#Tanlorin

[maxkennedy24]

[bakedashyam]

ESO companions in 2024

[yansurnummu]

nirnroot is cilantro???

[dragonknightofsummerset]

I don't want to be too specific & say the Vestige cause there's probably several npcs people have their eyes on for their Vestige that don't include the companions lol. So this goes for whichever of your teso ocs :)

[daggerfall]

You guys cannot understand how hype I am to finally have a canonically nonbinary character in ESO who isn't 1) a daedra 2) a spirit or 3) dead. And as an actual companion with a real storyline? 😭

[poly-hebdo]

Im loving the new companions in Elders Scrolls Online

[varlaisvea]

"We have mixed marriages and gay and lesbian characters in abundance throughout the game," Slavicsek tells TheGamer. "It just makes sense to us that all possibilities exist in Tamriel. We treat it as a real and living world. You just might not notice because we don't shout it from the rooftops or put signs proclaiming it everywhere. And you know why? Because in Tamriel, this is just the way the world is. No character in the world blinks an eye or thinks there's anything unusual about meeting the baker and his husband, the serving woman and her wife, or to have Naryu and Jakarn flirt with you, regardless of your character's gender. And that's not even mentioning Alchemy, the three Living Gods of the Tribunal, or the Daedric Princes who can appear as any gender they so desire! It's part of the world and so it's no big deal."

(link) (cw transphobia- article is a response to dorks who are butthurt re: the new nonbinary companion.)

This! This is what made me write ESO fanfic, when I’d never written fic with original characters before.

Because as a nonbinary bisexual ~woman on T? I fucking noticed! I noticed ESO’s Tamriel is a world I could exist in without friction. Where no one cares about your gender presentation or who you’re attracted to—where it doesn’t even occur to anyone to care about it. Where there wouldn’t even need to be pride, or queerness at all, because there is no one thing that’s seen as normal or correct. I love my queerness of course, but ultimately, I want to live in a world where I don’t need it, because the way I am is simply one of infinite ways a person can be.

It also means there is no sexual shame. People aren’t weird about sex or the things they enjoy sexually. There’s nothing strange about polyamorous relationships and nothing kinky about men who like being dominated by women. Sex work is not stigmatized or dangerous. No one feels shame about being horny or wanting sex. Sex is a private thing but it’s also not particularly taboo to discuss. I want to live in a world like that, too.

They don’t say it in the article, but the major reason the world can be this way is that they’ve done a thorough and meticulous job of deleting structural misogyny from existence. And as the quote says, you don’t even notice a lot of the time, but once you see it, you can’t unsee it. It makes me feel like a world without patriarchy and gender oppression could exist, and we wouldn’t even miss it.

RPGs are all about making you feel like you fit into the world. I’m tumblr-old; I’ve been playing video games for longer than some of my mutuals have been alive, and ESO’s Tamriel is the first RPG world I have encountered where I could actually feel myself fitting in. This is why I’m really hopeful about TES VI: don’t care where or when the game takes place, or what the Hero Mythology is; if they keep doing this? I’m in.

[baileybooradly]

Commission for @tanlorin <3

Full version here: Pillowfort +18

[lithiumrev]

imma be completely honest with yall…… idk if i like tan.

idk if im being oversensitive about the memes about them being the cooler Bastian, or if its the fact the only thing i can relate to them with is the use of they/them pronouns, and the unwavering sense of social justice i try to have.

but so help me gods if someone sees this and automatically says im transphobic or whatever i will go off.

[defectivegembrain]

Okay so apparently Tanlorin doesn't like it when you steal toys meant for children. Sounds perfectly reasonable, of course, but in eso you can't control what you get when you pick a pocket. And they like it when you pick a guard's pocket. Which I just did, and the guard happened to be carrying a children's toy. I got positive and negative rapport with Tanlorin simultaneously.

[lyndaris]

Tanlorin lore from Andrew on bluesky:

Link: https://bsky.app/profile/mexicancryptid.bsky.social/post/3ldyw5icwy22a

Their parents: much like Cait’s parents from Arcane. Largely matriarchal & their mother the head of the family. She’s domineering, controlling, and very aware of their family legacy.

Tan’s mother is from a line of talented mages but a well respected line of architects, many of which had a hand in building Alinor. All the more reason she’s so cautious about her family’s image as it reflects on Summerset itself.

Tan’s father comes from a smaller family of artisans. He’s softer, quicker to kindness but still involved with altmer politicking. 4th son of his own family, and likely had to play a little dirty to secure such a high status marriage. Early on, he was likely more accepting to Tan’s eccentricities but quickly bent to their mother’s wishes. Becoming more of a bystander in Tan’s life.

Ousting: it was not an impulsive decision, Tan spent years trying to get a handle on their magic and their family even got tutors and special training. At first, they thought it was a lack of magical aptitude, embarrassing for the family but not the end of the world. But as they got older their magic got much stronger but they had any ability to control it.

Andrews example: like the force of a house fire held back by a plastic water gun.

Snapdragon’s research, she hints at a disaster occurring that was a result of Tan’s magic. People got hurt and it wasn’t the kind of thing Tan’s family could hide anymore. So when Tan came of age, their mom had the tattoos placed and ousted them from the family.

Tattoos: Multiple Sapiarchs in unison applied their tattoos. It was an arduous process & extremely painful at times, but they had others on hand to heal and tend to Tanlorin. Would’ve taken place over a couple days with some time in a ward to heal afterwards.

After being ousted: Tanlorin got next to nothing after being ousted, a pouch of gold to get them started, enough for a modest inn room and safe passage to Auridon but no provisions, gear, etc. They were expected to live like a commoner.

The only personal effect Andrew believes Tan would care enough to bring from home is a charcoal portrait of their family. Something they would have done themselves while still learning the ins and outs of high society, but Tan lost it ages ago.

Their thief years between being ousted and joining the Garland Ring are blurrier than Tan would like to admit.

Their hairstyle pre-exile: Longer than it is now. They never knew what to do with their hair, they let their chambermaid decide based on their mother’s wishes or bundled it in a messy bun/ponytail.

Grand-mere & Siblings: Their grandmere was the previous matriarch. Frequently hung around the manor to “offer her thoughts” on the family affairs. She wasn’t one for an idle life of retirement.

Andrew believes Tan has two younger siblings, much younger. Tan was early and unexpected, but not a mistake. It was years before their parents had more kids.

If Tan was ousted around the equivalent of 18 years, their siblings were around 8 & 6. Tan was never close to them if only because it was clear to them they were a problem child and didn’t want to rub off on their younger siblings.

Chirrabi: One of their first friends in Auridon, from best friends to lovers to enemies, and a little bit of everything. The kind of friendship that whenever Tan visits feels like no time has passed.

[tanlorin]

tanlorin has almalexia's genesis

[bakedashyam]

New companions, Tanlorin and Zerith-var.

[yansurnummu]

some tanlorins inspired by @tanlorin

[thebestbobaflavour]

"look at you being resourceful"

[m1shaan]

If anyone has any ideas for how to speedrun getting Sharp-as-Night, Azandar, and Zerith-var to hate me I’d love to hear them.

The other companions I’ve tried so far have each had a “spammable” negative action I could do while more impactful ones were on cooldown. Ember has fishing (you can literally stand at one fishing spot and spam the button until your hands fall off), Mirri has using the Blade of Woe (-5 on cooldown), Isobel has murder (-1 on cooldown), and Tanlorin has both (-2 total on cooldown). I haven’t tried Bastian because his uesp page already has his “leaving your service” lines. Zerith-var loses rapport from stealing medicinal/religious stuff with no cooldown (-1) but I can’t think of a way to reliably/quickly do so. I’ve been stealing in Necrom with mediocre results.

As far as I can tell Sharp and Azandar don’t have any rapport losses that don’t have cooldowns, and they also have barely any negative actions at all. I need to get from 750 to -2500 for taking negative actions to even have a chance at making the companion unsummon themselves (this is my ultimate goal, to learn what they say when they do so) and right now it looks like it could take months 😬