#oc: dazshi

[morihaus]

ANOTHER problem with writing abt dazshi is id have to figure out how pius (KOTN guy) fits into the main questline. something where he's basically a hireling of the imperial cult (/volunteer) and he just happens to be helping out weynon priory when dazshi meets jauffre and jauffre's like "the roads are dangerous and this is urgent, pius, could you accompany this woman to kvatch?" and to be fair she is a 4 foot tall dagi-raht khajiit so its like yea some extra muscle to keep safe would be nice and this is very urgent ofc and dazshi has no complaints. but then they get there and there's daedra and dazshi is like wow im just gonna get the guy and go but pius is kind of honorbound to help the kvatch guard. idk how they meet again after that... maybe only by chance whereas dazshi is THE champion

[morihaus]

the idea of rewriting junah's story to be less horrible and awful for her has slightly spiraled out of control with the idea that oblivion probably needs to be totally refitted to not be Like That and have a questline that makes more sense and isn't lame and stupid. unfortunately, dazshi was created for an oblivion questline that was lame and stupid because she was meant to kind of revel in the fact it was so trite and silly and she was the grand hero of the rightful king despite being a murderous vampire who's only doing this to fulfill her sense of self-importance

[morihaus]

dazshi my poor little prophesied hero youve been lost in the shuffle. i think her relationship w martin septim is even worse now bc she IS jealous of people who are incredibly important. dazshi vc why do we not simply give me the amulet of kings? i could have uriel septim's blood if i wanted to

[morihaus]

imagine if i had dazshi's 100% chameleon armor be canon

[morihaus]

i THINK the dbh questline is part of her backstory and how the whole vampire thing happened for her. and that was absolutely like, mephala as the nightmother urging the dbh to recruit her so she'd be protected and trained as an assassin until it was time to put the plan into motion

[morihaus]

33 and 36? :)

[HoK questions here]

33. Do they hold the whole amulet of kings loss thing against Jauffre?

hm you know, part of me thinks she'd find it frustrating but on the other hand she has a sort of laid back "im just doing this for kicks" approach to being a hero... or, it's more of this self-assurance where she's kind of just like, 100% certain that it's all going to work out for her. so it's kind of funny to her and she laughs about it and it makes the blades pretty upset considering how serious of a situation it is. but in her defense your honor, it's pretty funny. in the beginning she's way more willing to just nod along and go with the flow but i think before the battle of bruma she mentions that jauffre has a chance to make up for his stupid dipshit fuck up while smiling big at him and that's the last conversation they ever have because jauffre dies in that fight <3

36. How do they feel about necromancy? Regardless of whether theyre in the mages guild, do they have a stance on it?

i don't think she has any moral or spiritual objection to it tbh. i don't think she'll end up doing the mages guild questline but- and this might just be me projecting- i think she would do what i did and instantly use the staff of worms to resurrect mannimarco and walk him all the way back to the arcane academy bc it's like. funny. dazshi's not much of a mage but she can see how necromancy and necromancy-aligned magic is very useful

[morihaus]

the idea of dazshi's two companions on this epic quest being divine right of kings guy and a reincarnated shard of lorkhan is so humorous, she was conceived as like a "willing pawn" who knew she'd get hers eventually, but i think she'd be really frustrated with being just the random person in the emperor's dream

[morihaus]

Dazshi 25 and 30 🥺 -@markynaz

25. What are their thoughts on marriage?

dazshi's a busy woman with a lot of prophetic omen surrounding her (prophetic omen that she's WORKED for, thank you very much) so anything approaching a "normal" life wasnt really in the cards. i dont think we know much about the khajiit conceptualization of marriage? i could honestly see them as a "live-in partner" thing like the nords have

romance in general is always fun to play around with for her and she's happy to mess around with anyone who is aware of and accepting of the fact that WHEN her calling comes, she's going to sprint into the fiery maw of prophecy headfirst to become the chosen one. im sure some people find that attractive. but the idea of committed marriage is probably just another petty mortal thing that she cant spare more than a passing thought on. maybe once she's etched her name on the annals of history

30. Who do they most regret meeting?

hrmm this is a toughie... she has that disease where she rationalizes everything that happens as the intricate web of causality that she needs to walk in order to arrive at her ultimate goal. probably junah, my nerevarine, since there's this very bitter undertone in meeting a doomdriven hero of prophecy and wanting so badly what they have

[morihaus]

i didnt exactly keep an eye out for minor npcs to fall in love with while playing oblivion but i have to admit, the evil blacksmith from the shivering isles has sort of transfixed me. i think she and dazshi could be the power couple i need

[morihaus]

martin: we'll need a daedric artifact for the ritual

dazshi, holding azura's star and the skeleton key while martin looks pointedly at her: umm... see, the thing is... im kinda using these

[morihaus]

see for pius i have the excuse of not fleshing him out bc that involves like, thinking about KOTN and making that plot work at all on any level, but dazshi's got this interesting angle of having her own personal agenda that involves doing whatever people around her tell her too while simultaneously not realizing she's Like this for metaphyiscal daedric reasons. there are things you could do with that. ig i was wanting to finish shivering isles first

[morihaus]

dazshi's reaction to martin septim turning into a god is probably "some guys get all the luck :/" whereas for pius i think it's his realization that akatosh is a callous uncaring god who sees mortals as tools to his own end and all his random shezarrine aversion to akatoshic imagery falls into place

[morihaus]

colovian fur helm opinions

viv thinks they look stupid, fur clothing in general is kind of weird to her. cuan sees them as like, needlessly silly looking and thinks other fur helms are just as effective. peyzae cannot really appreciate the aesthetics of the hat due to being blind, but would find it comfortable and easy to wear. hjulde finds them delightfully whimsical. dazshi finds it funny when people wear them and like, try to intimidate or talk down to her as if they're not wearing an Outfit. pius has no strong feeling one way or the other about colovian fur helms. junah thinks they're genuinely a good look that make your figure look taller and more dignified, and equates the indoril mohawk as more or less the same thing

[morihaus]

just finished the dark brotherhood quest, suitably surprised with Exactly how it all went down AND it is giving me thoughts about dazshi and junah pre-morrowind... the night mother being mephala... bravil being the location of the crypt... dazshi may be double dipping w dark brotherhood AND morag tong.

[morihaus]

dazshi is a vampire in my oblivion run and honestly i just did that for fun and flavor i dont really know if her being a vampire would fit in with like... anything

[morihaus]

how could i possibly forget that dazshi, my amoral assassin hero of kvatch who is secretly a mephalan demiprince, looks like this