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Kurdan Gro-Olar
Topic Started: Jul 4 2016, 08:55 AM (569 Views)
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Ah. Well.... eh, none of that sounds like fun to me, but different strokes you know!
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True... I don't make every one of my characters lives harder...sometimes they do that for themselves. Dawnguard Sentries I always add, because it makes a bit of sense...then my character can ignore Vampires unless they attack directly, plus it really helps with Run for your lives and When Vampires attack, to have the extra ( and I set them to essential ) NPC's

Because I have an idea.. back story almost written for a "Vigilant of Stendar" character I didn't want to use Immersive Creatures with Kurdan nor did I want him to in any shape way or form be "Dragonborn" ( You are Not Dragonborn) takes care of that... D.D set with a spawn time of 140 hr's mean's dragons are rare.

But yep, everyone has their own play style.. I like my game a challenge...but not suicidal... and I very very rarely do DiD outside of competition...
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Excellent story telling! These Chiss sound wicked! *I do like mods that change random encounters, keeps one from being complacent on the road.* :)
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Well if I remember from the post's when I was reading about it... a few people changed the "Chiss" to Altmer.. to be more "lore friendly". But yeah, they have a lot of random encounters, quest's, armor retextures.. If you decide to use it, just be aware that some people have reported massive CTD's.. Soon as I removed Purity and Thrash Dol.. mine stopped or at least I have not had any in a while...though I have frozen a couple times.. but that's normal...in those area's.
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Brilliant Areial, but HUGE :)

So you could not put it in spoiler tags then.....that's gonna affect me too. What's the spoiler tag limit do you know?
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Jul 6 2016, 12:01 PM
Brilliant Areial, but HUGE :)

So you could not put it in spoiler tags then.....that's gonna affect me too. What's the spoiler tag limit do you know?
Idk... I didn't fuss when all of it wouldn't work, just broke it up in the same pages I wrote it in.
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I can't see the need to spoiler anything, since we have dedicated topics to our stories, rather than one megathread.
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Jul 6 2016, 01:22 PM
I can't see the need to spoiler anything, since we have dedicated topics to our stories, rather than one megathread.

Rick... I didn't say thank you..Thank You. Trying to keep Kurdan from sounding to fem is not easy... just because that is the way I think. His next update...will see if I can write believable masculine errrr observation.
Oh it was just for the part's of Kurdan's stories that had already been posted elsewhere for a while. Though I probably will spoiler the pictures I add, just so that it doesn't break up the story to much.
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A Different kind of Tribe pg 10
We spent the day in Windhelm at the Candle Hearth Inn, Navitas needed some time to heal and rest, the horses needed new shoes and I used the time to mend and upgrade our armor. I also worked on some new Armor for Navitas, it would not be done by the time we left here, but I crafted all the pieces that I could and the link's to piece them together. I went and inquired about hiring the carriage to Riften, that would be easier on Navitas and I could work more on her armor.
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The end of the week saw us at the Riften Gate, as it was early evening, we decided to spend the night at the Inn instead of heading strait to Fort Dawnguard. Navitas talked to the Inn keeper and rented us room's and a meal and asked if I was still interesting in hiring a mage. I nodded yes and told her that I thought the old Dunmers idea of fighting magic with magic was not a bad Idea. She got up from the table and walked over to an imperial in fancy robes, they chatted for a moment and then walked over to our table and sat down.

"Kurdan, this is Marcurio, he's a wizard. Mercenary by trade" Navitas looked at the Imperial and nodded towards me.

"With the Chiss around, I won't contract on as a single guard, it's just to hazardous. A great many of the merc bands have either left or been absorbed into a city guard, they don't want more than one wizard right now. Navitas say's that you want to start your own Stronghold, very admirable and something that I would not mind helping with." he paused for a moment, looked me with an odd look and then finished with " If you are willing to allow a Human as a full member of your tribe, I would be willing to use my skills both now and in defense of that Stronghold." Before I could answer Navitas started talking again.

"Kurdan, I never outright said that I would join your Stronghold, mostly because I won't be a part of a "traditional" one. My Heart-Sisters are a Bosmer and an Imperial, I could never be a part of something they were not. You seem to have some idea's that are not traditional, does that extend to non-Orc's being part of the Stronghold, not just tolerated as "blood-siblings" but as full members?."

I looked down at the table for a moment and thought quickly, I knew I did not want "traditional", but allowing non-Orc's as full member's of my Tribe. I looked back up at Navitas and realized , that was exactly what I wanted and more to the point, needed. I needed the diversity that many different peoples would bring.

" Marcurio, you have yourself a new home, when it's built of course. Welcome to the Tribe. Navitas, you and your Heart-Sisters are more than welcome, even if Azul does not manage to cure her Vampirism, of course making snack's out of her family would not be nice. You may marry or not as you wish, I can only ask that you bring in a male that will contribute to the good of the Tribe."

The trip to Fort Dawnguard and back to Riften was quiet and mostly uneventful. Marcurio was ready to go with us by then, having found and bought a horse. We headed to Largashbur, as Navitas had heard that they were having some difficulty and that the Chief was not inclined to listen, had in fact told all the Tribe on threat of exile that they could not leave the stronghold.

We met with Atub and she said that she needed some supplies to perform a ceremony to find out why Malacath was angry with them. Navitas had already informed me of what she would need, because the Chief would not allow us back in once we had those things, better to bring them in the first place.

We ended up agreeing to help the Chief clean some giant's from Malacath's shrine, which I would have done anyway, but it seemed a test of the Chiefs honor, but we agreed to meet him at the cave entrance. We camped for the night, but noticed that the Yamraz and another Orc left in the middle of the night.

When we got to the cave entrance, Chief Yamraz was already their and my eye's almost fell out of my head, when I saw the female standing next to him. The bit's of metal she was wearing could not really be called armor and barely covered her considerable assets. I must had been staring more obviously than I thought, because Navitas came up from behind me and thumped me on the shoulder and said I was going to end up in a fight over a female with the Chief, if I didn't quit drooling. Marcurio coughed as Navitas went by us both and said , " If ever their was a female Orc to drool over, she would be it."

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We made it to the chief who put his arm around the girl and gave me a look that said "mine". I shrugged my shoulders, the girl had the right to be with whoever she chose and obviously she was with him at the moment. I had the feral urge to knock the smug look off his face as they turned around and walked into the cave. I could not help but notice, the lack of... of... well anything but a couple leather straps, that held the bit's of metal to the front, as she walked away.

"That, is one fine ass". Marcurio whispered to me. I grunted and silently cursed the part of my anatomy that noticed how the leather disappeared between the muscled curves of that very fine ass. He had not whispered low enough, Navitas came up between us and smacked us both on the back of our heads.

"Hey, I didn't say anything!" She looked at me in disgust.

"It's not what you didn't say, it's what you were thinking! Males.. that girl is barely old enough to be out hunting, but her father gave her to Chief Yamraz like a prized heifer!.

"Fine, he comes out of this alive and I'll kill him for you and you can invite her into our tribe as another Heart-Sister, to come and go as she pleases." Marcurio was snickering.

The look she caste over her shoulder, had it been a fire spell, would have left me one crispy Orc. We followed her into the Cave and killed a couple Giants in the first area. The girl was standing on a ledge, looking deeper into the cave, we could see Chief Yamraz nowhere. At our footsteps she turned and looked at us.

" He left me, He drank some kind of potion and was gone.. he left me to fight that giant all by myself. I am glad you came in when you did, it was more than I could handle by myself." Navitas walked over and gave the girl a hug.

"You can come with us, we promised to help him clear the shrine, but the promise was more to Malacath than to the Chief. Why are you hear with him? I know your father sent you to Chief Yamraz, but you don't look like a trained warrior." She looked down and her shoulders drooped.

" I know, I look like a Chief's favorite wife, his young play toy, the one every other wife hates. I can not help the way my body is formed." she plucked at the armor, " Chief Yamraz said he would allow me time to learn a warrior or guards profession, if I would wear the armor he brought and watch his back this day."

Naviatas dug into her pack and pulled out her hunting armor and handed it to the girl. " It isn't as protective as full armor, but it will probably be warmer than what you are wearing. You can use that hammer yes? Oh and we can't just call you girl, what is your name?"

"Thank you, yes I can and my name is Shaimar."

"Well Shaimar, I am Navitas and this is Kurdan and Marcurio."

Shaimar proved that she could use her warhammer, in fact she was very good with it. The Armor Navitas had given her, did not hide all of her umm charms, but they did cover them much better. We killed four or five giants with no sign of Chief Yamraz, Marcurio said he must have taken an invisibility potion. When we finally saw him, he was standing on what looked to be the final trail down to Malacath's Shrine.

He wanted us to kill the last Giant, I refused, not for any amount of gold, this was his challenge from Malacath himself, not ours. We stood on a ledge overlooking the pocket valley the Shrine was in. Shaimar had her hand fisted and against her mouth, I looked at Navitas and then at the girl and she walked over and put her arm around her. I edged Marcurio and I a small distance from the women and heard Navitas start talking to Shaimar in a low tone.

The Chief failed, we did not, but all of us let the girl get the last blow in. Malacath started talking to us and said that we should take Shagrol's warhammer back to Largashbur. I told Shaimar that she could carry the hammer back, she was happy to do so, but upon giving it to Atub, who rewarded us well. Atub, said that Shaimar could stay as a warrior or first wife to the next chief if she choose to. She shook her head and said no.

" No, I think I will travel with my new Heart-Sister and become a member of Kurdan's new Stronhold." I smiled at the girl, when she turned and looked at me.

"Welcome to the tribe Sister." She gave me a coy look through her lashes.

" I would not go that far...Chief". It seemed I had at least eight members of my new stronghold and it wasn't even built yet.


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In case anyone wonders... Shiamar ( Shaimar) is from this mod... Navitas, Nic ( Nix) and Azul are from this mod.. I had forgotten what kinda armor Shiamar had on... was a surprise to Kurdan and Me... Marcurio actually said she should put some cloths on....
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*snerk* Well, it CERTAINLY got Kurdan's attention! Great update, I don't play orcs, but I'm really enjoying your version!
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Thanks!! He's fun.. no where near his stronghold yet though...
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Lovin' Kurdan, even as he's lusting, LOL. They're an interesting and fun bunch!
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Great story and what amazing pics! The only "build" mods I have are Tel Nalta and Helgen Remorn and I still haven't done Helgen yet. So much to do, so little time.
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Great story and what amazing pics! The only "build" mods I have are Tel Nalta and Helgen Remorn and I still haven't done Helgen yet. So much to do, so little time.
Thank you... yeah, I have like 62 pages of "tracked" mods...some are "quest" mods, that look very interesting, but that I have not gotten around to yet. One of those will be included into Winter's Story... I've had Northern Encounters in my mod list for a while and have not yet seen 1/4 th the content of it, just some of the "outside" things as a character goes by.
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Book's and Reading pg 11


Atub called us to the alter the next morning, as we where heading out. A different warhammer was sitting on the alter and Atub said that she thought we should take it. I took it down, but then handed it to Shiamar, she got a huge smile on her face and she took off her harness and adjusted it so that the new one would fit.

She and Navitas walked out of the Stronghold admiring the workmanship on her new weapon. I thanked Atub and Gularzob for their hospitality and walked out to were Marcurio was holding Shyla, both women already in the saddle.

"Navitas, how are our funds? Do we need to work on a bounty or treasure hunt?" I had let her keep track of our gold, as she seemed to be better with the merchants than I was. She laughed.

"That's depending on how fast you want to buy your land. We have about half the money, the Chiss carry some very valuable items." I caught the "we", as far as I was concerned that was fine.

"Half the money huh? Well then we need to get a bit more. How many more chief's do I need to talk to?"

"Three more, but I also had an idea, we should talk to the Librarian at the College, he's an Orc and knows our history better than anyone." Navitas looked over at me with a happy look, but just beyond her shoulder Shiamar looked a bit confused.

"An Orc... Librarian? Books, you mean he can read? On Orc?!" Shiamar sounded very surprised, Navitas looked at me and narrowed her eyes in warning, I wisely stayed quiet.

" Kurdan and I both can read, I can read Nord and Imperial, Kurdan reads Nord and Orcish...." Navitas had not even finished her sentence when Shiamar started speaking over her.

"My father had always said that book's were useless, that their was nothing in them that I could not learn by listening to our Wise Woman and that anything she did not know, I did not need to know." Navitas started off with Shiamar right beside her the two of them had their head's as close as it was possible while on horseback. I looked at Marcurio and shrugged, he shook his head and we rode in silence.

Later that evening we sat at the entrance of a Dwemer ruin only it didn't look much like it was in ruins, just dis-used. We debated on camping inside or outside, but ultimately decided that it would be safer for us and the horses if we camped outside. The ladies were off to the side, talking quietly to each other. I pulled out the Chiss letter and opened it, then the ring and put it on, the ink on the paper was still a jumbled mess I could not read, so I handed it to Marcurio. He opened the letter, but shook his head, then I handed him the ring and told him what it was.

He read the letter and I could follow along because he mouthed the words as he read. He looked startled when he finished.

"How many times have you been attacked?"

"Because of the bounty on Navitas? That is hard to say, we have been attacked four or five times in the past couple months, but twice by what we could term assassins or bounty hunters. Here, this is the first letter I pulled off of those that attacked us. I didn't give it to the Dunmer that read that letter to us, but if your going to be part of us, you need to know." I handed the letter across to him and he opened it up. He read through the letter quietly and then looked up grimly.

" This one says that Navitas is to be brought in alive, for questioning if possible, dead if not." It was as much as I figured, but did not make me any happier. Marcurio went to hand be back the ring and I told him to keep it, it didn't do me any good and he could read all the letters and journal's that we found.

We gathered a lot of Dwemer metal from the ruin, all of it loose or pieces of automated creatures, that had attacked us. Weapons, jems and other things that Marcurio and Navitas said where worth money to someone. Two trips back to the surface to bring up our loot and to sleep, the last room had nothing in it of note, but a couple of the room's right before that had much in the way of dinnerware, which Marcurio and Navitas both said we could sell for a very good price. I liked the look of it and maybe not these, but I would like to get a set for my table.

We headed to Windhelm to sell all our loot, the horses loaded down, so that we walked into town, stopping in a small town to camp. I said nothing when Navitas took Shaimar off to the side each night with a book and the two of them talked in hushed tones. It was good that Shaimar wanted to learn to read. Navitas told me that one of the Orc Strongholds was just up the path from the inn we stopped at, but that we should wait and go up after we had visited Windhelm.
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Lovin' it! Very well told, the learn-to-read thing is interesting.... Her father was obviously a pook.
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Navitas will have Shiamar educated in no time, and not just in reading I suspect, lol. Good read Areial! :D
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Thank's guy's... Poor ole Kurdan does not know what he's in for...
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The Calm Before the Storm pg 12

We sold our loot in Windhelm and then got word of a bounty on the road to Winterhold, so we bought what supplies we might need and headed out. Some Bandit's had taken over a Fort that was left with just a bare crew, because of the Civil War. When we got there we found some Chiss had already taken out the bandit's. We had been hired to clear the fort and it really didn't matter who was in it.

It was a very hard fought battle and even though we cleared the Fort, we where all wounded pretty badly. Marcurio healed Navitas, but gave the rest of us potions, she was the least wounded went off to find the Imperial camp that was close by and have them come and re-occupy the Fort.

Shaimar, Marcurio and I piled the Chiss bodies on a pyre and Marcurio made sure it burned so that nothing was left but ashes. What Imperial bodies we found, we covered with tarps and took to the cellar so that they might be identified and sent back to their relations.

I set one of the room's up as a bathing room, using a huge mead vat as a tub, we built a fire that would stay well below the water line and melted block's of Ice that we used the horses to skid in. When it was nice and hot, Shaimar tried it out first and then Marcurio and I.. we changed out the water for when Navitas came back and she was more than thrilled to take a hot bath in the warm room.

We left early the next morning after getting the bounty paid off by the Captain that took over the Fort. It was still a couple days ride to Winterhold. The ride to Winterhold was pretty uneventful after that, a couple Snow Bear's, that Marcurio threw calm at and one close flyby of a dragon, who decided that something along the coast was more interesting.

An Elf woman stood at the gate to the College and said that I could not pass unless I had something to offer the College. I told the woman I didn't know any spells and as far as I knew had no magic at all. I told her all I wanted was to speak to the Librarian and that if I could not go to him, could she leave a message with him to come to us at the Inn?

Next thing I knew Marcurio was pushing past the four of us, the Elf took one look at him and went, "Oh, the Orc's are with you?" Marcurio said yes, but that it shouldn't matter, it was a college not a coven , unless they had changed over the years. The woman's skin went a darker gold, which I guess was the way Altmer blushed.

We followed Marcurio through the college grounds like a pack of wolves, some of the student's flattening themselves against the wall as we passed by. I looked at one of the frightened student's and smiled at her in re-assurance, but she made a sound a frightened mouse and fled in the opposite direction. Marcurio stopped and looked at us, he grinned like a fool, but in a firm tone said that we probably shouldn't smile at the children.

We got to the Library and talked to Urag Gro-Shub who had much to tell us when I finished explaining what it was that I wanted. Shaimar had a very contemplative look on her face, she asked Urag many questions as he walked around gathering some books. He was very patient with her and answered everything. When he was done walking about he set the book's on the counter and said that these were all he had on our people.

We were not allowed to take them out of the Library, Navitas, Marcurio and I spent the next week reading the book's and taking notes. Shaimar sat next to Urag and asked many more questions, when she was not asking him question, he would ask her questions, which lead to her asking more. I think she learned as much about our people now, as we learned about our people's culture's and how each differed and each was similar.

Urag asked us if we could do him a favor and collect some book's that had been "borrowed" and not returned, we could send them back by courier if we had no plans to come back soon. He would write to the Librarian in The Imperial City and ask if they had any further information about Orc culture. We agreed and set off the next morning to retrieve some book's, the payment, information, which was priceless.

We traveled the coast line and had made it a day past Dawnstar, with Solitude still two or three days away, when Marc said we needed to make camp early and gather as much firewood as possible. He pointed out to sea, I noticed the waves, grey heavy looking an rolling in huge swells beyond the breaks, but the sky was a clear blue, the wind almost non-existent.

I shook my head, but then noticed a thin line blacker than the water, a thin blurr on the horizon. It got bigger as I looked. We headed at a faster pace up to the tree line, where I could see some large boulders above the highest of water lines. When we got there I could see they were just large enough for both tent's to be set up. After stripping the pack's and saddles off two of the horses, I gave some direction to get us all moving.

"Navitas, take the horses back to the spring we saw I think if you go a bit upland, it will flow faster and be clear. Shaimar go with her but see if you can use your bow and get us some fresh meat, we have a lot of dried stuff, but fresh will go over better. Marc, you and I will set the tent's, first let's dig a pit and line it with some of those stones."

Marc and I set to and got the fire pit dug and set the tent's up to face each other with the pit in the middle. Both sides of the tent's were close to the boulders, but one side far enough off to get the horses through one at a time. After thinking about it, Marc set up a privy in the horses tent, as we had not put the floor down, he also put up a ward to keep the top of the overlapping tent canopy's from burning as we had put in half log's first and you could see the flames spread out along the ward.

The women came back with water and a deer, which would hold us through the worst of the storm with fresh meat, the storm would supply some water, even if it had a slight salt tang. We all set to after that at threw sand up against the end's of the tent's and then some beach stones. Navitas and I then headed up with Shyla and quickly cut some of the tall grass, piling it in two canvas pieces then rolling it all up and placing it like a pack over her back. It would keep them for a day or so, hopefully the storm would blow out before then.

We got Shyla into the tent and the final "wall" up between the tents, just as the storm hit. We all hunkered down and I finally had a chance to ask Marc how he know about the storm. His mouth Quirked to the side and he said, " I would love to say magic, but truthfully, I spent time as ships mage as an apprentice. One of the things that I learned was the signs of a storm at sea, the bigger the storm, the longer one has to prepare or go around. On shore it isn't exactly the same, but some of the sign's are their."

We ate dinner and decided to sleep early, each of us taking in turn keeping the fire going.

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