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[daedriic]

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Private & Mutually Exclusive & Low Activity. Loved by 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲 (21+, she/her). Previously @atrabclla . Primarily based in The Elder Scrolls series with a plethora of AUs. This blog will contain mature and potentially triggering content. Reading the rules before attempting to interact is required. Minors DNI.

【 𝐈𝐍𝐁𝐎𝐗 ❖ 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐃 ❖ 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 ❖ 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 】

[daedriic]

hi :)

[daedriic]

ah. this blog has been hit by the dash update now :\

[kikismemes]

𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓷𝓼 — send 💭 + a topic to receive a headcanon about said topic.

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FOR LIES, DECEIT, AND SOME VILLAINY *  assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

would i lie to you?

i've never lied, not even once.

that sounds like a you problem.

you believe me, don't you?

i always get what i want.

i've never led you astray.

you promised you'd let them go.

i'm not playing around any longer.

hand it over. i know you have it.

we can do this the easy way... or the hard way.

have i ever let you down before?

you can trust me.

you were lying the whole time.

you're the reason they're dead.

i've got no reason to lie.

you double-crossed me.

you spat on my kindness. now face my wrath.

that wasn't a very good lie.

i never should have believed you.

i thought you told me everything.

you lied to my face.

well. i lied. good luck with that.

why did you keep this from me?

you should have listened to me when you had the chance.

i honestly thought i could trust you.

the plan is working.

how dare you say that to me.

you know me. i would never lie about something like this.

please, you have to believe me!

i'm telling the truth, i swear!

i told you everything i know!

you gotta believe me!

you're a traitor.

you're just going to leave me here?

had you only listened to me... none of this would have happened.

that's all there was! i swear!

you turned me into this monster.

prove it to me.

what's behind your back?

tell me everything you know.

if you don't tell me the truth, i swear...

that's the last of it! i promise!

you're going to die down there.

ah, ah, ah... it's not that simple.

don't ever cross me again.

you could have just told me the truth.

look what your lie has done.

this is all your fault.

i gave you what you wanted! let me go!

you fell into my trap!

i gave you a chance, and you squandered it.

i blame you for everything.

look at what you've done.

you failed. accept it.

i shouldn't trust you. not after what you did.

you betrayed me.

i'll never look at you the same way.

you won't get away with this.

you're a horrible liar.

not so fast!

i don't believe a word of what you just said.

that's a lie and you know it.

give me what i want, or your friends are dead.

now i feel like a fool for trusting you.

now look what you've done.

over my dead body!

you didn't think it'd be that easy, now did you?

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USED TO KINDNESS *  assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

what are you doing?

i can handle that myself, you know.

you didn't have to go out of your way to take care of me.

i'm not used to this. this caring thing.

thank you. don't ever do that again.

i thought you hated me, to be honest.

i didn't ask you to love me!

no one's ever actually just... sat down and listened to me.

i didn't think people like you existed.

is this normal for you? going out of your way like this?

i told you i had it handled. you didn't have to bother.

i... should probably thank you for that.

i don't know what to say. this has never happened before.

wait, that's mine. you fixed it?

you did all of this... for me?

that was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me.

i'm kinda at a loss for words.

i wasn't expecting this from you.

you did all this for me?

i had it under control.

when did this happen?

how long were you planning this?

i'm not sure what to say. i'm not used to this.

i owe you one.

that was... very kind of you. thank you.

i'm just not used to people going out of their way to help me.

usually people just look the other way, but you actually care.

this is weird. is this what caring about someone feels like?

i could have handled it.

this must have taken you forever to arrange. and you did it all for me?

it would be easier in the long run if we went our separate ways.

i hate being in other peoples' debts.

i didn't want this to happen.

people around me don't last very long.

i feel like i'm screaming and screaming and no one hears me.

i'm in your debt.

how did you find that? i lost that ages ago.

you actually... listened to me?

no one's ever paid attention.

no one's ever put that much time in effort into something for me.

when did i say that?

i didn't ask you to care about me!

i'm easily missed. people don't pay attention to me.

i'm invisible most of the time.

it's easier for people to look the other way.

do you do this often? help people?

i'm surprised you're still here.

if you're expecting something in return, forget about it.

you came back?

why do you care about me so much?

i'm a lost cause. you should just forget about me.

what's the use? there's no point.

i don't even celebrate my birthday. no one cares.

you can't just make someone care about you.

i thought you left.

what is it about me that has you so worked up?

you're making a big deal out of nothing.

thanks for patching me up.

you... brought this here for me?

but i didn't ask for this! i didn't ask for any of this!

stop smiling at me like that.

[daedriic]

here's a Daeris sketch because drawing her is 10+ years overdue

[daedriic]

has anyone figured out how to turn off the "for you" tab on the dash yet? and set the default back to the "following" tab?

[daedriic]

every time I log on here the dash throws me off RIP

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why is tumblr showing me a bunch of posts from people I don't follow on my dash

[daedriic]

here's a Daeris sketch because drawing her is 10+ years overdue

[daedriic]

here's a Daeris sketch because drawing her is 10+ years overdue

[austerulous]

“I have muscle to spare.”

Even among his kin – a hardy and broad-backed breed – Farkas loomed.  Heavy-boned, barrel-chested, thick at the wrists.  His were a people moulded by turbulent history, an unforgiving climate, they were shaped by ice and fire.  Farkas’ features bore the inescapable imprint of his Nordic ancestry, his colouring taken from the tundra, from the ice-stricken fjords.  Untamed hair fell to his shoulders, dark as a raven’s wing and speckled with snowflakes, like stars strung across the night sky, piercing the velvet pitch. Eyes the uncanny colour of salmon scales were drawn to the one who spoke. 

Farkas was steeped in the legends of his predecessors, and had swallowed down tales of glory along with the milk of his boyhood.  Stories passed through each generation, burning like a sacred flame.  It made for a man of honour, valour, loyalty.

Before him, a comparatively delicate creature, reeking of coin and sensibility.  His gaze skirted the hair that gleamed like sunlight on snow, traced the noble dress and Cyrodilic finery which set her apart.  Farkas edged nearer, beckoned by her proposition.  The Companions made it their business to solve other people’s problems – those who could afford to pay, at least.  Thus, her interest in him was reciprocated.

“What do you need, my lady?”

[daedriic]

ㅤㅤㅤPAINTED LIPS CURL AT THE RESPONSE, the rose shade contorting into a smile, as if the Companion has answered some long-held prayer. Daeris plays her part well, her smaller stature adding to the carefully-crafted illusion she displays to the world. Just a fragile, noble flower ; she couldn't possibly be seen as anything more. Hands clasp together, held in front of her chest as her neck croons. ❝ Oh, thank you, sir. So many turned their nose at me when I asked for help. Not even the guards seem to care. ❞

ㅤㅤㅤIt's fun, playing the act up. Perhaps if her career with the Dark Brotherhood is cut short, she could turn to stage performances. ( Hah. As if mother dearest would ever allow such a fanciful thing. ) Daeris steps closer to the man, turning to point to another drifting through the marketplace.

ㅤㅤㅤ❝ See that man? Doesn't look the thieving type, does he? ❞ And he doesn't. He's dressed more nicely than she is, spindled gold threads woven through maroon finery. Clearly a man of status. ❝ But he is. He and his thuggish, pretend-knights from Cheydinhal, they used to serve my father. They were to escort me to Solitude, but instead they abandoned me on the road and made off with my belongings. It's been weeks, but I finally found them here in Whiterun. ❞

ㅤㅤㅤNone of it is true, of course. The man from Cheydinhal is the seneschal of a minor lord there. His riches are his own. He does, however, possess a particular seal that she needs to ❛ borrow ❜. Forgery just so happens to be quite important for her latest assignment, and that seal is required to make it convincing. Daeris spins her lie as a spider would spin its web, giving only as much structure and detail as needed to catch the desired prey. ❝ Clearly he has already spent most of the money, but I care not for that. I have plenty to spare. My concern is that he carries my father's seal of office with him, using it to manipulate his way through high society. His lying tongue is enough to fool most people, but for the ones who will not acquiesce, he intimidates them with letters using that stolen seal. All the while tarnishing my father's good name! ❞ A deliberate pause is held for the theatrics, the most pitiful pout she can muster taking hold of her face, as if she could fall to tears at any moment. ( No one wants to see a pretty girl cry. ) ❝ I'd like it returned to me, and for this man to be taught a lesson for what he's done. ❞

[huntedvideo]

not every ghost sighting could be the real deal, but finley knew this was. or had been, before he got there. his gut is telling him something isn't right, that the blonde he now swung his camera around to face did something before he arrived. but fin can't prove that, and he doesn't see anything out of the ordinary, so he says, 'you scare 'em off or somethin'?' his tone is teasing, but the question is serious. what was she doing here? was she really just hunting, like him, in a place that was said to be haunted, but really wasn't? he couldn't believe that. finley continues to record her. 'how'd you know how long they've been gone?'

[daedriic]

ㅤㅤㅤSILENCE FALLS AS SHE WEIGHS HER CHOICES. Whatever answer Daeris gives is bound to lead to more questions. She could outright lie, that's always an option. Probably the better one since there's a camera pointing in her direction. But bold lies always end up messy. Telling the truth, only pieces of it , that would be enough to sway most people. ❝ Maybe I did, ❞ she gives a partial confession, scant on details. Eyes pass over the filming equipment in the other's hands. ❝ What are you, one of those Ghost Hunter guys? Turn that off, and I might tell you about how I got the ghosts to leave. ❞ Daeris nods towards the camera, voice light with feigned innocence for the recording, though her face tells a much different story. ❝ I'm shy. ❞

[nxtheromoved]

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yivohn​ said:   What does Daeris think of her father? How about her mother, Nocturnal?

OH MAN this is about to get complicated so bear with me. I’ll start with her dad because her feelings for him are easier to unpack that for Nocturnal.

Trigger warning for mentions of childhood neglect.

Also this got long af so it’s going under a cut.

Keep reading

[atrabclla]

          I’ll also say that, if / when Daeris leaves the Dark Brotherhood, she is under no pretense that she is somehow immediately absolved for the crimes she’s committed. Even if she was indoctrinated and forced into becoming an assassin, she still took lives. And they weren’t always the lives of people she had a contract for. They weren’t always heinous people that deserved a death sentence. TES and all of the other settings I write her in are hyper-violent and killing is very common, so it may not have the same legal repercussions as it would in our world, but there are still ethical and emotional consequences to be had, even if scaled down to fit how commonplace death is in the setting. 

          Daeris has remorse for her actions, but she also doesn’t feel like she can ever be forgiven for what she’s done, so she doesn’t waste her time seeking forgiveness or some empty form of atonement because she knows her actions are not something she can ever make up for. Instead, she accepts her past as it was and does what she can in the present to not be like that anymore.

          Some people will never be able to accept her because of her past, and she’s made her peace with that, especially because she knows she’ll never really be able to escape from it. It will always be a part of her. Old habits die hard as they say, and she can never go completely pacifistic because her life will always be entrenched with violence, but she is no one’s weapon anymore. She is a better person, and as long as the choice is hers, she will choose to do good.

[atrabclla]

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 :  𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐍 

          Daeris was unknowingly responsible for Clivia Tharn’s disappearance and subsequent replacement with the imposter Molag Kena during the Planemeld. Agents of Mannimarco had taken out a contract on the Empress-Regent at Mannimarco’s instruction, and Daeris was assigned to it. The contract would have been refused if the Dark Brotherhood knew the true intentions behind it as a Daedric incursion would undoubtedly disrupt Brotherhood activity in the area, but the Black Hand was misled into believing that the contract was being taken out by insurgents who blamed Clivia for the disappearance of Varen Aquilarios and had no knowledge of what was to come next.

          Daeris assassinated Clivia, but a day later, she and her superiors were shocked to find that that the Empress-Regent was still issuing orders to her command. They found out the truth of the matter when Sitha Abelas, the matron of Daeris’s Sanctuary, confronted the Worm Cult agents who took out the contract and got them to confess to their duplicity. Nonetheless, Daeris had completed her contract and was promoted to Executioner for such a high-ranking kill, though the ensuing chaos that befell the Imperial City Sanctuary made her question if it was worth it.