#unofficial elder scrolls pages

[lesbianholyspirit]

UESP I owe you my life

[what-even-is-thiss]

Decided to read through some unofficial elder scrolls wiki pages to kill time and apparently wood elves are sworn to not hurt the plants of the forests they live in so they mostly eat game animals. And tbh I love that.

Peaceful ethereal tall humanoids living vegan in the woods? No. They eat MEAT. And they’re the shortest playable race in fact. They don’t hurt plants. They hurt everything else.

[uesp]

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[alexanderlightweight]

Greetings and loves, for writing Wednesday: maybe something about possessive and protective magnus and the reaction of the shadowhunters?

here we go! i hope you enjoy it

<3 lumine

The summon isn’t one Magnus is expecting and he reaches out to snatch the message from the air with a frown.

“Have they not given up, yet?” Valois asks him wearily, one of five elders who Magnus is unofficially meeting with.

Instead of a meal, there is nothing but research spread out on the long table. Piles of books and scrolls and rare pages barely held together with magic.

“Nephilim will never truly give up.” Ragnor interjects with a melancholy sigh.  “That would require them to be capable of change.”

 If this was an official meeting, his dear cabbage would have never shown up. However, not even in self-imposed isolation will Ragnor allow himself to miss out on such obscure and frankly obscene research. “That would require them to be capable of change.”

It’s revolting in the most intriguing of ways and Ragnor is old enough that it is rare he finds things older that he’s yet to see.

Magnus can’t help the snort he lets out, but he doesn’t care and neither do the rest of their group. All letting out weary or exasperated and angry laughs of their own.

The first thing that catches Magnus’ attention is the seal. It’s similar t a seal that Magnus once banned from his very presence.  Magnus knew the seal had been changed when leadership of the Institute had been summarily switched, but he’s never had cause to see it in person.

He shouldn’t be seeing it now.

Magnus’ fingers tremble as he reads the message, his face blank and he’s unsure whether it is his magic or his emotions that betray his hands so.

His answer is his magic hungrily — furiously — devouring the message without even a conscious thought.

“I must go to the New York Institute.” Magnus finally says and while Valois and others all raise their voices in confused protest, it is Ragnor who meets his gaze with trepidation.

 “Be quiet before Bane loses his temper!” Daseul — one of the only Elder’s older than Ragnor — snaps, the dark feathers that blend into her hair bristle with her annoyance.  “Acting like mortal children—” she mutters and then gives him a short nod. “We will undoubtedly still be here when you are finished.”

Magnus nodded in return to her, understanding her chastisement of the others. It is not their right to have an opinion on his choice and especially not until after it’s been made and completed.

New York is his territory and while Magnus has refused to step foot in the Institute for two decades now, he’s also never been sent an absolutely rambling list of threats and bribes that make no sense.

It’s an open-ended proposal that reeks of desperation.

A portal takes him to the Institute and magic slams the doors open, announcing him before the alarms can.

It is worse than Pandemonium inside.

Truly, Magnus has never seen so many shadowhunters panicking and running around, others staying out of the way, as if no one is quite sure what to do.

His arrival is a mess of noise and faces and hands on weapons before he’s clearly recognized.

“Warlock Bane?” He’s asked tiredly and Magnus raises a brow in agreement, not even insisting on his proper title.  Magnus is too curious to stall this and there is a sharp edge to his magick, his power and eyes greedily looking around the Institute. “Thank the angel.”

The last bit is murmured by the man who greets him but also by the other hunters around.

“Andrew Underhill, Head of Security.” He’s told as he’s escorted, alarms still blaring but seemingly being ignored.

“And why isn’t your Commander coming to see me himself, or at least his second?” Magnus asks, voice cold with his displeasure.

Something is very wrong here. 

Not dangerous — or at least not for Magnus — but something has happened and Magnus hates the lack of information he has.

Underhill nearly stumbles and when he glances at Magnus — never breaking his stride — Magnus sees the pure exhaustion and desperation on his face.

“They can’t. It’s why we need you. We tried to get help from the healers who still offer us their services, but no one was available. Our second will recover with time and the Silent Brother’s but—” Underhill shakes his head and quickens his steps. “The Commander was poisoned. We’ve been trying to form an antidote but everything we’ve tried has made it worse.”

“Are you telling me that the Head of your Institute is dying?”

Underhill blinks at him, stopping in front of what is clearly an isolated medical ward, one complete with four shadowhunters guarding it.

“Yes, it’s why we messaged you. We don’t know how much longer he’ll hold on.”

The door disintegrates before Underhill can even think of opening it and Magnus is hardly aware of the hunters who are pressed away from him with a wave of furious magick. There is a young woman standing over a bed, limp hair and darkly shadowed eyes marking her as exhausted.

“Do not touch him.” Magnus bites out, fury coating his voice as his magic shatters the syringe.

“It could have been an antidote!” She cries, pain in her voice and Magnus wants to put her through a wall.

Instead, his magic shoves her out of the room.

“And if not, it would have only caused him more agony and stolen more time.” Magnus bites back and then magic entombs him and the young Commander on the bed.

His skin is pale and drenched with sweat, lines of pain creasing his brow and his lips cracked and bleeding.

Magnus stares at him for only a moment, devastating tenderness crossing his face as he bends over the bed.

“Alexander, my darling.” Magnus murmurs quietly as he bends and presses his brow to Alec’s fevered one. “I have you now.”

—

Andrew isn’t really sure what he’s supposed to do.

This is Mirai’s area of expertise.

 Or literally anyone else.

Andrew is security.

Not this strange roll of quasi-commander he’s been thrust into.

When Alec pulls through — Andrew can’t let himself think he won’t, not when there is an angry warlock hopefully healing him — things will go back to how they’re supposed to be.

“Underhill—” Bane yells and Andrew heads towards the command without thinking.  It’s only when he’s stepped through two walls of magic that he realizes what he did and what he’s been allowed to do.

Two golden eyes gleam at him maliciously and Andrew swallows at the look of possessive rage on the High Warlock’s face.

A glance is all it takes after that to confirm his fears — a hand dripping with powerful magic tangled gently in his Commander’s sweaty hair and the way Alec has relaxed, even while in agony.

“How many of these so-called antidotes was he given and when?”

“Six across the last twelve hours. Izzy spent twelve hours before that researching with her teams and prepping them.”

“And when the first two didn’t work, why did they continue without more extensive testing?”

Andrew pauses, unsure and then he winces.

“I assume it’s because no one left in the chain of command realized we were in charge of that.” He admits, “iratzes didn’t help after the first two hours. The Commander has only had Headship for a little bit, not all his positions are filled.”

“The young Miss Lightwood, while undoubtedly talented and well-meaning was only aiding the poisons path. Perhaps you can ensure she sticks to bodies already dead in the future.”

Andrew doesn’t question how Bane knows who Izzy is, or what her job is.

 He knows how.

All he can do is nod his understanding and compliance.

Andrew doesn’t dare do anything else.

He stands there for two hours.

Mostly he stays still and watches in silence but sometimes he’s asked questions he won’t risk leaving unanswered.

Bane is methodical and precise and he’s furious.

Oh he touches Alec with nothing but gentleness.

 Bane’s hands and magic are a covetous embrace and while nephilim are hardly shy, Andrew feels like he’s intruding on something sacred between the two.

But Bane’s also angry.

Andrew can feel it in the air.

It’s in the magic around him, that Bane is wielding to effortlessly heal Andrew’s Commander.

Andrew knows for a fact that if anyone tried to interrupt Bane right now, the warlock would kill them and damn the consequences.

It’s what keeps his back so that he can keep an eye on both Bane and the shattered door but warded doorway.

This is something he can do.

So Andrew makes sure that he will be the first to intercept any shadowhunters who might possibly be able to come through the door.

Just to be safe.

—

Magnus works with a fervor that he knows has him wasting magic, but he doesn’t care.

Why would he care when he can replenish his magic with rest but nothing will return Alexander to him should his shadowhunter slip beyond the veil.

It’s with urgency that his magic heals and restores and cleanses where the poison has ravaged Alexander’s body.  His internal organs are a mess and Magnus knows that even with all the healing he’s doing, that Magnus is going to want Catarina to look over his work.

Alexander makes a soft noise.

A hoarse whimper of pain and it breaks Magnus heart even as he soothes magick across Alexander’s raw lips and soothes his sore throat with a summoned potion.

This should never have happened.

It’s the only consistently coherent thought currently going through Magnus’ head.

Magnus shouldn’t have found out through a rambling, incoherent letter.  Especially not an entire day after the fact.

“As head of security, I’m sure you’ll need verification from your Commander.” He tells Underhill absently, “however once you have it—” because he will. Alexander will give it to him instantly, “from now on, anytime your Commander is hurt. I am to be informed first.”

There’s silence and Magnus wonders if he’ll have to make himself clear and then Underhill speaks.

“After verification from the Commander that it’s what he wants, I’ll make sure that every single medic and hunter of rank understands.”

Magnus allows the hesitation, it demonstrates loyalty to his heart after all.

“Then leave. You can tell them all that he’s out of danger now.” Magnus can’t help how his fingers trail over Alexander’s cheek adoringly.

“Izzy will want to see him.”

Magnus blinks, honestly surprised and he can’t help the casually cruel smile that crosses his lips.

“No one will be coming into this room without my permission until he wakes.” Magnus doesn’t care if it seems unreasonable.

Alexander is his.

While the proof of that is circumspect at the moment, Magnus also knows he has the upper hand.

“And with his condition as delicate as it was, visitors aren’t recommended.” Magnus smirks, something dangerous in the corners of his mouth and the gleam of his eyes.

Magnus paramour lay dying for over a day before Magnus even knew.

Hours of agony made worse by antidotes Magnus would have known couldn’t work. Thousands of moments slipping away, the precious life of Alexander’s fading to almost nothing before Magnus could come to his aid.

Magnus has barely managed to tolerate Underhill’s presence and even that was only out of necessity.

The moment Alexander can open his eyes, can speak and agree and give his hunters no reason to wage a war they won’t win, Magnus is taking him away.

Somewhere he can safely heal.

Not here, where Magnus can’t leave the heart of himself unprotected.

[jiubilant]

The Council of Wisdom were a group of beta testers for Arena, Daggerfall, Battlespire and possibly Redguard. They were fans of the games that organized on a private bulletin board system, and Bethesda would send them copies of the latest builds to test and give feedback. Thanks to their contributions on the original games of the franchise, they have often had a hand in laying the groundwork that makes up the core foundations for the entire series. At the time of the games' development, Bethesda didn't have the resources to pay them for their services, so in return for their help, the developers immortalized the testers' names and characters in the canon of the setting, and encouraged them to write their own stories about the setting, which the developers edited together and then included in the final game as readable novels.

bit of TES history for the day. much of the foundational lore of the games (some of which has since been retconned, some of which is still relevant) was written—with developer direction—by fans who volunteered as beta testers

[trickstarbrave]

im interested in learning more about nerevar but im having a hard time understanding, like, anything. if i wanted to get a feel for who he was and what he did outside of the main story questline of morrowind, where do i start? the tumblr nerevar scholars are always citing the most obscure lore and im like "WHERE is that FROM." i wanna be able to do that some day. Help !

First and foremost I must give a disclaimer: Morrowind lore is like IRL history. It’s super messy, and people have personal and sociopolitical motivations to lie about him. He was a prominent historical figure and hero that has been used to prop up the tribunal temple, so people have a lot of reasons to lie, as well as the fact he’s been sort of mythologized. So we don’t know for certain much about him. We have a lot of theories and a lot of things seemingly verified by multiple sources, but there is no 100% concrete account of his life and what he did. All sources will be biased, and we only have second hand accounts by people with a vested interest in lying at best, with all other accounts being the result of oral tradition going back 3000+ years.

(Also there might have been multiple timelines/realities. Which complicates things. Tl;dr the tribunal becoming gods might have resulted in them remaking reality so events would be different between those timelines)

If you haven’t read the books you collect during the main story that cover Nerevar, you really should! They provide a lot of information

This one isn’t part of the MSQ I believe but it’s pretty good

Another source that exists as in game lore is the songs of Wulfharth. There’s some ‘secret’ songs that are lesser known but describe an account of the battle of red mountain that is quite different. In this account, the Nords were invited by house Dagoth and the Tribubal potentially, but there appears to be a split in the Dwemer forces; some (led by Dumac, the king) were fighting alongside Nerevar, and the others fighting with Kagrenac. This is a bit more mythological/metaphorical of a text though, given Lorkhan has physically manifested and calls Nerevar the son of Boethiah. I believe Lorkhan is sort of possessing Numidium, and while the Nords see the Numidium as Shor/Lorkhan, the chimer and Dwemer probably just saw it as the Numidium. But YMMV. It’s a very different perspective on the battle though, but some details are oddly consistent with other accounts, and would lack the more typical dunmeri bias (but ofc the Nords are also biased. So. Keep that in mind)

Another source is the, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, nonliteral 36 lessons of Vivec, which do give us more insight into Nerevar. These events may not have all happened, but it’s highly likely some are accurate. For example: Vivec describes that Nerevar was originally a merchant caravan guard, who went on to kill the merchant in charge of it, taking ownership himself, before going on to join house Indoril and rose through the ranks. Also, both the 36 lessons and the songs of Wulfharth describe Nerevar as having keening at the battle of red mountain.

I’ll link the new whirling school website to help you get through it as well if you’re struggling to understand what the fuck

Another little source is varieties of faith. It describes that Nerevar is said to have ripped out Dumac’s heart and eaten it. Is this true? Possibly not. Do I want it to be true bc it’s hot? Oh yeah

Out of lore source I like as well was a piece written by Michael Kirkbride. This is technically non-canon/extra canon, and you do not have to take it as canon, nor anything kirkbride has written that isn’t in game. He just wrote a bunch of the Morrowind lore and vivec is his oc. It’s called “what my beloved taught me” (Nerevar would be the one asking the questions)

I thinkkkkkk that’s about it. You can also just check out Nerevar’s page on the UESP. I might have missed smth.

Most of the rest of it is insane Nerevar scholars like me making insane theories based on what’s read in the texts.

[mint-in-the-moonlight]

Daedric Princes summoning days

in Daggerfall there is this gameplay element where you can only summon the Daedric Princes on certain days to gain access to their quests and then their artifacts. while the entire concept was removed in the subsequent games, i thought this could be an interesting thing to incorporate into an Elder Scrolls-inspired pop-culture practice. it's ultimately up to you how to choose to perceive and celebrate those days if you do decide to incorporate them as there does not seem to be much lore surrounding these days.

thankfully the Tamriel calendar corresponds exactly to the Gregorian calendar, so i will be mentioning both names of the respective months for your convenience and the entries are sorted alphabetically. i am basing this list entirely on the Holidays page from the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, which can be found through this link.

Azura's Summoning Day - the 21st of First Seed (March) also called Hogithum. More information can be found in the short text of the book Invocation of Azura.

Boethiah's Summoning Day - 2nd of Sun's Dusk (November)

Clavicus Vile's Summoning Day - the 1st of Morning Star (January)

Hermaeus Mora's Summoning Day - 5th of First Seed (March)

Hircine's Summoning Day - 5th of Midyear (June)

Malacath's Summoning Day - 8th of Frost Fall (October)

Mehrunes Dagon's Summoning Day - 20th of Sun's Dusk (November)

Mephala's Summoning Day - 13th of Frost Fall (October)

Meridia's Summoning Day - 13th of Morning Star (January)

Molag Bal's Summoning Day - 20th of Evening Star (December)

Namira's Summoning Day - 9th of Second Seed (May)

Nocturnal's Summoning Day - 3rd of Hearthfire (September)

Peryite's Summoning Day - 9th of Rain's Hand (April)

Sanguine's Summoning Day - 16th of Sun's Dawn (February)

Sheogorath's Summoning Day - 2nd of Sun's Dawn (February)

Vaermina's Summoning Day - 10th of Sun's Heights (July)

[elderscrollsconceptart]

do you have the art that they use in ESOs Chronometer of the Tribunal?

Unfortunately I do not.

I'm sure you are already aware of it, but the UESP wiki has a lot of ESO assets and furniture listed under their own pages.

They often include close ups of the asset and pictures of the isolated asset

[feykrorovaan]

You all know Darien is probably going to show up again at some point, correct? It's not just hope. ZoS has been sprinkling breadcrumbs (pun intended) since Summerset. They wouldn't do that for no reason or to tease us (unless they're somehow legitimately evil,which say what you want, but that isn't the case).

Spoilers galore for elder scrolls in general under the cut (Main plot, Wrothgar,Elsweyr,Greymoor,Summerset

Blackwood,High Isle, and Necrom.)

Just look at Coldharbor. What happened after we "lost" Darien. We found clues that he was still alive. Including a letter written by him in Wrothgar. So it only makes sense to me that they would do so again.

Darien and/or the events of Summerset have also been referenced in every.single.chapter since Summerset.

That, to my knowledge, hasn't happened with any other characters, especially not consecutively.

In Elsweyr, you can find a deceased khajiit, and nearby there is a note,describing how Meridia was looking for a new vessel that wouldn't betray her.

In Greymoor, Gabrielle Benele says she still believes that Darien is still out there somewhere and she is determined to find him. Not only that, but there is a Meridia quest where she has apparently turned her gaze from her faithful. Now Daedric princes' attention and favor can come and go, and I don't like Meridia, believe me, but she doesn't seem like the kind of prince that would turn her back if something bigger didn't have her attention.

In Blackwood, there is a random event when you talk to a wizard and he can summon a lost spirit. One of those spirits can be an Auroran Knight with Dawnbreaker in his hilt. It's not confirmed to be Darien. But...come on. It's him.

In High Isle, Lady Arabelle references his father specifically. Not Darien specifically, but there are other generals, and captains they could have referenced.They chose him because they knew our ears would perk up at the name "Gautier". His father had a pretty forgettable role,Darien,did not.

In Necrom, if you played through the Summerset plot, you can speak to Naryu about the events of Summerset.

I don't feel like they would talk about him (or the events of Summerset) this much if he wasn't coming back at some point or at least confirmed to be alive in some way. Not to mention whenever he's brought up in streams, they are pretty tight-lipped about him, and they've never specifically said he' won't return.

Summerset was a big event. So if we do see Darien again, it's going to be big.

Sources:

Experience and

[dynamite124]

Why does Taliesin dislike necromancy so much? Is it because of the general opinion of the public that necromancy is yucky or does he just find it exceptionally creepy? And furthermore, if he dislikes it why does he continue to travel with the LDB?

It's an Altmer thing. The people of Summerset have a huge dislike for necromancy. Only a few selected are allowed to even study it, but only for means of finding a way to expand an Altmer's life.

You can read about it here:

[jasper-tarot-reader]

Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: XVIII. The Moon

The Moon is one of those cards where I have no idea how to read it on account of never drawing the bastard during readings. Wholeass, the only reason I remember that it's a tarot card is because it comes before the Sun. Anyway, this is a card of fears, illusions, and the subconscious, but most people forget that part because they get so caught up in the joy of looking at the Moon on a piece of cardstock.

A lot of my work with this series has been mostly stream-of-consciousness with factchecking based on the best wikis available for Neopets (JellyNeo) and the Elder Scrolls (the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages), so one could argue that the reason I don't need to get the Moon card in readings because I'm always like this.

The Wise Gnorbu is an otherwise-nameless, elderly Brown Gnorbu from Shenkuu whose sole duty in life at this point is to track Kreludor for the lunar calendar from the Shenkuu Lunar Temple. He played a fairly big role in the Atlas of the Ancients plot back in 2009, which revealed Moltara to the rest of Neopia. And when I say "fairly big role" I mean that any role is impressive for a character who is, to this day, completely nameless.

That's it, that's his entire deal! King of staying in his lane. The old man just wants to look at the Moon Kreludor all day. What a way to spend your retirement.

I'm not going to say "change this guy" because...you know, he lives here, this is his one job and he's doing a great job. But I am surprised that Princess Lunara isn't even pictured in the image, considering she's also tied to the Lunar Temple, she's the elder princess of Shenkuu, and she even got featured in one of the Neopets magazines (issue 22, page 12 to page 13, thank you JellyNeo we love you). Perhaps the artist just couldn't make it work? Or maybe they wanted to shine the spotlight on the Wise Gnorbu. Who's to say.

(You guys were expecting me to just use the Skyrim screenshot of Nocturnal's appearance, huh? No, incorrect! Concept art upon ye!)

Nocturnal, the Daedric Prince of night, darkness, and mystery, the Unfathomable Mistress of Shadows, Lady Luck, and the Saint of Suspicion is here as our Moon representative. Among her enemies, the most notable are Meridia and Azura, our Sun and Star respectively in the Skyrim Tarot.

And you know what, yeah, fine, this makes sense for the Moon, especially given the rival-triumvirate that the Star, the Moon, and the Sun create in the Skyrim Tarot. Personally, I'd associate Nocturnal more strongly with the new or dark moon rather than all of its phases, given her emphasis on shadows rather than moonlight. I mentioned in the Star post that my friend and I would place Azura (or rather Azurah) as the Moon thanks to her emphasis on all of the moon phases in the Khajiiti pantheon, but that's just me and my friend nitpicking. Nocturnal is a perfectly passable Moon, and given her strong patronage of Skyrim's Thieves Guild, she is a perfectly acceptable choice for a Skyrim character for this deck. Far from the worst or most confusing card.

[elbiotipo]

This is a take I keep screaming, and while I doubt Arena/Daggerfall intended it this way, I always though it would be great if Cyrodil was inspired by a south american empire like the Incas.

I also always thought China based Cyrodil would be cool, since it has an imperial history of unification/division a lot of terrain diversity, its neighbors with a wide variety of culture, and being invaded/influenced by the Akavir (which are just fantasy Japanese lets be real).

ANDEAN-INSPIRED FANTASY CIVILIZATIONS ARE MY FETISH, SO ABSOLUTELY. Those potatoes must have come from somewhere, after all. In fact, it would be very interesting if the Reachmen or the Dwemer had Inca-like inspirations, like terraced farming and of course, potatoes.

I always thought by the original lore that Cyrodiil had a Southeast Asia fusion with the Roman Empire vibe. There are mentions of rice fields and mangrooves. Imperial City itself is described much like Tenochtitlán. There are a lot of real-world inspirations they could have used instead of what they did in Oblivion. Just read the original and weep, the descriptions are so evocative compared to the knights-and-castles we got:

My vision for the climate of Tamriel is much like India; the south ticking to the cycles of the monsoon (Elswyer and Black Marsh, canonically with climates similar to South India and the Deccan), the more subtropical areas of central Cyrodiil until you go all the way to the jungles in Imperial City and then the increasing heights of Bruma towards Skyrim, which resemble the Himalayas and Tibet. There is so much that geography evokes to me, and I think that if done properly, they could have done a great original fantasy setting instead of the generic thing we got.

[moonpile]

ESO drives me nuts with the weird crown-only things.

For example (one of many), these rocks.

I planned an entire build on PTS using mossy boulders, without realizing that although my oft-visited friend Maladdiq stocks the left boulders in Vulkwasten,

the particularly-green mossy rocks on the right and bottom are crown-only.

UNLESS you happen to have the gold-purchased, Unfurnished version of Gorinir Estate. They're unbound.

ZOS why?

Btw if you have those on PC NA and aren't a weirdo like me who cares about rock color or random plants, I'd buy them for a reasonable price 💀 ~

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Boulder,_Flat_Mossy

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Rocks,_Deep_Mossy

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Rock,_Slanted_Mossy

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Sapling,_Lanky_Ash

& Just for extra ref, below are the more-popular plants from G.E. that more people know about and want to buy/sell. Post-Zenithar is a good time to buy/sell them since lots of people buy houses on sale.

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Plant,_Tall_Mammoth_Ear

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Plant,_Towering_Mammoth_Ear

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Plant_Cluster,_Jungle_Leaf

P.S. Nope, other vendors definitely don't have these exact rocks. UESP is very comprehensive. But also, like I said: I'm a weirdo. And full of stupid knowledge about every plant and nearly every furnishing in the game and where they come from T_T

...like the fact that this plant is still not a furnishing despite the asset being absolutely everywhere in the world and loading screens:

[uesp]

We were checking our inventory and realized we had some calendars left over. Since it's so late in the year, and since we would prefer for someone to have them instead of just throwing them out, here's a link to receive a physical copy of our 2024 calendar:

First come, first serve. The form mentions previous rewards we had that are no longer available. We hope to give out the rest we have left to you all!

They were all rewards from our last year's Patreon campaign, and you can learn more about that here: https://www.patreon.com/uesp

[thefalloutwiki]

Fallout Wiki: Founders Day (1 Year Anniversary)

Good evening to all you wastelanders out there! Today is a monumental occasion for all of us at the Independent Fallout Wiki. Today is Founder's Day! One year ago from today on April 8, 2022, our wiki was officially founded!

We are incredibly proud of how far we have come. What started as a simple fork turned into something much, much bigger and greater, and we're happy to have the support of the amazing community for the Fallout series. Let's look back at some of the notable milestones since our founding!

On May 22, 2022, we officially started our Modspace; a custom namespace that allows Fallout mods, such as The Frontier, New California, The Bleachers and Tale of Two Wastelands, to be documented properly and concisely!

On October 28, 2022, we officially created our Communityspace; another customs namespaces that allows the Fallout community to create pages for fan works and to upload fan works, such as fanfiction, fanart, user generated content, comics, TTRPG documents, fan films, and much, much more!

We've affiliated with the likes of other, amazing independent wikis, such as The Doom Wiki, Combine OverWiki, JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia, Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, Strategy Wiki, Otherkin Wiki and our French counterpart Les Archives de Vault-Tec, as well as joining independent wiki alliances, such as the Gaming Wiki Network and Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance!

We launched the wiki officially on December 31, 2022, with an amazing amount of support and cheers from all around the community!

Also on the day of our launch, we began our community project to feature Fallout fanart on the wiki dubbed Pickman's Gallery. So far, we've featured art from @auntie-murdoc, @milramemo, Overshia, and Turtle, with many more lovely artists to come!

Since launch, we've surpassed 500 followers on Tumblr and 1700 followers on Twitter! Our Discord has also surpassed 600 members!

And those are just some of the many milestones we've attained since launch! We even have a page for all of our Milestones, which you can check out here:

We're so happy to have made it as far as we have, and we only see a brighter future ahead. Thanks to everyone for all the overwhelming support and love. We sincerely appreciate all of it! We hope you will continue to support us, even 200 years into the future (assuming total atomic annihilation hasn't occurred)! That's all we had to say! Have a good night wastelanders.

END OF BROADCAST

[trickstarbrave]

wait hang on if steren is doing tamriel rebuilt content that means he totally had this old ass book on him

steren did a lot of magical work preserving this brittle book to make sure it stays in tack and carried it with him. along with two sermons of vivec that comfort him, and a book on nerevar. he had it in his bag during the dagoth ur fight and he would have it in the brothel. i think the brothel madam only sold what she thought would be useful and just kept the rest in storage to use against steren at a later date (like if he acted out of line she would threaten to burn the books in front of him)

which means voryn gets to read this book. the other books are normal published ones that make sense. but this one is an OLD chimeri style book. house dagoth style, something voryn hasnt seen since his first lifetime. and then he reads it. and he knows why steren has it. and nerevar is like "what is--oh no. oh no voryn you dont have to read that--" (nerevar was there when steren read it first) and voryn is already in a bad mental state and this makes it. worse.

i think steren also has another book. one that explains "they killed our heir, they killed lord voryn dagoth's only son. just as they killed our lord their slaughtered a child and murderer our hope. why kill a child except to break our spirits? why murder a boy who hasn't even learned to cast magic? he just lost his first baby tooth, and they cut his life short. young lord i pray your death was swift and painless. i can't stomach the thought of you suffering when you were younger than even my youngest child." and steren has his notes on it in his journal--that he didn't die, he lived, but they took his name and his memories, so it felt like a murder, before declaring to all of house dagoth they executed him.

i also think vivec probably gave him a new name before giving him to house indoril. vivec was awful in many ways and believed killing nerevar and voryn was the best course of action. a mercy if you will. he thought leaving nerevar alive would only cause strife and ruin him: the other houses were getting restless. they had heard whispers of what the dwemer had done. they didnt know the full story, but many wanted to know. if nerevar lived, tools destroyed or not, people would want him to suffer for trusting the dwemer, try to kill him, and try to find the heart or numidium themselves in an effort to harness the power. but killing nerevar's only child? vivec can't stomach that. steren is like. grade school aged. he knows how much nerevar wanted a child and that he couldnt raise steren himself. and while he can destroy house dagoth as a necessary evil he can't kill nerevar's son. it's too much for him.

however this does mean i need a new name for steren for his first lifetime. this sucks. time to pull up then dunmer naming guide