Skyrim Mysteries

[sombod]

lydia died quite early for me, she went down in a cave. i removed all her gear,and yes i have nude mod, and left here there, thinking she would eventually rot and be given back to the earth like that..

but then i bought a fucking house in whiterun, use it often to store shit... and eventually one day look left instead of right as i walk up the stairs, and behold! i see a door

i open it and on the floor theres a naked dead chick.

IT FREAKED ME OUT! id been using the house for in-game weeks, never knowing lydia was sprawling her sexy dead naked body on the floor of my guest bedroom

 

[El Poncho]

Sometimes when someone starts talking to me on the street passing by they would follow me into the building i'm entering to finish what they are saying.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

I just went to Ustengrav to get the horn of Mr Shoutyface, and saw a bandit get hit with a bolt of magic. I went up and saw one mage character surrounded by dead bandits.
A dead necromancer.
now i know they're good at the whole 'death magic' but i doubt they can cast spells posthumously.
I did see a flash of brown, so it might have been Maurice's stand-in, Horsington Flufflewuffle V.

EDIT: Okay, so i just walked into the Bannered Mare, where i live. Then Uthberd or Uthgerd the Unbroken attacks me yelling 'ive finally found you'. needless to say, we all ganged up on her and broke her. and i just got back from killing a newly ressurected dragon (not in the main quest, i just happened upon Alduin doing his thing) and a feggin giant. it may be connected to the three thugs that orc smith from Markarth sent to murderfy me, but all she had was sweet lewts.

 

[GundamSentinel]

I saw the Headless Horseman on the road to Markarth (pretty weird) and had Sinding in his werewolf form follow me around, while I'm sure I'd already killed him and skinned him (I was wearing his skin in fact).

 

[scoopz]

I got married to Ysolda, told her to move in with me into Breezehome. She vanished.
She's not there, at the market or in her house. She's just gone.

The same happened to me. I can't find Ysolda anywhere. I hope the patch brings her back and that she wasn't murdered on her way to the house from Riften.

 

[Jedamethis]

Laughed my arse off when I saw the Shadowmark under the bridge in Whiterun. Safe as houses. XD
No mysteries really. Saw the Headless Horseman, ignored him to go stab people in the back. Things are simple when you're a thief. ^^

 

[Worgen]

I found a crazy old lady, if I remember correctly she had no clothes on, south of Winterhold. She kept rambling on about the Wabbajack, and asked me to hit her with it. But when I went to get the staff from my house, she was gone. Anyone's got a story about her?

I met that same woman (though she had clothes on, thank the Nine) near Whiterun, literally begging to be Wabbajacked. I actually had the staff with me at the time, as I hadn't had time to dump it at my house yet.

I launched the Wabbajack spell on her - the first time I did that to anyone - and she went POOF and turned into a rabbit. Said rabbit ran away and disappeared into the grass. A few seconds later, I saw a great puff of red smoke emerge from a spot in the middle of the field, and the woman was standing there. I approached her, and she still wanted to be Wabbajacked.

So I did it to her again. Same result.

Later, as I approached Whiterun, the whole town wanted my head on a platter for some reason. Guards and civilians alike came rushing out of the woodwork to carve me into ribbons, for reasons they were far too angry to adequately explain. I decided to talk to the Jarl about this, as he had previously done nothing but shower me with praise, naming me Thane and everything.

I ran in a blind panic through the churning mass of sharpened steel and burning anger that filled every street and plaza until I got to the Jarl's throne room. The Jarl spotted me immediately - and pulled his sword and ran screaming towards me. Fortunately, one of his personal bodyguards had calmed down JUST enough to suggest that I surrender at once. I obliged him, and got thrown in the dungeon.

I am absolutely confident that it all happened because of my Wabbajacking. It was the only untoward activity I had perpetrated in the region at the time - besides, like, four counts of petty larceny which I'm pretty sure nobody ever even found out about.

I met the woman again, way out in the wilderness, still asking to be Wabbajacked. Having left the staff at home by this time, I ignored her and pressed on.

She followed me quite far.

I ran into her also and I had the wabbajack and hit her with it but when she transformed into the rabbit for me, it said "last witness killed, bounty removed" so that is probably why the town attacked you, for some reason it didn't count her as killed.

 

[Worgen]

I got married to Ysolda, told her to move in with me into Breezehome. She vanished.
She's not there, at the market or in her house. She's just gone.

Kim Kardashian?

You should add more to your post, don't want to be banned for something stupid like not having enough content.

 

[Jack Rascal]

The other strange thing that comes to mind is that I was galloping about on my new horsie, when I come upon a small watering hole. There's a skeletal arm holding an orquish longsword in the middle.

I ran into that arm as well, but it was holding a glass sword! That was really strange. It was only the skeletal arm and that floated off once I picked my shiny new sword.

I also have one and half men standing outside Whiterun. I can't remember his (their?) name, but it is fairly amusing to see them. It's like Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. Both talk to me independently, only the other one is chest deep in the ground. This has probably been fixed by the patch, haven't played for a few days.

It was also funny to see a Whiterun Guard fly in the air after being hit by a giant. Boy he flew like a rocket. The blast was so violent that when he landed, he was naked

 

[Limecake]

The other strange thing that comes to mind is that I was galloping about on my new horsie, when I come upon a small watering hole. There's a skeletal arm holding an orquish longsword in the middle.

I ran into that arm as well, but it was holding a glass sword! That was really strange. It was only the skeletal arm and that floated off once I picked my shiny new sword.

I heard that sword changes depending on the choices you make in game, do a lot of bad things it'll be orcish and do a lot of good things it'll be steel although apparently it can change into glass as well so maybe there are multiple swords that you can gain from the arm in the water.

 

[Lachlan Bone]

Whoa! there is a headless horsemen in the game, quickly to the wiki I go.......

HUZZAHHH!!!!!!

 

[Worgen]

I got married to Ysolda, told her to move in with me into Breezehome. She vanished.
She's not there, at the market or in her house. She's just gone.

Kim Kardashian?

You should add more to your post, don't want to be banned for something stupid like not having enough content.

I'm not unfamiliar with draconian mods.

I noticed on your health bar your down to your last red, the health system is stupid and the most common form of people leaving the escapist seems to be death by banning.

 

[Jack Rascal]

The other strange thing that comes to mind is that I was galloping about on my new horsie, when I come upon a small watering hole. There's a skeletal arm holding an orquish longsword in the middle.

I ran into that arm as well, but it was holding a glass sword! That was really strange. It was only the skeletal arm and that floated off once I picked my shiny new sword.

I heard that sword changes depending on the choices you make in game, do a lot of bad things it'll be orcish and do a lot of good things it'll be steel although apparently it can change into glass as well so maybe there are multiple swords that you can gain from the arm in the water.

Doing good things? Huh. I suppose I have done some good things outside the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood or maybe those are counted as good things... Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the offering of the skeletal hand. Be it good or bad. Now I need to go and make them daggers to get to the advanced level of glass smithing.

 

[Thyunda]

So who was the NPC? Who wears a brown cloak with a hood, and carries a mace? It wasn't the thief uniform, since they have trousers.

This was not trousers.

This sounds like a vigilant of stendarr to me...

I thought so too at first, but the Vigilant uniform is a greenish colour, whereas this was medieval monk-brown.

There are just so many Skyrim threads, I couldn't find the big questions-megathread one, so I'm just gonna have to ask here.

I went to my wife in Breezehome, Whiterun, and as I sat next to her in front of the fire in the front room, I saw a brown-cloaked figure with a steel mace at his hip just going out the front door. Assuming it was a thief, I pulled my sword and dashed outside to give him a good what-for, but when I went out...Nobody. I even reloaded the autosave, and surveilled the door, hoping to catch him. But..still nothing.

So has anybody else had this problem, or any other mysterious occurrences? And can somebody tell me what happened?

Easy. It was probably an NPC who had been talking to you outside the house, hadn't finished his sentence, and went inside to do so. Happens all the time. It's a bug, but eh. No biggie.

The only person I can think of, whom I've mentioned in an earlier post, is Adrianne Avenicci, and to be quite honest, I really wouldn't mind if she was dropping by to visit my wife. Just need to hire a Thieves Guild guy to paint a picture.

No, like, if you walk near someone (often a guard/random citizen), they'll start to say something in your direction. You don't need to be interacting with them for it to happen; they just need to be 'triggered' by your presence.

And the only person I walked past was Adrianne Avenicci. Nobody else fits the description. It sure as hell wasn't a Whiterun guard, and this was in the evening, nobody else was out.

 

[TopHatsaur]

I have only discoverd one mystrey so far, and i'm still trying to solve it...

Ok so in The Bee and Barb I dropped some items that were weighing me down: A carrot, some steel boots and a honey-nut treat. I dropped them nest to Mjoll and Vulwulf. I went off to collect sone shinies (by pick-pocketing the locals) when I notaced it was getting dark, so I headed back to the inn.

As I enterd, the first thing to catch my eye was that my dropped equpment was all gone, and Vulwulf was too! Mjoll was still there, though. Same place as always. So I bought a bed for the night and went upstairs to my room.

Open the door and BAM! Vulwolf Snow-Shod is on the floor in my room, dead. Theres blood on the stairs and blood on my door, someone has murded him, and Mjoll is my suspect.

I need all the help I can get, who killed him?

 

[N_of_the_dead]

Most recent weird thing to happen to me was turning into a werewolf only to have my weapons still in hand. I had the joy of wiping out a rather large group of bandits as a katana wielding werewolf.

That aside I'm pretty sure I once found the main dragon for the game dead near whiterun only to run into him alive and kicking on my next mission.

I also had the joy of running into the headless ghost who was dragging bears who at that moment decided that i was a better target.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

The other strange thing that comes to mind is that I was galloping about on my new horsie, when I come upon a small watering hole. There's a skeletal arm holding an orquish longsword in the middle.

I ran into that arm as well, but it was holding a glass sword! That was really strange. It was only the skeletal arm and that floated off once I picked my shiny new sword.

I also have one and half men standing outside Whiterun. I can't remember his (their?) name, but it is fairly amusing to see them. It's like Dr. Evil and Mini-Me. Both talk to me independently, only the other one is chest deep in the ground. This has probably been fixed by the patch, haven't played for a few days.

It was also funny to see a Whiterun Guard fly in the air after being hit by a giant. Boy he flew like a rocket. The blast was so violent that when he landed, he was naked

That wasn't the strange thing, though. They just put that there and put a leveled sword. The strange thing was that my horse went poof without a sign... I haven't had one since.

 

[Von Strimmer]

I got married to Ysolda, told her to move in with me into Breezehome. She vanished.
She's not there, at the market or in her house. She's just gone.

How did you pull that off? I've done everything for her and she just ignores me. 20 hours in and I still haven't figured out how to wed someone (even though I own breezehome in Whiterun)

Are you wearing an Amulet of Mara? That's the only way they'll show interest in you.

I've had the luck/misfortune of not having anything too much out of the ordinary happen to me...Except, I think Lydia was jealous I got married. She just disappeared from my home.

Kind of miss her.

Only show interest if I have bling? Thats kind of rude

I was engaged in an epic battle with some wraith dude named Krosis (I think), anyways many load games later I kill him/it and walk over to see Lydia lying face down in the snow with her neck bent at an odd angle D: So I shouted her to the nearest cliff by the sea and gave her full burial rights.

Skyrim travel just doesnt feel the same anymore

 

[Thyunda]

I got married to Ysolda, told her to move in with me into Breezehome. She vanished.
She's not there, at the market or in her house. She's just gone.

How did you pull that off? I've done everything for her and she just ignores me. 20 hours in and I still haven't figured out how to wed someone (even though I own breezehome in Whiterun)

Are you wearing an Amulet of Mara? That's the only way they'll show interest in you.

I've had the luck/misfortune of not having anything too much out of the ordinary happen to me...Except, I think Lydia was jealous I got married. She just disappeared from my home.

Kind of miss her.

Only show interest if I have bling? Thats kind of rude

I was engaged in an epic battle with some wraith dude named Krosis (I think), anyways many load games later I kill him/it and walk over to see Lydia lying face down in the snow with her neck bent at an odd angle D: So I shouted her to the nearest cliff by the sea and gave her full burial rights.

Skyrim travel just doesnt feel the same anymore

I know the feeling. Also, after my little incident in Breezehome, I didn't feel safe, so I packed Lydia into my bag and mounted her on the wall in Vlindrel Hall. I already have a spot reserved for Mjall's battleaxe...though, really, the fact I've planned her funeral spot says a lot about my companions' average lifespan.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

And the only person I walked past was Adrianne Avenicci. Nobody else fits the description. It sure as hell wasn't a Whiterun guard, and this was in the evening, nobody else was out.

*sigh*

Alright, then if I had to guess, you probably ran into one of the folks who run the Temple of Kynareth. They wear hooded robes, and have single-handed weapons. Swing by the temple during the day and see if any of them fit the description of the person you saw. It might've been Danica.

Failing that, I wouldn't worry. Lydia's like a home security system. So unless your burglar is screwing both your wife and your housecarl, he won't be back again.

...and if he is back again, just admit defeat. You're dealing with some sort of Casanova.