#and the thieves guild for good guys mod

[sshoujo-ais]

ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVEN'T DONE YET, but for NERISSA for the Skryim OC ask :3c

FUCK now i gotta go back and figure out which ones i didn't do

(but i will do it anyway to show thanks for you wanting to hear about the girlboss)

[5 seconds later]

oh this is a lot of questions this is going under the funny readmore

(also im not gonna number or bold these because there is Too Many)

Do they worship any deities, be it aedra or daedra?

mainly hermaeus mora :) but before she ran into him she was very into julianos

What factions are they a part of?

imperial legion and the college of winterhold c: technically also bard's college though it's not formally a faction

What were they doing before their adventure officially began?

she was a librarian! moved up to battlemage after narrowly escaping from helgen keep with hadvar and tahiri, formally joined the legion and helped them recolonize reunify the land, learned she was dragonborn on the way, and the rest is herstory :P

What non-combat skill do they excel at?

enchanting! the one type of magic tahiri also has but nerissa can do it too i guess. by contrast tahiri can do alchemy and smithing well which nerissa is not as good at :P also the bardic arts

What is their combat style?

alteration magic armor, cloak spell, summon an atronach, then one sword in each hand. formerly used both bound swords for this but after mora decided miraak was no longer his specialest boy, nerissa inherited his sword (which is apparently called the firstblade, which i didn't know!) and now she uses that and a bound sword. she also likes to summon funny tentacles from apocrypha but there's not really a mod that lets me do this i don't think

What hold do they dislike the most?

probably the reach. full of reachmen

From a story standpoint, what is the general opinion of your character amongst the people of Skyrim?

for all her unhinged girlbossness, pretty positive! she takes the time to help out the little guy and the people are cognizant of this, they don't just hail her as the legendary dragonborn hero because she is but also because she does good by them.

Do they consort with Daedra?

oh boy. does she ever :) 🐙📚

Did they feel sympathy for any villains they came into contact with? If so, who and why?

being very well read she's very much up to date on various deities and recognizes talos as one of them, so she kinda feels for ulfric's goals insofar as reinstating him in the pantheon goes. she could probably single handedly (or with tahiri and serana's help) kick the thalmor out of skyrim if it came to it.

Have they refused any jobs? If so, why?

she doesn't want to do the thieves guild (neither does tahiri actually).

What’s their favorite armor?

this one by elianora ^^

Do they have any family?

none alive that she knows of, no

Whats their least favorite hold?

i swear i already did this one

What is their least favorite minor enemy to fight?

ice wraiths. fucking thing won't stay still

What creature are they most fond of?

dwarven armored mudcrab :)

Are they prone to boasting?

not necessarily; everyone on her good side already knows what she's capable of and everyone on her bad side will soon find out anyway :P

Who would they consider their biggest rival?

miraak, and we all know how that ended for him >:3

Who is their love interest?

haven't actually decided yet. for now she's single and ready to mingle.

Do they enjoy the cold Skyrim weather?

she doesn't mind it! at least she doesn't constantly bitch about it like serana.

What kind of terrain do they enjoy the most?

she is surprisingly partial to the ashy wasteland of solstheim, actually.

Are they an “explore everything in the area” type of person, or do they go “straight there and back”?

yes, she's very meticulous about it. just like her studies actually.

What is their preferred method of travel? (Ex: Walking, carriage, horse, etc)

walking, but if she could figure out how to teleport she would

Do they have a specific color scheme?

it's all very muted browns (as per the armor mod linked above), but her white hair is very significant to her design and story (it used to be black but turned white when she read the oghma infinium)

What is their most preferred weapon type? (Ex: Glass dagger, dwarven bow, etc)

miraak's sword alongside a bound one, as i already mentioned

Could this character wield a two handed weapon successfully?

successfully? yes. masterfully? no

What is their opinion on draugr?

they're rather easy to (re)kill, but the method of reanimation is very fascinating to her and she'd love to study it if she wasn't busy saving the world every 5 minutes

Did you make this character with a certain love interest in mind?

no actually!

Is there a certain mod that is very important to this character’s playthrough?

the most significant one aside from the armor has to be hermaeus mora eye textures. i wonder if you can tell why that is :)

Has their character design changed?

the hair has, but that's an important part of her story as i pointed out above. other than that i haven't even actually built her character so there's little to change :v

Do they have any piercings or tattoos? If so, how many and what are they?

no

Do they wear war paint and if so, is it significant to them in any particular way?

and no.

#thank you so much!! #finally i got to talk about nerissa #ocs tag

[the-drunken-huntsman]

Man I really wanna play some skyrim but the cough syrup I got from urgent care yesterday is making me really loopy.

I wanna try out the thieves guild for good guys mod with J'hulieta but just reading the mos page was a chore in this state :(

#i can barely focus on typing up this post :( #rikke.txt

[wikagirl]

Hi and welcome to the post in which I flex my skyrim house(s) that nobody asked for!

Starting out with Lakeview Manor in Falkreath. It is fully furnished with the armoury, enchanters tower and alchemy tower expansions

Next up is Heljarchen Hall of Dawnstar which, in true skyrim fashion, has some random floating fox outside (it's still alive)

It is also fully furnished, with the greenhouse, the library tower and a currently pretty empty trophy room.

The last selfbuilt home is Windstad Manor of Morthal with the big bedroom, big kitchen and extra storage

And now on to the base game player houses. Starting out with everyones favourite: Breezehome in Whiterun, fully furnished with a kids bedroom because this is the safest city for kids to be imo also lydia is there too but we don't talk about her.

Then we have Vlindrel Hall in Markarth and it has all the good stuff, enchantment table, alchemy station, big kitchen, extra bedroom and a second living room. I find it surprisingly cozy for being a literal stone bunker.

Then we have Proudspire Manor in Solitude, again with all possible addons. I don't like this one as much, it feels a bit crammed for how big it is because of all the stone pillars everyhwere and the white and dark grey walls + the light from the windows always being cool-tones in this place make it feel kinda cold and soulless to me

also who the hell would be sleeping in this thing in my basement???

Then we have Hjerim in windhelm for which I installed a mod so I can get it without having to do the civil war because both sides of that can kiss my buttocks. I only had to solve the murder and help 5 people with this one. It, again, has all the good stuff so I'm not gonna list it all again here.

I'd just like to know what's up with this empty room you can't furnish in any way. I bought all the furnishing options, like the guy literally has nothing else so idk what's up with this broom closet or what ever this is.

Then as last house from the base game we have Honeyside in Riften which is supposed to have a kids bedroom, but it only has one extra room with a single bed in it so I wonder where my housecarl is gonna sleep if I move kids and a spouse in here.

And finally the house you can get in the Dragonborn DLC, Severin Manor in Ravenrock. It comes completely pre-fuenished and with no customizing options.

And as a little bonus: my little mod-home just outside of Winterhold.

the mod is called "Underhearth - Quick and Simple Home" by Kotep in the steam workshop. It doesn't have all the fancy schamzy stuff that a lot of other player houses tend to have but it feels nice and cozy and it has a short quest attached to it that is very well woven into the cut "missing students of the college" questline that should be pretty well known by this point.

I farmed for all of the purchasable houses and some additional coin to built the other ones in like a week and got the buildable ones done within three days which included some pre-farming and making a spreadsheet with the materials and cost.

if you haven't joined the thieves guild yet the thieves in riften make for a great source of passive income, they showed up every night for me and every time I could loot like 200 gold + what ever they have in form of stolen items off of them so if you're really lazy you can just camp at the market place of riften, use the wait option to skip to night, loot the poor fella and repeat and also sell the other stuff he has every couple of days.

Also yes some of the clothes are modded, I have the nocturnal armor mod by lenik on steam.

#skyrim #I don't count places like volkihar or jorrvaskr beause there are still other idiots living there you can't get rid of normally #where as housecarls or terek the squatter in breezehome can be yote from the property no biggie.

[obiternihili]

I'm feeling skyrimbrained for some goddamn reason so I feel like writing out the life of my typical dragonborn. boring good guy do all questlines except db thief

khajiit, but skyrim native. no real accent but does the thing sometimes. Despite being the only khajiit really getting anywhere manages to be inconspicuous by being conspicuous, generally.

raised in the woods south of falkreath. technically, also in cyrodiil in the jeralls near bruma.

just a hunter prior to the civil war. lonely but lived alone because khajiit were rare that far north and most mean them trouble. Too young to have served in the war against the Thalmor, largely oblivious to the start of the Skyrim civil war due to lifestyle.

Gets hit in the head hard enough to wake up with fiction amnesia. Never really quite remembers what he was doing at the border.

Ends up pissed at the Empire, follows Ralof. Dragonborn stuff happens as normal. Goes pretty much straight to Ulfric after Greybeards and gets weirded out by the racism. Starts to remember who he is as he travels with friends he starts to make. Does companion work and ends up a catwolf but falls away from it, too much of a thinker, archer, mage.

Travels take him to Markarth, where the Cidhna mine stuff fucks him up enough that he ends up betraying Ulfric to the Empire. Comes to appreciate imperial cosmopolitanism, a great deal, genuinely believing in it to the point of fighting for it by the end of things. Also realizes that the Thalmor like Ulfric's honor before reason shit around the time of the embassy plot and chooses the utilitarian thing.

Always had robin hood tendencies. Khajiit cosmology not as dualist, he had his own canon of good and bad daedra - to the point of seeing many daedra and aedra as different interpretations of each other. He lived by Kyne-Hircine, but always had a soft spot for the sisters Azurah and Nocturnal.

Ends up a jack of all trades, but mainly an archer who develops a kind of elemental archery after longer, more developed versions of the canon winterhold plot (mods) (plot done by 202, but archmages in 205).

Stumbles into the thieves' guild. Does the grunt work but comes to resent what he becomes towards the end, at the same time, vows to robin-hood-ify the organization (by 203)

Civil war resolves Imperial (by 202). Dragonborn stuff finishes with the civil war. Attempts to lobby for Balgruuf to be high king, but mostly tries to get the moot ready for Thalmor war 2.

Ends up in the favor of a bunch of daedra, but kills the Namira cult, resists Molag, steals Ebony but never uses it, a few others get resisted. While originally more of a Kyne devotee, tends towards Nocturnal.

As archmage, begins a program to rebuild Winterhold. As Guildmaster, sets up a mandatory system to build up "pr" with the people, basically robin-hood-shit. Grelod ended up killed while thieving in 201. But the DB is exterminated and basically the dragonborn joins the PO (mod canon). Bard's College accepts him as a lutist, though it's mainly just formal certification for skills he developed on his own as a hunter.

Ends up using his thaneship homes outside solitude as orphanages, his own house to personally adopt khajiit orphans. Gets Maven to do a lot of PR shit, even building a kind of cold respect for her, but connaives to have her replaced as jarl and rightfully despises her, if eventually accepting her inevitability limited to Riften.

Sides dawnguard. Realizes early on that Serana is using vampiric seduction on him but kind of goes with it. Has complicated feelings for her by the end of it. He's also bi and considers a number of Skyrim's people but never quite settles down; mostly Serana's fault.

Dragonborn happens, not much to say.

In death daedra relinquish him, and he takes up a kind of Anubis - like role in the forests Alduin's fog once obscured in Sovngarde, "hunting" the souls of Shor's chosen. Whether that's pruning the wicked from the righteous-strong or merely being a kind of trick-hurdle before Tsun's test can be up for interpretation.

[nam-imperii]

Dragons Keep, Riften Reborn

After the war is won and Ulfric is dead, there is the Moot. As predicted, Elisif becomes the new High Queen of Skyrim. Queen Elisif has no idea how to make a battle work but turns out she's wildly loved by the people. Even ex stormcloaks begrudingly ammit that at least she has good intentions, I can't deny that

One of the first projects of Queen Elisif is Dragon Keep, a giant orphanage in Riften where once Hronorall Orphanage stood. The new orphanage is way larger and secured, providing at all the war orphans (which are defintely more than the dozen or so kids we see in game that's a nation we're talking about) a refuge and the chance to be adopted. The Orphanage will also teach the childrens to read, write and basic math and provide occasions to the best brains despite the humble origins. Costance Michel is still there but with the way bigger dimensions of the orphanage she's only assigned to help the original section of the building -the childrens who were under Grelod abuse-

The reborn Thieves Guild, who has returned to the ideals of the Grey Fox under Guildmaster Fa'Ir, protects the orphanage from any corruption, while the Skyrim Legionaries who were recruited during the civil war and have taken the place of Jarl Laia city guard are prtecting the city and the orphange from any exterior danger.

Under Guildmaster and secret Penitus Oculatus agent and infiltrator Fa'Ir, the Thieves Guild becomes a weaponized shield against corruption. Oh they still steal... But their stealing is like the Oblivion times, which quickly gain the support of the population and control crime under a single group with standars on what is crime.

Of course, Jarl Maven Black-Briar is... Relieved and happy to see Riften returning to such fast. Her name is acclaimed as an example of virtue as the Jarl who wiped out corruption and protected the common people. And if this result was reached by being blackmailed by Oculatus agent Fa'Ir who made the guild more powerful than Maven and has some documents who could destroy her... Well that's not something that people has to know. Maven is still well liked and Jarl, she could have got a way worst ending.

Of course, Jarl Black Briar is more than happy of paying the creation of Dragons Keep orphanage with her personal money, as sign of good faith toward Riften and appreciation for the Empire.

Thank you, Jarl Maven! Truly the best leader Riften ever had!

#the elder scrolls #skyrim #headcanon #imperial legion #maven black briar #jar elisif #oc: fa'ir #thieves guild #also dragons keep exists #it's a mod #but the orphanage in-game is in Solitude #I have builded my headcanons for the existance of the place #and merged them with my headcanon for fa'ir and riften #and the thieves guild for good guys mod #also brynjolf adopts a kid

[daggerfall]

this is the best goddamn quest objective i’ve gotten in a long time

#m speaks #skyrim #thieves guild #yes its a mod #yes my entire game is basically a mod #its thieves guild for good guys stop asking #screenshots #hall of fame

[curechocolattymilk]

TES V OC Thingie

[Got tagged by @jessaryss​ ! ]

Pause your game! Wherever your OC is in their game currently, tell me about their story so far.

✧✧✧ General

Current Level: 56

Name: Jeer-Tei Perdes

Name Meaning: Literally got it from a name generator lol. But lore wise it was a name gifted to them in honor of an Argonian who served beside Tei’s mother during the Great War

Pronouns: They/Them

Age: Early 30s where they are story wise???

Race(s): Argonian

Place of Origin: Hammerfell

Pick A Theme Song For Them: oof that's tough... From a Crowded Wound or maybe even Firstwake? If you really played around w personal interpretation/the lyrics that is haha

✧✧✧ Locations

Where Did You Begin Their Game?: Argonian Assemblage, Windhelm (Alternative Start)

Where Are They Currently In Your Game?: Whiterun

What Are They Doing There?: Just finished attending a party held in their honor (Post Blood of Kings)

Homes?: Breezehome, Proudspire, Lakeview & Autmnwatch

# of Locations Discovered?: 274

Dungeons Cleared: 104

Misc. Quests Completed: 87

Favorite Areas and/or Locations: Falkreath / Lakewview Manor. Both areas are where Tei heads off to in order to collect their thoughts/feel some sense of calm.

✧✧✧ Main Quest

Are They Dragonborn / Do They Know It At This Point?: Yes & yes

How Do They Feel About Being Dragonborn: It's...complicated, being thrust into the role of savior by gods of the Cult, which in turn are followed by the folk who see you lesser than them. Tei already has a dislike towards the Divines, this doesn't really help lol

Main Quests Completed: 21

Where Are They In The Main Story Line: Alduin's dead, currently trying to ignore the Civil War as long as they can before the Empire forces its hand into forcing them to join their ranks

Dragon Souls Absorbed: In total overall? 147. The amount currently stored in Tei? 45

Words of Power Learned: 64

Shouts Mastered: 21

Favorite Shout: Firebreath / Dragonrend

✧✧✧ Combat

Most Used Weapon(s): Daedric war axe OR Dragonbone battle axe. Tei technically has both on them at all times during adventuring, alongside a shield, so which they used depends on the situation/which they grab fastest.

Combat Style: Two/One-handed tank. Main tactic is to rush in, cause as much damage/chaos as possible to shake up the opponent, & clean up what the ranged attackers of the party (usually Rumarin, Inigo and/or Lucien) weren't able to deal with.

Armor Type / Level In It: HEAVY ARMOR BABYYYYY (Level 100 + 35 extra points via enchantments)

# of Training Sessions: 99 in-game, lore wise its a lot of self-teaching/keeping their skills learned from Hammerfell sharp. Some of these are magic but lore-wise this doesn't happen cus Tei is not a magic user, save for shouts. I just did those in-game for exp OR so I can help Lucien raise his magic skills :'D

Who Taught Them?: In-game?? Fuuuck so many npcs. Lore-wise? They learned this from their schooling in Hammerfell, going off the canon-lore that it's p much expected for everyone to have a grasp on combat & weaponry! Though they did learn a few things from Kaidan & Anum-La.

Favorite Enemy Type: Dragons! Despite the fact Tei does not have the best magic resistance, it's one hell of a challenge they love to meet.

Least Favorite Enemy Type: Automatons, because of a bad experience with them as a child. Also Undead, because they were raised not to disturb them & it just feels so wrong having to fight them/go into tombs.

People Killed: 945

Animals Killed: 749 (Hunterborn makes hunting fun lol)

Undead Killed: 766

Automatons Killed: 105

Daedra Killed: 136

✧✧✧ Magic

Favorite School(s): None, actually. Destruction is okay though....they guess

Most Used Spell(s): Firebreath or Dragon Aspect. Tei doesn't consider shouts spells though. It's totally different guys shut up they ain't no smelly mage gods

Spells Learned: 9 in-game, mainly due to the spells you're kinda forced to learn for some quests/the ones you automatically know

Items Enchanted: 19 (Tei technically doesn't enchant, and wont next playthrough for sure I wont give in this time >:[ )

College of Winterhold Quests Completed: 8

Where Are They At In The Questline?: Main quest is done bcus i dont like seeing unfinished quests in my journal lmao. Tei's involvement is completely different from canon though in my take. Moreso was hired as a guard for the expedition & was, unwillingly, dragged into the rest of the mess. Is not offered the Archmage position, that went straight to Tolfdir.

Opinions on Magical Guilds (Arcane University, Winterhold, Psijics, Synod, Radiant Dark, etc.): As they get older, they tolerate the guild & magic users more n more, BUT, Tei grew up in an environment that frowns upon the practice of magic, & it shows. They mainly mistrust necromancers/illusionists & still hold onto that belief that reliance on magic, especially for combat, is a weakness.

Bold words for someone with shit magic resistance.

✧✧✧ Crime

Current Gold: 10,640

How Did They Acquire Their Gold?: Odd jobs, selling a lot of the items they made/harvested from smithing & hunting (jewelers are their go-to hirers bcus Tei is great at getting things like ivory), Dwemer ruin diving (they refuse to loot the tombs), also yknow....being part of the Dark Brotherhood helps

Largest Bounty On Their Head: 11,240

For...?: Unfortunately they did not stand down when they were being falsely accused of murder in Markarth. First time Tei called down dragons (Sahrotaar, specifically, Tei managed to get command of Miraak's dragons post-Dragonborn) to absolutely smite some fools.

Current Bounty: None! They're good at not getting caught/threatening and/or bribing guards. :)

Locks Picked: 15 i think?

Jail Time: 1, Cidhna Mine

Jail Escapes: 1, teamed up w the Forsworn lol

Murders: 28

Assaults: 307....In their defense people keep getting in their way during dragon attacks

Items Stolen: 37, most of them from the nobles of Windhelm

Thieves Guild Quests Completed: N/A (wont be doing this storyline unless i cant find a mod that'll let me get the shouts locked behind it)

Dark Brotherhood Quests Completed: 20

Where Are They At In Those Questlines?: DB is completed main arc wise!

✧✧✧ Relationships

Relationship Status: Married to two lovely fellas

Current Companions: atm? none

Housecarls: Lydia & Rayya

Friends (outside of party): Zora Fair-Child, Inigo, Lucien, Anum-La, Morndas, Aela the Huntress, Nazir, Babette, Scouts-Many-Marshes, Isobel, Madesi

Children: Khash, Chases-Starlight, Ram-Ku. (going of where Tei is now - Otero & Mei come around later on in Tei's story!)

Romantic Interest(s): Kaidan & Rumarin.

Sexual Orientation:

GAY

✧✧✧ Religion

Pantheon: Yokudan, with a hint of Hircine worship in there

Patron Deity(ies): From the Yokudan pantheon: Tei mainly views HoonDing as their main patron, but also prays to/pays respect to Satakal.

They are also Hircine's champion.

Daedric Quests Completed: 3 (Hircine, Vile, Dagon - the last Tei didn't really help, moreso pissed off)

Aedric Quests Completed: 1 if you count the whole Alduin thing I guess?

How Devout Are They?: Tei is rather devout, esp to their Yokudan patrons, praying or making offerings daily. They aren't the type to really push it in your face though, but have no issues answering questions one might have.

How Do They Feel About Talos Worship?: Deep down they acknowledge & admit trying to ban worship is terrible, but....Tei also lets their bias/experience with Windhelm, the Stormcloaks & especially Ulfric kinda cloud over this. If the Nords want their old ways so damn much, why fight for a divine from the Imperial Cult? Why not go back to the actual old ways? No, this isn't about worship, not to the men leading this so-called rebellion, they just needed something other than their racist bullshit to fool the common man into throwing their lives away for the nobles sitting comfortable in their thrones.

Also during their whole thing of getting into their role of dragonborn, they get a bonus 'fuck this dude actually' towards Talos, Ysmir, whatever the fuck he calls himself. (tldr; it sucks but good luck hearing Tei say that fully)

✧✧✧ Politics

Gray-Mane or Battle-Born?: Neither, ask them again they will punch you for the love of Ruptga they get asked that every time they enter Whiterun.

Stormcloaks or Imperials?: Also neither, Tei hates em both n think they can all choke. Unfortunately they were forced to join the latter due to, yknow, calling dragons & causing massive damage in Imperial territories during isolated fits of rage and the group being more aggressive in wanting something in return for "letting it slide"....oops

Opinion on the Thalmor?: Oh absolutely despises them, they loudly complained having to work with them during the CW & would go out their way to disrupt their plans/piss them off. Sneaking was an option they did not take during the Embassy quest, if it helps paint the picture.

Opinion Of Ulfric Stormcloak?: Tei doens't say they hate people often...but they sure as hell hate Ulfric. Again, their experience in Windhelm added to this heavily, how both the Dunmer & Argonians were treated like shit, with no help whatsoever from the Jarl or guards when the local Nords targeted them. It's still up in the air if I keep this for Tei's story, but I have it where they knew Chases-Starlight's parents, who were killed. When Tei went up & demanded justice/an investigation, only to be brushed off because it "wasn't a priority," it completely destroyed what little empathy or hope they had left for Windhelm as a whole.

Opinion of The Empire?: Cowards too weak to continue fighting back against the Thalmor, in their opinion, & holds these views they grew up with even when being strong-armed into aiding them. If anything they're at least attempting to use their influence to hint towards a rebellion against the Thalmor, but the Empire could also full-on dissolve & they could give less of a shit.

Civil War Quests Completed: 0

✧✧✧ Personal

How Are They Doing? Need Some Juice? A Nap? A Hug?: The whole event of Blood of Kings has fucked with their head, to say the least. It's the starting point of Tei's eventual spiral. So uh...yeah they're not sure how they're doing everything they knew about reality was kinda challenged & they don't rlly have anyone to talk to about it so its cool, its fine, its all good.

A nap is probably needed, not sure about a hug theough they're super flinchy rn

Days Past In Game: 196

Hours of Sleep: 846

Food Items Consumed: 1833

How Many Playthroughs Have You Done With This Character: Tei actually is an older character from the 360 days so uh...maybe 5 at most? This playthrough & their S:EC one coming up when the mod releases being the main ones focusing on their story

Overall How's Your Level Of Fun: Alright I would say! I just been stepping away from Skyrim more often lately to avoid burning out from it

Must Have Mods To Play This Character (for story or other reasons): Ordinator, Wintersun Faiths, Immersive Armors, Sarcastic Player Dialogue, 3DNPC, Inigo, Lucien Flavius, Kaidan 2, Khash the Argonian, Alternative Start, Leviathan Animations, Beast Race Body Paints, Beast HHBB, Apocalypse Magic, Deadly Dragons, Growl: Werewolf Overhaul, Pronouns, uhhh....idk what else without actually listing my current modlist lmao

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And that's it for Tei! Anyone who wants to do this go on ahead!

#tes v #tes v skyrim #last dragonborn #ldb oc #jeerteiperdes #tes #skyrimblogging #oc meme #long post #character meme #finished this just in time for me to start registering for my online courses neato #also its almost 12am so if you notice any misgendering of tei (calling them he) lmk im tired haha

[wack-ashimself]

Cyberpunk 2077 is going to steal your soul. I'm serious.

Predictive programming and subliminal messages. This is going to be a long one. There's two products I recently enjoyed in which both of them I thought were evil. And being that I just got back from the worst most violent nightmare of my life where I murdered somebody and I've never had violence like that in anything I've dreamed, I believe they pushed that. First of all it's the new TV show The Watch. The entire premise is in this reality the only way to maintain peace is to allow crime to happen. There's a Thieves Guild, there's an Assassin's Guild, Etc. And the watch, the police, exist just to make sure every crime the people do is legal (kind of like now with the rich). And I thought the entire shows premise was terrible. There's too many plot holes, too many questions unanswered, and the fact is that the good guys of the show aren't there to do good just to make sure that the bad is kept to a minimum. I hated the entire theme of it. It endorses evil and says it's inevitable. Kind of like the new Wonder Woman where everybody destroyed the world because they get their most intimate wishes, they, Hollywood, believe that everybody's deepest desires are destructive and hateful. I don't believe that at all.... then we get to cyberpunk 2077. Where we've destroyed the world, there is no good, and just like the watch, you're not the good guy. You don't save anybody. There's no benefit to not killing people. Besides the stealth element. And it shows how we will let poverty happen, and corporations rule us, as long as we can mod our bodies and minds to however we want. And before I got this game I was reading articles how the producer literally purposely left in the areas where they said it caused seizures. At first I thought this was garbage. But then came scenes where they had literally a blinking light on the left, and a blinking light on the right and it flashes back and forth. And I did get a migraine. Look into binaural beats. It's the concept that 1 tone in your left ear, and a different tone in your right ear can literally change your brain chemistry. So there is science behind this. And there was a character in the game that scared the s*** out of me. His face was ripped out and replaced with robotics. And then I had that f***** up nightmare immediately after the seizure scenes which there's a couple. And in the nightmare I was at a party, had a friend and some kids left over, and they had knocked out a large man, one that looked a lot like the guy who scared me in the game, and they told me that he was trying to kill them. They had locked him in a dresser somehow, and they told me if he wakes up and I don't kill them, he'll kill us all. And I don't know why I blindly trusted these kids or my friend, but as soon as he got up and tried to attack, I killed him without trying. And I Look to them and I went what should we do. Should we call the cops? And I swear to God one of the kids said you're the one who told us when you worked in radio you never call the cops. Not unless you know they'll help you. And I was like that's true. And so now in my nightmare I was trying to figure out how to hide the body. Which I'm pretty sure I could get away with. And I had no guilt in the dream. But as soon as I woke up I felt dirtier than I have in my entire life. Worse than the worst thing that I've done in real life. And I genuinely believe that TV show and that video game definitely caused that nightmare. Cuz I know for a fact when I was watching that show and playing that game I did not feel good. I wasn't doing anything good. No moral good things were happening. I didn't like the lessons in the media. And I think that they're trying to rip out our souls and convince us it's ok. Anger and violence should be embraced. Like the dark side almost. I think the most violent thing I ever had in anything I dreamed was maybe a fight. So this really f***** me up...

Watch your subconscious. Make sure you control it.

#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk #video games #the watch #predictive programming #subliminal messages #violence #anger #dark side #police #corporation #seizure #binaural beats #ww84 #wonder woman

[sigurdjarlson]

Love the thieves guild but I can’t help but think about how it could be improved further.. (I know some mods for these exist but I’m wary of them for the time being until I know they work)

Like I would love if your radiant quests could take place in any city/settlement, not just the main ones. (Think Falkreath, Winterhold, Morthal, Dawnstar..) shake it up a little Ya know

Also they would have been a great opportunity to add a special quest for each one as well so the guild can further improve. More recruits to make it feel livelier, maybe more merchants or crafting stations, etc. Hell maybe just for more collectibles. Make it feel like true progression and achievement.

The guild should change more visually as it improves? Like add some shiny loot and clean it up a bit. Vex did say it used to be like a damn palace and living in the lap of luxury.

Romanceable thieves guild members, nuff said. (Brynjolf especially) Personal quests attached to the characters to increase character depth. (Like Rune!)

And since I see this as a common complaint, maybe a way for you to still play the good guy/Robin Hood figure. Or at least let me make it up to Keerava that’s the one thing I feel bad about lmao.

More variety in quest types. Like you know how the Dark Brotherhood quests had bonus objectives and if you did them you get extra money? Or even timed optional quests because apparently some people do like those 😂

Show me a bit of respect once I’m Guildmaster guys :/

#Skyrim blogging

[stabbedbymercer]

I downloaded the mod "Thieves Guild for Good Guys" so i can go against Maven but then idk if there is a glitch or i did smth that fucked the mod up but I just spent 6 hours replaying the 3 first quests of the questline in a desperate attempt to trigger brynjolf into giving me more info

#thieves guild #skyrim #the elder scrolls #mods #stupid hot redhead wont give me the mod dialogue tho it drives me insane

[lavenderlight]

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40 >:)

Ahdgkhh okay here we go!!!

1: Which TES games have you played?

All 5 main series games, ESO, and Blades!

2: Favorite TES game?

Oblivion........ like the other games have traits I like more, but also cons. Like... if I had to pick a game to just play with only the Unofficial Patch, it’d be that one.

3: When and how you got into TES? I was at a game store with my brother and we saw Oblivion with all these award “amazing game” stickers on it on clearance. So picked it up. I wasn’t impressed right away (remember picking dark elf tho) so put it down. My bro played it and said “omg you have to get out of the tutorial dungeon that sucks but the rest of the game is so good!” So I made a bosmer and did and there rest is history. TES has been a special interest of mine and a big comfort series for a decade now!  4: Favorite race Bosmer! Dunmer are a close second though. Thanks Morrowind. 5: Favorite province Valenwood........... love it............ Cyrodiil too because I’m basic. 6: Favorite character Ahdjgh hard to pick because there are so many! Off the top of my head, Dagoth Ur/Voryn Dagoth, Indoril Nerevar (what a shock, I know), Serana Volkihar, Glarthir, The Adoring Fan (don’t @ me), The Jemane Brothers, Marcurio, really all the characters from ESO’s main quest and the ending side quests who help you 😭😭. 7. Favorite faction

Thieves’ Guild, minus Skyrim’s. Skyrim’s Thieves’ Guild was awful eww.

8: Which province you would like to live in

If the lore and history and stuff weren’t a thing, Summerset because it’s aesthetic and has nice beaches. Realistically, probs Cyrodiil because I’m basic and I like how it’s a melting pot of various races and cultures!

As much as I love Valenwood, wouldn’t be able to handle the Green Pact

9: Which deity/deities would you worship?

Dibella - because I like how she’s the divine for the arts, and actual true love and beauty in the world (feel like she’s the divine most likely to say gay rights and trans rights). That vibes with me.

Makes me sad that both in the games and in the fandom, she’s reduced to “ha ha slutty sex goddess”. 

10: Favorite Divine

Dibella because see above.

11: Favorite Daedric Prince

Oh boy... hajdg I love Daedra (except Molag Bal - eww)!!! So it’s hard to pick. Just rapid fire listing some favs: Sheogorath, Meridia, Azura, Barbas (does he count?), Hircine... 

12: Favorite enemy

Dagoth Ur

13: Favorite dungeon

Hmmm, I feel like I’m forgetting some, but I enjoyed Nocturnal’s trial dungeon in Skyrim because I like sneaking and it was all based on that.

14. You have awakened and you are a Cliff Racer. What do you do?

Hunt and kill anyone who dares to step outside Seyda Neen lol

15: What would you do if you contracted vampirism?

C u r e

16: What would you do if you contracted lycanthropy?

C u r e

17: Are there any characters you have crushes on?

Not rly because I’m ace.

 If so, who?

18: Favorite Great House

The Sixth House. The Tribe Unmourned. The-

Honestly all of them are whack and have... issues. When I played Morrowind, I didn’t join any of them lol. Telvanni is at least entertaining and very out there which makes them cool. So I guess them?

19: Favorite TES music

Ahaha... I sold my soul to Jeremy Soule... I have so so many... :’)

“The Road Most Travelled”, “Peaceful Waters”, “Stilt Sunrise”,  “Auri-El’s Ascension”, “Sunrise of Flutes”, “Harvest Dawn”, “All’s Well” “The Streets of Whiterun”, “Secunda” (this is one of my all time favourite video game songs!), “Sovngarde”, “One They Fear”

Then from ESO which has other composers too: “Northpoint Nocturne”, “Moth, Butterfly, and Torchbug”, and “Grazelands Dawn” (mostly because it’s a remix of “The Road Most Travelled” 🥺)

Oh, and this song from the Morrowind dlc because the remaster of “Nerevar Rising” from 2:54 onward. (which how could I forget “Nerevar Rising”? Ugh it gives me feels! The Oblivion and Skyrim main themes are very near and dear to me too)

Also really enjoyed this song from Clockwork City - captures the melancholy vibe and I like the clock noises in it.

20: In your opinion, what is the scariest thing in TES?

I can’t stand spiders so anytime anything having to do with them shows up... I play with mods that remove them and in ESO,  I have a list of dungeons and places to avoid. If I have to do one, I make someone go with me and kill them for me lol.

The Lighthouse Quest in Skyrim was also mega spooky. As for lore, soul trapping and the Soul Cairn really freaks me out! I can’t bring myself to use soul trapping because it bothers me :( I headcanon that when a soul gem runs out of charge, the soul is freed because it’s the only way I can sleep at nigh leave me alone lol 21: Favorite main quest Morrowind, hands down. I will infodump and discuss that game’s plot forever. 22: Favorite side quest

I really like the Daedric Shrine quests, they’re always fun. Also love the silly little short quests like in Morrowind when you have to help the guy get his pants back, or in ESO where you gotta find the lost dog in Valenwood and pet it.

Oblivion has loads of side quests I loved... the missing dunmer painter, Hackdirt, that quest with the ladies who are killing men, the Floating Bowl quest... the mystery at Chorrol Castle....

23: Most frustrating experience in a TES game

I get mad any time the sneaking mechanics in ESO don’t work like the main games. Because I always play an archer-thief lol.

That one fabricant machine puzzle in Tribunal.... oh man........ I had to look it up.

And also the final boss for Clockwork City was annoying. Don’t go to the Clockwork City!

24: Funniest experience in a TES game

Other than moments intended to be funny, I sometimes laugh whenever I miss a jump and end up dying from fall damage. It’s so ridiculous.

Dagoth Ur’s “What are you doing?!” when you first attack the Heart always gets a chuckle out of me too. He sounds so... upset and disappointed in you? Lol

25: Most badass moment in a TES game

The ending to ESO’s main quest was a rly big power fantasy moment for me.

Also more mundane, but I felt really cool and powerful when I got to the point in Morrowind where I could one shot kill cliff racers lol

26: Saddest experience in a TES game

The ESO side quest, “The Soul-Meld Mage” in Coldharbour. After that one, I had to step away for a bit.... man. It hurt my heart and I still feel so bad. That was a case in the game where I really felt impacted by how cruel and awful Molag Bal is. Like I *knew* but that quest played with my emotions and made it personal.

27: Favorite area/region

Valenwood from ESO. I spend all my time there, and sometimes go to Summerset or Vvardenfell lol.

28: Least favorite character

Vivec.

Also don’t like Maven-Black Briar. :I

29: In-game food item you want to eat the most

Sweetroll! 

Also this one recipe for a beef dish I found in Valenwood sounded good.  Maybe also the Sunrise Souffle mentioned in Skyrim?

30: If you could try skooma, would you?

No. Don’t do drugs, kids.

31: If you had the skills and resources to do a perfect cosplay of any TES character who would it be?

Probs Serana

32: Have you read any of the novels?

No, but I’ve been thinking about it!

33: Favorite class to play

Thief, or a thief-similar class like agent or rogue.

34: Which type of magic would you most like using?

Alteration seems the most useful for everyday life lol. But illusion would be fun.

35: Favorite weapon

I use bows all the time!

36: Favorite spell

Levitate from Morrowind - it’s so much fun to use!

37: Favorite artifact

Nerevar’s Moon-And-Star Ring. It’s cute lol and I like the lore behind it!

Also enjoy the Wabbajack because of how silly it is, and Dibella’s Brush of Truepaint.

38: You have awakened to find you’re in Tamriel. How do you react?

Because yeah I love TES but also the world of it is scary with gods and monsters constantly trying to kill you lol

39: Thoughts on ESO so far

I really enjoy the world and writing! But I’m still cranky over some moments where it’s an MMO and not a normal TES game :I

I also hate that we can’t have NPC companions.  You really gonna give me a clockwork nix-hound named Snuffler and not let me travel with him? For shame.

40: Character you’d most like to hang out with

Nerevar, because I’m very awkward and shy and bad at peopleing and I would hope he could teach me how to improve lol.

But to actually hang out and chill, Marcurio would be pretty fun lol

#thank you!!! #asks #rucow

[aelaer]

I'm Totally OP Now

This is the last of Oblivion Ramblings for now. This was also written early April, though I appended an end note.

It's another Oblivion Rambling post. I'm glad I didn't try to play this before quarantine because man it definitely takes up a lot of time and I like playing in several hour sessions rather than 1-2 hour sessions. It eats up all the free time I have right now (especially since my writing and art muses aren't cooperating a lot when I occasionally poke at them. They just writhe and then go still).

Anyway, about level 15 or so Stephen started getting some serious loot and serious clout with everyone. I got a store mod to start selling all the loot he was getting (as in game storekeepers only have so much money to spend on one item) and now he's ridiculously rich and famous. By level 20:

He helped beat the main bad guy in the Main Quest line (the one I'm writing out for kicks/ giggles - yeah I'm way ahead in play because it's easier to play than write).

Stephen got to the position of Arch-Mage, which is basically the equivalent of Sorcerer Supreme in Oblivion. He has blue robes too! Not nearly as amazing as his film robes but still, it's great. He basically stamped out necromancy.

He also helped to defeat another horrible evil that was slaughtering people in all the chapels and basically became a Knight of the Holy Grail-esque figure. Like a King Arthur, only not a king. But some monks are kneeling to him anyway.

At level 15 I could just only afford one house. Now I'm pretty sure I can afford all of them available in the game.

I also got a castle sort of by accident. I really don't know what to do with it.

Now that I defeated the main quests, I'm going to do any side quests I missed and random dungeons that weren't related to quests. And I'm going to try and download a mod that allows levitation as a spell so I can place it on the red cloak and really be OP Stephen Strange.

I can't do the other guild quest lines on Stephen because the other guilds are Fighters, Thieves, and the equivalent of an Assassins guild. Totally OOC for him and even though I'm really bad at not killing people on Stephen, I'm *pretending* he's not killing nearly as many people as he actually has (though to my credit I am 0 in murders, these were all self defense adventuring kills). One day if I get better at it I'll actually try to do a game where he doesn't actually kill anyone considered a person. It's possible, it's just really difficult and I was too impatient to sneak everywhere for my first playthrough. I only just learned the other day of a mod that actually allows NPCs to decide to surrender or give up - so I'll download that if I ever play through the game again on a more pacifist character. I have one in mind, but I'd like to play as a not good guy first to get the thieves and assassin's quest lines done. And learn how to sneak properly.

Though now that I got through most of the main quests and I've seen how the story ends, maybe my writing muses will return. I'll continue poking at 'em.

Addendum: I downloaded a few quest mods that were well reviewed and by doing those and the rest of the quests I finished, I ended up getting Stephen to over level 40 until I finally got bored and rolled a new character to do the Oblivion quest lines that didn't fit Stephen. My Oblivion phase lasted until early May, which is when I discovered Dishonored and dove full body into that.

I'll play Oblivion a bit more here and there, as well as an MMO I played regularly until 2018 (and before tumblr), LOTR Online, but as I want to continue writing and drawing I'm being very mindful of how much time I spend gaming. I have too many stories I'd like to tell to play the ridiculous amount of time on a PC as I did throughout the 2010s.

I don't know if I'll ever continue the silly Stephen in Tamriel posts but never say never.

Thanks for joining me on this silly journey.

#oblivion #gaming #my ramblings #long post

[aethuviel]

I’m probably going to share a lot of Skyrim here for a while

I’ve been playing on and off for four years this coming new year’s, and so far I’ve had four characters. If anyone’s interested (or not), here they are:

Astarot, my Argonian (to the left): I knew nothing about the ES universe when I started playing, except that chickens are apparently holy, and there are dragons.

I wanted to play as an Argonian because DRAGONMAN, and since I knew nothing about builds, how to plan skill trees, or what quests and factions there were, he became quite random mishmash who joined the DB but hated them and quit, unintentionally joined the College despite not using magic once (and never went anywhere with the questline), but ended up finishing the Thieves’ Guild questline.

I got him Dragonscale armor just before quitting him, because why not. Derkeethus is his forever bro, he’s married to Shahvee and they adopted Ram-Ku (mod), they live in Riften. Because Argonians. Morally grey, didn’t care for the civil war.

My Khajiit, made in 2016 and just recently retired like Astarot, is named Vasaq’Dar. Vaşaq means “lynx” in Azerbaijani, and “Dar” is part of the TES universe (still don’t know if it’s supposed to be a prefix or suffix). His main man is obviously Kharjo, they travel with Meeko, and I married him to Sylgja.

They adopted Ma’isha (mod) and Lucia, and live in Lakeview Manor and Windhelm. He won the war for the Stormcloaks... for some reason. He’s also a Companion and a werewolf. Morally good, but will kill Vigilants of Stendarr on sight. Prolific hunter, alchemist, stealth archer and only eats meat and cheese.

For my third (New Year’s 2017), I had thoughts on a bosmer, but ended up going with an Altmer. Other than the obvious connections to the Thalmor, I didn’t realize how apparently hated they are until recently. Her name is Elerina, she goes with robes or glass armor, I mean for her to become a mage but I haven’t picked a field yet (not played much with her, considering it’s been nearly three years).

She’s Archmage however, building a house in the Pale, travels with Onmund but needs a real man to marry (no offense, Onmund). Morally good. Fights with the Empire.

I really really wanted some darker side to the game, including eventual Daedric armor, and finishing the Dark Brotherhood, so one year ago this week, I made Qualin the Dunmer. Damn I love this guy. Unlike the rest, he feels like a real character. He’s obviously being followed by Jenassa, here in Chitin armor (and they were just married, shame about her becoming really boring as a follower after that) and doing the DB questline.

He’s also a nerd and collecting every book possible in his library in Windstead Manor, as well as aiming to collect every Daedric artifact (except for Nocturnal’s, for questline reasons). Obviously, Apocrypha is going to be paradise for him, when he does get there.

Morally quite evil (kills pretty much everyone who is rude to him, R.I.P Degaine, Elda and more, soon Agrenor, and oh he’s having lots of fun beating up Rolff every time they meet), does not care for the civil war.

I still knew little about TES lore when I made and planned him, so I find it very nice that I made a Dunmer who worships Daedra, does not want anything to do with the civil war, fights with both (fire) magic and melee, and then it turns out these things are actually very fitting for a Dunmer.

I started really playing him in December, after I retired Vasaq’Dar a while back, and I turned very fast from “beast races are kinda cool but I don’t really have a fav...” to DUNMER MASTER RACE.

Oh and he and Jenassa just adopted Terlan (mod) yesterday. Windhelm is no place for a Dunmer to be growing up. :(  Gotohell Rolff  And they’re going to get Felana later (same mod).

#Skyrim #The Elder Scrolls #Argonian #Khajiit #Altmer #High Elf #Dunmer #Dark Elf

[yffresbeard]

Mod Showcase #3

Quest/Faction Expansions

The mods in this showcase give more options to the player where none exist or simply adjust the way that some factions work. I think there’s a lot to be desired for certain quests/questlines, so these fix some of what I think are major problems!

1. The Paarthurnax Dilemma by Arthmoor

I know most of us on tesblr spare granddad Paarthy, but does it kind of disappoint you that you can’t make your case to the Blades on why sparing him is important? Good news, you can fix that! The mod also adjusts the Paarthurnax fight should you choose to kill him (but why would you?) in that it gives him some dragon disciples, since he said he would attempt to teach some of the dov the Way of the Voice.

2. Thieves Guild for Good Guys - Taking Care of Business Redux by Mordivier2

Did you love the way the Oblivion Thieves Guild were Robin Hood types? Were you sad that Skyrim’s is more like robber barons operating as a wealthy family’s lapdog? Download this. Go through the quests without shitting all over the poor, and at the end you can tell Maven off and make her work for you instead.

3. The Brotherhood of Old by TomTesoro

Do you miss the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood, or do you just wish you could do more to build the Brotherhood back up after the end of the main quest? Both? This one. This mod is a 24 quest addition that follows the main DB questline. Note that this mod miiiight break immersion if you’re a superhard RPer in some ways.

4. Boethiah’s Bidding by vagonumero12

Something of an expansion, mostly a cutting-room floor restoration of the quest that got cut from the original game. Following Boethiah’s Calling, the Prince of Plots would’ve asked the player to perform an action that might change the fate of all of Skyrim yet again...

5. Blackreach Railroad by Trainwiz

So while Blackreach itself isn’t a quest, many quests involve it. And, let’s face it, we all kinda hate it. It’s beautiful, but it’s... well, kinda boring otherwise.

How would you like a badass Dwemer railroad to restore, complete with ghostly conductor, fancy hat and a fully voice-acted quest.

I thought so.

#skyrim #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #tesv #mod showcase #mods #dark brotherhood #paarthurnax #thieves guild #blackreach #dwemer #boethiah #daedra #daedric prince #q

[daggerfall]

what are some good mods for Skyrm?

well you can check my /tagged/mod-recs for previous posts, but i run like no less than 100 mods at a time so uhhhhh it would be a long list. have some i personally like a lot

legacy of the dragonborn

thieves guild for good guys (also dark brotherhood for good guys)

falskaar

beyond skyrim: bruma

helgen reborn

harvest anything

practical female armors

hedge mage armor

unlimited rings and amulets

easy lockpicking

amazing follower tweaks

(yeah he’s on most follower mod lists but) inigo the brave

miraak dragonborn follower

cutting room floor

alternate start - live another life

stones of barenziah quest markers

hearthfire multiple adoptions

the companions - earn your stripes

not so fast main quest

summermyst - enchantments of skyrim

daedric entity restoration project

apocalypse - magic of skyrim

rich skyrim merchants

organized bandits in skyrim

delayed dragonborn start

jiub’s opus

the grey cowl of nocturnal

less tedious thieves guild

the paarthurnax dilemma

the sinister seven

sneak tools

a matter of time

unread books glow

belt fastened quivers

immersive armors

immersive weapons

expanded skyrim weaponry

royal armory

#mod recs #anonymous #asks

[twitchesandstitches]

When it comes to Cartel members, these are the ones that comes to mind: Jabba the Hutt, Darth Maul, Lockdown, The Thief Guild, The Dark Brotherhood, most of the villains from the Saints Row games, dark eldars, drows, Jack O'Lanterb/Hobgoblin, Gallywix, The Shadowed One and his Dark Hunters.

These are good examples! note that the cartels are, as the name implies, a very large group. think an assortment of various bad guy criminal organizations competiting together and working together for maximum profit. they can run the gamut from ‘actual horrible criminal stuff but on a big scale’ to ‘evil supervillains’ in terms of vibe or style, so there is room for literally anyone to fit there.

note, too, that characters are not neccesarily mutually exclusive to a given group if they’ve already been sorted there: for instance, while Black Hat has been mentioned as aligned to the Cobalt Stingers, he can also work with the Cartels because he just dont care. Conflicted loyalties mIGHT apply but anyone with the cartels is gonna be so bad, it wont matter to them.

For your suggestions:

jabba: he was tailor MADE for this! I’d say that the hutt crime family (but not ALL hutts, as this AU doesn’t really do ‘all given species are like this or that’ Always Chaotic Evil thing) are a very powerful force within the Cartels and can make a claim towards having founded its basic organizational principles. Tend for the more mundane profit-making stuff, rather than the superpowers and expansion mods. Very much the traditionalist old guard who scoff at the new fads.

Darth Maul: Hmm, an interesting choice! He strikes me as being a fundamentally selfish or at least uncaring mercenary sort, so he is likely a member of a group of enforcers who are hired out to different Cartel interests to serve as they will, though they pick their clients; Maul prefers missions that suit his own mysterious plans and ideas of fate, but for the most part, he’s just amassing personal wealth and views the job as conquest. MIGHT be planning on training more Sith, but his underlings have to prove themselves.

(This mercenary group is technically a large pool within the Cartels of different characters, ranging from supervillains to characters from more realistic mercenary varieties but powered up for the AU; they’re not really part of one group and each have their own specific loyalties, but as a whole, they’re called the Enforcers and they’re the most powerful figures short of the Cartel leaders, who are powerful due to their influence. And LARGE, for the crime ladies!)

Lockdown: Similar to Maul, and probably around 60 feet here, and mostly based on his Animated incarnation, but is loyal to the Quintessons as in Age of Extinction (presumably as they are payrolling him; Quintessa is the leader of the Quintessons present in the Cartels, and she is keeping him on retainer). He is also an Enforcer, and ultimately loyal to no one. His past is mysterious; his car mode indicates Iaconian ancestry, but he adamantly denies ever being a Decepticon, so he is most likely a former Autobot himself who lacked convinction to stay with the cause. TEnds to specialize in hunting down and... ‘harvesting’ body parts from synthetic/robotic beings, and works for the euphemistically named Chopshop, which processes robots, mechanical aliens, and cyborgs for a cybernetic industry. Their cybernetics are haunted as hell; he emanates ghostly energies from all the murderousness imbued in his body, and his augmented body radiates a ghoulish aura.

Thief’s Guild: Only familiar with the one from Skyrim but the other broader ones count, but let’s be fair here; the idea of a Thief’s Guild counts here, all fantasy versions of an organized crime operation, and the most powerful family of the local branch where the protagonists operate is the Black-briar family. Tend to run the smuggling, theft and other such criminal enterprises and get very territorial about it! They are branching into controlling governments as well.

Dark Brotherhood: Much as with the Thieve’s Guild, they also incorporate various fictional versions of hidden underground organizations of assassins who kill for more; some of them work like the Elder SCrolls version who are called forth by dread rituals, while others are just ‘pay us, we kill them’ precise mercenaries. Their leaders are numerous and often changing; generally the most accomplished assassin and organizer is the one who commands the local branch.

Saints Row villains: Oh yes, absolutely! Probably more small-time criminal syndicates but obviously influential; the Deckers, for example, now operate in infospace and places like the Digital World.

Dark Eldar: A founding member of the Cartels, and one of their biggest demographics; the Cartel’s most influential culture among its people is heavily influenced by the Dark Eldar, complete with the horrific fates suffered by those who are captured by them (except that Slaneesh does not eat their soul; the Dark Eldar women do instead for the pleasure of it).

Drow: Currently the Cartels are their most visible center of operation, and there’s a lot of interplay between them and Dark Eldar characters.

Jack O LAntern/Hobgoblin: An Enforcer but one who is making serious headway into the main families; no one is sure who he’s trying to court for inclusion. No one is sure exactly what he is; usually while on the job, his head transforms into a flaming pumpkin, and other times, he appears to be a goblinoid. But its very hard to tell if he is using special powers, has magical abilities, or is some kind of spirit. Nobody knows much about him and he’s something of a mystery, but he has some kind of enmity with Task Force member Venom.

Gallywix: A source of shame to goblins across the multiverse, he nonetheless holds a significant position as a leader of one of the largest families in the Cartels; his primary interest is in promoting the welfare of his people and securing them a solid spot, similar to what the gnomes have managed. He has some ties to the goblins who are part of the Endowed Fleet’s Horde, though mostly familial, and they REALLY don’t like him, viewing him as giving their people a horrendously bad name and deliberately playing up the worst stereotypes and myths said of their people.

Shadowed One: An ancient being whom claims to have arisen in the chaos following the Cataclysm, few are in a position to dispute this or the considerable power he holds; a mechanical being of uncertain origin (though some speculate that he is kin to the Matorans, the native inhabitants of a world called Mata Nui), and who created an elite force of soldiers and servants known as the Dark Hunters. These efficient killers and soldiers obey all orders given to them, and their ruthlessness makes them highly prized soldiers. the Shadowed One commands much influence through them alone, and while he’s a fairly secretive individual, holds much more power in the Cartels than the others like; thus the other families tend to work together just to hold him back, even if they don’t particularly care for each other.

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