My first published work, though not the first written. Link to read: [www]
Summary:
When Talos woke up at Helgen, ligned up to be executed, they didn't even know their name. Having only escaped thanks to the attack of a dragon, they were pushed into a world they have no memories of, into doing favors and being acclaimed as a hero for the people of Skyrim, plunged in the midst of a Civil War born of religious intolerance and returned with racism. In this cold land of hatred, however, our hero is determined to choose their own name and path, and to find their memories, all kinds of love and reasons worth living for... Reasons that would make Skyrim a land worth fighting for.
Notes:
This is a quite self-indulging fanfic, where I can write the “perfect” epic story:
- As inspired by mods as I want (I use some mods on ps4, but there are limitations, and my pc can’t even stand the vanilla game), where I mix which parts of each mod I want OR imagine my own mods.
- With additional mechanics no mod can probably introduce, or “those things we all imagine our characters doing even if they are impossible in the game, even with many immersion mods”
- Some things that go against the lore are true here, for the purpose of the fic
- Some fan theories will also be canon in this fic
- Battles will be more epic than those in-game, specially the fight against alduin, miraak and Ulfric.
My main Dragonborn Talos is non-binary (they/them pronouns despite the misgendering from other characters, assigned female at birth, and their gender will be explored). They are also an half-breed: half nord and half high-elf, partly because that’s the typical combination everyone does to mix two beauty stereotypes, and partly because it’s the most ironic combination possible given the war in Skyrim. This is a concept art for my character [www]. They have no memories of their past, are a relationship anarchist, and starts their journey at Helgen, following closely many of the events and questlines in Skyrim.
I will have my second dragonborn appear as well, Chronus, a Breton woman who has lived in Riverwood (Anise is her aunt) and doesn’t understand her own connection with magic, animals, and the reason she has horns. She will journey to the College of Winterhold and she will be the one doing its quest and becoming arch-mage.
Their paths will, of course, intersect. And Miraak will have a huge role as well, despite his late appearance. As I said, this is supposed to be an epic, in every sense possible, including the size of my fic – if you want something that can be read quickly or with a romance that escalates in the first chapters, I don’t recommend it – and will cover several years of the life of my dovah, plus an epilogue. I also want it to be enjoyable by people who don’t play the games but like fantasy and this kind of setting, therefore I will rewrite many things – dialogue, events… even describe the places – that appear in-game. That may be boring for some people who already played it several times, but I think it will add either to the epicness, or to the characterization.
You may also be interested in what characters will be most developed. They will be my 2 dragonborns, Miraak, Serana, Lydia, Marcurio and the bard Karita. But I will try to expand on the lore of most NPCs.
Each chapter will have images/links of how I imagine the places and additional armors/weapons mentioned in my story, taken from mods (with the proper credits), my drawings… or my creations in the Sims xD
Finally, keep in mind that I’m from Portugal and therefore English is not my native language. Feel free to tell me if you notice any mistake or confusing passage, as I’ll fix it as soon as I’m told. I also use “-“ to initiate dialog, reserving quotation marks for thoughts, since that’s the standard here.
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