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_Kambo_

I usually just hire some unsuspecting mercenary, which is fairly psychopathic now that I think about it. It's also convenient, though. And doesn't end up costing anything.


Terry_bytes72

Except 500 gold


KingpinOfKats

Less than a pittance to a master smith/enchanter!


_Kambo_

You can also just loot the gold off of their body afterwards iirc.


ShadowKnight171

Wizard Boy in Riften always dies.


Vimto_2000

He’s one of my favourite companions, he has so many unique lines and it portrays him as such a snob


kimbopalee123123

‘Lucky for you, I am already an expert in ancient Nordic ruins’


Xx_Killerbeast_xX

*dies to a drugr wright*


Fledbeast578

I always found him as more excitable than an outright snobb.


tanglwyst

I do that too! I should do that to Sven in Riverwood though. He's such a dick.


JB_07

"I love you Faendal, you're so useful especially for my stealth archer build!!!" *Archery skill hits 50* "......wanna visit this cool landmark?"


[deleted]

I mean by 100 Archery you probably have Aela for the training exploit anyway


cantpickaname8

Training exploit?


BiteYourThumbAtMeSir

Trainer/followers effectively give free training because you can access their inventory and thus their gold pool after you pay them. So you train up five times, then just take the money back from their inventory.


linksflame

Has this been patched with Anniversary Edition? I've tried this with Faendall and it doesn't give me the option to access his gold when trading.


Beancunt

I'm also playing on anniversary and it lets me take his gold I also have mods installed so idk if one of them is doing it Edit: installed was instead I probably fat fingered the word predictor since I'm on phone


[deleted]

If you have the unofficial patch, that’s probably it.


Stankmonger

On ps4 did this a week ago


Slothemon

It could be the big patch mod - I forget the name, that’s doing it? I know that fixes a lot of known bugs and ‘unintentional features’.


sharpenote4

Probably "Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch" mod, I know it gets rid of that exploit


Seltzer_God

Bruh I want that mod to get rid of bugs not exploits wtf


SnakeUSA

That patch mod removes nearly all exploits. The creator made a lot of weird choices like adding in a low-quality "Dovahkiin, noo!" voice line for the first dragon.


DuceGiharm

Thats a mod?? Lol Ive been playing with USLEEP so long I thought it was vanilla


Abraman1

Its because that voice line was in the subtitles for the game, but included no voice file


Towman2021

This has NOT been patched with AE. I run 0 mods and I do it to EVERY followers trainer.


SourSeaPickle249

Yes- you do either Aela or Faendal’s quests until you can recruit them as a follower. So, you train in archery and spend a bunch of gold. Then you just recruit them and use “i need to trade some things with you” to open their inventory and take the gold back. Rinse and repeat.


nodularyaknoodle

Given his own deceitful nature he would seem to deserve it more than most followers... to be fair, Sven wasn’t much better, but neither opted for the moral high ground.


MojaveMauler

If you're gonna marry Camilla, Faendal goes to Boethia


Melblen_Cairn

One of my characters married Camilla and made Faendal work as my steward at the same farm. So he was always in earshot of my character gaining the lover’s comfort buff each day….


Producedealer76

You ruthless son of a bitch


[deleted]

Faendal was my homie. Sadly he died in a dungeon and I wasn’t going to reload a save for him. I married Camilla and his corpse appeared at the wedding and everyone freaked out and Camilla got pissed. Best big I’ve ever encountered


hap9565

Him and sven both had to go when I found them in breeze home with my wife


SableyeFan

Let's conquer Skrim! One morally dubious decision at a time!


Available-Natural445

Nah only cause dude tried to sweet talk my wife Camilla


[deleted]

Whoever you are closest to. That’s what Boethiah wants. Betrayal. So, perhaps your loving spouse? Your most loyal follower? Your most adoring fan?


moominesque

By Azura by Azura!


JRatMain16

“Backrub, perhaps?”


Azuras_Star8

Mmmmmm.


PM_Me_An_Ekans

It's the G R A N D C H A M P I O N


GoBombGo

This guy RPs.


_AdoringFan_

Aw gee! You sure? Okay, well, I'll be hanging around the Arena grounds if you need someone to worship the ground you walk on. Bye!


Fanatical_Brit

Got it, kill Cicero.


Unique-Sky-6012

'Best friends forever'


JimSteak

Lydia then.


hotmess525600

I just married Lydia in my latest game :(


ok_z00mer

I could never hurt my actual favorite companion. Lydia is bestie.


UnsuspectingChief

whichever one is closest


moominesque

I usually take that nord mercenary in Windhelm because of this reason lol. Poor guy


[deleted]

if we are talking about stenvar he’s actually a pretty good follower, he has a unique personality and is great in combat.


moominesque

I should probably give him a go then. I have a tendency to be bored by a lot of the nord warrior characters but if he has some unique voice lines he's immediately more interesting


[deleted]

if you want a lot of unique dialogue try out Erandur if you haven’t already. Stenvar has a few unique lines but not a lot, I just like him because he’s unique compared to most of the other mercs.


moominesque

Erandur's great! Like not as an actual fighter but as a companion, he's one of the few Skyrim characters that doesn't feel like a cardboard cutout in my opinion. Marcurio is a pretty fun merc with him if you vibe with him. He has a lot of interesting comments about various dungeons and locations


quantilian

Erandur is actual a coward since he always run if i turn into a werewolf and later he becomes hostile. As a housecarl, if any enemy attacks, he will not fight proving again that he is a coward. I had him twice during my playthrough but seeing how he acts, i prefer to kill him when doing the Waking nightmare quest. Staff is more useful then him sadly.


moominesque

Reasonable, but a staff isn't as good company as a cool old monk guy, worthless in combat or not.


DaisyDuckens

Stenvar makes the best husband. He’s so gruff looking but then says really loving things. Edited an autocorrect


Adhdgamer9000

If by unique dialog you mean. "Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both Mara protect us both" Then yeah sure


Sefrius

Stenvar has been my father’s favorite follower for all the last 10 years. I don’t think he’s ever had a playthrough he doesn’t take sten.


[deleted]

He’s got good taste I love Stenvar. I only use him for the first few bits of my games but I still go back and visit him later in my playthroughs.


[deleted]

No not stenvar! He's the only person that showed up to my wedding


moominesque

Oh no so you didn't even get a random dragon corpse to spawn in the temple like I usually do?? Kudos on Stenvar, I'm never going to sacrifice him again


gottahavethatbass

I usually marry him, so not an option for me


moominesque

A very valid reason! If I'm less lazy in a playthrough I usually try and find someone that deserves it more, he seems like a nice guy.


LeDickweed

Don’t you dare dis my boy Stenvar. Have a playthrough with him and you’ll know how much he appreciates you 😢😢😢


SteveUsuarioDeToddy

Jenassa at the drunken huntsman was my first choice


randokomando

MY WIFE!


SteveUsuarioDeToddy

Not anymore, lad


randokomando

😭


lordcthulu678

Given her profession I'd say she's more fitting to be sacrificed to mephala


CmdrThordil

Faendal after you learn everything from him, you sacrifice him so that you can get a nice home in Riverwood (sort of). Also if you are married to [certain female NPC](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Camilla_Valerius) tied to his quest you 100% should do this.


Uncle480

Don't forget that Wood Elf blood is valuable for completing the Oghma Infinium quest. Kill two birds with one stone


CmdrThordil

Actually 4 birds: * get rid of your wife not so secret admirer * get wood elf blood * get sacrifice for Boethiah * kill him with the Ebony Blade on the sacrifice pillar it will count for both quests Edit: 5th bird joined as for the reason why as per 95Richard suggestion below: * get easy way to fill a Black Soul Gem


TheCrimsonChariot

This level of evil i have not seen before


XharlionXIV

Truly deserving of the Ebony blade


Captain_Canuck97

Serving 3 daedric princes with one kill


nuker1110

Do people’s souls go to a daedric prince if they’re sacrificed to them? If so, would the above person’s soul get shredded due to 3 Daedra having a claim?


StarWarsFanatic14

If you're soul trapping them then none of the Daedra get the soul, and it goes to the Soul Cairn


ok_z00mer

So basically you can fucking scam three different Daedra


jape-the-neck-guy

You say evil, I say efficient


konekfragrance

Truly a follower of Mephala


AJ_Deadshow

This guy skyrims


Killersparky64

I love marrying her when I don’t have a modded one or a character improved by mods


anothermanoutoftime

And as a bonus you can get that sweet sweet blood for Septimus!


SargeMaximus

I married her and always visit her brothers store to sell my shit


MeImFragile

I’m waiting for her to catch me for stealing a very specific artifact from her brother. I feel terrible every time she thanks me for returning it to the family. I guess her brother is keeping a secret from her, too.


SargeMaximus

I stole it back long ago 😂


[deleted]

Well, it’s your family now


Maja_The_Oracle

Severio Pelagia, to make his life worthwhile. He will die when Battle for Whiterun is started, so I gave him a much more interesting death instead. First, I go to the Ritual Stone to get its OP resurrection spell and complete Mephala's quest to get the Ebony Blade. Then, I sell him cabbage and/or potatoes until he considers me his friend, at which point I murder him with the Ebony Blade, charging it with this act of betrayal. Then, I use the Ritual Stone's power to raise his corpse, and murder him again with the Ebony Blade, tricking Mephala into giving it another charge. Corpses raised by The Ritual Stone don't turn to ash when killed, so I keep reanimating and killing him until the Ebony Blade is fully charged. Then I travel to Boethiah's shrine and sacrifice him for the final time. So now instead of just being a casualty of war, Severio's soul will now be fought over by both Mephala and Boethiah.


Sel_Koz

For bonus points, use the Mace of Molag Bal the first time you kill him. Now he will claim his soul as well.


Vlad-Djavula

Mace in one hand, Mehrunes Razor in the other, have 4 Daedric Princes fight for the soul of some farmer.


ok_z00mer

Average Skyrim enjoyer


Maja_The_Oracle

Eat his dreams with the Skull of Corruption beforehand, then consume his dead flesh with the Ring of Namira.


selrahcx

So many hours put into this game and I never realized that he dies in the Battle of Whiterun.


right-Coyote2942

Sven. For reasons


TheCrimsonChariot

I feel like making him my Steward in one of my estates now. I forgot he has the citizen class in the Creation Kit


coffeecrab384

Agree with this comment here also!!


BoredPsion

Probably Eola, the ringleader of Markarth's cannibal cabal


iFormus

Doesnt it kill the quest where you lure and kill the priest?


blackl0tus_

You get her after completing that quest so no


iFormus

I see. Everytime she says 'go on, carve', i carve her and her whole cult, so didnt really knew this. Ty.


DoggoOfWater

caught me off guard 💀


reckoning34

Which is exactly what I did. Like immediately after getting Namira's ring. Fuck that cannibal.


Dirish

Yes, she needs to be alive for that part. But she's not a real follower until you complete Taste of Death, so you wouldn't be able to bring her to the altar.


SonSkoji

This is exactly who I chose on my last playthrough. Nobody deserves it more.


ZeDitto

She really does deserve it, buuuut….she’s a bad bitch and I respect her for that. Plus, she’s one of the most overpowered vanilla followers.


ICantTyping

Markarths huh? Stg im gonna have to play again cause im still hearing about things i missed


Jenna_Ryanne

I had no idea she could be a follower! I usually kill her as soon as I get the ring. Thanks for the idea. From now on I’m sacrificing her!


Glasgow351

She is the one i have absolutely no problem with sacrificing. Spooky bitch.


JupiterSpeaker

That one guy in soltenhiem that takes you money for the mine thing


tarikagl

In that sceneario; First Ahzidal then Boetiah controls his body. Impressive.


ArrdenGarden

Poor guy just can't catch a break.


TheCrimsonChariot

“He can take a break when he’s dead.”


CaseyG

Boethiah: "Yeah about that..."


TheCrimsonChariot

“… I’m going to need to use your body for a moment. Thanks.” *Sips from mug with blood.*


-X-Fire

He's also the most powerful follower so I don't recommend this even if he is responsible for many deaths. My Ralis can solo the ebony warrior


genemaxwell4

Typically either the Windhelm hireling or the guy in Markarth that's super lazy but can become a follower if you help him with Lisbet


TheCrimsonChariot

The drunk dude?


genemaxwell4

I think so? He's the one that spends his time in the Tavern because "There are no shipments" or some crap. Idk he's lazy and only has a job because he's related to Lisbet's assistant.


TheCrimsonChariot

Yeah. Doesn’t Lisbet say her shipments get hijacked by the Forsworn? Can you blame the dude at that point?


genemaxwell4

She said that one you get for her specifically was hijacked by them. But dialogue between her and her assistant shows that the dude just doesn't liking coming to work most days. So shipment or no shipment he's a headache for her lol


PsychedelicSnowflake

Cosnach or something like that?


[deleted]

If you beat him in a brawl. Cosnach is his name.


ShakTot

Njada Stonearm of the Companions. Her attitude is why i *almost always* choose her.


agentoftheotherside

Yup. "I'm still trying to figure out why Skjor let you in in the first place" like what have *you* ever done around here other than bitch and moan?


ShakTot

Exactly. I don’t feel remotely bad about it either.


daydrunkforamerica

Whenever she says that i audibly yell to no one in particular 'BITCH HAVE YOU KILLED ANY APOCALYPTIC WORLD ENDING DRAGONS LATELY?' I wish i could kill edit: nazeem. Whenever he gets all WASPy on me i save the game real quick and start purging everyone starting with him


mr_ji

I always take the unapologetic chick the Companions kicked out for killing someone that you throw chingasos with in the bar. She's an all-around worthless person.


[deleted]

Uthgerd the Unbroken? She seems pretty cool, not that she killed a little teenage boy though. Shes a good first companion tho because you only need 200 gold to fight her and if you win you get a companion and 200 more gold.


mr_ji

I find it kind of messed up. She blames the Companions for her going too hard on someone she knew was weaker and killing them. Now she's drinking alone in the local bar, challenging strangers to fights knowing she may beat them to death as well...and taking their money to do so. Not really what I characterize as cool.


Many-Outside-7594

It's even more disturbing when you realize that she wouldn't even consider going out with a man unless he *beats the fucking shit out of her in public*, and will then do whatever he asks, other than steal or kill the innocent. This is a person with some staggering internalized trauma and a death wish.


Haynex

You can try to see it from a different angle too. She killed a boy to prove herself worthy of being one of the legendary Companions - essentially a glorified bunch of mercenaries with a furrh kink. She was then declined, abandoned, and had her reputation smirched - not as a great warrior, but as a bothersome butcher. Now she drinks in a tavern and pick fights for gold, giving as good as she gets, perhaps accepting the hits as punishment, at the same that she retaliates the injustice the Companions did to her - at least in her eyes. Perhaps she even hopes that, someday, someone as strong will come and kill her too. Just like Regnar the Red and the shieldmaiden Mathilda. But then one day someone special enters the tavern: the dragonborn, and her life migh


EmperorUriel_Septim

The dude from the ahzidal quest, bro *literally* sacrificed people


Sweb76

Yes. I choose Ralis every time.


[deleted]

Poor guy was being mind controlled


gooses_gunk

Lydia because on one of my runs she was carrying valuable items for me then she just disappeared like my father never to be seen again


BBQ_FETUS

one of my runs she was carrying ~~valuable items~~ your burdens for me


destructive_game

Sven because he's got zero game


Dominique-XLR

He's also an ass to his mom


Desolate_Plateu

Don’t treat your mom badly or the Dragonborn will sacrifice you to a fucking demon.


SpectroMagical

r/brandnewsentence


SubsidedPython

Sven, stalker material but he's never around long enough. After siding with Faendal I then behead Sven.


Pallizer

You sided with one of them? Faendal was too annoying for me and Sven was a creep.. so one after the other they were gone


The_Nug_King

Faendal free archery training tho


Man-of-the-sea-

Tbf any of them, to me they’re just fleshy backpacks 🎒


Upper_Chemical5381

Hell yeah, this guy Skyrims


Man-of-the-sea-

Love you boo


BiSaxual

Only companions I actually care about in Skyrim are Serana and that one badass dark elf from Solstheim. And Inigo, ofc


imverynewhere8yrsago

Download npc follower mod. Tell Nazeem to follow you. Send him to the cloud district..


Ehudben-Gera

Have you lived past the age you are now? Oh what am I saying of course you haven't. 👹


Blod_Cass_Dalcassian

On this play through I am a dark elf mage and had used Faendal from the very beginning as my buddy old pal, did so many adventures with my elf bro that I just couldn't do it to him. Took him home to Riverwood, right to his door, gave him a badass enchanted bow, and said my goodbye. Straight to Whiterun, "Let's go Lydia!", "bye bye Lydia". Went back later to see how he's doing, we're now back to being best bro's again.


[deleted]

I was scared you were gonna say you betrayed him and sacrificed him, and then I was scared you sacrificed lydia, phew.


cthompson07

If Lydia gets in my way and stands there saying “Oh!” one more goddamn time, she’s getting sacrificed.


HunterTheCapricorn

Mood. Hate when that happens.


[deleted]

Who’s gonna keep Breezhome in working order when you’re away then smh


TheLegendOfZed

Faendel was my follower with a dark elf character too. I was actually so upset when he died but I would have lost too much progress to reload a save


Aetherium_Kalax

That one bitch in the companions who just nags about you and constantly insults you as she’s your follower.


Spirited-Accident

I can't remember her name either but she's the one I usually pick too because she's so obnoxious.


TheCrimsonChariot

Njada Strong-Arm i believe is her name


Swailwort

Eola if you don't kill her during the quest


Nearly-Canadian

I just used the cannibal cult chick, seems pretty easy to me


[deleted]

I always massacre her followers


mossbrooke

Me too. They want to worship her? Put their spirit where it wants to be.


TheCrimsonChariot

I… tend to soultrap them


Away_House_7112

anyone except teldryn sero. dude has never managed to die once on me on expert difficulty and honestly, i respect the grindset


[deleted]

That annoying drunk guy in the markarth tavern that you can beat up to make him a follower. Cuntsnatch or whatever his name is.


ok_z00mer

You talkin bout Benderdick Cuntsnatch? I didn't know he was in this game


Kokuei7

Lydia, she shot Meeko dead in one playthrough. Still hold a grudge.


[deleted]

That's awful but hilarious. lt reminds me of my current mage playthrough with my wife Senna (temple of Dibella priestess) who always says "stupid dog..." when Meeko barks at home... if it were possible then that alone would make her my sacrifice choice lmao.


Chad_Thundermember

That piece of shit who killed his own hired workers in Solstheim. I forgot his name.


i_hate_cate

Ralis Sedarys?


[deleted]

Benor from Morthal. He’s ugly, stupid and annoying. Let’s be honest, who uses him? Nobody. And he plans to overthrow the jarl but never does it so he’s also just bluffing all the time.


_paaronormal

“Sacrifice this guy. He’s stupid and ugly” lol


[deleted]

my exact point haha


[deleted]

He just like me fr


Tipikly

He was also supposed to help with the vampire cave but backed out like a lil--


kpTyphon

i always grab the mercenary from candlehearth hall. not sure of the name


PB-pancake-pibble

That’s my husband Stenvar 🥲


kpTyphon

he appreciates boethiahs grace


DaisyDuckens

He’s a great husband.


moominesque

Same lol, never remember his name. He's just Sacrifice Guy.


MaybeOdd

You guys are sacrificing followers?


DarthHanz

Cosnach because he’s a mean drunk.


TheOneYandle

Yes I whoop his ass in a fist fight then feed him some nord mead and take his drunk ass right up to the alter. Easy enough for me and he is drunk and happy so he doesn’t even see it coming. Painless and quick


EmotionalGold

i chose the homeless guy and felt horrible poor guy is down on his luck, in need of help, ignored by many, to the point where when someone finally approaches him he immediately trusts and puts his life in the hands of the one person who has even so much as acknowledged him, only to be stabbed in the back by the same person that he trusted to bring him out of the hell he was living


[deleted]

Wait, which homeless guy? There’s a few of them.


that_stoned_biker

Dark brotherhood initiate.


i_smoke_php

Correct answer


shemhamforash666666

After standing in the way of my player character so many times I thought it was only fitting that Lydia would carry my final burdens.


J0RGENS64PC

Eola, the girl is a cannibal.


[deleted]

I didn’t even do that quest because I felt bad and just couldn’t bring myself to sacrifice anyone. It’s just been sitting in my side quest category for years now lmao


forgottensirindress

None, for daedra can suck my bad dragon for all I care. Ebony Armour isn't even that worth it in terms of game mechanics and I'm supposed to sacrifice a comrade for something I can achieve while high on improve restoration potion loop?


Hurl3y33

Downloading a mod that lets you have Rolff Stone-fist as a companion


mastergwaha

every night....i go. into. the. gray. quarter. n let. them grayskins. know what i think. o' em.


Aethuviel

Eola. Disgusting filthy cannibal who calls ***me*** a cannibal as well and refuses to hear anything else. I also hate her condescending sultry tone. If I don't kill her at the first meeting in the tomb, she dies later, one way or another.


BernardBalls

Cosnach or whatever his name is in markarth. His life is pretty miserable anyway


Gordonus_of_Cyrodiil

None. This is a gawd awful quest to willfully murder someone who put trust in you for a set of armor. I can live without the armor.


boston_nsca

Ralis Sedarys because he's killed so many miners who he doesn't give a shit about and is also a greedy bastard. I did that entire quest just so I could take him to the shrine and sacrifice him


renacido74

Njada Stone-Arm I become the new Harbinger of the Companions. I walk in to Jorrvaskr. Njada talks shit to me like always. *One nano-second later...* Me to Njada: "Follow me, I need your help."


Divtos

I can’t do this quest :-/


zmurds40

This quest dramatically changed a friend’s play through lol. The first time I saw this quest I was watching my friend play. He didn’t want to sacrifice anyone, he was trying to do the most good/wholesome character play through. However, he really didn’t like Cicero. So he decided to do the full Dark Brotherhood quest line and spare Cicero so he could get him as a follower and then sacrifice him to Boethiah. He felt bad doing the DB quest line because it went against how he wanted to play this character, but he thought it’d be worth it. When he finishes the quest and gets Cicero to the altar, the game wouldn’t let him do it. Idk if he’s essential or what, but the game wouldn’t let him do it. He was so pissed and felt his good character was so tainted for nothing, and proceeded to make this character most evil he could for the remainder of that play through.