I lost my first companion tonight.
We've been together since Riverwood where I got him a girlfriend and in return, he got beat up by undead, bandits, gaurds, bears and wolves and steam machines, set on fire, attacked by dragons, carried all my loots and had to run after me for 30 hours on foot while I rode a horse. Didn't pay him a penny.
Then, we got into a fight with a fort full of nord bandits (above my level) and I lost track of him (usually I let him tank and I spam a heal spell on him but he sort of ran off). I dropped a fire atronach and vanished into stealth..bow drawn. The enemies lost me and I managed to stealth shoot them all.
After I'd killed 5 of them...I found my poor comrade lying dead. Usually he'd get knocked down and then enemies would ignore him..but not this time. It was very dark and I'm left with the horrible realization I may have shot him from a long way away, thinking he was one of them (hard to tell with all the armour I had on him).
I gave him a proper viking burial (Ie..dragged him into a fire and left him there..minus all my loots..and his house key).
I've got a hot female warrior now...but I won't ever forget him!
The good times. (bromance)
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sorry bro...
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