Yeolius Coardus #2 - Raining on the Road to Solitude

The afternoon at Riverwood I did some chores to gain some money for a bed, and food for the road ahead. I slept well although the bard kept on singing all night! The next morning it poured cats and dogs, but I was decided: the road to go was west.

...just left Riverwood during a grey, rainy morning...

Not far from Riverwood a first pack of wolves of maybe six attacked me. A ran upon a rock and swang wild my father's old sword. Finally half of them started to flee. The others I managed to kill before.

I went on, but at Half Moon Mill I was attacked by a bear. Again I ran, jumped over the river, but got attacked by a wolf. The bear jumped upon the carriage driver, while I killed the wolf. From far I arrowed the bear until it fled. The driver, wounded, thanked me for saving his life. At the small town of Northkeep I stayed the night.

...another rainy morning at Northkeep...

The next day it continued to pour.  I left early. The road until Rorikstead was quiet, very quite. It seemed the day after a big battle. Countless bodies of fallen soldiers were laying spread out over grassy plains. Many thoughts crossed my mind when passing through these killing fields. At the inn at Rorikstead I halted for a warm lunch.

...rain at Rorikstead...

The next part of the road was horrible. I was ambushed by four bandits, but managed to run away, up hill onto the rocks above, and took them off one by one. I killed a human, but I had no other choice then to defend myself.

I continued the road accompanied by three passing merchants. Half an hour further though, we were asked to pay for toll at "Robber's Gorge". I did not had the money, and they attacked us. Again I ran away, behind a rock, and started to arrow down the robbers. The merchants had also looked for cover somewhere. Surprisingly I managed to take out the robbers, and ran passed their camp. The roads of Skyrim are deadly dangerous these days.

...still raining at Dragon Bridge...

But the rest of the road was quite again. Night was falling slowly when I reached Dragon Bridge. I stayed the night, and the next day it was a short dry walk to Solitude. I made it! I made it alive!

...arrived at Solitude with the weather clearing up...

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