Skyrim. R.I.P. Companions.

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

RIP: My horse. I got off to investigate a severed arm holding an orcish longsword and never saw you again.
RIP: My familiar. I've lost count of how many times you've despawned... and that time that Sabertooth Cat destroyed you while I ran as fast as I could.

 

[MammothBlade]

All my zombie companions... alas, they only lasted for 60 seconds each, but I enjoyed their company and undying loyalty.

Using a humanoid companion + animal companion + zombie is totally awesome, btw. I just need a dog and the double summon perk now... Then I will have a small army of followers!

Do you ever find that your companions spawn hostile? Several times I've summoned my familiar and he tries to bite my face off. The last thing I need during a fight is yet another enemy attacking me.

Never happened to me. Though it would be wise to get the banish undead spell sometime...

Necromancy has become possibly my favourite battle element. Kill one enemy and then send their corpse to battle their comrades, always works to turn the fight in my favour.

 

[jthwilliams]

I just want to add, that I am so happy that I'm not the only one who got Lydia killed.

R.I.P. Lydia
* killed by a dragon that landed next you and poored out fire (only to be reborn when I died too)
* Killed by a necromancer in a random mine I decided to explore (again reborn, this time, because I wasn't going to leave the loot behind)
* MIA pressumed dead. Seriously where did you go?

 

[-Ezio-]

R.I.P Allie the horse. say wat you want about skeletons they're damn fine archers.

R.I.P Familiar. i thought i could trap your soul, guess not.

 

[Tamrin]

R.I.P. - Every single one of my undead minions I summoned from the corspes of random animals, monsters, and enemies I slew in battle.

I apologiez for yanking you from the underworld back to the realm of the living only to die at my own hands so that I may quickly level up my health, magicka, stamina, stealth, one-handed skills, and any other I felt doing on a whim.

 

[infohippie]

RIP Lydia, you raised your head at just the wrong moment when I was putting arrows into a hagraven.

Good thing I didn't survive that fight either, so you were resurrected by the power of the magical quickload key.

 

[Raognerrrm]

R.I.P.
Lydia, who ran incredibly slowly, and thus avoided all the minor fights with wolves, bandits, assassins and the like, before catching up when I encountered a frost troll.
She did not last long.

 

[soes757]

R.I.P Lydia that named dragon priest (Koris or something stupid like that) got the best of you because you couldn't sneak, idiot.

 

[Furioso]

R.I.P. Lydia
You decided to step in front of me when I tried to do an epic Fus Ro Dah while looking over the cliff face outside the college, you were never seen again, presumed dead, crushed, drowned, etc

 

[DasDestroyer]

RIP Lydia, when I finally stop ~ressurect'ing you and your suffering on this planet ends.

 

[Syntax Man]

RIP Lydia, you got in the way of my greatsword, not the best idea.

 

[McNinja]

RIP Lydia,

Oh wait,

Spoiler

the boss in the Eye of Magnus quest got stuck on a rock, so you f**ked him up, then proceeded to two shot that mage guy who tries to kill you afterwards

Lydia, I don't know how I activated god-mode, but this is awesome.

 

[captaincabbage]

R.I.P Ally the horse.
- Sever years of age.
- Survived countless dragons, giants and cave trolls (with no healing done to it).
- Died via random wolf attack.

 

[white_salad]

R.I.P Lydia, died at the hands of an army of imperials. She died a true nord, fighting for her brothers and sisters of skyrim.

Placed her sword on a shelf in my home. She will not be forgotten.

 

[Spinhorse]

R.I.P. Horse, died while cushioning my fall so I wouldn't have to walk around a long way.

 

[theguitarhero6]

RIP Lydia, my first and (so far) only companion.
I never would've guessed that you would've been jumped by six Arabians with scimitars.
Perhaps, not the most glorious death, but noble nontheless.

 

[jthm]

R.I.P. My Bandit Zombie.

You were only my friend for a minute before I got bored of you and melted you with fire until you were a small, pile of ashes next to your former comrade (who also became a zombie).

Still though, if it weren't for you, I never would have thought of killing a new person and reanimating them to carry my stuff every 50 feet or so; until the next person came along until we found a shop. In a way, I owe my wealth to you. I sure couldn't have carried all that loot myself. I'm a necromancer, not a warrior after all.

 

[mooncalf]

Wait, the companions can die? Because I saw Lydia hit by a giant, go flying 500 feet in the air, come flying back down, and go right back to attacking the bastard that did it to her.

I thought Lydia was nigh-immortal myself, she'd get knocked down in most fights then get back up afterwards, I started taking it for granted untill a particularly nasty mob of Falmer knocked her down and then finished her off. I was a little more careful with my companions after that.