Succeed, and youвЂ™ll stop a half-century-old Grey Host being resurrected, though. Colossal Blood Knights and Abominations donвЂ™t take kindly to our attempts at Harrowstorm maintenance.

You can eradicate them with a skilled team of eight (preferably more), but as weвЂ™re reminded by wandering into one as a group of three, theyвЂ™re really bloody hard. From the back seat of the Dwemer tour-bug, I notice those pesky Harrowstorms are popping up here, too вЂ“ introduced earlier this year, these are swirling vampiric vortices that transform anyone they gobble up into fanged beasties. Hmm.Д«eyond the city, we head into The ReachвЂ™s greener biome, but this isnвЂ™t any regular sightseeing cruise. I wonвЂ™t spoil who, but expect to encounter a key player here вЂњwhoвЂ™s maybe not what she seemsвЂќ. All in the name of assessing MarkarthвЂ™s impressive verticality for you lovely readers, of course.Д®SOвЂ™s Understone Keep isnвЂ™t just the seat of MarkarthвЂ™s power вЂ“ itвЂ™s a melting pot where different core characters from The Dark Heart of Skyrim can make an appearance. YouвЂ™ve got to watch that edge, though вЂ“ I trip right off. ThereвЂ™s also sightseeing, courtesy of a throne plonked on a rock platform overlooking the city вЂ“ вЂњby far, the best seat in MarkarthвЂќ, the dev jokes. Jump scares aside, thereвЂ™s a new player house called Stone Eagle Eyrie tucked away in a corner to retreat to (I donвЂ™t get a glimpse, but Sera says it looks вЂњ awesomeвЂњ). No cuddly arrow-meets-knee memes for the Reach guards, no sir No cuddly arrow-meets-knee memes for them, no sir. And more than once a Reach guard lurking in the shadows, clad in what IвЂ™m sure are bones of mischief-makers past, scares the bejeezus out of me. The flavourвЂ™s a little different, with Reachmen symbols blanketing everything. Understone Keep is still the granite heart of the city, its familiar waterfall billowing over its faГ§ade. It might have ESOвЂ™s essential facilities вЂ“ a crafting hall, a wayshrine, a bank, some justice houses, and NPCs like junk dealers вЂ“ but its bones are the same. Markarth is the same labyrinthine network that Skyrim fans will recall, hewn into the Druadach Mountains. TheyвЂ™ve been making trouble in the area, and the DespotвЂ™s struck an uneasy truce. On the orders of their shouty вЂkingвЂ™, the Reachmen are sheltering inside Markarth for fear of the malevolent Grey Host. HeвЂ™s more like the guy who yells loudest and they just generally agree theyвЂ™ll listenвЂќ, Sera laughs. HeвЂ™s вЂњKing of the Reachmen, though they wouldnвЂ™t say they have a king because they all argue too much. The cityвЂ™s recently been taken by The Reachmen, Sera tells me as we approach вЂ“ these are a collective of clans led by Ard Caddach, the so-called вЂDespotвЂ™. Though its battlements are more primitive, with logs and tattered banners flanking its walls, Markarth is unmistakable. Be warned, though вЂ“ as Sera jokes, and I discover later at a river crossing, вЂњIf you have an incompetent driver, you might end up swimmingвЂќ. The buggy is the perfect ride for exploring the ReachвЂ™s rocky terrain: it can scutter up SkyrimвЂ™s byways like a clanking metallic spider. I saddle up with lead content designer Jeremy Sera on an insectoid Dwemer buggy вЂ“ the new group mount вЂ“ with lead gameplay designer Rob Garrett alongside on a boring old horse. The Reach, SkyrimвЂ™s westernmost hold, is instantly familiar from The Elder Scrolls V even though ESO is set a millennium earlier in time. If a whistle-stop tour of the DLC with the RPG gameвЂ™s devs is anything to go by, thereвЂ™s plenty to sink your fangs into. Markarth, the fourth and final portion of the MMORPGвЂ™s voyage into TamrielвЂ™s frostiest region, takes us into the вЂњuntamed ReachвЂќ вЂ“ one of SkyrimвЂ™s nine holds, the capital of which is the titular Dwemer City of Stone вЂ“ and brings an вЂњepic conclusionвЂќ to its vampire-riddled storyline. As the days grow chillier and 2020 draws to a close, so too does The Elder Scrolls OnlineвЂ™s year-long adventure, The Dark Heart of Skyrim.

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