Day sixty-two.

Up bright and early. I have SO MUCH skooma, so I stashed a bunch in the chest beside the bed.

Traded some stuff, then wandered off to go sort stuff out for the day. Didn't slay the dragon on the way down, because I checked the map and it's actually pretty close to where I'm going.

Aha. A cave. Peering inside, I see evidence of falmer. Check it on the way back.

Horn dropped, yanked all the offerings at the shrine. After a bit of thought, I left a spare elven bow there to replace them. I think Talos might appreciate that a bit more than a bunch of food and alchemical ingredients.
On to the cave!

Yup, falmer alright. And skeevers, and chaorus. I hate those things.
SO MANY MUSHROOMS. And chaorus eggs!

Suddenly, dwarven ruins. Scoooore~

Not much of them. Just a couple of rooms, some corridors, and a centurion. Killed it, took the scrap, headed off to slay the dragon.

Frost dragon! Sleeping on a wall! Arrowed it a few times, then it landed to frost at me. So I stabbed it in the eye with my sword. Word wall was a whole shout to throw my voice.
Why is there a horse out here with a dead bandit in front of it?  Was that horse EATING him? I really don't trust horses.

Back to town, trade the loot, stash what I want to stash, then I think I'll fetch stuff for the bards. King Olaf's song, I think. And I need to hit up solitude ANYWAY, because the courier found me and handed me a letter, saying to go see the steward.
For some reason, he was running around in a loincloth. Not that I mind the view, but WHY, man? WHY? You'll freeze to death!

Off to those ruiny things the bards want raided, by way of some bandits there's a bounty on. They're nearby, so I may as well.

Oooh, nyord ruin. Poked around, slayed some draugr, picked up another word of Elemental Fury, and then fell in a trapdoor. Apparently some nyecromancer's been luring adventurers in with an empty chest and experimenting on them.
Idiot didn't lock the door, so I let myself out and stabbed him midway through his waffling. Then took his stuff and left.

Is that a dragon out there? Oh crap it is. Let's go investigate.

Crap, skeletons. And the dragon heard the fighting and is taking a crack at me.

That was hard. It was an elder dragon, apparently. Got another word, too! Another word of Elemental Fury! And there was a dragon priest, with that always-annoying mage trick of retreating while firing off fireballs from a staff. I steered him into a wall and Lydia, then caught up and attacked.

On to the tomb!

Oy. There's a ghost leading me through the place. Small maze, some decent loot, and a dragon claw! Ruby, this one. Okay, through the maze, and apparently this ghost is re-enacting his initial entry, because THE FIGHT IS STILL THERE. HE WON, BUT THE DAMNED DRAUGR ARE STILL BLOODY THERE.
Between the three of us, the fight got done pretty fast. FUS RO DAHed him into a corner, then we just gathered around and hit him until he stopped moving. Wave after wave of draugr. Lots of loot, too.

Aha! Found the book! And that sealed door is open, and leads to a puzzle door. A JAMMED PUZZLE DOOR. Wonderful. Stupid ancient nyords.
Picked up a hammer from one of the draugr, and pounded on the door for a bit. Managed to unjam it. Wolf eagle wolf.

WORD WALL. Some more draugr, and another word to go with WULD!

Okay, out into the night, and I've no idea where I am. The cave's only over there, though...

Stupid bandits, lots of mushrooms, this pack is heavy. Even after I dropped the hammer for unjamming the door. I was reduced to drinking a strength potion and running like crazy.