#but they also related to Mannimarco

[zuutiomi]

POV : when you were once a prince of summerset isle and you still take care to be beautiful 😔

[yewphoric]

Stop right there criminal scum! I demand 2, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, and 22 and you have to answer with up to four different OCs of your choosing >:3c NYEHEHEHEHEH

FOUR OCS?? Challenge accepted >:3c

2. When they cast magic, what’s their style? Are they flamboyant or reserved? Do they wave their hands around? Do they like making a show of it? Are they verbal? 

Let's talk about Jenais. He likes to be a bit dramatic and add a flair to it. He's usually silent around others, but does talk to himself when he's alone. He's also a fan of just snapping his fingers or waving his hand and making something happen, particularly when commanding the undead.

8. What’s their lowest/weakest skill that could be a fatal flaw? Or what’s their biggest weakness?

Hmm... for Ragnar, I think in terms of TES-related skills, it'd be magic and blocking. He tends to rely on battlefield medicine and potions, and it could easily be a detriment that he doesn't block hits and doesn't know restoration magic. Could lead to some dangerous situations...

9. Do they have any handicaps or disabilities?

Going with Hadrevan for this one-- and yes! Corprus made them nearly blind in their left eye, and the scarring causes chronic pain. Unfortunately for them, they don't have many moments without pain. Their depth perception is all out of wack too, and it took a lot of retraining to get used to that while fighting.

11. Do they have any epithets? How about aliases? 

Ragnar easily has the most. The Last Dragonborn, Dovahkiin, Ysmir, Kyne-Blessed, Kaaz-Dov, Norokfahdonkaal (though I may change this dragon name tbh), etc. as he's recognized as Dragonborn. Before it had a name, it was simply known as Cub, Cat, Khajiit, or That One.

14. Any motifs or symbolism for this character? Flowers, animals, etc.

Hmm... The best I can think of is Ionya, who's associated with foxes (hence everyone calling her Ionya the Fox). That's for both her bright ginger hair and her sneakiness and cleverness. She wears a fox tail on the side of her belt. I'm terrible with assigning flowers and such to OCs sadly, so nobody has any..... but perhaps I should think about it!

15. Tropes, tropes, tropes! Do any come into mind for this character? Or do they subvert any?

Haddy time. Based on a list I found, they fit the following: Chosen One, Antihero, Heroic Seductress (listen. sometimes. sex is a good motivator and easy manipulation tool), and Reluctant Hero. Tbh I can't find any other good lists so. That's all I've got for this one sadly

22. Ignoring time, what Elder Scrolls NPC would they get along with the most? Or the worst?

One of the funniest things I can think of is making Jenais meet Mannimarco. Canonically, Jenais respects and reveres the God of Worms, but is confident he will surpass him some day. I have no idea if Jenais would actually like the man Mannimarco or not. I think it's one of those cases where they'd either get along really well or hate each other off the bat. Or, maybe they get along for a time until Jenais decides he hates him. That could very easily happen.

[daggerfool]

Who do you give the Numidium to and how do you feel about the Dragon break?

I usually give the totem to Mannimarco because gameplay wise his reward is the best. Like yes, I want to be famous and have every noble in the Iliac Bay as my bestie. They are like walking trust funds.

When I role-play I give it back to Gothryd just because my character is chaotic and unpredictable. It’s like stealing candy from a toddler, then being paid for giving it back. I have a few thoughts on the dragon break and I have an own interpretation of it as most of us do. I mean,��it’s Elder Scrolls and the canon is that nothing’s canon. I will specifically talk about the dragon break in Daggerfall, my opinions don’t really extend to the dragon breaks in general (why are they a thing anyway).

All of this confusing stuff under the cut.

The definition of dragon break is that it’s a temporal phenomenon that involves a splitting of the natural timeline which results in branching parallel realities where the same events occur differently or not at all.

The thing about parallel realities is that there is no worth in wondering about them. Like in Morrowind, where once you kill a main quest related npc you get the message which contains the words ’live in the doomed world you created’. For you, it’s only a doomed world because the message imply the existence of a better path, otherwise it’s reality, and you have nothing to compare it to but what ifs in your head.

Not the case in Daggerfall though. The reality of one is antithetical of other’s, yet they still exist at the same time and space. No matter what side the Agent picks, every other path will be part of the real world, making all of them meaningful in some way. It raises two questions for me.

1. Does it mean the Agent’s choice is actually meaningless? 2. Does it really matter what the Agent chooses in this case?

In my opinion, the answer is yes to both questions. The effect of the dragon break only really matters to those who can comprehend it. For the folk of the Iliac Bay the results only seem like an effect of a war: changed borders, swifts in power between kingdoms. Supernatural phenomenons like dragon breaks are too confusing for a basic farmer, they have no meaning to a swordsman.

I believe the Agent was one of the few who really knew what happened and the moment they touched the Mantella they have seen a glimpse of every choice they have taken in parallel realities. I think the Agent stops being a person that moment. They are like patchwork, a being made from every skill they gained, every knowledge they got. They effectively stop being themselves and yet become more of themselves they have previously been. All the experiences they have had thus far, all the answers they have found, are engraved in them. For the Agent it does matter who they give the totem to. They will remember their feelings and opinions that lead them to that moment, nothing is going to take that away from them (except if they die when the realities merge, but that raises another question I am not prepared mentally to think through). 

Anyway, if Daggerfall has been a modern game, the Agent would have become something god-like, something beyond mortal in the end.

Funny enough I think Nulfaga also understood the dragon break or at least I came to this conclusion based on her dialogues. Homegirl just didn’t give no shits about a world that doesn’t have her son in it. Btw imagine being Nulfaga and having Lysandus as a son and when he reproduces, his kid is a lame ass emo boy.

In conclusion, the Agent basically played all the routes of a dating simulator separately then ended up having a harem. Once again, my theory that every TES game is an otome game is proven and dragon breaks are just the secret poly route.

[theoneandonlysemla]

For the fanfic ask game!

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

H: How would you describe your style?

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

Uh nice ones!

G: I do write linear, my autism forces me to do so. 😅 It feels so wrong to just write a random scene and honestly, I'm afraid that it will no longer make sense when I reach the scene. But of course I do write my scene ideas down and sort them, but mostly as keywords with a little of dialogue sprinkled in. And then I just play those out in my head before I fall asleep. 😊

H: That's a tough one. 🤔 Before I delved into writing fantasy I would say dialogue heavy and character driven. But now? Oof, uhm I do try to go for atmospheric and heavy on the interal conflict of my characters, I guess?

M: Hehe, a lot. 😁 Mostly Skyrim-related, e. g. I plan on a short Mannimarco fic where he basically makes a zombie out of the MC. Then, I still have to write my one shot that ties in with my AcanoxFaralda fic and will connect it to Dealings with Daedra. Oh and before I forget it: I am also working on a book but that is on hiatus right now (because of Skyrim brain rot). It's also Fantasy based on Babylon and ancient Sumeria.

[sigmaelxgr]

That is a hell of a well kept secret. @ladylvndr

Sigma-El as a child was heavily suspected to be a Nerevarine. Born with those clear luminescent eyes that reminded the Wise-Woman of the Erabenimsun of a long lost time where Azura did not cursed them, and more specifically of a very special mer, precious and waited; Nerevar - child Sigma-El was of an absolute purity that never left him at any phase.

But Sigma-El was a non-verbal child. Extremely weak and vulnerable, depending of his father to even eat at the age of 6 until almost 9; an insufferable long time for a tribe that needs heavily fonctionnal members due to the recurring fights with Redoran and Hlaalu houses around Suran (and the harshness of wastelands). Sigma-El also had other traits that began to worry the augurs - Sig could be hear mumbling to himself when playing, with multiple voices. Very harsh times came right after his birth, with violent ash storms and such, and what was seen as maybe the early signs of an incarnation turned into a possible twist in Azura's curse. To be sure about that, they took Sig against his will to the Revelation, but Azura did not speak. The expectations turned into fear when the Wise-Woman began to have nightmares of "The sky bleeding a sharp blue", crumbling like glass, and she told the Ashkhan about it. After a while of deliberation, they casted the child out, leading, years and years later, to Xangr appearing and joining the worm cult. (Isnt it funny how without a clue the Wise-Woman made her sights go true.)

At ESO's time, Planemeld ended and Xangr is out of the Cult, unsatisfied of the answers Oblivion gave him. He sometimes meets other Ashlanders but never mentions what happened after the Exil, and if asked directly, he will not answer. He exhales such a serene, based, peaceful and wise aura, something soothing to the extreme (and even frightful), and it happened once or twice that at first, he gets mistaken for a Nerevarine.

Xangr thinks Sigma-El was obviously a Nerevarine, but he was too young, too different in a place where he could not bloom and I almost always represent Sig as still a child with earrings of moon and stars.

As such, they did not take place in anything related to the Tribunal. I do not consider them the Vestige, that is too much of a concept to even roleplay it without major interferences in lore. He took part aside Mannimarco before fleeing when the lattest betrayed Molag Bal and spended years hiding to recover psychically.

Does anyone have a Nerevarine OC that they've also created in Elder Scrolls Online?

What is your reasoning for your OC to be there? How do they react to the events in ESO? What factions do they join (and what is your justification for them)? If they participate in the events of the Morrowind/Clockwork City expansion, what are their motives for temporarily helping the Tribunal?

[wellthebardsdead]

Mannimarco: *explaining the plan to make it look like he’s reverted to his old ways to trick his actual evil version into thinking he’s on his side* Okay, it’s simple! You drink the torpor and your body will go into a death like paralysis for exactly 5 minutes and while he’s not looking you can do that blip blop thing you do so well and get to the amulet.

Ophilia: are you sure that’ll be enough time? What if he’s not convinced you ‘tricked me?’

Mannimarco: he will, he’s a narcissistic prick he thinks he knows himself better than anyone else. And yes, That’ll be enough time for me to circle around to distract him. As for the rest of you, once we approach him I’m going to fall behind and hit you all with a spell variant of that same paralysis. Vivec you’ll be invisible so I won’t hit you, and malgroth you’ll be waiting on the other side of the gate to help ophilia.

Tulpha: okay? And how is this supposed to be a trap if we’re all paralysed?

Mannimarco: as I said. It’ll only last 5 minutes. I just have to talk to him long enough and keep moving toward him until I’ve got him circled in between you lot. Then boom, suddenly it looks like I’ve revived you all and you pounce.

Everyone: ohhhh.

Mannimarco: In other words-

[maybemanyskeletonhats]

How do you think some elves would react to someone who is very observant and excels at connecting spots?

But they are absolutely horrible at explaining why they know that or how they figured it out and just comes off knowing too much

Love your work btw <3

I'm sorta the same way. It's a struggle.

Sotha Sil feels a sad amount of understanding on that front. He encourages them to take their time till they can actually actually explain themselves and if they can't...its not a big deal to him don't worry so much.

Vivec also relates but hides it with his cryptic nature. He tries not to make them have to explain, only that he understands that they happen to know something, but can't explain it very well. And that's normal to him don't get frustrated!

Almalexia is somewhat confused but knows everyone solves problems differently. They just happen to have a system that works for them that no one else can understand and that's okay.

Voryn Dagoth watches as they fumble and stutter around their words and feels so bad. He was once the same way and it took some time for him make a proper way to verbally explain himself. Asks them to point to the first thing they used to figure something out, and start slow from there.

Mannimarco finds their effortless deduction skills refreshing. No they don't have to explain anything! To him, to anyone! If some random mer can't get it while they can. That's just too bad. To him they've evolved their problem solving skills.

Neloth listens to their word throw up and slowly nods. He has no idea how they put that together from what they said but it's a solution! And that's enough for him. Finds their little skill useful for when he is...ugh, stuck.

Divayth Fyr just understands. They aren't sure how but he is. He's seen his fair share of odd skills so there is no need to worry. Treats it normally but always asks them if they happen to see something to fix a problem.

Teldryn Sero tilts his head. What? How did they? He's so confused help him. Is always abit stunned when they can wordlessly solve a complex puzzle and move on so quickly. But he quickly finds it funny and snorts whenever they do it.

[kagrenacs]

Explaining the Iceberg #4

I covered most things in this, but not everything. Every previous post I’ve made describing the tes iceberg I found on google image search can be found here x

Lorkhan’s purposeful failure: Lorkhan was the first spirit to go beyond the universe to see the tower, but didn’t achieve CHIM. He likely did this on purpose to show others how not to do it, and to demonstrate that it was difficult for et’ada to achieve this state because they simply don’t have the boundaries (such as death) that mortals do.

The World-Egg: The universe and the 12 previous Kalpas, everything within existence

The Khajiit Tower: this reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/3oh7wf/the_khajiit_tower/ for everyone’s sake i’ll spare you the details of Jungian psychology, TL;DR the khajiit are a ‘tower’ made to hold up the universe and aspects of this

The Grabbers: Mentioned in the 36 lessons, a race of people in Lyg who are said to ‘have never built a city of their own’ there are theories that these are in fact Magne-Ge, due to their connection to Lyg by Mehrunes Dagon

AE: ‘is’ in ehlnofex, can be interpreted as a state of being

Shezzar became Akatosh: The only solid reference i could find was this thread, that immediately discusses how this is probably incorrect http://www.gamesas.com/could-lorkhan-have-jyggalag-t74581-25.html

The Monkey-Truth: Markuth’s teachings, also a website of tes fanfiction writers and roleplayers 

Red Moment: The potential Dragon Break at Red Mountain

The Provisional House: Mentioned in the 36 Lessons, called ‘a space that is not a space’ that Vivec observes the events of Nirn from. It may possibly protect Vivec from dangers associated with this.

Alandro Sul: The Shield-Companion to Nerevar. Sometimes called ‘the immortal-son of Azura’. After being blinded by Wulfharth, he went to live with the Ashlanders of Vvardenfell and is credited with spreading the idea that the Tribunal killed Nerevar

CHIM: To put simply, the process and state where a person realizes their place within the universe and is able to manipulate the laws of the universe as they see fit. Often associated with the concept of ‘Love’

Skaal Secrets: Discussed in the Dragonborn DLC, it’s unknown what their secrets are, but the Skaal report that they’ve kept them a secret from Hermaeus Mora for generations

The World’s Teeth: Mentioned in the 36 lessons of Vivec, sermon 17. Vivec takes Nerevar to the edge of the world, where they see ‘the bottom row of the world’s teeth’ as Vivec states. This may possibly reference a glitch in Redguard. (as a side note: The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, a game that’s confirmed to have taken inspiration from the Elder Scrolls, has an area on the map, near the edge of the world with a row of spikes similar to what’s described here. This might be just coincidence, but I sure enjoy it)

Dagoth Ur’s Endgame: Speculation on what Dagoth Ur’s final plans actually are. He speaks of his desire to remove the Empire from Morrowind, and unite the Dunmer under the 6th House, but beyond that there’s little to go off of.  Ultimately this is just speculation and theories, mostly on what he plans to do with the Anumidium, and how that could possibly have adverse affects on reality.

Pelinal Cyborg from the Future: Another bit of obscure MK lore that’s not implemented in-game. This derives from the description of Pelinal having a ‘left hand made of a killing light’  ‘PELIN-EL [which is] "The Star-Made Knight" [and he] was arrayed in armor [from the future time].’ and his survival of being decapitated. While the text directly states he is from the future, there’s no ingame canon text stating he is a cyborg.

Reymon Ebonarm is Reman: The thought that Ebonarm, a God of War is the same person as Reman, emperor of Cyrodiil. There’s several theories dedicated to this, with different variants on the specifics.

The Enantiomorph: Directly tied to the concept of mantling and the Fourth Walking Way. Put simply, there are three participants in this. Two combatants who are very much alike and trying to become the ‘Ruling King’ and an observer who determines who wins, this observer usually becomes maimed as a result of this. 

The Third Moon: Two different things, a metaphorical or literal secret moon important to the Khajiit that only appears when Masser and Secunda are aligned, preceding the birth of a Mane. The second option is the Necromancer’s Moon, the godly form of Mannimarco.

The Walkabout: A concept in Yokudan religion. The process of spirits surviving one Kalpa to the next, facilitated by Tall Papa

White-Gold Doomsday device: I remember reading this theory a few years back, unfortunately I cannot find the exact page for the life of me. The Tl;DR on this is the White-Gold Tower is a weapon of mass destruction, either literally or in metaphysical terms (being connected to Akatosh and it’s status as a Tower). The closest thing I can find to it is this thread which describes the motives of Umbra in the novels, and how it could potentially take over Tamriel using the White-Gold Tower http://www.gamesas.com/doomsday-scenario-t69430.html

Jiub was the Nerevarine: Self explanatory, headcanon that Jiub was the Nerevarine, similar to a headcanon on tumblr that stated Teldryn Sero was the Nerevarine

House Dwemer: Mentioned as a House within The War of the First Council (which is written by an Imperial for Western Scholars) and The Lost Prophecy (written by a Dunmer) This could be interpreted in a couple different ways. A) The first book was certainly written for western readers, while there is no evidence for this being the case for the latter, it can’t be ruled out. ‘House’ is used as a simplification B) The Dwemer were considered a house, but perhaps not in the way we would initially think (being on the Great House Council)  They were grouped into a singular entity, rather than distinct clans within a cultural group (either during the First Council or posthumously) 

When Dead Gods Dream: https://www.imperial-library.info/content/when-dead-gods-dream referencing this thread. Discusses the mechanisms of Dagoth Ur’s godhood, the thread explains it better than I can here, TL;DR Dagoth Ur is not alive, but he is within the realms of gods and therefor is able to ‘project’ himself onto Tamriel and the minds of his followers.

Khajiit ended the Metheric Era: Nothing found for this

Parabolic Kalpa: A parabola is a symmetrical U-shaped curve. This theory essentially tries to explain why Skyrim is so low magic, compared to it’s history or even ESO. The thought is that as time goes on, the world becomes less connected to Divinity. Towers are destroyed and the gods are gone, but eventually things will begin to kick off again, and there will be a rise in magic, technology and the connection to these beings. Essentially tries to explain why C0da and Loveletter from the 5th era are more high magic compared to the actual games. 

Sithis: Secret Lesson from Vivec: Connects the both Sithis with the 36 lessons by terminology (The Sharmat, false dreamer ect.) and proposes Vivec may have written the book

Bendu Olo: Colovian King, may have been related to Olaj Olo, nordic demigod of mead. Also used as a placeholder name for the player character in Oblivion and the name of the dev’s test character in Skyrim

Trinimac still lives: An ESO lorebook states the Ashpit, realm of Malacath, extends into Aetherius. Some orcs also believe Malacath is nothing more than a demon presenting himself as the remnants of Trinimac. A r/teslore theory states that Malacath wears two faces. While I assume this is the Iceberg author’s sole reference, I propose this could (should) refer to another theory. (Another theory is similar to this on teslore, proposed around the same time, but this one connects the dots)  https://boethiah.tumblr.com/post/621058598373588993/tsun-is-the-shield-brother-of-shor-and-trinimac 

The Aedra are Dead: Seemingly a common topic on teslore. A basic concept in tes, the Aedra gave most of their powers to Mundus to stabilize it.  Their bodies remain as planets, and they can only have limited interactions with Nirn. 

Divayth Fyr was the Hero of Battlespire: An old theory that looks at artifacts in Divayth Fyr’s possession and ties them back to the tes spinoff Battlespire. There are holes in this theory (Divayth Fyr was a seasoned mage at the time the hero was an apprentice)

Three Talin’s: The default name given to the Eternal Champion is Talin, a character creation scenario proposes that their father was also named Talin, and finally Uriel Septim VII’s general was named Talin Warhaft.

Pelagius I was killed by the Underking: The Arcturian Heresy states that the Underking appeared as an advisor to Pelagius I, who was assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood. This theory is a possibility considering the amminosity between Tiber Septim and both components of the Underking. 

Tsaesci Goa’uld: Goa’uld are a species from Stargate that are parasites towards humans. This theory proposes that the Tsaesci are similar, explaining the inconsistencies of their appearance within the lore.

Lunar currency: The thought that the Aedra and Daedra use mortal souls like currency

Historic Star Inconsistencies: Possibly referring to the variations of the number of days within the year in Arena, not sure about this one

Mnemoli/Star Orphans:Mnemoli is either a specific Magne-Ge (spirits that fled the creation of Mundus after Magnus), or a group of them that only appears during a Dragon Break (often nicknamed the ‘Blue Star’) MK states that they’re the writers and distributors of the physical Elder Scrolls (however this contradicts ingame books, so take it with a grain of salt). Star Orphans may or may not refer to Magne-Ge as a whole. Vehk’s book of hours state's them as a ‘group or tribe’ regardless, Mnemoli falls under this secondary classification (along with Merid-Nuda and Xero-Lyg, I have my own thoughts on this which would be better explained in another post) 

Bosmer Hircine worship: Seemingly referring to a thread on 4pleb, I will not be summarizing this theory here because I’m smart and not going onto 4pleb of all places. But from canon content, Bosmer do not worship Hircine, and consider him a force that goes against Y’ffre and wants to return everything to it’s original state of chaos before the earthbones (Y’ffre being among them) stabilized things 

Septimus Signus Zero Sum: The theory that the aforementioned zero-summed at the end of Discerning the Transmundane in Skyrim. Essentially Septimus is in a fragile state, delving into the secrets of the universe and is being pushed by Hermaeus Mora, who may see him as a lab rat, into discovering things he isn’t meant to handle as a mortal, and consequently Zero-Sums. There’s holes in this, namely Zero-Summing supposedly removes all trace of existence. 

The Soft Doctrines of Magnus Invisible: A very obscure text by Douglas Goodall, discusses the binding of various gods

Abnegaurbic creed: An overly fancy word basically meaning religious beliefs, seen in Nu-Hattia Exerpt 

Dunmereth: A Nordic term for the area of Morrowind, during their occupation of it

Fifteen-and-One Golden Tones: A Dwemer term, possibly referring to the spheres of the Daedra, counting Sheo/Jyggalag as a singular entity. Also, the Dwemer swear by these 

Ideal Masters are God of Worms remnants: As Mannimarco is often said to be the first Lich, the existence of the ideal masters seems to contradict this (similar story with Azidal) this tries to rectify this by proposing that the Soul Carin is the Necromancer’s Moon, and the ideal masters are remnants of Mannimarco. This theory doesn’t hold up when examined, but is cool nonetheless. 

Sermon 37: Found in ESO, an extra sermon to the 36 lessons, ties in concepts present in c0da like amaranth. (interestingly on this list Sermon Zero is never mentioned, despite it being older and more interesting imo, but to discuss that would require lots of work)

Flying Whales: Mentioned in Aldudagga. A now extinct species. The bone bridge of Sovngarde could potentially be a reference to this.

Joy-Snow: It’s cocaine 

Mankar=Tharn: A theory that Mankar Cameron is Jagar Tharn, doesn’t hold much weight and relies mostly on the connection of Mehrunes Dagon

Sharmat: A term used to describe Dagoth Ur, an opposite to the Hortator, a force uniting people for evil. Implied to mean or be associated with ‘the False Dreamer’ a person whose view of the universe is similar to someone whose achieved CHIM, but sees themself as the center of it all, rather than a droplet in the ocean of the universe.

Pankratosword: A forbidden Yokudan sword technique that could ‘cut atoms’ similar to our modern day Nuclear Fission. A bit of etymology here, ‘Pankrato’ seems to refer to the word ‘Pankrator’ meaning all-powerful or almighty. 

Landfall: A concept from MK, a future event where Nirn is destroyed by the Numidium, and the people remaining relocate to the moons. 

Cylarne: The oldest ruin in the Shivering Isles, rumored to be the original capital. Home to the Cold Flame of Agnon

[morihaus]

Betrayal

Waves splash against the rocky shores of Betony as a small ship rows into port. The docks of Whitefort town are quiet in the dying light of the evening, busied only by sailors and dockworkers as they fix ships to the moorings and ferry cargo about, hurrying to get their work over with so they might retire for the night. There are few people, and of them, the lone passenger of the sailboat blends into the crowd, steel boots stepping onto the dock, cowl held close around her head.

She keeps her head down, not attracting any attention as she takes a circuitous path around the shipyard, pausing only to spare a glance over her shoulder every now and then. It's not her first time here, and she knows where she is going- the grand Imperial ship affixed to the far dock lies foreboding in the corner of her vision- but even miles from the mainland of High Rock or Hammerfell, she feels eyes all over her, grasping hands reaching out for her. She's walking into a pair of them right now.

It's with this note of fatalism that she climbs aboard the Imperial galley, its captain waits for her at a table on the deck, seated warmly in her fine Skyrim furs. Lady Brisienna Magnessen smiles cordially, cheeks rosy, but not bothered by the winter chill as her visitor is, letting her fair hair curl down her shoulders without hat or hood.

"Agent Delarda," She greets her with a refined tone, coarse Nordic tongue dipped in honey, smoothed and shaped to suit the needs of an inter-provincial operative. "Please, take a seat. Let's conclude this as quickly as possible."

Against her better judgement, the agent sits down. Her amber eyes, sitting in dark circles, peer out at the Nord from under her hood. "They know." She says flatly, her voice quiet and weak for the first words she's spoken in days. "Gothryd, Eadwyre, Athoriki, Gortwog-" She slings her pack down one shoulder and reaches inside, producing several written correspondences. She sets them on the table in front of her, unsealed, slightly crumpled. She looks down at them now, rather than Brisienna. "Even Mannimarco, and the Underking. They know, and they want it. They're making offers now. I'm not sure how long they'll wait for me to make up my mind."

Brisienna takes a letter into her deft hands, unfurling it and scanning it over.

Arduirel- code name Delarda- lets her hands lie limp on the table, numb with cold and nerves.

After a minute or so, the Lady speaks up. "They're making quite the hefty offers for it."

"You believe them?" Arduirel says.

Brisienna looks half-insulted. "No," She shakes her head. "I wouldn't be surprised if any or all of them were lying. All that gold, those artifacts, nothing but bait."

"Should I assume the Emperor was lying as well?" She says curtly, still not meeting her eye.

Brisienna purses her lips some, but reaches over into her own pack, producing a small jewelry box. She places it on the table, turning it to her fellow agent. "The Warlock's Ring, as promised. Feel free to check. I wouldn't lie to you."

Arduirel's ears burn under her hood at that. Still, she reaches forward, unlatching the tiny chest and taking a peek at the ring inside. Gold-banded, covered in ancient runes, inlaid with a dazzling red gemstone. She closes it, satisfied with its authenticity, more or less. She looks back up at Lady Magnessen, who peers expectantly at the elf.

"The Emperor has been planning this reward for some time, Delarda. Your efforts, both here and in years previous, are greatly appreciated." For a moment Arduirel looks and only sees a mouthpiece, a puppet; she wonders whether Uriel said any such thing, whether these words were really his, or mere lip service from the Nord woman. She's sick to her stomach either way, not helped by the gentle rocking of the boat in the harbor.

"...I'm curious. What would the other rulers have done with... the Totem." She asks, quite aware of the fact she's expected to be taking it out by now. She doesn't want to touch it, to let it be seen by anyone. Her whole body feels wired, jittery, as though the other agent were about to make a desperate lunge for her pack.

It doesn't come to pass, though, Lady Magnessen remains seated, glancing down once again at the letters on the table. "Nothing good." She shuffles them around, laying one on top of the other, leafing through the names on the pages and thinking on what she knows of the Illiac's politics. "No doubt Daggerfall, Wayrest, and Sentinel would use the Numidium in their petty war games. Perhaps they would even realize the extent of its capabilities- they could undermine the whole of the Empire with this power." Arduirel feels a chill as she speaks. She wonders what Brisienna knows about Numidium. How much does the Emperor know about Numidium? The Nord frowns as she continues to speculate. "Orsinium would no doubt crush its age-old enemies, claim all of Wrothgar for the Orcs, maybe beyond. I cannot begin to wonder at what nefarious end the King of Worms has in mind... he claims he wants godhood?"

Arduirel gives a shallow nod.

Brisienna shakes her head. "By the Nine, what a travesty that would be..."

"Could that even work?"

"If what we are led to believe about big Numidium is true, it very well could. It could be as easy as it plucking him from this world and placing him high up in the heavens." There's an attempted humor to what she says, but Arduirel can only fight to keep up a veneer of composure.

"Is that what Tiber Septim did?" She blurts out.

Brisienna gives her a judgemental stare. "Is that... what? What are you talking about, Delarda?"

Arduirel clenches her fist, grinding her teeth together for a moment. "I just mean-" She looks out into the horizon, the now black sky meeting the edge of the water. "He became a Divine. He also used the Numidium. Is that related? Is Mannimarco trying to do what he did?"

Without looking, she feels the icy stare of her superior. She lets out a sigh. "Tiber Septim didn't become Talos through some... automaton. He was always Talos-" She trails off, shaking her head. "We can discuss theology when you're back in Cyrodiil, Delarda. You have the Totem, don't you?"

"Yes." She quickly replies.

"Where is it?"

Arduirel looks back at her. Brisienna's face is creased with irritation- she knows a diversion tactic when she sees it, she's starting to wise up to what's going on here.

"What is the Emperor going to do with it?" Arduirel asks.

Brisienna pauses. Arduirel stares and picks her apart with her eyes, trying to figure out what she knows. "That's none of your concern, agent." She replies with a blunt, forceful tone. "Just know that he's the only one who can be trusted with it. These petty kings will rip each other- and the Empire- apart in their bickering, and those undead sorcerers will only do the same. This thing belongs in the hands of an Emperor, a Septim, not some pack of quarreling insubordinates."

Her words hang in the air, burning against Arduirel's ears like the cold night air. Her hands begin to shiver. "The last Septim who got his hands on it..." She furrows her brow, glaring from under her hood at the Nord. "The Underking, he's Zurin Arctus, Tiber Septim's battlemage. He claims to have made the thing- that the Mantella is his heart, and that Septim used the thing to conquer all of Tamriel, to destroy all his opponents, to replace all royals with those who would swear loyalty to him." Brisienna tries to get a word in, but Arduirel plows on ahead. "And when he disagreed with this use of the Numidium, Septim fought with him, and both he and his creation were destroyed." She produces another letter from her person, one she hadn't intended on sharing. "This says that the Blades have been gathering parts of the Numidium for centuries- what is the meaning of this??? To what end does it serve???"

Brisienna leans in with a dour expression. "You take the word of a rotting, undead wizard over mine? Over the word of the Emperor?"

Arduirel stands up with a start, frost crackles in her palm as she glares down at the Nord, who reaches for her blade. "What is he planning!? Why reassemble it?! Why use it now??"

"Delarda, stand down!" Brisienna barks out the order with her sword leveled in the elf's direction. "Think for a second! If you don't relinquish the Totem, you'll be branded as a traitor to the Empire of Tamriel- you'll have one more agency hunting you down, is that what you want!?"

"I am NOT giving you the Totem! I won't let this happen again!" Before Brisienna can even question her, Arduirel shoots an ice spike into her chest. She staggers back as it pierces a rib, she wheels back her sword-arm before another spike finds its way into the hinge of her elbow, icing the joint over and sinking deep into her tissue. She cries out in pain before Arduirel charges into her, bashing her off the side of the ship with a forceful elbow to her collar.

The Nord falls into the icy water, right arm stiff and inflexible, lungs pierced by a spike through her ribs. She cries out at Arduirel- "YOU CANNOT DO THIS!" But a torrent of frost is already firing down at her, freezing the water she's fighting against, encasing her in a thick sheet of ice. Her body temperature drops rapidly, she trembles and struggles as her muscles grow stiff and weak.

The small block of ice containing her body floats out into sea. The Agent absconds with the Warlock's Ring and the Totem, forcing her way through the confused crowd and boarding someone else's ship, pushing it out to sea with the force of her magic, arrows from the guards loosing in her wake as they piece together that she had something to do with this.

It doesn't matter. The Emperor will not get the Totem. As soon as she's out of sight from the isle, she makes course for the east, for Hammerfell, as a traitor to the Empire. Her true colors are finally revealed. It's exhilarating. It's sickening. It's the only way to avoid another Summurset.

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

ESO!

TY JESS! ✨ blorbo: It’s a tie between Miss Queen Aryenn Arana Aldmeri bc who else could I say with this url lool & of course, Abnur Tharn, imperial grand chancellorbo.  scrunkly: GIBLETS. @ zos implement a feature that lets the player adopt him HE FOLLOWS THEM ACROSS A WHOLE REGION. also Mirri bc she is sweet and I will protect.   scrimblo bimblo: High King Emeric. I just find him delightful, you get to witness his nightmares and inner depresso. Man straight up dies and you have to save him again. & he has some great lines. "Of course. I am a veritable treasure trove of useless information, and I love to share." But also shout out to Aranais because her questline is WONDERFUL.   glup shitto: Rigurt the Brash. Again, just delightful. Is it even an ESO zone if he’s not there to form diplomatic relations.   poor little meow meow: Naemon? zos has tried family turning on family a lot since then but none of it hit like Ayrenn and Naemon. And Veya goes without saying bc her fate just gave me depresso lol. Don’t trust Raz with your kids, lads.   horse plinko: MANNIMARCO. Like honestly is there anyone it could be funnier to torment than Mannimarco. He would take the bait every time, he would make it so easy and entertaining, he’ll seethe but he’ll never learn.    eeby deeby: Jakarn but that might be a temporary feeling bc he may be more tolerable in the new chapter.  Sombren?? I think that’s his name, from the Blackwood chapter because he really was a walking husk of a character, there was absolutely nothing interesting about him, he was so empty from start to finish and was the king of the unforgivable crime of just being absolutely boring and empty. 

[thegrunkiest]

Not gonna lie, returning to Skyrim over the past few days has reminded me of just how much I hope TES VI does factions like they did in Oblivion.

!Some critical ranting of Skyrim/positive rambling of Oblivion ahead!

I’m saying this after I started trying to immerse myself in the College of Winterhold, at last, after installing some good magic mods. But I just couldn’t. I couldn’t really care less about this Eye of Magnus or why the Psijic Order wants to talk with me specifically. I couldn’t care about stopping Ancano I can hardly remember what even happens in the questline aside from go into ruin, find orb, go into basement, talk to an aura, go to a ruin, beat up a skeleton dragon and something after that.

This is the same issue I’ve personally had with the Companions, and to a lesser extent, the Thieves Guild. I legit only remember the Companions as “the guild that gives you lycanthropy”. Thieves Guild is a little better, as I do distinctly remember a few of the characters and their quests could get quite creative. I never felt particularly invested however.

So why exactly do I (and possibly some of you) think Skyrim’s factions don’t work, and that they should look back on Oblivion when creating questlines for the next games? For me personally, it boils down to two components: the state of affairs, and sense of progression.

Sense of Progression

I’ll start with the simplest one first. Let’s use the College as an example again, comparing it to the Mage’s Guild of Oblivion. What do you do to gain entry to the College? Cast the requested novice/apprentice level spell (or alternatively, shout if you’re a Dragonborn or just schmooze if you, for some reason, already have 100 in speech). In Oblivion? You have to gain a recommendation from each of the individual chapters by completing a quest unique to each quild hall, which involve a little more work than simply casting a spell.

Alright, alright, so what do we do once we’re in? At the College, we engage in a little lesson with our many (see: three) fellow students. Cool (it’s also our only magic lesson from what I recall - great education system!). Then we’re immediately thrust into the questline, with no real or necessary deviations from the main subject regarding the Eye of Magnus. Then guess what - you’ve become Arch Mage!... wait what? I thought I just joined not too long ago?...

I find it hard to feel good about gaining the leadership role, despite me having just stopped a potentially devastating crisis to earn it, because I never felt more than a junior beforehand. This is how Oblivion does it right with its ranking system in my opinion. While I admit I might have chosen a bad example to draw from, as the Mage’s Guild quests also heavily concerns the main threat in at least some way, but what personally makes it more immersive for me is the fact you’re promoted whilst you’re playing - even to the point you’re being passed onto a different superior for more daring assignments! This is where the little things really count.

Then there’s the Thieves Guild. Unless there’s some backstory I’m glancing over, I don’t see why the Thieves Guild of Skyrim couldn’t have shared the same ranking system as the Oblivion branch, if no one else. In Oblivion, you can only initiate the quests after you’ve passed a certain threshold of fencing stolen goods, something that encourages you to actually be a thief to progress as a thief. I’m not just going from Pickpocket to Gray Fox, as I feel I am from an initiate to Nightingale/Guildmaster in Skyrim; you have various titles you earn in between.

If I had to summarize the point I’m trying to make - I’ll use Oblivion’s Dark Brotherhood. Arguably one of the most popular questlines in TES. Now, could you imagine an Oblivion Dark Brotherhood without Whodunit?, The Assassinated Man, Permanent Retirement, etc. - just axe those unrelated quests in favor of focusing on rooting out the Traitor. No promotions, just primarily finding ways to stop a person who, probably, has killed assassins much more seasoned than you! A deadly threat! Why? Because you’re you! And you obviously deserve to become the Listener after being a Murderer the whole questline.

Which leads me into my next point....

State of Affairs

Skyrim’s questlines seem to have a fixation on factions that are destitute and/or are on the brink of extinction. Business is dry with the Thieves Guild; in the Dark Brotherhood, all but the Falkreath sanctuary is destroyed and the Old Ways are abandoned; the Companions are struggling with the lycanthropy that plagues its strongest members; the College of Winterhold have little reputation in quite an anti-magic province; hell, even the Blades, who were previously slaughtered and run into hiding. The Dawnguard factions I feel are an exception (a reason I like that DLC so much), as the Dawnguard can excuse its low wealth and reputation with the fact that it was just reformed, and the Volkihar Clan have, for all I know, have just been... existing, in the shadows.

Admittedly, Oblivion also has a bit of a running theme among its faction - stable and well-organized factions plagued by a specific threat. The Blades have their Oblivion Crisis, the DB with their traitor ordeal, the Mage’s Guild with the necromancers/Mannimarco, the Fighter’s Guild with the Blackwood Company, Court of Madness with Jyggalag.

The reason why I prefer Oblivion’s guilds over Skyrim, I suppose, is related to my personal problem of power fantasy. Skyrim is a big old power fantasy. You’re the Dragonborn, the chosen one, the Hero of prophecy. So obviously you need to be the savior of each guild, right? You have to be the one the Night Mother deems Listener; the one the Psijics talk to; the one Nocturnal makes a Nightingale.

One might say it’s more realistic that way though, as it adds to Skyrim’s aesthetic of a darker, more unstable time with the Civil War and return of dragons. That’s a fair point. But did 90% of the guilds have to be restricted to poor little groups? Surely the Companions could’ve had other bases in some of the cities somehow, or the Thieves Guild have another hideout in, say Solitude?

You could argue you’re also chosen in Oblivion, sure. But while Uriel saw you in his dreams, you’re place as HoK wasn’t in part due to a superpower, either. I felt I was closing the Oblivion gates because my characters were who they were. You aren’t the only one who can enter Oblivion gates, but you were determined and skilled enough to make it through to the end. While in the factions, you were, for the most part, a newbie working through the ranks until eventually, you’re trusted to confront the threat. In Skyrim it feels less like organizations, and more like ragtag groups that were waiting for you to come in and fix them.

Coupled with the sense progression, this makes experiencing Oblivion’s factions much more organic and satisfying - in my opinion. That’s what’s most important. I’m not ragging on anyone who likes Skyrim’s factions, and I still love Skyrim despite my endless complaints. I understand I may have missed a few points (like the Civil War and Arena), and the ones I made could be disputed.

TL;DR: Skyrim’s fondness for power fantasy and the lack of ranks makes its faction questlines less immersive and more forced, whereas in Oblivion climbing ranks as a sort-of average joe feels organic and more rewarding. This is just my opinion. I don’t hate Skyrim. You’re free to agree or disagree and add to the discussion.

[the-tharns-speak]

Good day, lord Chancellor. I also have magic related question. What are the negative sides of using magic? Or, to be more precise, what physical and mental damage it causes (I'm not talking about accidents). What are the limits and what is the price of exceeding them? P. S. I also made like 80 new cards and most of them are black

(I am glad to hear about the cards. Where do I find them?)

The most common side effect of usage of magic is something called magicka addiction. It comes in two stages:

The first phase in mental addiction. channeling magicka through your body is a feeling hard to describe to someone who has never felt it, but it is very pleasing. Invigorating. The drunk euphoria one might feel when they sprint a short distance. You want to feel it again, and so you cast another spell. And another. You start reading with a magelight over your shoulder because it is nice and because you just can.

That brings the second second stage, the physical. Your body develops dependency on flowing magicka currents, in the same way it is dependent on your blood circulation. It is not entirely undesirable side-effect, as it more often than not prolongs your lifespan, but eventually it reaches the point when it becomes painful not to be using magic, and once it crosses to the line when you start dying when you haven’t your mind wrapped around a spell... well, then it is a matter of time before you magicka reserves deplete completely and you die.

Additionally, magic as any kind of power goes to the head extremely quickly. Look at Mannimarco and his delusion of godhood. Or another example is Shalidor who managed to lose a whole island and Guildhall in his search for more power. Becoming very proficient in magic gives one feeling a superiority, a certain mindset that regular laws - mortal, Daedric, and natural - are something that has nothing to do with you, and that way lays a very ugly death and disappointment... if you are lucky.

Magicka is also something very closely connected to your soul and essence, and is dependent on feelings and emotions. Feelings of rage give the school of Destruction certain force. However, it is less known but still observable that it works the other way around and eventually a mage ends up in one of three categories: The first one have certain feelings associated with certain spells, and thus their mood changes depending on the magic they perform. The second kind blocks out their emotions in order for their magic not to be affected by them, and as such they end up cold and unfeeling, but below this crust remains an unchecked volcano which from time to time unexpectedly erupts in a mixture of unstable emotional outbursts. The third group is the exact opposite of the second - they feel everything more strongly and without outside intervention they have no way to avoid it.

And let’s not forget that too strong magicka current which has no way of escaping your body is going to tear you apart from the inside, just as too frequent usage of magic when your body is not used to the strain will wear you off to death like waves wash away sandstone. If you start bleeding from your nose, stop whatever you are casting and get the rest of the day off.

There are more than this of course, but these are the things every mage has to watch out for, while the rest depends heavily on your race, school of magic and outside influence.

The limits are individual to each person and have to be carefully searched for. If you overdo it, all of the side effects will happen to you, and they are going to happen quickly. Have I mentioned its all irreversible?

[lundiivith]

ive been traversing. ive been traversing uesp lately 

for the first time ive been doing that properly instead of mostly like, relying, on people telling me about lore or on the fandom wikia, 

which by the way is objectively better than UESP because it notes pelinal whitestrake was gay and uesp doesnt even use gendered pronouns for his boyfriend, 

anyways

here are some elder scrolls lore hot takes that arent pelinal whitestrake related

y’ffre can, like, Get It

quantum physics is fucked up in elder scrolls

its SO fucking funny that normal people things happen in elderscrolls when you know about like, aurbis being a wheel and whatever. Like oh my god you little elf bitch (shakes him by the shoulders) you little elf motherfucker youre living on an EARTH THAT HAS BONES how does that FEEL, we just have DINOSAURS here thats so boring, why is your DIRT COOLER than OUR dirt,,,,

i watched a video about the book of invasions today and motherfucker why does it all sound roughly as coherent as that

i still have no idea how the argonians evolved but the hist is also sexy and can unironically get it

i want to call daedric princes dinosaurs now for no reason other than to commit chaos

i have NO idea what an ada is and ive just been interpreting it as like, the et’ada equivalent of a regular ol daedric summon, like an et’ada atronach, if that makes like, LITERALLY any sense, and i’m VERY scared of being wrong. it’s kind of like saying the washing machine of a blender but i hope you understand where i’m getting at? like an atronach but like, Minus whatever it is that makes them Specifically daedric

morihaus and alessia were super cute, actually

also alessia pegged him 100% right

(remembers the all-maker) Oh my god i can’t believe christianity is canon to skyrim

I LOVE THAT THE KHAJIIT AT SOME POINT WERE AWARE OF ALDUIN AND THEN RID-THAR-RI’DATTA WAS LIKE... NO... SHOOSH... NO WORLD EATER. ITS OKAY

if the all-maker is anu and sithis is padomay is the adversary (roughly speaking) wouldnt there be some REALLY interesting possibilities in a ldb whos part of the dark brotherhood (with all that sithis stuff going on) interacting with the skaal? ohh, you could make a ldb who frees miraak to spite the skaal, that’d be neat

i need someone who plays eso regularly to tell me what the fucks up with vile getting nicknamed nycot because that sounds HILARIOUS

i very much appreciate that in tes people know gods are real but also they worship as gods things that arent necessarily gods (like phynaster) like thats not unrealistic honestly

(nord voice) shor’s phat knutz!

the more i read about redguard pantheon the more interested i am. why do they have a god named daddy

“[Xarxes] created his wife, Oghma, from his favorite moments in history “ this is cute in a really weird way 

i think the yokudans had the same naming scheme for their gods that i have for my OCs ie “whatever sticks sticks but you gotta be able to moan it without cracking up” 

(which is how i end up with OCs named shit like Asvestus, Sa’ran, Vuvuzuelle, Dove, Björn, i almost named an oc after tabasco sauce once, i had an oc named Sauerkraut but i shortened it to Kraut and now he’s an actual serious oc and he has an interdimensional boyfriend it’s cute)

why are there so many continents in elder scrolls that up and dissappear. are nirn’s tectonic plates ok

“Hermaeus Mora (sometimes spelled "Hoermius", "Hormaius", or "Herma" Mora), [...] also known to the ancient Atmorans and Bosmer as Herma-Mora, [...] to the Ayleids as Hyrma Mora, and to the Khajiit as Hermorah,” 

PICK. A SPELLING. AND STICK TO IT WHOREMAEUS

(dagoth ur voice) nerevar will you come to my wine and cheese hour.

tsun is up there sexiest tes gods like tsun can get it, we can all agree on this

“why are you so insistent in gods being sexy” WHAT IS A GOD FOR IF NOT FUCKING. COME ON this is why no one likes nurgle

and the most important hot take of them all

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO FUCK OBLIVION MANNIMARCO. YOU ARE A FAKE FANNIMARCO. AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMEDIMMARCO.

[morgiah]

morgiah ;)))

who? jk

How I feel about this character: i absolutely adore her. granted most of my opinions on her are formed from my own headcanon and my friends headcanons but still. even the little we know about her in canon is very interesting. a dunmer queen in auridon, one of the most xenophobic areas on tamriel? i mean she is related to katariah so like i can’t be surprised by her ambition to become a ruler in a foreign province.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: mannimarco 

My non-romantic OTP for this character: my agent of daggerfall

My unpopular opinion about this character: i feel like everyone has agreed that the “first” that she offered mannimarco is her firstborn which does make the most sense, but i think thats too obvious want to headcanon something else i just can’t think of anything. also don’t know what mannimarco would want with a baby

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: i wish we knew more about her. i wish she was in other games, or at least her fate was mentioned. i wish bethesda didn’t fuck up the dunmer design in daggerfall. i wish bethesda also didn’t refuse to characterize female lore figures as much as they characterize male lore figures

[thalmage]

What is Anduin’s tax policy aka there should have been a wind down expansion between BFA and Shadowlands

To say that the way things are left at the end of BFA are....not good would be an understatement. The expansion started with three of the core playable races being rendered homeless (for the second time in the Worgen’s case. Also, yes I’m still pissed at Blizzard for giving the continuation of the Worgen starting story to the opposite faction, leaving us in the dirt, waiting for like 6 years to actually participate in our own plot, but that’s something for later.)

Now that 8.3 is upon us and with Ion going: there are no plans for 8.3.5 currently; the plot jump can feel a bit jarring. When you jump from plot thread to plot thread without stopping to breathe and take in wtf just happened, the audience risks being exhausted. Ironically, despite WoW’s plot being written that way, players do have time to take in and process wtf just happened due to the way content is spaced. So it leaves WoW players in a place of: “well I want to actually have catharsis for the BFA stuff, but we’re getting pulled into the underworld. 

So, I’d like to imagine what questions and themes would need to be answered and explored, if we had gotten another expac, like Cata 2.0 between BFA and Mannimarco causing the Planemeld , erm sorry, wrong game, I mean Solas tearing down the Fade, wait no......dang it! What is it with elves and sky holes anyway? Ahem...Sylvanas opening the way into the afterlife. I’m gonna focus on Alliance races only cause...bias.

TLDR: I basically want Dany’s A Dance with Dragons chapters as a whole expansion. Also less Sky Hole Making Elves and more Grumpy Canine Symbolism Men.

1) Humans

Basically where BFA leaves us at, Stormwind has a problem. A big one. Basically it’s host to refugees from another kingdom and an island nation. So, if Blizzard were to be generous and exonerates Saurfang and other folk from the whole accessory to genocide thing lessens the blow caused by the Burning and say, over 90% of the Night Elf and Worgen population surived, Stormwind would still be dealign with an overpopulaton problem. 

Gilneas is basically schrodinger’s kingdom, blighted beyond repair, host to Forsaken refugees, and controlled by the Alliance, somehow all at the same time, so until we have a single definite answer, we’ll skip this talking point till we hit the Worgen section. While Night Elves won Darkshore, we know nothing of Ashenvale, and Darkshore seems too damaged to be a viable place to relocate a large civillian population. 

So, as George R.R. Martin once said: What is Aragorn’s Anduin’s tax policy? The refugee population is on his kingdom, thus it becomes his reponsability to take care of them. Thus we have to answer the following questions: 

1) How does he feed them? Are a part of the kingdom’s food supplies set aside for them? If so, what are the sociopolitical repercusions of such a thing? Are the nobles the ones eating less or the peasants? 

2) Where are they housed? Are there now Dragon Age style alienages being built? Is there a new law that dictates that Stormwind’s subjects have to house a certain number of now homeless victims of the Burning? Are they given land to settle on? Where? From whom? Nobles? The Church? (Does the Church even own land?)

3) How are the common folk handling the situation? We see during the 8.1 Leatherworking questline that some humans have taken advantage of the Night Elven refugees. Are there more cases like this? Do nobles see this as a chance to get their hands on indentured servants? Are there people trying to convert Night Elves to Light worship?

Night Elves

As mentioned in the section 3 of the Humans part, how the Night Elves are dealing with the situation should be explored further. 

1) How are the common Night Elves dealing with the situation, spiritually? Are there Night Elves that lost faith in Elune and actually converted to something else? How are they seen by their peers?

2) What about those still in the Cenarion Cirle? After Azeroth is healed, do they feel a need to aid their fellow Night Elves? Their actualy relatives in some cases? Or will helping them heal Darkshore be seen as a political act that puts the Circle’s neutrality in risk? Is Hyjal now Night Elf only land?

3) Is Ashenvale actually back in Night Elven hands? Mission table canonicity is dubious at best and....bad at its worst (Hellooooooo Warden Stillwater). Can the damage to Darkshore be cleansed at least? Can Blight be cleansed by Malfurion, or is it just a gameplay thing for the Warfront?

Worgen

Right, time for me to actually complain properly.

1)WTF is a Gilneas. Seriously, what’s its status? How much of it is actually habitable? Is it actually habitable? Will Gilneas be one of the last plot threads left open, dangled in front of us till WoW ends, only to be told nothing even then? 

2)If Gilneas is OK to go back to, see points 1 and 2 in the human section for Worgen-Night Elf relations if they can’t relocate to Kalimdor

3) How are Gilneans integrating? Seriously, all Cata era Worgen have been Night Elves in fursuits in terms of characterisation. We haven’t had actual Gilneas rep till Legion. Where’s the Gilnean industrialist scoffing at the Dwarven District, saying “Pfff. I can do soooo much better.” and builds his own factory? The Gilneans who treat the Worgen curse in the opposite way the Forsaken do theirs: ”Booohoo woe is me, I’m a monster. Look at me I’m gonna go and kill youfor calling me a moooonster, but it’s your fault so you made me do it, boohoo.” * sips tea and judges*

Gnomes

Like, so Mechagnomes are a thing now soooooo

1) Is Mechagon the new gnomish capital of the world? Like they have a single ruler, so it makes sense to have a singular place of central government, right? We can forget all the homeless Gnomes talk now, right?

2) Mechagnomes viewed body upgrades as a part of their social hierarchy. Do the still do so? Are there still Mechagnomes who see regular Gnomes as beneath them? Will mechanisation become an integral part of the future singular gnomish society?

Dwavres

1) So, there’s a Ragnaros cult trying to bring him back. That’s a thing. Shouldn’t it worry anyone else? No? Just me? K

2) Are the Dark Iron Dwarves rebuilding the old pre-Rag burns the land era cities and settlements?

Draenei

1) Will they actually rebuild now? Will Azuremyst finally be more that makeshift houses? Can Bloodmyst be cleased?

2) How many regular Draenei are into Lightforging? Gotta get the recruits from somewhere

Void Elves

1) How many are there? Seriously, just retcon their origins into being Umbric’s communist revolutionary sympathisers or something. Better than them being a group of 12 nerds on a rock.

[jotun-appologist]

I like how I sometimes add something funny to a post and get an influx of followers who then realize I talk about my sex life and cat in between reblogging nature photos and eldritch horror/vomit core stuff and religious posts and occasionally archeology articles

But no one ever goes to my side blog where I talk about DnD and Lotr and Final Fantasy and the elder scrolls almost exclusively. Or my seen blog.

So like, just so y'all are aware I am a mega nerd, and also I would like to say

Fantasy > 40k and, also Vlad von Karstein is best character and if its 40k then I'm gonna be chaos because Counts and Dark elves are gone.

Curse of Strahd is best dnd campaign. Well anything in the shadowfell is great. Or the underdark. Im always a drow.

And Dracula is actually quite well written and I maintain that I enjoyed the book (and most of Lovecraft's work as well while admitting that he and Stoker were assholes.)

I like horror of all types, my favorite TES factions are Order of the Black Worm, The Dark Brotherhood, and House Telvanni. Oblivion and Morrowind are ties as favorite game. I like Lucien Lachance, Neloth Telvanni, and Mannimarco more than most other reoccurring characters. I always play a Dunmer mage and my characters are all related.

I have an obsession with Mannimarco so don't even get me started on that.

I also am kinda obsessed with FFVII and very much a SefiKura type and like... I really like the witch king of angmar in LOTR.

Other than that I like to watch Vikings and Horror anime/manga like the works of Junji Ito or Berserk. I like Warband and Bannerlord and Kingdom Come type games.

I can info dump about Corvids and Ivar the Boneless or cats without missing a beat and I enjoy doing so.

And I don't bite, so hi, and welcome. I don't really have the self control to tag reblogs but I try to keep most triggering stuff on other blogs

If you wanna see nerdy stuff check my pinned post ^.^