Martin Septim HC’s (PT.2)
So, y’all liked my first post and wanted more of our boy so here ya go! This time its separated into 4 parts: Farmer, Sanguine Cultist, Priest, and Parent headcanons.
( Wanted to be tagged: @kynths )
- Martin’s father was a farmer, which meant Martin had to help out with the crops a lot. They probably didn’t make a whole lot of money or anything like that, but they did make an honest living. It kept Martin and Papa Mar alive at least.
- It is likely they grew “in-ground” crops like wheat and vegetables. They likely didn’t have room for animals and crops like tobacco that you have to dry. Papa Mar did know quite a bit about herbs though.
- Papa Mar was also probably the local hookup, if ya know what I mean. Growing crops like canibus in behind his house and selling it to the locals.
- Martin helped out with all the crops but his favorite thing to grow was flowers. He loved watching them grow through all the different seasons and watch them change. His favorite is the Chionodoxa because they grow just as spring begins.
- Oh and his favorite fruit is an apple. His father’s biggest seller was the apples off of their huge apple tree and Martin grew up eating all kinds of apples. When he's feeling lonely or stressed he eats apples or anything apple flavored.
- As a cultist, Martin was kind of awkward at first. A lot of the patrons actually knew him through his father so that made him “popular” already.
- After he got settled in though, he really went wild. Drinking a lot, doing a lot of drugs, doin’ the ho ha, just partying like a madman.
- But, he never lost his kindness. He was always the person who had the painkillers or who would hold your hair back as you puked. He was definitely the “mom friend” of the cult.
- I’d like to think Sanguine knew that Martin was the Emperor’s son. When you give Martin Sanguine’s staff, he implies that he once wielded it, which makes me think he was Sanguine’s Champion at one point and just decided to turn his life around.
- In my last post, I said that Martin turned his life around because he kept having dreams and hallucinations about Akatosh and his whole “time” sphere. I think Akatosh was trying to get him on the right path and put him where he could become the next Emperor.
- Once Martin does become Emperor, everyone in the cult who knew him back then was like:
- Once our boy decided to turn his life around he went to the church. Eventually, the dreams stopped the more he prayed and spread Akatosh’ word.
- When Martin became a priest, he was very overachieving. Always down to stay late and clean or move boxes. Anything he could do to help, he did. The people of Kvatch really relied on him because he could do anything and do it right.
- A lot of the time, the temptation to go back to the cult was strong. He didn’t have any responsibilities or worries. But he remembered how empty he felt and prayed and the urges went away.
- Martin loved being a priest, but a lot of the jobs were hard. The worst part of the job was the funerals. He would sometimes be forced to preside over those and then just feel so horrible afterwards. Sometimes he would just go home and cry.
- When he became Emperor, the first real thing he did was rebuild Kvatch, and restore the Temple of Akatosh. He also had a shrine made so he could keep it in his room and pray, because it often gave him a lot of comfort.
- Martin really is a great father all in all. When you first tell him you're pregnant, he’s absolutely ecstatic. Martin loves kids and they love him. Of course, when you do become pregnant he practically confines you to the bedroom. You can’t go anywhere without like 4 guards surrounding you. It's a nightmare really.
- Now, instead of pregnancy let's talk adoption for yall who love him and can't have babies. Martin is likely the one to bring it up. When he was visiting a town or something he saw an orphaned kid and was like “gimme gimme” and kidnapped them.
- When the kid is incredibly young, Martin won’t let them out of his sight. He is such a hover parent it's not even funny. Being Emperor, he has a lot of enemies, so he worries for his bab’s life a lot.
- He cannot for the life of him figure out how to change a diaper. He just sits there kinda staring at them like “so...how are you?” while he struggles immensely.
- But, he absolutely loves bath time. He finds them so cute surrounded by bubbles and their little toys, he just dies every time. (oh god not again Martin stop dying)
- The kid is gonna be really smart. Like, they are gonna probably be one of the most intelligent people ever. They’ll also be pretty “battle smart” seeing as Martin and you are their parents.
- Martin won’t force religion onto his kids, but he’d definitely encourage it. He’d also make doubly sure to keep his kid away from Daedra worship. He ain’t about to let his kiddo fall into that hole too.
- The kid will absolutely, 100%, be spoiled. But, if they use it to only benefit themselves, hurt others, or look down on people because of it, they are gonna lose everything until they understand what it means. Martin has always been a morally upstanding guy, and won’t stand for that.
