#red year

[dankar-camoran]

[maxandkon]

Don't prank the sky in Morrowind

[ehlnofay]

I like to think about the Red Year as one massive eruption that triggered consistent, smaller-scale but still disruptive eruptions that happen once every few years. So while by the events of Skyrim the actual Red Year is two hundred years in the past, its effects are ongoing and perpetually renewed. The timeline makes no sense otherwise

[seriousmistakesofsolstheim]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I never thought about what the consequences of taking down the Sharmat might be. What might happen to Vvardenfell if I destroyed the heart? I was pointed in a direction and told to strike, to be the hero, to return our homeland to its ‘former glory’… whatever that means. I was expected to die there. The Empire expected me to die there. Fight or perish, or more accurately fight and perish. There was no plan after that. This path was never something I had ever desired myself. The fanfare, the recognition that came after I had emerged from beneath Red Mountain all made me viscerally uncomfortable. Incredible that, given my near constant desire for attention. Even I have my limits. At the time I had no idea who to trust, kiang. You knew what I was like before your uncle named me Nerevarine.

I always found myself trusting the wrong people.

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Vivec, after not doing anything to prevent Baar Dau's eventual fall, leading to the destruction of Vivec City and eruption of Red Mountain, which devastates the Dunmer people: I'll just say I made a mistake. Everyone thinks I'm stupid. I can get away with anything. It's awesome.

[uesp]

Did You Know: Maximian Axius wrote daily letters to his family during his time at Fort Frostmoth? He intended to send them off in bulk with a supply ship that supported the fort, but the ship failed to arrive as scheduled for several months. His final letter describes the events of the Red Year, and that he was trapped underground and did not expect to survive. His last request was that his wife Selina tell their children that he died in defense of the Empire so they could be proud of their father, and that she remember him so his soul could find its way home, but the letter never made it to its intended recipients.

[vvehk]

[gibsalad]

“Imma toss a rock at your city” -Sheogorath