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This one must ask: Do you like to travel, and if so, where do you like to travel?

Sure, travelling is fun. Solstheim wasn’t nicest place to travel, but we enjoyed it anyway.

Shavari made sure we gain good reputation in Raven Rock, she even made friends with some high ranking political figures there. J’zargo was excited to assist Neloth with his experiments (Raksha, as always, had to volunteer as a test subject) and learn some tricks from him. And Tsavani managed to enrich her collection of two handed weapons with Champion’s Cudgel and Stormfang:

So yes, we do like to travel, but next time, we hope to go to more pretty and warmer place. Maybe we’ll visit Elsweyr next?

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Our (almost) whole clan. From the left: Shavari, J'zargo, Raksha, Tsavani, Kharjo, S'vashni. In front of us is Ma'isha, our adopted daughter.

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When we discovered Aetherium Forge and were discussing what to make with it, Shavari proposed that we make crown for Tsavani. Everyone loved that idea, and since Tsavani already became like a mother for us, we decided to also appoint her as our Clan Mother! We love our Tsavani so much, with her loving care, she already turned our group into real clan!

But there is more! It Turned out that Tsavani had a secret. She was always fascinated by two handed weapons, although she never pursued that fascination, deciding that making her living as a cook is much safer. But something changed when she met us. Raksha blames herself for that, since Raksha always enjoyed telling Tsavani stories about our adventures...

So what happened? Taking advantage of our good standing with Companions, Tsavani started to secretly train in art of combat with warhammer. When she become proficient enough, she announced that from now on, she will accompany us in our adventures and help us. We were horrified and tried to reason with her at first. Exposing our Clan Mother to risks of real combat - never!

But stubborn Tsavani quickly got her way. First, she said that since we have three members of our clan that know healing spells, nothing bad can really happen. Second, Tsavani said that she wants to protect us, her clan kittens. And third, she said that since she is our Clan Mother now, we are supposed to listen to her and that's final!

So from then on, Tsavani became a fighter and always goes with rest of our clan on adventures and we have to admit that she helps a lot in combat. Raksha can tell you, our Tsavani is the most brave and crazy Clan Mother ever!

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Shavari just wanted to hunt criminals. Since Thalmor are trying to keep some order, working with them looks like a good option.

This one is happy to discuss it further, just ask what you want to know.

If you ever got on bad terms with Shavari, then you are probably suspected of being terrorist or some kind of bandit. Getting to know each other might solve that problem. It worked with Raksha, she is a friend with Shavari now and they never attacked each other.

Remember Shavari, the Thalmor spy who attacked you in Riften? This one, personally, would love to be able to sit down with this Khajiit and discuss exactly what her motivations were in joining the Thalmor, her thoughts on this political situation, and, really, just to see what kind of a person she really is apart from the poor first impression she presents to K’Reezah.

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Tsavani and Raksha went fishing :)

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If Raksha were the Dragonborn, that's how Season Unending would look like in our case: Raksha is accompanied by four other Khajiit. During negotiations, Raksha suddenly demands that the Rift should be given to them and declared as independent Khajiit hold. If not, Empire and Stormcloaks can go find themselves other Dragonborn to deal with their dragons problem. Khajiit sitting beside Raksha, Shavari, adds that non-Khajiit people don't have to worry, as they will be welcome to live in the Rift. She says they only want to assure that all races will be treated equally. Besides that, Khajiit would like to continue removing crime out of Riften, as current Nordic government seems to be corrupt and cannot deal with it properly. Hearing that, Ulfric rages. What does that bunch of rugs think they are, trying to steal one of his holds? Elenwen is looking baffled. Earlier, she recognized Raksha as the one who made mess in Embassy, Shavari as agent that was supposed to get rid of first one and Tsavani as a cook she had fired as an example after Embassy incident. What are they up to? She has bad feelings about this... Tulius, seeing that his opponents are not happy with that situation at all, promptly agrees to Khajiit demands and offers Empire's friendship. General further enrages Ulfric by pointing out that this will be better for the Rift, since Stormcloaks are too busy with their petty uprising to take care of it properly. Shavari thanks Tulius for offer and says Khajiit are happy to cooperate with others for good of all people. Ulfric, seeing that those cats are acting like Rift was already theirs, tries to salvage situation by pointing out that true Sons of Skyrim living in the Rift will never accept their land becoming puppet hold to Thalmor, as everyone knows that Khajiit are just their pets. Raksha looks expectantly at Shavari. That kind of politics are way beyond Raksha's grasp. Shavari is looking like she knows what she should say now, but is afraid to say it and hesitates. Seeing that, Tsavani gently squeezes her arm, trying to comfort her. That gives Shavari courage to finally say that the Rift will be completely independent hold and to prove it, they promise that Talos worship will not be outlawed, as they are not part of the Empire so not bound by concordat. That takes Ulfric by surprise. He never expected Khajiit to have enough guts to dissociate themselves from their Thalmor masters. Having his best argument nullified and seeing that this silly cat's government is still going to be better than loosing the Rift to the Empire altogether, he grudgingly agrees, but demands compensation from Tulius for the loss. Elenwen tries to intervene and demands Tulius to stop this nonsense and do not agree to Dragonborn's demands. Tulius silences her by saying that from what he knows Khajiit are supposed to be her allies, so he is happy to support them. If Elenwen is not happy with what her own allies are doing here then she should talk with them herself. Rest of the negotiations go without Khajiit active participation, as both Ulfric and Tulius are afraid of Raksha's further demands, so they don't dare asking for her input. Meanwhile, Elenwen is thinking hard how is she going to explain all of this to her superiors. Not only she wasted her chance to recruit Khajiit Dragonborn, but now Raksha, along with Elenwen's own ex-agent Shavari, became de facto leaders of Khajiit separatist group... That won't be seen kindly back home at all... After negotiations are over and Khajiit got their rights to the Rift, Tsavani asks Shavari if she realizes that she has just became jarl of Riften? Shocked Shavari tries to protest, she says that she is not good enough to do that, but nobody listens to her. Instead, Raksha promises Shavari that she will have her full support and she will be happy to keep criminals and other scum away from the Rift as a head of guards. Tsavani offers to support Shavari by being her steward, Kharjo volunteers to be Shavari's housecarl and J'zargo is eager to take over court mage duties. And that's how Khajiit began to colonize Skyrim :)

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Ha, Raksha becoming a werewolf has payed off! We officially took over The Companions and we made Jorvaskr our new headquarters! Raksha likes that, our small Khajiiti enterprise is expanding nicely.

Tsavani keeps eye on everything at Jorvaskr. Here, you can see Aela reporting to her. We are also listening and at the same time preparing ourselves to go on our next mission.

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A peaceful greeting to you, fellow Khajiit traveler. Raksha is also pleased to meet Crysis. Can Crysis tell Raksha something about herself? Raksha is very curious how other Khajiiti are faring in this cold land.

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Greetings sister Khajiit! It is a pleasure for this cat to meet you. This one is Crysis Shvir. 

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Fully joining The Companions isn't easy task, as they demand that Raksha becomes a werewolf... Oh well, at least it should be interesting experience, and Raksha trusts her friends to not let her do anything stupid in wolf form.

Hey, what do you mean my friends are not allowed to enter the Underforge? They are going in with Raksha and you can all kiss my tail!

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"This one wants to know how did Raksha meet Shavari? Raksha can tell you, although she has nothing to be proud of in this story..."

"Shavari was an agent sent to kill dangerous thief and murderer, who was wanted by Thalmors." Raksha began "And this one is very ashamed that Raksha was perfectly good target and deserved it. Raksha can only say in her defense that she didn't want to kill those guards at embassy, but she got scared when she got discovered... And it was supposed to be silent job and looked like a good idea to Raksha then..." Raksha paused, unsure what to say next. "Don't worry, Shavari will take it from here." Shavari decided to relieve Raksha. "That's true what Raksha says, this one was after her. I saw her for a first time in Riften. She was best match for description I got, but Shavari had doubts. My target was supposed to be alone, and Raksha was accompanied by mage and guard" She pointed at Jzargo and Kharjo "When Shavari asked some people around Riften about them, I learned that they were just running some errands for Jarl, and my target was supposed to be working for Blades. Shavari suspected that somebody messed up and she got wrong description. This one didn't want to risk killing innocent person, so Shavari decided to observe them some more."

Shavari sighed "Shavari isn't very good stalker, so they finally grew suspicious and got me cornered in a back alley... Shavari wasn't prepared for that, so they quickly squeezed out of me why I was following them. And I learned that Raksha was actually my target all along... Shavari was really scared, I was sure they are going to kill me..." "But I didn't want to kill her" Raksha decided to add something from herself "I was shocked and really ashamed when Shavari pointed out that I became criminal myself... Raksha had never thought of it like that..." "And when Shavari learned that this embassy heist was actually stupid and somehow tragic mistake, that gave Shavari some hope that maybe I will get out of it alive." Shavari continued. "This one failed her assignment and couldn't just return to her previous life. But since Raksha herself has been doing some criminal hunting for living, then it was great opportunity for Shavari to start new career for herself. I took a chance and offered them my help. And with time, we became very good friends!"

"Shavari, as always, forgot to mention, that she is leader of our group now" Raksha grinned at Shavari "Stop being so modest, you are the leader now, whenever you like it or not!"

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Raksha needs your help to decide

"Raksha needs help of all nice fellow Khajiits (or just anybody willing to help). Our team got involved with companions and they demand that Raksha become a werewolf. But nobody wants to tell her exactly what is it like, and her friends don't know either. Raksha asked them what she should do, and this is what they said" Jzargo: J "Go for it, Raksha, Jzargo is sure it will be fun. It will give me great opportunity to study werewolfs. Maybe even Jzargo would be able to make scroll for transforming into werewolf form on demand? Oh, and if something goes wrong an you are going to freak out, Jzargo will have paralyze spell ready to stop you going berserk, so no worry!" R "O yeah? So maybe Jzargo should became a werewolf instead of me?" J "No, no, no, it will be easier for Jzargo to study somebody else. Besides, Jzargo is afraid that it could affect his brain, and he is very fond of it." R "..." Shavari: S "I would be afraid, but I know you are most adventurous of our four so I can't decide for you. But Shavari will support you whatever your choice is. Oh, and I will train with paralyze spell, just in case..." R "Thank you, Raksha knows she can count on you." Kharjo: K "This one would be afraid just like Shavari. And I cant help you like they could if something goes wrong. But to be honest Kharjo thinks that Raksha could use some more strength, and this should provide it to you. But don't do anything hastily. You have Kharjo support, whatever you are going to decide" R "Thank you too, Kharjo, Raksha will think of it some more" "So, will you help Raksha?" ((OOC I know I could read some wiki to decide, but I am curious what your characters would recommend Raksha :) ))

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Today, dragonborn hero came to Whiterun and was invited by Jarl to tell about heroic deeds. We were curious, so we've just shamelessly joined everybody on the Dragonsreach porch, made ourselves comfortable and now we are listening to a nice dragonborn tale.

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"You know you can catch me in Whiterun, when you will be actually willing to chat" Smiled Raksha at him.

And so they went their own way. Raksha wondered, if Ji'Nahuel really wants to meet her again, or he was just acting like that. He really didn't seem interested much in talking with her...

I’ll be sure to keep myself out of trouble. *he nods, smiling* I hope we can talk again soon. May your roads lead you to warm sands.

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"All right then. Raksha can see that you aren't in the mood for talking and probably just want us to leave you alone. I'll stop bothering you with my questions. We wish you all warm sands." She looked at Ji'Nahuel. "As for you, please be careful and don't let your sister get you into trouble. You seem like a fine Khajiit and Raksha would hate to see you getting hurt..."

Only when she’s not staying in Riften, which isn’t that often now… She does come and visit a lot though, because her guild business seems to have her criss-crossing Skyrim every other day. 

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"I guess for now we don't have to be enemies..." Raksha replied her, then looked at Ji'Nahuel "So, your sister lives with you, yes?"

Yes, that is sad… And I understand why we can’t really be friends. It is nice to sometimes just have acquaintances, though, yes? We may not call each other friends, but we don’t have to be enemies either.

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"I hope that we can avoid being enemies, for now at least. You understand that we get paid to protect people from nasties like you, yes?" Asked Raksha looking sadly at Ma’Sahar. "It's sad for me that we actually cannot be friends..."

I’m glad we don’t have to be enemies, just because of where our allegiances lie.

It’s much the same with Ma’Sahar’s brother and the two of us, he doesn’t care about our being in the guild, but if any thief steals from him, they better watch out. We would never take up a contract to steal from Ji, he’s like family to me, and heck, he actually is family to Ma’Sahar.

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"Allright, allright, it's not like we are running around killing everyone suspected of stealing sweetrolls." Said Raksha with a smile "We are always trying to solve things in some peaceful manner, so we hope that we will think of something if our ways ever cross." She looked at Shavari "And I like to think that we can do that. Shavari and I, we are prof of that." Shavari smiled warmly at Raksha, Raksha took her hand, smiled back at Shavari with a bit of guilt in her look, then resumed talking. "We didn't end up ripping each other to shreds, and I am very ashamed to admit that she had valid reasons to kill me, not to mention that she had some moral hi-ground..."

Those ‘thugs’ hardly have a right to call themselves members of the guild if they attacked you. That’s not how we work. If you have to kill, you aren’t a very good thief. I can’t say they had the guild behind them, otherwise we would have gotten wind of it, and we didn’t hear a peep. Most thieves out there these days aren’t working with the guild, since we’ve fallen on such hard times, they think it’s more profitable to go at it on their own. I can say, for both Ma’Sahar and I, if we get a contract to steal from anyone you may have connections with, we’ll turn it down, that’s a promise.