when in doubt,

A TES sideblog to keep everything in one place, and somewhere to put all my work on my fics

[oblivionscrolls]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It is commonly said that there is good money to be made in treasure hunting, especially if one delved into the ancient ruined cities of the Ayleids. Dangerous money, true, but good money all the same.

Following a life at sea, Keiji turns his new land-bound adventure to treasure seeking to keep his fortunes up. A chance discovery in Vilverin leads to a lucrative new partnership with the private collector Umbacano, a partnership that proves to be far more lucrative than Keiji ever expected, in more ways than one.

In which long before Keiji was ever the Divine Crusader – the Star-Made Knight Reborn – he was a treasure hunter and a sugar baby.

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The first chapter in my three part series charting the path of Keiji from treasure hunter to Divine Crusader to eventual Mad Prince is up!

[starlightreign]

Bethesda may have taken Legends out back like old yeller but at least we still have this banger art of Sheo

[bam-monsterhospital]

tamriel rebuilt has my fucking back when it comes to altmer.

it doesn't matter how much eso hates them and how boring nothing they make them, tamriel rebuilt has vindicated my thoughts on this historically sea-faring sea-focused sea-dependent civilization.

(the inside of a docked altmer ship. lOOK AT THE COLOURS)

you can't see it because the labels don't heckin show up in my screenshots, but everything (bowls, plates, utensils) is labelled as made from NACRE.

do you know what nacre is? IT'S MOTHER OF PEARL. IT'S THE INSIDE OF SEASHELLS. HELL FUCKING YES.

i'm going to spell it out, ahem. this environmental storytelling (like morrowind's base game showing the relationship dunmer have with bugs/chitin/their arthropod wildlife) shows how close the altmer are with the ocean. Making everyday dishes and utensils out of mother-of-pearl/seashells, finding them used everywhere and not just for special ocassions/the rich paints a very particular picture about altmer culture that makes fucKIN SENSE with their history and geographical location.

i fucKIN KNEW ALTMER WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE TO THE SEA. none of this fuckin golden feather tolkien elf bullshit eso got from oblivion's aylieds and skyrim's shenanigans, no. Altmer are just as wonderfully fantastical as dunmer: they have their own distinct culture and civilization that's heavily informed by the land and life around them. Y'know, LIKE ELVES.

finally some good food ;__;

oh yeah and their ship looks completely different from other boats. For one, it's heckin pink-ish and painted with curly patterns on its sides. In a world where most ships/boats aren't' visibly painted at all, just the dull browns of their wood.

you can sorta see it here. sorry for the lack of focus, i thought for sure i took more screens of this ship.

here you can see its fancy railings. yay!

anyways, good stuff. love it love it. brings joy to my ocean-starved elf-loving heart.

[avernusreject]

Remember kids, every npc is romanceable through the power of delusion

[kayderrart]

My version of Auri-El in a Falmer form.

He is God of the Sun, so I added some glowing freckles to his skin and sunlight to his crown.

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[zhakaron]

I lied: I know everything about this

[uesp]

“Ordinary people keep a journal. Sotha Sil decided to store his memories as star-data in an artificial astronomical matrix keyed to his philosophical musings on the structure of the Aurbis. Of course.”

–Almalexia, on Sotha Sil’s Mnemonic Planisphere

[varanideus]

[shyfurby]

😏

[varanideus]

[corvidexoskeleton]

The dunmer: you? The nerevarine? Ha! Don't make me laugh, outlander

The ashlanders: I mean maybe, you might be the nerevarine, but we can't really know for sure :/

Dagoth, doing a sexy dance in your dreams every single night: hai resdayna lord nerevar, i have eagerly awaited your return. I hope you will choose to join me, i will gladly forgive your past betrayal and welcome you as my lord and hortator with open arms [sends 50 dreamers to your exact location and gives you corprus]

[the-sunlit-earth]

[moreoy]

imagine that a cable to ur microwave broke and right then ur president who is also a god would show up on ur doorstep and instead of of magically making ur microwave work and/or fixing the cable they lay down on the floor and let the electricity pass through them instead while watching u wait till the timer hits its mark so u’d get to eat ur chicken nuggets

imagine that that moment would be written down in history books as sacred and random people started stopping by ur door non-stop and leaving nuggets there in masses

imagine

[daedric-prince-of-pasta]

[cobaltrequiem]

I made a collage because I’m so deeply normal about Morrowind

[faeeevee]

[oblivionscrolls]

Made Keiji in skyrim for a laugh, and my boy is an absolute unit.

You thought high elves were all delicate spell slingers?

Not this one. This 7ft and a bit tall monster truck of an elf is sprinting in your direction and swinging a sword longer than you are tall.

[muscariii]

PART 6 !!!

( chapter list )

Aggghhhhhh this took so long to finish. Coloring every page was a big task but I did it. Yayyyy. I also realise that every chapter looks different in terms of style but ah well... I'm trying to figure things out as I go.

This was my first time drawing a fight scene so I'm sorry if it looks clunky...

Today we learn a few things: Rasha is really scared of the dark, she also isn't very perceptive and her go-to fight move is to topple people.

Also, her missing the ledge is based on my experience with this quest because I always manage to forget where that box is and I spend so much time looking for it in the wrong places ToT