37. Swamps and horses!

I get through the big scrap and second time round I think it was a more difficult for some reason and I don’t bother with the Draugr that killed me at the end last time, there are actually two of them, one on each side so I sneak past as the door is just beyond them, then I “climb” down the mountain and head up into Solitude. After more selling I grab my horse and start out for Whiterun but I remember that Ustengrav is close by with the Jurgan Windcaller quest so I head for there instead.

The swamp is not the best of places to be riding a horse, tough going sometimes and just as I get to Ustengrav there are 3 bandits and a Necromancer on their way over to me! I turn and quickly head away from them but they’re following, I just need to get my horse to safety because I want it here so I can over encumber myself from this Dungeon and use it to get home. I pass a couple of mud crabs who end up fighting with the bandits as I ride on. I get to what I think is a safe distance and dismount but the Necromancer is firing ice and one hits the horse and away it goes! DAMMMMMNNNN! Note to self “keep horses out of swamps!”

I go after the horse a bit but give up and head back towards the fighting preparing myself for a scrap and there’s just a Mudcrab there! He’s one tough Mudcrab, he beat them all! I kill him and loot the bodies and go towards the Dungeon. I am barely in and there’s a lot of action, Necromancers and Draugr, tonnes of them! I realise I am seriously under prepared for this and after I have gathered all I can from those I have killed thus far I head outside to go towards Morthal to stock up on potions and sell some loot.

I am over encumbered by about 30 but I decide it’s not that far and begin the slow walk. I don’t get far when who do I see in the distance? My Horse! I jump on and I am in Morthal in no time. I sell some stuff to Lami and go to start making potions but it says in the top left hand corner of the screen “You cannot use this while in combat” I think it’s a glitch at first but upon going outside I see an ominous shadow fly across the ground, A Dragon and it’s making short work of the guards. Flame Atronach and Fireballs galore and I get him in the end, tough fight though strongest Dragon yet, a Frost Dragon. Back into mix up some potions then I’ll set out for Ustengav once more.