4E201 - 21st of Last Seed - Loredas

It was 8:30am when I finally set out. I overslept a bit, but after the night I had... well, it was kind of expected.

And another good news! It wasn't raining any more.

So, with a jump in my step, I made my way towards Halted Stream Camp.

On my way there, I saw a mama horse with her baby horse, just grazing calmly. That made me think of buying myself a horse. I mean, if I'm to adventure all over Skyrim then I had to have a transportation method other than just walking. If I walked all the time, I would get nowhere. It would probably take me at least a week to get to Solitude or even more to get to Markarth. So, the next time I'm going to walk by the Whiterun stables, I'm going to buy myself a horse.

As I finally saw the infamous Halted Stream Camp, I saw a few men shooting arrows at the bandits. I wondered if I should run and help them fight the bandits, but I decided to let them at it. The less bandits I had to kill, the better.

It turned out that the men that killed the bandits were Stormcloak soldiers. I congratulated them with a smile and made my way into the camp ignoring their questioning looks. I mean, they were probably confused as to why a girl like me would walk into a camp full of dead bandits. Well, that was none of their business and they walked away leaving me alone to deal with the rest of the bandits that were hiding in the cavern.

But before I made my way into the cave, I took a small break and ate my lunch in front of the fireplace.

And by Ysmir was I ever so glad that I bought an additional lantern. This lantern used oil instead of torch-bugs but since I haven't been able to catch a torchbug yet, the lantern I bought from Lucan was useless. As I turned the lantern on and roped it around my belt, I took a better look at my surroundings.

Halted Stream Camp looked like an abandoned mineshaft. That was good, because I really wanted to mine some more ore to practice my smithing skills with.

I could hear someone mining in the distance and that made me weary. Drawing my sword and shield out, I made my way down the cave with caution.

The stupid bandit didn't even see me coming, so engrossed was he in singing a stupid song to himself. Okay, the song in itself wasn't stupid, it was the bandit singing it.

As I unlocked the doors to the lower part of the cave, I saw the bandit leader in the distance. Again, I drew my bow out. Again, what better way to train my archery than shoot at the guy?

I also found out that I really need to train more in archery if I ever wanted to hit something. The arrow barely even grazed him and that alerted every other bandit to my presence. Sword and shield at the ready, I put myself into defensive mode.

When I was in the middle of killing the bandit leader another feeling ran through me (LEVEL UP! Increased HEALTH! Perk spent towards One-Handed Weapons) and I finished the other two bandits with relative ease.

Oh, did I mention how much I hate magic?

I went through the big room trying to avoid looking at the dead mammoth in the middle of it. I never liked mammoths, true, but I didn't want to see them dead either. They were majestic animals and I respected their strength and stayed as far away from them as I could. Mainly because their guardians were giants and they were strong. Very strong. Perhaps even strong enough to take on a dragon if dragons were still alive.

When I made my way back outside, my bag bursting to the seams with iron ore, mammoth tusks and meat, it was already early afternoon and if I didn't want to walk in the dark, I had to go home now. I took another apple out of my pocket and ate it on the way.

However, I didn't make it in time and it was pitch dark when I arrived at my house.

After leaving a few things in my house, I made my way up to Dragonsreach to report to the Jarl's steward... and perhaps meet with Farengar again. I did have a few things that needed disenchanting of course.

It was past 3am when I finally returned home. Tomorrow, I'll see about buying myself a horse and practising smithing and alchemy some more. Tomorrow, I'll check with Hulda if there's any new jobs I could do around Whiterun.