I decide to complete the quest to get Lex away from the Waterfront. It simply involves sneaking around a bit and stealing a staff from the Arcane University. Since I want to do the Mages Guild soon (I might even start it next) I am a bit dubious about this, but figure it's fine so long as I don't get caught.
Everything goes according to plan and soon Lex and his guards leave the Warerfront due to increased crime elsewhere in the city (and a threatening letter from the Arcane University, delivered by a Dremora - my first sighting of one). In order to collect my reward, I must journey back to Bravil and see Skri'vaa. I travel on foot to Bravil, as one of the Mages had previously told me that Hircine's Shrine is on the way there. First I clear out Fatback Cave, which is near the city. Afterwards, I find the shrine but am too low-level to do anything (I'm now level 9).
However, I stumble upon another cave near the Shrine, which is guarded by a ferocious troll. I think this is the first troll I've come across, and I'd say it's the scariest foe so far. It doesn't have a ton of health, but it is insanely fast both at moving and attacking, and its attacks do a lot of damage. Running backwards and blasting it with fireballs doesn't really work, as it's fast enough to keep attacking me as I back away (unlike, say, a Minotaur, which, although more resilient, is basically unable to hurt me as I can run backwards faster than it can run towards me).
I summon a zombie and blast fireballs at the troll, and although it rips the zombie apart with frightening ease, it is weakened enough to be brought down by a couple more fireballs.
Apologies for the poor picture quality (and lack of pictures in this post). In my new flat, unlike the old one, there is a tremendous amount of screen glare on the TV, making it almost impossible to take pictures during daytime, which is when I'm not playing. Come to think of it, I started this blog only about 9 months ago, but I was in my old flat, using my old phone to take pictures, playing on my old TV...)
I head inside the cave and kill some imps and a couple more trolls. Continuing onwards to Bravil, another troll lopes across the verdant hills to assail me. Either trolls don't appear before you reach level 9, or this particular area is just riddled with them. Regardless, I'm glad to now be fighting them, as they provide more of a challenge than most enemies.
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