#Khash skyrim

[podcastenthusiast]

AU where the Dragonborn sends Khash to school and almost every day a different person picks her up.

At first it's not too weird. Like when an Argonian shows up and Khash immediately runs to her "Uncle Xelzaz" Khash's teacher just thinks it's nice, given she's adopted, that she has adults in her life who are like her.

Then there's her "Uncle Lucien" who gets distracted reading a history textbook. He points out multiple inaccuracies but is polite enough about it.

And it only gets weirder. There's a woman with a robot spider. A handsome man who looks very uncomfortable but lights up as soon as he sees Khash. A friendly blue khajiit. An Altmer who cracks ten jokes in the five minutes it takes to collect Khash. Another Altmer whom the teacher is pretty damn sure is that runsway Aldmeri prince.

At one point in class they do one of those activities where the kids draw a picture of their family. Khash considers for a moment and then asks for extra paper.

The figures in her drawing are mostly familiar to the teacher. Except for one or two. An Orc has never picked Khash up from school before, for instance.

But it's clear this kid is really, very loved.

[wellthebardsdead]

Evalien: Hello I’m Eva, I’m the Dragonborn, this is my husband Kaidan, and my friends Taliesin, Inigo, Caryalind, Lucien, Nayir, Auri-

Taliesin: Well be here all day we can just introduce ourselves dear.

Evalien: -Flynt, willow and Mani and this is my daughter Khash.

Khash:

[uhhwy]

Yippie I finally posted smth

[incorrect-custom-followers]

[enbytwink]

So many custom voiced followers that I have to take roll every so often.

[quicksilverdrabbles]

Team Dragonborn: *fighting in Broken Oar Grotto, high up on the platforms and scaffolding*

Khash: *high up on a wooden beam, surrounded by bandits* Aaaaaaaa why is it always water?!

Kaidan: *cutting down the bandits around her as fast as he can* I'm comin', lass, hang on!

Taliesin: *backed against the railing, dangerously close to falling into the lake, trying to fight off three bandits at once* I hate this, I hate this, I hate this-

Saturn: *knocking down two bandits, turning to face a whole other horde* Don't you know any spells other than Ice Spike that would save your ass?!

Taliesin: Don't you have an automaton for this???

Lucien: *running away from an angry dog* A-Actually I rather think any additional weight might- Ack-! Down, doggy! Er- might make the platforms collapse!

Saturn: See? He gets it- Whoa! *gets knocked off guard, a bandit disarming her with their axe. Her sword falls into the lake below* ... Shit.

Bandit: Hah! Not so cocky now, are you?

Saturn: *glances between the water and the bandit with a shocked look* What, did you think I would be completely helpless without my sword? *grins, a multicolor swirl of elements igniting at her fingertips* You do know I'm an Altmer, right?

Bandit: ... Oh.

Saturn: *giggles, leaning forward as the magic grows, the sound turning maniacal as she darts forward, swiping her hands through the air and sending a flurry of elements towards a group of bandits*

Caryalind: *yelps, kicked back by a bandit. He skids across the wood on his knees, and glances at Saturn with a terse chuckle* Showoff.

Saturn: Hehehehe...~

*Saturn kicks at one of the bandits, launching an elemental bolt at him as he goes flying. She reaches into her satchel with one hand and chucks a round dwarven mechanism into the group of enemies surrounding Khash*

Bandits: *look down at the mechanism curiously* ...?

*The mechanism blinks, beeping rapidly until it emits a shrill whistle, exploding amongst them in a rain of fire and electricity, and taking out a chunk of the platform*

Kaidan: *launched backwards by the blast, into the railing* What the hell was that?!

Saturn: An explosive. Duh.

Kaidan: Duh????

Caryalind: So an Automaton is a no but a deadly explosion is okay?!

Khash: *slides down the beam with a giggle* That was so tusking cool!!!!!

*Nearby, Taliesin had felled two of the three bandits cornering him. Each step he takes is one closer to plummeting into the lake below, and the Orc he's facing doesn't look any closer to dying than he did before the explosion. High above them, a bandit outlaw draws its bow*

Saturn: *helping Khash climb the rest of the way down the beam* I've got ya, kiddo, you're okay.

Khash: *drops the rest of the way down with a yelp, landing in Saturn's arms with her eyes closed, expecting an impact* ... *peeks one eye open, looking up at Saturn in surprise* Oh. Thanks, Scales.

Saturn: No need to thank me. *lets her down with a soft chuckle and looks around* Did we get them all?

Kaidan: I think just about. How's Taliesin doing?

Saturn: Hm..?

*Saturn turns to look towards Taliesin, right as an arrow tears through the sky and pierces his chest. Taliesin keels over with a cry, creating an opening for the Orc to shove him over the edge of the platform and into the water below*

Saturn: TALIESIN!! *sprints towards the edge of the platform and dives after him*

Caryalind: Shit! Kaidan, get the archer!

*Caryalind leaps forward and slashes at the Orc's throat as Kaidan whips around and fires an arrow at the outlaw, spearing through his head and dropping him to the ground*

Khash: Saturn! *runs after Saturn but stops short at the edge of the platform, leaning over the railing fearfully*

Lucien: Khash, get back! The platform is unstable! *pulls her back from the edge just as the railing crumbles apart*

Khash: Ah-! W-Wait, what if they-

Kaidan: *already going down the wooden stairs* Let's meet them at the bottom, come on!

~

*Saturn blinks her eyes open, looking around rapidly before spotting Taliesin floating near the bottom of the lake, conscious, but visibly pained and panicked. Blood rises from the wound in his chest and surrounds him in a red cloud of water. Saturn cuts through the water quickly, grabbing Taliesin around the waist and hauling him back to the surface with a gasp of air*

Lucien: There they are! Over here! *runs to the edge of the water and reaches his arm out for Saturn to grab and pull the two of them out, weighed down by waterlogged armor and robes*

Saturn: *gasping for breath as she lays Taliesin down on the ground next to her, leaning over him with a panicked expression* Shit- Tally, hey- *looks up at Lucien* Where are the healing potions??

Lucien: *frozen staring at the arrow protruding from Taliesin's chest* ... W-With Kaidan-

Saturn: So go get them! *faces Taliesin again as Lucien runs back towards the ground, watching him cough up water and blood* Fuck..

Taliesin: *clutches the arrow in his chest with a sound like a mix of a groan and a whimper*

Saturn: I-It's gonna be okay, Tally.. *lays his head in her lap, his ponytail undone by the water. She drags her hand through his hair in what she hopes is a comforting gesture* You're gonna be okay, they're going to get a healing potion.

Taliesin: Mgh..

Saturn: *sighs, watching him fall silent* This is all my fault, I should've been paying attention.. I forget I'm the one who's supposed to be looking after you guys.

*Distant voices clamor and draw nearer, most audible being Lucien's panicked ramble as he leads the others back to Saturn and Taliesin*

Saturn: I mean, it only makes sense, right? Gotta fix the world, protect everyone.. by default, that means protecting you, too. And I failed.. Can't even heal your wounds. *she laughs, quiet and self-deprecating. One hand strokes his cheek gently* ... I'm sorry.

Kaidan: Saturn! *sees Taliesin unconscious in her lap* Oh Gods.. *runs forward, pulling a healing potion out of his pack* Here, have him drink this while I get the arrow out.

Khash: *her voice echoes just around the corner* Caryalind, let me go! I wanna see Tally!

Caryalind: *holding her by the arms, preventing her from seeing Taliesin's wounds* You'll get to see him in a minute, dear, let them heal him first. It's not something you should witness.

*Saturn holds the potion to Taliesin's lips while Kaidan gently dislodges the arrow, a soft healing glow spreading across the wound. When the light dissipates, only a pale scar remains*

Taliesin: ... Mnh.. *groans, face scrunching at the lingering pain as his eyes open slowly* Wha..?

Kaidan: He's good. Need me to carry him?

Saturn: I don't think he'd let you even if he was dying. *leans over to meet Taliesin's eyes with a relieved smile* Hey, Tally. You okay?

Taliesin: .. About as well as I could be, I suppose. *reaches up to touch her hand on his cheek* What on earth were you apologizing for?

Saturn: Ah. *chuckles, a soft gleam in her eyes* Nothing much. Sorry that you're too damn prideful to ever ask for help.

Taliesin: Tsk. Can we leave this wretched place now?

Saturn: Anything you want, Tally.

[belladonnaisrunning]

“If you see any purple mountain flowers around, tell me. They are just so pretty.”

-

Khash

[bastiion]

My dovahbros

this is also surface level ik theres much more to the lore of all of them

[missbaphomet]

Don't talk to me or my very tall son with a tragic backstory, my strange blue furry, my adopted lizard daughter, my cannibalistic elf, my other elf who is not a cannibal but is a direct decendant of Tamriel's resident genocide guy, my token wizard, or this fuckin dog I found on the side of a mountain again

[joonjii]

When the amazing people that create content that gives you unimaginable joy start to follow you and interact with your content…

You know it’s gonna be okay. ❤️

[podcastenthusiast]

The Skyrim follower mod cinematic universe is seriously so wild. I wouldn't be playing this game a decade on without them. All these complex characters with so much personality and thousands of voiced lines! Commentary on quests! Their own personal quests! Meaningful relationships with the player character and each other! We're blessed.

(At this point it's also kinda like when you buy a doll for a kid and the package says the one you got is actually best friends with this other doll so you have to go buy that one now too LMAO)

[wellthebardsdead]

Serana: so yeah, my family is, screwed up. You? You seem like you come from nobility.

Caryalind: my father is the fascist leader of the aldmeri dominion. He killed my mother for attempting to foil his plans and for having an affair with a bosmer guard. I ran away from home to try to stop him and to help everyone he hurt…

Serana: oh I-

Inigo: my birth mother died saving me and my brother from being sacrificed. We were adopted by a lovely couple who also got killed protecting a caravan, my brother was slaughtered by 12 angry racists who wanted to pin a crime on us.

Serana: What?!

Tel: everyone forgot me. Or pretended to forget about me…

Serana: I-

Kaidan: the thalmor slaughtered my kin and I was raised by a drunkard nord who dragged me all across tambriel teaching me to survive and fight before I even learned to read. I became a drug addict and and fell in with a bad lot, the actions I did there haunt me to this day, and I spent the last year being violently tortured by the thalmor before the dragonborn saved me.

Serana: Hold on a moment I-

Bishop: I-

Serana: shut up. what is going-

Khash: I was raised by a nice Orc named Marlok, he taught me how to fight, how to hunt, how to sew on a button.

Serana: that’s sweet, is he-

Khash: he saved me the night he was killed.

Serana: ARE YOU A MAGNET FOR PEOPLE WITH TRAGIC BACK STORIES?!

Dragonborn: honestly, yeah.

Lucien: if it’s any consolation I have an excellent family life and a happy backstory.

Serana: I… well at least one of us isn’t completely traumatised.

[uhhwy]

I think this has been done already but 🗿

inigo is laughing cuz he’s confused

[incorrect-custom-followers]

[enbytwink]

So if this has already been done, let me know, but I'm tempted to make a Skyrim modded followers sexyman poll. Should I? If so, let me know who I should add!

[quicksilverdrabbles]

One early morning, in the Dragonborn's home...

Khash: AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

Literally Everyone: *kicks the door down with their weapons drawn* WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WHAT'S WRONG?!?!

Khash: W-WAIT NO DON'T COME IN!!! *holding the sides of her head in a panic, tiny grey feathers sprouting from the top of her head*

Xelzaz: *pocketing his dagger* ...? Khash, what's wrong??

Khash: I-I have feathers!!!! Do Argonians sprout feathers?!?! They l-look so weird!!

Dragonborn: *inhaling through their teeth nervously* Yes..? I mean, yes to Argonians sprouting feathers. Kind of. I-It's kind of like human hair! They look nice on you!

Caryalind: *leaning against the doorframe with his eyes covered, laughing shakily* Gods above I thought you were being killed or something..

Kaidan: *turning to leave the room* Right, I already need some mead.

Dragonborn: *grabs him by the back of his cape* No the hell you don't.

Khash: *sniffling, eyes watering*

Lucien: *kneeling down next to her* Oh darling, what are you so upset for? They look lovely.

Khash: T-They're weird... I never had feathers before..

Xelzaz: They're a natural part of growing up, Khash. I mean granted, some Argonians don't actually grow feathers, but it's certainly not uncommon. My sister Deekawo has feathers, you know. Although typically they're supposed to start coming in earlier in life..

Inigo: Hist sap?

Xelzaz: Hist sap. Probably.

Caryalind: Of course.

Khash: I-I don't like them... *hic*

Dragonborn: Oh c'mere, little lizard. *leans down and gathers Khash in a hug* Why don't you wear it out for a bit and try to get used to them? If you still don't like it after a while, we can always try-

Xelzaz: Tss! Mm-mm. *shakes his head frantically from behind Khash*

Dragonborn: Eh? Why not?

Xelzaz: ... Deekawo tried to pluck her feathers once. She was in pain for at least a week.

Khash: *jolts, screeching right next to the Dragonborn's ear* PAIN!?

Dragonborn: Ow.

Caryalind: Xelzaz!

Xelzaz: I'm just telling the truth!!

Lucien: You could have said literally anything else!

Inigo: ... On second thought, I'm going with Kaidan.

Dragonborn/Caryalind: No the hell you are not!

Dragonborn: *groans, rubbing at their eyes tiredly* Clearly we need a day to get used to this... new change. Cary. Coffee, please.

Caryalind: On it, love.

Xelzaz: I'll go and start breakfast.

Khash: *sniff*

Xelzaz: Khash, what would you like? Anything you want?

Khash: ... *hic* C-Can you make potato tart?

Xelzaz: Of course. Apple juice?

Khash: Yes, please..

Dragonborn: *watches as everyone begins to leave the room, laughing at the sound of Lucien scolding Inigo for trying to get into the mead* ... *turns to Khash with a gently worried expression* ... Grass?

Khash: .. Green.

Dragonborn: Wood?

Khash: Brown. *wipes at her face, hissing slightly at the stinging feeling in her eyes*

Dragonborn: Scales?

Khash: Black..

Dragonborn: Odahviing?

Khash: *giggling* Odahviing's a lot of colors!

Dragonborn: Haha, then pick one.

Khash: Red!

Dragonborn: *grinning* My eyes?

Khash: Scaaaaales, you change your eye color with weird magic every day!

Dragonborn: Hehehe, what color are they right now?

Khash: Yellow! Or wait- gold? Something like that!

Dragonborn: Yep. Good job. *reaches up, waiting for Khash's approval before gently running their hands over the new feathers* ... This is okay. You're okay. Everything's gonna be fine.

Khash: ... Promise?

Dragonborn: Promise. And if not, I'll just turn into an Argonian and sprout feathers with you. How 'bout that?

Khash: Hahaha!

~

Meanwhile...

Taliesin: *snoring away with a beauty mask covering his eyes and earplugs, having gotten tired of Kaidan and Inigo's snoring*

Caryalind: *kicks the door open* Taliesin! Wake up!