#tes legends

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

"The child of a mixed race couple will always be the race of the mother-"

N O

[elderscrollsconceptart]

Falkreath

Art for The Elder Scrolls: Legends

*Artist Unknown* If anyone knows the artist comment below

[actual-skyrim-quotes]

There IS a right answer, and I WILL judge you on your answer.

[imagineargonians]

funny how sotha sil dislikes lorkhan (boo hoo nirn is flawed) yet he managed to repeat his fate almost 1 to 1 a) used his own power/life essence to build a new world b) made lorkhan's heart 2.0 to power it c) was killed by a fellow god who wasn't happy about losing their divinity

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still drawing all the dark brotherhood members

of course I couldn’t forget tesl

[harrycollins]

I love how they decided to make Ungolim (the Listener) and Lucien hot in Legends they were like 'those deranged murder cult members can look sexy once... as a treat"

[rels-tenim]

I'm still really angry and dissapointed about Legends shutting down for good in January. I've been really struggling lately, this year especially, and playing Elder Scrolls cards games with my friend has been one of my main coping methods for getting through each day.

My only consolation is that I never sunk any actual money into the game (though I almost did), but I did create several custom decks that I was really attached to, and now I'm going to speedrun the rest of the campaigns before they're gone forever...

I know that "perma-online service games are a mistake" is a common sentiment lately, but this really sucks. Maybe not having access to Castles is not so much of a bad thing after all 🙃

[sasquach-scratches]

Unfortunately that poll of "Your Most Hated TES Game" has got me thinking again about my level of disgust across the series and tbh i kinda need to update that so I guess I'll use this to organize my thoughts lmao

For the record, though, I haven't played EVERY TES game out there and those I did weren't finished half the time

Anyways let's get into it

Arena-Actually, lemme separate them into categories cause can you REALLY compare them all equally given how different they are

The Eldest of Scrolls

Arena: Probably the only one of the old-school games I actually finished. Big ol dungeon crawler. Magic goes boom. Hard to really "hate" the game cause I don't feel too strongly about it which is funny cause it's technically the first TES game I played (I waited a month for Oblivion to arrive in the mail)

Daggerfall: Never finished it. As I understand, though, it's Arena but More. I think this is one I'd have stronger feelings about had i actually stuck to playing it till the end

Battlespire: Arena but More but Without the Extra Roleplay. Probably more polarizing but again, barely got an hour or so in lol

Dawnstar/Shadowkey/Stormhold: Never played, but want to (especially Shadowkey) I hear they're all full of jank tho so who knows if i'd enjoy it

The Modern Scrolls

Redguard: Never played.

Morrowind: Played a full game and got through half of another, but given how hogwild I go with the modern TES games it doesn't feel like it's enough to deserve that "Worlds Biggest Hater" energy from me. I do think the "combat sucks" thing is overblown, though. Not saying it's perfect but maybe y'all are too used to the actionized games and/or using the wrong weapon for your skillset. Do not like how easy it is to get lost cause if you don't have Mark/Recall or an Intervention spell you can't just jump to a familiar location.

Oblivion: In short, it's the first TES game I truly played. So I love it for that but also hate it for its shitass levelling and whitewashing of lore/the Empire in more ways than one. I love it more now because of how streamlined Skyrim is. I hate it more now cause it was definitely a low point for Bethesda's worldbuilding. LOVE the CC and I remember spending over an hour creating my first character then immediately rerolling cause oops I overdid it. It's my problematic fave

Skyrim: Love the OCs and the adventures I made for it. Hate the fandom it grew. Love the art direction in comparison to Oblivion. Hate the "gritty" filter put over it. Hate its shitass writing and quests. Love the addition of skill trees but hate their implementation. Absolutely LOATHE the downgrade to magic (idc if it's "story integration" it still sucks) Heavily dislike how little choice you get at CC as far as your skills go. 50/50 on the cosmetic side of CC cause on one hand you can't go ham on face creation but on the other you can change things like weight and nose/eye types but on the other other hand weight is just muscle mass unless you're using the fem body where it's SLIGHTLY thicker

Spinoff Scrolls 2: Finger on the Monkey's Paw Curls

Elder Scrolls Online: This one's...complicated just by virtue of being an MMO that's STILL updating. When I first played it, it was a breath of fresh air over the previous entries not just cause of different gameplay but because having multiple characters was an actual tangible thing in-game. I'm an OC whore okay. The story of the base game felt a LOT tighter, too, given it was actually linear. 'Course, the writing always felt really good or really bad and rarely was it in-between. Either way I got very, VERY invested in it in a way I knew I would never be able to experience again and I will never forget that. The CC is Phenomenal and easily the best one in any TES game so far. (Boob and ass slider? FOR MEN TOO???)

Lore also was hit or miss, with me being VERY appreciative of them touching things that Bethesda never bothered with if it wasn't for killing (i.e. types of food, clothing, toys, etc) but also while the lore team did consult with Bethesda there were and still are some glaring oversights that feel like they shouldn't have happened (especially earlier in the game's life) Given there's still some hiccups I'm guessing the Bethesda team doesn't actually consider it very important (makes sense, the main games also bend lore for the sake of gameplay/Todd's whims A LOT, just look at Oblivion lmao) I also love love love that they touch on the weirder topics, even if sometimes it's done in a way that feels too...on the nose? idk how to explain it

Recent ESO, though? Writing got more and more bland, with some standout sidequests. Lore still hit or miss so that's whatever. I stopped caring for the gameplay after...Orsinium?...when I gave up on relearning how to play with the regular changes to combat. Gave up trying to fit my OCs stories into the new content too, even with new characters (helps that they're not as developed lol) Still play out of habit but I defo think it fell off and this recent change to the yearly content doesn't seem to be helping but then I haven't touched new content since High Isle lmao

Legends: Seemed interesting but never played it much lmao, lore/story seems to follow ESO's example of being hit or miss from what I saw

Blades: It was okay I guess. Another game I developed a habit for then promptly dropped after I finished building and upgrading my town. It's a mobile game so idk what I expected, annoying ads begging for money abounded. I did all of it without paying a single cent on my Switch and it was a slog but I did it. Pretty meh about it tbh

Castles: Looks cute. Never played it and probably never will.

[bellonathedragonborn]

Here’s the complete direct family tree for my Elder Scrolls characters!

[electronicdelusionstarlight]

Haunting Pictures Taken Moments Before Disaster

[this-should-do]

op i was compelled to doodle my ocs lol, hope u dont mind my addition

imagine u lived in elder scrolls and your khajiit friend was like "ah, come and look upon khajiit's son, a fine warrior that one will be one day, yes?" and he just shows u this

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

So y'all know all those theories about M'aiq being a god or a shezzarine or perhaps the various M'aiq's we meet in the games are different people all within the same bloodline

Well I decided to throw my hat into the ring and give my take on M'aiq

To put it simply who or what is M'aiq The Liar?

He's M'aiq

Now that may sound odd like ofc he's M'aiq that's his name or so he says but that's not what I mean

For those of you who might be familiar with LOTR specifically the books not the films you may be familiar with a character named Tom Bombadil who's honestly the most mysterious creature in Tolkien's lore given how he has many numerous unexplainable powers such as not being tempted or affected by The One Ring and being able to hide Frodo from the nazguls while in Tom's presence

This is basically how I see M'aiq he's a being that nobody knows exactly what he is he's just simply is

He's not a god, he's not a shezzarine, he's not a different person in each game, he's M'aiq there's only one M'aiq and that's him

He's the most powerful being in The Elder Scrolls universe and he spends his days trapezing about Tamriel telling lies to anyone he comes across

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Lava Atronach

Art for The Elder Scrolls: Legends

Art by Mike Lim

[imagineargonians]

Sayeth Seht: “The future is metal, clockwork eternal. The imperfections of Nirn are abundant and manifold. Fabricants of extant creatures are imitations of what is. A part of the process, building toward perfection. The Verminous Fabricant is an imitation of what was, a beast once common across Velothi lands. Now dead and gone. Except as a basis for the fabricant that bears its name. ” welcome to jurassic park morrowind

[bellonathedragonborn]

This but add Blades, ESO, and Legends.