Skyrim: Dead is Dead Thread

[TiberSeptimsGrandma]

New character:
Name: Shaq
Race: Redguard
Type: Warrior
Backstory: Went to bed in California, woke up in Skyrim.

[Kerr]

New character:
Name: Shaq
Race: Redguard
Type: Warrior
Backstory: Went to bed in California, woke up in Skyrim.

Shaq Fu?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[TiberSeptimsGrandma]

After killing his first few imperials, Shaq has realized two things.
1: Killing is his business.
2: Business is a-boomin.
/BradPitt

[Unionhack]

New character:
Name: Shaq
Race: Redguard
Type: Warrior
Backstory: Went to bed in California, woke up in Skyrim.

That is bloody brilliant.

[Lunatic]

New character:
Name: Shaq
Race: Redguard
Type: Warrior
Backstory: Went to bed in California, woke up in Skyrim.

That... That's genius. That name is truly the name of a terrible actor, a decent basketball player, and potentially the most awesome Redguard history has ever known.

[TiberSeptimsGrandma]

R.I.P. Shaq
A word of advice, don't try and go through bleak falls barrow only using your fists while playing on expert.
My followup will be Michael Jordan. It's okay, he's experienced, he was in Space Jam.

[Belgarion98]

R.I.P. Shaq
A word of advice, don't try and go through bleak falls barrow only using your fists while playing on expert.
My followup will be Michael Jordan. It's okay, he's experienced, he was in Space Jam.

wow, just wow.....Brilliant.

[Elenath]

I've been watching this for a while, and very much enjoying it. I intend to join in on the fun, just as soon as I figure out which of my character ideas to use...

[i-m-so-ghett0]

Morpheus attempted to use Become Ethereal to survive jumping down a waterfall in the Rift after killing bandits. The Shout didn't last very long.

[Lunatic]

R.I.P Kha'raz.
Cause of Death: Forgot to pause.
Kha'raz hadn't gotten very far. Just barely started doing quests for the Companions.
He entered a cave to go hunt some trolls, but he found himself unable to move for some reason.
His guardian angel returned just before he died with a bowl of soup.
His guardian angel yelled the words "OH FOR THE LOVE OF *insert vulgarities here*", and began pondering what poor, unfortunate soul he would watch over next.

[Nerocypher]

As Vulolalun and Athis were fighting some falmer in Blackreach a steam centurion came up from behind and slaughtered Vul...

R.I.P. Vulolalun Vulon
Date of death - 8pm, Turdas, 17th of Heartfire
Level - 29

...

[Lunatic]

New character today. High Elf mage Arkenor has started his quest, already making two bandits kill eachother so he didn't have to do any work. First time playing as a High Elf and a pure mage, let's see how it turns out.

[Unionhack]

R.I.P Kha'raz.
Cause of Death: Forgot to pause.
Kha'raz hadn't gotten very far. Just barely started doing quests for the Companions.
He entered a cave to go hunt some trolls, but he found himself unable to move for some reason.
His guardian angel returned just before he died with a bowl of soup.
His guardian angel yelled the words "OH FOR THE LOVE OF *insert vulgarities here*", and began pondering what poor, unfortunate soul he would watch over next.

Forgetting to pause doesn't count. The only deaths that count come from player actions; if it's from outside interference, player inaction like forgetting to pause, or a glitch causing it, it doesn't count and you can keep going.

[Voice of the North]

I'm currently trying to reach 100.000 Gold and all Daedric Artifacts with my first Character I've played in Skyrim, I think this won't need much time.
After that I'm playing a DiD character.
I've got four DiD characters, three of them just for this forum, but I don't know who to play first..
The khajiit trader, the mage, the Thief, the warrior..

[Assassin540]

Trader

[yodah]

Scar-Eye is level 17. I really should turn the difficulty up, as I am having no problems. But, I will do that after I finish the DB questline, I don't want to die during it and not finish it.

[WaxChin]

Hey New D.I.D character:
Al-Sura/Orrin of Sentinel
Redguard
Age:19
Level 1
Born to a peasant family in Sentinel, Al-Sura was sold to mercenary company to pay his father's debt to them. For years, he traveled with the mercenaries, sharpening their swords and stringing their bows. Bervasu, a Dunmer sellsword, took a liking to him and named the young boy of ten Orrin.
The boy Orrin learned the way of the sword from Bervasu until he had no more to teach. He left the mercenaries and wandered Cyrodil, looking for a teacher and a place in the world. In Bruma, he was asked to kill a Nord warrior, Rhaegar the Unworthy.
Rhaegar gave Orrin the fight of his life. As the Nord lay dying, Orrin asked him where he learned the way of the sword. The Companions, the Nord muttered before he breathed his last.
Orrin left for Skyrim immediately, where he was arrested by Imperial legions.

[Unionhack]

VICTORY.
(Spoilers ahead!)





Over the last few days, Captain Irvine has gone through the hardest times of his life, fighting even harder after the death of the heroic Kharjo at the hands of Alduin. Paarthurnax gave him the task of capturing one of Alduin's chief allies, so Irvine picked up his new friend and newly inducted blade, Stenvar, and negotiated a momentary peace treaty between the Stormcloaks and the Imperial Legion so that Whiterun could be used to capture the dragon.

After a rough battle in Dragonsreach, the dragon Odahviing was captured. Telling of the ruin of Skuldafn, Irvine knew that it was finally time to bring the fight to Alduin. Saying his goodbyes to Stenvar, he told his friend to go deliver a final goodbye to his wife, in the case of Irvine's death at Skuldafn.

Odahviing flew Irvine to the ruin, and Irvine brought his full wrath upon the draugr and dragons in Skuldafn, killing three dragons and dozens of Draugr. Using the signature shout of Ra'Zhar, Storm Call, he faced little opposition as he charged onwards and faced his first dragon priest. After an exhaustive battle, Irvine leapt into the portal to Sovngarde, with approximately 50 health potions in his bag, a new suit of Elven Armor, and the katana Dragonbane.

He fought Tsun to get into the Hall of Heroes, and met several heroes of nordic legend; High King Torygg, Jurgen Windcaller, and the 3 Original Tongues who banished Alduin in the distant past. Banding together with them, Irvine led a final assault against Alduin the World Eater. After a battle that would rival the conflicts sung by bards across the land, Alduin disintegrated, vanishing and leaving Sovngarde free of his taint.

Irvine gathered his equipment, said one final goodbye to Sovngarde, and left to go back to Nirn. After speaking to Paarthurnax about the future now that Alduin was good, Irvine visited Ra'Zhar and Kharjo's graves, laying Dragonbane at the foot of each of them. He then went home, eager to surprise his wife with his survival.

Who knows what's next for Irvine? The Empire, his enemy who slaughtered his beloved crew, still needs fighting, and the Thieves Guild is still in a run of bad luck. There's many towns out there that may need his help, and there are dragons to be killed. And of course, there's always more mead to be drank.

(Level: 21)

[Kerr]

Nice one. It is always a great feeling finishing an Ironman. You going to make a board of winners just for yourself?

[Unionhack]

Nah. I'm gonna keep playing Irvine until he dies. I don't wanna make a list of main quest completers, because the point of this challenge is to play however you want till you die.

I know how my next character will start, though.

[adamly]

Id like to introduce Snowe Tussaud an imperial.

He is a decendant of Gaston from oblivion and is a cold hearted killer with a soft spot for his friends. I plan on going blind since I have not dont many of the quests so lets see how this turns out.

PS. I did this with fallout and I lost 3 characters in 2 days so lets hope this works better.

[adamly]

O crap im sorry I didint know there was annother tussaud in this thread. IM changing his name to Snowe Umbranox, decendant of the Grey Fox. He will be righteous but stilla criminal. He does not enjoy seeing innocent people die. However if there is money involved; he will do it himself.

[Resolute Crusader]

Definitely gonna try this (on apprentice though)

[Sloady]

DID was too difficult for me... or maybe Skyrim was It's a great idea though. Certainly adds replay value.

[Unionhack]

If you wanna do a Tussaud, that's perfectly fine. Our characters aren't in the same continuity.

Anyways, big news today. Captain Irvine died this morning.

It was a normal trek, with Irvine leaving Sky Ruler Temple with Erandur to go nab some alchemy ingredients and souls for enchanting. While outside, they were confronted by a Thalmor hit-squad, that was easily dispatched.

They ran into a troll, and while fighting it, a dragon roared overhead; it was Krahzuntafiir, the frost dragon that had killed Ra'Zhar.

The fight was rather fierce (I had recently shifted the difficulty from apprentice to adept), and the troll was taken care of before the dragon. In a short while, however, a frostbite spider joined the battle as well. The spider wasn't much of a problem compared to Krahzuntafiir, so Irvine kept his attention on the dragon.

After a tough battle, Irvine finally killed Krahzuntafiir with little health to spare. In the middle of absorbing the dragon's soul, Irvine fell over, dead from the Frostbite Spider's poison.

R.I.P
Captain Irvine Tussaud
17th of Last Seed, 4E201 - 28th of Rain's Hand, 4E202
Imperial, Level 24
Dragonborn, Hero of Skyrim
Died from a poisonous spider bite after killing a dragon


Anyway, I had a great idea for my next character. What happens if a dragonborn dies while absorbing a soul? Where does the dragon's soul go? I had a theory; maybe the soul inhabits a nearby dead vessel of sufficient size or power.

Krahzuntafiir's soul went haywire after Irvine died, and it went into the nearest empty vessel other than Irvine; the nearby dead Thalmor Mage. The corpse was reanimated, and Krahzuntafiir's eyes opened in a body that wasn't his. Trying to think like a dragon wracked his newfound brain; it could not comprehend immortality as a dragon could; and the very idea of mortality cut through Krahzuntafiir's psyche like a knife.

He sat there, screaming in pain, until Erandur went over and helped him up. Krahzuntafiir began to adjust his mind, though the pain was still there; Erandur took it upon himself to bring the dragon to Sky Haven Temple to ask Stenvar, Esbern, and Delphine about what to do with him. Though the killing of Irvine was a great grievance, they decided that being forced to live in a mortal body would be a far greater punishment than outright killing Krahzuntafiir. So Erandur took to teaching the reincarnated dragon the concepts of mortality, the structure of mortal society, and other essential things so that he could be released to live amongst the mortals that he had previously sought to enslave like his master. After several months, Krahzuntafiir reluctantly began to accept his new existance, and left the Temple to find his lot in the life he had been given. The body he had been given was a High Elven one, so he would live longer than a human. But regardless, it was a short time for a dragon. He knew that he had to first seek immortality, to ward off the death he had so feared, and then he would have to find a way to turn himself back into his dragon form. His first step; go to the greatest institution of learning in Skyrim, the College of Winterhold.