#tes shadowkey

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Nords

In-game 3d models for The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey

Modeling and design by Mark Jones

[jakobos]

Ice Tribe Seax A simple sidearm made from found materials, it's useful to have while hunting a Fanged Gouti, or raiding a village.

[vyntheshork]

ABCs of Shitass Elder Scroll Lore

A is for Altmer, those stupid fucking elves.

B is for Bosmer, don't buy the meat they shelve.

C is for Chimer, they don't exist anymore.

D is for Dunmer, [Redacted, see above for more]

E is for the Ebonheart Pact, the Nords and the Dunmer

F is for Firsthold Revolt, a book about a sister

G is for Galmor Stone-Fist, the best of the rebels

H is for Hircine, Prince of the hunt, with a spear of rare metals

I is for Imperials, master of the trade

J is for Janus Hassildor, a Vampire he was made

K is for Khajiit, cats of many shape

L is for Lamia, half lady half snake

M is for Markarth, the City of Stone

N is for Namera, chewing meat off the bone

O is for Orcs, let's move on, they can't read

P is for Peryite, strange diseases he will breed

Q is for Quasigriff, born to never fly

R is for Redguard, warriors until they die

S is for Sheza-Rana, the Cyan Star

T is for Trueflame, Blade of Nerevar

U is for Uncommon Taste, written by the Gourmand

V is for Vivec, nothing rhymes with Gourmand

W is for Whitestrake, we don't talk about him

X is for Xarxes, with knowledge to the brim

Y is for Yokuda, home of the Redguard

Z is for Zylvara, this you can also disregard

[actual-skyrim-quotes]

Anon asked if I could make this poll, so here we go! Very good poll, Anon, I'm glad to post it!

I recommend looking up what each game was about (or would have been about) before voting!

I mostly kept to what Anon wanted as the options, but I added the last two myself (with anon's permission) because it felt fitting considering the other games listed

For those who don't know, Eye of Argonia and Paradise Sugar were the canceled sequels to Redguard. They would have had Cyrus go on quests in Black Marsh and Elsweyr, respectively.

[mothermara]

me sitting down to draw: today I will make another ref sheet ^^

[jorisjurgen]

When/if i get a good graphics card and can use emulators on my pc i'd like to fucking... Make a good playthrough of Isles of Wakfu, maybe? And upload some missing soundtracks perhaps.

1. The game's rom is so hard to find and impossible to buy now. I genuinely fear it might become lost media someday.

2. The playthroughs are all either low quality or unfinished

3. At least some soundtracks (menu theme, maybe more) aren't on any ost releases i could find

But sadly i have a graphics card from 2008 which tries to kill itself whenever i test xbox emulation. And also i have adhd and uni so I would probably just abandon this project. Pain.

(i know im like, the crepin-jurgen guy of the fandom, but yk! I care about media preservation, and this franchise in general.)

[uesp]

TES: Legends is officially the first game in the series to be rendered unplayable. Although several games (Shadowkey, Stormhold, Dawnstar, Oblivion Mobile) are unavailable for purchase officially, TES: Legends cannot be played at all due to its always online requirements and the game no longer be supported.

[zalianth]

Alecto the Ninth Prediction

My entire prediction for the ending of Alecto the Ninth is that shit goes down. Dominucus goes explodus. And, sitting there in the wreckage(or probably floating there on a rock or something. Maybe sitting on a nearby planet?) is either Jod or Garrow, in the latter case with the living head of Ianthe(voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) by her side. In the case of Jod being P-1, the head is replaced by G1deon(voiced by Yaoi Lowenthal). Either way, we've got Kratos, we've got Mimir, and the book ends with Mimir saying "You must construct additional houses". Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Now for my TES talk because it is in fact Worldwide Shadowkey(and also Skyrim) day.

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Argonians

In-game 3d models for The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey

Modeling and design by Mark Jones

[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.

[jakobos]

Azra Nightwielder

[lichposting]

Next TES game should be a way smaller more self contained story a la Redguard or Battlespire or Shadowkey et al., WITHOUT microtransactions or base-building mechanics. Or it could be whatever the fuck TESVI is gonna be

[actual-skyrim-quotes]

Can you tell I love making Elder Scrolls polls? Don't vote if you've only played one of these.

I'll probably do a sequel poll for the expansions, too, so be on the lookout for that.

[mothermara]

the council of old men will decide your fate.

[reyesent]

Forgot to share it here, but I got a Shadowkey tattoo! Didn't think I'd get another TES tattoo after Arena but here we are