#Elisif the fair

[barvin0k]

elisif the cute 💝

[throughtrialbyfire]

you know what i think elisif the fair deserves better

[silusvesuius]

happy birthday to skyrim and all of her beautiful people

[oxalisvtesblog]

The Blue Palace is GOTHIC as hell by the way? A secret vampire who preys on the prisoners in the dungeons! An entire wing closed off because it's haunted! Court intrigue, with forbidden romance! Evil old queens coming back to from the dead to take over!

There was even an unused quest for Boethiah to assassinate Elisif and Erikur came out suspiciously on top of that situation.

Also, that whole castle design. It's pretty crazy when you see it sitting on that narrow cliff from afar.

And Tullius is that one sane man who was dropped into that odd situation.

[thequeenofthewinter]

Skyrim Characters Send Text Messages

It's been a while since I have done one of these, so let's goooooo...

Elisif the Fair: *sends passive aggressive texts where she tries to get you to "unwittingly" compliment her* *favorite emoji is the heart with sparkles* Vilkas: *has a Nokia brick* *it's vintage, okay* *he bought it secondhand at Belethor's General Goods* *half the keys don't work* Farkas: *emoji king* *sends out those chain texts like "pass it forward to 10 friends you think are special"* *buys Vilkas a new phone and he refuses to use it* Galmar Stone-Fist: *sends one word texts* *half the time they are misspelled* *"What's an emoji? Why are you sending me smiling bears, Rikke? Bears don't smile"* Ulfric Stormcloak: *all of his texts are grammatically correct* *man would not deign to use abbreviations nor contractions* *long winded walls of text which wax poetic* *this is a 5 paragraph essay* Brynjolf: *sends out phishing messages about Falmer blood elixir* *gets scammed himself* *phone is full of texts about meeting the "sexy Argonian maid of your dreams for 29.99 per night"* Serana: *sends the politest texts or rants about her parents* *there is no in-between* *just come meet me okay* *200/10 will then get you into trouble but you'll have fun* Teldryn Sero: *prefers not to send text messages but rather call people* *no one picks up because who answers a phone in this day and age* *gives up and texts eggplant emojis to Neloth* *will talk to you on the phone for 3 hours* General Tullius: *loses his phone half the time so he gives it to Rikke* *Rikke sends all his text messages* *doesn't actually know how texting works* Lydia: *sends snarky texts about picking up your stuff from Breezehome* *seriously my house is not a storage shed* *drunk texts flirty messages* *LDB takes her phone* Uthgerd the Unbroken: *too little patience and too small keys* *accidentally smashes her finger through the screen* *doesn't bother getting a new one*

[greyborn2]

Elisif headcanons now! (friendly tone ofc <3) Why do you think she would be a good marriage candidate? I'm curious :)

Yesssss!!! Okay - so this boils down to two categories. Personal interest in it, and underrated narrative JUICE. Starting with the former because its easier to begin with. So Elisif is just... she's neat. She's simultaneously one of the most politically important people in skyrim while also being COMPLETELY overshadowed by the men around her (Nobody talks about her, really, they talk of Torygg. The civil war isnt her vs ulfric, its TULLIUS vs ulfric. Her own decisions in court the first time we even see her are seemingly overruled on a dime by her own court, by Falk.). Its like she's this big thing of incredible importance and is constantly hidden away both in narrative and in game. But despite that, if you actually sneak in a bit, ignore all the big figures standing in front of her and propping themselves up on top of her, she has a surprising amount of meat to her.

Most of the Jarls are like... a few word summary at best. Greedy idiot boy, honourable honorman, paranoid bigot, old seer, etc etc etc. You get an initial impression of them and thats kinda it. Ulfric has a lot more, obviously, because he's a major character but it would *SEEM* that Elisif should be on the lower end of content. It takes so much to seek her out in her overshadowed little corner after all, but she has so so so much surprising stuff around her. The necromancer potema plot revolves around her, a whole big dialogue tree that isnt super common to see for a jarl, some touching personal quests that go into detail about how she saw her late husband. Its just all super compelling to me to have a character that, despite being so important, is *soooo* hidden away actually have some meat to her. Plus she's just a nice person!!! ANYWAYS!! PART 2!! The JUICE!!

For starters, I think, there should just be more opportunities for the dragonborn to play the political game if they want. Beyond just choosing a side in a war or ticking off their 'thane of everywhere' list, actually getting in on climbing the ladder and enmeshing oneself with the politics of the land they're in. BUT BUT... same can be said for Ulfric. Absolutely true. I do think he should also be a marriage candidate. BUT...

I think Elisif PARTICULARLY makes sense as a marriage opportunity that isn't one you seek out, but one that is put forward to the player. Specifically with an Imperial victory in the civil war.

The war is won. Alduin MAY or MAY NOT be slain. But either way, no matter what, at this point the dragonborn is a war hero, a champion of the people, and decorated imperial legate. And this would be fucking FRIGHTNING, I think, to the politicians back in Cyrodiil. There's a *history* of war hero dragonborns, popular with the people, turning on their commanders and declaring themselves emperor afterall. Oh boy is there a precedent. Suddenly they're the big figure in a war that was supposed to be Tullius' duty and they might start sweating in their boots a little.

SO... after the war is won... the legion starts... pushing. Just a little. A few letters, a few comments, that the dragonborn should maybe marry Elisif. Become High King by marriage. Lock them in and satisfy the war hero with a political title off in the ass end of the empire before they turn their gaze toward a ruby throne. Don't give them time to think on it. Ooooh look tasty treat right here shhhh dont think yes you did very good dragonborn yes yes be high king.

I think from there it could go one of three ways;

1) Last Dragonborn marries Elisif but with her actually agreeing to the union (after completing her personal quests) and she FINALLY steps out of the shadows. Rather than the expected you using her for power, she uses YOU for power. You allow yourself to be the thing she props herself up on and finally really starts coming into public view. Maybe to the nervousness of the Empire as she's a less eager puppet then they might have thought, now.

2) Last Dragonborn falls right into the trap the empire placed. You didnt do the quests for Elisif, she remains in the shadows, there's a loveless marriage and you get to be satisfied with a big title that hopefully keeps you occupied.

3) Last Dragonborn refuses all of this. Things seem to proceed as they do in canon but... well... maybe you notice a few more non-DB assassins using imperial weapons attacking you on the road then you did before. Curious.

[elder-dragon-reposes]

@nerevar-quote-and-star

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Can I be openly sensitive for one second or will someone tackle and kill me?

Elisif the Fair, who cannot catch a break from her court, probably

[hadvarandralof]

the lady elisif <3

[the-drunken-huntsman]

When you first walk into the Blue Palace, Varnius Janius is being seen by the court of Solitude for his suspicions of dark magic happening in Wolfskull Cave. Jarl Elisif listens intently to his fears and assures him she'll do everything in her power to keep the people of Hafingaar safe. Sybille Stentor then interjects "Your eminence, my scrying has suggested nothing in the area."

Did she say this because:

A) she's a shit diviner who genuinely couldn't sense the powerful necromancy going on in there

B) she was intentionally bluffing because she was in kahoots with the necromancers for some reason

C) she could see the necromancers but chose to keep quite because if Elisif took a hard stance on necromancy, Sybille herself may be the next one to go as a vampire

D) she just genuinely didn't care about Varnius or his problems and just wanted to get that peasant out of the palace as quickly as possible

E) something else (tell me in the notes)

There is no correct answer, this character just leaves a lot of unanswered questions that drive me a little crazy and I want to know other people's thoughts.

Pls reblog if you vote, I want to know people's thoughts 🙏

[the-southern-cereal-king]

What if we were two imperial soldiers who pushed our beds together, haha jk…. Unless…?

[barvin0k]

um... i dunno 🌷🌷🌷 someone in the blue palace told her to go touch some grass and here's the result (she is in her derealization era 🌺🌺🌺)

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Gonna say it

If you hate Elisif it is within your best interest and your own safety to not interact with me

[silusvesuius]

girl best friends

[jasper-the-menace]

Tradition killed her husband, and tradition avenged his death.

My Jarl, a Skyrim fanfic

[h3raklion]

~Low quality Skyrim memes~ 30th edition