#Tarene

[spellsword-archer]

Tarene paused on the icy face of the mountain slope he was climbing down, and readjusted the strap of his back so that it sat more comfortably across his shoulders. He hadn’t been able to find much in the ruins, aside from a few gems, some gold pieces, and the item he’d been sent to retrieve - an enchanted circlet that his employer had left behind on his own attempt to clear the ruins.

Had he not feared the mage’s willingness to lob a fireball at his face at a moment’s notice, he would have laughed. 

He finally reached a point in the mountain face where the snow sloped out enough to allow him to walk rather than climb, and the sellsword slid the rest of the way to solid ground on the icy sheet that covered the snow. As he made his way onto the road that cut through the snow in the distance, Tarene pulled the hood of his cloak up over his head, and then blew on his fingertips for a little added warmth. He had a long walk back to Riften before he could get paid, and it was going to be a cold one.

As he walked, however, dark shapes began to materialize through the snowy haze. The Altmer slowed, and cautiously laid one hand on the hilt of his sword. Worst case, they were hostile creatures. Best case, they were just rocks and he was being paranoid. Nonetheless, the sellsword cautiously continued forward, ready to react to any attack.

[sebeth]

Thor Girl

[sky-scribbles]

Rook's notes for the team in the event of my (probably impending) death:

Lucanis:

My swords are yours. Like yours always were mine, when I needed them.

My spicy soup recipe is inside my Rivaini dictionary.

Spite:

You can have my poetry books.

Bellara:

I entrust you with all the elven artefacts that I’ve collected in my room. Keep anything that speaks to you, and make sure our people get the rest.

Please make sure my translation of that elvhen narrative epic is published. It was eight years of work.

Thank you for being my family.

Lace:

My bow is yours. I’m sorry it’s too big for you to use, but… it took care of me. I want it to go to someone who will take care of it.

Show Emmrich more of the world, since I cannot.

Taash:

My chocolate stash is in the bronze puzzle box. Good luck.

It has been such a privilege to watch you embrace who you are.

Davrin:

I know you’ve been coveting my halla horn charm. It’s yours, and if you find the craftsmaster of my clan, she’ll teach you how to carve them.

Pet every griffon for me. Pet them twice.

Neve:

Please take care of my cat.

Emmrich:

If you’re not too busy overthinking every little thing

We’ve been happy. I don’t understand why now

Do you think I don’t

Sorry. I understand being afraid to say what you feel. You know that I do.

I was afraid to love you too, in the beginning. I’m terrified of what it would do to me to lose you now.

I don’t regret a single thing.

As I have before, I entrust my body into your hands. Bury me in the Memorial Gardens. I love it there; it is a kind place. Raise no stone for me, but plant a tree over my body, and promise that my bones will stay below the earth. I will return to the soil. That is the Dalish way.

Anything I have not bequeathed to another is yours. As is my heart.

I hope that when your time comes, you will no longer be afraid to say that you loved me. I hope you will not be afraid at all. But if you are, know this: if any last spark of me remains beyond that final veil, it will be waiting for the last spark of you.

Manfred:

Yes, you can have that scarf you thought I didn’t see you trying on.

Take care of Emmrich for me.

[apt502-if]

wait, now you have to give us the (hypothetical) details! how would taren and rainn work together as a couple? lol :P

They wouldn't :p Rainn would get tired of Taren's distrust/clinginess/whininess very quickly :p Clingy MCs were the exception

Taren is one partner Rainn could not vibe with at all, they'd break up very quickly

[vampcaprisun]

harding knows exactly what rook wanted to say (“i wasn’t expecting you to be so fucking hot”) and she’s trying so hard to save him from himself (it’s not working)

[mumms-the-word]

What’s the point of a dragon age game if you can’t make your warden and pose them next to their DAO romance

[mecharina]

Some Wildstar OCs ⭐️✨💫

Taren > @rrbobani

[blarrghe]

DA4 Taren is finished! Short hair because of the arm thing! Eyebags! A thousand yard stare! You love to see it.

[leeleelikestoart]

Glissando - Page 115

Taren runs into an old friend!

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[innerduckgladiator]

Taren Britany

[sharffffff]

Taren Velas

Art by: https://x.com/madnessdemon

So, first things first, my main TES OC as of now, who is also my Vestige. They've already been seen on this blog before, but I love talking about them and also constantly change their backstory around a bit, so there's that.

While some could consider an appropriate term to call what Taren is a "Demiprince", in all actuality this term isn't correct. Yes, they're an offspring of Mephala, but no, they aren't a Demiprince. There's more that goes into this title than just being a descendant of a Daedric Prince, and while Taren is working toward attaining it, they don't have as much thought put into it when compared to constantly having to save the world.

How did an offspring of Mephala come to be, one might ask?

Answer is simpler than one might assume - they were part of a deal with Mephala. Offspring of Daedric Princes are mentioned in multiple legends from many different cultures, yet only a couple of Demiprinces have ever been recorded. This is because a Prince is powerful enough to limit what portion of their power goes into an offspring, and although said offspring will always have a stronger Padomaic connection than normal, be it an offspring with a mortal, another Daedra or just a creation from their own blood. Usually it never comes into play for their mortal offspring, aside from potentially higher resilience or faster natural regeneration, however there are very specific cases where this intrinsic Padomaic value causes for an event unexpected by the godly parent - or, potentially, expected and even planned for ahead of time, just purposefully kept silent about - since, as it is known, Daedric Princes love to keep to their secrets. That is to say, most of the offspring of Daedric Princes become just usual individuals of their other parent's race - with, perhaps, supernatural resilience or other abilities, but nothing too far from the ordinary to be noticeable.

This simple fact, however, sometimes goes completely unnoticed due to both the legends of the powers of the offspring of Daedric Princes, as well as attributing actions of certain historic figures to them being descended from one, especially so in Dunmeri culture, where quite a few historic figures were speculated to be offspring of either Azura or Boethiah, with little proof of it actually being true. So, while not common, some people have attempted to bargain with the Princes, most commonly Boethiah and Mephala (and, of course, Azura, but unlike other two, she never answered), for children, hoping to both strengthen their own family line and overshadow their rivals, as well as potentially parenting the next big hero of the Dunmer race. This practice was rare enough to not be recorded, however, and rare enough to be amusing to the Princes, who were promised everything they could ask for in exchange for a child that they knew would be just ordinary Dunmer - so of course they took them up on that offer, it was too good of a deal to pass up. And it was always amusing seeing the reaction to the offspring that was thought to be the next big thing ending up living a completely uneventful life and dying to most random thing.

Taren's mother was one of the Dunmer who attempted such a deal, being one of the minor nobles of House Velas, one of the smaller vassal houses of House Dres, she always dreamt of greatness, of achieving more than she had ever had a chance to achieve on her own, and the chance to bring Velas out of footnotes of history right to its front was a chance she couldn't pass up. Of course, Mephala saw an opportunity here as well, as House Dres have always made the best spies, and even though the child would still be a normal Dunmer, at least the Webspinner could let it inherit something that would at least be beneficial to that child in their life. After all, secrets and deception are some of the aspects that Plot-Weaver rules over, so her gifts would prove useful.

Taren's early life was mostly uneventful, aside from their overall chaotic tendencies, disregard for authority and overwhelming sense of freedom. They had been taught in the art of nightblade, combining stealth, infiltration and assassination with shadow magic, as preparations for spy training in the future, and they abused their powers to their fullest potential. Taren always believed into breaking the mental chains that lock the person into the norms of the law, but into breaking physical chains especially so. And living on the territories of House Dres allowed Taren to practice their nightblade skills in the best way possible - by breaking the slaves free of their chains and escorting them to safety under the guise of shadows. They had been caught a couple of times, but were able to let it slip due to being a child of a noble and due to the chance of them "growing out of it".

This sense of freedom and wish for chaos was also why Taren was eventually sent off to Davon's Watch in Stonefalls. The official reason for this was this being Taren's first solo mission, but in actuality their mother was hoping for them to actually prove themself away from homeland and to make her own life easier, as the losses from the Ebonheart Pact's prohibition of slavery were only worsened by Taren's freeing of the "product". Taren jumped on this opportunity to work with people of different races away from oppressively traditionalistic views of the people of Tear, celebrating their leave with the biggest stunt yet, as well as the first big test of their Illusion skill - the night before they were set to leave, they gathered all the slaves from both their mother and a couple of their neighbors, made illusory images of a couple of slaves in each household, and made it to the contact while utilizing shadow magic to make the whole group invisible. It was incredibly straining, but Taren managed to be safely teleported to Davon's Watch at the dawn before letting the illusion drop to what Taren assumed was immense chaos.

It has to be mentioned that Taren was still pretty young by the Dunmeri standards, barely having turned 32 by the time they were sent off, having barely any life experience and a wish to help anyone and everyone they could. So, needless to say, when a weird hooded figure approached them with an opportunity of a lifetime in a secluded house, they didn't even think twice, and of course they didn't say "no".

And here is the fact mentioned at the beginning comes into play. Offspring of Daedric Prince have a very strong Padomaic connection, however in cases where the offspring is mortal, it also causes a stronger Anuic connection, as the Annuic soul strengthens the body and essence around it to contend with the Padomaic element of such individual. In most cases, it changes nothing, however when such soul is used to create a Soul Shriven Vestige... things happen. It can't be known if such things are intended or not, but they do happen - the strong Padomaic presence is made even stronger when the Padomaic Vestige is created, and due to the way this Padomaic element is intertwined with Anuic Soul, part of that Anuic essence is transferred into the Vestige as well, causing the Soul Shriven to act the same way as if it was a mortal with stronger Anuic connection created by Nirn itself, but with a completely different origin. And this Padomaic presence changes the nature of the Vestige itself as well, as it never actually becomes a Soul Shriven Vestige, and instead something else entirely - a never before seen type of Daedra, still bearing the same properties of their mortal bodies they would if they were Soul Shriven, but with significant connection to their Prince parent, increase in power and features corresponding to said parent, which differ from case to case - and so far, there has been only one recorded case of this very specific situation ever happening.

So yes, Taren getting sacrificed to Molag Bal and becoming one of his Soul Shriven has actually backfired, unlocking something locked away in Taren's Padomaic part, strengthening their connection to Mephala, and foretelling Planemeld's eventual downfall. In their consequent travels Taren has managed to visit Spiral Skein, attuning to it for a short amount of time to unlock their full potential, and gaining access to far more powers, as well as a Spider Daedra form. They didn't stay for long, as they still had a sense of duty for Tamriel, and it always needed saving.

As for why Taren couldn't count as a Demiprince despite now being fully Daedric and therefore virtually immortal and combining both Anuic and Padomaic aspects in them? That's easy. Demiprince has to have a plane to count as such - this refers to both a plane of Oblivion, and a plane of influence, and neither of those appear out of thin air - either a Daedric Prince parent has to wish for their offspring to be a Demiprince and give those to them, or their offspring has to claw it out through their own blood, sweat and tears. Taren didn't have time for second option, nor did they want to grovel before Mephala for the first, so while still being powerful, they haven't become a Demiprince.

[spellsword-archer]

Each breath of air he managed to wrestle into his lungs was a war fought and won. It was all he could think to do. Breathe in, and breathe out; chase off the frightful burning of suffocation one bloody, painful gasp at a time.

The damp rattle in his throat had faded into the background, so long had he heard it, and he dared not move, for he had not the strength to. His adversary’s mace had broken his ribs and bruised his limbs to the point where all he could feel was a deep, dragging fatigue that made it nearly impossible to move. The only consolation was that his adversary - a tattooed Orc - lay dead at the close of the battle; slain by a close-range arrow to the eye when his blade had been twisted out of his hands. Tarene had barely the strength left to drag himself to the tree he now leaned up against, and where he fell he remained as his strength drained with each passing minute. His bow lay at his side, grasped loosely in a hand that had not the ability to close. His mind was too clouded by pain; he could not focus his meager magicka towards healing. It mattered little, though, for he would never be able to self-heal wounds of this magnitude. The bounty hunter closed his eyes, still fighting for breath. If he could just reach his bag, he might find something to help himself (bandages, herbs, a healing potion, etc.). But he felt so damn tired. He was just going to rest...just for a moment…

[avesie-artamid]

Taren Aera - prince of red, Executioner of Avia. A tyrant, a warmonger, hated and despised by all. He is forever stained in generations of bloodshed which will never wash clean...

Anyways so this is the protagonist of my story lol

Art created 14 Mar 2022

[sky-scribbles]

This is cracking me up because I'd been headcanoning that Taren asked Emmrich if they could keep their relationship quiet for a bit. They're so, so very private, and they needed some time to process such a big change. They told Bellara though, because they both love her, and she promised to keep their secret.

So just. The image of these two thinking they're being so subtle, no one would ever suspect them. Bellara watches them quietly flirting in the library while thinking, 'Don't tell anyone, you've got this, you're gonna keep it so quiet and no one will know a THING.'

And meanwhile Lucanis is sipping coffee in the dining room and saying, 'Rook's been frantically studying Nevarran for the last month', and Davrin says, 'Oh, yeah, I heard Emmrich practicing how to say 'I love you' in elven the other day'. Harding is smirking as she tends to the Variegated Weeping Widows that Taren asked her to plant for absolutely no specific reason at all. Neve raises an eyebrow as Taren walks past wearing a gold bracelet with a skull on it.

'They're dating,' says Taash.

'What? No!' yelps Bellara, dropping the halla cake batter she's mixing. 'Who's dating? Nobody's dating. I don't think that's a thing.'

Taren runs by them, muttering about how they don't own any smart clothes and can't wear armour to a - a meeting. With... Mourn Watch leadership. Everyone watches them sprint toward the Eluvian.

'They're dating,' says Taash again. Bellara opens her mouth to deny it. From behind her, Manfred nods happily and holds two thumbs up.

'Traitor,' Bellara tells him.

[apt502-if]

This is definitely not a criticism or anything!! But, imo, I'd say we only saw Taren in a bad way, so far? Like when they kiss cal in front of MC because of jealousy, they making fun of where A works and L and A kinda talking "bad things" about them. Will we see more of Taren and see their "good side"? I remember something about how L and A actually enjoy them/their personality when they are not around Cal? I guess this could be their good side?

Yes you will :> They don’t know MC and MC is a stranger who just moved in with Cal so they were on edge LOL that’s why L says that Taren is better by themself, they get jealous and insecure with Cal.

and making fun of A/L and what they said about A’s work is absolutely bad/mean but Taren didn’t do it out of maliciousness or they didn’t mean to :< not defending them or anything, that’s just what Taren’s “explanation” would be if they were confronted. Taren's personality is hard to swallow but their actions don't come from a place of malice.

MC can be friends with Taren and there is a friendship route with them. I won't say that the friendship will withstand an MC who romances Cal but it depends on the choices MC makes.

Things can get better on that front :> or worse

[vampcaprisun]

POV the guy you’re falling in love with shares a single brain cell with the demon possessing you