Things Gabriella has Knitted (or Crocheted) for Everyone:
First, (nearly) everyone has gotten a pair of socks from her as a “welcome to the brotherhood” gift.
(In alphabetical order)
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🐺 Arnbjorn: A bright red knitted sweater as a wedding present. He’s only worn it once. (He jokes that it's not his style but he secretly loves it. He doesn't want to ruin it on accident.)
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🔪 Astrid: A black and red striped knitted cowl. As a wedding present. Also a matching pair of gloves.
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🩸 Babette: A crocheted doll to better help her "innocent child" ruse + several knitted dresses in many colors. Gabriella loves trying out new patterns. And because Babette’s small, she doesn’t need as much yarn. Win win.
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♥️ Cicero: Nothing. Though she was working on her “welcome to the sanctuary” socks for him before he attacked Astrid and Veezara.
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☄️ Festus Krex: Black, knitted fingerless gloves (his hands get cold and stiff sometimes.) They look simple at first, but actually have a quite complex stitching pattern on them. Also a black scarf and hat (with string pom-pom.)
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🦋 Nazir: some hard-soled slippers and a deep red tote bag (with black hand print artfully knitted in.)
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🦎 Veezara: Bright, garish horn cozies. It was a gag gift. He loves them.
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Bonus round
🐈⬛ Sajjah (OC:) A thick n’ chunky, mottled black & gray blanket (crocheted.) as well as a matching cowl + gloves set. They were working on a hat design but couldn’t figure out how it would work with her ears before the sanctuary was attacked.
I couldn’t fit all of these so I made them into collages, hope you don’t mind
1. A gore piece of Ego during the Alduin fight, with Dragon Aspect
2. Wounded Rakell and protective Velehk
3. Sanguine lighting WIP
4. Dagon being grabby with Ego’s arm
1. Paarthurnax teaching Ego
2. The full sheet from the one post with Sam x Ego shenaningans
3. A scrapped concept of Dagon’s Prince of Hope design
1. Dagon x Ego big hands stuff (also a very early draft of something I went to redraw and finish!)
2. Akatosh concept and defo nothing else :]
1. Sanguine x Dagon
2. Rakell getting the shit beat out of him by Kyrahk
3. Ego and Sam in their pirate wear
4. Shadowmere, Mory, Brenna, and Veezara
1. Sanguine carrying Ego away from a fight
2. Dagon giving a thumbs-up
3. Sanguine dancing
4. Oz, another alter ego (in the same way that TES Ego is a branch of an alter ego), this time for Bloodborne’s universe!
1. Caspian losing his eye to a firework
2. Cicero
3. Sanguine looking very mischievous
4. Nervous Ego x Sanguine
And an animation base for Caspian losing his eye :]
There is a very grand possibility that I finish none of these, but it’s not impossible that I finish a few! However, it’s more likely that I simply take these concepts and remake them entirely
Honestly, I find the surviving members of Skyrim’s Dark Brotherhood questline to be strange choices (except for Cicero). Don’t get me wrong, I love Nazir and Babette, but Festus and Gabriella (and to an extent Veezara) would have made for better, and more committed, members. My rationale for this lies in their views of the Night Mother and the old ways, which of course are resumed at the end of this questline.
When meeting Cicero, Festus plainly states: “Mister Cicero, I for one am delighted you and the Night Mother have arrived. Your presence here signals a welcome return to tradition." Afterwards, he will expand upon this point, further highlighting the importance of the Night Mother and the traditions that previously governed the Dark Brotherhood: "Their arrival is the best thing that's happened to this Sanctuary in years. Astrid is an effective leader, but we've been rudderless for too long. Scrounging for contracts, abandoning the Tenets. The Dark Brotherhood has been reduced to a group of common cutthroats. Frankly, it's embarrassing." Moreover, although he does display some displeasure at the Night Mother’s choice of the Dragonborn as her Listener, he nonetheless accepts the decision: "So you're the Listener, hmm? Well that hardly seems fair. You just got here. The Night Mother should have spoken to me. Any idiot could see that. But, I will serve gladly, as that's my lot in life.”
Gabriella is particularly courteous towards the Night Mother: "Without the Night Mother, there is no Dark Brotherhood. The Matron deserves our unwavering support and respect.” Although she is understandably cautious of the news that you have been chosen as Listener, she still acknowledges the significance of what this means for the Family: "If the Night Mother truly spoke to you, if you really are the Listener... your destiny was written in the Void. Astrid is right to fear your power." In this way, she is recognising the dominance of the Night Mother over Astrid. Similarly to Festus, she is jealous of the new Listener, but does not belittle the Dragonborn: "What an honor, the assassination of an Emperor. And all because you are the Listener, favored by the Night Mother, anointed by Sithis. I am so very happy for you. If not a bit... envious."
Veezara is harder to pinpoint. Although his commitment to Astrid could be seen as disrespectful towards the Night Mother, I do not think it is as clear cut as this. When asking his opinion of the Unholy Matron, he will state: "Truthfully? I'm not entirely sure. It's not that I don't have the utmost respect for Sithis, and the Night Mother, and the ancient ways. I do. But I've never been much for religion. I kill because it's what I've been trained to do. It's all I know. So long as Astrid is happy, I'm happy." In essence, he recognises and accepts the importance of the Night Mother, but, due to the circumstances of his life, he simply takes things at face value: Astrid gives him both purpose and family, and so he commits himself to her above all. This is understandable when considering the near extinction of his order, the Shadowscales, and the lack of direction from the Night Mother in previous years. As he says, his role in life is to kill, and Astrid provides the means for him to do so, all else has been lost, and is therefore negligible to him. He follows what he knows.
Nazir and Babette are comparatively disrespectful towards the Night Mother. After you are revealed as the Listener, Nazir will say: "You may be the Listener, or you may just be a lunatic who's started hearing voices. Either way, Astrid is still your mistress. Not the Night Mother.” When speaking to Babette after the arrival of Cicero, she will equally display a dismissive attitude: "Two hundred years ago, I would have lain down my life for the Unholy Matron. But that is an age long since passed. Astrid is my matron now."
Having said all this, it wouldn't surprise me if this was done on purpose. After all, this situation does remind me of Oblivion, and the fact that the Night Mother knew the traitor was not at the Cheydinhal Sanctuary, and that Lucien was innocent too. The Dark Brotherhood seems to have a running theme of losing its most devoted members.
One thing about the dark brotherhood path in Skyrim that always makes me sad is Veezara's death, I wish there was a way to prevent it, and keep lizard boy alive. Even if you kill Cicero things will never be the same, and that makes me sad :(