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Did You Know: Although you do not learn it yourself, the resurrection shout is “Slen Tiid Vo”? The words of the shout mean “Flesh Time (Opposite of)”, and you do learn to use the first two words as part of different shouts (Ice Form and Slow Time).
“Who can fix this? It can’t be fixed. This is the way things are now, until we die. The gods have left Cyrodiil. I wish you all luck, but you won’t find it.”
–The final line of the final issue of The Chorrol Crier.
Uncle Sheo yeets meteor at morrowind
Dagoth Ur:
i sleep
Molag Bal terrorising and anchoring tamriel
Dagoth Ur:
i sleep
Clavicus Vile threatening vivec and morrowind
Dagoth Ur:
i sleep
Nocturnal fucking around with sotha sil and his clockworkcity
Dagoth Ur:
i sleep
Nerevar: is reborn
Dagoth Ur:
SWEET NEREVAR !!!!!! 💞💕
aand then of course the first thing dagoth ur proceeds to do is giving the nerevarine a wedding dream.
dagoth ur got them priorities.
brynjolf, about the dragonborn: i’ve only known them for a day and a half but if anything happened to them i’d kill everyone in riften and then myself.
When you beat the very first quest of the main questline (Soul Shriven In Coldharbour), your award is a container describe as being a sealed daedric urn with your name on it
Being handed your own cremated remains has got to fuck you up
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK I NEVER NOTICED THIS???? HANG ON ONE SEC ANON
I must be really missing Skyrim because I had this dream the other night and I woke up laughing
dad look at this cool bat i found outside. dad please look at him. dad you're not looking please he's so cool look
Paarthurnax: *removes Dragonborn from his neck so he can stretch*
Last Dragonborn: Dragon Dad is . . . evil? Dragon Dad is unyielding? Dragon Dad is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore Tamriel as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household. I can—
Paarthurnax: *puts Dragonborn back on his neck*
Last Dragonborn: Nevermind.
Made myself sad thinking about Verandis so now I need to share:
The Gray Host were 'defeated' in 1E 1029 - so Verandis would have left them some time before then.
The events of ESO take place in 2E 582 - some 2,473 years later (if I understand the maths of the Elder Scrolls timekeeping - feel free to correct me).
We don't know exactly when Verandis started taking in other vampires. Adusa in particular has very little to indicate how long she's been part of the Ravenwatch. But Gwendis is a relatively new addition given how Rivenspire plot dialogue tends to paint her as inexperienced and only just out of being actively trained and mentored. I imagine Melina probably joined shortly after, given the tone of her enchanter hireling letters. Fennorian we can pin down a little more - the Meet the Character short confirms he was brought in after Gwendis, and within a relatively short amount of time (it's vague, but multiple visits from the narrator implies months, perhaps a year, but unlikely much more than that) was investigating Unhallowed Grave. And of course, every other named vampire is someone the Vestige spares and guides towards the Ravenwatch, so we know exactly when they show up. Regardless of exact timing, the Ravenwatch as a group is a relatively new concept.
This implies that either: Verandis has been entirely alone for over two thousand years or that any previous attempts to rehabilitate vampires have failed (either by them being killed or by them failing to uphold their oaths). Either scenario is pretty tragic anyway.
Then consider that he has only managed to successfully form this family in the last...hundred years, maybe? And that's only if we assume Adusa is pretty old, but she really isn't giving us much to go on. Everyone else joined the Ravenwatch probably within the last decade, most far more recently than even that. He has had a family of his own for such a short amount of time, and then he sacrifices himself to keep everyone safe. And sure, he gets to come back, but then he's forcibly separated from them by the tether to the Dark Heart. He might still be around, he can be visited, but he can't ever live with his family. And they can't live with him.
Verandis: I keep a picture of all of us in my wallet. Whenever I face difficulties, I take it out and stare at the picture.
Gwendis, Fennorian & Adusa: Awwww-
Verandis: And I tell myself "If I can deal with these idiots, then I can deal with anything."
Gwendis, Fennorian & Adusa: Oh.
“𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” ♡
me starting the oblivion main quest: seriously? now I have to babysit the future emperor? you guys realize none of this is my problem, right?
me and martin like ten minutes later:
