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Just so other nerds know - Nerevarine's outfit is inspired by Babylonian clothing and golden leaves on his head are partially inspired by Puabi's headpiece. She was a queen or a priestess in the city of Ur. This city's patron deity, or one might say the Ur's divine ruler was Nanna (in Sumerian) or Sin (in accadian), a moon god, both the anthropomorphic deity and the moon itself. Fun little coincidence - i've named my first and only Nerevarine of 8+ years ''Moon" long ago, before i even knew what's happening in the game, bc i adore the Moon and her symbolizm. ALSO ALSO…. Sin/Nanna was punishing oathbreakers by skin diseases which reminds me of the Azura changing dunmer's skin color to grey. Ash of Nerevarine's skin is cracked to reveal the gold inside - his past life shines through him. Anyways i've put a lot of care into this one and as a result it's still the best drawing i've ever made imo

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Lord Indoril Nerevar Mor(a)rowInd

just awakened -> some time later

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Cheydinhal

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TES Dragons Source

A masterpost of information surrounding the tes dragons and topics related to them.

General Information

Dragons (x)

Dragon Shouts

Thu’um

Dragonrend

Call Dragon

Bend Will

Summon Durnehviir

Atmora

Akavir (x)

The Dragon Cult

Dragon Priests

Dragon Priest Masks

Dragon Alphabet

Dragon Language

Dragon Riding

Dragon Lairs

Dragon Mounds

Nordic Ruins

Word Walls

Named Dragons

Alduin (x)

Akatosh

Paarthurnax (x)

Odahviing (x)

Durnehviir

Vulthuryol

Mirmulnir

Sahloknir

Viinturuth

Vuljotnaak

Nahagliiv

Relonikiv

Naaslaarum

Voslaarum

Sahrotaar

Krosulhah 

Kruziikrel

Numinex 

Boziikkodstrun

Dragonne Papre

Nafaalilargus

Tosh Raka

Grahkrindrog

Krahjotdaan

Ahbiilok

Skakmat

Events

The Dragon War

The Time Wound/Dragon Break

Events during Redguard

Events during Oblivion

Dragon Crisis

Books

There Be Dragons

The Dragon War 

Atlas of Dragons

Olaf and the Dragon

Alduin is Real

The Alduin/Akatosh Dichotomy

Mysterious Akavir

Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition/Other Lands

Dragon Language: Myth no More

Daedra Dossier: The Titans

Shalidor’s Insights 

Starlover’s Log

Skorm Snow-Strider’s Journal

Twin Secrets

Songs of Skyrim: Revised

High Hrothgar’s Etched Tablets

Famed Artifacts of Tamriel 

Trials of St. Alessia

A Minor Maze

Paarthurnax’s Dialogue

Odahviing’s Dialogue

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Script

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was it casual when brynjolf went searching everywhere for the player character after he was presumably told that they were dead

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reminder that donating just a few $ to gofundme campaigns actually helps, you don't have to donate huge amounts if you don't have the funds, every little bit is useful. give $10, $5, even $1. it all adds up. don't scroll past because you think you can't help. help in your own capacity. donate a dollar. share and speak up.

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Figured quick gem render recipe for myself, sharing bc why not

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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no content only thoughts

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How to start your own save file (+ LOTS of tips, advice & mods) by Amelie

Watch Video Here

1.Pick your save file

Empty Save (personal favorite)

Simlicy's Save

Lilsimsie's Save

2. Take inspiration from real worlds i.e. New Orleans for Willow Creek, New England for Brindleton Bay. Find a theme/style for each world to make it cohesive.

More examples would be:

San Sequoia | San Francisco

Windenburg | Germany & Austria

Sulani | Tahiti

San Myshuno | New York (atleast part of it)

Oasis Springs | Arizona

Henford on Bagley | English Countryside

Mt. Komorebi | Japan

Del Sol Valley | Los Angeles

Tartosa | Italy

3. Finding beautiful builds on the gallery | tips & showcase in video

Video of my favorite gallery builds

Some lots I have in my save file

My favorite gallery creators (scroll down)

4. Map Replacements

5. Tool Mod

Used to further customize your save file & add cars, trees, etc.

Can also be used to change apartment windows

Tutorial

6. No random townies Mod

Prevents the game from further spawning and generating townies

Make sure to have enough unemployed sims that can fill npc jobs such as waiters, baristas, etc.

7. Sim spawn overhaul Mod

Sims only show up in their own residential worlds

Adds realism and doesn't break immersion

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text: gaza has oil, congo has cobalt, west papua has gold. all these genocides are happening because the only god colonists worship is money.

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Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of these in a comment (by copy&pasting the code) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

Second kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tHMjbb6/second-kudos.png" alt="second kudos">

Third kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/52bggQH/third-kudos.png" alt="third kudos">

nth kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6y7qGtC/nth-kudos.png" alt="nth kudos">

yet another kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKtcj0s/yet-another-kudos.png" alt="yet another kudos">

It will look something like this (and will be transparent with white outline on dark backgrounds):

Feel free to spread and use these as much as you like! (and if you have ideas for other variations, let me know ✌️)

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Salt your stink, miss?

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Day 20. Power. Martin Septim.

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Mom, I’m being Autistic on main

I am such a slut for worldbuilding and lore, and ATLA has some of the best of both worlds in that department.

I literally cannot get enough of the in-depth-ness of the bending world; like the concept of there being two main civilizations of waterbenders (the tribes at the poles, and the benders of the foggy swamp) and they literally cannot get MORE different. Bending the water inside the plants??? Incorporating the moon and tides with the culture and practice??? BLOODBENDING????? Shit has me foaming at the mouth

I’m haven’t even gotten into the whole earthbending/sandbending thing either,,, it’s the same concept!! Two sides of the same coin, the same element bent and used in ways that make it almost unrecognizable to the other side. And do sandbenders have any waterbending influence?? I would imagine it wouldn’t move as a solid substance, right??

AND how lavabending wouldn’t necessarily be only earthbending or firebending, because it has heavy roots in both elements??? And GLASS???¿¿ if Toph and Zuko got their field trip they would have figured out lavabending and make glass sculptures no shot

ANYWAY the reason I was making this post is because I had a concept; similar to lavabending, how would permafrost work??

I see in lots of fics the idea of “what if Toph had been in the North Pole with the gaang” and i have So Many Thoughts about it

It seems to be the general consensus that she would be blind up there; having no earth beneath her feet making it impossible for her to see. BUT are the poles in the avatar universe similar to the poles in our world? The real North Pole is literally just a giant slab of ice floating on top of the Arctic Ocean, but I have reason to believe that this isn’t the case for the ATLAverse.

Evidence: the Spirit Oasis.

How could the whole continent be only ice if the epicenter of it is an island?? Therefore, my conclusion is that the North Pole in the Avatar universe is not like the real North Pole, it’s like the pieces of land that surround the arctic circle; the ground is permafrozen.

If that’s the case, what’s to say Toph couldn’t figure out glacier-bending?

Give her 5 minutes and an encounter with Pakku. Watch it happen.

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BUT WAIT THERES MORE

I HAVENT EVEN TOUCHED THE STATES OF MATTER YET

Okay, so there are 4 “main” states of matter; solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. In chemistry, there’s a 5th one, too: aqueous (we’ll get into that in a second)

Fire is considered plasma currently in the science world. Which makes sense, right? If lightning is the “most pure form” of firebending, it would make sense that fire is plasma, too.

Firebenders aren’t firebenders, they’re plasmabenders. Which opens up a WHOLE new world of possibilities, friends

So many things are plasmas. Lightning and fire are only the most well-known ones; aurorae, the light inside of neon signs, solar winds and polar winds, the ionosphere of Earth, and arguably the most applicable to the conversation; stars, including the sun, and the tail end of a comet.

This would explain and add depth to so much of the concept of firebending - Like on a general level, yeah, firebending is unique to the bending styles because it relies entirely on your inner chakra and how it interacts with the chi of the universe. It takes the metaphysical energy of the user and translates it into physical energy - heat and light.

But adding the entire new level of the existence of plasma and how it manifests?? Their literal patron god is a giant ball of plasma. The way that lightning is created by a bender; taking balanced energy with no specific charge, pulling that energy apart, and letting it crash back together.

When things are unbalanced, they want to balance - that goes for ionic particles, as well as cationic/anionic particles. When you pull them apart (which it takes great force to do so, if it’s stable; further evidence on why lightningbending is so difficult in practice), they’re gonna try and get back together. The act of snapping in and out of place is what causes that little burst of energy. Take that teeny tiny explosion, jack it up a couple billions, and boom (literally).

FURTHERMORE the possibilities are genuinely endless. Aurorae are plasma; Oxford Languages defines the term as “a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole. The effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere. In northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or Northern Lights and aurora australis or Southern Lights.”

I’ve read so many fics about Zuko ending up at the South Pole to be raised by a loving family, and all of them have incorporated the concept of the polar night - the time of the year where, the further you get towards the northern/southern magnetic poles, the longer/shorter the days are, depending on the time of year. There are parts of the year where the sun doesn’t rise for over 30 days in some parts of the world, and vice versa.

The concept of the polar night is such an integral part of the incorporation of placing a firebender at one of the poles long-term, but when you take into account the fact that the Aurora Australis is a giant colorful banner of plasma across the Antarctic sky???

That’s not even mentioning the midnight sun!! The time of year where the sun doesn’t set for over 30 days; I haven’t seen any fic talk about the concept of Zuko being unable to sleep for an extended period of time, and the effects of sleep-deprivation on the his lil brain.

I want to see an in-depth fic exploring Zuko navigating life in Antarctica, facing problems like the polar night, which are improved and survivable by the occasional Aurora, the midnight sun, and the constant bitter cold. Is that too much to ask??????

This is getting really long so I’ll cut it off here, but Next installment will feature Bloodbending: Fire Edition and the molecular breakdown of aqueous solutions and how Toph could bend literally every element if she wanted to. Also maybe some bits about airbending on a molecular level bc air is such a broad term what part of the air is he bending???

I am such a slut for worldbuilding and lore, and ATLA has some of the best of both worlds in that department.

I literally cannot get enough of the in-depth-ness of the bending world; like the concept of there being two main civilizations of waterbenders (the tribes at the poles, and the benders of the foggy swamp) and they literally cannot get MORE different. Bending the water inside the plants??? Incorporating the moon and tides with the culture and practice??? BLOODBENDING????? Shit has me foaming at the mouth

I’m haven’t even gotten into the whole earthbending/sandbending thing either,,, it’s the same concept!! Two sides of the same coin, the same element bent and used in ways that make it almost unrecognizable to the other side. And do sandbenders have any waterbending influence?? I would imagine it wouldn’t move as a solid substance, right??

AND how lavabending wouldn’t necessarily be only earthbending or firebending, because it has heavy roots in both elements??? And GLASS???¿¿ if Toph and Zuko got their field trip they would have figured out lavabending and make glass sculptures no shot

ANYWAY the reason I was making this post is because I had a concept; similar to lavabending, how would permafrost work??

I see in lots of fics the idea of “what if Toph had been in the North Pole with the gaang” and i have So Many Thoughts about it

It seems to be the general consensus that she would be blind up there; having no earth beneath her feet making it impossible for her to see. BUT are the poles in the avatar universe similar to the poles in our world? The real North Pole is literally just a giant slab of ice floating on top of the Arctic Ocean, but I have reason to believe that this isn’t the case for the ATLAverse.

Evidence: the Spirit Oasis.

How could the whole continent be only ice if the epicenter of it is an island?? Therefore, my conclusion is that the North Pole in the Avatar universe is not like the real North Pole, it’s like the pieces of land that surround the arctic circle; the ground is permafrozen.

If that’s the case, what’s to say Toph couldn’t figure out glacier-bending?

Give her 5 minutes and an encounter with Pakku. Watch it happen.