Confession: My first time playing Skyrim was in VR (incredible experience, would recommend) but besides helgen, and a handful of quests, I knew nothing. I was clearing out a bandit camp when I came across “the Beacon” I had no idea what it was, so I picked it up. And literally tripped over myself when Meridias whole speech started. I have never been more scared in my entire life
So we're having a NPC themed Halloween party and I'm super excited for it. My husband is going as Sheogorath, one of my best friends is going as Cicero and I'm going as Meridia 🤣 We doing it the Elder Scrolls way and it's about to be fun as hell.
You best believe I'm gonna be hiding Meridia's beacon all around my house that night and every time someone finds it....
Many believe, the Dragonborn found out about their heritage after battling a dragon to save Whiterun.
In fact everyone believed it. They assumed their talent with magic and ancient languages was from growing up in the academic sphere.
Both assumptions were completely and utterly wrong. The Dragonborn found out about their heritage and power granted to them by Akatosh, long before the 4th Era.
They found out about their heritage long before Alduin returned, before the Oblivion Crisis, and before the Tribunal Temple fell.
They found out long ago, when they went by a different moniker. A different title for a different age.
The Dragonborn's first title was The Vestige.
Almost a thousand years ago, when the Three Banners War waged. The Vestige discovered who they were in Elsweyr.
When they accompanied Abnur Tharn on a quest to stop the war, only to release Dragons who had been locked away.
No, no one knew of this. It was a secret they kept dear. Few alive knew of the truth, and even then 'alive' was a loose term.
Were dremora ever really alive?
So when Cultists came to attack them, claiming they were the 'false dragonborn' they felt an anger that hadn't surfaced for a very long time. Perhaps not since Mannimarco dared to sacrifice their soul.
After all the trials and tribulations they had been through, someone wants to claim they were a false dragonborn?
They made their way to Solsthiem, a lonely island they had not been to for a few hundred years. Looking for answers, and not giving up until they found some. They did indeed find answers, their face morphing into a smirk when they realized another Daedric Prince was impeding their way, that would simply not do.
Hermaeus Mora was surprised and extremely alarmed when he felt and saw The Vestige enter his realm. He wanted to assume it was a coincidence, but the second the Thu'um left their throat, Herma Mora second guessed himself for the very first time.
Miraak was surprised to run into another Dragonborn, even more surprised to find out they were far older than they looked. He also appreciated escaping Apocrypha with their aid in one piece.
whenever i do meridia’s quest in skyrim & she brings me up into the sky so she can talk to me, i always just imagine my dragonborn hangin up there like
The Outsiders but instead of worrying where Pony is, Darry gets stuck with Meridia's beacon so he spends those hours when Pony was sleeping in the lot desperately trying to get rid of the damn beacon. Soda wakes up to Darry yelling at it to leave him alone before he whips it out the door, only to grab it from inside his coffee mug three seconds later.
Que both of them panicking, Darry because who tf was demanding he go to their shrine, he does not have the time or money to do that, and Soda because how tf you hide the fact your brother got a godess' beacon glued to his person???? Pretend it's his favorite rock??? They'll think he's insane!
The death and birth of a sinner turned saint: الأن الساعة التنين علينا
[ID: A five panel comic featuring my Skyrim oc Taniin, and lyrics from the ABBA song "Lay all your love on me".
The first panel has the lyrics "Don't go wasting your emotions.' and shows an elven girl with long black hair and medium-toned skin, wearing a cropped sleeveless shirt, and a long flowing skirt, shooting an arrow with the tip in the shape of a heart, which glows bright.
The second panel shows an elven boy with white hair and light skin, wearing a hanbok, and holding an arrow with a heart shaped tip, which also glows.
Between the two panels is Taniin, a dark skinned, mixed high-elf redguard. They stand with their back to the viewer, their white locs of hair spilling down their back, and they're wearing a short, waist-length cape, a kurta, baggy pants and knee-length boots.
The third panel shows Taniin, curled around Meridia's beacon, light filling the panel around them. The lyrics continue "Lay all your love on me"
The fourth panel shows Taniin standing in a room filled with the 'summon dragon' words of power. They have their hands raised defensively, and their eyes are filled with black. To their right is Alduin, and to their left, the dragon form of Akatosh. Their face is framed in an hourglass. The lyrics continue "Don't go sharing your devotion."
The final panel shows Taniin standing in Meridia's hands as they wield Dawnbreaker, the sword filling the room with light as they hold it in front of themself. The lyrics finish "Lay All. Your. Love. On me" . End ID]