#cilantroart

First up is Katii, the oldest of the Raksha siblings and the one in charge of keeping the other two alive during the great war (Also in this AU or whatever the war started 20 years ago, but the events of the game still happen in 4E 201) She dreamed of being an adventurer, but all of that got put on hold when the war broke out and her parents (presumably) died fighting the Thalmor. Even after everything ended, she wouldn't let herself pursue her dream because she still felt responsible for taking care of her family.

Eventually of course, she would cave and start traveling— making a point to send letters back to her family whenever she could. These messages abruptly stopped when she made it to Skyrim and was captured by vampires. After escaping and realizing she was going to turn, she decided not to contact anyone— not wanting them to know what had happened to her if she failed in curing herself (pretend it's way harder than in the game lol).

It's easy enough to keep her identity a secret, even when Trayir comes to Skyrim looking for her. She saw him once before he became a werewolf, but the two wouldn't speak till way later. Haven't figured it out, but it went pretty poorly and they didn't see each other again until they both ended up in the dungeon leading to Serana.

I need to replay the Dawnguard questline to get it fresh in my mind, but that's about it for her. Originally she was going to marry Uthgerd, but now I'm torn between her and Mjoll so idk.

Trayir next! He's the middle child (for whatever reason it wouldn't let me upload Juno's ref, so we'll get to him later) and the main character which he's not thrilled about. As a child while fleeing from the Altmeri Dominion, he fell down a small cliff and left behind. Anisha, an Altmeri soldier at the time, found him and made sure he got to safety. She also gave him an enchanted ring— something he would keep with him long after the magic died out.

After everything settled down, he began training as a blacksmith under his aunt. He was content with this job, and had little desire to adventure like his sister. Unfortunately for him, the plot would find him anyway and Katii went missing. Juno was busy poking around a dwemer ruin, so it was up to Trayir to find her. Due to an unfortunate run in with a giant, one of his swords was broken and he was injured— but he was also found by the companions. Eorlund repaired his sword, and he agreed to do work for them in exchange for a place to stay and much needed help with surviving Skyrim.

Months passed with little sign of Katii, but he was a werewolf now so that might help a bit. Everything with the Silverhand was also ramping up, but no time to think about that, Alduin has returned. The main questline starts and Trayir has less and less time for the Companions (and his kinda boyfriend Vilkas, but idk haven't ironed that out yet). This escalates till Jorrvaskr is attacked and Kodlak is killed. Vilkas is pissed and the questline plays out like normal (except Vilkas mauls the Silverhand to death like Todd intended [I have no idea if he intended that but it sure feels that way]). Trayir is made the leader, and now has even more responsibilities on his shoulders. All of that is before he learns about Katii lol, and the Dragonborn DLC but once again I'll need to replay that before yapping about it.

Anisha, my girl, my ex soldier (not a battle mage anymore, that was changed) also I have no god damn clue how fast elves age in this universe, she's supposed to be fairly young, but old enough to be a college professor without her age being notable, if that makes any sense.

She was born to Thalmor nobles and is the youngest of 3. She has an older sister and a twin brother. Her cushy life left her naive and unaware of a LOT of things, which is why she mildly questioned the Thalmor's goals and ended up being sent to the front lines. Anisha did not have a fun time in the war, and came home with a lot of scars (both physical and mental). Her parents wanted her to die, but brushed it off as "tough love".

As soon as she could, she left Summerset and attended the College of Winterhold for a bit. She then became a professor, although she didn't do a lot of teaching given the extremely low amount of students.

Before Alduin's return, Farengar sent her to Bleak Falls Barrow for the dragonstone— hiring Trayir to assist her after assuming she was just a healer. Trayir was happy to see her, as was she (although she assumed he hated her). They worked together and got the claw, then main quest and all that.

At some point, Trayir's younger brother Juno would make an appearance, and was persuaded to join the college for actual mage training. Anisha became his unofficial mentor, and together they'd deal with the Eye of Magnus and all that jazz.

I remember I did this prompt out of order lol, it was cavern or something.

Curiosity killed the cat, and led Clipse into a cave of horrors. He lost his horn here at one point too, but that happens later.

More Icarus and Ransom 🩵💛

Instagram flagged this when I posted it there lol.

My two favorite NPCs, Icarus and Ransom ✨ they got engaged in a session shortly before I drew this (and Ransom got kidnapped lol).

Another!

This is Clipse Whitemoon, the only child of the (former) king of Nodimyr. His eventual reign is filled with war and tragedy, and the fates of his people rest in his hands alone.