Let's Play Skyrim (Blind), Part 1: A Dragon! AAAIIIEEE!

NO SPOILERS PLEASE! This is a blind Let's Play. List of mods used & system info in playlist description: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0951EA46FB8A7A0C Join aspiring Breton mage Amethyst, as she braves the wilds of Skyrim, in search of her destiny. This is unofficially a Let's ROLEplay, but I do take things casually, & may be out of character often. I like to have fun playing too, and thus may joke around & such. I'm a slow & thoughtful player, & will not race through the game. If any of these styles displease you, then please feel free to go bye-bye. Thanks. Let's Read Mixed Unit Tactics: http://youtu.be/aDoBdjA51D8 HISTORY Amethyst Lunitari was born to a noble line, but her family was slain by a group of bandits when they were traveling very far from home. She was miraculously spared, and found by the side of the road by a middle-aged peasant couple, who then raised her to adulthood, in a small cottage outside of Wayrest. Amethyst now had an older sister, Halina. Things were far from perfect, however. Since Halina was the couples' daughter by birth, she was treated better than Amethyst was, on many occassions. Amethyst thus felt a need to best Halina at any opportunity possible. She rarely won. Their parents merely chalked it up to sibling rivalry. Upon reaching puberty, Amethyst's adopted father's sanity grew dim - to an unknown malady - and he raped her repeatedly over the course of five years. Amethyst internalized this, and blamed it on herself, as often happens to young girls having to live with such degradation and betrayal. She began to harbor a distrust of men in general. When Amethyst was 16, Halina left home, and moved to Wayrest on a chance internship of sorts in the royal palace. Amethyst found herself quite jealous of all the opportunities that had opened for Halina. On her 18th birthday, Amethyst's father appeared in her bedroom doorway with a leer on his face, and promises of special gifts for the birthday girl. As he began to remove his clothing, all her years of pent-up rage and shame finally gave way, in the explosive creation of her first spell. A wave of flame engulfed her adopted father, and he screamed in pain. Amethyst's mother burst in, and all she saw or knew was her husband being eaten alive by hungry magical fire, and that same fire in Amethyst's hands. After hitting him with a small rug that only served to fan the flames, she went to grab a pail of water from the well. Amethyst only stood in shock, disbelieving the events that had unfolded so quickly before her eyes. Her mother came back with the water, but it was too little... and too late. In a fit of grief and shock, she began to throw everything she could find at Amethyst, declaring her a filthy witch, and that she would kill her. Amethyst fled out into the night, with only the clothes on her back. She wandered for several days, and then - hungry and weary - returned home. She was greeted by Halina and several of Wayrest's royal guard. Halina ordered the guards to capture the murderer of her father, as she put it. Amethyst was quicker and nimbler than the heavily-armored guards, and she escaped. She crossed the border to Hammerfell, and eventually found herself in Cyrodiil. She began to hone her power over flame, and soon learned to heal herself as well. Finding a rusty sword at the side of a road, she trained herself to use it. Both spellcasting and sword-wielding seemed second nature to her, and she was able to both kill and cook local wildlife with ease. In her wanderings, she unknowingly crossed into the province of Skyrim. She had ambitions, both to become the mightiest mage that Tamriel had ever seen, and to become a person of power, of importance. Never again would circumstances control her. Now she would be in control. She had not only developed a biting, sarcastic wit - but she was also a woman that was determined to get whatever she wanted, at any cost. That may lead her to do some things that may be considered to be "evil" by some people, yet she also had a good heart. She was taught by her foster family to always do right by her fellow man. But after everything that had happened in her life... well, the do-gooder mentality had it's limits with Amethyst. As she pondered her next action (and her next meal), she heard a commotion up ahead. Coming to a bend in the road, a red-haired man slammed right into her, knocking them both to the ground. He was fleeing a band of soldiers, who soon caught up to him as he frantically picked himself up. One soldier ran up to the man and threw a gag over his mouth. He was yelling to his fellow soldiers, referring to the man as "Ulfric Stormcloak." She heard more shouts as others were chained and thrown into a wagon. A soldier grabbed Amethyst from behind. With a defiant cry, both of her hands came alive with flame. Before she could let loose her spell, however, another soldier ran up and hit Amethyst in the head with the pommel of his sword. ...darkness...