Apr 22 2009
Oblivion: A Grunt’s Work is Never Done
Stuck with Maglir, who’s only concerned about his pay day, Venus heads off to take care of more “theives.” Only this time, they’re Bosmers like us - and our point of civilian contact is a man with no eyes and a mug that never lets ale go cold:
Thankfully, Maglir stays rather quiet during this trip - maybe because he’s guilty too! Stinking mercenary is what he is. . . any way, the place holds a lot more than a silly mug. I came up with a rather nice haul:
Nice little cache, hmm? I was particularly happy about the bow. And Mr. No-eyes the Porter is happy to have his mug back - so happy, he opens his eyes a little.
Next up, we head off to help some poor lady near Leyawiin. She needs to pay off a 1,000 septum debt, and she’s thinking about selling some ancestral armor to do so. Well, hell lady, let me take the armor, and I’ll give you 1,000 septums. Thankfully, the game lets this be an option. So I head off and pick up a full set of this armor - decent stats, but unfortunately too heavy for me to wear the full set, so I end up just putting a few pieces on. I must say though, that the tomb is rather pretty:
The person who gives me this task doesn’t entirely seem happy I spent my own coin to do this, but clearly he underestimates the value of magical loot. I’m promoted to Protector of the Fighter’s Guild, which begs the question - do I now protect the Fighter’s Guild, or am I protector, which comes from the Fighter’s Guild? Ahh, poorly worded titles. . .
The next mission, I get to take the guild master’s overly mothered son on a mission to investigate a missing guild member. Pretty boy is a lot friendlier than Maglir, but has worse intuition - that is, he runs off frequently ahead of me. The cave we investigate leaves me one nice haul:
Mm. Tasty. We find out the missing guild member is dead (no surprise there), and meanwhile are introduced to ogres and even a minotaur, as well as the ape-clones known as trolls. I bring the boy back safe, and I’m rewarded with a nice frost dagger. Hurray, daggers - I’ve been missing one for the last few missions, so it’s nice to have a good one back. Who knows what awaits us next. . .
