#zaraste direnni

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New year seems like a good excuse to post up-to-date screenshots of (some) of my ESO characters 😛

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Some New Life Festival doodles while the event is still going on 🎄

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I was supposed to work on some actual artwork today, but somehow I ended up filling this Very Important alignment chart instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ready for the Witches Festival 💀

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I'm curious, what mounts do your eso characters have? :)

For the longest time Noelie didn’t really have a mount, so she has done most of her traveling by foot. Story-wise it was because she started her journey as a hedge mage peasant who could hardly afford such luxuries, and practically because she is my gatherer/harvester character who’d have to dismount to pick herbs and chop wood every few steps anyway. Regardless, I eventually decided to get her a sorrel horse called Sweetroll, who is as mellow as her name suggests. She’s a sturdy old draft horse - ordinary, but dependable and not a least bit squeamish… Which is a good thing, considering the outlandish places and situations where Noelie’s travels often take her. :P

Davius, for one, has two steeds in his name: a white Imperial horse Lux he’s had since his service in the Imperial Legion, and a younger black war horse (called Nox because I’m unimaginative like that) issued to him by the Ebonheart Pact. Fierce and energetic, neither one of them are the easiest mounts to deal with, but in Davius’ hands they’re co-operative… mostly.

Meirami rides with her trusty old Uncle Dharjo - at least when the old Senche Tiger happens to feel like exercising. He’s been looking after Meirami and her sisters ever since they were kittens, and apparently at some point he decided that the youngest troublemaker couldn’t wander off having any adventures without his supervision. Fortunately for Meirami his watchful eye can be easily distracted by a tasty moonsugar snack and a nice sunlit spot…

Morrowind gave me a dwarven war horse, and all that shiny brass made me think that it’s exactly the kind of steed Zaraste would ride. Stately, elegant and always immaculately groomed, Dibella’s Grace (Bells for short) is sure to draw attention wherever she goes.

Walks-in-Blossoms journeys with a banded guar charger, Aster, even though such creatures are usually reserved for heavily armored warriors. His steed was originally bred for cavalry use, but eventually considered far too mischievous and impetuous to be a reliable asset in the battlefield. Curiously enough the snappy guar didn’t seem to mind Blossoms who was happy to purchase him from his original owners (who were equally happy to see him go). He would soon find Aster to be intensively protective, and very likely to headbutt any real (or imagined) threats directed towards his Argonian rider.

Sings-with-Ravens doesn’t exactly have the kind of mount you can ride into the marketplace with. After several decades spent together, her beloved Senche Panther eventually passed - but rather than letting her go for good, Ravens chose to carefully reanimate the steed to keep her company once more. What’s a bit of a backyard necromancy if it can reunite you with a dear old friend, right?

And finally, there’s Zacarion… who rides a black bear because of course he does. How on earth did he manage to tame such beast, I have no idea.

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☆ Some gifs from Zaraste’s house a.k.a. Hunding’s Palatial Hall ☆

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✿ A shrine to Dibella ✿

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In sync

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Jester’s Festival doodles for April Fools Days

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Zaraste seems like the woman who physically shudders at the sight of anyone she considers uncouth-like Meirami.

Yeah, that sounds about right, I think…

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A bust practice feat. my new Altmer Templar

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Omg more Zaraste please

“I ask myself 48 times a day ‘am I being dramatic? Is this #toomuch?’ the answer is always yes of course”

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So, I finally made a Templar. A tall, shiny, consistently overdressed Templar. Her name is Zaraste and she’s a member of clan Direnni - which you will definitely know about because she never passes up an opportunity to bring up her great heritage.

Being a proper High Rock noblewoman Zaraste knows everything about everyone’s business, and is convinced that everything is her business. In a slightly less proper and ladylike fashion she might also throw Aedric Spears at you. How does she keep those white dresses so immaculate after fighting off a camp full of bandits is completely beyond me. Must be some kind of Aldmeri magic.

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What birthsign is Zaraste born under?

I’ve considered changing things up a bit. I’ve tried to come up with matching birthsigns/zociac signs for my characters (some fit better than others), and recently I’ve been thinking about switching Laraniel’s birthday to Zaraste’s. So, in that case it would be The Mage/Taurus for Zaraste and The Ritual/Capricorn for Laraniel.

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Since you have a High Elf character in TESO now, is there any relation to Laraniel like there is with Davius and Brenna and Bron?

There could be! I haven’t decided what Zaraste’s story is going to be like yet, but it is one possibility. :)

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Remember when I introduced three character concepts for a new Warden and told you that I’d pick only one of them? Yeah, me neither. :^) At any rate I have finally managed to find a way to shove all of them into my game, so here they are in screenshot form: Walks-in-Blossoms, Zacarion Direnni, and Sings-with-Ravens.