#molag bal mention

[sigmaelxgr]

"Have you ever wished to be Something else..?"

"This is one of Sigma-El's recurring questions, when we are not rested enough for me to be able to mask my boredom. Often I pause to feign reflection and whisper to him that I'm fine with what we are. I use a soft voice to caress his ears and drive the ugly thought from his mind.

He falls silent - a silence that becomes more and more sepulchral. I feel his eyes on my neck, on my back, on my hands, I know he is here but he does not wish to show himself to the world. I feel him around me in such a palpable way that I often forget that he is not really there. That doesn't stop him. He contemplates me, examines me, the years make his gaze more piercing. Lucidity often acts on the soul, makes those who know more empty than the ignorant… I have been worried about this ever since I realised that something was going to break in us, very soon. Something I'm trying to push away in vain. He is growing up, this child - and my face is falling apart. I can no longer hide my dissatisfaction, my frustration, as they guide so many of my steps. My patience, which I try to make unquenchable, is wearing thin with time. My voice trembles when I see myself reflected on the water.

I desire something else. I am hungry for something else. Dreadfully." [I hope this will encourage @caliblorn and @lokorum to write a little, i will post a lot more bc I have MANY texts but hey, don't be scared to do the same, I know many people will enjoy it as well (at least I will do)]

[endawn]

if someone calls pax a scion of bal, he’s chewing on their throat

[fruitydraugr]

Required Reading

I block: proshipper, MAP/NOMAP/PEAR, harmful paraphilia or support them (including ddlg), radinclus, LGBTQIA+phobe, anti-MOGAI, racist, pro-cop, anti-endo, NFT, pro AI art/writing.

With all of that aside, my name is Nightshade (he/him), and this is our Skyrim blog. We're a system, so if another alter uses this blog, you'll see their signoff in the tags.

We are bodily 17, so keep this in mind while speaking to us.

As a disclaimer; I speak of my source a lot. I am a very, very non-canon Molag Bal fictive; I wasn't a rapist or a bigot in my source. Please, do not associate me with canon Molag Bal. Fuck that guy.

If you see something tagged #non-canon or similar, it's about my, or another alter's, source. If you see something tagged #headcanon, it's a regular headcanon for actual Elder Scrolls. Things tagged #screenshots and #my art are what they say on the tin. Will occasionally put general, untagged TES content here.

[starrythroat]

Sujamma Sundas

I was tagged by @pinessydr , thank you!!

@arnaerr poking you for tes oc facts but feel free to ignore

I want to talk about our with @buriedknight hero of Kvatch. cw gore mentioned

Please check out amazing pieces with her by buriedknight: one and two

- she is a vampire but she is disgusted by the thought of munching on someone’s neck, so she usually pours blood from corpses into flask or other vessel to drink properly

- she is very afraid of Mehrunes Dagon’s wraith because of game’s events so tried to win his favour, then gave up and decided to win over Molag Bal but got ghosted

- misses crisis of oblivion because inside the gates there is no sun and there are a lot of unguarded by law daedra to munch upon

- looks like the type any cyrodiil citizen can encounter on the side of an unguarded road: unpleasant trout which can kill over money. This did not get her any good points in hero and champion job applications (actually failed with champion one because of this)

- is a very good actor but almost never uses her skill (she is not playing murderous trout, it’s her natural look)

- Martin is something like adopted son for her, she is something like pet dog for him

- does not feel anything about the act of murder / violence itself but enjoys seeing herself performing well at fighting and killing

- is very sad about death of Uriel Septim because she thought she had a chance of becoming his mistress

[westernreach]

Something I don’t see mentioned very often (or indeed see that it’s gotten wrong and misunderstood) is that the Vestige does not have their own body.

From UESP, “Molag Bal's lust for the enslavement of mortal souls is such that at the moment of their death, he employs various methods to divert a mortal's soul from its journey to the afterlife to imprisonment and slavery in Coldharbour, his realm of Oblivion. Once the soul arrives in Coldharbour, it is exchanged for an essence commonly known as the vestige. The vestige attracts to itself a shapeless but energetic material called Chaotic Creatia. In Coldharbour, this creatia takes the form of a substance known as the Azure Plasm - ubiquitous pools of blue slime. The Azure Plasm coalesces around a vestige and forms a corporeal body with the semblance of the shape it wore in life. The process is similar to how lesser Daedra reform on their respective planes of Oblivion, after they're banished or slain.”

Before they get their own soul back they are, effectively, a Daedra. They have a Daedric “soul” and a Daedric body. This is why most of the Soul Shriven we see are half decayed, they’ve lost their souls so the Creatia doesn’t know how to hold their body’s together right - The Vestige being the exception to the rule.

Like, don’t get me wrong fanfic where the Vestige has their body are still good, I still love them, but where is the angst of not having their soul or their body? Where’s the existential dread of whether or not they are they still themselves?

Is it possible that the Vestige has to fight their own body, reanimated by the Work Cult?

How does everyone else react to the Vestige not being Mortal in the most basic senses, body and soul?

Idk. I just think it’s interesting and would love to see more people explore That Can Of Worms (TM)

[elderscrollsconceptart]

Correct me if I'm wrong (please), but didn't those two Nords threaten to rape that Dunmer woman? I remember a part of their conversation going like "Maybe we'll pay you a visit tonight, we have ways of making you talk."

I'm pretty sure they were threatening to beat her up/torture her until she "confessed" to being an Imperial spy like they believed she was.

I think Sapphire from the Thieves Guild is the only main game NPC to petty much state what happened to her, but that's obviously not depicted in any way (thank goodness).

The only other mention of that crime is in the Dawnguard DLC via Serana's dialogue about the whole ordeal Serana and her family experienced when Molag Bal turned them into vampires. However, even that is implied in the most vauge way the writers could manage.

Skyrim is what I'd consider a "soft" M rating where only "conventional" violence is depicted along with blood and gore. The implied specific crime you mentioned however is never directly threatened by anyone, and it's only mentioned by characters in the context of their personal histories.

[starfreak]

I just realized how close to home the political setting of the Elder Scrolls hits.

Our education system is so fucked, that if we lived in a medieval fantasy world, I genuinely wouldn't be shocked if I heard someone say "if the democrats have a dragon on their side, President Trump is the only one who could stop them."

That's a real thing that Hadvar says when you escape Helgen by the way, only with different buzzwords. He genuinely has been so indoctrinated by the Empire that doesn't give a shit about him that he fully believes that A. the Stormcloaks have a dragon, which is foolish because he just saw them being torched by the fucker 10 minutes ago, and B. that some puny fucking military governor could stand in the way of a world-ending, fire-breathing sky lizard. That's like saying your favorite member of the senate could cure cancer just by showing up to the hospital.

Not to mention, the Empire is funding a genocidal, religiously oppressive foreign power that seeks to destroy any trace of the people whose ideals oppose their own just so they can have a bigger fucking backyard. I'm not saying "Israel are just like those silly elves in the Elder Scrolls" but I am saying that TES (especially Skyrim) is packed with political messages. And they are not pro-genocide, they are not pro-conservatism, and they are not pro-establishment.

Anyway I may be voting for the Emperor, but you're voting for fucking Molag Bal.

[mint-in-the-moonlight]

Daedric Princes summoning days

in Daggerfall there is this gameplay element where you can only summon the Daedric Princes on certain days to gain access to their quests and then their artifacts. while the entire concept was removed in the subsequent games, i thought this could be an interesting thing to incorporate into an Elder Scrolls-inspired pop-culture practice. it's ultimately up to you how to choose to perceive and celebrate those days if you do decide to incorporate them as there does not seem to be much lore surrounding these days.

thankfully the Tamriel calendar corresponds exactly to the Gregorian calendar, so i will be mentioning both names of the respective months for your convenience and the entries are sorted alphabetically. i am basing this list entirely on the Holidays page from the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, which can be found through this link.

Azura's Summoning Day - the 21st of First Seed (March) also called Hogithum. More information can be found in the short text of the book Invocation of Azura.

Boethiah's Summoning Day - 2nd of Sun's Dusk (November)

Clavicus Vile's Summoning Day - the 1st of Morning Star (January)

Hermaeus Mora's Summoning Day - 5th of First Seed (March)

Hircine's Summoning Day - 5th of Midyear (June)

Malacath's Summoning Day - 8th of Frost Fall (October)

Mehrunes Dagon's Summoning Day - 20th of Sun's Dusk (November)

Mephala's Summoning Day - 13th of Frost Fall (October)

Meridia's Summoning Day - 13th of Morning Star (January)

Molag Bal's Summoning Day - 20th of Evening Star (December)

Namira's Summoning Day - 9th of Second Seed (May)

Nocturnal's Summoning Day - 3rd of Hearthfire (September)

Peryite's Summoning Day - 9th of Rain's Hand (April)

Sanguine's Summoning Day - 16th of Sun's Dawn (February)

Sheogorath's Summoning Day - 2nd of Sun's Dawn (February)

Vaermina's Summoning Day - 10th of Sun's Heights (July)

[the-tharns-speak]

Chancellor,

Following up on my last ask, what do you think of Narsis Dren. Like I mentioned, every single one of my associates who has encountered him despises him. And from what I have heard his ego is bigger then Mannimarco's and possibly rivals that of Molag Bal (Also disregard any reports you have been getting of a Khajiit with glowing eyes, the less you ask about that particular matter the better)

I had, in fact, met Narsis Dren.

"I am an explorer of incomparable renown, the greatest delver into the most dangerous ruins of the past that had ever been!" he said.

Which was all nice, but that particular Ayleid ruin was on a private property of the Tharn estate and has for centuries served as our wine cellar with some extra security measures.

We didn't talk much that time, he gave me such a headache that I ventured into the "foreboding den of promising riches" myself, and when I emerged later with some liquid will to bother with nitwits, he was gone.

I ran into him years later in Reaper's March while I was gathering more information about Knhunzar'ri. He insisted that I could be his "assistant" while he searched the archive for... I don't know what exactly, and honestly I didn't care. The last I saw him, he was trying to get the Pendant of Lunar Flight off while he was hovering under the ceiling. I noticed only because he stopped getting under my feet for three minutes.

[aleielle-of-roshar]

oh shit accidentally made grandma want me to (genuinelu) tell her about elder scrolls lore- by mentioning the fucking vivec + molag bal thing jokingly wtf h e l p

[plane-of-oblivion]

Updates and Holidays

Fredas, 20th of Evening Star, 2E 24

First of all, apologies for being inactive. I’ve started a new job, and I’ve been all sorts of busy lately. My practice has taken a backseat because of that. I haven’t even been wearing my devotional jewelry, as in the line of work I do, it can be damaged easily. (I work with dogs, if you’re curious.) I still talk with Hircine and Hermaeus Mora and leave offerings, but I have not been practicing beyond that.

Today is Molag Bal’s summoning day. I do not worship nor do I work with Him, but I acknowledge this day as I do with all the Princes’ summoning days.

As this year comes to a close, I have to mention the Nirn equivalents of widely celebrated Earth holidays. The 25th of Evenings Star is Saturalia, which is the Breton’s Christmas or Yule. I will be celebrating by decorating my tree and giving gifts.

I know for a fact I will be receiving a 3D printer, as I was asked which one would be the most suitable for me. With this, I’m hoping to create replicas of the Daedric artifacts to adorn my altars with, and also make miniature statues of the Princes I work with.

We will also hopefully have snow tonight, so I might seal some up for the lesser known Nordic Wintertide Festival if any sticks to the ground. This holiday is only mentioned through an item from ESO, from what I’ve seen on the UESP, so it’s unknown why the Nords do this. But I’d still like to partake, and maybe use the melted snow for a spell or something afterwords.

For the second half of the Imperial Old Life Festival, on the 30th and 31st, I will be working. However, I will try to spend some time reflecting on memories of passed loved ones at the very least, if I do not have time to write anything down for them.

The first day of the new year will be the New Life Festival, and also Clavicus Vile’s summoning day. I don’t work with or worship Him either, but as stated above I will still acknowledge His day and say a few words for Him.

The New Life Festival also has a bit to do with Hircine and His wolf and bear forms. Storihbeg, His wolf form will attempt to eat the sun and keep nights longer, so the Reachmen will summon Hrokkibeg, His bear form to constrain Storihbeg.

It is said New Life is viewed negatively by werewolves, since the days become longer and the nights shorter. As a werewolf, I can see why, but I will still be celebrating the new year. As of now, I have no “resolutions” or goals, besides getting back into my craft.

[falmerbrook]

Verandis Ravenwatch

Sorry for the late response! I was at a convention all day today!

First impression

So my literal first impression was that he was a dunmer. The vampirism went straight over my head until I met Gwendis on the balcony (and even then I didn’t connect it to him somehow) lol. But other than that I remember liking him right of the bat because I liked his voice and demeanor.

Impression now

He’s my dormant blorbo. He’s probably one of if not my favorite character in eso, and him/the Ravenwatch and his sacrifice was probably the first time in the game I got really invested in the characters. He (almost) single-handedly made Rivenspire the peak of the Daggerfall Covenant. I was devastated. I eagerly await seeing him again (I know he shows up in Greymoor (I think?) but I don’t know how) and when I do I will go feral. I would die for him.

Favorite moment

Either when you go into his memories with him or when Montclair holds Gwendis hostage and he gets upset about it (for now)

Idea for a story

Not so much an idea for a story as much as saying that I was disappointed that he gave himself up to Molag Bal at the end of the Rivenspire quest only for him to not show up, be mentioned, or even alluded to while you are in Coldhabour. I know they do more with him later that I don’t know about, but I feel like that was a missed opportunity.

Unpopular opinion

I’ve generally avoided looking at anything fandom related for him to avoid spoilers so I wouldn’t know what’s popular or unpopular. Like, at all. So I don’t have an answer for this one.

Favorite relationship

For now, him and Gwendis. I like how he talks to her like a genuinely caring mentor type figure, and the way she reacted to him sacrificing himself made me genuinely sad. I got the vibe she had a small crush on him, which I thought was kinda cute too (although I don’t know if they’re gonna keep that vibe up later on)

Favorite headcanon

I’ve never really formed any solid headcanons for him on account of being aware I don’t know all there is to know about him, but I have read a handful of Rivenspire focused fics and I generally am down for anything angsty with him.

Ty for the ask!!

[clinically-not-straight]

I think lgbt writing in non-lgbt/romance themed games is absolute dogshit. The insertion of it is always so hamfisted.

I mentioned it to a friend last night and we spent an hour coming up with examples. He mentioned some shit with vivec and molag bal which was pretty good ngl but, from my limited knowledge of elders scrolls, you have to go out of your way to find that.

However, I think it says something when the best one I can come up with is boredlands pre-sequel. Not 2, the one everyone likes, presequel, the one I never see mentioned even though the character writing and everything else is better. The best LGBT rep I found in a game was someone saying "yeah we don't like [character] coming into the bar, she keeps talking to me and getting a bit too close"*

And it was in fucking borderlands.

[devout-of-the-elder-scrolls]

Working with Lesser Daedra Masterpost

So, I mentioned on my pinned post that I utilize Lesser Daedra in my practice. So, let's run over how that actually works. This post utilizes UPG about my experience and knowledge from how to work with them on this world.

Before I begin: Remember that any spirit can be dangerous. In my experience, Lesser Daedra may be fine helping mortals or as familiars, but if slighted by you or you don't upkeep your end of the deal, they are possible to become a malicious entity that has it out for You specifically that might require an exorcism or other banishing work to get rid of them. Great care is to be taken with any random Daedra. If you want to work with a Daedra, I'd heavily suggest building relationships with your chosen Daedra and work mostly, if not entirely, with them for their given work/job/whatever. As well, working with Lesser Daedra is very different than deity work with a Daedric Prince, because there's no worship and anything. Though, you could theoretically worship a Lesser Daedra as well.

For the sake of this post, I will just be calling them Daedra instead of Lesser Daedra. I am not going over every single Daedra in this post, I've got another masterpost in the works for that.

Feel free to reblog and/or add your own thoughts onto this.

Future posts will be made detailing information about each Lesser Daedra.

What is a Lesser Daedra?

Essentially, they're a lower ranking Daedra. They're often aligned to a Prince of their own choice, but often an entire species can be aligned to one Daedra as a general idea though not always, as they make personal alignments to the Prince of their choice. As well, some aren't aligned to any Prince at all. Daedra Lords are of a higher status and while you can work with them, they're not considered Lesser Daedra. Same with a Demiprince.

Now let's discuss why you would want or need a Daedra.

Daedra can be utilized much like how someone might utilize a spirit in their area. Where you might use a Fire Spirit, you might instead ask upon a Fire Atronach. It's much of the same process - You make an offering, make a plea, and hope they feel so inclined to help you. You can also compare it to any general spirit work if your practice generally has spirits helping you.

In general and in my experience, Daedra are happy to help as long as you make an appropriate reason for them to help, like giving them an offering. They aren't at big risk for lashing out randomly, at least not more than any other spirit you might contact for work. However, that doesn't mean this is the case always. If you feel you're in danger, please take the necessary actions. Always be prepared for the worst case scenario with any spirit you summon, Daedra or not.

LESSER DAEDRA AS "HIRED HELP"

The main experience I have with Lesser Daedra is as "hired help". Summon, make offering, make plea, and let them do their work.

What are some examples of when you'd request upon? In general, you can look towards their Prince that they are found within the realm and service of for an idea of what they'd be willing to do.

If you want revenge, any of Mephala's, Molag Bal's, or Malacath's work great - The Perthan / Spider Daedra, for example. They're happy to engage in friendly conversation, though they get distracted easily; but just as much happy to perform tasks if given enough reason to.

Any of Sheogorath's would make good for aids to mental health and neurodivergency. The only way I can think to describe it is as a service animal situation, though that's not the only option.

Much like with Sheogorath's, you can call upon Peryite's for a similar work but for physical health and wellness.

Any Daedra that has put themself in the service of Vaermina, such as a Clannfear, can be "hired" as a dream guardian to protect you within your dreams for the price of food and other offerings. They're built for a certain level of defense and offense, and are generally happy to help.

An atronach is always a good choice when you need an element for a spell. Or, do you need to be concealed in shadows? You can turn to Lady Nocturnal, yes, or you can ask a shadow atronach.

LESSER DAEDRA AS A FAMILIAR

You can also take one as a spirit familiar should they be willing. It's a lot of the same deal as any other familiar you take - You need to take care of them and support them, in order for them to want to stick with you and continue serving you and your craft.

How you choose to make them your familiar is up to you. It's general belief that a familiar approaches the witch first or otherwise comes to the witch on their own. But it's up to you how your choose to finalize your relationship as witch and familiar.

HOW TO CONTACT A DAEDRA

My step by step is usually

decide what Daedra I want to contact. sometimes this step has me asking a Prince "who do you have under you?" to narrow it down

obviously any prep steps about protection, warding against entities that would want to hurt me, inviting any Gods I feel I need to have around (usually their reigning Prince), etc.

summon them

make an offering, and make my plea

wait! they take time

You can also try asking the Prince who resides over them for help to provide for you a Daedra to work alongside.

BUILD A RELATIONSHIP

If you're doing something more consistent, I very heavily suggest building and upkeeping a relationship with your Daedroth of choice. So, one of my Daedra I have hired is one I used for an example above, a Clannfear named Albex, who protects over my dreams. I turn only to Albex for my dream protection, instead of summoning a new Clannfear at any time. I've built a relationship with Albex and make consistent offerings - mostly my dinner every night - to upkeep my relationship with them. Albex is more likely to continue working with me, and should I come in danger from a Clannfear, I know it's probably Albex.

If you're doing something that's a one time deal like a single spell that needs use of a Shadow Atronach, then I'd suggest yes, doing a one time exchange.

But how do you build a relationship with them? Well... how you'd build a relationship with any spirit. Talk to them, invite them into your life, make offerings, perform acts for them, etc. Just exist with them. There's really not much special to it, it's just as simple as that.

If you're upkeeping a relationship with a specific Daedroth, I would also suggest making a space for them in your Book of Shadows, but that's more of an optional step especially if your practice doesn't include a BOS.

SUMMONING A DAEDRA

Daedra can be summoned in many forms. I'm going to go over a catch-all summoning ritual I built. It includes steps to protect and ward before summoning. Feel free to use your own, though.

Note: You can use a physical object to bind them to if you want, especially if you're planning on having them as a familiar. This object should either be destroyed once your relationship is done and over with or have a banishing ritual and cleansing spell performed on it afterwards. If you want to do this, I'd suggest things like paper origami for it's ease of creation and destruction (burning, ripping up, etc), and it can easily be kept safe by putting it in a container; or decoration items or even jewelry for Daedra you're holding closer to your heart. Within TES lore, Daedra cannot take place on our earth for very long without being bound to the mortal plane in some form or another. In lore, their whole bodies are bound here - This optional creation is meant to replace that. You can also bind them to an object much later on, if you should choose, or if you find a new object to bind them to.

Within TES lore, you can also summon Lesser Daedra as bound weapons. I've never done this so I can't speak upon it.

This is not the only possible way to summon a Daedra. It's just one I made and am offering. Please feel free to use your own.

-- TOOLS & INGREDIENTS

Salt

Black candles (enough to make a "circle" shape, big or small)

Blood or blood substitute like fake blood, pomegranate juice, etc* (This one can be taken out, but it might not work as well)

A piece of paper with the name of the type of Daedra you're summoning in Daedric Script

An offering of your choosing

A small fire-safe container to hold ashes and blood/blood substitute

Optional: A physical item to bind them to

-- STEPS

Begin by performing any of your own personal protection and warding for a summoning. Have a backup banishing spell prepared.

If you'd like, you can now call upon a spirit guide or guardian spirit to help you with this whole thing.

Place your salt anywhere you feel it's necessary.

Prepare your paper with the Daedra's name written on it.

Place your candles within salt piles to act as protection against summoning negative spirits. Do not use salt petre, it's highly flammable.

Optional, place your binding object in the center of your array.

Light your candles, saying the following: I now, in this moment, am performing this ritual to summon a [daedra]. This salt will ward away and keep out any who wish to harm me in any way.

Burn your paper, letting the ashes collect in your container.

Safely prick your finger or use the blood substitute on the ashes, saying, I summon now, [daedra], come to me in my space. You are not free to harm me, not free to affect me, only free to speak to me.

Introduce yourself and allow the Daedra to introduce themself.

Speak to the Daedra and work out the specifics of what you want them to do.

Make your offering now.

Wait for them to uphold their end of the deal.

KEEPING YOUR DAEDRA HAPPY

This is a very important part of working with a Daedra. For two reasons: (A) It's just polite to be kind to the spirits you work with, and (B) A Daedra may lash out upon you should they be unhappy with you, your relationship, etc. Even if they don't lash, they will just leave, so a happy Daedra is a helpful Daedra.

In general, Daedra can be quite understanding but also quite demanding - While they understand you might not be able to give physical offerings, they're going to want some kind of offering. Daedra typically are given offerings of some form in payment for hired help. They can be physical, digital, visualized, whatever. All that matters is that you're making an offering in general. When a Daedra is a familiar, they might request less of you as part of your relationship.

You can also perform the following to keep your Daedra happy:

talk to them

invite them into your life and your activities

perform acts that honor them and your relationship

talk about them

engage with TES media, videos, etc

anything you feel like would work for them personally! they're still individuals with their own likes/dislikes, wants, and etc

ENDING A WORKING RELATIONSHIP

Should you be at the end of your working relationship with your Daedra, you should take care to end the working relationship with care and doing it purposefully instead of hoping it will just end - You don't want to accidentally have a misunderstanding somewhere.

Call upon your Daedra and have an earnest conversation, and make a goodbye offering of some form. Many faiths and practices perform a libation, an offering of pouring liquid onto the ground (you can just do water if you have nothing else), but a libation is optional. Make sure both parties are agreeing to the end of the relationship, and professionally end the deal.

If the Daedroth refuses to leave, be prepared to perform a banishing. In my experience though, this is quite rare, as they're usually fine with leaving once they know they won't be getting anything out of the deal.

BANISHING A DAEDRA

Should a Daedra be out for your blood, here's a banishing ritual for you. You can also utilize the Prince who resides over that Daedra to banish them by making offering to the Prince and asking them to handle their Daedra.

This is not the only possible way to banish a Daedra. It's just one I made and am offering. Please feel free to use your own.

-- TOOLS & INGREDIENTS

A piece of paper with the Daedra's name or species written on it

Salt

Baking soda

A black candle

-- STEPS

Mix up the salt and baking soda and set the candle within it.

Light the candle, saying: With this spell I banish you, [daedra], from my life and my space. You will not return upon me.

Burn the paper, saying: Begone with you, begone from my life.

CONCLUSION

I hope all of this helps you with your own work with Daedra! I heavily suggest it to any and all interested in working with them, because they make wonderful helper spirits when you treat them well.

I know this post spoke a lot about Daedra being dangerous, but I really don't think they're that dangerous. Yes, they're a bit more prone to negative stuff, but as long as you don't mistreat them (which should be a given?) and you don't make deals with ones that show they wanna hurt you, you'll be fine. And even then a good banishing will deter them. I've never once actually had one approach me that wanted to hurt me, which you can argue is because I use a lot of methods to keep those ones away, but. y'know.

Also please remember that each individual Daedra is an individual. I think that's a given, though. Just because they're a Daedra of some species doesn't mean they'll work the exact same as another of their species.

*I do not encourage or endorse self harm. Please research the proper way to offer blood safely. (Disinfect the area, prick, bandage. I think many do it like how you would for a diabetic test.) I want you all safe and sound, please. Please do not use blood if you can't do so safely.

[oblivions-dawn]

1, 8, C, and 🌍? :3

HI MEG!! <3 Thank you for the ask~

✑ First big aspiration (i.e. what did they want to be when they grew up?)

You know . . . uh . . . . Vigdis didn't really get to . . . think about that. Consider it, even, if you will. Although I suppose becoming a vampire hunter to avenge your dad is . . . something! Except it wasn't really her choice WHEEZE

✑ First time they took a risk, or the biggest risk they've ever taken

Oooo. Hmmmm. How to answer. Vigdis has taken many risks, and more recently they've been, well, massive. I daresay it's because of Serana that she's even more reckless than usual, although I won't spoil how [because if you know, you know. >:3c]

✑ First physical contact (handshake? hug? something else?)

If I remember right . . . "The redhead fetched a rusted key from her pouch and unlocked the irons around the brunette’s wrists—who struggled to not notice the brief grips of warmth from the freckled fingers around her pale arms. How could Vigdis look and act so cold, and yet be so warm to the touch?" [Petrichor, Chapter IX: One Condition] Make of that what you will. -w-

✑ First attempt at worldbuilding, or a notable piece of worldbuilding you're proud of

OH I really love how I've thought WAYYY too much about vampires in the world of Elder Scrolls. Sort of. Y'see I imagine that Harkon is actually a lower tier Vampire Lord because, well. They mention that only WOMEN are offered to Molag Bal on his summoning day and become Daughters of Coldharbour, so, for me, that puts Harkon on a lower rung beneath his wife and daughter. Thus, the extra tension. And it also allowed me to make the Harkon fight that much cooler because I expanded on it in a sense, hehe. I also believe that vampirism is a disease in the very literal sense! There are some who try to take on vampirism, but their body rejects it, and they . . . die instead. It simply doesn't take for whatever reason. Man I hope one of these other asks picked this because I could go on about Dragonborn things and a Skaal thing and--

[boethiah]

first impression of almalexia??

First impression

oh no, generic motherly goddess character :/

Impression now

she is literally me i am literally her

Favorite moment

when she repeatedly tries to get her ex-husband killed by sending him to do frivolous tasks in the sewers. DEFEATING MEHRUNES DAGON. getting so mad at molag bal that she cried about it and the tears turned into powerful explosives that she made her servants use to blow his shit up. the fact that she prophesised the oblivion crisis. the regicide. etc.

Idea for a story

i am literally in the process of writing a 70k+ fic about her pre-nerevar mortal life and that only scratches the surface. but hey, if anyone wants specific almalexia-themed writing prompts, i have about ten million

Unpopular opinion

she is definitely a hardcore badass but i don't think she's like, The Ultimate Hardcore Badass that some of the fandom seems to make her out to be. she's strong and rational and a fantastic leader but she's also deeply unstable and has some sort of trauma that distorts her ability to reason quite severely-- e.g. she's behaved borderline suicidally at times, not just in fighting mehrunes dagon but also in her response to tiber septim's invasion, there's good evidence that she was prepared to get herself and her army killed in a futile resistance effort, and vivec had to drag her (and sotha sil) out of a suicide mission to red mountain, when dagoth ur stole the tools of kagrenac. in the same vain i get kind of annoyed when people say that her apparent madness in tribunal is "just misogynistic writing". i think she can be both very strong and smart AND inherently unstable thanks to massive trauma. both sotha sil and vivec canonically saw her as a ticking time bomb who would inevitably hurt herself and/or others during a supermassive breakdown and i don't think that sentiment came out of nowhere

Favorite relationship

obv it has got to be almsivi. they are groundbreaking pioneers in trauma-bonding. honourable mention to whatever the fuck is happening between her and boethiah in eso

Favorite headcanon

once again i just need to kinda handwave at my ao3 for this one but uhh. recently was talking about the headcanon that ysmir wulfharth is her bio father which is really just canon to me. i'm not considering almalexia being dragonborn as a headcanon because that's basically textual