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Next we got- The BEST DOGGIE IN SKYRIM I LOVE HER SO MUCHHHHH REEEEEEE WINNIE IS THE BEST GIRL 🥹🥺💖💕😭🥺

Okay I put this next one on my character trivia post but this is Kayla and her two older brothers 🥺 the one on the left is the oldest brother Gavin (the one whose an Imperial Legion Captain who’s going to have an unexpected and tragic reunion with Kayla in the fic) and the on the right is Julian (AKA SKOOMA BOYYYY 😂💖). I love these goofies so so much!

Then of course- MY BELOVED PRIESTESS AND ASSASSIN I ADORE THEM SO MUCHHH!! GAGWHSJAVEJSH This is a frame for a new animatic I’m working on 👀 gotta let Kayla’s parents exist more in my art hehe

And you know I had to post a lil more WIP ship art with Miraak and Kayla 🥺

Anddddd bonus memes:

Tagging these lovely folks below and YOU🫵 if you want! Again as always, no pressure to post and if I forgot to tag you, it was not intentional and feel free to post and tag me cuz I love seeing everyone’s art and writing 💖:

Also, weapons!! Been slowly working on Chillrend, it's been so much to render (Yes it's the version from Oblivion Remastered, I prefer that one over the Skyrim-one). Also Ebony daggers from one my older wips (will get size to match with Chillrend properly later, they're just there for now lol)

Aaand then some ship-wips to the end! (Who put crack on my coffee this week seriously) Bryala is my last night's sudden whimsy (Shiala kinda looks weird, idk?) saw a nice ref and I ran for it. And on the right we've got a peek for some new business-deal in Whiterun going on. >:)

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Vivild and Vermith are both getting reference updates so starting with Vivild! There's not much that's going to change on him, outside of it being an aesthetic update but I wanted to bring out his bosmer heritage more (and his fringe is getting extended because I said so, shhhh 🤫)

The next is actually an animatic wip from the storyboard shown last week :) ft. my friend little guy, Kadota!! Just a little giffed snippet though (No one gets to know the audio until it's finished 😉)

The final is a snippet from two-part fic Civil Conversations, that takes place right after the escape from Helgen! Been meaning to complete this finally and I'm finally sitting myself down to do so LMAO (It's almost done I swear on it, and may go up sooner than the previously mentioned fic!!)

Likes:

Warm weather, hot summers, blue skies and summer sunshine

Watching the stars

Sweets, cheese and meat — ideally all at once

Booze, a good time, and any excuse to party

Her family (the Guild, always)

Rats, mice, and Skeevers

Romantic novels, roses and love-songs (not that she'd admit it)

Card games, gambling and pranks

Headrubs - Shor's Breath, she looooves headrubs! 

Singing & playing Guitar (but only when she's alone or wasted AF!)

Hanging out, watching clouds, doing absolutely nothing productive

Collecting herbs and flowers, creating seasonings and healing supplies 

Coin, gold, anything that glitters, and a lot of treasure 

— OFC: Stealing a whole lot of things whether she needs it, wants it or not!!! 

The smell after rain — even though she hates rain itself. 

The smell of fresh flowers, which is a pretty stark contrast to the stale stench of piss and ale in the Ratway

When someone quietly covers her with a blanket when she's fallen asleep or leaves food nearby when she's hungry— the small moments of platonic affection of her Guild. 

When Brynjolf calls her "lass" or "Mouse" (despite her claiming otherwise) — or returns her scarf freshly washed without making a big deal out of it

Dislikes:

Cold weather, rain and winter

Some specific noises can be a trigger  

Delvin being his usual annoying self (She loves Delvin like a brother - but damn!!!) 

Mercer, because they constantly bump heads 

People like Maven Black-Briar — old money, bad attitude, only good for business

Authorities in general and rules that aren't hers or the Guild's

The feeling of wet leather on her skin. Yikes. 

Being hungry or thirsty — she'll be hangry 

Waking up; not much of a morning-person

Vegetables (unless they're used to season meat!) 

Seeing children suffer or go without a sense of safety and warmth

Being locked in, restrained, or trapped in any way — no exceptions (Cleithrophobia ) 

Anyone insulting her Skeevers. She just loves them, k? They're cute!

Anyone making jokes about her height or calling her cute. She hates it with a passion 

Complete silence makes her uneasy. She needs background noise to feel safe. Probably has something to do with living in the Ratways, where something's always dripping or creaking

When Brynjolf secretly listens to her practice singing and she catches him doing it

August 1-2: Healing Hands | Stoneflesh

August 3-4: Waking Nightmare | Mara's Blessing

August 5-6: Hinningbrew Mead | Balmora Blue

August 7-8: Necromantic | Meridia's Beacon

August 9-10: Shivering Isles | Apocrypha

August 11-12: Dibella | Sanguine

August 13-14: Mushroom Ring | Mountain Flowers

August 15-17: Crossover!

August 18-19: Marksman | Gladiator

August 20-21: Golden Eagle | Black Dragon

August 22-23: Frostbite | Sparks

August 24-25: Quicksilver | Ebony

August 26-27: Dragon Priest | Ordinator

August 28-29: Warrior-Poet | Sword-Singer

A long time ago I was messing around with thu'um(and other things) on Ancano. At one fine moment he flew out the window and disappeared somewhere below. When I went down to check, that unkillable Altmer had already recovered and was calmly walking back toward the College. And he greeted me with his favorite line: 'I have many important things on my mind. Your concerns are not among them.'

Magnificent little bastard.

Marena likes touching things, especially the ones she probably shouldn't

I realized this after making her a custom follower for another character. I found it funny that she would interact with pretty much anything whenever she had the chance. But as for real reason I think she simply enjoys sensory stimulation.

She's a bit dumb and impatient when it comes to stealth.

So she's better off having someone else make the tactical decisions during a fight.

She'll get better over time! But for now, Marena needs more training, the harsher the better

Yes, sometimes she's a little dumb in a childish way. She isn't always like that, but some part of her behavior regressed after a traumatic event.

She hasn't looked in a mirror for a long time.

A couple of years perhaps?

Sifkni was born premature in the middle of autumn during a snowstorm. By miracle (or Divine/Daedric intervention), both she and her mother survived. Sifkni inherited her beast blood from her father's lineage and has been a werewolf since birth (albeit without transformations until later). Her beast blood allows her freedom from Lunar transformations. She had a relatively normal-ish childhood. She was raised in the wilds of Whiterun with a pack of werewolves and wolves. She learned to live off the land, survive, and hunt.

At the age of 11, the pack suffered an attack from werewolf hunters. The lost a majority of the pack, her mother included. After the oack recovered, they moved north into the Pale. There they lived and survived in the forests near Dawnstar. It is here where Sifkni had her first transformation into a werewolf. It is here where she met Estinan and Thonro at 16.

Thonro charmed young Sifkni. He fed the pack honeyed lies. Soon, he took over the pack. By 21, Sifkni was married to Thonro. She was happy. At first. The pressure to have a kid. A child like her. One with werewolf blood became Thonro's goal. But miscarriage after miscarriage took its toll on Sifkni. Physically and mentally. The pack noticed. Except for her father.

On the dawn of the 10th of Last Seed, the Silver Hand attacked once again.

Sifkni was the sole survivor.

This is where the Vanilla Skyrim start begins. Sifkni is caught in the ambush as she escapes from the massacre of her pack. She wakes in Helgen. As the execution begins, she is saved once again from her death. Sifkni escapes the ruin of Helgen in her own and makes her way to Riverwood and ultimately towards Whiterun. On her way to Whiterun, she helps take down a giant. She meets Aela and Farkas.

They all realize their secrets.

After some time, Sifkni joins the Companions. It's slow getting used to. The city . The mortals. She bonds with Aela and Farkas. She looks up to Skjor and Kodlak. They all play a role in helping her overcome her grief. She learns and grows. She becomes stronger. As she grows and bonds with the Companions, she also learns her fate as the Dragonborn. She's reluctant and hesitant about becoming a hero. She wants to live a simple life. As simple a Companions life can hold. She ends up running away and taking the pilgrimage alone (Lydia follows and returns). As she learns from the Greybeards, she remembers the dark past her mind had forced her to forget because of the back to back trauma. She returns to Jorrvaskr, relieved and renewed.

Sifkni grows closer to Farkas. She's the closest to him. On their return to Whiterun from Ustengrav, Sifkni confesses her feelings. And its mutual. The two take it slow. (Gross hand holding and kissing) As fate would have it, Sifkni is gravely injured in Kynesgrove from a dragon attack. Farkas helps her heal. Farkas is Farkas. :) Realizing she does not want to live without him, Sifkni asks him to be her husband on New Life. He agrees. This is where Sifkni cuts her hair (with Tilma's help). During this time, Sifkni joins the Circle. She saves Skjor from the Silver Hand.

Sifkni grows as she learns more about her fate as Dragonborn. She comes into contact with a Reach clan, wolfsingers, while learning about Alduin's wall and Sky Haven Temple. Both Delphine and Esbern find out she's a werewolf then. Sifkni finds out she's pregnant upon her return from her first meeting with Paarthurnax. Because of her past, she's terrified. She goes to the temple instead of Jorrvaskr. The couple work through the hiccup. They continue their journey, which leads them to Blackreach. Sifkni loses the pregnancy early on after their arduous journey through Blackreach. Upon touching the Elder Scroll.

As the couple mourns, Sifkni still has her duties. With the Elder Scroll, she learns the shout to defeat Alduin. After brief fight an injured Paar tells her about Odahviing and Drsgonsreach. Upon her return to Jorrvaskr, she's tasked with the disposal of the Glenmoril coven to learn how to cure the beast blood. Despite her beliefs on the beast blood, she wants to help Kodlak. Instead of killing the hagravens, Sifkni bonds with them. They offer her the cure in exchange for her blood and she accepts. With the knowledge and skills to cure beast blood, Sifkni returns to Jorrvaskr. Only for Kodlak to be dead.

After the funeral and Wuthraad retrieval, the circle travels to Ysgramor's tomb to cure Kodlak. Sifkni also cures Vilkas. Once she's able to breathe again, Sifkni asks to trap Odahviing in dragonsreach. She agrees to get the civil war to cease while she handles the dragons. After a long journey, the war reluctantly agrees to a ceasefire. Before Sifkni returns to Whiterun, Farkas asks to be cured. She agrees.

The end is near.

Sifkni captures and releases Odahviing. He agrees to take her to Skuldafn. Her and her alone. She leaves in the middle of the night. Only Farkas sees her off. Reluctantly. She traverses across the ruins and through the fogs of Sovngarde. She finds a familiar face (Kodlak) and helps him to the Halls. She meets other Heroes of time. And they agree to help defeat Alduin.

And Defeat him, they do.

Upon her return to Nirn, Sifkni notices the shift in time. Two months have passed on Nirn. Wrecked with worry, Sifkni rushed home. Where's she greeted by Jorrvaskr and her husband. Farkas asks to be a werewolf again. She changes him. With his heightened senses, he finds out she's pregnant again. Both are overjoyed.

As she's letting the Jarl know of Alduin's defeat, Sifkni gets a letter from the Jarl of Falkreath about a job. Farkas and Sifkni agree to check out Falkreath. There's been a murder in the city by a werewolf, Sifkni agrees to solve the issue, which leads her involved in a Hunt by her Lord Hircine. After turning the hunt in Sinding's favor and curing him, Lord Hircine turns the hunt on Sifkni. They suffer an attack at Jorrvaskr before Sifkni (Farkas, Aela, and Estinan) journeys into Oblivion, into the Hunting Grounds. Where the Hunt continues. With new foes and new allies, Sifkni fights her way to the top, figuratively. (Sifkni sends Farkas, Aela, and Estinan back to Nirn after a close call between Hircine and Aela.)

After the Hunt, Sifkni is allowed some respite at least from fighting and journeys. She takes up her desk duties as her pregnancy moves along. Before long, the twins are born. The two parents tackle Jorrvaskr and parenthood together.

But a new werewolf hunting group has their eyes on Sifkni and Jorrvaskr.

Notable relationships

Pack (Deceased)

Ilfhil

Sifkni's mother. Ilfhil did everything for Sifkni's wellbeing. She looked after Sif the best she could. Taught her how to track, hunt, survive. She taught her danger and humility. When to be kind and forgiving and when to stand your ground.

Her death devastated her. The one source of true safety and love was gone.

Sifkni misses her mother daily. Her singing and humming. Her sweet floral scent. The warmth and love.

Fjolfr

Sifkni's father. He was a decent father at first. Quiet and stoic. But as the years passed and Sifkni grew older, he grew paranoid and erratic. He kept a tight rein on the Pack, to the point, his own wife challenged him.

Fjolfr reached out to the Silver Hand, alerting them of the werewolves in the forest of Whiterun. It was by his own hands that his pack suffered their first loss. With Ilfhil gone, Fjolfr had a tighter leash on the smaller pack and his own daughter. Sifkni grew distant and quiet. A shell of her happier carefree self in her childhood. But she obeyed. Fjolfr rarely handed out praise or affection towards his daughter. She ceased to thrive under his strict rule

Lucret

Lucret has been part of the pack before Sifkni was born. He's a quiet and calculating young man. He's been a werewolf since he was young and. Sifkni sees Lucret as an older brother and mentor. He's one of the few wolves in the pack she trusts wholly after her mother's death.

But he is also the one who contacted the Silver Hand. In hopes of destroying Thonro.

Rithle

Sifkni looked up to the young woman as an older sister. They were closer when Ilfhil was still alive but both closed off from each other as Fjolfr and Thonro's reign of terror continued.

Thonro

Thonro joined the pack (with Estinan) after meeting Sifkni in the wilds around Dawnstar. He took a liking to her as she grew older. He also took a liking to the power of the pack. He took over the pack with his marriage to Sifkni. He manipulated and molded Sifkni. Between gas lighting and lovebombing.

Naive Sifkni didn't know any better. The only love she had was her mother's and she was gone. She craved attention and affection and easily fell under Thonro's influence. She did whatever she could to please him and it broke and devastated her when she couldn't give him the kid they wanted.

She shut down. Completely and utterly shut down.

But he is gone. And she is free.

She initially mourns the loss of him. But learns and copes later.

Companions

Farkas

She instantly gravitated towards his kindness. He was genuine. He took care with his words and explanations towards her. He made her feel welcome (and home). He gave her the time she needed to open up. He listened and made her feel heard. He consoled and advised. He learned from her. She learned from him.

It's still a mystery as to who fell first but, Farkas fell for her determination to survive and thrive despite what the Gods continually threw her direction. And despite everything, she was able to still smile and remain a kind and loving woman.

It was only a matter of time before Sifkni would fall in love. With his patience. Not only with her, but with everyone.

She cannot imagine life without him now. And with him, she knows what love is. She knows her worth.

They will move the heavens and earth for each other.

Kodlak

Sifkni is thankful he gave her the chance to join. He saw past the tears and grief and saw someone with worth and a fire burning within. Sifkni sees him as the father she deserves.

The Circle

Sifkni gets along with Aela the best. Both women go on runs and hunt together. They get along for the most part, but they disagree about the Silver Hand completely.

Skjor is a second father to her. She listens to his advice and looks to him for guidance in her fighting. They do not agree on the Silver Hand issue. She saves him from the group when he went alone. He is forever in her debt, though he struggles deeply with his injuries, he is glad she managed to get him out alive. He has a softer spot for her, but tries not to let anyone see it. Pushes Kodlak to make her the next Harbinger as he steps down.

Vilkas and Sifkni started off on the wrong foot. Strange werewolf on their doorstep. And no one is wary. He will keep his keen eye on her. He goes with her to Bleak falls and realizes her strength. He can vouch for her skills after that. He is protective of Farkas, especially when Farkas reveals he fancies Sifkni. They get along relatively well. They see each other as siblings once her and Farkas are official. Don't see eye to eye on werewolf things

The Whelps

Sifkni gets along well with her shield siblings. She's the closest to Ria due to similar age. Regardless, she is fiercely protective and loyal to them.

Tilma

Sifkni is so thankful for Tilma. Her kindness towards her. She sees the old woman as her grandmother. She does what she can to help her around the Mead Hall.

Others

Estinan

As the only other surviving member of her pack, Sifkni is glad. But she has complicated feelings. She used to look up to Estinan as a mother figure. The wood elf honed her archery skills. Became a shoulder. She sought wisdom and affection from her. And while Estinan offered to a degree, Sifkni realized how little Estinan tried to save her from Thonro. Because of this, Sifkni's grudge runs deep and fierce, but eventually disolves later. Sifkni has opened her heart to Estinan again, but will it be worth it? Can she trust Estinan again?

Paarthurnaax

Paar is another set of wise ears and eyes for Sifkni to confide in. Regardless of their differences in species, she sees him as a wise grandfather. She heeds his advice and wisdom regarding her Dragon.

Hircine

As a long time Hircine worshiper, she reveres Hircine. He gave her her strength. Her beast blood. The control over her body. For that, she owes everything to him.

Júní

Young yearling wolf. Without him, she would've taken longer to heal. He is a constant companion for Sifkni. For simple affection. Someone to listen to her. Keep her warm. Help her hunt and fight.

Illy & Jergen (Twins)

Her babies. The little lives she cherishes the most. She owes their lives and survival to the Coven, for which she is grateful. She is fiercely protective of them, as she should be.

 Strengths:

Archery

Survival

Werewolf

Patience

Cooking

Empathy

Sense of hearing and smell

Weaknesses:

Her family, Jorrvaskr.

Self sacrificing.

Reckless; Sifkni has rash moments where either her wolf or dragon make decisions for her.

Forgives easily. Gives too many second chances.

Easily and readily sides with werebeasts.

Her love and devotion towards Hircine has gotten her into more trouble and than good.

Forgetfulness.

 No interest in:

Politics

Being a mortal

No concept of:

Magick

Shouts (she knows like 5 shouts)

The Divines

 Character: At the beginning, Sifkni is anxiety ridden and unsure of herself. After years upon years of being told she wasn't good enough, her self doubt is huge. Despite this, she still attempts. She is a survivor. She is kind and empathetic. She does what she can to help, often at the expense of herself.

 In battle: Sifkni is lithe and quick. She uses a combination of her archery and sword to take down enemies before they realize. There is also a bite to her attacks due to her beast blood. Woman is stronger than she looks because of this. As she is blessed by Hircine, she has the use of partial transformations and can use her claws and fangs in mortal form. As a werewolf, she again is built more for the speed of her attacks vs brute strength. Not that a mortal would survive, but compared to other werebeasts. Her favorite shout is fire breath. She does not use her shouts like she ought to.

Distinguishing marks: Sifkni is covered in freckles and scars. Most notable is the scar on her face. The scars from the dragon attack. And a faint sigil marking her as the Hare for Hircine's Hunt. After the Hunt, she has claw marks on from side down her thigh. And after the new werewolf hunting group attack, Sifkni is missing one of her ears, mostly in wolf form. In mortal form she has only the ear lobe left.