#Merriell Sartorius

[fallen-chances]

@stormbeyondreality tagged me in this SUPER cool writing tag game. I have to find the words fire, soup, green, sunlight, and blade in my WIPs! I shall tag ummm @thequeenofthewinter @blossom-adventures @kagrenak @nightlist and anyone else who wants to do this!

The words you guys have to find in your WIPs will be FEEL(ing/felt), LOSE(ing/lost), BLIND(ed/ing/ly, SHAKE(en/ing/shook) and NIGHT. sorry for choosing verbs lmao.

Fire (His Daughter [an intro writing for my oc Ysmine])

Fire smoke wafted into the sky, blocking the dusty pink sunrise behind the mountains, and Blair had a sinking feeling that they were too late. The recent crippling of the Dawnguard had their forces spread thin, and when they finally received reports of vampires attacking a farm on the outskirts of Kynsgrove night after night, Blair considered not even sending a full squadron to check. Then they learned exactly who lived on that farm. Shorvald, A retired adventurer and a well known daedra hunter. There's only two reasons a group of vampires would be so relentless. Revenge, or powerful artifacts Shorvald had hidden.

Soup (that's just unfortunate. [Massara's turn into a vampire])

“You should leave while you still can. Strangers aren't well received here,” She hissed out and Massara scowled, slamming his lukewarm soup down on the table. “Yeah, I got that. No money, no service. I'll get out of your drafty inn and keep walking through the mud overnight,” Massara spat out bitterly as he moved to stand, only for the innkeep to grasp his arm. “I'm refusing you to save your life. You need to leave before you catch her attention. Alva– She… She's got a hold on almost everyone. She controls everything,” She warned, and Massara looked past her to the woman at the bar, who's eyes lifted from her conversation partner to meet his. He's been noticed.

Green (Campfire [nerevarine fic uwu])

The long line of Addarash's profile was something that Ilenar had grown familiar to. Straight nose bridge, rounded tip. Strong brow, full lips. His septum piercing glinted in the firelight. "Well, I consider you a friend. We've talked a lot over this week. And before as well. Despite your unfriendliness." Ilenar watched Addarash set the jar aside, his lithe fingers lingering on the glass edge for a moment. The flowers he used in his salve stained his nails green, contrasting with the deep purples of his skin.

Sunlight (TEETH [Merry getting turned into a vampire for a SECOND time.])

Merriell looked down at the water, blinking droplets from his eyelashes and froze. The water was tinted red and Merriell frantically looked up to his reflection in the mirror, pawing at his neck, looking for any signs of a wound. But there was nothing. Just all his old scars, ever overlapping bites on his neck. Memories of cold nights stuck in a cave. Teeth ripping at his throat. He looked back at the water and his distorted reflection stared right at back him expectantly. Maybe it was just the pipes. Back home the water would run red sometimes, from the clay in the ground, or rust in the pipes. He drew back the curtains on the window and winced. His head throbbed at the sunlight, aching behind his eyes. He unlatched the window and threw out the discolored water. He briefly peered out and caught sight of the sun; he had slept far too long, it was nearly midday.

Blade - (The Snow Prince Awakens)

Then Areyor’s memory began to fail him. He could recall cutting through swaths of armored foes with his spear. He could remember falling– feeling crushed. Crushed by the weight of his mount collapsing onto him. Pain radiated up from his legs, he couldn't move! Panic began to set in and the last thing he remembered was a scream – no, a roar – of anguish as a shadow blocked his view of the sun. A twinkle of its reflection on a blade, a brief explosion of pain, then nothing. A great chasm of nothing. It seemed to stretch for eternity until he woke. Here, in the dark. The freezing dark.

[moonshadovv]

I love making my own strains of vampirism and giving them fun beast forms. This one is influenced by the powers of Peryite, hence the draconic features.

[trinrose3]

Commission for the wonderful @fallen-chances 's oc named Merriell Sartorius! If you want to see more of this cool looking dude check out their blog :D!

[fallen-chances]

OC Tag Game

@stormbeyondreality tagged me in this and im!! :V eee yay I will also JUST be doing TES ocs or id have waaayy too many to choose from.

rules: sort your OCs into the below categories and (optionally) make them in this picrew. 

tagging: uhmmm @kagrenacs @crysdrawsthings @trinrose3 @nightlist if y'all want to (no pressure!)

1. Favorite OC

This is. a very hard one because it changes depending who I'm focusing on, but atm...

Featuring his new bangs of recent design :)

2. Newest OC

I haven't made a new TES OC in a VERY long time, but Azaril would be it. They lead the cult Massara used to be a member of. They have a very rocky, somewhat toxic relationship with one another.

3. Oldest OC

Aedia! Y'all know that John Mulaney bit about mean middle schoolers? That's her. Except she's highschool aged instead. She was my first solid TES OC, originally my LDB until I made Maelle. Now she's just my thief and Nightingale and the token small child of the group.

4. Meanest OC

It's hard to say because I don't often have to make mean ocs for TES, but I have just the one...

This picrew makes him look significantly less intimidating than he is. He's a quite old vampire (pre Tiber Septim) and is the major antagonist of the first act of an RP I'm in, trying to overthrow the new Lord of Volkihar castle (my friend's OC) and manipulate one of his newborn progeny (my oc Merriell) into being a puppet to destabilize the new Lord's rule.

5. Softest OC

It is without a doubt Maelle. Despite all her hardships, she remains loving and caring of all those around her. All she ever wants to do is help.

6. Most Aloof/Standoffish OC

It's easily Addarash, just simply from the POV of Ilenar (My Nerevarine) He was incredibly closed off to Ilenar, as a Velothi Dunmer he had no interest in an outlander being the savior from legends. But.... down the line after spending a lot of time with him, he ends up catching feelings and opens up to him, but he's still a bit aloof.

7. Dumbest (Affectionate) OC

Truly, he's my resident manlet himbo. Unironically. Falls head over heels without hesitation at the sight of Adal (big pretty lady..) He's not dumb, but he's certainly not the smartest of the group.

8. Smartest OC

Considering Ilenar was arrested and shipped to Vvardenfell for stealing books on magic, there's no competition for him to be marked as my smartest OC. He's a big ol' nerd. also incredibly hard to make in this picrew.

9. OC I would be best friends with

I thought on this one for a while and unfortunately it's a tie.

Merriell and I would bond well with the fact that. Well... I put a lot of myself in him. We would be very kindred spirits and bond well over shared experiences.

Rhene and I would get along simply because Rhene gets along with everyone. He's a sweetheart who hides his pain with jokes and goofs and just. I need to hug him fr.

[moonshadovv]

i realized I wasn't going to finish the fic I was doing for @tes-summer-fest day 3 [Teeth] in time, so i threw this together last minute

I'll take any opportunity to draw beast form Merry :)

[moonshadovv]

monster boy pinup <3

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[fallen-chances]

TES OC MASTERPOST

I'm realizing I rb lots of stuff asking for people to send asks about my ocs but there are probably a lot of people who like Don't Know My OCs! So here is a master post for my elder scrolls OCS! (vampyr oc masterpost is [COMING SOON])

I figured I would sort by Eras! Easiest for everyone. Under the cut, because I have SO many OCs. Any names with a ** are minor ocs that don't have much in their own tags but feature mostly in other characters' art or writing.

1E/2E

Alheidon Envolsen - He/Him, Gay. A Nord born in the late first Era. Came from a bad childhood that left him with dissociative identity disorder. His family line is known to be "cursed" with men falling into unfortunate accidents and women often struggling to conceive. He had a brief fling with a Dwemer that inspired him to leave home and become a mercenary. After meeting with that Dwemer again, they fell in love and got married. After a mercenary contract went wrong, he was turned into a vampire.

Abisare Raonryhn - He/They, Pansexual. A Dwemer with prophetic visions for reasons unknown. He has two younger sisters** who are twins. He does art and occasional manual labor. His prophetic visions led him to Alheidon twice. After a Falmer uprising in Nchuand-zel, he was left badly injured, forcing Alheidon to turn him into a vampire.

As vampires they grow very powerful and pick up on traveling through daedric realms for fun, and were off-world in Moonshadow when the Dwemer disappeared, sparing Abisare.

**Khzaechum - Ze/Zir, ???. A very minor Dwemer OC of mine, an ex-tonal architect who was banished from the Dwemer for excessive interest in the Daedra. Friend of the Chimer. Functionally immortal and no one knows how. Good friends with Mistress Dratha. Unknown how ze survived the disappearance of the dwemer.

3E

Ilenar Talvyn - He/Him, Bisexual. Dunmer Nerevarine. Destruction mage with medium armor and a dagger for Flavor. Born to adopted Imperial parents who ran an apothecary, he was arrested for stealing magic books. He really doesn't know what he's doing here in Morrowind, he's just trying to get by going from one day to another and got wrapped up in all this. He Fell in love with an Ashlander that he was sure hated him, and after he defeated Dagoth Ur he was... in need of some help.

Addarashnimaelshuralu - He/Him, Gay. Ashlander Dunmer, younger brother of the Zainab tribe's Ashkhan. He and Ilenar had very rocky beginnings but he was often forced to be the one Ilenar was interacting with when his older brother or the Wise Woman wanted nothing to do with Ilenar. Works for the Morag Tong occasionally.

Addarash nursed Ilenar back to health when he stumbled into the Zainab tribe injured and delirious after defeating Dagoth Ur. They slowly built a rapport over a few weeks and eventually, Ilenar confessed the feelings he had for him. They get together in secret for a while until getting properly married. They adopted Addarash's young cousin after her parents died and had another child through a surrogate, as corprus left Ilenar infertile. And very immortal. Stuck watching his family slowly age without him. When the Red Year occurred, he lost them all and wanders around Tamriel listlessly.

Hadrien Velvinia - He/Him, Bisexual. Imperial Hero of Kvatch. Was indoctrinated into a Cult of Sanguine as a teen, and was there for a long time as their resident necromancer and conjurer. He was even the one to recruit Martin to it but eventually left after a bit of love at first sight with a Nord woman**. They settled down and tried having a family, but bandits killed his wife and young child**, leading him to pick up necromancy (again). He eventually got arrested. His reunion with Martin was awkward and strained, but they eventually began rekindling their very old romance. Then Martin died. Hadrien later went on to do Shivering Isles and became the new Sheogorath. Left behind a surrogate son from the cult, Umbaiel Plautius**

4E

Maelle Channitte - She/Her, Lesbian. Breton Dragonborn. Battlemage Conjurer and Champion of Meridia. Member of the College of Winterhold, though she gave Archmage status to Mirabelle. Ex Noble whose parents were killed in an assassination attempt on her 12th birthday. The event left her selectively mute both by physical and mental trauma. She does not go down in history as the Dragonborn and prefers it that way. Only a few select people actually know she's the DB. Dating Adal Envolsen.

Adal Envolsen - She/Her, Bisexual and Poly. Descendent of Alheidon. The warrior and healer of the group. Bard's College graduate. She goes down in History as the Dragonborn because she often speaks for Maelle. Ex-Priestess of Kyne who often protected the temple later picked up mercenary work where she met Celeryn, who she is engaged to, as well as dating Maelle.

Celeryn Sural - He/Him, Pansexual. Mixed Bosmer/Breton. Ranger Swashbuckler type, an ex-pirate who retired after a shark took a chunk out of his thigh. Met Adal on a bounty together and grouped up, eventually falling in love. He proposed to her several times before she finally agreed.

Aedia Dormae - She/They Bi/Ace. Ex Imperial rich girl who had to run away after she stole something from the Imperial Palace. The resulting altercation to get it back wound up with her mother dead by accident. The Imperial City Thieves Guild recommended she run to Skyrim, where she met up with the Guild in Riften. She goes on to become a Nightingale and joins Maelle + Friends as their resident rogue.

Maelle met Adal and Celeryn in Whiterun, and they joined her on her quest to Bleak Falls Barrow and beyond. They met Aedia when they had to go to Riften for the aid of the Thieves Guild. They briefly parted ways after the MQ, with Maelle doing the Dragonborn DLC alone, Adal and Celeryn doing Dawnguard, and Aedia simply doing Thieves Guild things. They eventually all got back together to end the Civil War in a truce allowing the Nords religious freedom while still being an Imperial territory. Adal went on to attempt to educate the Nords in the ways the Imperials caused the loss of aspects of their culture and teach them about their religion before Imperialization.

Snow Elf OCs

This is a bit of a different subset of OCs bc it's a bit AU...

Rhene Norwenoth-Henelen - He/They, Bisexual. Born in the middle of the Falmer/Atmoran wars, in a little village where Old Hroldan is now. His parents and little sister were killed by Atmorans, leaving him in the care of his estranged uncle Gaelin** who was just sent home from the battlefield. Most of his village, aided by a runaway ex-enchanter** from the Falmer royal family, was frozen in a magical stasis in a hidden cave. He and his uncle seemed to be the only survivors, awakening after the events of Skyrim.

**Faekyre Orenaris - They/She, Ace Lesbian. A Falmer born in a village of surviving descendants living in the Jerall Mountains. She is an excellent hunter, even with her missing eye from a bear attack.

**Ysmawith - They/Them, ??? Born to a neighboring village as Faekyre, Ysmawith got lost for several years in their childhood where they lived with betrayed Falmer in a cave. When they were twelve they clawed their own eyes out in distress to be "more like their family." Was eventually found and brought back home where they live in unease.

Areyor Masparwen - He/Him, ??? The Snow Prince. Genuinely. He's my oc now <3. Not in line for the throne at all, he took to the battlefield to defend his people against the invading Atmorans. When he was killed in Solstheim, he was actually saved by an enchanted amulet of his, a gift from his older sister** that contains a stasis spell much like the one used with Rhene's village. He awoke not long after the Great War and spent a lot of time wandering trying to find survivors.

Areyor eventually finds Rhene, Gaelin, Faekyre, and Ysmawith and convinces them all to join him on a journey to the Chantry in the Forgotten Veil. Vythur and Gelebor are reunited and Vythur is cured of Vampirism with the aid of the Dragonborn. They set up a new settlement for the Falmer, inviting any descendants of survivors to come and people interested in trade. One person who is not a Falmer at all does arrive.

Uthryne Olthen - They/She, Bisexual. Mixed Dunmer/Altmer. Their parents were daedra hunters and killed after crossing a cult of Vaermina. The surviving cultists, aided by an embittered Vaermina, cursed Uthryne to suffer from nightmarishly exaggerated prophetic dreams. They eventually lead her to the Chantry, where they were nursed back to health after far too much sleep deprivation and drugs to aid in that. She finds herself an odd one out in the chantry, but the local ray of sunshine Rhene befriends her, and eventually, they hook up. Feelings are caught, confessions, etc. you know the deal they're an Item <3

RP AU Characters

These OCs are from an ongoing RP with one of my friends and are tes versions of some of my Vampyr OCs. This is an AU version of Skyrim and detached from my other ocs (though they make cameos at times)

Merriell Sartorius - He/Him, Gay. Breton/Imperial raised outside the Imperial City in a stifling and abusive noble family. Left when he was 18 to spend time with his Uncle in Solitude, but was caught by Movarth's coven on the way and kept initially as food, then later as entertainment after he was accidentally turned and they starved him. Saved by a new Lord of Castle Volkihar who overthrew Harkon (my friend's OC Cassander**.) He is incredibly naive and both very trusting and horribly suspicious of everyone. The worst abandonment fear known to man. He has a bit of a corruption arc planned that I like to draw.

Massarapalibbi - Any (commonly He/They) Pansexual. Ashlander living on mainland Morrowind. His parents died when he was young. Left home at 16 (abandoning his little sister** in the process) and was found by a cult of Boethiah he stayed with until joining a cult of Mephala that was a schism of the Morag Tong (which shattered after the events of Red Year) His sister eventually tracked him down for missing an important anniversary of their mother's death and dragged him home. He can't bear to stay in one place, so they began traveling as bards. After a fight involving an old member of the Mephala cult**, he and his sister parted ways until she invited him to join her at the Solitude Bard's college. He too was caught by Movarth's coven, but instead as a meal for Merriell, who was just barely able to keep himself from draining him. Upon being saved by Cassander, Massara was turned to save his life since he lost too much blood.

**Corelia Bianchi - She/Her. Straight. A viscountess of Bravil who fell in love with a vampire artist**. When she was dying of consumption he turned her and whisked her away into the night. She and her husband joined Volkihar castle 10 years ago, but her husband was killed during a fight with the Dawnguard recently. She wants revenge but has no fighting skills.

**Finnr Blood-Beast - He/Him, Bisexual. A very old vampire who thrives on chaos, and is currently attempting to ruin Cassander's rule of the castle by grooming Merriell into the perfect weapon against him. Joins up with an even older vampire (Earaya**) who also likes the idea of overthrowing Cassander so that Earaya can rule.

**Blair Stout-Heart - He/They, Lesbian. Raised Nord of Reachmen descent. The current leader of the Dawnguard after Cassander disposed of much of the higher-ups. Distrusting and prone to anger, but also is a healer and is trying to turn over a new leaf for the Dawnguard.

Ysmine Fire-Eyes - She/Her ???. Young Nord girl who is with the Dawnguard because she has nowhere else to go after vampires killed her father**, an ex-champion of Meridia and owner of Dawnbreaker. Fended off many of the vampires who wanted the sword to destroy it, but was left injured by the time she was saved. Feels she owes the Dawnguard her life and is willing to do anything to help. She is the daughter of a Golden Saint, through a very hush-hush affair of her father's.

these are a few misc ocs in the universe, all have an encompassing ** :)

Abigaelaris - She/Her, Bisexual Altmer. The youngest sister of the Solitude clothiers, but she was disowned for having anti-Aldmeri Dominion sentiments. Currently works for a competing store as a dressmaker. The owner** is a vampire, not that she knows it.

Nileyransi - She/Her, ???. Massarapalibbi's little sister. Currently unaware of her older sibling's undead status.

Athanasia - She/Her Lesbian. An ancient Falmer pureblood vampire, who gained her powers to save her family. Her coven is small, and primarily women who travel around Tamriel staying in caves and abandoned buildings, mostly feeding on animals but also the occasional bandit, criminal, or particularly rude traveler. She is Cassander's maker.

Zharrae - She/They Bisexual. Athanasia's half nord daughter. She was born in the 3rd Era. Athanasia didn't think she could have children, as a vampire, but wanted to try anyway. Zharrae has a uniquely difficult struggle with her humanity, hunger, and vampirism as a Dhampir

Arwyn - He/Him, Gay. Ohmes Khajiit, raised Reachmen. Currently trying to hunt down Earaya bc he slaughtered his khajiit family's caravan on the road. Joined the Dawnguard with the hope that they'll help him kill him. He will occasionally bite vampires back, out of spite.

[fallen-chances]

Arwyn: *bangs a book on the table in frustration*

Merriell: Stop that! How would YOU feel if I banged you against the table?

Arwyn: I—

Arwyn: I don’t know the correct answer to this question.

[fallen-chances]

Merriell: I love murder mystery novels!

Arwyn, trying to impress him: I've been a suspect in four murder cases.

[fallen-chances]

Merriell: Met an absolute idiot today. Awful.

Massara: You looked in a mirror?

Merriell: Someday you will have to answer for your actions and the gods may not be so merciful.

[fallen-chances]

I love being the most confusing creator ever by having two versions of Merriell

[moonshadovv]

Silent Trepidation | Silent Fury

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[moonshadovv]

I simply think tes Merry looks great in floofy sleeves.

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[moonshadovv]

Took over seven hours of tweaking, but I've finally finished Merriell's Dark vampire form.

[moonshadovv]

I'll drain your life til there's nothing left but your blood shot eyes

when there's nothing left but pain.

(@tes-summer-fest 2022 day 8, Free Day!)

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[moonshadovv]

@tes-summer-fest 2022 Day 3 - Confession / Curse

It's certainly considered a curse getting turned into a vampire TWICE in your life.

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