Skyrim. R.I.P. Companions.

[WolfThomas]

Yeah, I haven't taken her out once. I don't think I plan to ever really take any companions out. I escorted Maurice to the tree, and keeping him alive was an absolute nightmare (though I'm glad I did, because it turns out he's kind of important to that quest.)

Lydia doesn't sound like a very good housecarl. So she stays at home sitting on a chair in my bedroom watching my wife sleep.

I take them for very straightforward specific missions, like kill some bandits and save regularly, but I won't explore with them.

I do like having Lydia to guard my stuff.

 

[Jun_Jun]

R.I.P
Horsey best horse ever took out a whole fortress while my back was turned just trying to kill one bandit, when I turned around he had taken out the entire thing and was finishing off the last bowman, he tanked bears and Sabertooth tigers QQ kia - hagraven pushed him off a cliff he didn't even die in a awesome way
Horsey II Kia about 10 mins after I bought him, fast travel and attacked by dragon, dragon took him out.

 

[kael013]

I actually did that but it's not giving me the speech options to initiate marriage/romance with her.
I don't know who else it's available with so I haven't tested it on anyone else but that's not working for me

There is a bug where you can't marry her. To bypass this just open the console, click on her, and type "Addfac 19809 1" (everything in the quotes, not the quote marks). After that talk to her with the Amulet equipped. This is for the PC obviously, if you're on a console, then sorry, but you're SOL.

OT: I haven't gotten the game yet, but RIP Lydia. I don't know where, I don't know when, and I don't know how, but odds are you're fucked.

 

[Chaosweaver]

RIP Lydia.

At least I assume you're dead. You never did find me again after the Meridia quest...

 

[Brainsaw]

RIP Random Merc dude #1. You're the bravest man I've ever seen to run off a cliff to attack a Frost Troll.

RIP Random Merc dude #2. Sorry, mate, but when it came down to it it really was a matter of being faster than your friend than being faster than the bear.

RIP Random Merc dude #3. I thought you would've understood my frantic shouting of "Mammoth. Mammoth! MAMMOTH!" a little better.

RIP Lydia, how you managed to piss off two giants and their savage attack mammoths, a saber cat, and a freaking vampire of all things, i'll never know. Seriously. I started running when I saw the fire sweeping towards all of you. So thank you Lydia, for causing the biggest shitstorm I've ever witnessed but never actually caused. The mammoth-giant-vampire-saber cat-dragon free-for-all was well worth losing you.....I want my dwemer metal back.

RIP Random Merc dude #4 Good job running between the person that's been constantly spewing out a stream of either dire elemental magic or lethal arrows, often when poison on them. FYI the materials that went into the poison on that arrow in your left ass cheek was valued higher than your damn hiring cost.

RIP Horse # 16 aka Meatshield the Sixteenth, I'm sure by now that if you were anything but a smoldering frozen corpse, you would understand that standing 5 feet away from a dragon's mouth is a very bad idea, much less an Elder Dragon.

RIP My character, Sados. I'm sorry, but I really did think the Greybeards were talking shit when Agneir said the others didn't talk because they could kill you with a single word. My apologies, but technically it took two words. One froze our butt and the other set us on fire and ragdollized us against the keep walls

 

[chadachada123]

RIP stray dog that started following me.

You helped out so much, standing up to that dragon. We killed him, together. Then, as we're walking away, I get randomly attacked by some assassins that make sure to take you out first =(

We had just bonded. I felt like you were Dogmeat 2.0, and then you were cut down in your prime...

 

[DracoSuave]

Sounds like Lydia really needs to go back to combat training camp.

I actually have her in my house. Was thinking about taking her with me to assist and though I have a healing hand spell to heal people... all the stories with her dieing so easily- I think I will just keep her in my house. What's odd is that whenever I buy food, bread, apples... stuff to make with alchemy, she GRABS it from me and eats it. Would be irritated, but she only grabs one thing to chew on. I feel amused yet odd.

ESPECIALLY when I first came to my house after it was bought thinking it was empty just for me... I slept and when waking up, turn to see her sitting in a chair eating bread. I just stood there staring, trying to figure out why she was in my house and what she did for 8 hours.

Lydia helps herself to your food? I thought she'd be safe, locked up in my house. With all my skooma.

RIP: Lydia. Whether from skooma overdose, or severe chastising in Dragonspeak from vengeful skooma-loving home owner, remains to be seen.

Skooma's a hell of a drug

RIP Lydia, for coming at me qucikly and me thinking you were a falmer. You didn't see the arrow coming.

Tho, most of the Lydia deaths in this thread... you know she gets up unless you kill her right?

 

[Brainsaw]

And the saddest death of all is: Flaming familiar. I'm so sorry my furry, burning friend. We laughed we played, you howled and then ran into a bunch of falmer and exploded, killing one and prompted the rest to turn me into an arrow pincushion.

 

[Reece Leonard]

R.I.P. Horse. Well, in all actuality, it was the same horse three times. The first time, he was killed by bandits on the road. The second time, be as attacked and killed by a bear and another group of bandits outside a cave. The third time he got killed by a sabertooth (as did I).
R.I.P. Stray Dog. I thought I was a fricken genius by making him stay in my house, but he gave me the finger a ran away.

Luckally I never took Lydia out and she's still alive. I need to get a new dog. Preferably one who won't run away.

 

[The Pinray]

RIP Njada. Presumed dead. Can't find her. But she was a ***** to me anyway so it's all good.

 

[Julianking93]

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There is a bug where you can't marry her. To bypass this just open the console, click on her, and type "Addfac 19809 1" (everything in the quotes, not the quote marks). After that talk to her with the Amulet equipped. This is for the PC obviously, if you're on a console, then sorry, but you're SOL.

I... bu...bububut..... ;~;

Damn it. I'm already 18 or so hours into my first playthrough.
Not going to go back and change it just for her. Oh well. She can hang out in Dragonsreach for now until I find another, sexier, more marriable companion.

I did want an excuse to play as Khajiit though.
Two playthroughs at the same time, it is

 

[Lil_Rimmy]

EVERYONE!

I KNOW HOW TO GET A WAR DOG!

I AM THE MESSIAH!

Lol, jokes, but just go to the stables in Markath and then talk to Banning.

He will sell you Vigilence, the War Dog.


In their tongue... he is Dovadog..... DRAGONHOUND

 

[The Pinray]

...you can take the money back from trainers? I spent a fortune on One-Armed training from Athis. If that is true, then I'm about to ask Athis to come on a little walk into a secluded area with me....

Don't kill him! I love Athis he's such a dick. I did it with Aela (Archery), Farkas (Heavy Armor), Njada (Block), and Athis (One-Handed). I told them to follow me, trained up, then asked them to trade... And took my money back! They didn't even care! It's amazing don't tell Bethesda!

 

[Ulfrick]

RIP Maurice, I don't actually know what happened to you, you where there one minute and then a giant and a dragon later you where gone... I hope that wherever it is is filled with much wine women and song.

Oh and also RIP random greymane dude who attacked the castle with me... didn't actually get your name... sorry about that... but good news, we saved the guy we where going in there for. so um... yeah, thats a bonus right?

 

[Jaeke]

R.I.P Aela the Huntress...and Farkus...
Didnt anticipate that last "DAH" when we were on the peak of Mount Anthor...
And that time i thought i had Become Ethereal equipped when trying to bound down High Hrothgar... sheesh Unrelenting Force almost causes more problems than it solves huh?

 

[Jaeke]

I played Expert beginning to end. Other than those two mistakes from me though, never had a companion die from enemies... they went down, but never did they die, i thought they were invincible...

 

[BLAHwhatever]

Wait... companions can die?
All she ever does is break to her knees, breath heavily for 5 seconds, then get up again.
Whaaat?

 

[mikey7339]

Happy to report no casualties as of yet; unless you count horses. I'm currently running with:

J'Sargo
Vigilance the wardog
Lucien's ghost
and Shadowmere

J'Sargo however, is acting like your average cat and not paying any attention to his surroundings and activating every trap he comes across.