since I'll be blabbing about my elder scrolls ocs a lot, I thought it'd be a good idea to have a post introducing them and stuff! note: this will be LONG....
also, all of them (as of right now!) live in Skyrim's timeline! Quyance, Vash, Virile, Livio and Zha'kaar all were made in Skyrim, Syldis and Sirion were made in Oblivion and Dreet-Jah was made in Morrowind! but they're all in Skyrim's timeline
edit: added Livio <3
QUYANCE
FULL NAME: Quyance Meris (kway-ahns mair-is)
AGE: 28 y/o
GENDER: cis man, but Spicy (he/him, but they/them is fine too) [also: gender apathetic, gnc (on occasion), genderqueer (in a cis way)]
RACE: Argonian
ORIENTATION: gay
AFFILIATIONS: Thieves Guild (guildmaster), Nightingales, Dark Brotherhood (listener)
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Quay (close friends ONLY), Dragonborn, public nuisance (in Solitude but also in general)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: bitch <3 he's a rude asshole who hates people and socializing. his idea of socializing is flirting and sarcasm. he is also a horny bitch. there's more to him than that but that's the basics
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: okay, it's really hard to fit his backstory in a little snippet, but I will try lol. never met his birth parents, born and raised in High Rock by Breton parents, they got wrongfully executed when he was 18, so he just went on a slaughter spree, killing authorities until he was 23. main questline, thieves guild questline and dark brotherhood questline are all part of his backstory (though the lengths of each quest are lengthened). the majority of his art and stuff will be in the middle of the main questline tho. I could definitely be more specific here but then this would be wayyyy too long lol. but bitch got trauma and it's kinda his own fault for doing it to himself (meaning, the majority of his trauma stems from his own actions, not from what other people did to him. he does have some trauma over the whole dark brotherhood thing tho)
RELATIONSHIPS:
Vash- guildmate. neutral-positive relationship, mutual respect. Quyance tries to keep their relationship strictly professional. they get along well, but Quyance gets very annoyed by them calling him boss.
Zha'kaar- fellow dark brotherhood member, enemy. VERY negative relationship, hates Zha'kaar's guts lol. would absolutely kill him if not for his moral code and the rules against harming a fellow assassin.
Finch- fellow dark brotherhood member. neutral-negative relationship, thinks she's annoying but mostly doesn't interact with her because he knows better than to mess with a 200+ year old vampire
Virile- friend (vaguely. he doesn't consider anyone to be his friend but y'know). mostly positive relationship. lots of mutual banter and insults towards each other. they're actually very close (to the point where Quyance sees her as a sister), though Quyance would never admit that out loud. frequently breaks into her house at ungodly hours to have a mental breakdown on her couch.
Syldis- friend (again doesn't consider him a friend, but they are friends). mostly positive relationship, respects him and values his knowledge but dislikes the fact that he's just... So Good. often finds him to be annoying.
MISC/TRIVIA:
calls everyone love
borderline alcoholic. the only reason he isn't is because he doesn't get withdrawal lol
VERY prissy about his feathers. do not mess them up, he will stab you
primarily dual wields scimitars or chillrend and the nightingale blade. also will use an ebony bow
he's a terrible dragonborn bc he gets severe side effects from p much everything. absorbing dragon souls will give him a debilitating migraine that'll fuck him up for a day or so. shouting can also give him migraines and other awful side effects depending on the shout lol
really talented at getting himself mortally injured on a near-weekly basis (like dude how)
man's got deadn't disease, much to his own dismay (and as much as the world really tries to kill him). he could probably get stabbed through the heart and somehow manage to survive that. how? who the fuck knows. he's Quyance.
can and WILL mention the fact that he's gay like every five seconds
has no magical capabilities, but he really wishes he did :(
will say fuck 20 times in one sentence
bitch doesn't sleep. ever. the only time he sleeps is when he straight up passes out from sleep deprivation (is this realistic? no. but who cares, it's a fantasy game and he's dragonborn. it doesn't matter)
lives in Riften!
he's the first skyrim/elder scrolls oc I made (not the first character, but the first one to become an actual oc) and he's on every instance of the game I own! (on xbox 360, switch and two times on pc (once for normal skyrim, once for special edition)
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VASH
FULL NAME: Vash'ka Frostfire (vahsh-kuh)
AGE: 25 y/o
GENDER: demi-man (he/they)
RACE: Khajiit (Suthay-raht)
ORIENTATION: demisexual, demiromantic (guy really just said fuck it, I'm demi everything <3)
AFFILIATIONS: College of Winterhold, Thieves Guild
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Vash (preferred name)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: overall pretty nice and polite. somewhat sociable, but can get easily annoyed by people lol. has absolutely no interest in being nice or polite to racists or just assholes in general, he has no time for that. super petty and vengeful, if you do something against them, they will remember that for the rest of their life. just don't be an asshole and you'll get along great with him
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: also a bit of a complex backstory, but nowhere near as complex as Quay's. so basically, he was born in Elsweyr, and traveled around there and a bit into Valenwood with his parents and caravan. when they were 8-10 (undecided lol), bandits ambushed their caravan and killed everyone except them. they decided to let him live but gave him scars to remember them by (his mouth scars and snaggletooth). he ran off, ended up getting adopted by a Bosmer family. once he's an adult, he decides to go search for those bandits and kill them, because... revenge lol. (I explained their backstory a little bit more in depth over here!)
RELATIONSHIPS:
Quyance- guildmate/guildmaster. positive relationship, mutual respect, honored to work alongside him, would like to consider him a friend, but they're not there yet. likes to tease him and try to get Quyance to loosen up a bit since he's always so professional around him
Virile- acquaintance. neutral relationship, has only met her a few times. mostly knows her through Quyance.
MISC/TRIVIA:
he p much never takes his face covering off
he enjoys reading, writing and cooking as hobbies! and he also really wants to get into painting
they can and WILL chug a bottle of vinegar as a power move
known for straight up climbing over city walls if guards are being racist and won't let him in the front gate. if he wants to get in the city, he's going to get in the city lmao
they consider their thievery a secondary thing. they're a mage first, then a thief
he's a mage for the Aesthetic. literally only ever uses fire magic in his left hand and ice magic in his right bc it corresponds with his eyes lol
yes they are indeed very poofy <3 that was not a stylistic thing, their fur is just really thick
literally built himself a cottage on a mountain bc he didn't feel like dealing with racists
they either use a sword and shield (changed from dual wielding swords because god damnit I need to do something different for once and also I Never use shields), dual wield magic or have a sword in one hand and magic in the other. typically they do the third option
unlike other khajiits, he pretty much exclusively talks in first person. but he can just like flip a switch and go to third person whenever he wants
in game, he's dragonborn but it's not actually part of his character and I don't even use any shouts in game. I really only did it because Lucien and Inigo kept pestering me about going to Whiterun lol
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SYLDIS
FULL NAME: Syldis Rosevale (sil-dis)
AGE: 18 y/o
GENDER: cis man (he/him)
RACE: Bosmer
ORIENTATION: asexual lithromantic
AFFILIATIONS: honestly idk, I made him in Oblivion even though he lives in Skyrim's timeline, so I have No Clue. he's supposed to be part of the Mages Guild but uhhhh that disbanded so (shrugs) lets just say maybe there's a group of people trying to rebuild the mages guild and he's part of that?
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Syl (most people don't call him this tho)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: absolute sweetheart, I love this guy to death. can and WILL be your friend, you cannot stop him. but also he's very lawful so do not commit crimes around him or he will turn you in :( he's also very jumpy and easily startled
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: low key idk. I mean, I know he was born in Valenwood, but decided to leave to further pursue his interest in magic and knowledge and stuff. that's about all I got. oh wait, also I know that the being in jail part in oblivion is true for him, tho he doesn't follow the main questline. he just walked into the imperial city right after someone had stolen a bunch of shit from a place and he got wrongly accused of doing it. [update, i actually have more figured out but i don't feel like writing it lol. i'll do that eventually]
RELATIONSHIPS:
Quyance- friend. mostly positive relationship, believes there is good in him and is determined to make him see that. he's not a fan of Quyance's whole being a criminal thing, but, surprisingly, is willing to look past that. relationship is a bit one-sided tbh. Syldis cares more about Quyance than Quyance does about him. Syldis is very aware of this, but hangs out with him anyway (sometimes he's not even sure why he does)
Virile- acquaintance. neutral relationship, has only met her a few times. mostly knows her through Quyance. he tries to keep his distance from her because she intimidates him lmao
Zha'kaar- acquaintance. negative relationship. only met him a few times but does Not like him
and he canonically doesn't know Vash but i need to say that if they met they would be BESTIES.
MISC/TRIVIA:
I have an ongoing joke that his hair is so fluffy/thick that if you shot an arrow into it, the arrow would just get stuck in his hair
when he gets startled (which is a lot), he has a tendency to shoot fire in the direction of the sound that startled him
man is PHENOMENAL at archery. he could probably shoot a target dead center while blindfolded from 50 feet away
I also joke that he's so good at archery because his ears are so huge, so he just hears Everything (this is true tho. his hearing is Very Good. and also Very Sensitive)
primarily uses destruction and restoration, but can use other schools too. he just never does anything related to necromancy
hates/distrusts all daedric princes, the undead, necromancy, werewolves, etc. yeah.
primarily uses bows and magic, but if he has to fight up close, he'll use a short sword
NEVER commits crime. ever. I'm very thankful he's on Oblivion and not Skyrim because holy shit it would be so hard to not commit crime in Skyrim (I'll make a character like that eventually. and I'll suffer for it)
always carries a little journal around with him and writes down important notes, interesting things he's learned, sketches of things, etc
literally will study for fun. if he didn't hate daedric princes, he'd be a perfect follower of Hermaeus Mora (he doesn't even like the bosmeri form of him, Herma-Mora)
despite being as lawful as lawful can get, if he's in Skyrim and traveling with Quyance, he'll turn a blind eye. but also him and Quyance kinda have a system where if Quyance is gonna do some illegal things, he'll vaguely mention something to Syldis and Syldis will turn away. otherwise, if he saw Quyance do it, he would feel like he would have to turn him in. the ONLY reason he does this is because he knows Quyance is good deep down and really wants to help him see that
top ten autism coded guys <3
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ZHA'KAAR
FULL NAME: Zha'kaar Avandi (zhuh-kahr uh-vahn-dee)
AGE: 24 y/o
GENDER: cis man (he/him)
RACE: Khajiit (Suthay-raht)
ORIENTATION: [redacted] (doesn't use labels and is entirely uninterested. not aroace, just uninterested)
AFFILIATIONS: Dark Brotherhood
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Zha'kaar the Exiled, Zha'kaar the Unforgiven
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: bastard cat. absolute bitch, just does whatever the fuck he wants whenever he wants. does not care at All about rules or laws. he just greatly values his freedom and having the ability to control every aspect of his life. just a manipulative, egotistical control freak. literally is just evil for the sake of being evil. has no reason outside of that. he just does what he does because he thinks its fun
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: born in Elsweyr, was the youngest of five. even as a little kid he did evil shit, but back then it was more just stealing shit, damaging property, etc. but he got away with it because he pulled the cute card (would act super guilty and be really cute until he got away with it). then his parents had another kid and he was no longer the baby and he got pissed about that. because now he didn't get all the attention and he wasn't able to pull the cute card anymore. so then he straight up started killing people, but only got caught when his baby sibling "accidentally" slipped off a cliff and died. and it was very obvious it was not an accident. so he got kicked out of Elsweyr (and god damn they should have just killed him :/).
RELATIONSHIPS:
Quyance- fellow dark brotherhood member. neutral relationship, doesn't really care about him nor have any opinions apart from finding him amusing. he likes to purposely get on his nerves sometimes.
Finch- fellow dark brotherhood member. neutral relationship, no real opinion on her, they don't interact much. very slightly threatened by her but doesn't normally show that (literally the ONLY person he is threatened by, even if only slightly)
Virile- acquaintance (a bit more than an acquaintance but y'know). neutral relationship, again, doesn't really care about her but finds her amusing.
MISC/TRIVIA:
not even the dark brotherhood wants him there. he keeps breaking their rules and just killing anyone he wants but they can't manage to get rid of him.
climbs trees a lot. will literally travel around by just jumping from tree to tree
pretty much exclusively uses bows, but will dual wield daggers if he has to. but he only does that until he can get away far enough to use his bow again. he's not very physically strong lol
dude is OBSESSED with sweets
he's pretty much my stress relief character bc I can just go to him and kill whoever I want lol
Virile literally bullies him as a form of therapy from having to do customer service. he does not care at All and keeps telling her that if she's gonna keep using him as a form of therapy, he should be getting paid for it (she will never pay him)
"nobody's born evil" except zha'kaar. zha'kaar was born evil.
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FINCH
FULL NAME: Finch Rosegold
AGE: 222 y/o (looks 21)
GENDER: is it not enough to simply be a lesbian? (she/her)
RACE: Khajiit (Cathay), vampire
ORIENTATION: lesbian
AFFILIATIONS: Dark Brotherhood
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: none?
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: murderous glitter. that's it. she's super nice and bubbly but also can and WILL fuck you up. all while still smiling. also a bit manipulative but it's fine <3 she's actually relatively similar to Zha'kaar, but she has morals and is a lot more tolerable.
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: I actually have it figured out now but I'm too tired to try to figure out how to condense it to a lil snippet. so uh. yeah 👍 [i'll write this eventually lol]
RELATIONSHIPS:
Quyance- fellow dark brotherhood member. neutral relationship, respects him but also doesn't really interact with him much. a bit jealous of him for being listener tho
Zha'kaar- fellow dark brotherhood member. neutral-negative relationship, finds him a bit insufferable and too arrogant for a mortal, but mostly just ignores him
Virile- friend. positive relationship, finds her entertaining, and appreciates her work for the dark brotherhood. she hangs out with her semi-frequently and gossips and shit (Virile doesn't really get it but engages anyway)
MISC/TRIVIA:
she's obsessed with shiny and sparkly things. she wears so much jewelry, it's ridiculous
tends to walk on the tips of her toes. why? who knows.
uses daggers, bound swords/daggers and crossbows. she tends to throw her daggers and carries at LEAST 10 on her at all times. up to 8 will be thrown, always keeps 2 on her for exclusively melee combat
always wears her locket, it's very important to her
she was part of the dark brotherhood in cyrodiil, joined during the oblivion crisis (also where she became a vampire). she's just kinda. jumped around a lot as they all kept dying off :(
I love morally reprehensible lesbians so much <3
also important to mention that she's friends with Cicero. she was with him when he was in cyrodiil, but she moved to skyrim before he did
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VIRILE
FULL NAME: Virile Arthelle (vee-ril ahr-thehl)
AGE: 30 y/o
GENDER: cis woman (she/her)
RACE: Breton
ORIENTATION: bi with preference for fem-aligned people
AFFILIATIONS: Dark Brotherhood (kind of? she doesn't directly work for them, but she assists with cleaning up messes and creating cover stories for them)
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Vi, Viri (vee-ree. from Finch)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: angry lesbian, but make them bi instead. that's pretty much it. very rude, dislikes dealing with people (despite literally being a waitress) and is not afraid to tell others off. can and will punch a man in the face. but then will also walk into a wall if she sees a pretty lady
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: fuck if I know lol. she just Exists. I know she was born in High Rock but moved to Skyrim. that's about all I got. and also she has a younger sister (who is not in skyrim).
RELATIONSHIPS:
Quyance- friend (for the most part). positive-ish relationship, constantly insulting him (and calling him a twit), and decking him over the head, but they are actually very close. much to her dismay sometimes because Quyance can get very annoying (and she really would like to be able to sleep without him breaking in at 2 am to sob on her couch)
Finch- friend? positive relationship, finds her a little strange but also finds her company entertaining.
Zha'kaar- enemy. VERY negative relationship, literally bullies him as a form of therapy, not that he cares.
MISC/TRIVIA:
primarily uses magic (mostly conjuration, alteration and illusion) or a war axe
idk I honestly don't have much on her. she's mostly just a background character tbh
I love her tho, she's wonderful
whenever she sees a pretty man, she gets really mad at them gjnkfmld she flirts with men by insulting them and flirts with women by becoming a disaster and walking into walls lmfao
LIVIO
FULL NAME: Oblivion Chaos, Livio Kay for short
AGE: 21 y/o
GENDER: trans man (he/it)
RACE: Bosmer, werewolf
ORIENTATION: mlm
AFFILIATIONS: none? he's a thief, but he's not affiliated with the thieves guild
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Liv, Livie (close friends ONLY)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: little bastard man. very arrogant, thinks he's hot shit but he's really not. he thrives off of being a little edgelord. it's surprisingly friendly, but I really do not recommend interacting with it much, it's insufferable to be around lmao. he also has a pretty fiery temper and is extremely destructive. weirdo (affectionate and a little bit derogatory)
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: absolutely no idea lmao
RELATIONSHIPS:
he probably doesn't really know my other characters much, if at all.
MISC/TRIVIA:
almost exclusively uses destruction magic (fire), but occasionally will use a bow
scummy little arsonist twink
we love some problematic trans rep in this house <3
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SIRION
(I haven't drawn him yet lol. but he's 6'7", has red hair pulled back into a ponytail, typical yellowy-tan skin and yellow eyes. and a constant "leave me alone, you're annoying" expression.)
FULL NAME: Sirion Aedius (seer-ee-in ay-dee-uhs)
AGE: 37 y/o
GENDER: cis man (he/him)
RACE: Altmer
ORIENTATION: idk tbh, haven't decided on that
AFFILIATIONS: Thieves Guild (Cyrodiil)
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Highlock (thief alias)
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: a little bit of a rude asshole, but not like most altmer. he's definitely pretty arrogant, but he actually does have a lot of skill, so he has the right to be confident lol. his rudeness mostly comes from him just not really liking people. he doesn't think he's inherently better than them, he just thinks people are annoying and he doesn't want to deal with them. which, fair.
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: no idea lol honestly haven't done much with him
RELATIONSHIPS:
he doesn't really know any of my other characters lol
MISC/TRIVIA:
yeah I really don't have that much info on him jnfkmld he just Exists. haven't really fleshed him out much
uhhh primarily uses bows. I think also swords? I genuinely don't remember, I haven't booted up Oblivion in a bit
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DREET-JAH
FULL NAME: Dreet-Jah (jreet-jah)
AGE: 20 y/o
GENDER: nonbinary? (any pronouns, but typically he/they. literally you can call them anything tho)
RACE: Argonian
ORIENTATION: asexual panromantic
AFFILIATIONS: no idea tbh, I made them in Morrowind and have not done much with them
NICKNAMES/ALIASES/TITLES: Dreet
PERSONALITY SNIPPET: chaotic dumbass. there is only one brain cell up in that head of his, and it is Chaos. super loud and kinda annoying, no sense of personal space or anything. can and will climb on a roof and scream at 2 o'clock in the morning just for the fuck of it
BACKSTORY SNIPPET: also no idea!! apart from knowing he was born in black marsh but for some fuckin reason moved to morrowind at a young age. they do not like it in morrowind but they haven't bothered trying to move yet. that's bout all I got
RELATIONSHIPS:
doesn't know any of my other characters lol.
MISC/TRIVIA:
yeah, again, don't really have much to say here
but uhhhh he exclusively uses magic so there's that
currently my only elder scrolls oc that exclusively uses magic
unfortunately probably will not get much done with them bc why is Morrowind Like That......