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Here's a close-up from my previous post - Dagny (my OC) and Talvas.

Full view here (plus some lore on these two)! https://www.tumblr.com/serenadingjester/821742983582973952/my-dragonborn-dagny-and-talvas-fathryon?source=share

Sooo, I have two laptops. My super big OLD heavy one that still somehow mostly works, but can't connect to internet, which I use for digital art. It's my Ancient Nord Laptop LOOOL. Then there's the Little Laptop I got a few years ago for non-art stuff, which connects to the internet just fine. When I want to upload, I've gotta put my art on a USB stick to transfer it from the Ancient Nord Laptop to the Little Laptop. And omg, the colours on the Little Laptop look so oversaturated! They looked fine on the Ancient Nord Laptop!! How do they look? :s Might fix later.

A sketch of my dragonborn, Dagny, and Talvas Fathryon!

Dagny, a young mage in her mid-20s, received her letter of rejection from the College of Winterhold around the same time she met Talvas, who was in Windhelm (her hometown) on an important errand for Master Neloth.

Her rejection came as a total shock, for she'd been certain of her acceptance. To soothe her dismay, embarrassment, and rapidly escalating feelings of inferiority, she accompanies her new friend Talvas to Solstheim for a change of scenery. There she meets Master Neloth and becomes his secondary apprentice - but only because he is interested in studying her, as she is half mer (Altmer) and half man (Nord) and such unions are rare.

Because of Neloth's disregard for teaching, her true master becomes Talvas, who is her senior by a few decades (such is the elven lifespan & slow rate of aging). As a master conjurer, his skill is on par with the best at the College of Winterhold, but his prowess is constantly belittled by Neloth, who abuses him. Furthermore, Talvas is shaped by the deeply hierarchical and meritocratic Telvanni society of which he and Neloth are members.

That said, he's a pretty stressed-out guy who often doubts himself. However, Dagny thinks he's excellent and always looks up to him. So, while he provides her with a world-class education in the art of magic, she provides him with an emotional haven, which he desperately needs. (It must also be mentioned that Talvas vigilantly protects her from the worst of Neloth's attempted experiments, of which she has only a vague, peripheral awareness...)