This is mainly to make up for our slightly crap armor that we stay with for the entire playthrough. SmithingВ : Each soldier is responsible for his or her own equipment, and with a soldierвЂ™s pay replacements arenвЂ™t cheap. These are used frequently and rarely perked. Nowadays, we have longbows (and crossbows). Traditionally, the Legion manufactured slightly crap steel crossbows for their foot soldiers, even if it has fallen out of fashion by the fourth era.

The perks I recommend are in the One-Handed tree but can easily be translated onto Two-Handed.Д«lockВ : With either shield or weapon, the Knight can parry and deflect blows or join in a shield wall with her fellow soldiers.ДЄrcheryВ : The soldierвЂ™s ranged weapon of choice. I can never seem to manage it properly, though. With mods, we can bring Chrysamere back into Skyrim (without Enchanting) but the Romans were the ones who made the shield wall famous, so combined with a gladius (Imperial Sword) and shield, either one would really do-or both, even, if you like using two melee weapon skills. Two Handed / One HandedВ : While the original Imperial Legion is very much like the Roman armies, I lightly suggest two-handed if you have mods, one handed if not. These are perked heavily and used on a regular basis. QuestsВ : Civil War, Divine Quests, Main Quest, Dragonborn, Daedric Quests, Dawnguard Standing StoneВ : Warrior/Lord -> Advanced LadyД«lessingsВ : Stendarr, Kynareth -> Advanced Akatosh StatsВ : 2/ 1, but later change to an even 1/ 1/ 1 As the only survivor, the Knight ran to Solitude, tearing her way through Stormcloak territory and nursing her own wounds. But the few soldiers were set upon by one of the marauding bands of feral vampires. Small world.ДЇinally sorting out this mess with the Legion, she was stationed with a small garrison at an Imperial encampment in Riften. When a patrolling guard didnвЂ™t believe her story, she ended up in a cart with the leader of the same rebellion she wished to squish and the damned horse thief. Unfortunately, as she made the trek from the Imperial City to the boarder, her horse was stolen and, with it, all her worldly possessions. Indignant and filled with contempt for Nords and their culture of barbarism and cheap mead, the Knight of the Imperial Dragon inherits her familyвЂ™s profession of Legion soldiers and marches north to enlist in the fight in Skyrim. I hope you see this one day, but until that day my sword will cleave the flesh from your bones with a smile on my face and pride in my heart. The only hope of a victory against the Dominion resides in the Legion, in a unitedВ Empire.

And now you have the gall to leave the Legion when they need you most and claim you fight for men? You dare to rip apart the only thing keeping the armies of the Dominion off of SkyrimвЂ™s land and call it a rightful rebellion? It wasnвЂ™t yourВ countryside being plundered by elven battlemages. It wasnвЂ™t yourВ home being burnt to the ground. вЂњWhen the Empire surrendered to the Dominion, they shamed us all.вЂќ Consumed by her naive ego, she tries to save everyone by any means necessary, even embracing the dark magic of those she seeks to kill. The Knight of the Imperial Dragon is essentially their lovechild, a devoted but power-hungry consummate soldier. My first properly roleplayed TES character was an Imperial legionary in Morrowind, while my first RP'd character in Skyrim was a dark crusader. This build is, for me, all about roleplay. While I've been away for a long time, the only thing I can say is that university is a bigger time-suck than tumblr, Skyrim, and the Steam Summer Sale all put together, but it's all for a good cause.

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