Chapter Summaries

George asked Ilúvatar how to avoid being discovered by the Creators of worlds he entered, and Ilúvatar explained why some Creators might not notice him and how he could conceal himself. George learned that after his Small World advanced, he could draw enemies into it to hide their battles from other Creators.

• George asked Ilúvatar about Creators, his anomalous presence in their worlds, and how to avoid detection while opening new avatars.
• Ilúvatar explained that some Creators were dead, absent, absorbed into their worlds, or distracted by cultivation problems, while others rarely watched their worlds.
• George concluded that Creators who frequently observed their worlds and set predetermined fates posed the greatest risk to him.
• Ilúvatar advised George to avoid using powers from outside a world and instead rely on that world's own power system so he would seem like an ordinary accident.
• Ilúvatar told George that after his Small World advanced, he could pull a powerful enemy into it to keep another Creator from discovering the fight, provided that Creator was not watching him.

George resolved to be more cautious when entering new worlds and planned to approach their creators after reaching Single Universe Level. A new avatar, Lockell, appeared in The Elder Scrolls world, where George awakened in a prisoner wagon headed for execution and began assessing the danger around him.

• George decided to conceal his powers in unfamiliar worlds until he understood their creators and their strength.
• George considered contacting the creators of his other avatar worlds after advancing, or devouring a world if its creator was absent or dead.
• George took over Lockell, a Breton arrested while trying to flee his gambling debts and mistaken for a Stormcloak spy.
• George recognized the Dragonborn, the Stormcloak soldier Larov, and Ulfric in the prisoner wagon.
• George recalled his limited knowledge of Skyrim and resolved to hide that he was an outsider, especially from the Dragonborn, who might be watched by Akatosh.

George reviewed what he knew about the origins of Nirn and the conflict between the Empire and the Stormcloaks while hiding his true purpose from the Dragonborn. In the carriage to Sanctuary Town, Ralof explained that Ulfric had been captured in an Imperial ambush and was being taken there for execution.

• George recalled the world's creation, the origins of the Aedra and Daedra, and the history that led to the Fourth Era.
• George decided to act naturally around the Dragonborn and keep learning about the world without attracting Akatosh's attention.
• Ralof told the newly awakened Dragonborn that he had been caught in an Imperial ambush while crossing the border, like Ralof and George.
• George said he was from Riverwood and asked Ralof why Ulfric's mouth was gagged; Ralof identified him as Ulfric, lord of Windhelm.
• George recalled how the Empire's White-Gold Concordat and Ulfric's killing of Torygg had sparked Skyrim's civil war.
• George understood that General Tullius had captured Ulfric and was taking him to Sanctuary Town to be executed before a trial in Solitude.

George and the other prisoners were brought to Sanctuary Town for execution, where General Tullius refused Ambassador Aerinwen’s demand to hand Ulfric over to the Sommer. At the execution ground, George remained calm as the prisoners were called forward.

• Larov reminisced about Sanctuary Town as the Imperial escort approached, while George listened to the soldiers around him.
• Aerinwen ordered Tullius to surrender Ulfric under the Platinum Accord, but Tullius refused and threatened to use force.
• Aerinwen left Sanctuary Town with her two elven guards after Tullius stood firm.
• The escort brought George, Larov, Ulfric, and the other prisoners to the execution ground, where an officer called them to the chopping block.
• George told Larov that there was nothing to fear in death, impressing Larov, Ulfric, and the Dragonborn.

George awaited execution in Sanctuary Town while keeping his outsider identity hidden, as Alduin’s arrival approached. After George caused an earthquake to delay the proceedings, Alduin landed on the castle and roared.

• Havard called Ulfric Stormcloak, Larov, George, and the mistakenly arrested Dragonborn before the execution, while George avoided looking at the Dragonborn to stay unnoticed by Akatosh.
• Tullius continued the execution despite a distant roar, as George recognized that Alduin had arrived to vent his anger after being banished two thousand years into the future.
• The executioner beheaded seven Stormcloak soldiers, and George worried that he would be taken to the chopping block before Alduin interrupted the proceedings.
• George tapped his hind leg against the ground, causing an earthquake that delayed the execution and made Tullius order the soldiers to guard the prisoners.
• George heard Alduin approaching, and the dragon landed atop the castle and unleashed a powerful Dragon Shout.

George escaped Sanctuary Town during Alduin’s attack and headed toward Riverwood, where he planned to learn about the world and eventually study magic at the College of Winterhold. He left without finding a reliable way to earn money.

• Alduin attacked Sanctuary Town, and Imperial soldiers failed to hurt him as General Tullius ordered an evacuation.
• George freed Ulfric, Larov, and the other prisoners, but refused to take shelter with them and ran for the fortress gate.
• George smashed through the locked gate and escaped Sanctuary Town while avoiding Alduin’s notice.
• George set out north toward Riverwood, planning to buy books, visit Whiterun City, and study at the College of Winterhold.
• George considered selling stolen armor or gathering alchemy ingredients to earn money, but rejected both ideas.

George traveled toward Riverwood, killed three bandits who tried to ambush him, and took their money to pay for an inn. He stopped at Skyrim’s Standing Stones before reaching Riverwood, with Lost Valley Redoubt in view as his next target.

• George decided to make money by robbing bandits or raiding Nordic Tombs because he could not identify the right herbs.
• After traveling north, George spotted Lost Valley Redoubt and considered searching the tomb for treasure and its Dragon Stone.
• George slowed down when he sensed three bandits lying in wait, then caught an arrow and killed all three after they attacked him.
• George searched the bandits and found a little over a hundred Septims, which he decided would cover one night’s lodging.
• George resumed traveling and stopped at the Standing Stones, where travelers could activate one stone’s beneficial effects at a time.

George reached Riverwood and discovered it was larger and more realistic than the game town he remembered. When three local thugs tried to extort him, he considered whether the world might include mods before facing their threat.

• George found that the standing stones had almost no effect on him and traveled onward to Riverwood.
• George entered Riverwood, avoided harming the chicken by the entrance, and saw that the town was peaceful and populated.
• Three bald thugs blocked George and demanded money from him.
• George realized Riverwood differed from the game and suspected that mods might have altered the world.

George arrived in Riverwood, where Camilla drove off three punks who had tried to rob him, and he realized that this version of the Elder Scrolls world had mods installed. After spending the night at the Sleeping Giant Inn, he went to Riverwood's trading company the next morning to pursue the Golden Claw quest.

• Camilla intervened when three punks threatened George, and they left rather than risk trouble with her and her admirers.
• George noticed Camilla's revealing outfit and concluded that the world was an Elder Scrolls setting with mods installed.
• Camilla invited George to visit her family's trading company, then left to speak with her brother.
• George rented a room and ate at the Sleeping Giant Inn, where he listened to Svan perform and learned that Faendal and Svan both pursued Camilla.
• George spent the night appearing to sleep while his other incarnations studied magic, then went to Riverwood's trading company after breakfast.

George accepted Lucan Valerius’s offer to recover the Golden Claw from bandits near Lost Valley Redoubt, despite Camilla’s doubts about his strength. Camilla agreed to guide him as far as the bridge and explained that her plan had been to persuade Lucan to hire the Companions.

• George entered Lucan Valerius’s trading post and offered to help recover the stolen Golden Claw.
• Lucan offered George 3,000 Septims for the Golden Claw, and George accepted the job.
• Camilla protested that George would die on the dangerous journey, then agreed to guide him as far as the bridge.
• Camilla warned George about the bandits, beasts, draugr, and traps at Lost Valley Redoubt.
• Camilla told George she had only pretended to want to go herself so Lucan would hire the Companions and she could see whether she might join them.

George demonstrated his lethal strength to Camilla, then traveled toward Lost Valley Redoubt. He reached the bandit watchtower and killed its guards and remaining bandits with kicked wolves and flicked pebbles.

• George cut the arms of three punks with a leaf to show Camilla he could defend himself.
• Camilla led George toward the north gate and told him how to reach Lost Valley Redoubt, while forgetting to warn him to bring supplies and warm clothes.
• George ran up the mountain at supersonic speed and kicked several Ice-field Blood Wolves into the watchtower, killing the wolves and the guards there.
• George killed the bandits who rushed out of the watchtower by firing pebbles through their unprotected eyes.

George entered Lost Valley Redoubt after leaping up the mountainside, where he defeated the bandits guarding the entrance and discovered that the tomb’s Draugr could regenerate. He tracked the surviving bandits deeper into the labyrinthine tomb, determined to reach its treasure.

• George found fewer than three hundred Septims in the watchtower and jumped directly toward Lost Valley Redoubt instead of taking the winding path.
• George landed in the tomb plaza, defeated its three bandit guards, and entered Lost Valley Redoubt.
• George found eight bandit corpses and two Draugr corpses in the entrance hall, then discovered that Dark Energy was repairing the Draugr.
• George saw that more bandits had died to traps deeper in the tomb and used his senses to track the survivors through its branching passages.

George reached the depths of the ancient tomb, killed a giant Frostbite Spider and its offspring, and forced Avril to hand over the Golden Claw. After Avril explained the tomb’s altar and revealed his knowledge of history and traps, George decided to keep him as a guide.

• George found three dead bandits and took the valuables their leader had stolen before tearing through a trapped gate.
• George killed a swarm of plague rats with a blast of air and found that the tomb’s books had decayed beyond reading.
• George heard Avril calling for help and killed the giant, human-bodied Frostbite Spider and its offspring.
• George freed Avril and threatened him until he handed over the Golden Claw.
• Avril explained the altar’s purpose and described his expertise, so George decided to use him as a guide.

George and Avril fought their way through the tomb as George destroyed hundreds of draugr with powerful kicks. They reached the Dragon Claw Chamber, where George kicked at its door before Avril could use the Golden Claw to solve the mechanism.

• George gave Avril the bag of treasure and kicked open an iron door, catching the poisoned arrows aimed at him.
• More than a hundred draugr awakened and attacked George, who destroyed them all with kicks in less than a minute.
• George led Avril through the tomb, killing hundreds more draugr, including mages and overlords.
• George and Avril reached the Dragon Claw Chamber, and George kicked at the door before Avril could finish offering to use the Golden Claw.

George broke into the main burial chamber of Lost Valley Redoubt, where he fought the awakened draugr and defeated their powerful leader with his own roar. He memorized the Unrelenting Force words carved on the Dragon Language Wall, intending to study them later with Paarthurnax.

• George shattered the Dragon Claw Gate with a stronger kick and entered the main burial chamber with Avril.
• The awakened draugr attacked George, who repelled their spells and embedded them in the walls with flying stones.
• The tomb master used a three-word Fus Ro Dah, but George anchored himself and endured the Dragon Shout to protect Avril.
• George answered with the Lion's Roar Technique and reduced the tomb master's draugr body to dust.
• George memorized the Unrelenting Force words on the Dragon Language Wall for later study with Paarthurnax.

George gathered the burial chamber’s valuables, spared the Dragon Stone to avoid disrupting the Dragonborn’s quest, and recruited Avril as his follower. He escaped Lost Valley Redoubt by punching through the mountain wall and safely slowing their fall with a blast of breath.

• George translated the Dragon Stone’s inscription, memorized its map, and left it in place to avoid changing the Dragonborn’s path.
• Avril gathered the chamber’s valuables, and George offered him a choice between being sent to Riverwood or becoming his follower for a year.
• Avril chose to follow George, who asked him to find an exit mechanism but learned the chamber had none.
• George punched a hole through the rear wall and discovered they were high above Riverwood on a steep mountainside.
• George carried Avril and the loot down the mountain, using a powerful breath to slow their fall and land safely.

George returned to Riverwood after clearing Lost Valley Redoubt, bringing the Golden Claw and a sack of ancient treasure to sell. He told Lucan the tomb was safe to search, then planned to meet Avril north of town and travel to Whiterun City.

• George sent Avril to wait at the fork north of Riverwood and spotted Alduin flying overhead.
• George entered Riverwood carrying a sack of treasure, drawing the attention of the townspeople.
• George returned the Golden Claw to Lucan and offered to sell the treasures he had recovered from Lost Valley Redoubt.
• George told Lucan that the bandits and draugr were cleared and that townspeople could safely search the tomb for more valuables.

George sold the treasures he had collected from Lost Valley Redoubt and bought books, clothes, and supplies in Riverwood before setting out for Whiterun City. He picked up Avril along the way and began a five-day carriage journey north.

• Townsfolk headed toward the mountains after hearing George had cleared the bandits and draugr from Lost Valley Redoubt.
• Lucan valued George's treasures at one hundred thousand Septims and agreed to pay one hundred and three thousand including the Golden Claw reward.
• While Lucan raised the money, George browsed the trading post with Camilla and bought books, clothes, and other goods.
• Lucan returned with banknotes, paid George, and gave him five hundred additional Septims.
• George hired a private carriage from Riverwood and picked up Avril at a crossroads on the way to Whiterun City.

Havard returned to Riverwood with the Dragonborn and learned that Alvor had taken Doris to explore the cleared Lost Valley Redoubt. After the group brought back its treasures, the Dragonborn headed to Whiterun City to report the dragon attack while George and Avril approached the city, where George hoped to find more advanced magic books.

• Havard arrived in Riverwood with the Dragonborn and discovered that Alvor and Doris were away at Lost Valley Redoubt.
• Sigrid told Havard that adventurer George had cleared Lost Valley Redoubt and that Alvor had gone there to search for ancient forging techniques.
• Alvor returned with Doris and Riverwood's group, bringing carts of weapons, armor, and other treasures from the tomb.
• Alvor asked the Dragonborn to report Sanctuary Town's dragon attack to Jarl Balgruuf, and the Dragonborn set out for Whiterun City with Alvor's two hundred Septims.
• George and Avril neared Whiterun City, and George asked Avril to explain its history and local factions.
• George considered Whiterun City a promising place to find advanced magic books before continuing his plans to study at Winterhold.

George and Avril arrived in Whiterun City, where George bought books to study local magic and prepared for their journey to Winterhold. He spotted the sleeping follower Sofia but left her alone, and the pair entered the city to shop and rest before leaving the next morning.

• George arrived at Whiterun City with Avril and told her to buy two horses for their journey to Winterhold.
• George found Sofia drunk and asleep in a haystack, learned she was a follower, and chose not to disturb her.
• George bought every book from the Catfolk caravan, including basic Frost and Lightning magic books that completed his collection of the three Destruction elements.
• Avril arranged the horses, and George decided they would explore Whiterun City, rest overnight, and leave in the morning.
• George and Avril entered Whiterun City without trouble, where Avril bought travel supplies and George continued shopping for books.