LE [Mod Request] Thalmor Starter Quests with AS-LOL

[OpenWorldAddict]

I hope this request isn't to complicated.

 

In Alternate Start Live another Life, each race has a starting position that is unique to that race. These are great option, because they feel really thematic, but once your there, it feels like there is little reason to leave your post and go off adventuring. Also there is usually little to do there. Starting as Altmer thalmor agent in the Thalmor embassy is an example of this.

 

You start at the embassy, but there really isn't much you can do, other than talk to the people there or just leave the embassy altogether. In fact, anyone in their right mind would want to leave the embassy. However, why would a thalmor agent just take off and abandon his duties without good reason. You can always pretend that you were just a thalmor that had gotten tired of spending his days at the embassy and wanted to some action, but even though it is good role playing it doesn't help much for immersion. You just get a feeling that i wrong.

 

Now the thalmor embassy start is a very interesting one. I think it would make a very unique playthrough to play as a thalmor agent that goes rogue when the agent learns that he/she is dragonborn while doing work for the Thalmor.

 

What I am asking for is just 1 or 2 quests that you get at the thalmor embassy. These quests would do 2 things.

 

1. It would lead you away from the embassy and torwards areas where the player can pick up other quests

2. You would still 'Feel' like you are working for the thalmor, which is very appropriate and immmersive considering your starting location.

 

Here's an example:

 

You are asked to deliver a note (or any kind of delivery) to the Thalmor Headquarters at Castle Dour in Solitude. This not only gives you a reason to leave the Thalmor embassy, it also leads you Solitude where there are dozens of quests you can partake as well as joining the factions the Imperial Legion or the Bard's College.

 

Even better, once you get to the Thalmor Headquarters, you are asked to find a Justiciar who had gone missing while investigating a Talos Shrine near Falkreath. That not only sends you even further away from the Thalmor embassy, but it also puts you right near Helgen.

 

This would make it that start so much more immersive. Let me put this into context for you.

 

Let's say you chose a male altmer during character creation, and when asked by mara where you want to start your new life, let's say that you chose that you character is an agent at the thalmor embassy.

 

While making his rounds through the embassy, he comes across a senior thalmor who gives him a task to deliver an important notice from the ambassador Elenwen to a Justiciar captain in the Thalmor Headquarters in Solitude. Your character thinks, 'excellent, this is a chance to get out of the embassy, see the world of skyrim a little, and even visit a big city like Solitude.

 

Now lets' say that this character is interested in the welfare of the empire, but he doesn't want to just join the legion, so he goes the other route and inquires about the war at the Winking Skeever when arrives in Solitude on his way to Caslte Dour, and gets pointed in the direction of Dragon Bridge, which he plans to visit after before returning to the embassy. So he enters the thalmor headquarters, complete his quest and gets another one to go to Falkreath to search for the missing Justiciar. This brings the prospect of adventure to the fore, which excites him, so he accepts. After visiting the inn at Dragon Bridge which points him towards helgen he heads to Falkreath area, and finds the Statue of Talos where the justiciar had met his untimely demise. However, instead of just returning to Solitude with his report, he decides to visit helgen while he is in the area, and that is where his position as a thalmor agent begins to go down hill.

 

As you can see, if done right it could lead to a very immersive start. This is what i am asking for.

 

Edit: By the way, if you want flesh this start even more and add even more quests, go ahead. The more the merrier. However, I wanted to keep this request as simple as possible to increase the odds of it actually being made.

Edited June 4, 2015 by OpenWorldAddict