The Nightingales

Out of all the different large quests in Skyrim, my favourite is definitely the thieves guid. Working with them is high paying, easy work, and a really interesting questline with some great characters. And I'm sure many agree with me when I say that the rewards for this questline are great. And of course, I love it when Brynjolf calls me "lass"

A beautiful drawing of the nightingale armour, done by IronTACO on Deviantart

For a start, I find it very hard not to love the armour you receive by pursuing the questline. It's main asset is its mysteriousness, and the beautiful shapes that you can see if you look closer. It isn't surprising that the armour is very detailed, since there was no need to make more than a couple of sets when there was originally only three nightingales.

If you look closely you can see that the nightingale bow also has gorgeous shapes on it

 With a reasonable damage of 32, this bow never fails to impress. Just walking while holding it almost feels like an honour, and I envy the people who have found the time to make their own replica of it. Of course it isn't the best bow you can get in the game, and it doesn't have any absolutely amazing qualities like for instance, Auriel's Bow's amazing sun hallowed arrow attacks, but aesthetically speaking, this is my favourite bow, maybe my favourite ITEM in the entire game of TES 5.

And finally, probably the most useful reward of them all is the powers that you can choose from after completing the quest of Trinity Restored and becoming a full-fledged nightingale. My personal favourite is the Agent of Stealth, which of course allows you to have invisibility for up to two minutes, provided you don't interact with any objects or people. That, in my opinion is a great asset, as invisibility is a great way to sneak, and I think this would be a great pair with the thief stone.

Favourite Cities

I know that everyone has their own opinion, but personally I love Solitude. I may be going all obvious and annoying, but come on, it's the capital of Skyrim, and I think it has rightfully earned that title. And like any Skyrim explorer, I can't stop looking in the shops! Yes the shopkeepers are a little rude, but Solitude is also home to the Imperials, the better side on the great war. Death to the Stormcloaks.

Not only is Solitude home to beautiful shopping and architecture, it also has an amazing history. For example, as many of you may know, the Winking skeever was named after the innkeepers pet skeever that winked at him, and the great city was once ruled by The Wolf Queen.

It has a great port where the East Empire Company warehouse is located (I recommend breaking in at night, they have many weapons and a large amount of cheese) and a beautiful stables and small farm where you can earn your keep if you are a little light in the pockets. You can even adopt a child who claims to sleep with the horses and do a nice good deed one day.

Seriously though, you can't deny its pretty

Can you find any useful shop thats missing???

And finally, as we all know, the death of a bride takes place in Solitude, and everyone finds that quest throughly enjoyable don't we?

Why I Love Skyrim

Greetings fellow adventurers. It's no secret that Skyrim is beginning to lose it's fame and love. That saddens me of course, as it is one of my favourite games of all time. Perhaps it's its amazing way of capturing what life was like in medieval times. Or the way it shows magic in a new light. Yes we have all heard dragons before. Tales of magnificent beasts that can breathe fire and spread fear in all directions. And I love that the elder scrolls 5 picks up on that, but introduces something no one had heard of before. The dragonborn. Are you telling me you WOULDNT like to be the one that saves the world? The one that speaks ancient words that have the power to harm others? It's hard NOT to love, and it makes me sad that people are beginning to get over that magic and move onto new games. Don't get me wrong, I love new releases too. But sometimes I wish people would start again and play the game that had so many of us captivated for years.

Our Hero, Our Hero claims a warriors heart; I tell you, I tell you the dragonborn comes

When I was younger, I wasn't allowed to play Skyrim. I remember seeing tiny snipets of whiterun on my brothers monitor, and the few rare times he would let me wander around the city. For me, it was the best game ever at the time. I wanted nothing more than to sit and walk around the amazing world. So when I finally had the oppotunity to play it for myself, I just wanted to go to the market, stay in the inn, not cause any trouble. I was scared of quests, and Draugr and any danger, and I was happy to stay in whiterun for hours on end. As I grew older, and had my own computer to play the game on, I finally discovered the rest of the country, and I didn't ever stop exploring it.

Of course, it has its flaws. It has its bugs, its glitches and it has.... Lydia. But the amazing open world, beautiful wide spaces and freedom that only Bethesda games manage to capture makes up for anything other players may find to boring for words.

I know some may get bored of the content, the DLC. But remember that there is always mods and in my opinion, this game will never die.