#an altmer but i also want him to be good w a sword

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local member of the psijic order wannabe gets conscripted into the thalmor. promptly deserts upon arrival in skyrim

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oc facts w/ weel-yam

(don’t have a picture of the lad unfortunately. in oblivion he’s only a scale or two off from default. one day i’ll make him in skyrim to have a definitive Look)

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tagging: @boethiah​, @fyrealchemage​, @erisaneris​, @julankaushibael​, anybody else who wants to do this i’m bad at listing names!

note: i’m doing this based on weel-yam later in life, when he’s archmage. before that, a lot of these things might be different. also, i’m going to be adding commentary where i see fit, bc of course i am, you all know i’m a slut for useless elaboration

PLACE IN SOCIETY

✖ FINANCIAL

– wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty

he’s the bleeding archmage of the mage’s guild

✖ MEDICAL

– fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged

he can run pretty fast but i wouldn’t call him “fit,” it’s more of an innate argonian thing

✖ CLASS OR CASTE

– upper / lower / middle / working / unsure

again, archmage

✖ EDUCATION

– qualified / unqualified / studying

i’m marking both bc while he is certainly qualified for his position and very well-learned in many fields of magic and otherwise, he’s constantly still studying to improve himself and become more powerful

FAMILY

✖ MARITAL STATUS – married, happily / married, unhappily / engaged  / partnered / divorced / widow or widower / separated / single / it’s complicated

he’s been in a few relationships before, but he learned many years ago he doesn’t really care for them. benefits don’t outweigh the restraints to him i guess

✖ CHILDREN – has children / no children / wants children / adopted children

again, doesn’t appeal to him at all. benefits vs restraints, etc.

✖ FAMILY – close with sibling / not close with siblings / has no siblings / siblings are deceased / it’s complicated

i’m putting that mostly bc i don’t know his exact relationship with deetsan and mach-na. they might be brothers, they might be cousins, they might be just childhood friends. regardless, they’re fairly close, and even when weel-yam leaves cheydinhal, they write regularly

✖ AFFILIATION – orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by both parents / it’s complicated

you know, this might not be a bad way to handle the deetsan/mach-na business. maybe they were all unrelated orphans who ended up living in the same orphanage/foster home. so they’re basically like brothers even though they’re not related

TRAITS & TENDENCIES  

✖ disorganized / organised / in between

✖ close-minded / open-minded / in between

perhaps too open-minded. will try anything, from deals with daedric princes, to necromancy, to what have you. he’s probably done it

✖ cautious / reckless / in between

✖ patient / impatient / in between

✖ outspoken / reserved / in between

✖ leader / follower / in between

archmage.

✖ sympathetic / unsympathetic / in between

✖ optimistic / pessimistic / in between

✖ hardworking / lazy / in between

✖ cultured / uncultured / in between

✖ loyal / disloyal / in between

depends who you are and what he has to gain either way.

✖ faithful / unfaithful / in between

if this is about religion, he doesn’t care much, only insofar as it gets him something (see: daedra worship). if this is about relationships, also doesn’t care much, since he has only ever had short-lived flings anyway

SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION

✖ SEXUALITY – heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual / omnisexual / demisexual

likes the ladies but they’re a bit troublesome when you get too involved with them, he thinks. more of a chauvinist than he’d probably like to admit

✖ SEX – sex repulsed / sex neutral /sex favorable

he doesn’t really see it as worth it, generally, but doesn’t see it as like, necessarily bad for him, either

✖ ROMANCE – romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable

about this he’s a bit less lenient. romance is a distraction and weighs you down, he thinks

✖ SEXUALLY – sexually adventurous / sex experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious / uninterested

he’s no spring chicken, but he’s again, not very interested in it

ABILITIES

✖ COMBAT SKILLS – excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

he has some training with sword and shield, but when he’s out of magicka and has to resort to melee combat, it tends to end up being a lot of flailing about

✖ LITERACY SKILLS – excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

archmage.

✖ ARTISTIC SKILLS – excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

he can appreciate the art of others, but doesn’t have any interest in doing it himself. has written several books but they tend to be rather dry and manual-like. but to be fair, he first learned/self-taught himself how to read by reading from the manual of spellcraft, so it’s not unexpected

✖ TECHNICAL SKILLS – excellent / good/ moderate/ poor / none

he’s worked with some dwarven mechanisms in his day, but i’m going to usurp the “technical” part of this and make it “magical skills” instead. he’s quite the master, hence, archmage. knows a wide variety of spells from all schools, but is a legend in destruction, conjuration, and especially mysticism, which he took a five year sabbatical of sorts to study with the psijics on artaeum. he showed to have a knack for the kind of “paradoxical experimentation” which fueled mystical research and spellcrafting. he’s not got the greatest of magicka reserves, like the altmer or breton masters, but he knows how to utilize it to greatest effect by utilizing his full repertoire of spells to conserve and efficiently expend it. he’s also done a fair bit of research into alchemy and enchanting: he worked with sinderion to further research the nirnroot and its uses in potions (and poisons), and he studied several of the daedric artifacts he acquired during his adventuring years to discover more about how such powerful enchanted objects were made. in short, he’s archmage for good reason.

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Okay!!! More Neva word vomit below!!! Hopefully the readmore shows up properly I'm sorry if it doesn't!!!!!

Okay so Neva's timeline rn is

Dark brotherhood

Thieves guild

Main story

Morrowind

Clockwork city

These things are over the course of like. 5 years. Granted I've just worked shit out up to just after clockwork city but anyways!!!!

She leaves home before the soulburst I'm thinking. Fucks around for 4 months before murdering an asshole which then leads to the dark brotherhood contacting her. We don't have an actual date for when the Vestige was sacrificed which pisses me off but I'm gonna say the events of the dark brotherhood are over around 6 to 7 months.

The reason they contacted her in the first place was probs bc she being Neva murdered the dude with his own sword and everyone else being yeah that was illegal and most def murder but we also aren't going to tell the guards bc someone had to do something about him and he had too much sway politically for anything to really be done.

Esrondil def witnesses this (I'm also thinking this is right after he royally screwed over a bunch of cultists probs not worm cultists tho bc that doesn't work w the timeline- anyways he's on the run) and from there decides to keep an eye on her. She doesn't notice but she's pickpocketed him so many fucking times she should probably put the pieces together which she finally does like a month after joining the brotherhood

Like Esrondil is the witness her sermonizer murder spree and is like okay so like. What's the actual goal here. Also can I please have my nice knife back I would rather you stop taking my things.

They. Actually become extremely good friends after that? It's fucking weird but at the same time Esrondil doesn't bat an eyelash at her criminal activities but he also decided that she would be interesting to follow considering everything she got herself into turned out to be ridiculous and it was largely entertainment factor at that point.

Neva is well known in the gold coast underground by the time Quen comes searching for a partner in the outlaw's refuge. Dasra finally tells her something along the line that if she wants someone she should seek out that one dunmer lady who's probably an assassin based off the blood, but please get away from the front of her shop

From there despite Quen actively searching for her Neva def senses someone searching for her and in result just. Fucking goes full stealth bc she hates that I'm being hunted feeling.

Quen fucking finally corners her to ask ab the job and Neva's brain stops working bc she's literally so gay and why do Altmer have to be so tall

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Describe your ocs

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GENERAL

Name: she rarely actually uses it, but her birthname + title is High Kinlady Aureya Caessaire, which she only uses in Alinor or in private Alias(es): oh, she has so damn many. her favorite is Vokriid, which Miraak gives her, but she also commonly uses Valiarie. Gender: female Age: 211 during the beginning of Skyrim Place of birth: Sunhold, Alinor Isle, Aldmeri Dominion Spoken languages: given that she’s Dragonborn and a scholar, she speaks a few languages. her native tongue is Aldmeris/Altmeris, she’s fluent in Cyrodilic, has an academic fluency (ie reading academic/old texts but not conversational) in Daedric, Ehlnofex, Ayleidoon, can manage simple conversation in Bosmeris, can ask for directions in Ta’agra, and can maaaybe bullshit her way through Dunmeris. she’s learning both Dovahzul and Old Nordic/Nedic concurrently, and she’d like to learn Akaviri for learning’s sake, but hasn’t found a good source for it yet. Sexual orientation: bisexual, with an increasingly lower sex drive as she becomes more draconic Occupation: in Sunhold, she runs the family household/holdings/surrounding city in her mother’s stead, which is a much bigger job than it seems bc, well, High Kinlady. in Skyrim, when her job isn’t Dragonborn/Dragon overlord, she teaches classes at the College of Winterhold.

APPEARANCE Eye colour: yellow/gold, as is usual for Altmer. Hair colour: auburn, mostly brown. calling her ginger is a good way to start a fight. Height: 7′1″, which is only a little tall for an Altmer. she likes to wear heels tho so she can really tower over everyone. Scars: very few prominent ones bc of Restoration. there is one scar on her cheek, and a large scar on her abdomen where Miraak stabbed her in the gut with his weird tentacle sword. Burns: her hands are pretty much covered in old burn scars Overweight: no. she leans more toward overweight than under due to muscle and accompanied fat. she’s built like a brick house. Underweight: nope

FAVOURITE Colour: Red Hair colour: usually blonde or black, but it doesn’t matter to her as long as it’s not white Eye colour: I don’t think she even notices, but green if anything Music genre: whatever equivalent TES has to opera, the snobbish bitch. Movie genre: ……opera-equivalent again, I guess? lol Food: she misses Altmeri food, esp things that involve garlic and pastas. Drink: red wines and teas. Book: she reads academic texts almost exclusively, but her favorite academic books are the ones she’s written herself

HAVE THEY Passed university: she’s a recognized Master of atromancy, she has the TES equivalent of a doctorate. Had sex: yes Had sex in public: semi-public Gotten pregnant: at least twice, but has never carried to term (either through purposeful or spontaneous abortion) Kissed a boy: yes Kissed a girl: also yes Gotten tattoos: nope Gotten piercings: none that were purposeful Had a broken heart: not romantically, and I’m not sure family counts for this question Been in love: nope, she’s a stone-cold bitch Stayed up for more than 24 hours: again, she’s a scholar lol

ARE THEY A virgin: nope A cuddler: only for Miraak A kisser: usually only in foreplay Scared easily: not particularly Jealous easily: oh god yes. beware this green-eyed monster. Trustworthy: hhhhmmmmmmmm depends who you are, but if you aren’t Miraak or her siblings or Paarthurnax, then probably not Dominant: yes Submissive: she will actually punch you In love: she thinks she’s in love with Miraak but only bc she’s never experienced empathy before in her life. Single: the situation w Miraak is weird, but other than w him, yes

RANDOM QUESTIONS Have they harmed themselves: yes, especially when she lived in Sunhold Thought of suicide: frighteningly often in Sunhold Attempted suicide: multiple times in Sunhold. the last attempt was partially what prompted her and her siblings to flee the Dominion entirely. Wanted to kill someone: yes. it’s not an unusual feeling for her. Ride a horse: ….yeah? this is a high fantasy setting after all. Have/had a job: not one she’s paid for (assuming scholars in TES are like rl medieval scholars and you need money to be a scholar in the first place) Have any fears: wasps and to a great degree her own mother

FAMILY Sibling(s): she has a twin brother named Solalis, and a significantly younger sister named Lililae Parents: a highly abusive mother named (High Kinlady) Caessera I, and a mostly absent/enabling father named Lord Apollon Children: none Pets: she likes to keep parrots or corvids, but for the most part doesn’t keep pets

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