{"id":1458,"date":"2009-12-10T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:07:24","slug":"in-a-hostile-country-the-saga-of-cahmel-lets-play-morrowind-part-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/?p=1458","title":{"rendered":"In a Hostile Country: The Saga of Cahmel (Let&#8217;s Play Morrowind, Part 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EDIT: Okay, I think I sorted out the formatting on this one. If you have any problems, just e-mail me at Rutskarn at Chocolatehammer.org. Enjoy your double-length post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we last left our hero, he was given a mission too stupid to turn down. Let\u2019s recap:<\/p>\n<p>1.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Travel to a cave called Odrinarn. She can\u2019t mark it on my map (because she doesn\u2019t feel like it, I guess) so she says, \u201cIt\u2019s south of Landmark A and West of Landmark B. Here, I\u2019ll mark them on your map.\u201d<br \/>\n2.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0He only marks Landmark A on my map.<br \/>\n3.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I beat my head against the wall.<br \/>\n4.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Supposedly, in this cave, there is a cabal of Telvanni mages. Tevlanni mages are the very epitome of ruthless, amoral power. They are engines of magical destruction, their abilities honed through decades of study, training, and (when a rival grew too powerful) brutal exercise. It takes an expert to defeat even one of them.<br \/>\n5.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0An entire team of specialists, skilled at taking down Telvanni agents, was sent to this Odrinarn before me. They have not reported back, and are quite reasonably presumed dead.<br \/>\n6.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0So, if you could just nip over there yourself and kill all the mages, that\u2019d be super.<br \/>\n7.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Technically, my orders are to \u201creport back\u201d, but it\u2019s also stated quite clearly that I\u2019m to pick up where the specialists left off if they\u2019re dead. See, by my calculations, it looks like they left of at the part where <em>they all got killed by the goddamned murderous Tevlanni archmages<\/em>. I was thinking about trying another tactic, myself. I\u2019ve narrowed it down to mustard gassing the mages or catching the next boat to Elsweyr.<\/p>\n<p>So, alright, alright, let\u2019s just go and get this over with. I get my gear repaired and sell everything I\u2019ve got the patience to find a buyer for, then trek out into the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my map as he marked it:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1459\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-5map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1459\" title=\"lp26-5map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-5map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-5map.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-5map-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marked in red is where I&#39;m starting out from. Marked in blue is the landmark I need to go south of. Marked in green is the theoretical third landmark, its existence debated by scholars and jackass questgivers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAs you can see, I\u2019ve got a lot of ground to cover before I can even <em>start <\/em>looking for the place. Judging by the comments of my readers, and by my track record of wandering around through the ash looking for places, that part was going to take a while. I\u2019m not sure if I need to pack more supplies or just buy a house out there.<\/p>\n<p>I set out into the wilderness, falling into my comfortable routine of run for a bit, come to an animal, kill it, loot it, run for a bit, come to a bigger animal, kill it, loot it CLIFF RACER CLIFF RACER kill it, loot it, spit on it, run for a bit, come to a monster I can\u2019t beat and run for a bigger bit.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, I come to a daedric ruin. Remember how I said these things were either filled with wacko cultists or tough-as-nails monsters? Feast your eyes on option number 2:<\/p>\n<p>On a lark, I decide to engage it. After all, how<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-2clann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1460\" title=\"lp26-2clann\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-2clann-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-2clann-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-2clann.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">tough can<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-3clann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1462\" title=\"lp26-3clann\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-3clann-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-3clann-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-3clann.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">it<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-4clann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1463\" title=\"lp26-4clann\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-4clann-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-4clann-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lp26-4clann.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">DAMN<br \/>\n<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br \/>\n<!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At this point, I realize I should really just cut my losses and run for it. To kill this thing, I\u2019m going to need to blow some enchantment, wear down my gear, and even use up my last health potion. On the other hand, I have a chip on my shoulder the size of a heifer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Screw it. You\u2019re going down, Baby Bop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I chug the potion, buff up, and start wailing on it like someone trying to get their coke from the vending machine. Finally, it gives a croak, staggers to the ground, and dies a silly-looking death. I take the opportunity to rip out its heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">No, seriously. Daedra Heart, market value 200 septims. Gotta be thrifty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Then I set off. By now, I\u2019m getting close to the starting point I marked out for myself. I figure it\u2019ll take 10, 15 minutes to find the cave entrance from there, as long as something doesn\u2019t go hi-lariously wrong<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Oh. Huh. There it is. Right there. No hassle at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Well. <em>That <\/em>was easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2026you know, maybe I should, like. Go back out there and walk around some more. Just to feel like I really worked for it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">No, no, that\u2019s stupid. I\u2019ll just go inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Okay, standard tomb entrance, hallway, forks off\u2026left and right. Left way is locked and trapped. Guess I\u2019ll check the right way first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s there I find the remnants of the Hlaalu expedition. Yes, apparently, there <em>are<\/em>. survivors. Great, guess I <em>don\u2019t <\/em>have to fight an army of battlemages all on my onesies. Looks like for once, this is <em>actually going to be a fair fight<\/em>. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I talk to the leader to get the full situation. Okay, so, most of the mages are dead except for a necromancer. He\u2019s still kicking and summoning minions, apparently. What\u2019s more, he\u2019s captured the leader\u2019s sister. Oh, crap, we better get to work. Right, I\u2019ll get the door open\u2026I guess you locked\/trapped it on our side, for some reason? Maybe? Because you totally went through there earlier, and it\u2019s currently\u2026whatever, okay, just get ready to kill some skeletons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Yeah, I\u2019m pumped. Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019m walking out the door, guys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I can\u2019t help but notice that you\u2019re not following me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Okay, see, let me break this down for you. This is your job. Your <em>job<\/em>, which you are paid for, is to <em>kill skeletons and necromancers<\/em>. It just so happens that these <em>particular<\/em> skeletons and necromancers have your <em>sister <\/em>hostage. There are three of you. The four of us could take on a lot of monsters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But <em>instead, <\/em>you are going to send <em>one man<\/em> to do <em>your job <\/em>and save <em>your sister <\/em>from a nigh-unstoppable mage? <em>For no reason.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Well, GOLLY-GOSH, that\u2019s a real interesting plan you\u2019ve you got there, but I\u2019ve got another one. I suggest that I AM GOING TO SHOVE THIS HAT SIDEWAYS UP YOUR&#8211; <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Okay. <em>Okay. DEEP BREATHS. <\/em>Happy place. Happy place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Thaaaat\u2019s better. Okay. Okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You know what? Fine. I\u2019ll go in there and do <em>your <\/em>job, save <em>your <\/em>sister, and probably let you get all the credit. I\u2019m fine with that. I\u2019ll do my duty while you shirk yours. Now you sit in that corner and twiddle your thumbs and toes, and I will go be the god damned hero in this joint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Let\u2019s get to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I squat down by the door. Lock disabled. Trap disabled. Sword out, shield ready\u2026let\u2019s do this thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I open the door, get attacked by a skeleton, and get taken down almost instantly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This is going to be a long day, isn\u2019t it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I load, look down, and notice that I don\u2019t quite have full health. Oh, okay, that was probably it. I go outside, rest until healed, and go back in. Take out the lock, take out the trap, open the door\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There are now two skeletons there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What? Where the hell did he come from? Are they self-replicating, or what?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I run backwards, jabbing at them as I go and trying to avoid their sword swings. There\u2019s no way I can take two of these guys at once. How am I gonna handle them?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A stroke of inspiration hits me: I just have to lead them to the other Hlaalu soldiers. Heh. You guys don\u2019t want to come to the fight, <em>I\u2019ll bring the fight to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I set off at a run, sheathing my blade for speed and barreling into the side room full of Hlaalu NPCS. They stand there, a little confused, as the skeletons charge in after me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right, there they are. Remember skeletons? Those things you\u2019re being paid to kill? Well, kill them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What followed was a breathtaking massacre. Of me, by the skeletons, while the NPCs stood by and did absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Are you guys not scheduled for work today, or what? <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the process of cursing every Hlaalu official ever born and getting hacked down by a couple of skeletons, I did manage to work on a running tactic where I whittled one down and kept away from the other. I think maybe if I run away from the one of them, then keep hitting the other, I can work my way back to the door and rest up outside after killing the first. Then I\u2019ll come back in and deal with round 2. Not terribly glorious, but it\u2019d work, and I could move on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I load, rest up, pick the lock, pick the trap, open the door\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Three skeletons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I swear to god I am not making this up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What follows is not graceful, merciful, or sportsmanlike. What follows is a fight that I have literally no meaningful contribution to. I can\u2019t lift my swordarm without being knocked to the ground. I can\u2019t turn to run without being hacked to bits. I have no potions to drink, no spells to cast\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Spells!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Just as I\u2019m being killed by the skeletons, I remember: I have my racial ability!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have a 1-use-per-day spell called Adrenaline Rush. It comes with the Redguard territory, and gives me a burst of strength, speed, health\u2026basically, all the vitamins and minerals I need to not get punked as soon as I open that door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I load, draw an enchanted blade, cast the adrenaline rush, and run up to the door. Of course, knowing my luck, there\u2019ll be four skeletons on the other side this time, but I can probably kill one, go outside, strafe, kill one, go outside, and so on. The boost in speed means I can run circles around them, which means I stand the ghost of a chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lock picked, trap picked. Open the door, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There\u2019s nothing there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I walk inside, a little perplexed. Yep, nobody here. Has the game taken mercy on me?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I take another step. 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