Befriend the Dorito

Hello and welcome to one idiot's ESO blog. This is the space where I dump all of my shenanigans. Expect content from my stories with @Sinnaroll/@nirnroot-noise, character-based shitposts, and a smattering of reblogged neat TES things.

[falmerbrook]

Two more ArtFight attacks for @grellskendyr and @fleouriarts

[elderscrollsconceptart]

Instruments

Concept art for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Art by Ray Lederer

[lostchild-nil]

“Lazy Raz’s Rough Sketch”🐱💕

[medievaljournalist]

i just learned my destiny

[medievaljournalist]

does anyone want to trade with me

[zebloozon]

29 - smoke break

[couriers-mile]

Oaths and Promises

Fandom: The Elder Scrolls Rating: T+ Characters: Original Male & Female Characters (Mathis Galanox, Sybil Galanox, Granny Will), Vaermina, Hircine Pairings: None Words: 3591 Tags: Daedric cults, lycanthropy, rituals, animal sacrifice, animal death

While going through my google docs I found a short I never posted: how and why Mathis became a werewolf.

Mathis Galanox did not join the cult of Vaermina by choice - it's sort of the family faith. But he's chosen to leave. One problem: he swore his soul to Vaermina for all of time, in oaths inked across his very flesh, and now he's fled her flock with secrets in his head not meant to leave. If he wants to survive, and perhaps more importantly, if he wants to secure his eternal afterlife should his former associates find and kill him, he's going to need the favor of a different Prince. He's heard there's a witch out in the Hag Fen who runs with wolves.

[On AO3]

[darkelfguy]

Morrowind Mod of the Day - Dynamic Actors by Taitechnic and Interface Reimagined by Eledin

Morrowind has a lot of dialogue, from quests to lore to basic gossip, the NPCs have a ton to say in the vanilla game. But for all that time you'll spend reading dialogue, there's not much happening on-screen, for Morrowind essentially freezes the game when dialogue begins, characters frozen mid-walk, a static image with naught moving except the occasional bit of text.

While I personally prefer text-based dialogue, this frozen static screen is a bit dated by today's standards, and that's where today's Mods of the Day come in, for today we're showcasing Dynamic Actors by Taitechnic and Interface Reimagined for OpenMW by Eledin.

This pair of mods both overhauls the visuals of dialogue, streamlining and modernizing the dialogue interface, and animates the scene with the world still moving in the background and actors taking poses while you speak to them.

Far from the static world of before, these mods turn conversations into more immersive experiences, as you stop to chat with NPCs with visible animations and the world continues to move about you as you do so.

This is a fantastic pair of mods, with plenty of features, from the ability to re-position the camera during dialogue, to zooming in on NPC faces, and having your own player character perform poses. If you're on OpenMW, these mods are a must-have!

[daggerfall]

Apparently I don't have any good Gina Bruno posts to reblog in appreciation of her, but I do have this clip of her telling Alcast to stop mansplaining how to use a microphone, so please appreciate that

[dubious-wisdom]

ESO really came out no holds barred.

"Here is Windhelm bright & happy with no slum & harmony between nords, dunmer, & argonians. They're having a festival." AKA what if Windhelm didn't look like the gloomiest, most oppressive city at all times of day.

If you go to the stables you can overhear the dunmer nobledaughter being chewed out for thirsting over nords. Peak.

Just utterly annihalating the stormcloaks whole racist philosphy. "Skyrim belongs to the nords"? Yeah well it does a lot better with equal rights.

Cherry on top is who is running this prosperous city. The actual Jarl is too busy being High King of a whole alliance, so who does he delegate Windhelm to? Thane Mera fucking Stormcloak.

[lostchild-nil]

“Lazy Raz’s Rough Sketch”🐱💕

[king-there0f]

Thank you so much @mistswalker for grabbing a couple Pride YCH commissions!

You can grab one too OVER HERE! (Proceeds go to a bonafide queer)

[SPICY CROP UNDER THE CUT]

[uesp]

For those who want to know.

[uesp]

Daily reminder that "white and black souls" don't actually exist, they're all just souls. Vanus Galerion made everyone learn only versions of soul trap spells with his magical DRM that are designed to not successfully soul trap beings he considered to deserve protection.

In fairness, this was a compromise to make the practice less terrible altogether. If he had his way soul trapping would not be allowed at all, but the practice was too incorrigible that he had to instead just mitigate the damage with a generations-long scheme.

[uesp]

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[worst-roommates-ever]

[falkreathbard]

The Morrowind Great Houses are so funny right because they're essentially just

House Telvanni: Might makes right. If someone murders you it's because you weren't trying hard enough to not be murdered. You need the power of flight to talk to anyone important because otherwise you're obviously not worthy otherwise.

House Redoran: Blood and honor are the only things that matter. We're the vanguard against the forces of evil and we live in the corpse of a giant crab. Fuck the Legion our armor is made from the bones of our ancestors.

House Hlaalu: money :)

[beastboost]

My first 2026 attack for fanciedyou and their awesome character Önska Snowraven [on the right].

Seems Valion and them have discovered something in the depths of Saarthal after a slew of complete Nordic ruin bullshit. Though really, the bullshit is hardly over.

[sugaredtea]

Dion for @thunderstorm-in-the-distance