#oc: ramshuribani

[falmerbrook]

Before his son was born, Stellar had only ever interacted with baby Argonians, who hatch at a development equivalent to toddlers, and had no idea that non-Argonian babies developed differently. His son's year was quite the shock to him.

Bonus father-son bonding:

[caliblorn]

HAPPY LATE CHRISTMAS @falmerbrook!!!!!!!!! Sorry for being such a late Secret Santa...

I've loved your argonian designs since I found you on tumblr so I KNEW I had to draw one of your ocs when I got your name. And Stellar was indeed the winner!!! Both him and Ramshuribani give off such chaotic energy that them dancing around a fire just came naturally to me. Or maybe it was the fault of hours of hurdy-gurdy music on loop. In any case, hope you like it! <3

[falmerbrook]

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Happy extremely belated Valentine's Day! I've been struggling to draw these characters of mine for awhile now, so I thought what better way to figure them out than animating them.

[falmerbrook]

Happy Valentine's Day! I have an animation I was trying to get done for today, but that didn't remotely happen lmao. So have this wip for it instead (an impromptu wip wednesday you could say)

[falmerbrook]

I recently realized I never posted Ramshuribani's reference, but since I modified some things on it today I can now post the updated version I'm a lot happier with (added her earring based on this unused lore tidbit (bottom of the page), switched her main weapon from a spear to a short blade (thus her weird pose), and slightly fixed her colors to look nicer).

She's the sort of companion/follower to my Nerevarine. She's an Urshilaku Ashlander who finds his insistence that he's the Nerevarine silly but endearing, but come to be the first one to actually believe in him. She later tags along with him while he's fulfilling the 4th and 5th trials, and the two of them start a little fling that turns into a full blown romance.

Unfortunately she's not as developed as I'd like her to be right now, but I got a lot of pieces of story set up, so I'm just waiting for the switch to flip in my brain at some point that puts them all together.

[falmerbrook]

@tes-summer-fest Day 7: Profane and Swords

The Nerevarine eventually gets better weapons than the stuff he got during the main quests, but he can't just get rid of them, so he find new creative uses.

[falmerbrook]

Some Morrowind OCs

The yellow feathered fella is my Nerevarine; a former slave from Vvardenfell who ran away to Cyrodiil before being dragged back to Vvardenfell by the Empire. The blue/green guy is his childhood friend, and currently an agent with the Twin Lamps. And the Dunmer is the main companion for my Nerevarine. She's a member of the Urshilaku, and one of the first of them to warm up to the Nerevarine.

[falmerbrook]

New TES OC’s???!???!??!

*puts head in hands* Tell me all about them!

EEEEEE I'm glad someone wants to hear about them!!!! Well, they aren't necessarily new, but I haven't talked about most of them here for the most part so they are to most of you :D

Also, little disclaimer, I'm the type to make a whole cast (family, friends, distant cousins, etc.) for like every character I make, so I'll just introduce the major ones.

(also I'll put it under the cut to not clog dashes)

Morrowind

Stellar (Nerevarine)

My Nerevarine. Argonian. 19 years old at the time of the game. Was hatched and grew up in slavery in eastern Vvardenfell before escaping and running away to Cyrodiil when he was about 11 (where he eventually got his name, and tried his best to assimilate and lose his Morrowind-isms). There he settled in a little gang of thieves in the Imperial City, where he eventually went to jail (long term) after he accidently killed a guy. From there he gets sent to Vvardenfell and [PLOT OF MORROWIND]. For obvious reasons he is not happy about that, and only goes along with Caius's schemes so he can get the money to go to Black Marsh. He has the classic teenage boy-ism of acting very hard, aggressive, apathetic, and mean to mask a more genuine curiosity, desire for adventure, and care for others. So while he'd never admit it, he gets very invested in all the mystery around the Nerevarine prophecies. When he eventually does get to Black Marsh, he finds himself equally not welcomed there, and instead accepts his place as the (potential) Nerevarine, returning to Vvardenfell.

I think he's the only character that I've ever gone through a proper deign process with so I'm very proud of his design (even though I'm still struggling to draw it accurately).

Ramshuribani (Stellar's friend/love interest)

22 year old Ashlander of the Urshilaku tribe/Nerevarine Cult. She specializes in textiles, leather working, and making clothing. After Stellar arrives at the tribe and starts hanging around to earn their good graces, she's the first to take an interest in him. She finds his seeming delusions and his earnestness endearing, but eventually becomes the first to take him seriously, becoming his biggest cheerleader and urging him forward in his journey. When Stellar goes around trying to become the Nerevarine and Hortator, she tags along with him and they bond.

Moss/Sleeps-in-Moss (Stellar's friend/love interest)

One of Stellar's childhood friends. 18 year old argonian. As a young teen when he had the chance to flee to Black Marsh, he decided to remain in Vvardenfell and work with the Twin Lamps to help others escape slavery. While at first thrilled to run back into Stellar and learn he was ok, he's put off and frustrated by Stellar essentially being a pawn of the Empire and Ashlanders, and thinks all the Nerevarine bs is just a way to manipulate him.

Skyrim

Elisere Vaelenwyn Faerendal (Last Dragonborn)

21 year old altmer with snow elf ancestry on her mother and grandmother's sides (thus her pale complexion). While most of her family doesn't share her zeal, her and her grandmother are both very passionate about learning and trying to connect with the snow elf history and culture. Her grandmother is a researcher on the topic. She has a very intense personality, but is also sort of a prissy asshole.

So I really like the interpretation of being dragonborn being a sort of allegory for neurodivergence (but more specifically autism/adhd because I have experience with the former) and so I lean into it a lot with her. She struggled a lot growing up and into adulthood with always feeling like she needed to be in complete control/order, black and white thinking, poor socialization skills, and general anger and violence issues. While she tried to pursue an education focusing on destruction magic at a prestigious university, she struggled with control of her magic and felt restricted there. All of this, living in a place with heavy thalmor propaganda, and her passion for the snow elves led to her developing very extreme xenophobic views of humans (particularly nords).

When Elisere's mother and grandmother died in very close proximity to each other, El doesn't really know how to deal with it (losing her family and the two people she felt like she had left of her lost culture) and so she decided to go scorched earth and drops her whole life and head to Skyrim to do... something drastic (she didn't think that far ahead). Once arriving there [SKYRIM INTRO] happens and it slaps a bit of sense into her. Irregardless, she decides to stay in Skyrim. While in Skyrim, over time, she realizes 1) she's dragonborn (worst thing that could happen to her ever), and 2) it might be a better cultural landscape for her. Character development happens (I'm leaving it here for now bc I'm tired and I don't want to seem like I'm rambling, but she's my problematic child whom i love)

Helga Saber-Skin (Eliere's companion? adopted mom? friend??)

Nord woman in her late 60s. Looks at Elisere and goes "I can fix her" [motherly]. A very classic born-and-bred Nord; loud, confident, friendly, and proud. She and her late husband fought in the Great War, moving to Haafingar and raising 4 kids afterwards (I'm still foggy on that timeline though). Generally anti-Imperial and pro-Stormclaok (although willfully ignorant to the Stormcloak's less-noble beliefs), becoming very pro-Stormcloak after her husband was killed by an Imperial soldier and she feels pressured to move out to Eastmarch. As a widowed empty-nester, when she stumbles upon a very injured Elisere, she takes her in and upon hearing El vent, realizes that Elisere probably just needs a surrogate mother figure in her life, and eagerly tries to fill that void and support her while she's in Skyrim and on her journey. This is not something Elisere wants, but if Helga is anything it's stubborn (and it's probably something Elisere needs). They make each other more open minded.

Oblivion

Morvyn (Hero of Kvatch)

Mid to late 20s dunmer (they/she/he btw). Grew up in Ald'ruhn to a single abusive, unstable mother, which led to them running away as a teen and ending up Cyrodiil struggling to get by. They have intense anxiety from their upbringing, and struggle with psychologically-induced selective mutism. They almost never speak, and use sign-language to communicate (when they can. most people don't know it. this just contributes to their asociality and anxiety). They're sensitive, nervous, and a people pleaser, but also very resilient, selfless (to a self destructive degree),a nd empathetic. Their desire to help others is often the only thing to override their other issues. They are a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, and can pick up new skills pretty easily (but struggle to get very good at them). They initially bond with Martin through their shared experiences of being bastards. They're kinda greasy.

I have another major Oblivion character but she's real underdeveloped and needs more time in the oven. Too much brain power goes into morrowind and skyrim, sorry oblivion.

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Saori

I've already talked about her before (this post) but I will mention her again. My necromancin' ecologist child :D. She kinda exists outside the realm of the games but she meets and becomes acquaintances/friends with Elisere and Stellar.

[tes-summer-fest]

[Image ID: Two digital images. The first is of two Argonians sitting at a delicate wooden table. They appear to be eating dinner, and the one on the right is using Keening, a short blade, to unlodge something from between his teeth. There is a chat bubble above his head saying "Yeah, I'm getting it", and a chat bubble above his companion's head saying "You got something in your teeth...". The second image is of an Argonian and a Dunmer. The Dunmer is crouched beside a makeshift fire with a chat bubble above his head reading "Ugh, I can't get the fire to light". The Argonian is holding a piece of guar meat between the twin blades, Hopesfire and Trueflame, and there is a chat bubble above his head that reads "Don't worry, I think I've figured something out". End ID]

@tes-summer-fest Day 7: Profane and Swords

The Nerevarine eventually gets better weapons than the stuff he got during the main quests, but he can't just get rid of them, so he find new creative uses.