#morrowind stuff

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And if anyone else sees it and considers it fun then please have a go too. The more the merrier ^.^

Name: Indra Sul, previously Indra Traven. Alignment:  chaotic good/chaotic neutral. Sex: female. Gender: female. Sexuality: pansexual. Birthsign: the Lover, one the Thief’s charges.

Appearance: Indra Sul is tall, rather muscled, with broad shoulders, wide hips and a narrow waist, and almost flat-chested; her skin is light-gray, very pale by Dunmeri standards; and her hair is dull black, with a large patch of gray on one side of her head. Theoretically her hairstyle is half-shaved head, but she doesn’t shave the shaved part often enough and usually forgets to brush the long part. Indra doesn’t look after her person much, her hair is unkempt, boots worn and torn, clothes generally in a sorry state – a stark contrast to her weapons, always immaculately clean and shiny.

Origins: Born of unknown parents, apparently exiled Ashlanders, who died of unknown illness aboard a ship heading to Southern Blackmarsh from Vvanderfel, leaving their infant child an orphan. Was adopted and raised by a Breton scholar Jocien Traven in Lilmoth and spent the first twenty five years of her life accompanying her stepfather in his expeditions into the depths of Blackmarsh. Later, in Morrowind, an Ashlander wise woman made a special ritual for Indra and concluded that she is a distant descendant of Alandro Sul, Nerevar’s close friend and allegedly the mortal son of Azura. Accepting this version, Indra changed her surname, Traven, for fateful Sul. By the Forth Era Daedric Prince Azura is – allegedly – Indra’s only family: a loving, demanding, domineering, slightly abusive great-great-grandmother, with whom Indra is constantly at odds.

The surname: In the Third Era, Indra Sul would mostly call herself “Sul”, without the first name. When Vivec declared her the champion of the Almsivi, Indra developed a habit of wearing the full set of Indoril Armour complete with the gold mask in public, and as her “in private” was restricted chiefly to herself and a very limited number of people, soon first Sul’s face was forgotten, and then Sul’s gender. By the time of the Oblivion Crisis and the Nerevarine’s disappearance during the battle for Ald Rhun almost everybody thought of Sul the Nerevarine as genderless or male. Then another Sul – Ezmaar – became strongly associated with the surname, and the missing champion was now referred to as simply “the Nerevarine”.

Occupation: in the Third Era: the Almsivi’s champion, Hortator and the Nerevarine; in the Forth Era: a common mercenary.

Languages: Cirodilic, Jel, Dunmeris, Altmeris.

Skills: Indra is proficient with both sword (one-handed and two-handed) and magic (specializes in illusion, alteration and mysticism). She’s also a skilled acrobat and athlete, can throw daggers, and has a high level of stealth. A decent alchemist, good at survival, and expert with locks and traps. Special skills include half-acquired, half-inborn talent for finding way underground and dealing with Dwemer mechanisms (though Indra ardently hates both caves/tombs and Dwemer ruins); copying documents and other people’s handwriting; appreciation, i.e. telling fakes from genuine things; and sailing boats. Important note: in the Third Era, Sul was legendary in battle, but in the Fourth Era Indra’s physical prowess is just slightly above average as a result of the long time spent in Oblivion, body and soul apart.

Patron Deities: Vivec, but it’s too complicated to explain in one paragraph properly. Let’s just state that Vivec went missing and is no god anymore, but Indra Sul still regards him as her patron deity. Patron Daedric Lords: Azura, whom she regards as her divine ancestor and with whom maintains a complicated love/hate relationship; to a point, Mephala, as Indra was a member of Morag Tong and because of his/her connection to Vivec.

Personality:

Indra of the Third Era can be described as a natural-born winner and a seeker of new experiences with a tendency towards hedonism. Despite having her own doubts and bad moments, she is generally quite secure with enormity of the task lying ahead of her as the Nerevarine. Dreams of being Nerevar may be a sign of mental illness – or actually a cause of such illness – but Indra is comfortable with those dreams too, welcoming them into her life as an integral part of it. Her only big fear is turning out to be the wrong one. Indra of the Third Era is open-minded, adventurous and generally friendly towards men and mer, though she tends to regard others as tools, saving her affections for the dream-life as Nerevar. (Later this brings her a lot of pain, because the Almsivi and Dagoth Ur of Indra’s present are NOT Ayem, Seht, Vehk and Voryn of Nerevar’s days, and not one of them accepts her as Nerevar).

Indra of the Fourth Era is darker and tends towards cynicism and bitterness. Having experienced the parting of body and soul – technically death – and returning to Nirn powerless and unrecognized to find Morrowind badly scarred after the Red Year didn’t take lightly on her. The Tribunal is dead and gone, her status and skills are lost, Azura seemingly still bears a bit of a grudge, and Indra doesn’t have Nerevar dreams anymore. She is obviously no Nerevarine anymore – but does that mean she’s merely another exile of the ash with no home to go to now, or can it be that the reincarnation is completed and she is Nerevar, free to live his/her second life is he/she wills?

In the Third Era Indra Sul is a skooma addict (generously introduced to the substance by Caius Cossades) and drinks a lot; then the Divine Disease heals her from addiction and seemingly takes away ability to be high on anything from her. She only experiences some echo of ecstasy or mild relaxation if she takes a really great amount of narcotic substance. This forced sobriety contributes to her more somber outlook in the Fourth Era.

p.s.: There are references to a certain crucial event that took place during the Oblivion Crisis and resulted in Indra Sul’s death/banishment to Oblivion. I intend to write this piece down later, and it will also explain a lot about her complicated relationships with Vivec and Azura.