{"id":934,"date":"2009-07-13T23:18:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T07:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/?p=934"},"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-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"In a Hostile Country: The Saga of Cahmel (Let&#8217;s Play Morrowind, Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we last left our hero, he was bathing his eyes in bleach and contemplating contractual fraud. He had a membership he planned to do nothing with, two bosses he never wanted to see again, and a ton of money he had nothing to spend on. What he did not have was a clue as to what he should do next.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don\u2019t really want to make this the story of Schlock McGee, Rat Slayer. Thing is, I\u2019m kinda looking for something that represents a little more flavor and intrigue, something that could make a newcomer to the game go; \u201cHey, that\u2019s actually kinda epic.\u201d And as I brushed passed bystanders, shrugging off their passive-aggressive demands for conversation, I figured out what I wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to join one of the Great Houses.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn Morrowind, there are three organizations calling themselves the Great Houses. These groups have large memberships, and carry a substantial amount of political and economic clout. Many towns are owned and policed by these Great Houses\u2014Balmora, for example, is one of the primary seats of House Hlaalu, and their guards wear Hlaalu uniforms.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_936\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-1guard1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-936\" class=\"size-full wp-image-936\" title=\"lp4-1guard1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-1guard1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-1guard1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-1guard1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Something tells me these guys live for Casual Friday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Houses are very different from one another\u2014in terms of focus, codes, and aesthetics. On the sliding scale of ethical to unethical, we have House Redoran, a House built on honor and courage (don\u2019t kill or steal from members), House Hlaalu, a House built on opportunism and commerce (don\u2019t kill or steal from members and then get caught), and House Telvanni, a House built on Sith-like opportunism (if you can kill or steal from another member and remain standing afterwards, you deserved to win). In addition, Redoran is usually associated with fighters, Hlaalu is usually associated with the sneakier skills, and Telvanni assumes all entrants are magic-users.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the game is flexible enough that a disciple of any particular class can join any house they want. And Cahmel isn\u2019t the kind of guy who lets things like practicality or tradition stand between him and his whims. Really, I can pick any House I want.<\/p>\n<p>Hm.<\/p>\n<p>Well, judging by his willingness to traffic in drugs (which he managed to offload in a pawn shop, by the way), Cahmel\u2019s a bit of an opportunist\u2014certainly not a squeaky-clean Redoran type, from the looks of it. But he\u2019s not quite as moustache-twirling pet-kwama-stroking<em> evil<\/em> as many of the Telvanni, come to that. It looks like Hlaalu is the best choice. And I can sign up right in Balmora\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I shook myself. What was I saying? I\u2019d already made that mistake in the Fighter\u2019s guild\u2014joining in on a whim without evaluating whether or not I\u2019d be a good fit (okay, okay, I knew what the first Fighter\u2019s Guild quest was already, but still). No, this required some deliberation.<\/p>\n<p>Those jackholes in the Hlaalu Manor refuse to tell me anything about the other guilds, for some reason, but they do tell me that I can learn more about their organization by going to the Hlaalu Canton in Vivec, the biggest city in Morrowind. As I recall, the other two Houses had cantons there as well. Hm\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Road trip!<\/p>\n<p>Alright, there we go\u2014I had my next step planned out. I would journey across dusty roads, cracked earth, rabid animals and fearsome monsters. Finally, I would get moving again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_937\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-2balmora.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-937\" class=\"size-full wp-image-937\" title=\"lp4-2balmora\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-2balmora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-2balmora.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-2balmora-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adventure! Danger! Battle!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Or, you know. I could take the Silt Strider fast transport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_938\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-3strider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-938\" class=\"size-full wp-image-938\" title=\"lp4-3strider\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-3strider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-3strider.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-3strider-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reasonable rates! Comfortable seats! In-journey snacks!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s certainly within my budget. And I don\u2019t particularly feel like figuring out where Vivec is\u2014I lost my map a long time ago. But it\u2019s not terribly exciting, is it? I mean\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Hm.<\/p>\n<p>Hold on, guys, I\u2019m trying to figure out how much of a sense of adventure I have.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Oh, okay, I\u2019ll <em>walk<\/em> there.<\/p>\n<p>After I spend about half an hour walking back and forth around the city trying to find out which exit I should take, I set out on my epic journey across the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Just as soon as I figure out which way Vivec is. I remember vaguely where to find it, and there\u2019s road signs and stuff to point me in the right direction. This trip probably wouldn\u2019t take very long to do.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. This is gonna be a <em>real<\/em> brief journey. So very brief, in fact, that I have no compunctions about expounding, at length, about how short it will be.<\/p>\n<p><em>So<\/em> short.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to give a detailed log of the next\u2026good amount\u2026of the trip. I\u2019ll just provide some screenshots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_939\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a_a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"size-full wp-image-939\" title=\"lp4-4a_a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a_a.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a_a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Okay, this looks like the right direction.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_940\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"size-full wp-image-940\" title=\"lp4-4a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Or...not. Crap, is that a Cliff Racer? Take cover!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_941\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-941\" title=\"lp4-4b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alright, I&#39;ll just duck into this shrine here and rest. So far, all of the shrines I&#39;ve been in have been filled with skeletons and crap, so this should be<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_942\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-942\" title=\"lp4-4c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4c.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4c-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OH JESUS NO RUN RUN RUN<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_943\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-943\" title=\"lp4-4d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-4d-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GAAAH CLIFF RACER CLIFF RACER<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One hour later, lost in a morass of dirt and winding roads, caught in the rain, searching vainly for a sign to confirm that I was going in that right direction, I stumbled upon my new friend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_944\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-5hitchhiker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-944\" class=\"size-full wp-image-944\" title=\"lp4-5hitchhiker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-5hitchhiker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-5hitchhiker.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-5hitchhiker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of course I&#39;d end up helping her. How could I resist that angel&#39;s face and come-hither eyes?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apparently, this fine woman was on her way to a holy shrine. Problem was, she couldn\u2019t find it despite knowing its location on a map, so\u2026come on, say it with me:<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nShe needs my help.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Golly, I daresay this is becoming a pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, I have to take her with me on a lengthy journey to the shrine, after which she will give me a pittance as a reward. It\u2019s out of my way, somewhere I\u2019ve never traveled before, I\u2019m pretty clearly not the person to be coming to if you need to find something quickly, and I obviously don\u2019t need the money. This is in addition to the fact that my traveling companion looks like one of those woodcuts in ancient books captioned, &#8220;Thee hag creature, once its victim has fallen a<em>f<\/em>leep, takes occasion to remove her skin-suit and con<em>f<\/em>ume her victim in her natural form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And yet, I agree, because\u2026come on, say it with me:<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m real thick.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I travel along further, fighting angry wildlife, ducking cliff racers, taking shelter in ancient tombs, and all the while regretting not taking that goddamn silt strider to begin with. All the while, my new companion follows blithely along at the pace of a goddamn crippled snail.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously. My lapsing in willpower and running places, as opposed to the more realistic and non-videogamesque walking, isn\u2019t even an option anymore. Even if I\u2019m just striding along, taking in the sights like an unemployed nature enthusiast with a penchant for hacking apart animals, she has to run to keep up with me. I know that she\u2019s an old lady and all, but I was about five minutes away from force-feeding her moon sugar before I came to a blessed, welcome distraction.<\/p>\n<p>Egg miners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_945\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-6miners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"lp4-6miners\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-6miners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-6miners.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-6miners-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Move 6 dozen eggs and what do you get? The pity of various adventurers you&#39;ve met.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These two gents work in the nearby egg mine, a sort of cultivated hive of egg-laying critters. See, there are these irritating maggot-things all over the place called Kwama Foragers, which turn out to be part of the ecosystem of a race called the kwama.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_946\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-7kwama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" title=\"lp4-7kwama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-7kwama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-7kwama.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/lp4-7kwama-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwamas 1-4: creepy and exotic. Kwamas 5-10: dangerous. Kwamas 11+: wildly irritating.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kwamas are a sort of hive-like race, one built on a hierarchy of worm-like foragers and scouts, larger, chitinous drones, bipedal warriors and a massive, bloated queen. Now, none of this information is terribly useful, and I already knew all of it from previous playthroughs, but I stilled clicked through his lectures with interest. There really is a detailed, colorful setting behind the events of Morrowind\u2014egg miners represent the source of much of the realm\u2019s food, after all, and given that one can be forgiven for never setting foot inside an egg mine, it\u2019s nice that they had writers working on all of this.<\/p>\n<p>I set off, enlightened with this new bit of information, just in time to notice that my companion had taken this opportunity to get herself stuck on a rock.<\/p>\n<p>I could already tell this was going to be a fun journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we last left our hero, he was bathing his eyes in bleach and contemplating contractual fraud. 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