killing Nilsine. Muiri thanked Larawen for killing Dufont, making the former Admeri military officer confused. Why was she thanked for completing the required objective? Larawen had to do that - she doesn't require thanks for merely doing her job. Some appreciation for exercising good judgement regarding the optional objective would have been nice, though.

Larawen went back to the inn to mull it over while sipping a Honningbrew Mead.