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my favorite diva

i love doing his makeup ngl. but in this one i wanted to mix it up a little and start giving him a teardrop mole. in chinese mole reading it is kind of a tragic placement, typically to do with love. i think it makes him look that much more beautiful and kind of sad almost

Demonstration of masked possessiveness and yearning These are my headcanons. I wanted to paint something related to their dynamic that emphasizes their relationships main friction, that nerevars ambition and desire for freedom (to walk his own heroic path to power and change) clashes with voryns uncontrollable need (and selfish wish) to receive nerevars constant time and attention aswell as to have nerevar all for himself Bear in mind i believe voryn knows that he cannot have nerevar the way he wants and he understands his own selfishness, just sometimes lacks the self control. Hes also not the only one pained by this and nerevar too feels bad about it, he has even deeper issues and reasons for why he is this way I think this scene itself is kind of focused on voryns feelings of abandonment in particular close-ups:

What it's based off

best father and brothers in vvadenfell history. Dont ask.

Original under cut：

4-5 trusted generals

a kind of useless emperor to be nominally loyal to

obsessively devoted relationship with an advisor

at least one strategically useful territory you repeatedly lose and recapture and at this point it just feels like a personal vendetta and everyone is begging you to cut your losses and move on but how could you move on from something you’ve pumped so much of your own blood into?

Birth of Moon-and-Star I wanted to depict a scene where Nerevar first receives a vision of Azura. Nerevar was in a moment of desperation not sure whether hed survive, as he was attacked, diseased and lost the last of his money to bandits. Azura used this moment to tempt him into a deal, giving him her blessing in exchange for undying loyalty and perhaps a special favor. She was drawn to him because of his inherent ties to prophecy and ambition, Nerevar had no choice but to accept this destiny. I think the true extent of Azuras motivations should be left a mystery.

The demented beetles are in this case a reference to the prophecy and whats to come, also blurs the concept of time suggesting some kind of influence from Dagoth Ur (from the future), but again i want to leave it ambiguous. I actually wanted to make them moths at first but the ties to Cyrodiil could not be ignored

Heres also a study of Nerevar, obviously much later on in his life :)

and lastly, close ups of the first image: