A few hours ago I came on here to type the first story up. Didn't happen and I ended up going back to Skyrim. Then I had an incredible battle.
First off, I traveled to a location in Skyrim on foot and got attacked by a dragon. While I was trying to aim a Dragonrend shout at it, I noticed a black spot in the sky. Okay, wtf, whatever, I'm gonna focus on the dragon.
A minute or two later, I drag it down to the ground for a few final strikes from my Dragonbane. As soon as I've felled it, absorbed its soul, and looted its body, I carry on my way. Then I notice on the corner of the screen and aurora and look up; I just have to look at those beautiful things. Then I notice the black spot again.
It's a solar eclipse!
I've never seen such small details such as that in a game. And the next night, a sliver of the moon was peaking out of the eclipse area. Very cool.
Now the second thing, the most epic battle I've had yet. I'm on the mission to steal Frost from the rich family of Riften. So, I go to the place, kill and loot all the mercenaries, and got the objectives taken care of. Head out and steal Frost, then go to the nearby mine to collect some items I dropped off there. As soon as I dismount Frost I think I hear a wing flap. I'm not certain, so I head on over to the sack with my items and collect them. Go back open to Frost and hear the dragon roar.
'Gods, not now...!'
I stood there for a few moments and watched it circle, then noticed it was an Elder Dragon, the second one I've encountered outside of Alduin's castle thing. I also noticed it was heading to the objective arrow pointing towards Lucius Somethingorother. Now I'm a little concerned.
I leave Frost by the entrance to the mine and chase the dragon-- clearly it's going to interfere with my current mission. I hit it with a few dwarven arrows and the first word of Dragonrend. The dragon lands somewhat nearby, but not close enough. While I tried to get close to it, Lucius started attacking me. WTF?
Well, anyway, I turned around to watch the dragon strafe me from above and saw Frost trotting on by. I know he's not going home, so I go to give him some Healing Hands work after I notice him attacking Lucius. Frost is doing great, much better than the horse I got from Whiterun, so I'm not worried. I turned around and gave Lucius and Frost some space so the dragon would hopefully focus on me-- those Elders are nasty buggers.
The dragon has to leave the immediate area to land, so clearly that's not going to work. I've also gone through two Potions of Vigorous Healing. Time for some help. I turned around, changed my selected Shout, and called Odahviing; I need some real muscle for this. I look down from the sky after calling and am greeted by a Frostbite spider's fangs. Damn bugger is not worth my time with an elder dragon in the area.
Whilst ignoring the spider nipping at my ankles, I focused on putting arrows into the elder dragon whenever I could. Soon enough, here comes the red with blue dragon I called. I watched the two focus on each other for a few moments, then Odahviing nearly landed on top of me. Then I saw him Yol Toor Shul the frostbite spider to death. Then Odahviing took to the skies again and managed to force the elder dragon to land due to its health going down. Lucky for me, it lands in the immediate area. Frost is still attacking Lucius, to my knowledge.
I plant an arrow in the dragon's face, then pull out my trusty Chillrend and Dragonbane, both upgraded to Epic status (roughly 45 points damage each), and move to its side and slice at its wing. Just one strike away from felling it, I see Frost's ass on the side of my screen fall down.
So, not the best ending, but it was definitely my craziest battle yet at level 39.
Those moments when you're standing somewhere extremely high up, it's nighttime, and you just look around in awe of the stars and the aurora and the moon. Kinda lame but, hey, it happens...
On nights when it's clear, I often find myself doing this.
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