#heceri

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Martin: Would you like to play a game, friend?

Heceri: Yeah, sure. What did you have in mind?

Martin: Truth or Dare.

Heceri: Alright then. Truth!

Martin: How many hours have you slept this week?

Heceri:

Heceri: I...changed my mind. I pick dare.

Martin: I dare you to go to sleep.

Heceri: I don't like this game anymore.

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GENERAL

Full name: Heceri Highlock Nickname(s): Hero of Kvatch, Seventh Champion of Cyrodiil, ‘Ceri’, ‘Firecracker’. Date of birth: 3E 358 Place of birth: Cyrodiil Nationality: Cyrodiilic Occupation: Professor of Destruction at the College of Winterhold, ex-thief, traveling healer.

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim: N/A Height/Weight: 6’2”, 168 lbs Hair: Black, straight, shoulder length, thin gray streaks near the temple. Eyes: Honey-gold. Distinguishing characteristics: A scar that crosses his mouth, chin, and throat.

BACKGROUND

Last residence: Towerlight Castle, Winterhold, Skyrim Education: College of Winterhold Father: Kaardyar Mother: Siltalma Siblings: Errisare (half-brother), Ardarume (sister) Spouse(s): Irinde Children: Gladroon, Anaril, Erissa, Tarene, Elanin

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Imagine Azihana going out to Save the World™ with a wooden sword and a battered old Cyrodiilic shield she found in the basement of Towerlight Castle, permanently (and secretly) followed by her very worried stepfather Azaron and uncle Tarene.

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Heceri and Mazoga were best friends. Both of them understood the struggles of trying to atone for your past, and bonded over that. They carried the title of Knight-Errant of the Order of the White Stallion proudly.

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Somewhere, hanging on a dusty rack on a basement wall in Towerlight Castle, is an old shield of Leyawiin...

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Heceri originally moved up to Skyrim to pursue a study of magic unhindered by his history as the Seventh Champion of Cyrodiil.

Literally no-one in Winterhold knew his name or deeds, and few of them cared to inquire. It was the perfect place to blend in as just another student.

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Though Heceri found S'jirra a little...odd (to say the least), he was head over heels for her Potato Bread.

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((Headcanon that Heceri lived through the events of Shivering Isles, but did not become the new Sheogorath....

...because his half-brother companion Errisare did.

.......

Stay with me, I’ve had a long time to think about this.))

The DLC doesn’t allow you to bring followers to Sheogorath’s realm, but I didn’t see any hard evidence that says that only one person is allowed in at a time. So IMAGINE:

Heceri, fresh off the heels of the Oblivion Crisis and the sacrifice of Martin, traveling along the roads of Cyrodiilwith his con-artist of a half-brother. Errisare only looked up his half-sibling after hearing about his heroic exploits, and Heceri knows there’s probably only a sliver of good-intentions behind Errisare’s silver words...ut he hasn’t seen or heard from his parents since the skies tore open, and Errisare confessed that his own father and sibling died in the Daedra invasion.

If he’s right, then this half-brother is the only family Heceri has left, so despite the obvious knowledge of the con, he doesn’t want to immediately estrange them.

They’re traveling past Niben Bay when they catch sight of a strange new island out in the water, and - unable to resist finding out just what this strange structure is - they cross the water to find a very overworked and underpaid Gaius Prentus standing watch. Despite the Imperial’s warning, when a strange voice rings out in the night and invites the brothers to come to “the Isles”, neither mer can resist their curiosity, and they enter.

Haskil is mildly surprised to see two mortals enter the portal, but reasons that at least one of them may be the Champion his master seeks, and asks both mer the question: Will they return to Cyrodiil? Or continue through the next door?

Heceri is afraid that this portal might be the start of another invasion of Tamriel (despite Haskil’s assurances to the contrary), and agrees to continue on for the purposes of stopping whatever threat might be occurring. Errisare - ever the opportunist - agrees as well. After all, there’s bound to be some gold or sellable artifacts to be had in an unusual venture like this, right?

And bada-bing, bada-boom: that’s how Heceri and Errisare end up stuck in the Shivering Isles, running back and forth between Mania and Dementia doing fetch quests and solving inane puzzles with an invisible deadline hanging above their heads.

Throughout the journey - though it is Heceri who carries the heavy titles and heroic deeds within his history - it is actually Errisare who starts to take the lead...

When Heceri finds himself ill with the idea of murdering Thaedon to take up the title of Duke of Mania, it’s Errisare’s slippery hands that have no trouble adding a little extra Greenmote to the addicted noble’s meal. Though Heceri’s experience with Oblivion’s invasion helps the Aureals defend Passwall, it’s Errisare’s stealth that gets them both through the ruins of Xeddefen to stop the invasion of Order in Passwall.

And when the time comes for the Greymarch to start, and for someone new to take up the mantle of Sheogorath, it’s Errisare who steps in to fill the role.

“You already had your shot at glory, o’ Champion,” He tells Heceri with a smile, as he sits upon the Throne of Madness. “It’s my turn to make my mark upon Tamriel’s history...”

.......

After the defeat of Jyggalag, Heceri returned to Tamriel alone, and the gate to the Shivering Isles disappeared. Errisare disappeared from the pages of history, but Heceri never forgot his half-brother.

And of all the Daedric Princes, he made certain that his future children knew Sheogorath the best.