I've had quite a few odd tales to tell during my time playing Skyrim, weird random encounters, buggy conversations in towns, or just plain odd things that have happened to me. Share some of yours here!
Just earlier today (the one that inspired me to start this) I was doing the Goldenglow quest for the Thieves Guild. I was playing on my pure thief character, who has no combat skills and prefers to avoid combat completely, using claws only when absolutely necessary. So anyway, I was skirting around the edge of the island at nighttime in sneak mode, looking for the sewer gate, when I notice a disturbance in the water just off to my right. Looking over, I noticed a roughly man-sized shape swimming straight towards me. 3 Hired Thugs emerge from the lake, all clad in identical Steel Armor and wielding battleaxes, and confront me. "We're here to teach you a lesson!" I immediately fled to the sewer gate to escape both the Hired SEAL team and the mercenary army guarding the estate!
Friend of mine was having trouble with the Companions either trying to kill him or endlessly engage him in conversation, so finally he decided enough was enough and he killed them all. But Farkas gave him a little trouble. He killed Farkas with a decapitation. Farkas fell to his knees, and then eventually got up like nothing was wrong. Except he was missing his head. Farkas kept trying to engage my friend in conversation, but no sound came out... because his freaking head was gone.
Quite a common one, but the Commander Maro was whizzing about on a horse flying through the air over Dragon's Bridge the first time I ever went there in Skyrim, went on for a full 5 minutes, and i almost pissed myself laughing.
It's funny just imaginaing it all over again... *sighs*
Was on my way to talk to Scouts-Many-Marshes when I notice a group of NPCs standing outside the Hlaalu Farm, so I go see what's going on. I find the three revelers and a frightened woman. The Revelers were just standing there not doing anything, same as the woman. I try to start dialogue with them, but all they respond with were things like 'Hmm?' or 'Yes?'.
I was out doing my usual rounds to the great hidden chests of Skyrim, This time different. I was returning from the hall of the vigil(to read the book for aethirum with the DW expansion) so i thought "Hey ill just take a stroll to Dawnstar since I'm already here". The natures of Skyrims have never been my ally but this one ices the cake. I see a regular cow in the middle of the road and as I am walking up to this cow to investigate one of those giants that roams Skyrim turns hostile on the cow and stomps on it, the cow flies in the air, I dispatch the giant with my frost spells and a Frost troll appears i think "Well shit" little did i know there are frosbite spiders behind him, I sprint to Dawnstar past the part of the road where thee pack of wovles is, They dispatch the spiders so i start to think i have a chance , I use whirlwind sprint back to the remains of the giant and take his loot(Steel waraxe) and try to dispatch the troll with shouts and pure bad ass- ness, with one or two more hits i would have killed the beast but i was low on health and with one more hit I wold have been dead, But then the miracle happened. Mr. Cow comes sailing down and PLOP hits the troll killing itself and the troll. I have respect for all cows till this day.
I just turned Labyrintian to ash. I get into town to get a letter stating I made quite an impression with my T'uum in Labyrintian (!) and I should visit (location) for another word of power...
I dident knew those draugr were stil waging war! Soon there wil be no more left lol.
I unleash them all on Sovengarde for a honarable battle there
Oh, and het cow tale is GREAT!
"Dear Dovakiin,
U made quite a stir in the Soul Cairn when you demonstrated the power of the Thu'um. Please don't do it again as it freaks out the Mistman and the keepers just wont stand for it.
P.S. I think I once heard of this cave somewhere with this special power for the dragonborn or something."
DId it go something like this?
Sounds like some funny programming issues with flying cow killers! What a sight that must have been.
A couple weeks ago, I accidentally killed Adrianne Advenicci in Whiterun. A group of vamps attacked and I was at a distance with my bow, when I pointed at her, it showed red and so I shot and she burst into ash. Afterwards I got my letter of inheritance saying it was her that died. It was weird because there were two ash piles that I couldn't click on to search and not both her and Ulfberth War-Bear are gone.