Thinking about changing my handle here... many thoughts.

I might dump some CR/C4 thoughts and reposts here too since this is essentially a fantasy RPG containment space as it is. I feel like the leap between TES and D&D is pretty small, right?

Honestly the rough unfinished underpainting kind of feels like it fits the character's vibe as is, so I might actually consider it 'finished' in this case.

Painting WIP

More than anything Callum was an experiment in how physically weak can I play a Skyrim character with magic mods keeping them alive against all odds. He pretty much requires a follower (which is fine), and he's currently traveling around with Gore.

To further complicate things, since the attack and resulting affliction, he's currently being called by Hircine who sees promise in him as something like an avatar of the Hare, as he has the will to struggle through extreme circumstances and trauma, despite his sickly and physically weak nature.

He's a follower of Arkay by circumstance, and tends to the Graveyard in Falkreath, hence the Grave Cleric angle, but he sees the divines a little differently than most -- I've referred to him as a 'Backwoods Mystic' before as a better label for his 'class'.

I've talked more about Callum over on tumblr, but I'm playing him as a Grave Cleric sort of build in Skyrim thanks to magic mods. He survived a werewolf attack, and was taken in by Runil, where he works for the House of the Dead in Falkreath.

Ever get inspired by another artist and want to try a new technique but then just wind up doing what you always do instead? 💀

Anyway, have a sketch of Callum.

I'm feeling what little sanity I have left drain away since that's been my primary source of comfort in the dystopian hellscape of life right now. Why is everything a monopoly? Why can't I play my silly little fantasy games on my own PC without an evil overlord somehow profiting from it?

Haven't been playing Oblivion or Skyrim since learning play time on your games directly benefits MS during the Boycott (regardless of when you purchased them) which is uhhh honestly uncomfortably invasive! 💀

I've gotten a lot of people telling me I should play FFXIV over the years, and I'm sure it's as good as everyone says it is, but unless you want to pay for a subscription, I really can't afford it / justify the cost of an MMO. I will continue to simply gaze wistfully at other people's OCs for now.

I'm in a severe state of burnout still and I just want to have fun with my OCs and make messy art and write little stories and maybe make connections with other creators/RPers etc. This is my little corner for that. Feel free to follow, but expect a lot of OC rambling and fantasy melodrama.

So many of my Elder Scrolls characters are ones that don't make sense to play in game because they're not powerful fighters or prone to adventuring, which is a bit frustrating. I should probably check out some more Skyrim mods for alternative gameplay to see if I can kinda bridge that gap.

Sigyn, a Nordic Dibellan mystic, definitely more than a little unhinged, but she's pretty quiet about it, spending most of her time creating tapestries with religious and often esoteric iconography.

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Working out the details of my HoK... A roguish adventurer who found himself imprisoned after a job went sideways. Does not want to deal with this Oblivion bullshit, but is hoping to secure a retirement fund out of playing hero.

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Oblivion's character creator leaves a lot to be desired so I tried to work out an idea for a HoK in Skyrim's creator since I have plenty of mods to help out... I'm not sure if he's technically an Imperial, Breton, or Nord yet, but he does have Altmer lineage, hence the pointed ear tips.

Updating mods for Oblivion Remastered and still they don't work right. Updated Mo2 to the new beta version, updated OBSE and UE4SS, everything looks like it's installed where it should be and enabled and yet... nothing actually works!

And this is Vendrys, my roguish Dunmer Necromancer.

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Lyreth, my Dunmer mage with too much curiosity for her own good.

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