#sarel the falmer

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Sarel, crouching on your dash.

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SOBBING. ABSOLUTELY WRECKED. He's so beautiful and perfect. I'll say again, how much I love the little details. Especially the little snowflakes!! Thank you so much for drawing my son, I'm still speechless.

Sarel for @thana-topsy !

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Sarel teaching Gelebor about the Sightless Alphabet!

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Sketch of older Sarel with his Tonal Architect tuning fork bandolier ✨

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This is goofy but I had to

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IT'S MY SON!!

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Their precious Falmer OC, Sarel!

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Sarel Sketches (he’s in his 30s here)

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I’m wrapping Sarel in a cozy blanket and hugging him >:)

He’s very warm and happy now, thank you nonny.

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Updated cover art for my fic “Halfway to the Sky” !

I finished this up several months ago and have been holding off on sharing it. Thanks to everyone who’s read the story so far and reached out to me about it! 🤍

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I am fucking sobbing, weeping. In hysterics, in fact. THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. I melt into a puddle and noclip through the floor into the Blue Nothing that awaits me. Thank you so much, my friend. I will treasure this forever.

Hero Forge Minis for Halfway to the Sky by Thana-topsy

This is a special gift for @thana-topsy, in celebration of his amazing fic, Halfway to the Sky.

I've made a Hero Forge mini set of Sarel, Aiden, and Harukar: the main protagonists of the fic. Note: In order to view them at the links you'll need an HF Pro account, because I made them with the new Face Customizer, but HeroForge has said that the FC is coming for everyone Soon(TM) so anyone will be able to see them on the site then.

Sarel (HF link)

Based off of the lovely cover art Topsy made for the fic, here's Sarel showing off his new tonal magic. As you can see, he is sporting the necklace from Zak'ma and Irhkmaghi!

Aiden (HF link)

Harukar (HF link)

And finally, the ensemble. I did my best to get everyone in scale.

So thank you, my friend, for writing such fantastic and compelling characters, for sharing your art with us, and for being such a kind and positive force in the TESblr community!

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Older art of older Sarel

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Aiden and his son, Sarel.

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From my Skyrim fanfic”Halfway to the Sky”

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Some cute little nonsense sketches of Sarel and anime nosebleed Aiden

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Happy Pride! To all the queer kids and supportive parents, but also to the queer parents and supportive kids out there!

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A wip :)

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Given the general lack of information to go off from the games, how did you come up with the names of the Falmer that Sarel meets in Halfway to the Sky?

Hey this is a fun question!

So we are given exactly two (2) named Falmer in ESO: Krus-Bok and Zrem-Zram.

I took partial inspiration from the phonetics of these two names, but more so I relied more on Dwemer naming convention, especially for Ihrkmaghi's name. Zahk'ma is more in line with 'Zrem-Zram', but I see the -ma as a sort of honorific, designating her title in the community. I think -maghi was also intended to be a title as well, but I didn't separate it in her name for whatever reason. Past Topsy is an enigma to me sometimes.

It'll be directly addressed in future chapters, but I headcanon that the Falmer's current spoken language retains Dwemeris roots that have been colloquialized. As well as creating completely new words that formed specifically as a product of their environment and lifestyle. Those I imagine would be more like onomatopoeia to phonetically represent whatever it is they're trying to signify, especially when it comes to things like chaurus and other cave-dwelling flora and fauna.

Anyway, I'm not the type of person to meticulously create a language whole cloth, so I doubt I'll ever go too deep with it, but who knows! Feeling cute, might create a conlang. If nothing else, a simple vocabulary list might be fun. I'm sure an older Sarel in his accademia era would compile such a thing.

Also your username is such a mood.

Cheers!