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10 Dwarven Crates in this month's daily rewards
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Davor✭✭✭✭✭
✭G1Countdown wrote: »I'm probably the only one who is disappointed by putting in these free crates into the daily log in rewards. I would much rather they give us costumes, pets or mounts instead of a loot gamble crate that may or may not contain anything useful.
Don't get me wrong, I'll loot the crates. But, I would have rather had a guarantee to get something interesting rather than putting common consumables in a pretty box and telling us, "You might get something useful, you never know!".
I see both sides of the story here. One you are correct. The other side is what if that person doesn't want that specific pet? Then you get complaints that they have it or it's not the one they want. They are not wrong either. Another side is Zenimax. It's the "free hit" to get people into gambling. While I don't buy extra crates, man do I have the urge to do so. Thing is, I know I will crack and waste to much money because I believe I could have a gambling problem. At least the crates proof one thing for me. There is a reason NOT TO BUY the crates because you don't get what you want in most cases. One more side I can see is people just like the extra fun the crates offer. It can give people a chance to get what they wanted that they missed before.Not my quote but I love this saying
"I would pay It for support. But since they choosed we are just numbers and not customers, i dont mind if game and zos goes to oblivion"3 -
flynn420✭✭✭DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?...It's the "free hit" to get people into gambling...
Davor summed up the point I was making. As far as the vitriol - Personally I could care less. I dont buy crates and not interested in doing so. Not my cup of tea.0 -
LordLomax✭✭✭✭Oooh Ordinator armor , hero costumes and goggles plus I’m probably the only person that wants a nix hound lol
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anadandy✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭If anything, the free crown crates reinforce the decision not to buy any in my experience. I think I've pulled one thing I genuinely wanted and would have paid money for out of them - the White River Braids.
Other stuff, while sometimes nifty or pretty, is just nice to get for free - never would have paid for it.
Disclaimer: I won't ever say no to a free crown crate.5 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?
My gripe with Crown Crates is that I am happy to fork over Crowns to buy something I want. I am not happy to fork over Crowns to buy a chance at something I want.
That's all Crown Crates are: a chance at something I want.
Then I consider that ZOS has chosen to put items into crown crates instead of the Crown Store, so that I'm effectively forced to do RNG for something I want instead of merely buying it for a set price, AND I consider that ZOS hasn't released offical odds for their RNG crates, so I can't even figure out my official odds of getting what I want (I realize there's an add on, but I'd prefer the official odds). And so I have several reasons not to like Crown Crates at all.
So I don't buy them. If ZOS wants my money, they can put those items in the Crown Store. The only Crown Crates I've gotten and will ever get are the free ones. Because those are still RNG, and still just a chance at what I want, but at least they don't cost me anything.6 -
Cpt_Teemo✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?
Just the thousands of dollars you tried to use to get that one Radiant mount, nothing at stake hm.0 -
Linaleah✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm pretty meh on these. guess my side account will have a chance at some nice costumes and main account will get some gems. its a good shipment I just... already have everything i wanted out of it :Pdirty worthless casual.
Lois McMaster Bujold "A Civil Campaign"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the ***0 -
Kingslayer513✭✭✭✭✭
✭DocFrost72 wrote: »weedgenius wrote: »Here's a refresher on what you might be able to get this month: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Dwarven_Crate
Enjoy an insightful.
Now the tough questions: Nord and Breton hero armor with gems, or ash hopper I can place at home to trigger the wifey?
Decisions, decisions.
Do NOT buy the Breton hero armor with gems. Trust me, I made that horrible decision in the past. It looks nice enough in the preview, but what you can't see is that the cloak/cape hugs your legs like Saran wrap while you move around because ZOS is literally incapable of animating a cloak. You will look beyond ridiculous if you wear it for anything other than a single screenshot while standing still and upright.
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DeadlyRecluse✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭G1Countdown wrote: »I'm probably the only one who is disappointed by putting in these free crates into the daily log in rewards. I would much rather they give us costumes, pets or mounts instead of a loot gamble crate that may or may not contain anything useful.
Don't get me wrong, I'll loot the crates. But, I would have rather had a guarantee to get something interesting rather than putting common consumables in a pretty box and telling us, "You might get something useful, you never know!".
I'd rather get consumables, turn them into gems, and save them to pick costumes I actually want (rather than be given a specific costume of ZOS's choice that I might never use), so I like the free crown crates a lot.Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub6 -
LadyLethalla✭✭✭✭✭
✭Free gems!
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Melbourne Australia - the land of Potato Internet.WTB ESO OCEANIC SERVER6 -
Kiralyn2000✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?...It's the "free hit" to get people into gambling...
Davor summed up the point I was making. As far as the vitriol - Personally I could care less. I dont buy crates and not interested in doing so. Not my cup of tea.
Well, at least for me, all the 'free' crates (and similar things in other games) help me not buy any. Because I see how lousy the drops are and how much of a waste of $ it'd be.
Still, I'll happily let them keep trying to 'convince' me, since it gets me some free stuff. /shrug2 -
Lexxypwns✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭@VaranisArano how many available rewards would you have to be interested in to make 1 crate a worthwhile purchase?0 -
Jolipinator✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Interesting season to choose. I was lucky enough to get the dwarven spider mount in one of the free psijic crates so I may end up with a second dwarven mount. I'd prefer the goggles though.PS5 EU.0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭VaranisArano how many available rewards would you have to be interested in to make 1 crate a worthwhile purchase?
That's sort of an odd question, the way I look at it. The more things I want, I might get 1 of them from a crate, but I would still prefer the option to buy ALL the things I want from the Crown Store. The less things I want, the less likely I am to get any of the things I want in that single crown crate.
Now, there might be a point to buying crown crates to get the gems so that even if I'm unlucky I can eventually buy the item with gems...except I'd still prefer to just buy the item I want for crowns in the first place.2 -
weedgenius✭✭✭✭✭
✭Jolipinator wrote: »Interesting season to choose. I was lucky enough to get the dwarven spider mount in one of the free psijic crates so I may end up with a second dwarven mount. I'd prefer the goggles though.
I really want the goggles, too. And the eyeshadows!!PS4 NA
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Atallanta✭✭✭✭weedgenius wrote: »Jolipinator wrote: »Interesting season to choose. I was lucky enough to get the dwarven spider mount in one of the free psijic crates so I may end up with a second dwarven mount. I'd prefer the goggles though.
I really want the goggles, too. And the eyeshadows!!
I was after those makeups too :-) + River Braids hairstyle
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Samadhi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭weedgenius wrote: »Plus a Psijic one. Thoughts? Would be nice if we could buy Dwarven items with our gems as well.
Was not around for Dwemer boxes the first time, so this is kind of nice
still will not entice me to buy any, but one of my previous complaints about the Crown Crate system was inaccessibility to players who do not buy them
had hoped they would follow a system like Overwatch where Crates are awarded on a regular basis at level up and people can buy more if they so choose
Daily Rewards is not perfect implementation, but it is good to see they took things in a direction of providing them through a sort of in-game means"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." -- the 14th Dalai Lama
Wisdom is doing Now that which benefits you later.
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Jayne_Doe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?
Just the thousands of dollars you tried to use to get that one Radiant mount, nothing at stake hm.
He's talking about the FREE crates. If that's all you ever open, then no, you aren't putting any money at stake and thus not gambling.Kiralyn2000 wrote: »DocFrost72 wrote: »griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
Er, no not really. You can't gamble if you put nothing at stake. This equivalency is shabby. Also I don't get the pure vitriol behind the crates: does the very idea of them actually offend you as a concept?...It's the "free hit" to get people into gambling...
Davor summed up the point I was making. As far as the vitriol - Personally I could care less. I dont buy crates and not interested in doing so. Not my cup of tea.
Well, at least for me, all the 'free' crates (and similar things in other games) help me not buy any. Because I see how lousy the drops are and how much of a waste of $ it'd be.
Still, I'll happily let them keep trying to 'convince' me, since it gets me some free stuff. /shrug
I'm with you on this. I haven't bought a single crate, but I've been opening all the free ones they throw at me. It's enabled me to purchase with gems the striped senche-tiger cub to go with my mount, as well as the Peryite statue. I got Noctural from a crate, so for this season, I've gotten (or already had) everything I want from the Psijic crates, though I'll probably pick up the earrings (got all the other accessories except those).
As for the Dwarven crates, I have a lot of the items from them because I purchased them when they were in the crown store - so all the costumes, plus the Nix Hound and Dro senche. I got a couple items that I liked (Vvardvark, Clavicus Vile tapestry) from the free crates and bought one of the items I wanted and could afford with gems (Green Narsis Guar). There are a few other items I wouldn't mind getting, like Vile's statue or the Pale Velothi Guar, but there's an awful lot of stuff I don't want - flower hats and dwarven masks/facial accessories. Looking at the list, I have pretty much all of the blue tier, so I'll be getting quite a few gems.Edited by Jayne_Doe on August 2, 2018 6:19PM1 -
Minyassa✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭If they let us buy Dwarven stuff with our gems this will be the best reward idea ever. If not, meh. Some of us can rely on not winning nice things, this is just going to be more gems to me. But if I can use those gems to get the stuff I'll never win, that would be awesome. If they *don't* do that then I'd prefer they stick with pets and things that are more fun than just gems for current seasons.0 -
Prof_Bawbag✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Completely ridiculous to say if it's free, it ain't gambling. Never read something so boneheaded on here and that takes some doing even by the standards some set on here. Gambling is gambling. Next you'll be telling me those *FREE* initial bets a number of gambling companies give out to new customers aren't gambling. or those free spins casinos give to potential new customers.
Jesus. Sometimes you really do have to wonder if some people live in total isolation and have read nothing but Batman magazines all their life.
I don't mind CC either way. I have bought some myself and will continue to buy some in future, so yeah, I have no axe to grind either way.
Edited by Prof_Bawbag on August 2, 2018 6:42PM1 -
griffkhalifa✭✭✭✭griffkhalifa wrote: »
Thats like saying crack is not crack when its free...Zos is trying to get more people hooked with these free crates. Why else give away what is already a profitable product? To be nice?
It's actually not like that at all, but I see what you're trying to say anyway. Yes, the overall goal of giving out free loot boxes is to encourage players to acquire more of them by paying for them. That doesn't mean you have to. If you feel like you can't open the free ones without subsequently paying for more, then good for you for not opening them...that's a good choice. The majority of people can exercise self-control, though, so opening free ones is just free stuff.PS4 NA0 -
beebay✭✭✭BozzyTheDrummer wrote: »10? Am I ***, I swear I counted 7 last night when looking at the rewards plus the psijic one. Lmao
The first day contains 4. 4+6=10
Wait, what? First day was an exp scroll for me.
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Jayne_Doe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »Completely ridiculous to say if it's free, it ain't gambling. Never read something so boneheaded on here and that takes some doing even by the standards some set on here. Gambling is gambling. Next you'll be telling me those *FREE* initial bets a number of gambling companies give out to new customers aren't gambling. or those free spins casinos give to potential new customers.
Jesus. Sometimes you really do have to wonder if some people live in total isolation and have read nothing but Batman magazines all their life.
I don't mind CC either way. I have bought some myself and will continue to buy some in future, so yeah, I have no axe to grind either way.
A couple of definitions of gamble from the internet:
1.play games of chance for money; bet.
2.take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
Opening a FREE crown crate doesn't really fit either definition. You haven't risked anything (i.e. you haven't spent any money), nor are you playing a game of chance for money (i.e. betting, which involves a small sum of money up front in the hopes of getting a big score).
But, if the simple act of opening a loot crate, or rolling a dice, or spinning a wheel is gambling, then yeah...ok. Placing a free bet on horses...hmm...you're still not gambling with your own money.
I think, in the end, your definition of gambling includes all parts of the action, whereas many of us take the view that gambling involves putting up some kind of collateral or spending money first.
ETA: I recognize that all those free chances at stuff is designed to encourage people to gamble, and many cannot resist, especially compulsive gamblers. So, for them, potentially, even free chances at something is gambling, since it may very well lead them to start spending their own money.Edited by Jayne_Doe on August 2, 2018 8:29PM0 -
Prof_Bawbag✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Prof_Bawbag wrote: »Completely ridiculous to say if it's free, it ain't gambling. Never read something so boneheaded on here and that takes some doing even by the standards some set on here. Gambling is gambling. Next you'll be telling me those *FREE* initial bets a number of gambling companies give out to new customers aren't gambling. or those free spins casinos give to potential new customers.
Jesus. Sometimes you really do have to wonder if some people live in total isolation and have read nothing but Batman magazines all their life.
I don't mind CC either way. I have bought some myself and will continue to buy some in future, so yeah, I have no axe to grind either way.
A couple of definitions of gamble from the internet:
1.play games of chance for money; bet.
2.take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
Opening a FREE crown crate doesn't really fit either definition. You haven't risked anything (i.e. you haven't spent any money), nor are you playing a game of chance for money (i.e. betting, which involves a small sum of money up front in the hopes of getting a big score).
But, if the simple act of opening a loot crate, or rolling a dice, or spinning a wheel is gambling, then yeah...ok. Placing a free bet on horses...hmm...you're still not gambling with your own money.
I think, in the end, your definition of gambling includes all parts of the action, whereas many of us take the view that gambling involves putting up some kind of collateral or spending money first.
ETA: I recognize that all those free chances at stuff is designed to encourage people to gamble, and many cannot resist, especially compulsive gamblers. So, for them, potentially, even free chances at something is gambling, since it may very well lead them to start spending their own money.
I'm not going to get into a long winded and quite frankly boring af battle of attrition over splitting hairs. It's gambling and the only reason it's not treated as proper regulated gambling is because most laws that govern gambling currently only cover prizes that have monetary value away from the table/game/race course etc. Game of chance blah, blah, blah. Whether the companies involved decide to hand out free crates, free spins, free lottery tickets, free raffle tickets, free anything, it doesn't change what it fundamentally is in any shape or form.
There will come a day when this will be regulated. Whether that's down to morality or the fact governments just want to tax the hell out of it is open to debate.
Arguing over it is pointless and only enforces your point that, well, you actually have point. So here's where i drop out of the convo.
Edited by Prof_Bawbag on August 2, 2018 9:39PM0 -
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✭Where can I see what Dwarven crates drop compared to Psjic or current season? Do I have to look back thru Crown store updates, or something else?Main: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade (Bomber)
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight (Tank)
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight (Damage)
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar (Healer)
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden (One-Bar)
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade (Thief)
Leveling...
Two-Big-Horns an Argonian Arcanist
Styx of Akatosh a Goblin* Arcanist
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
__________________________Backstories:_________________________
Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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Returning player - 2017-2022, back in 25'0
