#yes my dragonborn is a battlemage what about it!!!

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this game is so pretty it's not fair

not pictured: lucien clipping through the floor behind me

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Okay because I've been playing The Elder Scrolls games over again, I wanna go on a rant about my Elder Scrolls family line. Cause it's complex and complicated.

So it comes from the moment I had a really long roleplay with an old friend of mine in ESO. Back when it came out. It started with twin sisters Esperance and Celestiia (I'll be changing their names eventually) who were born to an Altmer woman, but their Nord father wasn't the other parent. Beatrice, their mother was blessed by Akatosh and these twins were the children of the Dragon God. So they both had dragon blood in them. Their mother died in birth and they were raised by their Nord father. There was then a schism between the two which led to Celestiia becoming a vampire and follower of Molag Bal, eventually serving under Mannimarco as his right hand. Her sister, Esperance, in an attempt to try to reconnect with her sister, confided in Hircine and became a werewolf. However, that didn't go as planned and her divine powers were snuffed.

Because Celestiia had fully devoted herself to Molag Bal's cause and served faithfully under Mannimarco, her divine power was barely there anymore. Esperance, however, did her best to return to their father's good side and became divinish again. This intrigued Mannimarco as he of course he wanted more power. And considering she was Celestiia's twin, he thought getting her would be easy. However, what Mannimarco wasn't expecting was to fall for Esperance. So there's a whole back and forth of Mannimarco capturing her, but can't do anything because he's torn between power and love. Celestiia, on the other hand, wants her power back and is more than willing to help steal it from her sister.

Something something, Mannimarco had a soul gem around his neck that allowed him to basically snatch Esperance but no one could ever touch it or die. On the day that Mannimarco had finally committed to killing Esperance and stealing her power, Esperance's friend, Serah, ripped the soul gem from his neck, destroying herself, but returning Esperance's freedom to her. Esperance returned to Tamriel. She gave birth to her and Mannimarco's child and then cast a very powerful spell to cause everyone to forget who she was.

Her child, Khloenwe (temporary name), was raised by Esperance's old friend Walks-in-Lilies who was only slightly affected by the spell. Khloenwe then meets Cassidonis, an Eye of the Queen and one of Ayrenn's closest advisors. They fall in love and have a child. This child would probably be my Morrowind character (if I ever play it). But then the Morrowind character would give birth to Elyirwe, my Oblivion character. Elyirwe is a powerful battlemage who becomes Martin Septim's bodyguard, but much like her family is akin to do with powerful people, falls in love with him. They have a child, but keep it a secret since this is technically the child of the Emperor. However, once Martin sacrifices himself to save everyone, Elyirwe keeps her child away from the sudden power vacuum in Cyrodiil, eventually sending her off to Skyrim.

And yes, she becomes the Dragonborn. The literal blood of Akatosh flows in her veins from the twin sisters of Akatosh, and the Septim bloodline. However, Celestiia, an immortal vampire who has been through a lot, has finally found her chance to reclaim power by manipulating her great-great-great-great niece in an attempt to reclaim the throne that is rightfully hers as the last, true heir, of the Septim bloodline.

Is any of this lore friendly? Fuck no. But over the years I have genuinely enjoyed thinking about this crazy ass family line down the entirety of the TES games and my Skyrim character having double dragonblood in her just makes sense. There are also a bunch of side characters that are involved with this crazy family, but that's the main jist of it.

I don't think I've ever talked about it that much because I was always afraid of the whole wonkiness of the lore breaking, but I've started to not care about lore breaking. I just wanna have fun and DAMN it's been fun thinking about this family. I continually work on it especially now since I'm getting back into the TES games again. I know this wasn't just one OC, but technically multiple, but since they're all part of the same family, this is what you get

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I have entirely too many OCs and I won’t ever stop

So, I will list all my OCs here, active or not. I couldn’t just keep reblogging my earlier masterlist with updates because, well, wall of text much?

I try to make sure I have at least 1 character representing each race. Not all of them are canonically Dragonborn, but I’ve marked those who are with (DK) after their name, short for Dovahkiin.

And yes, this is just my Skyrim OCs. Mostly because I play it the most (hi, endless supply of easily installed mods!), and because if I added my ESO, Oblivion, Morrowind, Daggerfall, and Arena OCs, this list would almost literally never stop.

Feel free, nay, ENCOURAGED, to drop asks about these characters because I live to blab about them to anyone in earshot (why else do you run a TES blog?).

First, the actives.

Dunmer: Radene Valos. Great-granddaughter of Queen Barenziah. Nords call her “The Red Wolf” because of how ferociously she fights, usually out of a fearful and begrudging respect. Staunch revolutionary; real Magneto/Lenin red-ragger type. She’s out to improve the lot of the Dunmer in Skyrim by any means necessary and woe betide any who stands in her way or fails to help. Member of the Morag Tong and champion of Azura, Mephala, and Boethiah. Worming her way through the Stormcloaks so she can engineer a situation where all the rotten eggs of the Stormcloaks are in one basket and then blow up the basket. Also steadily poisoning most of the Black-Briar family in slow motion.

Altmer: Tarwen Verenandes (DK), a former Thalmor battlemage during the Great War. Disgusted by the violence on full display during the conflict, she resigned after the war and became a priestess of Auri-El. Her devout piety led to her being chosen by Auri-El/Akatosh to be the Last Dragonborn, and she was also gifted with being able to use Auri-El’s divine light as the basis of her spells.

Khajit: Sonn-Ja Sableclaw, an expert martial artist and assassin. Works for the Dark Brotherhood and is utterly loyal to Astrid. Prefers fisticlaws to weapons, and is absolutely lethal with them. Keeps a massive collection of knives and daggers anyway. Chose to be best friends with Arnbjorn purely for the irony. Worships Rajhin and Baan Dar.

Argonian: Murders-For-Cash, who is exactly what it says on the tin. Also Dark Brotherhood, and a Shadowscale like Veezara, who he treats like a brother. Willing to supervise children and surprisingly good at it but charges exorbitant rates for it. Worships Sithis.

Nord: Lady Gwendolyn Triggs (DK), a knight and thane in the service of Elisif the Fair and also her companion and lover. Noted for her bravery, loyalty, strength, skill in battle, and being steadfastly impossible to kill. Not part of the Imperial Legion any longer, but assists them in their operations during the Civil War anyway to both safeguard Elisif’s claim as High Queen and further her own political standing so that marriage can be an option for them. Worships the 8 post-Concordat Divines, but gives special devotion to Stendarr.

Redguard: Akivasha, an ancient Yokudan vampire Witch Queen who has awakened in the modern era. Practically a physical God. Hangs with the Dark Brotherhood because it’s the only group that has Gabriella in it. Far and away my most overpowered OC and in no way does it make her less fun. Worships Mephala and Boethiah, and begrudgingly acknowledges Molag Bal as the forefather of all vampires.

Imperial: Yezka of Vabonne, an OC who began as just a Rule 63 Geralt of Rivia. She’s a Witcher*. Like Gwendolyn, she’s easily picked out of a crowd due to her pronounced Warrior’s physique and tapestry of battle scars (I have a type). She dislikes political games, roundabout language, beating around the bush, social injustice, marginalization of the vulnerable, and has come to have a steady slow-burning hatred for humans as a general category because of the way she’s been treated over her six decades of monster hunting (she’s 93, but Witchers age super gracefully no matter the timeline). She fits in far better among Orcs, Elves, and the Beast Races who have also been so often mistrusted and ill-treated and has a lot of contacts in those communities. Oddly enough, she has a friends-with-benefits thing going with the vampires Hern and Hert at Half-Moon Mill in Falkreath because they only prey on humans and she’s never been hired to kill them. Worships Reyman Ebonarm, The Divine Black Knight.

?????: The Marked Cinder (DK), a mysterious figure completely shrouded from head to toe in rusty mail and plate that totally obscures his appearance, hiding the fact that he is essentially a charred and withered husk given new life by The Nine Divines. Doesn’t know it, but is no stranger to saving the world as the previous life of that body came to be known as The Eternal Champion during the events of Elder Scrolls Arena. Doesn’t really like or dislike anything, essentially serving as a walking meat grinder with a hunger for the forces of evil. Is closest to Arkay and Akatosh, but tends to regard the gods with equal authority and reverence.

* In my headcanon, Witchers were a kind of Spartan-II-esque initiative by the Vigilants of Stendarr to create “Super Vigilants” that could basically handle anything and everything. Thanks to the systematic alterations done to their physiology, the Witchers proved too difficult to control and due to the body count that arose whenever one went rogue it was a short-lived initiative. Yezka is among those that stayed loyal to the mission, if not to the Vigilants themselves. She’s easily my tallest character, towering over most fellow humans and slightly edging out a fully grown female Altmer due to the mutations she underwent.

Rest in Pepperonis: Inactive Characters I ran out of story for

Bosmer: Vynna the Magpie, a highly talented thief and general renegade with a fiercely vengeful streak towards the Thalmor, and Elenwyn in particular, thanks to their purge of Vynna’s family and village. Married to vengeance, will sleep with everyone else. Best archer of her era. Despite her gruff and macabre bearing and demeanor, plays the organized crime game well enough to be called the Queen-In-Shadows. Worships Y'ffre and Hircine.

Dunmer: Ineria Resvalyn, a Telvanni-descended blood mage and necromancer (her magic is big on total recycling) hailing from House Sadras. Scholar and surgeon first, adventurer second. Eccentric and catastrophically bad at dealing with normal people but makes up for it by having an indispensable skillset. Probably Asperger’s. Can Dunmer even have that? Big on Azura worship.

Breton: Fynnic Ironverse, privateer and bard by trade, full-time Casanova and pain the the ass insufferable know it all by nature. As quick with a blade as he is with his wit. Known far and wide for being the Troubadour who brought the Chicken Dance to Skyrim, for better or worse. His major at the Bard’s College was probably leaning against lampposts at night while taking long drags from his cigarette. Atheist, but his lifestyle aligns neatly with Sanguine’s domain.

Imperial: Alessia Laguardia (DK), former centurion in the Imperial Legion. now a top-tier monster Hunter. Big muscles, bigger scars, even bigger prey. Lives a largely solitary existence except for her dog, Flavia. Fond of impossibly gigantic swords and bows. Largely averse to what most would call decent clothing. Worships Kynareth.

Orc: Khauma Relaadri (DK), winner of Skyrim’s Unluckiest Parentage Award. Half Orc, Half Dunmer. Spat upon by both. Found acceptance in the Imperial Legion, and fights for the unified Empire she feels it represents. Her greatest goal is to be a hero, as it would both please Malacath and serve as a positive role model and example to other put-upon people throughout Tamriel that they can rise, no matter their circumstances. Worships Malacath.

There’s a ton of other characters that I’ve played as over the last 8 years, but above you’ll find the characters I was attached to enough to actually care to remember or keep playing.