#because it can read that emily has become so uncaring of human life that she doesn’t bother to free her father

[bowl-of-fruit-loops]

high chaos emily is so juicy, ESPECIALLY if corvo was low chaos in dishonored 1. high chaos corvo to high chaos emily—we can see a direct through line. emily draws a picture of corvo’s assassin mask. she makes the comment that if corvo didn’t kill all the usurpers, she would have had them killed. it’s generally a “worse” ending and we can easily see how high chaos emily came to be.

but LOW chaos corvo to high chaos emily? delicious to think about. emily isn’t following the example of her father. in fact, given everything we know about jessamine and the comment she makes when she’s released from the heart (something about how emily has become everything jessamine was against) emily isn’t following either of her parents’ examples.

this isn’t to say that high chaos emily doesn’t make sense in terms of the character or story. it does! emily is ten when her mother is killed in front of her, she gets kidnapped, rescued, only to get kidnapped again and held hostage. and then fifteen years later it’s happening again! her father is taken from her and her friend is killed and she’s been overthrown. she has not only a motive but the means (thanks to the outsider) to carve through everyone that gets in her way.

but. imagine what happens after the game. what happens when corvo, who executed an entirely bloodless campaign, wakes up and finds emily the vengeful? what happens when emily, whose mother’s last words were of disapproval, has to face her father?

[blooddrinkingbartender]

Of Mer and Men | Elder Scrolls Verse

I finally caved and made an Elder Scrolls verse for my lads on here. You’ll find all their profiles beneath the cut (if there is one.) I took a bit of creative liberty with the vampires in this as well, I hope that’s all right. 

Bilmae ‘Bill’ Golden-Smith 

Name: Bilmae ‘Bill’ Golden-Smith  

Age: Appears 31, but is over 800 in reality  

Birthday: 7th of Evening Star

Gender: Cis Male (he/him/his pronouns) 

Powers and Abilities: Resistance to disease, resistance to poison, harder to detect while sneaking, and illusion spells are more powerful than average, resistance to frost. Shadow abilities; creating tentacles made out of shadows, usually to grab/restrain an opponent, or do things like snap limbs. He can also leap an abnormally long distance and summon an orb of shadow that explodes into spikes. Battle Cry (Nord Ability) and a higher resistance to frost because of his Nord Heritage as well as his vampirism. 

Weaknesses: Fire, sunlight.

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual.

Race: Nord/Vampire

Faction: None (at the moment)

Current Residence: No fixed place of residence, wanders Tamriel. 

Mother: Gweene Golden-Smith (Deceased)

Father: Bilmae Golden-Smith. (Deceased) 

Height: 6’3" 

Weight: 200lbs 

Body Type: Mesomorph/Muscular 

Hair: Red, as is his beard. 

Eyes: Grey.

Skin: White 

Languages: Tamrielic, some of the Dragon Language, and Ayleidoon.

Distinguishing features: He has major burn scars on the right side of his abdomen, chest, part of his right arm, and just above his butt. A hunter managed to set him on fire. Luckily, before it could kill him, he managed to put himself out. That Hunter paid with her life.

If he doesn’t drink blood for a long time, he starts to age and look more monstrous/corpse-like. Drinking blood reverses this effect.

He has three scars on his chest that are either from arrows or crossbow bolts. They’re all under his left pec muscle. 

He has a birthmark on the back of his left hand that’s shaped like a crescent. He often jokes that it’s because one of his ancestors was a werewolf. 

Hobbies and Interests: Dancing, astronomy (might as well enjoy the stars if you’re nocturnal), origami, drawing, mythology (he has met some figures of myth, or so he claims), and smithing. He’s also pretty good at playing the lyre, the ocarina, and the accordion.

Occupation: No set occupation.

Skills: Smithing, Sneak, One-Handed Weapons, Illusion Magic, Light Armour, and Alteration 

Personality: He’s friendly, he’s confident, and he can be rather eccentric at times. He’s far from shy and he enjoys the company of others. He lives to entertain, laugh, spread laughter and merriment, and give and get validation.

However, he can come across as conceited, arrogant, a show-off, a bit of a large ham at times, and/or a little bit too full-on for some people. That said, he honestly doesn’t mean harm (not anymore at least) and if you’re his friend, he will kill for you and do what he can to keep you happy.

He’s usually quite hard to anger. He can laugh off most insults or even attempts to hurt him physically. However, if you do make him mad, it’s your funeral, or at least your mind’s. He does try to keep himself in check however. He has no plans to go back to the sadistic bastard that he used to be.

Basic Backstory: Starting out his life in Skyrim, Lord Bilmae Golden-Smith IV was the only survivor of the eleven children his parents gave birth to. His father was a lord and his mother was a blacksmith’s daughter who was married into the family.

Bilmae lived a fairly easy and unremarkable life with his loving mother, not-so-loving father, and a few servants. His father made sure he worked hard however, not wanting to hand him everything on a silver plate. That said, he was fairly well off, and spent his childhood and adult years getting ready to take on his father’s estate. On finding out his bloodline’s wealth and notoriety was founded on thievery, murder, extortion, and other crimes, he was not so willing to do so, but he was unsure of how to find a way out of it. 

However, at the age of 31 years old, he contracted Sanguinare Vampiris. He was infected on purpose, by a vampire who had lost his family to Bilmae’s legacy. Bilmae managed to hide the condition from his family, and when his parents died, dismissed his servants, left the estate to his distant cousins, and faked his death before going to wander.

He continues to travel around now, learning new things and trying new stuff to keep himself busy. He still drinks blood to sustain himself but he doesn’t kill unless it was someone he felt ‘deserved it’. He also kept up with all the changes in the world. He even adapted his speech as needed, keeping up with slang and staying savvy with the times.

Antonio Lombardi

Name: Antonio Lombardi (formerly Enriquo Giordano, as far as you’re concerned) 

Age: 38

Birthday: 8th of Last Seed 

Gender: Trans Male (he/him/his pronouns) 

Powers and Abilities: .Dragonskin ability to absorb magic. Natural higher resistance to magic. 

Sexual Orientation: Homosexual 

Race: Breton

Faction: College of Winterhold (sort of)

Current Residence: Has a home in High Rock, but travels.

Mother: Gertrude Giordano

Father: Benito Giordano

Siblings: Emily Giordano(Older sister) and Sophia Giordano (Younger sister)

Height: 6’2" 

Weight: 170lbs 

Body Type: Ectomorph

Hair: Black, shoulder-length, and slightly curly 

Eyes: Green.

Skin: Light brown 

Languages: Tamrielic, and some of the dragon language.

Distinguishing features: A benign mole underneath his left eye, and a slash scar across his cheek.

Due to scoliosis, his chest and back are slightly tilted to the side. This isn’t easy to see unless his shirt is off. It does cause him pain and also makes it harder for him to walk longer distances. 

He uses a cane to get around. He actually owns three canes; one has a sword hidden inside of it, another is extendable, and the last is a normal cane. He weaponised them after a bandit attacked him, causing the scar on his face.

He has habits of nodding his head, rhythmically tapping his foot or hand against the floor or the table, blinking at the same time as whoever he is speaking to, and gesturing with his hands while he talks.

He also has synaesthesia, seeing certain colours and shapes whenever he hears certain noises ‘connected’ to them. He also experiences smells on rarer occasions. 

Hobbies and Interests: His magic skills. He has dabbled in sleight of hand, misdirection, and mentalism (including hypnosis, which he uses his magic for), and he is very good at those too. 

He has also dabbled in Escapology, and is able to get out of most rope bindings, straightjackets, and pick locks. He also likes to read, cook, practise his tricks, and tend to plants.

Occupation: An administrator in a library and a stage magician. Currently working in Winterhold. 

Skills: Illusion magic, Speech, One-handed, Lock-picking, Sneak, Destruction Magic, and Conjuration. 

Personality: While he’s on stage, Antonio speaks with confidence, authority, and even some glee. 

Off-stage, he’s quiet, jaded, and very cynical. He prefers to just be left alone for the most part. He doesn’t have much faith in humanity. He also pretends to be a massive sceptic.

That said, he isn’t a complete asshole. He secretly has a lot of compassion and empathy for other people. He performs at orphanages and hospitals for free and donates a portion of his earnings to charity. 

If you can break past the guarded shell, you have someone a bit on the nicer side.

Basic Backstory: Antonio was born in Summerset to Benito and Gertrude.

He often found himself entertaining or at least occupying his own mind with various tasks. He also grew up in a strictly religious household, which he found himself hating as he grew older and it eventually put him off any kind of faith or servitude to the gods. He found himself interested in magic tricks and illusions after one of his neighbours showed him a few.

He started to teach himself when he was in teens and became very good at it, especially as he grew older. He also dabbled more in his Breton magicka, figuring out what else he could do with it. He also realised he was gay, much to his dismay. Even now, he keeps that firmly under wraps.

Eventually, at the age of 17, he had a falling out with his parents over his lack of religious belief. He went on a tirade on how their beliefs (or the fact that they hid behind them) were, in his words ‘a big steaming pile of shit’.

After being told his synaesthesia was a sign that he was being influenced by the daedra and he punched his father for it, he was essentially kicked out. Uncaring about that, he changed his name and went to High Rock to make a name for himself, remembering his mother’s stories of when she lived there. 

He started very small at first. He was able to find a place to stay. He worked as much as he could and performed his magic on the side. He was eventually invited to taverns and inns to perform and that got him attention and more money. He also witnessed a vampire feeding on a person, and this terrified him, but he remained determined to continue going and not let it get to him too much.

When he turned twenty, symptoms of his scoliosis started to become prominent, coming with pain and finding it harder to walk or run for longer distances. Luckily, this didn’t affect his magic shows too badly.

At the age of thirty, he started to wander to other places and live long term and do work. Where he officially became known as Lord Enigma when performing. He’s currently in Winterhold, helping in the Arcanium. 

Leofric Lawford

Name: Leofric Lawford 

Age: 35

Birthday: 10th of Rain’s Fall 

Gender: Cis Male (he/him/his pronouns) 

Powers and Abilities: Immune to Vampirism and most other diseases, Beast Form. Voice of the Emperor, and Imperial Luck. 

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual.

Race: Imperial/Werewolf 

Faction: Companions, also does bounty work and has affiliations with Dawnguard. 

Current Residence: Whiterun. 

Mother: Unknown. 

Father: Unknown.

Height: 6’5" 

Weight: 240lbs 

Body Type: Mesomorph/Muscular 

Hair: Light brown and slightly wavy

Eyes: Dark brown .

Skin: White 

Languages: Tamrielic, and Ayleidoon.

Distinguishing features: He has many many scars from his days of battling. He has a slight beard. It’s not as full as Bill’s, but it’s definitely fuller than basic stubble. 

He doesn’t smile very often. If you see him do it, take a picture; you’ll never see it again in your life otherwise.

He has dyslexia. It hasn’t been identified yet, so he’s been suffering in silence about it. He also has some slight shortsightedness, but makes up for that with his other skills.

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, raising butterflies, plants and botany (he also researches how to better weaponise them (such as by using sachets of herbs to cloak himself, or make oils and decoctions for better damage output) or heal with them, history, boxing, and surprisingly, painting. 

Occupation: Companion

Skills: Alchemy, creating potions and poisons alike, heavy armour, two-handed and one-handed weaponry, which he’s trained himself in since a very young age,blocking, and hand-to-hand combat. 

Personality: He is rather stoic, and guarded, but still kind, brave and benevolent.

Although a werewolf and harsh on criminals and other monsters, he has a soft spot for humans, pacifistic supernatural creatures of other species, and animals, rescuing them and treating them with a distant sort of kindness. He is also incredibly loyal to those he makes friends with. 

He also prefers to be fair in a fight, giving his opponents a fair chance to defend themselves and fight back. That said, he believes underhanded tactics can be a tool to use only when necessary. 

Basic Backstory: Leofric was born in Cyrodiil, and left at an orphanage soon after as a baby. He was looked after by his guardians and taught the skills he needed. It was believed he would simply become a member of the imperial watch when he was older.

However, he became fascinated by stories of the companions and what they did. He left the orphanage at the age of sixteen years old and honed his skills, eventually making his way to Skyrim.

He had already shown a lot of the qualities of the companions during his travels, and he had actually been noticed by some of the travelling ones. He was accepted after some trials and has been with them since. 

He eventually became a werewolf when with them as well, and has not regretted this choice. He sees this as a blessing and a privilege. 

[usotsukijoo-blog]

4, 14, 34, and 40~!

;; ⁴ ⁻  ᵂʰᵃᵗ ᶦˢ ᵗʰᵉᶦʳ ˢᶦᶻᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵇᵘᶦˡᵈ? ᴴᵒʷ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᶦᵗ ᶦⁿᶠˡᵘᵉⁿᶜᵉ ʰᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵘˢᵉ ᵗʰᵉᶦʳ ᵇᵒᵈʸ, ᶦᶠ ᶦᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ? ;;

Canoncally, Celestia is 46 kg ( 101 lbs ) and 164 cm ( 5′5″). The official artbook explains that her chest is 80 cm ( FUN FACT: The same as Leon’s and Mukuros - Or junkos?Or both? - ). However, I believe those were taken when she was bare and, therefore, doesn’t really apply to how she really APPEARS to be.

With those massive detachable drills and her pannier and corset ( From the art book as well ) I believe that she weights a little more than 46 kg when fully clothed on. Her chest also, probably, looks smaller than 80 cm due to the corset she is wearing and she might appear taller than 5′5″ due to her red high heels.

Why so much? Well, her european fascination. She wants to look like one of those slim and tall stereotype of europeans.

Rather than lustful, she wants to appear graceful. 

;; ¹⁴ ⁻  ᵂʰᵃᵗ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᶜᵃʳᵉ ᵈᵉᵉᵖˡʸ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ? ᵂʰᵃᵗ ᵏᶦⁿᵈ ᵒᶠ ˡᵒʸᵃˡᵗᶦᵉˢ, ᶜᵒᵐᵐᶦᵗᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ, ᵐᵒʳᵃˡ ᶜᵒᵈᵉˢ, ˡᶦᶠᵉ ᵖʰᶦˡᵒˢᵒᵖʰᶦᵉˢ, ᵖᵃˢˢᶦᵒⁿˢ, ᶜᵃˡˡᶦⁿᵍˢ, ᵒʳ ˢᵖᶦʳᶦᵗᵘᵃˡᶦᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶠᵃᶦᵗʰ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʰᵃᵛᵉ? ᴴᵒʷ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ᵗᵉⁿᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᵉˣᵖʳᵉˢˢᵉᵈ? ;;

Celestia cares about how she looks in the eye of the other. And much like a prey trying to appear frightening to their predator, she wants to look like a fierce and unstoppable woman that shouldn’t be messed with. Since everyone has a greedy nature and preys on the weak, she needs to appear like a predator herself. If she shows weakness, for even a split second, her kingdom might be doomed to crumble. And as we all know, her dream is vastly important to her.

The only person she fully trust is her loyal cat ( And I suppose, animals in general, but she doesn’t really like animals that much. Noisy, dirty, etc. She loves her cat tho ) and her sister in the twin verses with other Celestias. She’s also bound to trust her loved one if she ever gets into a ship, but that alone is highly unlikely.

She commits herself to accomplishing her dream and satisfying her own greedy desires. Since everyone is doing the same, why shouldn’t her? With that mindset, she has no qualms becoming a ‘villain’ herself. In a world where best friends betray each other for monetary gains, why can’t her betray others? A world where marriage can mean to ascend into a different stratum of society, why should it be considered romantic to begin with?

By the way, she doesn’t believe in romantic ideas. ( Such as people that are destined for each other, everyone will get a happy ending, sacrifices being a noble thing, and so on. Those are rather naive ideas that are means to escape how harsh the real world is ).

And finally, save from her own luck, she doesn’t think there is any high power controlling their life. She doesn’t believe in gods and stuff alike, religion is also a means to cope with reality ( To her ).

;; ³⁴ ⁻ ᴴᵒʷ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳˢᵗᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ–ʷʰᵃᵗ ᵏᶦⁿᵈ ᵒᶠ ʷᵒʳˡᵈᵛᶦᵉʷ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵒᵘᵍʰᵗ ᵖʳᵒᶜᵉˢˢᵉˢ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʰᵃᵛᵉ? ᵂʰʸ? ;;

My Celestia spends much of her time studying european philosophers ( And european art as well, but let’s not go astray). One of the first ideas that she agrees with is the Unmoved mover, developed by Aristotle. The concept is that there is something that, without being moved, moves everything else. She walks astray from Aristotle’s ideas when she believes that the unmoved mover is self-interest. Celestia thinks that every action taken is to benefit the doer. She believes that if someone is donating money to charity, he is only doing it for his own personal  reasons. Perhaps to have a momentary respite from feeling greedy and uncaring, or perhaps he only wants the publicity.

Therefore, no one is acting to help her without having their own secret reason, which causes Celestia to have paranoia, for she believes everyone is greedy. 

She also believes in Social determinism, which is the theory that society and human interactions shape how a person act. ( Very popular in Brazil literature in the 1880s like hiii ). Basically, you act like you do because of the society that you live in. If you live in a society that disaproves of hugs, then you’re less likely to hug than if you lived in one that has no opinion or is surpotive. And she dwelves further into this concept by thinking that even deliquents and of sorts tend to act like society. By trying to be rebels, they go against what their society disaproves or what their society consider a rebel. 

And, just a small link to Emily Durkehim, she believes that society punishes people who go aganist their beliefs. ( Such as gossip, stern looks and people being generally more rude and etc).

The point is: She thinks that humans are prone to their own greedy causes rather than generous deeds and believes that everyone is shaped by their society and punished by the same, meaning she lives in a cruel and unforgiving world.

;; ⁴⁰ ⁻  ᵂʰᵃᵗ ᵈᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵒⁿᵈᵉʳ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ? ᵂʰᵃᵗ ˢᵖᵃʳᵏˢ ᵗʰᵉᶦʳ ᶜᵘʳᶦᵒˢᶦᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶦᵐᵃᵍᶦⁿᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ, ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ? ᴴᵒʷ ᶦˢ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵉˣᵖʳᵉˢˢᵉᵈ, ᶦᶠ ᶦᵗ ᶦˢ? ;;

Celestia is enticed by the actions her mindset cannot explain. Those actions that seem genuinely formed of kindness and generosity. Because she wants to believe there is more than greed in the world, but alas she never seems to find the crucial piece of evidence to make the transition. And it’s sometimes depressing. She’s walking a lonely path where everybody else is trying to use her as a shield, and thus she secludes herself. There is a reason shes mostly not interacting with her classmates in the group pictures ( And in the small glimpse of dr3 despair ). If she opens up, she’ll be swallowed by a ravenous predator. If she tells her secrets, they’ll blackmail her. If she shows genuine care for someone, they’ll be able to easily exploit her feelings.

That means she’s basically skeptical of all and everyone, not even trusting her own family ( Reminder that the most important ‘person’ for her is her cat, not her mother or father ).

Well I think this mostly settles it! Thank you if you read even a single answer!