I head to the strange door in the Niben Bay and successfully traverse between realms, ending up in 'The Fringe'. Mortals gather here before they can enter into the Shivering Isle proper - in order to do so, they must either gain Sheogorath's blessing (go mad?) or defeat the enormous and deadly Gatekeeper, who has keys sewn into his body (?!). I talk to the townsfolk and eventually attack the Gatekeeper at midnight, when he is weakened (I can't be bothered to explain why he is weakened) and with the help of a villager who made arrows out of the bones of another Gatekeeper, which for some reason means they are more deadly to him (?). I kill the Gatekeeper and enter the realm of Mania.
If nothing else, I'm already hooked on this expansion due to the new enemies and locations it provides. Skinned Hounds, Grummites, Gnarls, and horrific insectoid beasts are among my assailants, and the world itself is completely different to that of Cyrodiil, with huge mushroom-trees twisting up towards a multicoloured sky. I climb to the top of a tall hill to see the view:
I'm a bit confused, because I'm sure I entered the realm of Mania, but after traipsing around for a while I have seen nothing but swamps and murky landscapes like the one above. Perhaps the realm of Dementia is even darker. I head towards the city on the other side of the island, New Sheoth, getting into a few scrapes along the way.
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