#Not just my tes ocs but in general

[inkysqueed]

brainstorming (more like daydreaming) what secret herbs and spices i will put into my ocs this time

[sinners-men-and-angels]

sometimes i think about tullius giving augustus his sword at the end of the civil war and i. explode about it

[butterrdream]

Was listening to the song "Always an Angel" by Alexandria okay... I'll be honest I saw an edit and those who know, know the hold a good edit has on me... and a lot of the lyrics really fit with the Earthlings so I wanted point out specific lyrics hehe <3

Always the saviour, never the saved

[Sephira]

Always the coward, never the brave

[Celina]

Always the artist, never the muse

[Nameless]

So much to gain but much more to lose

[Checkerface/Kawahira]

Trying to love but told I'm too much

[Redacted]

All that I have is falling apart

[All of them]

Always the second, never the one Thought I could fly but fell to the ground

[Alder]

[perkeleen-lavellan]

For the 10 other people who actually read Skyrim fanfic, do you prefer fics where the Dragonborn is written in a way that you could insert your own character to them with techniques like only using the name Dragonborn to refer to them and so on, or do you prefer to read about an established Dragonborn, someone's OC basically?

[vehksfingerguns]

Kjara is straight up not having a good time right now

[actual-skyrim-quotes]

Can I justify doing quotes of my OCs or am I only allowed to use generic PC names

You know what, fuck it. My blog, my rules. I am subjecting you all to quotes from my OCs. If you don't want to see them, blacklist the tag #tes oc quotes

[electoons]

breaking my artistic dry spell by drawing my 6'7" orc and her 5'4" bosmer husband as every single tall goddess/short king meme that exists. unfortunately I can only think of 2

[haresvoid]

I need to add her to the blog but I still think she is very pretty

[argonianfeather]

contracted lycanthropy in daggerfall and while I reloaded a previous save I'm probably going to try getting it again once I can afford hircines ring

Anyways here's sketch of Psylinde as a woof

[venusmage]

hi! sorry if this is a weird question. do you ever get stuck in your own head when it comes to making tes ocs to take the place of the protagonists? like, i see everywhere that the hok HAS to be an imperial, and the ldb HAS to be a nord etc. because those are canon? this might just be a personal/skill issue but those things being considered canon makes it really hard for me to stray, but you do it so well! if it's something you've never struggled with then feel free to ignore this, but i'd love to know your process for making protagonists! thank you!

Not a weird question at all! Because here’s the thing, I totally understand why you’d feel the pressure to conform to what is seemingly the “canon” portrayal of the character. However TES is great in that even if you DO stray….it’s still canon. Let me hold your hand and walk with me nonny and maybe my logic will help you get over that hurdle, too. I’m against these three being “musts” for several reasons, and would argue it isn’t a requirement at all.

Firstly, I’d argue that the game giving you the option, consistently, to play any of the available ethnicities in TES inherently implies that any of those options ARE canonically valid. While it’s true that gameplay and lore/story is sometimes (often) at odds in the series, something as major as your PC’s core identity isn’t proven as impossible in any of the storylines of the three main games. For example, in Morrowind Argonians are highly resistant (or impervious. Don’t remember which because I haven’t played unmodded Morrowind in 80 million years) to disease. Theoretically this could imply that they can’t catch The Blight - but you catch it regardless of what race you play. You could reason this in a myriad of ways, but mine has always been that Corpus is not a normal disease - it’s , additionally, magical. After all, Argonians can also become vampires, which are considered diseases in canon. Buuut they give you magic powers. So.

Neloth refers to the Nerevarine as “he” in Dragonborn BUT 1) IIRC Kirkbride said it was an error and 2) Telvanni/The great houses in general aren’t exactly known for being pillars of feminism. I totally believe that he’d just lie if your Nerevarine happened to be a woman because it’s less bruising to the ego. “He” is also in the opening of Morrowind, and again I never thought this meant the Nerevarine HAD to be male. You can justify that one however you want: trying to go for a gender-neutral “he” (like saying “man” to refer to humanity), the prophecy assuming the Nerevarine will be the same gender as Nerevar himself, etc.

This goes hand in hand with my second point: TES is a series RIFE with revisionist history and unreliable narrators. The Thalmor and Black Marsh both insist that THEY defeated the Oblivion hoards during the crisis, for example. But we played Oblivion. We know that’s not how it went down.

Think on it: would the proud Dunmer not want to pretend the Nerevarine was another proud (male) dark elf? Would the weakening Empire NOT want to pretend that the HoK was one of their own - decked out in legion armor no less, despite the fact there’s no way to acquire it in-game (without murder? and you’re literally a prisoner in the beginning)? Same goes with the Nords. They tend to want to think Dragonborn-ness is exclusive to them and them only, but that’s literally not true in any capacity. Nearly all of the lore we don’t directly interact with in-game is historical texts from a vast array of biased sources.

And, finally, to make a point outside of the fourth wall: I think the default protagonists are just always the ethnicity that’s associated with the homeland the game is set in. This is why the Arena and Daggerfall protagonists are genuinely faceless and you don’t see the same argument: those games span all of Tamriel. I think for III - V it’s more a way for Bethesda to showcase a unique aspect of the region we’ll be playing in. And they’re always men because gamerbros piss their pants if they even ASSUME they must play a woman (think about reactions to the most recent Witcher game announcement).

I think people who insist the protagonists of this series “must” be X or Y are either misguided or unimaginative. TES is great because of how rocky and vauge it’s historical foundations are. You can decide whatever you want and you can PROBABLY find a way to bullshit the lore to your own means to make it “fit”. For example, Dondras is the Champion of Cyrodiil but by the 4th Era in Skyrim’s timeline, the HoK is confused in some texts as being an Ohmes Khajiit, due to the fact M’rasha was also documented as being Hok. The two stories of them ultimately got confused by the passage of time and incomplete record-keeping. So later historians saw mentions of a khajiit and/or mer and assumed it must’ve been the furstock that LOOKS like an elf.

I hope this helps/makes sense! It’s a mix of appealing to Gamers and there being no actual canonical reason why they have to be anything at all. Be free!

[thelistenersfury]

Hey you gamer and mod downloader

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I've been modding for 20 years and can make retextures for pretty much any game texture mods exist for. For examples of what I can do, check out my Nexus page.

I'm opening up commission slots so just dm me and describe the scope of what you wanna do, don't be afraid if I haven't released anything for your game specifically, I've got a lot of generalized experience and I can probably make it happen. I'll post all games I've actively modded for in the tags. Note: all mods created will be posted freely and publicly on nexus

[hellfiresky]

GAR ALL PERSONNEL BROADCAST

Pairing: This is the most random mix possible. From RCs to my own OCs (fully developed ones you can meet in my fics) and new faces I made up on the spot.

Summary: Not my first time making clone group chats, but my first time posting one as a standalone! It’s exactly what it sounds like: millions of clones stuck in one galaxy-wide all-personnel group chat. GFFA data service and tech are apparently so powerful. You leave the chat for one minute and there’s already +6000 messages. Absolutely unmanageable. Mods are barely holding it together.

Mod list: Boss, Cody, Alpha-17, Bacara, Jesse (somehow he made it among officers), Gree, Sinker (somehow he made it too), Ordo, Fi

Warnings: nothing. Crack ahead. EVERYONE LIVES.

Taglist: @orangez3st - also because this crack came up in our chat 💀

GAR ALL PERSONNEL BROADCAST

📌 PINNED MESSAGE (edited 3 hours ago by Jesse):

Welcome to ALL PERSONNEL BROADCAST – this is the official GAR-wide channel.

Rules (because apparently we need them):

1. No thirst trap reviews.

2. Use threads. For the love of Prime.

3. Be kind. No inter-unit war. Mods will smite you.

4. If you see General Kenobi or General Skywalker join, act normal.

5. No one wants to hear your datapad mix at 0300

6. Any dream involving General Mundi is a YOU problem.

7. DO NOT EVER add civvies, Jedi, or your Mandalorian buire (looking at you, Skirata’s sons).

8. Please remember: Alpha-17 is reading AND modding.

9. Emotional breakdowns permitted on Primeday only.

10. The “clones tier list” thread is banned. Forever.

(This week’s special rule: If you see Marshal Commander Cody typing, stop what you’re doing and reflect on your sins.)

Current mod on duty: Ordo Skirata

Most recent muted user: Dickies from the 41st Elite Corps (for sending an unsolicited Niamos karaoke as a bit).

Server uptime: 99.7% (dropped after Marshal Commander Fox rage-quit and rebooted the network)

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CT-339821: i texted her “what if we kissed in the AT-TE maintenance hangar 🥺👉👈”

CT-898421: real ones know there’s no better first date than taking apart a blaster

Ridge: y’all got dates??? 😐

Hardcase: i got RIZZ

Echo: please stop using that word.

Jesse (mod): no he’s right tho. hardcase got this weird situational rizz. 3 seconds max and then he self-destructs

Kix: idk what’s worse, the medbay smell or watching y’all exchange your pickup lines in this chat like it’s 79’s fresher line at midnight

Sinker (mod): just woke up to 6,902 unread messages what the actual kriff is going on here

Scorch: *sends tooka memes*

Cody (mod): STOP SPAMMING. THIS IS NOT FOR MEMES.

Boil: but sir we had an important discussion about if clones could beat a rancor with bare hands (probably buried. scroll up for context!)

Boss (mod): No. You could not.

Fi (mod): I could

Niner: Omega fucking wins again

Ordo (mod): No you couldn’t, Fi. You whined when you stubbed your toe on Dar’s gear bag.

Alpha-17 (mod): If i see one more picture of some shiny’s helmet next to a mug of caf and a datapad with the caption “just Centaxday tings” I’m purging this entire network

Parts: sir u just don’t understand ✨aesthetic✨

Gree (mod): boys, boys. please. some of us are trying to maintain a reputation here.

Bly: Reputation as what gree. The funky lil trooper figurines collector???

Wolffe: YOU PROMISED YOU’D STOP MENTIONING THE FIGURINES

CT-8364: With all due respect, sir. That’s such an L

Wolffe: Trip, right? Latrine duty. Now.

Bacara (mod): What’s an L?

Jesse (mod): ok ok back to business. shinies been saying some wild shit. translation thread starting now. drop your questions sirs

Boss (mod): What does “ate” mean? What did Rex eat on Umbara?

Rex: rations and sterile milk

Fives: shut the fuck up rex you can’t be that dense

Dogma: Wow, ARC title allows you to talk osik to your superior?

Jesse (mod): shut up dog

Echo: shut up dogma

Fives: SHUT UP, DOGMA!

Nax: Thanks, guys, he’s sulking again and stole the console. It was supposed to be my turn to play Battle Star.

Hardcase: i WILL beat him and he will SULK even more

Sinker (mod): “ate” -> Translation: He did well. Usage: “Captain Rex really ate during that campaign on Umbara 🔥”

Boss (mod): What’s the significance of eating and performing?

Fixer: @Scorch get him

Scorch: On my way! 🫵🏾🤣💥

Fi (mod): Okay i’m starting a new thread called “Fever Dreams” for funsies! Drop your weirdest dreams. go!

Comet: I dreamt I was a loaf of bread being sliced by General Plo. He was gentle.

CC-IMMUNE: dreamt i had to re-certify my shooting skills and the blaster was a frog. General Yoda had to tame it

Nate: Dreamt that Kit Fisto told me he was proud of me. I woke up sobbing

Jangotat: CT-92-1786, oh you’re the one who adopted my former name.

Bacara (mod): Not gonna happen, kid. @Nate

Advisor: Dear all, please avoid going to Mess Hall B98 at the Republic Military Base from 1300 to 1800 tomorrow. There will be a demolition experts meet up.

Cody (mod): Thank you, Addy.

Bacara (mod): Well noted.

Fox: Thanks. Please contact Thire for all base announcements.

Sev: what did i miss i was asleep

Jesse (mod): dreams. drop yours and be weird about it.

Sev: i dreamt i was in a hot spring on hoth with the Delta Squad. but the water was beer. Fixer had eggs for eyes. Scorch was a sentient kettle. Boss was Boss.

Fi (mod): EXACTLY the kind of sick shit I wanted

Ordo (mod): I always pick the wrong time modding

CT-78927: one time i dreamt we were all assigned emotions like that animated holofilm. i got “mild disappointment”, CT-78928 got “suppressed anger”

Bacara (mod): @Keeli aren’t those your kids?

Keeli: Yeah. The weird ones are mine, sir.

Hound: I had a dream where I adopted at least 60 massiffs

Wrecker: I DREAMT I WAS DATING A THERMAL DETONATOR and SHE WAS SHY BUT SWEET 🫵🏾 WHEN SHE BLEW UP, SHE SAID “I’M SORRY IT HAD TO BE THIS WAY” AND KISSED ME. BOOM! DREAM!

Crosshair: I’m banning you from sleeping in the armoury

Parts: dreamt i was in 79’s, but the band was made of Jedi. Obi-Wan on drums. Anakin on bass. Kit on guitar. Plo on keys. Mace crowd surfed. i got kicked in the face and thanked him 🫡

Thorn: i dreamt i was chasing paperwork and every time i got close it changed into a new form. i woke up and it was real

Fox: We shared the same dream, vod.

Gree (mod): last night i dreamt i was a lamp in the Jedi Council chamber.

Boss (mod): All of you need psychological help

Jesse (mod): Boss pls drop ur weird dream or we’re revoking ur mod card

Boss (mod): I dreamt I got demoted and had to lead base tours for civilians in @Part’s drag sash. Walon Vau hugged me, and I woke up sweating.

Ordo (mod): weirdest part is Vau showing affection

Fi (mod): ok that concludes Fever Dreams. you lot are unwell. i’m proud of us.

Alpha-17 (mod): Everyone logging into this thread is being scheduled for mandatory psych eval. Even me. Especially me.

Tup: okay but hear me out, what does it mean if i dreamt the clones were all in a musical called Buirmia! and Captain Rex had a solo called “Order 69” whilst Commander Fox tap danced in a turbolift in 1313 and Commander Cody did a duet with General Kenobi

Echo: it means we all need to go to sleep and never wake up

Omega: This looks fun! What are you guys talking about? 🤭

Echo: CLOSE YOUR EYES

Echo: WHO GAVE THE KID ACCESS?!

Hunter, Tech, Crosshair, and Wrecker left

Sister: This is why I told you it was a bad idea to join this broadcast @Emerie

Emerie left

[boiledkwamaegg]

Actually one silly thing I want to mention is that all my TES OCs live in the same universe, which means that in Faenil's story, the entire province of Morrowind is still genderbent. Like it would be so funny if they randomly mentioned something about Dagoth Ur and just casually referred to her with feminine pronouns. Or different pronouns for the Tribunal in general. I'm sure some other reoccurring characters from Morrowind will have weird gender stuff going on too, like Neloth might be agender or something idk. And yes, Faenil will meet Roe (my nerevarine) at some point, although very briefly, and they will have no idea who she really is. She's all lowkey in some tavern, Faenil probably asks her to join their army of Khajiit, and she politely declines. And also, Tei-Xho (my HoK) will meet Faenil too. I mean, I want Faenil to do the Mind of Madness quest just because I think it's fitting for the deranged dragonborn to meet the madgod LMAO it's going to be glorious, and gives me motivation to develop these characters more alongside Faenil. Gods, I love making my main OCs interact with each other...

[as-crow-flies]

Hello, tumblr! 🪶

I think it’s about time I make an introductory post. Here we go:

You can call me Merla!

I use they/them pronouns :)

I’m a 21 y.o. self-taught hobbyist artist. In scary scary real life I’m a full time chemistry student, and I do research on progestins!

This is an Elder Scrolls brainrot blog. I post a lot about my ocs, and I’m obsessed with altmer lore and tes lore in general

This blog might contain art or/and descriptions of heavier themes like violence, gore, substance use and suggestive content. I do like making my ocs suffer, so please, tread with caution!

English is not my first language, so I’ll probably make mistakes on occasion

Other fun trivia: i’m a pagan, i like birds a lot and one of my hobbies is birdwatching, i can play the piano, my favorite color is mossy green, i’m neurodivergent(obviously lol). im also gay as fuck

No DNIs, if someone acts really obnoxious or disrespectful I’ll probably just block them lol.

Welcome!

[wrong-mother]

About the Night of Tears

I had an absolutely cool convo on Falmer lore and headcanons with @tes-trash-blog recently which made me reflect a lot on what had happened in Saarthal. And just now I've found my old sketch from Inktober 2022 with my Falmer OC, Aeola, and her father Siriath, a general who gave order to destroy Saarthal.

Okay, so bear with me.

Do you remember College of Winterhold quest and all that stuff with Ancano? Of course, he was arrogant and crappy and all that, but during this questline we clearly notice that the moment he encounters the Eye of Magnus, over a pretty short span of time it drives him insane, and the more he tries to wield its magic, the worse his madness gets until it eventually gets him killed.

My point is: what if something similar happened to Atmorans? I'm pretty sure there already was a lot of tension between Falmer and Atmorans due to doubtful customs and habits of the latter, but when Atmorans discovered the Eye of Magnus and tried to figure out what it is, they either weren't careful enough or simply couldn't handle its power and gradually (or not, who knows) became more aggressive and unpredictable. Ahhh, the nature of humans who ignore the "no touchy big shiny thingy" rule :D

Anyway, by the time the Falmer found out what had happened, it was already too late to try and negotiate how to handle a huge goddamn Aedric artifact: at that point the Atmorans were too dangerous even to themselves. The Falmer, being one of the most peaceful races in Tamriel, didn't want to hurt them, yet they realised that destroying Saarthal completely was the only option if they wanted to ensure survival of their own people. Necessary evil, one might say.

I even dare to suggest that the lingering effect of Eye of Magnus alongside with the massacre in Saarthal pushed Ysgramor over the edge and turned his terror into a bloodthirst. The reason why the Falmer were taken by surprise with the backlash from Atmorans is a whole another story; they simply might've thought there were no survivors, or something else might have happened.

That being said, don't touch big eerily glowing orbs, my friends. Bad for your health.

[kyneforged]

I'm back with the updated 2024 end of the year OC List Bay-bee ✨

Salutations my name is Chris (he/she/they - 27) and The Elder Scrolls has been my longest running hyperfixation since 2009. My main is arimabari, and I run the TES fashion focused blog Tamrielfashion.

Tatia "Tia" Stormcrown - The Last Dragonborn - Demigod (appears Nord/Dunmer) - She/They - Tatia was a strange child orphaned by the Great War and raised by a devout monk in Weynon Priory until his eventual passing. She is a devout priestess of Kynareth, a well-worn traveler, and someone who finds her solace in nature rather than with people.

Toyhouse | Art by puppydogtown

Kyne / Kynareth Aedra - My personal interpretation of Kyne. When her Nordic aspect became another casualty in the Great War, she returned to her child in the shape of a hawk wearing a clay face. She is the whispering wind that keeps Tatia on her destined path.

Maybeth Sybella Oregota (of House Taurus) - Hero of Kvatch - Nibenese Imperial - She/Her - A blue-blooded princess born at the tail end of Jagar Tharn's reign. She murders her husband and heir to the Imperial Throne, Prince Geldall, while under the influence of Mythic Dawn cultists.

Art by methysis

Benitah "Bennie" - Nerevarine - Dunmer - She/Him - The child of an ex-Ashkhan who sent her newborn down the river, hoping to grant her a better life. Bennie was raised by an Argonian smuggler and his Orc bodyguard in Cyrodiil's criminal underbelly and would later become a fence for the Thieves Guild.

Art by nerime

Minia Al-Tukta Ma'bro - Hero of Daggerfall - Redguard - She/Her - Daughter of the Tukta Ma'bro, an old Yokudan traveling circus. She was once revered as a talented bard. The Emperor's Songbird - but under Mephala's influence, she rose to Grandmaster of the Blades. She is Calaxes and Martin's birth mother.

Art by ijiwaruuma

Florence Meliard - The Mythic High Priestess - Breton - She/Her - A Priestess of the One who becomes trapped in the Battlespire during my AU version of story events. After she is twisted by the nightmare of her captivity, Florence becomes a devout religious leader under the Mythic Dawn.

Art by sillyysunnyy

Bejira-Ma "Bee" - The Eternal Champion - Ohmes-raht Khajiit - He/Him - Bee was separated from his family during a conflict at the Valenwood/Elsweyr border, and was later raised by the Imperial general who found him. He worked as a serving girl but trained with his father's men on the side - until one day, he finds himself escaping the Imperial Palace with three little princes in tow.

Art by samarajethwa

Audeius Tharn - The Listener (3rd Era) - Nibenese Imperial - He/Him - Maybeth's (unknowing) half-brother. A bastard Tharn drawn to the Night Mother's arms after a count's betrayal left him homeless on the streets of Bravil. He murders succinctly and with little remorse for his actions.

Caelamin Osella - Dawnbreaker's Sheath - Ayleid/Altmer - She/Her - A renowned Summerset Courtesan and Keeper of Dawnbreaker. She is currently in service to Giranderiel, an Altmeri crime lord and skooma smuggler.

Lelleone "Lell" - The Vestige - Altmer Soul Shriven - They/Them - Giranderiel's loyal mutt who was given up to Molag Bal after they got just a little too cozy with Osella. Only knows how to take orders like a dog. Queen Ayrenn's little puppy.