#oc: arthano

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WIP Wednesday

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday <3 This will be my last wip until two weeks time due to the holiday so we'll get back to normal Jan 1st. Starting the new year off right :)

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Theodora's children have taken over my brain and I got this silly idea of Arthano visiting Ceri at the CoW while she is working under Faralda in Destruction. Though she notices he's acting odd, not like himself... he's so real for this love older women under the cut because long EDIT: He has blood on him from fighting a bear earlier he's fine don't worry about him

Whilst they are chatting in the main courtyard, her explaining the three different towers and what they contained, her mentor approaches them. 

“Hello Professor Faralda, how are you this afternoon?” There’s a notable change in her brother’s, suddenly standing taller as he removes the bloodied gloves, holding them behind his back as though he were hiding them. 

“I’m quite well, Ceridwen.” A soft smile towards her before turning to him. “Ah, you must be Arthano, your sister mentioned her brother would be visiting.” 

“Yes, I am Ceridwen’s brother, pleasure to meet you Professor Faralda.” Ceridwen? Ata and Ricardo called that, Mother only doing so in formal settings; her eldest sibling never used her full name. Only ever Ceri. It felt foreign hearing it in his voice, saying it casually like it was the norm for them. Now that she thinks more on it, everything he said sounded unlike him. Far too formal to come naturally from the lovable but brash man she knew him to be. Here he was using the type of speech they made fun of others for, especially their brother. Even on serious occasions, he had a habit of making jokes out of anything and everything; now very polite.  

“I’ve been told you are a mage yourself, a conjurer specifically.” Gesturing with his hand, the older continues with his odd speech, adding mannerism to the mixture as well. 

“Yes, I mostly work with bound weapons but I’ve dabbled a bit in Destruction myself. Nowhere near Ceridwen but not inexperienced.” Dabbled? Is that what he calls it?

“What spells in particular? Electromacy like your sister?” 

“I mostly stay in the realm of pyromancy.” Repeated use of the Flames spell because he coulded be bothered to learn more is not exactly what she would refer to as pyromancy; Arthano was always one to stretch the truth. Faralda extends a similar smile to him now. 

“Hmm,, very interesting, I assume you’ll be accompanying Ceridwen to dinner this evening?” 

“Naturally of course.”

“Well, perhaps we all can discuss further then, I have some work to attend to now.” Turning to leave, the instructor makes one final comment. “Arthano?” 

“Yes Faralda?” Such a stupid grin wipes over his face. What is going on with him?

“You are very much as your sister described you. Though I’d wash the blood off before dinner.”

“Yes Ma’am.”

Still caught up in how abnormal he’s being, it’s not until he opens his mouth again does she draw a conclusion. Fixing his posture, uncharacteristically proper tone, inflating his Destruction skills as if they were  No.

“Hmm, so you’ve mentioned me?” His eyes still watching Faralda leave she seizes the opportunity while he’s distracted. Ripping one of the gloves out of his hand, she whacks him with it. 

“No, no, no!” 

“What the fuck? I haven't done anything!” At last he is sounding like himself again. One more smack in the shoulder as she disregards what he is saying. “Help help, I’m being assaulted!”  

“I’m sorry I don’t want my brother trying to get with my advisor!” 

“I’m not trying to do anything, Ceri. Just introducing myself, I don’t know if you’ve heard but that is the polite thing to do when meeting someone for the first time.” Another smack as she throws the glove this time, letting him retrieve it from the snow. 

“Like I believe that,” In an attempt to mimic his voice she utters his own words back at him “I’ve also dabbled a bit in Destruction myself, please.” As he stands up, dawning the bloodied gloves once again. “It’s gross.” A smirk almost as stupid as his grin prior appears. 

“Well Ceri, that’s not nice to say about your professor. Respect your elders, she seems far from gross.” 

Ugh her brother strived to find the balance between charming and insufferable, something he was normally good at. Being naturally social had its benefits. Everyone could appreciate a good joke and if they couldn’t, well then he had no reason to bother with them further. Now however, knowing he had an interest in her mentor, the woman who had graciously taken her under her wing, makes her more annoyed than anything.

“You, you’re gross.” Briefly, her hands flex, forgetting she has already thrown the glove at him. “And she’s too old for you.” 

“Oh I wouldn’t say that, how old is she?” Brow raised in curiosity, the younger answers him before it occurs to he should not be given such details. 

“She’s one-hundred twenty something, don’t remember exactly.” 

“Oh we’re fine, less than a century apart. Barely noticeable even.” The gap between her and Ralos was barely noticeable, two years; Ninety-odd years was definitely something to take note of. But unfortunately this checked out for her brother, perhaps she can introduce him to someone else, maybe the bard at The Frozen Hearth. He had long, shiny, blonde hair. Very within his type.

“That’s a pretty large gap, Arthano.” He shrugs. 

“Well, Mother and Ata are what? One-hundred? One-hundred ten years apart? I’m doing well comparatively.” She stutters, trying to find the right words to shut him up, he is however, too quick for her. “Why is she a war criminal?” 

“What? No, absolutely not.” The College was a neutral organization, both faculty and students coming from across Tamriel for the purposes of advancing magical study. Conflicts were left at the gates, to imply anything different was a lie. But he’s not implying anything about the College, rather making a further comparison to their parents.  

"So I'm actually doing great."

“I should lock you in my dorm tonight and let you starve.”

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The children! I love them so much you did such a lovely job <3

Left to Right: Ricardo, Arthano, Ceridwen :)

Commission with lovely characters for skyrim-forever! Thank u so much again <3

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omg hi :) love your polls <3 im here to lore dump about my ocs!

My main Dragonborn is Theodora Viticius (her father picked that name out of a book as he did not know his own father, technically has no history). She was born off the coast in Senachal as her parents were pirates at the time, but grew up in Anvil. In my headcanons after the war Anvil kind of became a company town, the East Empire Company stepped in to try to rebuild but at the cost of people's freedoms.

After her father dies she heads to the Imperial City and joins the arena as a way to make money, most of her father's wealth is tied up and she can't access it right away. She ends up becoming quasi-famous and is up for the Grand Champion title before she realizes she doesn't like the fame and leaves Cyrodiil to go find her aunt in Hammerfell.

Along the way of course, getting captured by the Legion, you know the rest :P Initially she ran from being Dragonborn; headed to Riften planning to leave for Morrowind when she ends up joining the thieves Guild. Eventually destiny knocks and she tries the whole hero thing.

After defeating Miraak (and her man Ondoelmar faking his death to leave the Dominion), she ends up back in Cyrodiil, just outside the city with 3 kids.

Arthano the oldest grows up to be Grand Champion, before becoming a hired mercenary, traveling through Skyrim and High Rock. Choosing to settle down in Falkreath with an old childhood friend.

Ricardo ends up becoming a Moth Priest and dedicating his life to the study of Elder Scrolls. A strong advocate for knowledge he eventually leads seminars and becomes a prominent scholar.

Ceridwen originally went to study the school of Illusion in the Summerset Isles, but left for the College of Winterhold and became fascinated with Conjuration. She becomes a Telvanni Master Wizard after marrying a Telvanni she met at the college. she ends up surpassing him in skill quite early on.

Sorry this is so long!

hi!! glad to hear you're enjoying the blog! i enjoy yours too, i've been following you for quite a bit!

they all sound so cool!! i love her story, esp the bits about her family and her stint with fame. also that's the first time i've seen anyone have a moth priest oc!! also ondoelmar is such a valid choice i love him

no apologies necessary for it being long, i love hearing from y'all

[lumilasi]

So now that I felt like I'm FINALLY happy with my Telepaths oc set, I decided I'd finally try to get back to my OG ones and work on them too. Their story is more inspired by general fantasy themes/more around-the-world mythology, so there won't be that many Japanese names/Japanese yokai inspired characters like my other "Telepaths" set. (That one's basically a "fake manga" lol)

I'm starting with someone who honestly would be in my top ten, I just couldn't put him on the list in that Meet the Artist thing, cuz his design was out of date lol

I wanted to put as much of the info as I could on the images themselves, but in case you can't read the texts, I've included them below + some extra info:

Shaell Amaros/The Shadow King: Former ruler/Deity of Arthanos

Human Disguises:

Amaros typically appears to people in human form, usually that of his child or teen self. His voice still tends to have the echo from his adult form, especially if he’s in his teenager Deity form. He has more access to his powers in teenager form, but the child form is safer as it completely hides his presence, and makes sure he doesn’t accidentally overwhelm more magic/spirit sensitive people with his powerful aura. He’s much shorter even in teenager form, only about 160 cm tall, when his adult size is around 190 cm.

Basics:

Age: ~800, he was 31 when ascending

Family: Descendants Azul & Reuben Samaros

Love interest: An astral spirit (light element spirit) called Helias (it’s complicated…..)

Being type: Former human, An ascended Deity.

(ascended Deities are humans who become Deities of something, typically like a Guardian Spirit for a place or a region, like Amaros is/ was. Their powers tend to vary depending on the way they ascend/ their reasoning & personality)

Abilities:

Summoning his Lost Soul Demons, shapeshifting, traversing between the different dimensions of their world, shadow/dark flame magic, ability to create his crystals that can trap/damage people’s minds and souls, or form weapons. telepathy. Granting his magic power to those who can handle it.

Personality summary:

Amaros is very no-nonsense, serious type of person, who doesn’t much care for pointless chit-chat. He’s very intelligent and cunning, willing to bend the rules to do what he believes he has to, sometimes at the expense of others. While he can be sinister, Amaros is capable of genuinely caring for people, and tends to express this more through action than his words.

Role Summary:

Amaros is the mentoring figure of his descendant, a young mage Azul Samaros, whom he has tasked with undoing the failed repeat of his ascension ritual. This failure resulted in all the citizens of Arthanos having their souls trapped in crystalline form, littering the ruins of the kingdom currently.

The person responsible didn't understand what they were doing fully, due to all the knowledge of this forbidden act having been scrubbed from their history books: this was done by a traitorous family who dethroned the Amaros bloodline, and trapped Amaros himself for over a century, declaring any worship of the "Shadow king" heresy.

While still bitter and angry towards the traitors, Amaros takes his role as the Guardian Deity of his kingdom very seriously, and genuinely wants to undo the harm done by the ignorance of others. He's also fond of his descendants, who are the only people he allows to talk back to him, and even use his first name rather than just calling him "Amaros."

INFO THAT DIDN'T FIT IN THE PICTURES:

Amaros is basically one of the central characters of this character set, the main mentoring figure for the protagonist Azul.

He doesn't really mentor Reuben, because Reuben's powers are very different and he can't channel Amaros' powers at all. Amaros still cares about him though, he's one of his children after all.

The surname of the protagonist siblings comes from Amaros' name; his descendants who managed to escape the kingdom still wanted to keep their trapped Deity's memory alive, but could no longer recall his full name, only that his first name started with an S. They therefore added the letter at the beginning of their surname.

his family crest is the purple star, and his dimension's sky is purplish starry sky.

Amaros had a few concubines to produce a heir (common tradition for the ruler in Arthanos) and while he never had any romantic feelings towards any of them due to his preferences, he treated them all well and they typically served a bigger purpose than just being a mother; advisors, Grand Priestess, Chief healer, etc. He tended to take their opinion into consideration if the topic at hand touched their area of expertise.

The woman whose bloodline eventually lead to the birth of Azul and Reuben was a Scholar, specializing in studying ancient magic. She was the one in fact who discovered the Ascension Ritual and told him about it. (She was actually against doing it once she realized the sacrifice it required, not to mention the fact he deceived someone she could tell he had genuine feelings for.)

The Lost Soul demons are Arthanosian warriors, who ended up losing themselves to their powers, becoming demonic beasts. (When he was sealed away, pretty much everyone who had this channeling power lost their minds, no matter what state they were in at the time)

Amaros always warned anyone wanting this special channeling power, and did not hand this out lightly. Any soul who ended up losing control was banished into his realm, though they could be summoned back either by Amaros himself, or someone strong enough/someone who had a personal connection with the transformed soul.

The thing with Helias is "complicated" because he essentially tricker Helias into helping him with his ascension ritual, something Helias might've not done had he known it required the sacrifice of a lot of the citizen's souls as well, not just a bit of his blood he gave to Shaell.

These two still have lingering attraction/feelings towards one another, with Amaros even saving Helias from certain death after he was freed from his prison. (He did ask/demand them to take Azul and Reuben in in exchange, as the kids had lost their former home and needed a safe place to live/place for Azul specifically to grow his power and abilities for his needs)

Azul's personality is very similar to his ancestor, although he is fundamentally a kinder person. Still, this similarity allows him to use and resist Amaros' magic far better than anyone before him, which is why Amaros tasked him with fixing the mess with the failed ritual.

Amaros is polite towards the siblings' adoptive parents, although does not care about them much. He only really sometimes protects them because the brothers ask him to. They're just helpful tools for his goal, though he is pleased to see his descendants having a loving, supportive family around them.

Azul sometimes calls him "Grandpa Shaell" if he's extremely annoyed with him. Azul (and Reuben though he never does this) are the only ones who can get away with this without being punished.

While quite a devious person with lower levels of empathy, Amaros did genuinely care for his citizens, and did not make the choice to perform the ritual with light reasoning. In his mind the situation was desperate enough to warrant it. (There was a war going on that Arthanos was at the verge of losing, and a mystery curse based disease released among the citizens they struggled to combat)

As a Deity, he gained the nickname "Shadow King" because typically he discussed and advised his descendants and was more of the true ruler rather than the current generation of his mortal brethren. He was also the one who typically chose who got to be the ruler next, as well as punished those who betrayed their people in some way.

He tends to come off kinder in his child form, and he's chattier as a teenager. This reflects to how he actually was as a human, and the main reason Amaros is so cold and calculative nowadays was due to his harsh upbringing.

The extra piece of cloth on his hood is a veil that the rulers of Arthanos used to cover their faces when interacting with common folk. Amaros is not wearing it properly though, given he always found this tradition pointless. (He was the first king to let citizens see his face, and after his ascension this tradition died out, up until the dethroning of his bloodline; the new rulers brought the tradition back)

Amaros can still appear in adult human form too, but he does that extremely rarely, given keeping his power at bay in that form is much harder.

He's not evil per say, just a little bit sus

There was a survivor of the failed ritual, who also happened to be the prince of the current royal family. Azul ends up meeting this man years later, and the prince agrees to help them in their quest to fix things. Amaros is initially hostile towards him, but eventually let's it go, noting the young man's a worthy leader and genuinely wants to help.

[tezabelmondmusic]

Ancient houses, acrylic paints, and noble pursuits. Just a little something I threw together for fun based on an OC of mine!

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My LDB Theodora and her three kids

Soft launching new oc blorbo whose not actual new she's existed for a year and a half just had nothing to do until now

Just for fun, here's a height comparison chart for the OCs I've drawn:

Lilli's height only makes her more terrifying lmfao

How tall are your TES OCs? I wanna see comparisons!!

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My Pinterest is now insane but I found meme shirts for the kids

Arthano, perfect because it’s a crop top

Ricardo, he do be knowin’

Ceri, gonna kiss all the bugs in Morrowind 😘

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Unhinged OC Moodboards

Made moodboard's for each of Theodora's kids because writer's block :P

Arthano

Ricardo

Ceridwen

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Achieving new levels of insane guys, I keep looking up geese/swan hybrids aka A SWOOSE and being like "omg that's Theodora x Ondolemar and their children"

It's literally them guys!!!

This is literally Arthano I am deranged

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I bring you not one, but two!!! Yes two!!! Chapters because I've been consumed by thoughts of how Theodora and Ondolemar would navigate a life together and decided to try writing it <3

MDNI: First chapter has smut because they get married of course they fuckin, it's them.

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The Viticius Kids

Finally making a post about Theodora and Ondolemar's children <3

Eldest: Arthano Viticius, born 4E 208 Arthano features in this fic and he was born during the events of the Dragonborn questline. Appearance wise he looks nearly identical to his father, except he dark hair which he shaves and brown eyes. He has a lot of energy, gets into shit, but is a very protective older brother. As the eldest, Arthano is privy to the most information about what's going on politically around him from his parents. Theodora trains him in swordfighting once they decide he's old enough and eventually he pursues his dream of being Champion of the Arena. His weapon of choice by the time he is an adult is a bound battleaxe. Later on in life he becomes a mercenary, travelling throughout Tamriel, not unlike a certain Uncle Teldryn :P He can be brash and is very outgoing, which causes him to clash especially with his brother as they have very different approaches to life. He has Theodora's desire for freedom and prioritizes that above most everything, save for his family. He's particularly close with his mom, big mama's boy <3

Middle: Ricardo Viticius, born 4E 211

Ricardo is the middle child. From a young age he takes an interest in history, particularity the history of Cyrodiil. He grows up to be a renowned scholar and eventually becomes a moth priest as his desire for knowledge grows. Ricardo is a pacifist, due to not only learning how wars have shaped Tamriel's history; but also the role different miltaries have played in his family life. He shuns the idea of violence as a fact of life and advocates for peaceful discussion. Him and Arthano can be at odds with each other and sometimes he feels very different from the rest of his family. Moving away from home is good for him and it allows him to develop a better relationship with his brother, where they sort of agree to disagree on each other's respective views. He frequently gets confused for being a Breton, especially when he is visiting somewhere to give a talk. Often he'll be asked "So where is your family from in High Rock?" and he has to say he's actually Imperial/Altmer, but he has Theodora's skin tone and pointed ears he understands the confusion but the assumptions get annoying fast. Ricardo is closer with his father as they both have an interest in history. He is named after his maternal grandfather, although they couldn't be more different.

Youngest: Ceridwen Viticius, born 4E 213

Ceridwen is a curious child who, like her brother Ricardo is interested in knowledge, but like her eldest brother;, she is interesting in fighting. She eventually chooses to study at the College of Winterhold because she wants to travel Skyrim like her mom did; despite her parents protests saying that "Winterhold is miserable" and her father trying to bargain with her to go literally anywhere else. She is persistent though and eventually they agree. Originally she though she was interested in Alteration, but once she starts learning Destruction it's over. She focuses on storm magic. She meets a Telvanni while in Winterhold and eventually they get married and she joins the House. Becoming a Master Wizard and surpassing them. She has the gold Altmer skin, Theodora's dark hair, and she's the only one of the three kids who doesn't have the pointed elf ears. Cerdiwen benefits from being the youngest in that she gets the most time with parents, she is unofficially her father's favourite as he wanted a daughter <3 She was named after her paternal grandmother.

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Summary: Ralos Venim is about to meet his girlfriend Ceridwen Viticius's family for the first time. He knows her brothers are quite the characters, but she has been vague about her parents…

Part two is done! Come read about Theodora's now grown children <3 This is rated T, there's a lot of wine drunk and some arguing but unlike nearly everything else I write, no sexual content.

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Me writing my silly little Empire-backed Altmer resistance into my fics so that Theodora can have a mostly happy ending because I love her and do not want to put her through more pain BUT knowing full well that would never happen so I also have an AU to accommodate how tes vi will likely handle the Altmeri Dominion/Empire conflict aka Arthano's angsty AU where he grows up in Morrowind without a father, bitter and protective and can be my OC for the game :P

Rip his siblings, non-existent

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What's Theo like pregnant? Is she moody? More demanding? Extra horny? What smells trigger her throwing up? What are her pregnancy cravings? Does she cry a lot? How does Ondolemar support his wifey when she's got a bun in the oven?

This is such a fun question and very relevant to what I'll hopefully be writing soon <3

It's sort of different with each kid to an extent. With Arthano the circumstances were much different, she was single and expected to do everything herself. There's a lot more crying during this time as the hormones plus being separated for the one you love. She spends a lot of time trying to think through how she will raise him by herself, what to tell him and how to handle when he'll get older and want some answers. Being on Solstheim at the time she doesn't have access to the same foods, she is really craving sweets but Arthano is mostly made of ash yams :P She finds the smell of red meat makes her stomach turn.

Ricardo is pretty easy, which is good because her husband knows basically nothing about pregnancy. When she tells him and they decide to go through with she let's him know she's going to be tired, more sensitive (she ends up bursting into tears at random because she just loves them all so much haha), and more horny which is more than fine with him, because it's them :P Sometimes your wife just wakes you up and the middle of the night and it's the least he can do, truly hehe

Particularly with Ricardo he's very "Let me do that for you" because he doesn't want her to get hurt which is very sweet and useful as Ceridwen is much more difficult and she ends up on bed rest at six months. Which she hates but she gets to snuggle with her sons and read them stories <3

He's very complimentary, especially since he can see as the months go on she gets more tired, more sore, Ricardo is constantly kicking haha. There's a lot of "You're glowing, love" followed by her "No, I'm just sweaty"

Theo loves her kids but she don't get to have any wine for like 7 years, better for her liver tho!

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Ralos Venim is about to meet his girlfriend Ceridwen Viticius's family for the first time. He knows her brothers are quite the characters, but she has been vague about her parents…

A fic about my blorbos 25 years down the road :P Just a fun time all around, chapter 2 is like 1/3-1/2 done :) Though I may be distracted by something else so if you see me post something new before the next chapter shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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MDNI: A cute and fun ;) chapter before I send Theo away for 2 months poor girl is gonna find something out while apart from him again

Summary: Through their efforts, the alliance between the Summerset Isle and Valenwood has been broken; leading to Dominion agents slowly being pulled back. Though, Theodora will be needed in Valenwood to aid in restablization efforts.