The Road to Balmora

I left Pelagiad with one goal in mind. Getting to a town that actually matters. So off I went in search of Balmora which is almost totally North of Pelagiad. I followed the path until I came to a small cavern. A carven of the damned mind you. I entered into the place named Ulummusa, which sounds just as evil as the cave's innards as I would soon discover. I beat the first badit/lunatic who ran at me calling me a s'wit or n'wah or what have you with relative ease. The next guy, however, was a different story all together. I pulled out my blade as he pulled out his giant warhammer. We ran at each other, his hammer hit me demolishing half of my health bar, my blade missed. I swung again and missed as he hit me for he second time. Funny thing about that second time... it was the last time too. Yeah, I died already. I reloaded and promptly left that hellish place.

Feeling ashamed I continued onward, until I met a girl. Her name was Maurrie Aurmine, and she had a very strange tale to tell me. Apparently some guy mugged her on his way to Pelagiad, she didn't care much about that because he was so handsome. She hasn't moved since her encounter with him and asked me to venture back to Pelagiad to give him her glove. I obliged and she handed me the glove. I continued on my way to Balmora, figuring I'd eventually visit Pelagiad again, considering I hadn't even explored the fort that had been established there. So a short while later I encountered another cavern which I walked up to a little more apprehensively this time. As I placed my hand on the door a flood of memories came back, horrible memories of dying, and hammers. I shook them off and entered anyway wanting to redeem myself. I ran in and to my surprise the first that attacked me was a Nix Hound. I smirked and killed it with ease. I continued on and soon enough I encountered a gate, I saw a Dunmer running around yelling at me. I was a bit confused at first wondering why a Dunmer and a Nix Hound were living in harmony. I shrugged it off as I needed to finish up this cave. I opened the gate and was hit with a magical fireball, it was trapped but I didn't have a probe to untrap it. I killed the Dunmer female and then continued on into the depths of this cave. Another Nix Hound and two more Dunmer later and I had cleared out this cave. I grabbed as much loot that was either relevant to me or might be worth some cash until I started to feel a bit weighted down. I checked my weight allowance meter and it was nearing 300, which is my maximum weight that I can carry. I left the cave and decided to head back to Pelagiad. I could give that guy the glove, and I might find a place to steal more loot, so back the way I had come from I went.

I arrived after watching my character run incredibly slowly which was very humorous, my first stop was to sell as much stuff as I could. I visited my old friend Mebestian Ence and the local armorer and then headed towards the tavern. I found the guy who mugged that lady near Ahnassi and gave him the glove, he took it and handed me a note. Oddly enough he said she was beautiful and actually felt remorse for stealing from her. Weird people. I left and was a bit faster than before thanks to the small amount of weight I was carrying now. I spoke with the lady who had been mugged one more and she squealed with glee. She told me she had nothing to give me but did mention that her friend in Tel Aruhn named Emusette Bracques might be able to help me. I left wondering when I would visit Tel Aruhn. I continued on my way towards Balmora. Besides a few Scribs and a Nix Hound or two my journey was rather uneventful. I saved in front of the town and quit for the time being.

Now I think I forgot to mention a couple of things, literally only two things come to mind. Firstly, somewhere along the road I picked up an enchanted Axe and an enchanted Long Sword. My Axe skill beats my Long Blade's so I've been using the Sword a lot. It's a nice little electric enchantment that helped me kill quite a few of things rather easily. The second thing was that I've been attacked by the Dark Brotherhood guild of assassins twice already. I was able to sell of their armor for quite a lot. I might have mentioned one or both of these points already, I'm just not going to look.

So what are my goals for the time being? Balmora is pretty huge and I plan on beating as much as possible. So I expect to be joining the Thieves Guild, Mages Guild and Fighter's Guild. I need to talk with Cosades as well. I'll probably try to complete a couple of side quests if there are any while I'm there, as well as claim a house. By claim, I mean I'm probably going to kill Ra'virr the Trader and then run to the Thieves guild to get rid of my bounty and use his house as storage. I don't know why I do this, but I do, every single game. Sorry nothing exciting has really happened yet.

-Malons