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Finally got around to finishing the WIP from several months ago- A sweet moment in the sun for my HoK Rory and Martin. Hope you all enjoy! :)

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Prompt 1- Welkynd Stone

Happy TES pinup challenge everyone!

I had been going all out on Artfight and told myself I'd be doing simple pieces for the pinup challenge. We, Uh. Can see how well that went. Anyway, here's prompt 1- Welkynd Stone, with Ayleid-AU Rory

This design started as an AU my wife and I made up regarding my fics, in which my HoK, Rory, is the prince of Miscarcand. Elements of that may not entirely be an AU anymore, but THAT'S something to go into in a future fic, not now. :p

I based a lot of the outfit design after liches in the game, figuring that liches we encounter in ayleid ruins and the design of elven armor is the closest we have to go on for what ayleid fashion looked like. Also had his crown look like an actual crown, rather than the same helmet model as every elven helm in game (I'm still salty they didn't change the models for them in the remaster, but Whatever)- based off the Saliache Aetherial Tiara from ESO.

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Hello Tumblr!

I'm trying to be less of a coward about sharing my art and writing, so I figured I would start art wise with a picture of my Heroes of Kvatch- Draeth, Rory, and Dinuleth (who technically belongs to my wife @moons-ganef)

I've also been doing some writing about these guys as well! If anyone's interested in that, you can find the fics at my Ao3 below!

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Lyrical_Witch/works?fandom_id=8254

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TES pinup challenge 3- Hist Tree

Given my bosmer assassin Lorelai was raised in Murkmire, it seemed only fitting to give her the spotlight for the Hist Tree theme!

Wound up being late with this one- Between work being busy, getting distracted playing skyrim again, my birthday being a thing AND visiting a loved one in the hospital, things got away from me. I can't promise I'll be on time with any others, but I'm gonna do my best to at least Do them at all :D

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Prompt 2- Poison Apple

Second prompt for the pinup challenge; My oblivion Dark Brotherhood Assassin, Draeth. I wanted to go for a bit more of a classic pinup style, with a bit more of a sinister implication given the subject manner. I don't doubt that this is a method she's used in her assassinations before. ;)

Anyway, you wake up to your one-night-stand cutting up a delicious apple for you, wyd?

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"Oh, the dancers? This one didn't write a report on them. She had considered interviewing them, but... they never really stopped dancing, you know? And there was something... upsetting, about them. She can't put her finger to it, just whenever she got the thought to interrupt, she felt... sad. Like she would be intruding on something very precious. And when the gala ended, she hoped to find them, but they were just gone! As if they'd never been there at all!

If you really really want information... Well, at one point this one took a break to dance, and she overheard this exchange while dancing nearby them. She wrote it down, but... she's never going to publish it; You can read it if you want.

On a piece of notebook paper, the following exchange is written:

'How many times does my heart need to break over you, Martin? Always once more? I tried tearing it out, putting it in a jar, covering it in butterflies, throwing it down a well- but it's always yours, no matter what I do. The isles are going to drown in my tears at this rate.'

'I wish my loss didn't hurt you still.'

'And I wish I never lost you.'

'... And I you. But here we are. We can't change the past, love.'

'...It's not fair. The party's almost over- And I can't go with you, and you can't go with me and... I- I don't think I can bear it, having you for a week just to lose you all over again.'

'If we're lucky, perhaps we can meet here next year.'

'Since when have we ever been lucky?'

'This week we were.'

'...That's true. We really were.'

Finishing up my submissions for the gala, a picture of what's the game's technical 'canon' and definitely bad ending for my HoK and Martin- in that ending Rory mantles Sheogorath (leaning more towards Dementia as that mer is Depressed and Traumatized), and Martin mantles Akatosh- their natures demanding the lovers be separated for eternity.

But! The Gala doesn't operate by standard rules.

With the magic of the gala, in a space outside space and time, maybe- for just one week a year- they can finally be together again.

This is my last submission for the week- thanks for the wonderful time everyone, with special thanks to @tes-gala for putting this all together for us!

[ Image ID: An altmer Sheogorath and Martin Septim dance in a ballroom with a vibrant night sky in the windows behind them. The altmer is dressed in a chaotic outfit- a train of dark rags is carried by red butterflies as he dances. Around him are odd magical effects that seem to glow and twist in the air. Around his neck is a ribbon held in place by another red butterfly- his partner has a hand on his shoulder, and vibrant colors bloom across the altmer's shirt in response to the touch. On his face is a half mask, with one half of the mask being a light, cheerful purple, then shifting into a dark, green grey with winding branches and glowing cracks. On his head is a gnarled wooden crown with a grey eyeball in the center. The altmer is smiling, but he has tears running down his face. Martin has a hand on the altmer's cheek. He's dressed in glowing golden robes, with golden bracers, a scale mantle on his shoulders, and a scale line down his back resembing a tail. On his hips are a pair of v shaped golden frames, draped in translucent, glowing silk to resemble wings. On his head is a translucent silk veil attached to a headress resembling horns, decorated with red jewels. He's looking up at his partner with a sympathetic smile. End ID]

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"Accompanying their partner Sondwyn, Morterelle and Lorelai Agranar posed a fascinating question to gala goers by dressing as Anui-El and Sithis- two beings that, though they are gods of a sense, one may struggle to classify as daedra or divine. However, none can deny that the two 'embodied the ineffable' with Morerelle taking inspiration from the ray shapes seen in elven artwork and donning an iridescent cloak that played with the light of the ballroom, while Lorelai incorporated traditional Saxleel depictions of Sithis as a snake for her gown, paying homage to the country of her birth and childhood in doing so.

Morterelle reported that his choice to depict Anui-el was primarily to have costume that matched and complimented his wife- truly, as they say; couple goals.

As for Lorelai, the assassin choosing Sithis is perhaps not shocking, given her associations with the dark brotherhood- the Bosmer is sometimes referred to as 'Sithis's Razor' in the tales and rumors surrounding her work and exploits. Gala goers can rest assured though, when asked about her intentions for the night, Lorelai assured this humble reporter that she has joined us for pleasure, not business."

Next up is @moons-ganef 's Morterelle and my Lorelai, two ESO characters, and poly partners of my earlier presented character Sondwyn. :)

[Image ID: A bosmer couple are on a staircase, with a glowing portal in the background. The man on the left has his hand extended behind him, helping his partner down the stairs. He is dressed in a white iridescent cape whose hood connects to his antlers. Atop his head is a golden star or sun shape, which matches a golden breastplate, cuffs and boots, which seem decorated with rays and geometric star motifs. He has black eyes and is looking fondly back at the woman on the right. She is dressed in a full-length figure hugging black gown that flares into a train at the end. Wrapped along the gown are lines of black snakeskin, that end at her hands. The cuffs of the gown resemble the mouth of a serpent. She is wearing a dark veil covering from her eyes down, which is hanging off of her antlers, similarly to the man's hood. Her eyes, like her partner's, are pitch black. End ID]

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TES Pinup- prompt 5, Blood of the Daedra

A little sketchy and only kinda-sorta related- but given I had a mostly-cleaned sketch of Rory in his and Martin's sanguine cult years, I thought it would be a fair thing to share for the prompt! I've been really fighting the previous prompt, so I figured I might as well share something I already have. :)

Whose hand is in his hair? Well, that's up to your imagination, isn't it? ;)