#Tanlorin

[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? 😭

[bakedashyam]

ESO companions in 2024

[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.

[poly-hebdo]

Im loving the new companions in Elders Scrolls Online

[roxannepolice]

Everyone say hello to Tanlorin, to my knowledge the first major explicitly queer npc in Elder Scrolls.

I've only had them for one quest but if anything happened to them I'd kill everyone in Tamriel and then myself.

[moonpile]

Screenshots: New furnishings in U44!

(inexhaustive because I mostly care about plants, see Futerko's video for full list & where to get.)

New Dawnwood trees will be at Mahei-Jekka in Skingrad; Tree, Giant Dawnwood Growth (U42) on the right for comparison:

The three new Dawnwood trees + new Tree, Small Willow:

Plants:

I'm SO glad to get this one (request fulfilled!) but it is a botanical crime that the Calathea-leaved stalk is categorized as a "fern", I hope it will be fixed! –

The shrub cluster is a wonderful size, I hope we'll see more BIG landscaping pieces like this:

Weird little compositions with the new plants:

Also this stone, but I'm not very excited about it because the Large is pretty small. It will take a lot of slots to do anything with these:

The above are all buyable from Mahei-Jekka in Skingrad.

The below will be furnishing plans. Great if you like furnishing plans and want to make some big sales when they release, since the economy is still trashed.

Not so great if you, like me, are SO FREAKING TIRED of running that kitchen and getting "Formula: Vial, Delicate". IYKYK.

Dawnwood furnishing Wishlist fulfilled! Thank you ZOS! Now we're just missing modular pods & giant mossy boulders ;)

Next up, the new companion achievement furnishings — both AWESOME!

Tanlorin's Empathic Portal Remnant, a pretty vfx item:

Zerith-var's Sky Spirits Reflection Pool:

We sorely needed clear water, so this pool is great!

I'd love to see more big, natural water pieces like ponds. The ones we have are small (Sulfur Pool) and saturated blue (Firesong Spring, Basalt).

To purchase, these only require completing the companions' quests!:

Finally, a few of the Ayleid lights (plans)! (Request fulfilled!)

That's all I can fit in this post!

All these fulfilled furniture wishlist items are making me feel like it's Xmas for Halloween! Or rather, New Life gifts for Witches Festival :D (The Update 44 base-game patch arrives October 28 for PC/Mac and November 13 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles.)

[yansurnummu]

nirnroot is cilantro???

[lastladyofjehanna]

Just did Tanlorins quest have to say one thing I thought was a bit odd for someone who is all about helping the little guy essentially was their love for killing maormer. Something about felt a little racist? To like killing a person simply for being a person? Felt a bit antithetical to their character?

Also, their American accent feels really out of place for the character

Otherwise, they're a very fun character, so far!

[dragonknightofsummerset]

Ah Tanlorin doesn't like us harvesting Nirnroot lol

[daggerfall]

PTS is out today with the new companions and I feel it's very important to say that this is NOT the first time Tanlorin's voice actor has voiced a nonbinary character in ESO. Would anyone like to hazard a guess to who they voiced

[bakedashyam]

New companions, Tanlorin and Zerith-var.

[bam-monsterhospital]

-hears tanlorin's dialogue sample lines in crown store-

-long-suffering nb sigh-

[fogaminghub]

https://www.fogaminghub.com/post/discover-the-new-eso-companions-tanlorin-and-zerith-var-in-update-44

🚀 New ESO Companions are coming with Update 44! Meet Tanlorin, the High Elf with Dragonknight and Soul Magic abilities, and Zerith-var, the Khajiit Necromancer emerging from a mysterious past. Their quests and unique perks will surely make your adventures unforgettable! 💥

Find out more in our latest blog post! 🎮➡️ 

[m1shaan]

I’ve only done Tanlorin’s recruitment quest so fair (waiting for them to show up on live for the rest), but it already got me wondering what they and Bastian would think of each other if they met. Based on their characterization so far:

Similarities:

Strong desire to help other people and make the world a better place

Meaningful tattoos (very different meanings though)

Dragonknight stuff

Like wine

Differences:

Strong feelings about mages / the Mages Guild

Strong feelings about books

Affinity to crime

I feel like they would probably clash a lot, but would be able to set aside their differences and develop respect/appreciation for each other if they had to work together to make the world a better place. And afterwards they’d get wine drunk and smash

[tanlorin]

i love tanlorin so much. why are they so horny