4E201 22nd of Last Seed – Sundas

I woke up at 9:30am and after stretching, made my way downstairs to eat some breakfast. It was another beautiful day and I hoped that the weather lasted for a while. I had quite enough of the dreary rain. I went straight to Adrienne's forge to smelt the ore I mined yesterday. Then I chopped some wood for Hulda and asked her for a job. And indeed, there was a job!

I was supposed to take care of the bandits at Redoran's Retreat and by selling the wood to Hulda, I had enough septims to buy myself a horse. So, straight to the Whiterun Stables it was.

For Talos' sake, I think I jinxed the weather by hoping that the beautiful sunlight lasted for a while because as soon as I stepped foot outside Whiterun it started to rain and thunder.

As I promised myself, as soon as I came upon the Whiterun stables, I bought myself a horse. It was a beautiful dark brown mare that I fell in love with at the first sight. I promptly named her Leandra.

And off we were towards another adventure.

I couldn't believe my eyes when we arrived at Redoran's Retreat. The time spent getting there was so quick! All those septims I invested into Leandra were well spent! I petted her nose after tying her up near the entrance and then I went in.

As soon as I stepped into the cavern, I was attacked by a dog. Why did it have to be a dog? I loved dogs! A bandit attacked me and I took care of him. After looking around the first cavern for a bit, I saw lanterns stringed on the ceiling. I really liked the effect. I wondered if I could string a few of them on my own ceiling at home. It was so pretty.

There were two bandits in the last cavern. One of them was a woman and the other was the bandit leader. My left arm hurt from blocking their swings so much, but I managed to kill them both without being slashed into pieces. Also, I got that weird feeling again. (LEVEL UP! Increased HEALTH! Perk spent towards BLOCK)

As I took a look around the cavern, I had to snort to myself. Who put a bear trap in front of a chest? What if the bandits forgot it was there and sprang it upon themselves? Would it be better to just lock the chest?

Oh, wait… they did.

After I made sure there was nothing more in the caverns (read: after I raided the caverns of everything they could offer me) I went back outside and Leandra and I made our way back to Whiterun.

On the way there I was attacked by a high elf. I have no idea why he attacked me, but Leandra and I managed to kill him. Leandra almost big his arm off! Go Leandra!

After arriving back at Whiterun it started to rain again. But I ignored the rain for now as I made my way to the forge again. I managed to snag some steel and orcish weapons at Redoran's Retreat and I wanted to smelt them down to ingots before I made my way to Proventus Avenicci for the reward and to bring him Adrienne's sword.

After talking to Proventus Avenicci for a bit, I made my way to Farengar's room. I found a weapon that needed disenchanting and I needed my daily fix of Farengar. I'm sure I'm wearing him out with all the nights I spend in his bed, but he doesn't mind.

After getting home at about midnight, I ate a quick dinner and fell asleep.