Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-105.158.238.148-20140417030552

I hung out with the "Blades", that old fart Delphine in fact, who calls herself "the Blades", and as you know: First it's about kicking a lot of Thalmor buttocks at their embassy. It's something that most of us would do even without being asked, so I don't regret that part.

Then, I took charge to bring her new recruits. I chose from my finest followers, naturally, because back then I was still imagining the Blades as being as respectable as the Dawnguard. First I brought them Erandur because I thought the Sky Haven Temple and the Blades would be a better home for him than the abandonned Nightcaller temple with all the bad memory it represents for him.

Then, and just as I was mindlessly bringing poor Kharjo to enslave him too in Delphine's "Blades" cult, I've got a shock:

I am abruptly asked by those two "Blades" to kill my harmless and helpful Paarthurnax as to "serve justice", according to their twisted mindset.

There is only one Dragon is Skyrim who never attacks you. Then, he and his Grey-Beards students teach you the Th'um and words of power, then he empowers you against Alduin and other Dragons and then he fights Alduid by your side.

Blades: "Kill that one!". Why? "Justice is justice".

Some justice you have! No imperial text of law. No law from any other kind. No investigation. No trial. No lawyer. No jury. No proof. No witness. No jurisprudence. No authorisation for Delphine and Esbern to act as judges. No aggressive behaviour from Paarturnax necessitating to kill him. No nothing.

No nothing; And for me, No refusing taking part in their summary "court", and No refusing the executioner's role. They are the Judges and, according to their craze, I am the the executioner ...and don't say "No" to them, "if you are not with us, you are against us", now be a good, nicely brainwashed cult-minded follower, and OBEY!

Arngeir was right, the Blades are arrogant. Arngeir was too polite to say that the Blades are in fact a**h*les.

Heck! Even the Thalmors got better manners than the Blades.

I am no longer interested in Delphine accepting to talk to me, in response to this, it is I who will never again talk to her, even if she does. I'd rather talk to a Thalmor about Talos. I don't need her and I don't need her quests. I will no longer let myself exploited by those two trashbags or do their dirty work, for free, on the pretext that "They are the Blades, and the Blades are meant guide the Dragonborn; you know?....".

I will now desactivate their "essential" status, and as the next Dragon or Thalmor group attacks me, I'll let them follow me right into Delphine's and Esberns' new nest. They are sworn to Fight with Thalmors and Dragons after all, isn't it? So, enough hiding!

Yet, above all, I do want my follower Erandur back and out of the Blades' messy faction. He has been there for just one day and yet he is no longer sane, he doesn't stop talking about his pledge of honor to fight dragons. Even Vermina's cult didn't mess him so bad. What did they do to him? How do you revert his indoctrination with the the Blades faction? And can you assign him to the "temple-of-Mara-faction", where he should belong, instead of the Blades or the lonely and abandoned Nightcaller temple of Vermina? 