#oc: taliesin secata

[soulventure91]

throwing this out even tho I don't post much about My Girl:

Tali, being one of the last direct descendants of Martin Septim and, thus, Tiber Septim (*insert rambling hc ship of Martin and fem!imperial/breton CoC, who ends up in Bruma alone and pregnant after the whole relighting-the-Dragonfires thing*), is more aligned technically with the Imperial Dragonborn notion. Still hates it with every fiber of her being.

Yes Talos tries to direct Tali. Yes she resents him for it. Yes she ends up a part-time Daedra worshipper (primarily Nocturnal).

[In old canons Tali got head-over-heels with Ulfric but the fact he's part of the civil war, I nixed this because Tali refuses to interact with the war, except when necessary. Like dragons, but different reasons]

In her current canon, Tali as an Imperial Dragonborn matched up with/against Nord Dragonborn Miraak is wild. (esp cause I ship it) I hate Miraak being killed off in the end because it ends a whole legacy of what the Dragonborn began as and how twisted around it became by the different cultures of Tamriel as time passed.

if Todd hadn't been a coward we could have had Miraak as a resource for Shouts, lore, and general Dragonborn Nonsense.

but basically giving us the ability to choose between what kind of Dragonborn we are in the right cultural context instead of Divines-washing the original Nord animism - is the LDB an old-school, classic Nord Dragonborn, righteous and fearsome and a literal force of nature; or an Imperial Dragonborn, a ruler in the making and tamer of nature as their will sweeps the land?

(For Tali, she'd just like to not but destiny is stupid.)

[soulventure91]

mic drop: for diric || proof: for tali c:

more oc asks!!

Diric mic drop: what accomplishment is your OC proudest of? do they brag about it, or are they more quiet? Kinda building from the answer to 'on' here, alongside the elder brain kill there's also: - Defeating an ancient vampire warrior and winning his legendary greatsword in a one-on-one duel (but a few weeks later giving it to the Spring Archfey as Diric's emotional growth was raising him beyond the connotations of the blade) - Persuading the Winter Archfey to reincarnate himself after being tricked by his avatar into fueling an ancient necromancer's bid at world domination (eternal winter = everyone dying = more power for the necromancer) (expertise in persuasion is disgusting) - Banishing the aboleth that initially awoke his psionic talents

Diric's not the bragging type, but if he's asked and praised he will get very blushy and in typical self-deprecating soldier fashion say he was just doing his job and protecting his people.

Tali proof: what is your OC looking forward to? what best moments in their life are yet to come? In her regular TES-verse, Tali looks forward to each new day: new jobs, new ways to escape Talos and dragons and civil war nonsense. At least, until the point of being Dragonborn and Tiber Septim's final descendant is driven home - then she's not looking forward to anything. After all, she doesn't want to fight Alduin and become Empress - especially not when her Voice and other Dragonborn abilities often leave her feeling sick on use.

I do headcanon, though, that despite being put on the throne in the Imperial City Tali proves an incredibly shrewd Empress and is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with the Aldmeri Dominion - mostly in shadow and diplomacy wars, however, and not outright combat. She never really settles into the role, and gives the Elder Council regular conniptions by sneaking into the City to walk among the people as one of the people. Not like they can do anything about it. Also the Altmer ass that sent her ancestor into exile, Tali fires him. Only fair, after all.