Nyneve
Nyneve Atredies - Dunmer Murderess
The Prodigal Husband
A Tale Of The Misplaced Love
And thus the self proclaimed Dunmer Murderess took pen to paper...Yeah, whatever! Ok in honor of Valentine’s Day I thought I’d bring up a funny warning to everyone. As you probably know, in Skyrim you can get married! Woohoo! Someone to come home to, cook for you… If only they could organize my house too it’d be perfect! That said after much consideration I chose to marry Onmund.
I’ll be honest, I chose him because I think he is the prettiest man I could find. Just look at him! Ok, girly moment over...To be honest I wanted Brynjolf but alas he wasn’t an option. I just love his accent! Anyway back to my dearly beloved. As stated before you can marry. I lucked out and had my husband also double as a follower, meaning I can get a home cooked meal or the money from our store whenever and wherever we happen to be. MINOR SPOILER ALERT: I began a quest where I had to murder my follower. Well I certainly was not going to off my husband! So I sent him home, gathered a random person and completed my quest. I waited about three days and then merrily skipped off to my house in Solitude.
No Onmund… I waited ANOTHER three days. No Onmund. By this point I’m mildly annoyed but figure he’s just still walking. So I gather up another housecarl and take off for a couple more adventures. But, alas, I still miss my Onmund so I go back to Solitude, after a total of 21 days… No Onmund…
Maybe I’m at the wrong house. So I rush off to Breezehome in Whiterun. I run to the house, through the door, and… no Onmund…
Wait! I remember another house that I have. So often to Riften, and a quick stop at the guild to check my Guild Master’s chest, certain he’d be downstairs playing with my alchemy lab or something. After all, he is a mage and this is where I keep most of my ingredients. What can I say; I’m very good at rationalizing.
But again he isn’t here. So I slink off to the College hoping he wandered to his home. I search every nook and cranny of the place only to come up with nothing other than another entrance to the underground portion I no longer need. By now, I have completed a total of ten quests, gained really amazing armor, or leveled four times. With tears in my eyes I restarted back to where I was because I just HAD to have Onmund.
But then the most wonderful thing happened. My husband asked me to find him a new follower since Lydia has passed during a battle. I was looking through our walkthrough book when I saw the lists of houses. I saw there was a house in Markath and thought, “Oh yeah. That stupid housecarl keeps trying to take the stuff I drop…. (cussing removed) I never checked Markath!”
With bated breath (yes I know how sad that sounds) I reloaded my previous progress to where Onmund was missing. I showed up in Markath, found my home, and the search began. Dining room… no. Bedroom? No… Housecarl’s room? Nope… (whew!) I was slinking back through the dining room when the alchemy room’s doors opened and out walked… Onmund! I literally Whirlwind sprinted to him, jumping up and down. I sent out the biggest mass text to everyone telling them he’d returned to the land of the living!
Anyway, why do I share this, other than a humorous story for Valentine’s Day? Well, you need to remember where you leave things. Your follower or spouse may not be so important that you restart, as I did, but what if it was a weapon you needed because all you had been carrying was a fire sword and the creatures you’re up against is immune to fire. Or maybe your smithing items are scattered everywhere. Pick a location for each thing. For example: I keep all smithing gear in Whiterun since I can upgrade Ancient Nord weapons at Skyforge. But I keep my alchemy items in Riften, since it's small but roomy and they don’t take up much space. I have my weapons and armor in Solitude, since it’s larger and has a lot more storage area. Markath is being adopted as my storage of random things, like my books and items that I deem special even without value. (I have a lot of mammoth tusks there for no other reason than I like how they look on the table.) If you’re going to have multiple houses either keep each house for a specific item or type of item OR keep all the important things in one house and DO NOT MOVE THEM. It is SO easy to forget where you left your spouse, or anything for that matter.
Another trick, if you do not have the funds for a house or you just don’t want to travel back and forth, is to use your follower as a walking chest. You can only give them so much weight under the option to trade BUT if you drop an item on the ground and tell them to pick it up they will. You can do this to keep everything with you if you absolutely have to. It also helps when looting or if you want to focus on leveling magicka and health instead of stamina. Though I’m not trying to promote power playing, it does help a lot in the beginning. My husband frequently used it up until level 15 so he could gather enough money to keep his enchanted weapons charged since he does not like to use soul trap.
So there is my humble advice. I hope my story gave you a good laugh.
But anyway, yeah, Onmund seems like another genuine sweetheart. I've done his favor mission, I might as well seriously consider it. 
