#y'ffre

[aetherialfalmer]

Snow Elf headcanons electric boogaloo 2

Jephre (Y'ffre) was often referred to as a male god but it wasn't uncommon for some priests/priestesses to refer to Jephre by she/her. They saw nature as an ever changing fluid entity and Jephre fit that notion as being both a father and mother of the forests in their eyes.

The shrine of Jephre was similar to the hidden nature sanctuaries scattered around Skyrim. The Snow Elves made sure it was made with nature preservation in mind, with scarce constructs around the shrine. Those who tended to it followed similar teachings as the Green Pact.

Snow Elven hair colors varied from platinum blonde, white to silver. However some had hair that appeared white but looked blonde in certain lighting.

If taken to different provinces or countries they might suffer from the occasional headaches caused by the weather. Especially if the areas weather is drastically different than Skyrim's.

Survivors that live tucked away in hidden enclaves might not even know what became of the Falmer. If they are truly cut off from the outside world(including the one under their feet) they might never know what became of those who took the Dwemer's offer.

#snow elves #snow elf #falmer #skyrim #elder scrolls #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls skyrim #jephre #y'ffre

[blighted-elf]

The Elder Scrolls Online - Customized Actions: Gyrfalcon Gather and Recall of the Galen Wilds

#The Elder Scrolls #ESO #TES #The Elder Scrolls Online #Elder Scrolls Online #Gyrfalcon Gather #Recall of the Galen Wilds #Woof Elf #Bosmer #Y'ffre #vgedit #dailyvideogames #dailygaming #Gifs #OC: Vestige #Blighted Gifs #These collectibles are so fun I'm obsessed

[the-college-of-whispers]

I was wondering if you have anything on worship of Y’ffre? I know he’s not a Daedra, but he’s still fascinating to me.

Alright, I'm sorry this took literal months to get together, but my schedule was fucked. Now, let's talk about Y'ffre.

Y'ffre is the head of the Bosmeri pantheon, the creator of the Green Pact, and usually described as a bearded man (though Y'ffre has been referred to with she/her pronouns in at least one instance). The Bosmer are also referred to as Y'ffre's people.

As Jephre, he is worshiped by the Altmer, who also depict him as bearded. There is an Altmer order known as the Jephrine Paladins who style themselves after indriks and protect the wild, as opposed to most Altmer who demand perfection and obedience from nature.

The Bretons worship him as both Jephre and Jeh Free, God of the Forest and Spirit of the Now. They have their own version of the Jephrine Paladins, the Vicars of Jephre who are also known defenders of the natural world. This isn't even getting into the Druids, the Druids of Galen, and the Beldama Wyrd.

As Y'ffer, he appears in the Khajiiti pantheon (though, who doesn't?). He created the first flower to woo Nirni, became corrupted by Namiira, killed Nirni, and was slain by Hircine, Azurah, and Khenarthi (who turned his bones into a cairn for Nirni). He was known as a snooping spirit who couldn't keep secrets and was the reason Fadomai's Children could cross the Lattice. In their lore, he's responsible for turning some of the Khajiit into the Bosmer. Prior to the Riddle'thar Epiphany, he was known as the bastard son of Ahnurr. Interestingly, he is not a figure of worship.

He's also believed to have had Ayleid and Snow Elf worshipers.

There was once an Argonian heresy that abandoned the Hist and turned to Y'ffre and the Valenwood for an alternative reproduction method, but this was potentially wiped out in the Second Era when ex-Shadowscale refugees assassinated those responsible.

Fascinatingly, the Imperials were strictly prohibited from Y'ffre worship due to Alessian Empire religious laws (though the current ban on worship is unknown in the modern Imperial Cult).

Along with the names Y'ffre, Jephre, and Y'ffer, he is also known as the Singer, the Storyteller, God of Song and Forest, and Spirit of the Now. He is known to be swift and to send wisps to herald the storms of Rain's Hand. Seeing the wisps are a promise of new growth, new life, and a new chapter in nature's cycle.

His most faithful are the Spinners, who keep histories, laws, and prophecies as stories. They invoke him into themselves to tell the stories. Some of them include how he brought forth the Green from the Ooze, the establishment of the Green Pact, and how he taught the Bosmer to both escape the original Ooze and how to activate the Wild Hunt, which is super fucky.

As a god of nature and, let's be honest, life as a whole - because let's be honest, that's what it means to pull the Green from the Ooze - he's associated with literally all animals and plants, though obviously cares more for the plants than the animals given the average Bosmer's diet. Particularly of note are trees (especially oaks), flowers, birds, elks, and indriks. His only known artifact is the Ring of the Wild Hunt, which we'll talk about later.

What is he the god of? Well...

Songs

Stories

Narrative magic

The Green

Treethanes

Nature

Guardian elemental spirits

Graht-Elk

The Wild Hunt (aka Great Hunt)

Speed/swiftness

I'd even argue that he's a god of the planet overall, creation, and life as a whole given his mythology and what exactly is attributed to him. Like, pulling the Bosmer out of gook is a huge thing, and it's only one of the things that is attributed to him!

What? Okay, okay, fine, I'll talk about the Ring of the Wild Hunt!

Look, everyone keeps arguing about what is or is not canon in the Elder Scrolls series now. Which means that I'm just taking all of the information, canon or no, and dumping it at your feet. That's been the case for everything, but it's especially the case with this section.

The Ring of the Wild Hunt is a Bosmeri artifact. It plagues the wearer's dreams with images of hunters and prey, yet also blessed the wearer with Y'ffre's swiftness. Literally, it makes you run a lot faster.

The ring is composed of five pieces: the Band of Water, the Charm of the Shapeless, the Face of the Serpent, the Face of the Wolf Beast, and the Symbol of Y'ffre.

Band of Water: small band, possibly depicts a liquefied Bosmer (my thoughts: potentially one in the midst of the Wild Hunt)

Charm of the Shapeless: bizarrely-shaped green charm, possible relic of the Wild Hunt

Face of the Serpent: possible imagery of the Wild Hunt, resembles serpentine beast

Face of the Wolf Beast: monstrous animal resembling different creatures, possible depiction of King Dead Wolf-Deer

Symbol of Y'ffre: depiction of Y'ffre, thought to be of the god unleashing the power of the Wild Hunt

It broke into five pieces sometime after its creation and was reunited in 2E 582 by the ESO player character as a member of the University of Gwylim's Antiquarian Circle.

So that's it. That's all I managed to find about Y'ffre in canon. My only additions are some minor musings, as I've never interacted with Y'ffre myself.

Something I should consider doing is to trace where the inspiration for him came from, as the Elder Scrolls series has a bad habit of pulling directly from Greek, Roman, or Norse gods to "inspire" their own... Though the lore of Y'ffre does do its best to separate him from any direct inspiration or obscure the gods who inspired him.

(PS: The apple dividers used on this post were created by @firefly-graphics!)

Perhaps this gives you something to work with, anon!

UESP Lore page: Y'ffre

UESP Lore page: The Green Singing

UESP Lore page: Jephrine Paladins

UESP Lore page: Ring of the Wild Hunt

UESP Lore page: Beldama Wyrd

UESP Lore page: Druids

UESP Lore page: Druids of Galen

UESP Lore page: Wild Hunt

UESP Online page: Ring of the Wild Hunt

#answered #anonymous #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls witchcraft #elder scrolls paganism #in-game lore #y'ffre #deities and worship #bosmer

[rabbittwinrithings]

Look, all Im sayin' is if Bethseda can make Tiber Septim turn the jungles into Cyrodiil, then I can make Y'ffre turn a mid-forest/plains into big forest Vallenwood.

#im making up so much lore for Disnel #hopefully that doesnt contridict anything? #anyone know if there's evidence Vallenwood was a big forest before Y'ffre came? #also little tempted to start making a document for my made up changeling culture #idk tho #disnel the changeling

[voiidsalts]

doing writing in the elder scrolls universe is so much fun because i get yelled at for using words that spellcheck doesn't recognize. which results in firefox suggesting jeffery for y'ffre and boomer for bosmer.

#tes #elder scrolls #gremlin blabs #though i guess one of the other names for y'ffre IS jephre. so that checks out #i don't actually normally have this problem usually because i write almost exclusively on notepad #in which there is NO spellcheck or formatting at all #but any time i copy-paste it to share with a friend or check for a word count or smth #i get to see all the red squiggles from words firefox (understandably) doesn't recognize #i'm sure there are countless other examples too but this is just what i've encountered in the current thing i'm writing #unfortunately i always add my ocs's names to the dictionary so alas i don't get funny suggestions for them

[gortash]

me: im just gonna make a quick bosmer for a casual skyrim achievements playthrough nothing special about her

me, 20 hours later, knee-deep in writing her a backstory:

#etxt #i just think. bosmer. mwah #abandoning y'ffre in order to kiss hircine's ass is something that can be so special

[cyrodiilvampyrumorder]

a new outfit for Aevrin 🌻

#eso #elder scrolls online #elder scrolls #aevrin #y'ffre's will... cozy #of course it has clipping issues though :) of course. as always #i know there's probably 2813762 screenshots out there with people doing /flowerfling or something similar in front of those sunflowers #but i don't think it ever grows old

[ortanthaig]

lord stay my hand from starting oblivion again

#i miss my little fop y'ffre and his homosexuality with lucien. i miss it so much #art.txt

[nientedenada]

Five Skyrim Lore Facts You May Not Know!

And unlike some of the clickbait videos on Youtube, these ones are absolutely true. Let me address some of the most common lore confusions I regularly see. As a Listicle, because why not? (It's easier than writing out long lore posts.)

The Blades never served the Mede Empire. Martin was the last Emperor they served. They then devoted themselves to looking for a new Dragonborn and working against the Thalmor. Titus Mede I created a new organization called the Penitus Oculatus, which handled all intelligence and security for the Mede Dynasty. The Penitus Oculatus has been the official Imperial organization for more than 175 years, while the Blades have been an independent force. It makes the Mede decision to outlaw the Blades a lot easier to understand if you know they weren't their employees at all. The Blades were loose cannons they couldn't control.

Ysgramor didn't destroy the snow elves. The stories about Ysgramor say he and his 500 Companions showed up in Skyrim, killed or sent the snow elves into exile, took all of Skyrim, and then wandered over to pick fights with the neighbours. In reality, the Falmer weren't completely driven from Skyrim till the reign of King Harald, thirteen generations after Ysgramor. In the interim, there was a whole Dragon cult and war, culminating with Alduin being flung through the time wound. It's a long period. The real Ysgramor definitely clashed with his snow-elf neighbours but he's accumulated the stories of hundreds of years around his mythic name.

The Companions haven't been a Nord-only organization for a very long time. You might think that a bunch of warriors venerating the legacy of Ysgramor and his Companion would be Nord only, and that was probably true way back in the First Era. But by the end of the First Era, the Companions had boasted both a Redguard and Elf (Altmer or Bosmer) Harbinger. Cirroc and Henantier are some of the most famous Harbingers in the history of the Companions. We're in the Fourth Era now, so if you're playing a non-Nord, you're following in a long tradition by joining the companions. (As is Athis.)

The Imperial Legion didn't win back most of Cyrodiil in the Great War. People often ask why Titus Mede II agreed to the harsh peace of the White-Gold Concordat after his army had destroyed the Dominion army in Cyrodiil and taken back the Imperial City. But that's not what really happened. The Legion destroyed "the main army". Other Aldmeri armies are mentioned in Cyrodiil. After Red Ring, the Dominion still occupied Anvil, Skingrad, Bravil, and Leyawiin. "The Great War" doesn't say that any of these cities were liberated. Put those territories together and you'll realize the Empire never got back its coastline or the Niben river. Titus Mede made his deal while the Dominion still occupied half of Cyrodiil. Maybe he could have won if he'd pushed on, but his decision is a lot easier to understand with this context.

The Bretons Don't Worship Talos. This is one of my favourite lore bits to explain. Talos is not a god in TES II, Daggerfall, though he is a historical figure, Tiber Septim. He's only introduced as a god in Morrowind. So, a lot of people assume that he's been retconned into the Breton religion, like he was into the Nord/Imperial religions. This is not true. In both Morrowind and Skyrim, the book Varieties of Faith in the Empire does not list Talos/Ysmir as part of the Breton pantheon. They worship the Eight (and sometimes Y'ffre, Magnus, and Phynaster), as they always have. Tiber Septim is an important historical figure whom some Bretons regard as one of their own, but he isn't an official god. I love this tidbit because it makes the White-Gold Concordat absolutely brilliant. One remaining province, Skyrim, gets all upset while High Rock wouldn't care. Cyrodiil is presumably somewhere in the middle. It's a perfect way to drive a wedge among the provinces. (Hammerfell's left the Empire, but for the record, they don't worship Talos either.)

#tes lore #niente lore #Skyrim #tesblr #a bunch of my favourite non-obvious lore facts

[captain-of-silvenar]

I will ensure no tales are told of your valor

You are a valuable asset, mortal. You will be of great use to us

Trying out any and all art styles to have some fun, and after seeing an art piece with heavy heavy shadows cross my dash I wanted to try a hand at it. Which lead me to try and draw out my feelings and thoughts about Kerasil and her relationship to Molag Bal and Meridia.

It is Mannimarco who sacrifices your soul in the name of Molag Bal, and your soul is trapped in Coldharbour until the end of the Main Game. It is Meridia that pulls it out of Coldharbour and presents it again to you in her Colored Rooms.

That is two Daedric Princes that have touched your particular soul and interacted with it; for good or for ill. I like to imagine that after the Main Game the Vestige is a kind of immortal Daedric being as a result of being messed around with so much.

Kerasil after the events of the Main Game is pretty discombobulated and, after the shock of everything settles, feels pretty alienated from the people around her. She isn't mortal anymore, she doesn't even know if she can age anymore and follow the flow of time anymore. And world events keep happening around and to her that require her to take up arms again and save Nirn from Daedric Princes. Over and over and over and over again.

Frankly, and I've talked about it in another post of mine, she's tired of it and willing to punch any and all Daedric Princes she meets. Sure she'll take the title of Champion as that is Y'ffre's will, but she isn't going to not complain about it.

She's not enjoying the fact it happened to her in such a traumatic way. And she certainly isn't enjoying the fact that while she kicked Molag Bal's ass six ways to Sundas, she hasn't gotten any revenge on Meridia using her as a tool to fight Molag Bal. And after the events of Summerset Isle where she had her friend Darien returned to her and then ripped away (possibly permanently) by the clutches of Meridia. Yeaaah no she dislikes Meridia to put it lightly.

Then there is the fact that outside of Second Era, no one has heard or speaks of this legendary hero. The Vestige, the Hero of the Alliances, Savior of Summerset, etc etc etc etc. Nothing. And while that can be chalked up to ZOS writing this as a prequel to the rest of the mainline games, I would like to use it literally as Molag Bal getting his own pull on Kerasil and fulfilling his threat:

"I will ensure no tales are told of your valor"

Thus the inspiration of this piece: caught between two Daedric Princes (Molag Bal's dolmen chains behind Kerasil, and Meridia's symbolic light rays over her shoulders) that each had their claws around your soul and influenced you in ways you cannot understand. You are no longer a person. You were the means to an ends of higher forces.

And your future is incredibly uncertain now.

#kerasil oakvine #shadyart #tes #tesblr #bosmer #eso #elder scrolls #elder scrolls online #shady lore #technically i was just going to talk about the symbolism a bit in the read more but i made a whole lore post oops #please read it if you'd like it explains a lot and some fun thoughts if have on the Vestige

[orfeoarte]

"Breath of Y'ffre... that was fun."

Combined both first prompts for @nerevar-quote-and-star's fun pinup challenge: Sun-kissed and Nature!

You can find the post here, and move Oridiil's golden ass with WASD

#tes pinup challenge 2023 #tesblr #altmer oc #the elder scrolls online #tes oc #eso ocs #eso rp #altmer #oc: oridiil #digital art #pinup #orfeoarte #LOOK AT HIM PLS IM SO HAPPY WITH THIS

[unironicallytes]

Mor'iargalthil: Some Garb & Lore

Mor'iargalthil is an imagined place in the northwest Grahtwood region during the Third Era, based off of ESO's established lore (which I have not played because I'm not super interested in playing a TES MMO, no shade tho).

The "av Mor'iargalthil" of Zath's name means "of/from an inhospitable grove" in Bosmeris (non-canon extension of canon language). Here he is in traditional Galthili garb, though he would have been much younger the last time he was there. He doesn't have antlers of his own like some Bosmer do btw, those are just sewn into his hood.

To make a long story shorter, Mor'iargalthil is a small clan of descendants from Gil-Var-Dell survivors who retreated to more isolated places. They're generally a dour and wary group. Galthili Bosmer observe the Green Pact, but are more entwined with neighboring Wood Orcs than other Valenwood Bosmer. This cultural exchange unexpectedly resulted in Galthili Bosmer incorporating Mauloch/Malacath into their pantheon alongside Y'ffre. Their traumatic history with Daedric Princes instilled a complicated mix of reverence and hatred, but Mauloch resides in a grey area and is an exception. His fables speak to them as people who feel they too were "consumed and twisted" by another force.

Here's some extra doodles and more clothing details under the cut.

Those aren't permanent tattoos, they're more akin to henna. Zath was born under the Serpent and it affects many aspects of his life, so he often adorns himself with the inauspicious sign.

Zath's hood is separate from the rest of the bow sleeve and can be attached to the beaded leather mantle instead.

Speaking of the hood, it has openings for the ears to keep that super cool merrish hearing unobstructed.

His thumb guard is made of mammal leather - I imagine most Bosmer use thumb-draw instead of finger-draw so that they can move around while keeping an arrow nocked.

These Bosmer use a lot of reptile parts for their leather and shells. Gators, turtles, etc., perhaps even the occasional Daedroth since regions of Tarlain Heights likely still have remnants of that influence.

The front half of the foot is exposed for tree-climbing, but the heel remains cushioned in soft leather. Bosmer unfortunately refuse to put those dogs away cause they gotta grip that tree bark.

As for the horn bow, I'm pretending Bosmer do some Special Stuff to make the horn more flexible, or it's just Magical Creature Materials(tm).

#my art #tesblr #tes oc #the elder scrolls #tes fanart #bosmer #valenwood #mor'iargalthil #zathiril #dear brother #bosmer lore #btw if people want to play in my fake made up place feel free #just tag me or somethin #i do this with all my lore nonsense youre allowed to use it as long as you dont have ill intentions in doing so #fuck it edgy bosmer OCs are cool

[falmerbrook]

In regard to one of your recent reblogs, the while concept of unreliable narrator in TES lore is perfect. You never know if something is a reality or just random stuff someone made up while high. Especially creation myths and other mythology, how do you know they're real, you weren't there! I very much like the concept of bosmer and khajiit coming from the same source, just with some being formed by Azura and some by Y'ffre, but it could also just be not real, their roots being completely separate, and mythology being formed specifically because of their geographic placement. You don't know. I don't know. Author of that book probably doesn't know either, just relaying mythology they already knew. And it's beautiful.

Water is memories though, that's been basically confirmed by one dremora found in bangkorai

Yep, I think it's one of tes's best qualities. It's a bit of a shame they haven't leaned into it as heavily since they did in Morrowind, but I think it makes the world feel more alive and the lore more interesting to read about and interpret. I wish fans would lean into it more. I think there's a tendency (less on tesblr and more elsewhere) to just go with the altmer or imperial myths as the "truth", but I think treating them more as mythologies is more interesting!

Related: one of my minor wishes for future games is a group with a religion/belief system that is super out there and nothing like ones we've seen, but one where you can understand how they came to conclusions they did

#The more the games interact directly with et'ada (mostly daedra tbh) the more 'solidified' the mythology gets (unfortunately or fortunately) #mine #ask #sharffffff

[mannimarcoiscool]

Fuck Akatosh

Fuck Dibella

Fuck Arkay

Fuck Zenithar

Fuck Stendarr

Fuck Mara

Fuck Kynareth

Fuck Julianos

Fuck Azura

Fuck Boethiah

Fuck Clavicus Vile

Fuck Hermaeus Mora

Fuck Hircine

Fuck Malacath

Fuck Mehrunes Dagon

Fuck Mephala

Fuck Meridia

Fuck Molag Bal

Fuck Nocturnal

Fuck Namira

Fuck Peryite

Fuck Sanguine

Fuck Sheogorath

Fuck Jyggalag

Fuck Vaermira

Fuck Vivec

Fuck Almalexia

Fuck Sotha Sil

Fuck Dagoth

Fuck Talos

Fuck Auri-el

Fuck Syrabane

Fuck Magnus

Fuck Trinimac

Fuck Y'ffre

Fuck Xarxes

Fuck Phynaster

Fuck Lorkhan

Fuck Alkosh

Fuck Riddle-Thar

Fuck Jone

Fuck Jode

Fuck S'rendarr

Fuck Khenarthi

Fuck Baan Dar

Fuck Magrus

Fuck Rajhin

Fuck Azurah

Fuck Sheggorath

Fuck Sangiin

Fuck Namiira

Fuck Lorkhaj

Fuck Z'en

Fuck Herma-Mora

Fuck Sithis

Fuck The Hist

Fuck Satakal

Fuck Ruptga

Fuck Tu'whacca

Fuck Zeht

Fuck Morwha

Fuck Tava

Fuck Onsi

Fuck Diagna

Fuck Leki

Fuck HoonDing

Fuck Malooc

Fuck Sep

Fuck Kyne

Fuck Stuhn

Fuck Jhunal

Fuck Alduin

Fuck Tsun

Fuck Orkey

Fuck Shor

Fuck Maloch

Fuck Shezarr

Fuck Morihaus

Fuck Reman

Fuck Sheor

#tes #elder scrolls #the elder scrolls #im the only true god

[dynamite124]

What gods does Taliesin worship? I can guess probably Auri-El given yanno, everything. But what about the other elven dieties like Magnus or Jephre? I've also noticed he makes references to Kynareth a LOT when talking about the beauty of nature- does he then perfer her over the more typical nature-associated elven diety of Y'ffre? I'm so curious!!

Taliesin isn't overtly devoted to any Gods. He's familiar with the Gods in Skyrim's pantheon as well as other pantheons - for research purposes.

He follows the teachings of Phynaster, but also likes the teachings from Kynareth and Dibella.

In terms of Y'ffre, he knows both versions, the one the Altmer has and the one the Bosmer follows. But he follows none.

#skyrim taliesin #taliesin #skyrim #altmer #skyrim custom followers #elder scrolls #skyrim mods

[belladonnaisrunning]

“(...)  But I make an effort to devour at least a part of every foe I slay, even if it's just the heart, or the liver. I can only pray that pleases Y'ffre.”

-

Auri

#auri #auri skyrim #song of the green #skyrim mods #skyrim custom followers #casual afternoon snack