Skyrim Shenanigans w/ Rook Episode 1: Raloaf

• published: 06 Feb 2015
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This is my first single player series so leave a like if you enjoyed, subscribe and comment. What is Skyrim? Skyrim is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion, though it is not a direct sequel. The game takes place in the land of Skyrim, a province of the Empire on the continent of Tamriel, amid a civil war between two factions. The Stormcloaks, led by Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak, are made up of Skyrim's native Nord race. Their goal is an independent Skyrim free from Imperial interference. The Imperial Legion, the military of the Empire, opposes the Stormcloaks and seek to reunite and pacify the province. General Tullius leads the Imperial forces in Skyrim. The story begins with the imprisoned player being led to an Imperial execution in the town of Helgen, alongside several Stormcloak soldiers and their leader, Ulfric Stormcloak. A dragon unexpectedly interrupts the procession, attacking and destroying the town. The player escapes and journeys to the nearby town of Riverwood, whose residents are now fearful that the dragon could strike their town as well at any moment. Riverwood also serves as a tutorial village in that the player can forge items, trade goods, practice alchemy, and receive miscellaneous quests. The player is asked to make their way to the city of Whiterun, to request aid from the city's Jarl against the dragon threat. Jarl Balgruuf the Greater accepts. He also directs the player to his court wizard, who asks the player to retrieve the Dragonstone, an ancient artifact that shows the location of ancient dragon burial sites. The player returns to Whiterun with the Dragonstone, only to learn that another dragon has appeared near the city. After slaying the dragon with assistance from the city's guards, the player unexpectedly absorbs the dragon's soul which grants them the ability to perform a magical ability called a "Thu'um", or Shout. The city's guards are astonished, and inform the player that they must be a Dragonborn, a mortal born with the soul and power of a dragon. After returning to the Jarl with news of the dragon's defeat, the player is summoned to meet with the Greybeards, an order of monks who live in seclusion in their temple of High Hrothgar on the slopes of Skyrim's tallest mountain, the Throat of the World. The Greybeards further train the player in the "Way of the Voice", teaching the player more powerful Thu'ums and instructing the player on their destiny and role as the Dragonborn. The player learns that Skyrim's civil war is the last in a sequence of prophetic events foretold by the Elder Scrolls, which also predicted the return of Alduin, the first dragon and the Nordic god of destruction. Alduin is prophesied to destroy the races of Men and Mer, and consume the world. The player character is the latest "Dovahkiin", or Dragonborn. Dovahkiin are anointed by the gods to help fend off the threat Alduin and other dragons pose to Tamriel. The Greybeards task the player with retrieving the legendary Horn of Jurgen Windcaller in the marshes of Hjaalmarch as a final test. However, the player discovers the Horn has been stolen, and the culprit wishes to meet with the Dragonborn. The thief reveals herself as Delphine, Riverwood's innkeeper. Delphine admits that she set up the player in retrieving the Dragonstone. Delphine wants the Dragonborn to prove their power before explaining her actions, and they head to the village of Kynesgrove, where a dragon burial mound is supposedly located. Once there, the player and Delphine witness Alduin reviving a dragon from the burial mound and defeat the dragon. Delphine later reveals that she is one of the last surviving members of the Blades—an order of bodyguards sworn to protect Dragonborn Imperial Emperors, and before that, they were sworn to kill dragons. She explains that the Blades have been out of purpose for centuries with no Dragonborn Emperor, and now with the player character being the next Dragonborn, the organization has finally regained its purpose. Afterwards, Malborn, who Delphine tells the player to meet at Solitude to help you, helps the player infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy near the city of Solitude, the headquarters of the Aldmeri Dominion in Skyrim, to follow up on her suspicions about the Thalmor's possible involvement with the dragon threat. While there, the player discover the Thalmor are searching for a man named Esbern, an archivist of the Blades Order, then the Thalmor tell the player to surrender or they will kill Malborn, but Malborn attacks the soldiers and the player has the opportunity to save Malborn though it is not necessary. After escaping the Thalmor Embassy, Delphine then instructs the player to locate Esbern, known to be hiding in the sewers and ratways of the city of Riften.