I took over a house that already existed in the game, though no one actually lives there. It was one of the locked empty houses in Peligran. Only thing I did was add a guild guide to make it more convient to go to and from it. The house was already perfect for storing all my stuff, including a wine rack for my potions and a nice double bed for napping.
Another day of doing nothing but playing Morrowind has gone by and I smacked into my best side trek yet. I was looking for some magic item a cat girl told me about, but I kept stumbling onto bandit's hideouts (including the one Mechadeus was having problems with earlier), tombs, etc. Never did find what I was looking for so I said the hell with that and decided from now on I would focus solely on the main quest. Of course things didn't end up that way. 
All I had to do was to find an Ashlander tribe that was already marked on the hard copy map. I knew exactly where I had to go and how to get there. I arrived in Kuul after a slitstrider taxi ride and pointed my little map arrow right at them. Then I started off, determined to let nothing stop me.
Then I saw a cave that I assumed was just another bandit hideout. Since the last one had been quick work, I decided to just pop in for a moment or two. Finding a dead scamp made me think otherwise, but it also made me curious. I pressed on to run into a wizard armed with a crossbow. She was a poor shot though and no match for my bow skills, though she dodged about half of my shots the way I dodged her occasional magic spell. The scamp that followed surrendered quickly to a barrage of silver arrows.
Now I had a crossbow to play with and two doors to choose from. Behind door number 2 was a very pissed off sorceress who killed me with repeated poison spells. Good thing I quicksave ever five seconds or so. Using the nearby stairs as an obstruction, I forced her to waste her magic and when she came at me with a knife, I carved her up like an apple.
In her room she had obviously been researching something. I took whatever valuables I could find, but then discovered her notes and also what lay beyond door number 1. A Daedric ruin that sounded impressively loot worthy. I found ruins before, but they were always guarded by some very tough customers. And I was looking for some raw ebony for a quest anyway. No harm in checking it out.
The route to the ruin was mostly underwater, but that was no problem at all with Vivec's kiss, though I was worried about attack fish since they always gave me problems. No fish were to be found though. That should have tipped me off that this wasn't going to be quite as easy as I thought.
Eventually I reached the ruin and emerged from the water with its battered remains all around me. There was an archway and beyond that a door which had to contain the loot I sought. The only problem is standing in the way of my treasure hunt was two Deadra Lords.
Kei is a sneak by nature, so with a hide spell in place, I figured I would just walk up to the door, click on it and it would load a new map, avoiding the menacing demons alltogether. Of course, when I reached the door, it was both trapped and locked. And of course this was when Hide spell wore off and the two lords killed me in about 3 seconds. Quick load to the rescue.
Now I knew I was way out of my league. Just one of their spells was enough to snuff my poor Kei like a candle. But damn, if two lords are guarding the place, I knew there had to be some kind of ulta special tasty loot within and I just couldn't resist. I would have to find a way to put them down.
It took a number of tries to get it all figured out, but I eventually stumbled on a method that worked. First, I used the corner trick to get them to exhaust their magic. Though unlike the sorceress before, I knew from experience that their melee attacks were a lot better than mine. What I discovered though was they were powerful but stupid. If I waded out into the water behind me, they would run along the shore trying and failing to reach me. This made them perfect arrow bait, though it cost me quite a few silver arrows to put them down.
With the door untrapped and unlocked, I thought all was left to do was collect my reward. Only when I opened the door there was a creature on the other side that I had never seen before. It rushed out at me with a cry and sliced me to pieces with its glass sword. Reload time again. Whatever it was, it fell for the same trick as the two lords and that's when I discovered I had just killed a Golden Saint. Thanks for the kick ass glass shield, shiny!
And then I beheld the loot, gleaming in the darkness. Daedric, ebony, and all sorts of high price goodness that would set me up for the life of the game. The only problem is the stuff is heavier than anything and I couldn't carry even have the goodies. With the use of Mark and a Divine Intervention amulet I carried for emergencies , I was able to steal to my heart's content. Took three trips though.
I did actually get back on track soon after this, arriving at the tents of people who hated my guts. I had to win them over so I asked about gifts and they pretty much said 'bribe me.' Being the newfound millionaress that I was, I slapped that bitch with a thousand gold. Now she's my best friend. It's always nice to make new friends.
And that was only part of one day. That's how good this game is.
"I've watched while the maggots have defiled the earth. They have
built their castles and had their wars. I cannot stand by idly any longer." - Otogi 2
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