Oct 18, 2021
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Aight so real quick
It’s come to my attention that there’s a TES poster on Twitter with the username Moraelyn, just gonna go ahead and let y’all know that that’s not me so if you were trying to reach me there... Idk, don’t, I guess, haha. That Moraelyn isn’t the shadows-of-almsivi Moraelyn, that is all. (My Moraelyn was named after the Ra’athim Moraelyn so it’s not like I got a monopoly on it or nothin’, I just didn’t want folks to get confused)
Pop quiz: is Moraelyn an nb Knife Dad or an nb Vodka Aunt? Answers on a postcard.
2, 21, 25, 29, 38, 45!
Oh shit, that’s a lot. Okay, strap yourself in, here we go:
2. Do they have any titles? How did they get them?
To Moraelyn, being Vimeri is as much a title as it is an identity, and the one title he still really clings to albeit often in secret, due to the currently autoheretical nature of continued Vivec worship.
He retains the title of Kinsman of House Indoril, though it is unknown whether Moraelyn was severed from the House or struck from their records upon his prison-exile, or even whether House Indoril itself still stands in light of the troubles in the East.
His youth's work in the Temple brought him up to the rank of Disciple, and most of the way past it; he would have officially progressed to Diviner, had the Temple remained stable. He is still very bitter about that, partially claiming the unrest following the Nerevarine's arrival as the necessity driving his entry into the Ordinator's ranks, which of course necessitated his leaving the Vimeri order he served.
His short-lived career as an Ordinator did not progress particularly far, it being a rather short time between his enlistment (with the Order of the Watch, as any raw recruit must serve their dues guarding the citizenry and upholding the law before they might be granted stations amongst the other orders) and his exile.
Currently, he would like to think he doesn't really have any titles left, either because the structures that granted them to him are presumed to be destroyed, or because of his own distancing neglect. Some of those old names don't come off quite so easily as that, though.
Like Listener.
21. Do they have a temper? Are they patient? What are they like when they do lose their temper?Moraelyn's temper might charitably be described as 'mercurial'. He reserves his patience primarily for animals and small children, but in honesty, he is very quick to anger, whether or not he chooses to make it known (note: most often, though, he most definitely will).
His responses in verbal arguments are inverse to his rage, however, which can make it easy to misread how dire his mood might be. If he's shouting his outrage and potentially throwing something, the chances are good that he's only venting, and isn't actually particularly furious. It's actually kind of a compliment, in a way, that he feels comfortable enough around the person to vent his feelings around them. However, if he speaks calmly and seems only a little peeved, or even completely unaffected, there is an excellent chance that someone is going to die. It's honestly rather chilling.
25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?Moraelyn has a very dry, black sense of humour much of the time, which isn't always appreciated or, really, appropriate (I think he's funny, anyway). When he's not being his truly-awful self in the echo chamber of his own thoughts, he can really be quite playful in the right mood. Sometimes he flirts for fun (or profit), and he absolutely adores hearing new jokes and (especially) bawdy shanties, having collected up a great number of filthy stories and songs over the years. There's no quicker way to make him warm to you than by making him laugh.
He has a great fondness for irony and absurdism, as well as something of an immature streak on occasion. You wouldn't think Moraelyn would be the type to appreciate a good dick joke, but you'd be wrong. He likes to joke that dick jokes are his birthright as a Vimer.
One of his favourite entertainments is to read very, very, very bad romance novels. Think 'Fanfiction Theatre'. Just the absolute worst garbage he can find; he loves them dearly, especially the trashy bodice-rippers usually written by unworldly Bretons featuring a lot of embarrassingly-descriptive terms for genitals and a misguided-at-best understanding of foreign cultures. His current favourite series of novellas stars a Dunmer named Char Ravenheart, with eyes described as "glowering orbs of cherry jam". He likes to read them aloud to himself, every spelling mistake faithfully recited as written.
29. What do they do when they find out someone else’s fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective? This depends mostly on how he feels about them, and whether he feels any particular kinship towards them. He'd never tease anyone over their phobias nor pry too openly into their origin, his rigid reverence for manners won't allow it, but you can be absolutely certain that he'll remember that little detail.
If he likes the person at all, he will keep their fears in mind forever, subtly removing trigger objects or keeping them from scenarios that would harm them; he would almost go out of his way to avoid the person noticing him doing it, so that the person does not think he pities them, which is more Moraelyn projecting onto others than anything. He may also take on the secrecy of the phobia himself, by which I mean making certain that no one else can learn it and use it against the person in question.
If he holds a grudge, however, that knowledge can become a tool, and how he'll use it is unpredictable. There are certain lines he refuses to cross, but there are many he would.
38. What do they admire in others? What talents do they wish they had?He admires talent, even in scenarios where that talent directly threatens him personally; he's been known to praise the dogged pursuit of determined and well-skilled trackers, for example, while actively being their quarry. He can appreciate a skill well-honed through disciplined practice. His greatest admiration, though, is reserved for those who always keep their word, along with a genuine and thoughtful sense of fairness; mostly, he cannot quite fathom how such people can exist, seeing himself as their antithesis (whether or not he is correct in that), and so he cannot help but admire those who refuse to turn hard and bitter in the face of the world's hardships.
He often wishes he had more (read: any) skill with carpentry, a very practical requirement for someone so often having to make their own shelter and repairs. More than this, though, far more, he wishes for the talent of perfect recall. He's heard stories of people with the gift of eidetic memory, and he would give just about anything to have such a gift himself. The degradation of his memory wounds him more deeply than he admits.
45. How do other people see them? Is it similar to how they see themselves? Moraelyn's a strange one. There's a certain feeling people get when they're speaking to him, as if the sound of his voice makes them just a smidge more suggestible, a little more likely to agree with him. Like there's bugmusk on his breath, almost. Maybe he seems a little more attractive than you expected him to be, just a little. If you're both in a good mood while you're speaking to him, you might think him a charming, clever mer you'd love to talk with a little longer. It's only natural; after all, doesn't he sound so fascinating, don't you want to hear more?
But if you're really looking (and you have a high enough Intelligence and Willpower), there's something off. In the silence between the honey of his words, you might catch it. There's something that tastes almost-but-not-quite of glamour to how the light plays off his skin, something a little more youthful and smooth to his face than his years should allow. Beneath the almost-omnipresent light haze from the wine on his breath, there's something furtive and tense just behind his eyes, and something hungry in the stillness of his stare. With enough quiet, enough time without his words to distract you from them, you might notice the shadows under his eyes.
As to how he sees himself: his mental state dictates his self-image almost completely. When he is stable, he believes himself beautiful, strong, clever, powerful; he remembers his pride, and the skill with which he has kept himself alive all these years. When he is not, which is more and more often in these years, he believes himself a ruin, a disgraced shadow of who he was meant to be, most often a monster and a grievous disappointment to the faded glories of his station and the memories of his family, the perverted shade of old promise. His guilt and self-loathing kill any hope of really, truly believing in his better self.
Neither view is entirely wrong, but only one can win out.
Morry can't be expected to keep track of *every* young person he's traumatised by making out with their dads ok he's a Busy Mer
My trash elf is a rolling dumpster fire and I love him
A long-awaited birthday giftart I (finally) finished, for @julei-zu! I hope you like it, and here’s to some more cute tea parties in our future! <3
Moraelyn’s chest tattoo, for reference.
// GUH I really, really love reading your rp blog posts. The descriptions of Morry interacting with his new house are just gorgeous. <33 the way your descriptions give texture and scent to the world... I definitely keep your RP in mind as inspiration while trying to do some of my own; since you're playing through the game, I'm curious - do you write the posts as you go, or all at once after you finish playing? How much do you RP while playing, and/or any tips for doing so? Thanks!! :)
Oh wow, thank you so much! I’m very glad you’re enjoying it, and I’m really honored that I can help your RP!
To answer your question, both: most of my writing is done ingame as things happen or ideas occur to me, using the Take Notes! mod. Sometimes, though, I’ll get distracted with, you know, actually playing and only write small shorthand notes to myself — things like “met (so-and-so NPC) in (this place), they said/did (x), i think (y)” — and I’ll flesh them out later. Sometimes while I’m doing the fleshing out, extra things come to mind and I’ll write a few entirely-offgame posts. But in general, I do find it a lot easier to use Take Notes, since I’m never stuck for ideas: if I can’t think of something, I just play for a few minutes and something’s bound to happen pretty much immediately to spur an idea or two.
((EDIT: I'll pop the rest of this under a cut for length))