That Creeper seems very useful, almost too useful to be in the game. Also, a somewhat indecent question, did you mod the naked Nord's junk in; would stock Morrowind give him a loincloth?

In any case, I vote to help him regain his axe. Just think how sad Yook would be if he were separated from his axe. The clothes, less so. We should give Caius the information. Perhaps he'll have some more quests for us. Otherwise, we could try to join the Thieves' Guild - I suspect that after gaining the codebook would be easier.

That's when you console commands.

That's when you console commands.

Wow, are you some kind of cheater...?

No CHIM here.

We should always help a fellow Nord.  Kill the witch and get the axe back.

Always nice to meet a brother Nord!

Kill the bitch, and give the axe to the Nord.

Part 16: Reaping the Rewards


We decided that Sosia should die and the axe returned to its rightful owner.



Once you get to this point, Hlormar will become hostile to something no matter what. If you side with Sosia, he will attack you. If you side with him, he will attack Sosia. If you want a peaceful alternative, you are going to want to avoid getting to this conversation.

The peaceful route of returning the axe? Why, pickpocketing it, of course. The patched version of the game should have Hlormar accept the axe without having to spill any blood.



She's not a fighter. In his current gear, Hlormar really isn't either. He wears no armor and has no weapons, so you are going to have to finish the job. All Sosia has is an enchanted staff that drains some of your attributes, but nothing that you really need for fighting.



Cloudcleaver is a better axe than our own. Its base damage is higher and the enchantment is more damaging. People decided that we shall give back the axe, but perhaps things would have been different had they first seen how it was.











That would have been a short update, so I did another quest because it was nearby.



This woman, Pemenie, is quite close to Hlormar and Sosia. You'll actually find her if you take the wrong path to Sosia, so you will know that you have to turn back if you see her. She wants us to escort her to Gnaar Mok and she will give us the Boots of Blinding Speed as a reward.





She's an honest trader and the boots are wonderful. That's all she says about them, so it seems like we are going to have to escort her to see what our reward is.





It only was sunny for a while before it started to rain again.







Oh, what's that?



Poor guar.



There's a betty netch. Not quite as large as the bulls and they don't have leather covering them, but they're aggressive. I didn't go close enough for this one to get angry.



Here we are, Gnaar Mok. It's a fishing village and the huts look like those in Seyda Neen. There are no Imperial style buildings here, though.



And this is as far as Pemenie needs to go. We got the boots!



Like the name might suggest, they make you fast. 200 points is quite amazing considering that we currently only have 55 speed. These boots are quite important to anyone who wants to get from one point to another quickly. But what's that blind enchantment?



Oh. Not only are the boots something that make you fast, they also make you blind. You can still see some shapes and it could be possible to play the game like this, but I doubt anyone would enjoy staring at a dark screen for very long.



Let's not wear the boots so that we can look at some Gnaar Mok buildings.



We can take the boat to Hla Oad, which is closer to Balmora and that is where we want to head next.



We never took a look at Hla Oad, but it's quite similar to Gnaar Mok. Smaller though, I believe, and there's not as many buildings and walkways over water.






Walk back to Balmora was quite uneventful, but we are here for a reason. First, let's buy a resist magicka spell. Quite expensive as we are not a member.



Using this resist magicka effect, we want to create a custom spell. 100 magnitude is ideal and the duration can be very short, but Yook actually can't cast this spell as he doesn't have enough magicka. This is why the signs that give you extra magicka are really nice.



I created a weaker spell, so that we can actually cast it. Once, with our current magicka, with 44% chance. But as we don't have Atronach's stunted magicka, we can sleep to restore our magicka and keep trying.



All it takes it one successful cast, going to the inventory and wearing the boots. Resist magicka only affects the negative effects, so the blinding effect is blocked. We couldn't create a 100% resisting spell, so we are still slightly affected and everything is darker. I most likely won't be using these boots until Yook can cast a better version. We are going to have to train our intelligence and restoration.



255 speed is a lot of fun, though.



It is time to vote again.


Will we give Caius Cosades the information we got after our Dwemer exploration?

Shall we look for the code book for Fighters guild? I'll remind you that there is a conflict and we can never join Thieves guild if we finish this quest without joining it first. If we decide to join Thieves guild, will we do that before or after we get the code book?

Should we tell the assassins to stop bothering us?

Is it time to join another faction, maybe we should scout out the Great Houses?

Go to Caius, and I'd like to see what the houses are all about. Maybe we should join that fighting oriented house?