#elanor is horrible yes but not the worst

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Some random trivia about Elanor and her antics in Skyrim, because why not

While mostly relying on her magic or summons in combat, she still keeps some actual weapons on her person, just in case. If she would need to slice some salami or stab people to underline a point. It is typically a few daggers she keeps losing, but at some point she also picks up an old Blade katana from some mossy grotto.  (Bolar’s Oathblade, yes. Bitter irony, considering his last will)

She did end up in Cidhna Mine this one time. Not due to any Forsworn investigation, as if she would care, she was just really drunk that one night, thanks to Sanguine. Yes, she got a mugshot out of it. Also yes, Silver-Blood family had a series of very bloody accidents short after. Completely unrelated (no).

As you can expect she was not able to negotiate any truce during the Season Unending filler episode, only causing much drama. She gave it a genuine best try at least. Well. Not really, she didn’t. A half-hearted attempt at giving a damn sounds more about right. 

It is actually really easy to convince her to do some Big Important Thing for you Hold, you just really need to make it sound fun or exciting. And maybe don’t expect it to be done in a sensible or timely manner. Siddgeir’s letter about becoming thane and buying house? Boring, not intriguing. “Hey, we might have problems with an ancient girlboss necromancer, wanna check?” Fascinating, engaging, proper enrichment. 

She is actually cursed by Nocturnal to have terrible luck with anything romance related. It is generally a very long story and involves a stolen dress, a stuffed guar and a big bowl of spicy mammoth cheese. 

Speaking about the ancient girlboss necromancer Potema - Elanor ended up getting involved and her version of “dealing with problem” did involve binding Potema’s spirit to the skull and gifting it to Elisif as a paperweight Very chatty paperweight.  It was all around awkward really, kind of like receiving a very badly done macaroni artwork from your very excited kid, who thinks it to be the next Mona Lisa. 

Seriously, poor Elisif ends up interacting with Elanor far more then she would prefer to. Talking skull was maybe not the oddest thing.