Bleakrock Isle, part the first

So we start on Bleakrock Isle, off the shore of Skyrim. I know it’s a little strange, but it was so comforting to be back in Skyrim culture, with Nords and Nordic end tables and wardrobes and doors, tombs and Dragon Priests and Heilen Coos and chickens. Sigh. There are three main quests to complete […]

Crafting in ESO

Tasty.Wait, what was I making again?

2nd beta: Doom-eager Edda, for real this time

Beta #2 (for me) huzzah! Decided it was time to go for broke with the Ebonheart Pact: Argonians and Nords and Orcs, oh my! For the third time, I escaped from Coldharbour. Interesting to note that the designers pre-emptied most of the urns, crates, chests, and other vessels that are scattered about, especially in the […]

Back to the Aldmeri Dominion: in Mistral

Some more team playing with Rosenkreutz & Co.

I barely started with the Ebonheart Pact

I created a character to play, a Nord Sorceress named Doom-eager Edda. I decided I would play her as both a magic-user in the Daedric Summoning path, and an archer (because none of my characters have used ranged weaponry yet.) So basically playing against type in both race (Nord magic-user) and class (Sorcerer using bow […]

Don’t Blink, Del!

…and from the Daggerfall Covenant

This is Delirium-who-was-Delight, my cute-as-a-button Orcish Nightblade. She’s the Shirley Temple (my you rest in peace) of Orsinium, right up until she draws a knife across your throat. Or, in the case of her current weaponry, sinks one or both of her double hand-axes into your skull. I got her to level 4 in this […]

Wandering around Khenarthi’s Roost

After escaping Coldharbour—Molag Bal’s section of Oblivion—the Aldmeri Dominion faction line drops you on the island of Khenarthi’s Roost. After some adventures with storm-summoning Sea Elf pirates and the de rigeur ancient jungle temples stocked with undead, we would head off for the port town of Mistral…

Ghostly readers

So I totally appreciate the attention to detail in the graphics, and love the different animations that happen for other characters when they are looking at a map, reading a book or their journal, or rooting around in their inventory. It’s just a very nice touch, you know? So for the starting bit in Coldharbour, […]

ESO NDA lifted! Meet Joan Dark Rosenkreutz

So I got an invite to the last ESO beta weekend, and we had a grand time playing. I made a character in each of the three Alliances, but only really had a chance to play in the Aldmeri Dominion and the Daggerfall Covenant. The Ebonheart Pact will have to wait til the next beta. […]