#skywinds oc

[lumellow]

dyed in a daybreak's light, sound asleep

[0mornings-dawn0]

Posting this grumpy Mer here too, maybe I'll save him for when Skywind is released...

[aquatic-batt]

this one’s just a doodle of Skywind (she/her) on of my ClanGen ocs that I just made while waiting for class to start! she’s a med cat who was manipulated by a cat from the Dark Forest into poisoning her former leader to try and help the Dark Forest warrior’s daughter become leader

just a little size comparison for Frecklefang (short cat, she/her) and Rabbitheart (big cat, she/her) :]

Cherrynose (she/her) loafing!!

I was thinking about Blackice (left cat, they/them) and Magpiecall (right cat, they/them)’s relationship and I feel like Magpiecall (Magpiepaw at the time), being a fellow med cat apprentice, would be able to tell that something is wrong with Blackice (Icepaw at the time) and try helping them out, only to unfortunately be pushed away. I don’t yet know how things will entirely progress between them

just a Nightmare Chica concept doodle :]

[blnlfnaf]

FNAF Nightlight, first page coming out October 31st!

Alright, everyone, get ready to ROCK today! It's Bolt the Timberwolf, and we're Fazbear Friends live with you!

[mareenavee]

WIP Whenever, once again <3

Hi Friends!!!

I'm swamped with holiday stuff, work for Skywind, fic, and also a significant novel collab I'm working on with a very dear friend of mine! Original, too! We're in the prewriting stages and I'm HYPED.

(This is why I am not tagging anyone on these, I have vanishingly few minutes for Tumblr.)

But back on the fic wagon, I have been working on both World Chapter 32 and an Untitled Ghost Story set in Morrowind-times, speaking of Skywind.

My same very dear friend and I have adopted these OCs from cut content in another project and I've decided to write him a fanfiction.

Veru Bavani belongs to Indoril Jinumon. Ulpar Enakul is, technically, both of ours. (:

The palindrome verse was Indoril Jinumon's work, originally, written for this character's dialogue.

The Ald Chimeris below was written originally by Strager (on AO3) and means: "You dare come here!?"

CW for canon typical violence and general spookiness!

Without further ado, under the cut, today's selection is from Untitled Ghost Story! 798 words.

Veru’s heart sank. Enemies from all directions, and this was how they treated their captives. She closed her eyes and bowed her head in a silent prayer, just in case nobody had bothered to remember this one when they were alive.

As she was recounting her verse, she could have sworn she heard murmuring and then movement in the air, as if someone had walked past. She opened her eyes and whipped around to check, but the corpse was exactly as she left it. Everything remained as unchanged as it had been when she’d discovered this place. A chill ran down her spine, air going cold—or so she thought. Was that her breath fogging? Of course not—it was as dry and overly warm as it had been for a while now. She exhaled through her nose and turned on her heel. It was a dead end, anyway. She would have to climb back out to the main chamber and try again. As she began her ascent, she turned and looked over her shoulder one last time. Wait—had the skull shifted? No. No. Don’t be stupid. Let the dead rest.

Back at the main chamber, she chose the middle path next, marking another Vehk rune before she moved on. This one was pristine in a strange way, the rocks beneath her feet smoothed over as if, long ago, it had once been a kind of road. Now nothing remained, not even an echo of the civilization which had made their last stand here. Nothing except ashes, if even that.

Veru walked for what seemed like hours, the gloom crushing in around her as she descended further into the depths. She stopped only to carve more Vehk runes, the first ever. This could have been below the citadel—the way seemed correct, the last she was able to determine. As she made her way, the stalactites thinned, replaced instead with high ceilings of twisted, once-molten rock, sharp and curled like the spiked armor on a dremora. The light of her torch did nothing to alleviate the oppressive vastness into which she could not see. Anything could be up ahead. Her throat felt like it would close in the silence, but it would not do to risk her voice now, when anything could be out there and so much was at stake. Gritting her teeth, she stepped carefully in time with the verse in her head. She drew her sword and adjusted her grip on the torch. The flame flickered, her shadow like a monster merging with the greater darkness. She inhaled deeply, eyes wide and watchful for any hint of movement. 

Swords, like words said with pride, cutting pride with said words, like swords.

Between one inhale and the next, something screeched out of nowhere in a rush of freezing wind which smothered the flame of her torch. Though blinded, she was prepared for something like this—some nefarious Dwemer abomination. There was another screech to her right, and with a yell, she struck out with her sword. She was met with the pale green-blue glow of a revenant, its sword locked with hers, ice crystals crawling along the blade of hers. His face was twisted in an ugly snarl, eyes not inches from hers as he advanced with all his strength.

“Ni kana shanta sino?!”

The voice sounded myriad, like a thousand-thousand souls had been woken from their slumber to scream the words. She didn’t know this language, and in her inability to respond, the spectre was thrown off guard, just so. It was enough. She parried, the sharp screech of ethereal metal against glass echoing out into the void around them. The ghost charged at her again, sword raised, leaving him wide open. Veru stepped left, dodging his strike only to stab into his ectoplasmic form from the side. A shriek unlike anything she’d ever heard before pierced her skull. She cried out and tried to block out the noise with her hands. The ghost disappeared and reformed feet in front of her, the noise of its scream still disarming her as it reverberated.

He raised his sword, and in a flash that stung her eyes to tears, flames sprung up around the perimeter of the room from sconces in the wall. Veru wiped the sweat from her eyes and rushed in for another hit. The ghost was faster than she anticipated, and struck out with the pommel of his sword, uttering another sharp shriek that seemed to come from everywhere all at once. The pommel connected with the side of her head, sending another explosion of pain through her skull, enough to pull the darkness back into the edges of her vision. She screamed and, though dizzy, moved in for another stab in the opening his ill-advised blow left.

[two-headed-septim]

Yall, if you’re like me and have a million and a half TES OCs who exist in your own personal canon, try project proteus (skyrim se: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/46620). It lets you sorta play skyrim as a party rpg. If any of you have used wrye morph in oblivion, it’s a lot like that. It can be a little clunky but not major issues so far and it is literally playthrough defining for me. Not to mention i’m even more excited for skywind and skyblivion now for the prospect of using this to make my full oblivion and morriwind casts on one save!

[meridian-purified]

Cant wait till Skywind comes out and I can actually play all the OCs I've been talking up a storm about with my friends

[arideya]

OC Songs

This was an old OC tag, from 3 years ago! Updating it now because some songs are still relevant, others im changing and adding.

Some good songs here imo :D

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Sayiah - Nerevarine - Morrowind

Nerevar - Liz Katrin - Skywind

Arkvenor - SharmMusic/Herbert Wetz - Skywind

Beauty of Dawn - Malukah - ESO

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Ysmir - Dovahkiin - Skyrim

Dark, viking/norse inspired. I should probably add Doom songs here, because Dovahkiin is metal.

Salt (Live performance) - Eivor

Lívstræðrir - Eivor

If I Had a Heart - Fever Ray

Helvegen - Wardruna

Kukushka - Theodor Bastard

Leaves of Yggdrasil - Myrkur

Dronning Ellisiv - Myrkur

Yggdrasil - Trobar de Morte

Wolf Blood - Adrian Von Ziegler

Sovngarde Song - Miracle of Sound

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Eva Anderson - Sole Survivor - Fallout 4

Heavy and depressing lol

Far From Home - Five Finger Death Punch

Wrong Side of Heaven - Five Finger Death Punch

Tell Me Why - Within Temptation

Endless War - Within Temptation

Fallout - UNSECRET, Neoni

Word Up! - Korn

In The Dark - 3 Doors Down

Some Things Never Change - Miracle of Sound

Cries of a Dead World - Miracle of Sound

Keep Your Rifle by Your Side - Hammock

Wasteland - Riverside

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Arideya - Bhaalspawn - Baldur’s Gate series

Various, from folk-inspired, to soft, to the type she’d sing, to metal because she’s strong as heck.

Return to Oz - Karliene (Ari is a bard so I imagine her singing this song while playing a piano) 

Sleepsong - Roxanne Genot, Karliene

Prayer - Secret Garden 

Forever Flame - Miracle of Sound 

Way of the Strong - Aviators 

See What I’ve become - Zack Hemsey

Its The Fear - Within Temptation

Silver Moonlight - Within Temptation (Its just so... her)

Indestructible - Disturbed

You’re Mine - Disturbed

Walls - Jamie N Commons

Carnival of Rust - Poets of the Fall

Blindfold - Sleeping Wolf

Heroes Never Die - UNSECRET, Krigare

To Valhalla! - Antti Martikainen

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Gina Shepard - Mass Effect

Mostly instrumental with ambient

Heart of Courage - Two Steps from Hell

Edenfall - Antti Martikainen

Shepard of the Galaxy - Big Giant Circles

Faster Than Light - Big Giant Circles

Throwing Circles -�� Big Giant Circles, Ronald Jenkees

Outside the Realm - Big Giant Circles

The Echo - Big Giant Circles

Normandy - Miracle of Sound

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Valerie - Cyberpunk 2077

Lots of Synthwave, modern stuffs, and actual CP2077 soundtrack

Spoiler - Original Mix - Hyper (CP2077 trailer music)

Night City - R E L, Artemis Delta

Kill The Messenger - Rezodrone, The Cartesian Duelists

Don’t Come Close - Yeasayer

Sleepwalking - The Chain Gang of 1974

Chippin’ In - CP2077 ost

City of Night - Miracle of Sound

City of Dreams - Miracle of Sound

Neo-Tokyo - Dance with the Dead Remix - Scandroid

Anarchy Road - Carpenter Brut

Fahrenheit - neon Nox

Rise of the Hero - Neon Nox, Powernerd 

Never Back Down - Jaramiah Kane

Inner Universe - Origa (from GiTS SAC, but I’ve always associated Motoko with V)

Rise - Origa (same as above)

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Damien/Annah (my OCs)

Probably my longest playlist. I set the story in a sort of Cyberpunk-ish Dystopian future as envisioned in the 80s, early 90s, think Terminator 1. Hence some oldies and Sythwave. A bit of modern stuff and instrumental that I thought fits them too.

Forever Young - Alphaville

Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Come Undone - Duran Duran

The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye - Roxette

6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps

Can You Head Me - UNSECRET, Young Summer

Crown - Myrkur

Walk Between Worlds - Simple Minds

Huggin & Kissin - Big Black Delta

Signal and the Noise - Simple Minds

Big TV - White Lies

No Place - RUFUS DU SOL

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Moth To A Flame - Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd

Crockett’s Theme - Jan Hammer

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Vampires - The Midnight

Hate It When You See Me Cry - Halestorm

Breaking Inside - Shinedown/Lizzy Hale

It Was Always You - Maroon 5

Trains - Porcupine Tree

Be Here Now - Hybrid

Judgement Day - Stealth

The Beginning of the End - Klergy, Valerie Broussard

In the End - traxx

Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics

Freaks Like Us - Sleeping Wolf

[kpixart]

I hate you Heisse

[lumellow]

lovely as the song in air, as the wind blows

[lumellow]

working on a little something

[aquatic-batt]

Skywind (she/her)’s initial design compared to some other ideas? I think she’s gonna be a WindClan med cat who is half SkyClan. also I think I’m gonna stick w renaming her Flowerpatch

[mareenavee]

That Is the Choice I Give You

Mind the Tags on the card, please.

Rating: Mature Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Major Character Death Other Important Tags: Canon-Typical Racism Twin Lamps

Written for my dearest friend and greatest supporter, Jinumon. Thank you for indulging my TES brainwyrms here, in Skywind and, finally, in person. ✨❤️

This version of Tul was Jinumon's idea. Anali, mentioned briefly, is an easter egg for @changelingsandothernonsense's fic universe, and is her Khajiit OC.

Written in response to a prompt challenge, as well! The Prompt

First Seed

Without further ado,

That Is the Choice I Give You

A Historical Perspective Regarding the Twin Lamps and Its Activities in Vvardenfell, 3E427: Part One

A note from the publisher:

These letters and journals were recovered or removed from Dren Plantation and Ules Manor before being carried to Ebonheart by formerly shackled individuals. The original texts were written either in pictographic Jel, a coded version of Tamrielic known between the two correspondents, or a combination of the two. They were translated and edited for readability with no small effort by the members of the Argonian Mission in Ebonheart before submission.

Light the way.

16 First Seed 3E427

You must excuse the mud and dirt between these pages—my previous journal was lost to me in the fire that consumed a building on the eastern edge of the plantation. I would not change it, as that fire allowed for Anali’s escape when our plan had been all but compromised. I’ve decided to keep this one in an area that the Ienith brothers do not tread. After all, the one they’ve set to watch ought to check these perimeters. It is beneath them. But that one is lazy and sleeps on the job.

If there is luck to be had in situations like these, I suppose it is that I can write and have not lost my arm for it, and still have both eyes to observe these things and send word whenever possible back to Im-Kilaya.

As of late, I find Dren distracted, often leaving his manor in the dead of night, Ienith hounds in tow. Something is changing here on the island. I do not know what. All I can do is make use of the confusion and lapse in security and continue the work I’ve risked my life to do. I think, as of today, I’ve freed nearly twenty shackled in my current role and have so far avoided suspicion.

Yes. I realize I could die at any time. I am no stranger to the cruelty here, where a single glance can be considered an egregious misstep. I have the scars to prove it. But I gave my word—and thus my life—to the Cause. This is another thing I would not change. -> Read more on AO3

[mareenavee]

Hi there! I was wondering if there's anything you're happy to share about your original writing? I'd also love to hear about your writing process in general, from first conception through to finished product, and how it varies for you for fic vs original writing. Thanks so much for your time! 🌻🌷

Oh hello new friend :D Thanks for asking!

So I can talk a bit about what's been happening with me lately lol I think it can be important for a lot of us, especially in kind of the climate we're in as creatives right now. And while the story might not seem very happy at first, I am still happy to share so others might not feel alone if they're wandering, too.

Something about my original writing:

So I went to college for Creative Writing. I had started in English Edu, and switched about halfway through for many reasons but suffice to say if I didn't do what I loved, that degree would still be unfinished. My goal was to get into editing, if I could, and eventually write a book. After college, my full time, in-office jobs at first had nothing to do with writing. I was doing things like tech support, sales and data entry until I got into advertising. And I was editing, using my degree, but I was also more using my skills from sales. And here we stumble into something of a burnout problem. I was working so many hours on unrelated nonsense that I simply did not have the energy to stay awake half the time, let alone write. And I was away from the desk for so long that when I returned, I felt couldn't manage a single good thing. I kept trying even during the dumpster fire the last few years has been collectively.

I'll time skip for the sake of the story. The cure for burnout is simply rest, regardless of it's professional/career burnout or creative burnout or a combination of the both of these things. One doesn't always realize this in the middle of the issues, though. So here I was barely writing anything that I'd be willing to share, frowning terribly at the blank page every opportunity and just being down on myself and my work. I wrote a couple flash fiction pieces, and plenty for dnd but I'd kind of lost track of my goal of writing THE BOOK, ya know? So I decided I was done with feeling so, I guess, unmoored about it all and I wanted to return to longform projects without second guessing myself at every turn. And I broke the spiral, because it was a spiral, by returning to fandom and starting my fic.

So my original writing, long story short, is short form for the most part! And I want very much to finish a novel. I'm giving myself the space to practice again with fic and prove to myself what I am capable of. It's a slow process, healing, but I am and it translates back at every step. I don't tie my original works to this screenname but a few of my fic writin' and Skywind writin' friens have read a bit here and there of both my dnd and my original short stories. It feels good to not feel bad about them as loudly anymore and to have people interact in a positive way with what I've done. I lost a bit of that after college, and writers really ought to stick together. It gets lonely and difficult without friends otherwise. (:

Something about my writing process:

I am a planner and a fragment writer! This is a result of my schooling. When I was younger and didn't hear a different way, I would pants the entire story. Now I suppose it's about 85% planning, and 15% finding ways to cause problems on purpose for my characters and running with a scene idea. (and cutting it if it doesn't work, saving it for later of course.) I outline plot points usually and if I have specific details I want to elaborate on, I have in-depth pages for that in the planning docs. I tend to treat my character sheets sorta like dnd without the build stats. Just break down into sections describing how they'll look, and their backstories. I also really enjoy the tumblr asks regarding OCs, too, because a lot of that ends up in my planning docs too, where it hadn't been thought of before. I like to really KNOW my characters and where I want the story to go as I proceed, but again -- sometimes I just cause problems on purpose for them and for myself (: But that's the fun of it. There's room for unmitigated creativity if you let go of all the headspace nonsense whenever possible.

As for fragments -- sometimes scenes come to me out of order or in ideas that don't have a place in my current project. I keep idea docs and an idea notebook on hand almost always and write down stray thoughts either as more of an outline, or just a jotted down piece of a thought -- OR something more. Like a whole in-prose scene. That's what I mean by fragments. I've found, especially lately, considering what I wrote above, that if inspiration strikes, let it distract you from everything whenever you can. Write that shit down and save it for later. (:

The last part of it, of course, is the editing process. I try to fire the editing brain for drafting purposes and then go back in to proofread and then do editing passes two or three times before I post / consider a piece to be finished enough to possibly share. I enjoy that part of the process so much. It's like finishing a good jigsaw puzzle lol. That said it's not always sunshine and rainbows, it can be a brutal difficult process. And I am not always right. It's different looking at editing your own work than others' just due to how close we can be to our own writing. Worth it, though, all the struggle (:

Is it different in my original work than fic?

Nope! I mean I suppose the glaring difference would be I need to spend more time in original with worldbuilding than I do in fic, as fic kind of has a bit of a safety net in that department. That said, there's still plenty of worldbuilding to do, lots of hcs to write about, and lots of planning how the pieces will interact. And asking -- why tell this specific story? (Always the fun part for me.) The process, regardless, still remains the same. Plan, write, cause problems on purpose, plan around those problems, write more and EDIT, EDIT, EDIT. (:

Thank you so much for asking this!! I hope this was insightful!

[aquatic-batt]

I love that there is an Incredibly Specific character type that I tend to love that not only did I coincidentally fall in love w two characters matching that type w/o realizing the similarities, I also accidentally made TWO characters that fit this exact type w/o realizing it

like apparently I tend to like characters (usually female) easily manipulated by some dead person from beyond the grave (usually male) into doing violent acts for said dead person, realizing a little too late how bad what they’re doing is, feeling trapped, but eventually (hopefully) finding a way to break themselves out of the cycle and become a better person

oh, and they’re often depicted as having a patch on their face different from their base color

like Ivypool and Vanny fit this trope?? to a fucking T?? which is so funny to me bc I didn’t realize it at first yet both of them are my favorite characters from the media they’re from

then to top it off I accidentally/coincidentally recreated this idea twice w my ocs?? first w Blackice being a mostly black cat w a white patch on their face being a mes cat manipulated by Dark Forest warriors to help destroy the Clans, then w my ClanGen oc Skywind, a mostly gray cat w an orange patch on her face who was mysteriously seen messing w death berries the moon before Flutterstar died so I created a plotline where a Dark Forest cat convinced her to kill Flutterstar so that the DF cat’s daughter could become deputy and hopefully leader…I just have a very, very specific character type that I like huh

[lumellow]

teya

pretty little ghost man