Seyda Neen Day 1

So I began my quest having a dream with someone telling me that my destiny awaits to the East, to Morrowind. After that my fellow slave buddy wakes me up and asks what my name is. I decided to call myself Malons. Soon afterward a guard comes by and teaches me basic movement and how to open doors. Super heroic stuff here. Anyway, I eventually leave the slave ship I was brought to this new land on and escorted to solid ground, another solider intercepts me and you decide what your gender, race, and face design is. Since I'm a guy I decided to be male, and I always pick Nord's. Why? I just like them the most. After this I'm taken inside the nearest building and a man named Socucius Ergalla is soon asking what my class and sign are. I make up a class with rough guidelines based on a Barbarian and call myself a Nordic Barbarian, I choose The Warrior as my sign as it gives me a quick and easy 10 extra points to strength, which is needless to say, important for a barbarian.



My Stats and a few items from around Seyda Neen

After gaining my class and sign I went into the next room, my first chance to steal stuff. Ironically the game actually prompts you to steal stuff from this room, I know it's for the tutorial but it's still pretty odd. Anyway, I read a bit about the different signs from a book on the shelf, I take a couple bottles of alcohol Greef, Mazte and Flin, a dagger and a note that's pinned to the table by the dagger. It mentions some guy named Hrisskar, he gives me a quest in a short while not relating to the dagger. Anyway, I nab some gold from the chest with the help of a lockpick I take from the table and I scarf down all the food I can.


I exist this room and I'm finally outside... in a hallway of sorts, I'm almost free! I head towards the other door in this short courtyard/hallway thing and look inside a barrel. I find a craptastic Ring of Healing in which activates my magic menu. Also, by stepping outside my map menu is active now too. Everything is active now except for the journal which will active as soon as I exit through this next little building. So I enter the door and see a man awaiting my arrival. Apparently his name is Sellus Gravius. Upon talking to him he tells me that the kind Uriel Septiem VII sent me here for some unknown, yet important reason. All he really tells me is to go see the other guy in Balmora who goes by Cauis Cosades. I talk to him a little bit longer and learn of various things about Morrowind and it's government and his profession. None of which seemed terribly important.

Finally, I exit his house and now I'm completely free to explore Morrowind! Also the journal activates which is one of the most helpful features of this game, reminding you of topics and quests you have yet to finish.

The first person I run into is a queer little Bosmer (Wood Elf) fellow name Fargoth. He asks if I've seen his ring. The Ring of Healing I found turns out to have belonged to him! So I give it back to him. I find a building slightly larger than the other buildings near here so I venture towards it and enter it. Turns out to be a store owned by a High Elf named Arille. I quickly buy Imperial Chain Cuirass and an Iron Long Sword. Truthfully they suck, but anything is a step up from a dagger of worthlessness and basic clothing. Anyway, I say goodbye to him for now, though I'll be visiting again soon for an Axe, a spear, a bow and 100 Chitin Arrows. I go upstairs and there's Mr. Hrisskar! I speak with him and he tells me that Fargoth is up to no good. I feel a bit used because I trusted him so easily, I gladly accept this quest. I go around town talking to the various inhabitants until I realize, they all say the same thing. I eventually give up on intelligent discussion and go straight up to the top of the Light House and sleep there until midnight. I can easily spy on Fargoth from up here. So I sleep and then I watch him. As soon as he runs away from the stump in the middle of a small swamp I know where to go. I jump down on to a tree and then onto a bit of a walkway then run towards the stump. I find 300 gold, his ring and a Journeyman's lockpick. I go back to Arille's store and buy the three items I wanted. Sadly, I'll have to wait until I become slightly richer in order to pay Hrisskar back, only to wipe the blemish that his quest from my journal.

After I finish buying my two new items I go a tad bit North and to the East. I find a cave Addamasartus. What a strange name. I save, being a little bit afraid of dungeon diving as this is my first real battle (aside from a mudcrab I killed when adventuring near the lighthouse). I go inside and easily kill the first person. I switch our clothes because her clothes look better with my armor and give her my clothes in return. Her dead body might get cold after all... I venture on through the door and die at the hands of a mage that's slightly more powerful than me. If I leveled up once or twice and brought a couple healing potions I could beat him with relative ease. Also: Here's a pic of what I looked like after I I killed that one lady!

Anyway, I saved right before I fought him so I exited the cave and went back to a few signs which might give you a clue as to where I'm headed next, because this about warps it up for today.
-Malons



Note: Did I put in too many pictures? Does it make it feel too cluttered? I took a lot of pictures and wanted to add them. Click them for a larger size too.