#oc tes lore:

[reagan-the-saunders]

Soooo I may have just added to another one of my Oc's lore.

Again.

While I'm supposed to be writing about Vyeshna.

Anyways, yeah Marina is part Nord and part Altmer, in addition to her like 80% Bosmer blood. Gotta think of how a conversation about her Altmeri blood would go over with Cary, and Tally come to think of it. Hmm...

[aniniskyrim]

i love reading through the uesp wiki when i wanna develop ocs and finding the most obscure random facts ever

like ARE YOU KIDDING ME/?!! THATS LITERALLY SO COOL??? IM LITERALLY MAKING AN OC TO ROLEPLAY THIS IMMEDIATELY??!! AAAAA

[fastafeijoa]

The old cup whispers.

[sunsettemplar]

I wanted something poetic, but I'm not a poet, so a little romantic and silly

[23daemon]

Here is my werewolf lore post. It is a mix of canon Elder Scrolls lore + my own headcanon/additions. I’ve developed it over the course of 3-ish years for my Dragonborn’s story.

The design for Hircine is also my own creation. This is also a basic overview, lots of this stuff has more development. But I needed to make the text legible,

[this-should-do]

new guy dropped

[unfit-and-drunk]

My Dovahkiin OCs portraits & gears

Shez - classic warrior styled sword and bord Redguard,

Lorkh - Nord stealth archer and illusion build assassin

Seriously, Dunmer followers are the best

[khajiiti-dragonborn]

Currently trying to figure out The Temple of Dibella quest.

Why did the Forsworn kidnap the Sybil of Dibella?

Did the Forsworn know she was the Sybil of Dibella or did they just happen to bring her to what looks like a desecrated shrine of Dibella?

Why is there a shrine of Dibella in this fort?

Why are her parents Breton while she's marked as a nord? (I'm assuming this is just because they don't have the option to make non-nord child, but you can never tell what's a bug and what's a feature with Skyrim)

Considering how prevalent Dibella is in the region of Markarth (the temple, the desecrated shrine, the altar on the road to Markarth, and the Sybil also being from The Reach) in the grander historical context it seems like Dibella holds some significance to the nords in this region, and maybe even the Bretons? Which is such an interesting idea considering the Forsworn/Reachmen worship daedric princes.

Maybe the Bretons somehow began worshipping Dibella in some way, leading to a split between traditional Reachmen who worshipped mostly daedric princes led by Hircine, and more Imperial/Nordic influenced Reachmen who had a more blended pantheon (similar to cultures like the old Nords and the Khajiits), led by Dibella. A more blended religion was probably favorable to the Reachmen when they retook the Reach, who were still attempting to co-exist with the Nords (because you know the nords would have been waaay more violent if the Reachmen tried to make daedra worship as common as it seems to be in the Forsworn tribes).

Or perhaps Dibella provided the Nords with some kind of favor to overthrow the Reachmen the first time around. Maybe Dibellan worshippers were able to act as spies or somehow provided the Nord warriors plotting to take back the Reach with some sort of advantage, and in exchange Dibella was worshipped more commonly in the Reach.

Either way, there seems to be some plot threads here that a better RPG would have turned into a fully fledged story, but in true Bethesda fashion it was left as bare bones context clues for most people to go "oh that's neat" and for my autistic hyperfixated ass to go "WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN??"

Ah Skyrim, my love-hate relationship with you continues on, as strong as ever.

[moodcrab]

Fixing Delphine

This bitch.

I actually like that they made a character that is on your side but is somewhat unlikable, Delphine is Team Dragonborn, but she's not really one of the good guys. And that's cool, conflict means drama. So what's the problem? Well unfortunately, this drama is surface level and isn't used to drive the story, so It's kind of just annoying.

People oversimplify their hatred of Delphine into "She wants you to kill Paarthurnax," because unlike Delphine, people actually like Paarthurnax. Understandable, but barely scratches the surface. We'll get to The Paarthurnax Dilemma in time, but that quest is a symptom, not the illness itself.

If I could sum up Delphine in a word it would be "inconsistent." For example, she's a fugitive waging a one woman war on the Thalmor from the shadows, who's only survived this long from sheer paranoia - but she also uses her real name and leaves a note in Ustengrav for whoever happens to pick it up with directions and a pass word to her secret hide out.

She needs to go through her super secret contact Farengar to use the Jarl's resources to go into Bleak Falls Barrow, a tutorial level dungeon she can see from her house, and she's impressed that you did it - but she also goes personally to the other side of the country to delve alone into the massive Ustengrav to steal the Horn of Jurgan Windcaller, no issues, just a quick in and out twenty minute adventure.

She takes the fact that you found her Ustengrav note as proof you're the Greybeard's new guy and not some Thalmor plant even though she herself, a non Dragonborn, had also completed Ustengrav and taken the horn proving it's totally possible. She even points this out in her own dialogue then demands we prove who we are, even though that was the whole point of the Ustengrav note. It's also a pretty big assumption that just because I'm the guy the Greybeards call Dragonborn that I can't ALSO be with the Thalmor.

We are left with this awkward sense that the writers are flailing to make us think this woman is competent and objective, without actually having her do anything that clever. Just act like the dumb thing was smart and have her act like a cocky brat if questioned about it.

Inconsistency. It's her thing. Does she hate the Thalmor? That would make sense given what we know about her. But that gets dropped half way through the main story and suddenly she hates The Greybeards, for absolutely no reason at all. She gives a reason, but it's bullshit.

In her own words, "If the greybeards had their way, the dragonborn would sit on a mountain talking to the sky." But that's not true is it. We know The Greybeards, they encouraged us to fulfill our destiny. Even if you say you want to follow their Way of the Voice, they'll be glad to hear it but warn you not to let it get in the way of what needs to be done. Delphine even uses Tiber Septim as an example, which is even stupider because The Greybeards actively encouraged Tiber to conquer Tamriel. Have I read more in game books than the dialogue writers??

But that's not the end of it, when it becomes convenient for the plot this hatred is flipped once again from The Greybeards onto dragons. Not Alduin. All dragons. Despite the fact that, as a Blade, she should know about Nafaalilargus, a dragon ally of the Empire and the Blades for thousands of years, and the Blades don't just indiscriminately kill all dragons no matter the circumstances, and that Tiber Septim himself almost certainly met Paarthurnax at some point, she suddenly seems to be acting like she has a personal grudge against dragons. Which brings us to the Paarthurnax Dilemma...

See here's the thing, you could easily write off the frustration everyone feels towards this quest as Bethesda's crappy design, where there is no conclusion other than to kill Paarthurnax, or else leave an unfinished quest languishing in the menu. Bethesda apparently didn't consider the idea that anybody would actually prefer to turn on the Blades, even though the Blades have become a bit of a running joke among the fans, or that anyone would take umbrage with Delphine giving out orders and ultimatums.

But no, it's so much worse than that. Delphine being a surly unlikable c u n t from the day we met her is one thing, but the fact that she has been wrong about almost everything she's ever said in game, and still having the AUDACITY to treat us like her work bitch and us never, not once, getting the opportunity to put her in her place... That's not poor quest design, that's the game gaslighting us.

Let's do a quick list of every one of Delphine's theories, and how many were actually correct shall we:

You are not the Dragonborn ❌

The Greybeards shouldn't be trusted to identify a Dragonborn ❌

The dragons aren't just coming back, they're coming back to life ✅

The Thalmor have something to do with the dragons returning ❌

Esbern is dead ❌

The Greybeards just want the Dragonborn to sit on a mountain and meditate ❌

The Greybeards wanted Tiber Septim to just sit on a mountain and meditate ❌

Paarthurnax, having lived in exile for thousands of years, deserves corporal punishment ❌

As ACTING Grand Master of the Blades, she gets to boss around the Dragonborn ❌

She deserves a seat at the peace negotiations ❌

And these are just the things that are factually wrong, leaving aside opinions on her morality and shitty attitude. This is the woman the game presents to us as a shrewd strategist.

BUT I CAN FIX HER!

Like I said I like the idea of a character who is on your side but is somewhat unlikable. It actually won't take much to make Delphine endearing to the fans. We have to do a Boromir on her. A Lot of people dislike Boromir throughout the Fellowship of the Ring but weep at his death. We have to tweak three things to have the same thing happen to Delphine:

1. Make her actually competent and useful so that while we don't agree with her we can see why she does the things she does, and desire to keep her around.

2. Have her mistakes called out and have consequences.

3. Have her redeem her mistakes with a badass honourable death.

[igorlevchenko-blog]

A word on Grazelandic Nix-Hound

—Grazelands is savannah-like expanse of rolling hills, Acacia trees and endless pastures of wild wheat (called Wickwheat), which to the smaller creatures (kwama, rats and nix-hounds) provide much-needed concealment from larger saurians. Widespread of wheat gives landscape its characteristic colours, and the local wildlife follows in step with its palette of tan browns and sun-scorched greens, molting in time with the cycle of plant's ripening. This is why Grazelandic nix hounds are not dark green like their Bittercoast cousins but—depending on the season— have carapaces of ochre,tan and beige colours. Also their paws are not as large and they are not known to swim—probably due to cliff racers swarming the crag-ridden coast.

Nix-hound in the picture is Scuttler, OC of @jenarion.

[silusvesuius]

my spawn 🏆

[irl-loading-screens]

[muscariii]

I did some random doodles today.

I'm not really satisfied with how that Vivec turned out so maybe I'll try to make a better one next time. I also wanted to draw the Tribunal as I saw someone suggest that ( I appreciate it :3 ) but I haven't really played through the game entirely yet so I don't know the characters that well so first I would like to get to know them a bit better before drawing them ( which is why I only did Vivec because I already know a bit about them ).

Also I was feeling kinda unwell today so I drew Rasha as usual to feel a bit better. I like the idea of Nerevar's ghost just hanging out with her ( probably not very accurate with the story but whatever, it's a fun concept for me ) and I like to imagine that she started to enjoy the company after a while :3 ( I guess Nerevar could almost be like a parental figure for her at this point, I'm still figuring things out ).

[sunsettemplar]

I think Tera doesn't find Miraak attractive because he's a nord lol. I mean, originally there wouldn't have been any romance, plus considering she's an altmer she has different standards for men. Altmer men are handsome to her, and Miraak has long hair as a bonus, but he is a human and half his face is fucked up... But as they say, Benedict Cumberbatch didn't look handsome at first.

some doodles

Tera, by the way, is no longer a Dovakin. I was thinking of combining her and Bella, so Bella's a Dovakin and Tera's just a crazy mage-scientist or so.

[championofapocrypha]

Serana: Why does the Dragonborn call you babygirl?

Hermaeus Mora: How about we stop talking for a little while.

[anini--panini]

My amnesiac baby (Tbh she’s probably like 60 years old)

I made this character some time back as a companion for the custom voiced follower Gore. She’s actually grown on me a lot at this time, but I probably wont play another file with her until the mod’s updates are finalized. I also would travel with Auri and I liked to think they would bond with Auri trying to refresh Faena’s memories

The only thing she can truly remember clearly are the tenets of the Bosmeri Green Pact - and she misses Valenwood dearly, even though she can’t remember what its like.