#Nord Culture

[fatherentropy]

Xelzaz's line on Maormer made me chuckle because... y'know. Yorick. Also been rocking a hood w/ his usual face mask so you can't see shit on his head so he could easily pass for whatever which is fun for situations like this??? idk Anyway!!

Playable Maormer w/o needing mods when (never, I know but shh)

I might be the only person that jokingly threatens people I'm comfortable with but y'know. Never said I was good with people. Said the opposite actually lmao

Also I keep drawing Yorick as super aggro but I think that's just the Nebarra effect because he's a space cadet tbh.

was gonna have Xel and Lucifer say something at the end here but I... forgot what but also not happy with these faces because blah blah argonian hard blah. Same thing I'm always complaining about lmao

Judging

anyway, silly nonsense that's probably funnier in my head but now it's OUT of my head and that's what's really more important tbh. That all of you have to be inflicted with it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

#CWart #The Elder Scrolls #Nebarra #Xelzaz #Lucifer Skyrim #sorry the quality of my art keeps degrading. I'm tired but I'm also more tired of trying to hold unto things until I'm not tired. #it's not happening #Think he'd be mostly imperial actually... or breton?... reach men?? idk comparing my ancestry results to tes' kinda confusing shit #it don't matter. I'm culturally German American. Yorick is culturally Bruman Nord. yeehaw. #I"m babbling I need to go to bed it's 4 am

[ifindus]

Back with some more Norwegian Regions! ✨

Molde football club had a match against German Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League last week. Norwegian football teams ending up in group play in Europa League is pretty big and many national newspapers will say that we need to band together as a nation and support the teams that make it. However, everyone hates Molde - especially people from Trøndelag.

So, when I, my German friend who is a fan of Leverkusen, and another friend of us drove to Molde to watch the game, we all rooted for Leverkusen. My friend was a little unsure whether if they should wear their Leverkusen shirt or not - meanwhile I clearly wore the colours of Rosenborg (Trøndelag's football team) and our friend wore Bodø/Glimt (Northern-Norway's best football team) colours and merch.

Shout-out to my friend who said: "this is the beginning of a bad joke; a german, a trønder, and a northerner walk into a Molde game, and all of them support the germans".

#norwegian regions #hws norwegian regions #aph norwegian regions #hetalia ocs #aph trøndelag #aph vestlandet #aph nord-norge #hws trøndelag #hws vestlandet #hws nord-norge #hate hate hate Molde by! #this is the kind of shit I love with hetalia etc: #being able to illustrate funny interactions between nations and regions based on things that happen in my life #I feel like you must really be into football to really understand this tho 😅😅 #our dialects revealed us too!! Clearly they heard we were not there to support them - which trønder goes to Molde to support them?? #love how regional newspapers in Trøndelag were just shitting on Molde regardless 😂😂 it is ingrained in our culture #a previous Rosenborg player scored a goal against Molde in another Europa League game and he was interviewed after- #he said he did his duty as a trønder when they asked if it felt bad scoring against a Norwegian team 😂😂😂 love you Midtsjø #also Aker Stadion in Molde was so shit compared to Lerkendal omg 👀 I mean - the stadion in itself was fine but the atmosphere was shit #ik Rosenborg is shit rn but at least the games on Lerkendal has a nice vibe regardless

[kid-az]

Skyrim/Nords Headcanons (Very long)

Skyrim Headcanon 1: The coasts of the northern holds (Particularly Winterhold and Hjaalmarch) have a unique tradition in that clam and shellfish gatherers will strip most or all of their clothes and then smear themselves with the grease and oils of horkers and chub loons. By smearing themselves with horker grease, this not only traps heat within the gatherers bodies but also helps attract the small shellfish they harvest to feed their families or sell at the market.

Skyrim Headcanon 2: Those few farmers that live in Skyrim (Along with several Orsimer strongholds and Reachfolk tribes) have a complex trade system with the Giants, (Likewise for the Giants) with an equivalent exchange for whatever spiral-painted cows are sacrificed/gifted to the Giants. It is customary in Giant culture that the individual must grant the farmer that Cows weight in mammoth cheese or furs, that or they may stand guard and protect the farm during the night from wild animals.

Of course, this is just one example of the Giant and Nord trading system, and it is undeniably far more complex than that. For example, the Stormcloaks trade exchange with the Giants involves defending their mammoths from poachers. In exchange, several of the Giants are expected to help fight for the Stormcloak’s cause of an independent Skyrim. This exchange is kept so long as either party does what is expected of their duties.

Most small peoples/Giant relations often involve this trade and the duty of repaying that generosity, in whatever way they may be able to. Also, Giants do eat the Cows they are given.

Skyrim Headcanon 3: The Bards College within the Haafingar Hold actually had an extensive knowledge, history, and grasp in magic. Students learning from the college would learn spells that would allow them to pacify wildlife, boost the physical, mental, and spiritual abilities of friends & allies, and even counteract the effects of other spells and magic through their music. Indeed, even in the 4th Era where many Nords grew somewhat disgruntled by magic, the Bards College still continued on with its magical traditions, reasoning that the ability to counteract other magic with music would allow them to better fight the Thalmor.

As for instruments, members of the Bards College would use a large variety of them, whether it be the talharpa, the lyre, drums, the jaw’s harp, flutes, and musical horns. They’ve picked up a variety of other instruments and musical styles from around Tamriel as well, but they still mostly teach the traditional instruments used by the Nords. Folks from the Bards College also tattoo themselves with musical-themed tattoos, along with birds.

Skyrim Headcanon 4: Being a major hub for trade between Morrowind and Skyrim alike, the Rift has seen a small influx of creatures native to the former, in particular the Guar, (Due to their intellect, omnivorous diet, and the appeal of a giant lizard as a mount) a semi-giany (4 inch long) species of bee known as the Lightning Bees, (Make good honey for mead, but are aggressive and emit electric shocks through magic. Bards are needed to keep them docile) and the Kwama.

The Kwama in particular is a noted point of interest in the 4th era, as a third of all Kwama mining takes place within the Rift since the Red Mountain’s eruption, many members of House Hlaalu remaining in Skyrim after they lost their seat as a Great House. A breeding population of Silt Striders has also become established within the hold, snacking on the sweet leaves of the autumnal forests. They are a protected species within the Rift.

Although the members of House Hlaalu would become a house associated with the underworld and illegal dealings back in the home province, most of the members of the House in the Rift would be more honest Kwama miners and traders. Disturbed by their former compatriots openly and publicly turning to crime, these former House Hlaalu members would renounce their title, wishing to not be associated with the criminal underworld by proxy.

Skyrim Headcanon 5: Nords fucking love bees!!!

Okay, to be more specific they love bees due to their immense enjoyment of mead, so many of the southern holds would have many large bee farms. The northern holds (Or the rich) meanwhile create greenhouses to contain the bees and lots of flowers for them to pollinate and create honey out of. Riften is the unofficial capital of bee farming, as its pleasant environment compared to the rest of Skyrim allows for the largest and highest quality bee farms.

Of course, farming bees for honey isn’t their only use. For example, the Nords have quite a knack for snacking on the bees themselves, (Roasted) as they make a quick and energizing snack for both adults and children. The beeswax can be used to make candles and skin cream, the latter being of particular importance as Skyrim’s cold environment leads to dry skin. 

They’ll also use every part of a bee hive, such as bee pollen, propolis, and on occasion even royal jelly. The royal jelly is used to make particularly potent medications and can be distilled as a drink for the jarls and other high-status folk, even if it’s less sweet than honey.

Skyrim Headcanon 6: The Ice Tribes were strange, sapient constructs made of ice that suddenly appeared during the late 3rd Era, the only possible evidence to their appearance being several icebergs that drifted towards northern High Rock and Skyrim. Little is known about them other than the fact they wielded enchanted ice and snow in their battles against the peoples of Tamriel, and were also known to raise the dead as their personal servants in several different eyewitness reports.

They were invincible to all except for particularly strong soul-trapping spells, Daedric and Dwemer weapons, and certain glasses such as ebony, elven glass, and obsidian. Their undead servants meanwhile were extremely sensitive to heat, even among the fellow undead. Eventually, these strange beings would go extinct, unable to compete against the peoples of Tamriel and their superior magical knowledge.

In Skyrim, these beings were compared to the ancient ice demons that the Nord’s Atmoran ancestors historically fought against. Although notable for being called the Atmoran’s greatest opponents in the old tales, they were given no true name, only being nicknamed “The Others.”

Skyrim Headcanon 7: Eastmarch is a Hold famous for its extensive amounts of hot springs and geothermal activity, which the residents have made extensive use out of. Villagers would not take long, warm baths within the more modestly-heated springs, but they will also use these springs as a natural hotpot to steam/boil food, which saves on firewood and gives the food a rich taste. Minerals can also be harvested from the springs, though these are historically controlled harvests instituted by the Jarls in fear of the springs becoming destroyed or dried up.

Windhelm can credit its continued existence as one of Skyrim’s largest and oldest cities from these springs, as an extensive pipe system created during the 3rd Era allowed for the spring water to flow through, keeping the city warm and providing a constant and nearby supply of mineral-rich water for the inhabitants to use. Not all was well unfortunately, as the springs were historically used as a form of execution on criminals and Falmer slaves, their bodies boiled and then dissolved within the boiling pools of water. This practice has thankfully stopped.

Skyrim Headcanon 8: Historically, Nord culture emphasized the rite of adulthood through hunting. This came in the form of small groups of young Nordic men and women having to travel to the wilderness and work together to slaughter a large animal to bring back to their village/clan, either a bear or troll in most Holds. Usually, this small group of adolescent hunters is watched over by an adult warden, ready to jump in should the hunt end in disaster for them.

This practice waned during the 3rd Era, practiced only by Jarl successors or the High King’s inheritor. However, it would regrow in popularity due to the aftermath of the Great War and the nationalism of an Independent Skyrim, as well as the interest of the younger generation “going back to their roots” culturally. Ulfric’s commanders were chosen based on how well they led their comrades against bandits or Falmer.

Some of the Hold's adult rites involved hunting different animals, such as Hjaalmarch having the youth hunt a chaurus reaper or Winterhold’s rite of citizenship being given once a group managed to kill an ice wraith together. The Reach Once had its youth hunt Dwemer Anuminculi as an adult rite, which led to predictably disastrous results.

Skyrim Headcanon 9: Examples of Snow Elf architecture outside of the Chantry of Auri-El actually exist, but they are all underground! The Snow Elves alongside the Dwemer teleported most of their important buildings so that they wouldn’t get destroyed and repurposed by the Nords. As of today, these buildings are still utilized as places of worship or habitation by the modern Falmer, albeit the religion they worship is a little different, as they have included several Daedra (Most prominently Malacath) into their faith and sun worship has been abandoned entirely in favor of worshipping heat in general.

Skyrim Headcanon 10: Final and brief headcanon for Skyrim that being that Whiterun has a high werewolf population (Due to the Companions and the “lucky” few that got their specific strain of lycanthropy) but surprisingly few werewolf-related deaths. Because of this fact, Werewolves are given just a bit more respect and are given far less fear than in other regions, as many travelers and locals find themselves getting rescued from a wild animal or bandits by those blessed by Hircine.

#I think the Nords deserve to be interesting #and not just be viking expies #similar to how dunmer have many cultural influences but aren’t an irl culture copypasted into a fantasy world #tes #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls headcanon #skyrim #nords #headcanons #worldbuilding

[sasquach-scratches]

Anyways my current playthrough of Skyrim with ~Mod Followers~ reminded me that Lydia had some new dialogue if you take her to Solstheim with you and it reminded me how she's like your ride or die follower, likely the first or second you get in the game and the fandom just

likes killing her or whatever just cause she's sassy about carrying stuff

#elder scrolls #skyrim #i can't remember if the post was here or not #but i defo subscribe to the idea that she could have been like #a guide for outsiders on Nord and Skyrim culture

[silusvesuius]

eli/sef having this crush on elelelenwen is worse if u imagine her being like. wawaoo... true elven culture... a part of myself i cannae indulge in for the throne is a heavy burden... and meanwhile elen/wen is like. eating men and hunting them Purely for the Sport of it while everyone around her is that old man meme... i dont know... thats scary... the fuck...

romanticize ur local maneater today it costs no money

JXCCLZXXCJKL this is why elf elis/if x elly is better than anything .... all of the 'homeschooling' where tu/llius was pointing at pictures of the th*lmor and wagging his finger evaporating from elis/if's mind the moment she sees elly and her people. she'd legit be like "Omg i feel so loved and appreciated here it's like i found a whole family 😿" meawhile everyone at that embassy is just trying their best to not swat her like a fly 💙 elis/if's thanes fall asleep leaving her unsupervised for like 3 minutes and then stand in shock and horror realizing she left for the th*lmor headquarters next door but they're too scared to go look for her there because they think th*lmor are scary af

#ask #i think elly would have a fun time kinda guilt tripping elis/if over being far too caught up in nord culture 2 the point where she's not - #- even rly an elf anymore LMFAO she'd be like 'Damn .. i guess ur lucky they didn't shave all ur fur off and pull your fangs out :// - #and cut ur tail off too' (elis/if doesn't sleep at night after) #elly “reaching Elvenhood” seminar (her standing mouth stuffed with human innards) #every other elf: We don't claim her y'all

[sayitaliano]

Brace yourself y'all--

This thursday September 7th 2023 on Canale 5 (you'll very likely need an Italian vpn to watch) at 9:32 PM GMT+2 a concert by Max Pezzali - 883 will be broadcasted

My teen self might go wild on that night and I might live post too IDK

#italian tv #italian tv show #italian music #musica italiana #it #italian #languages #italian language #italian things #italians #italian stuff #italian culture #cause yes max pezzali and 883 are Italian culture #UOUOOOO NORD SUD OVEST EST

[dovahtomes]

#jonna jinton #the frozen call #nordic #nord #sweden #swedish culture #music

[philoursmars]

Allez, pour l’année du Lapin, une série de 6 posts !

Ici des lapins contemporains, tagués...

- Sars-Poteries (Nord), le Musverre - Richard Meitner : “Messieurs, Mesdames les Critiques”

- Marseille, tunnel du Boulevard National, MP2013

- Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Nord), LAM - Barry Flanagan : “The Boxing Ones”

- Marseille, Fondation Monticelli - Marcel Sandoz : “Lapin assis”

- Marseille - Rue J.M. Cathala X  Rue J.Trinquet

-  Lille,TriPostal - Lille Fantastik

- Marseille, MuCEM - Ai Weiwei  : “Cercle d'animaux”

#lapin #année du lapin #tag #art urbain #graffiti #art contemporain #sars-poteries #nord #musverre #cristal #verre #richard meitner #échiquier #marseille #boulevard national #blason #MP2013 #capitale européenne de la culture #villeneuve-d'ascq #LAM #lièvre #barry flanagan #fondation monticelli #marcel sandoz #sandoz #sculpture #rue cathala #tripostal #tri poostal #lille

[coeur-noire]

#photography #nature #france #paysage #nord #wouah #culture

[useless-catalanfacts]

On May 9th, the French administrative tribunal issued the sentence confirming that the use of the Catalan language is illegal in town hall meetings in Northern Catalonia. Only French is allowed.

This is how the mayor of els Banys i Palaldà (town in Northern Catalonia) has started the town hall's meeting, defying the order by speaking Catalan as well as French and also English.

We applaud the bravery of all those who defy the French Government and defend the right to speak their language in their country.

A more in-depth explanation of what happened in this post:

Video source: 3/24.

#els banys i palaldà #els banys d'arles #catalunya nord #actualitat #language rights #minority languages #pays catalan #amélie les bains #catalan #langblr #languages #language #polyglot #france #imperialism #europe #cultures

[landgraabbed]

still in morrowind hell (also ik it’s not the same daedric artifact at all but getting moon and star never fails to remind me of this masterpiece)

#p #hope ur all good!!! annie's coming this friday 'm so fdjdsDSJDSDF excited i love her so much #vvardenfell wandering #nammu got really lucky and got nearly full ebony when clearing out a daedric shrine #merarii did illunibi yes she got corprus she got cured we barely managed kogoruhn bc i ran out of potions #cave of the incarnate is truly one of the most profound moments in gaming for me #i truly think the writers at bethany esda were on to something when they had you as an outlander introduced by the emperor of cyrodiil #to present yourself as maybe the nerevarine and that together with the state of vvardenfell as a whole during the game is such #*an interesting exploration of colonialism you very rarely see in gaming #and it's cool because for all i rag on skyrim for how it handles the main quest those two games explore those themes and more and more #i find the civil war in skyrim (the actual war not the questlines) is so interesting and the way people discuss it so fervently even #ten years on #(my personal stance: i am staunchly anti empire i could never support the empire but at the same time i dearly wish i could support #skyrim's independence in order to preserve the scraps of old culture you see like that man who still worships kyne #without supporting ulfric and what he stands for and the hypocrisy of skyrim belongs to the nords when the markarth incident is a thing that #happened. it's just sad to see how the empire so successfully took that from the nords) #(i still think ulfric is one of the best written characters in skyrim he's just a tool i hate him lmfao) #but yeah. meeting the false incarnates hearing the stories of their demise. being able to openly state you just want to figure out what's #going on and maybe free the sleepers from dagoth's anti chim fuckery. yes. gimme that. #anyways merarii solved julan's whole fuckery they're engaged and she's working on taking down sixth house bases and becoming hortator #also i gave up on the long dark for now bc forlorn muskeg just. broke me #picked dragons dogma on the switch and i'm really diggin that rn

[momentsinlove]

Moments In Love #25

The KLF / Madrugada Eterna

Ultramarine / Weird Gear

The Zenmenn / Touched By An Angel

Shigeo Sikito / The Word II

John Carroll Kirby / Frog Life

Paul McCartney / Kicked Around No More

Eddie Chacon / Holy Hell

Sault / Why Why Why Why Why

Flora Purim / Angels

Unknown 

Isabelle Meyereau / Inexorablement

The Zenmenn / Papi’s Wishing Wheel

Absent Music / Monkey House

10CC / I’m Not In Love

Flora Purim / Angels (Reprise)

photo: Nord Amsterdam, August 2022

credit: moments in love

#amsterdam #nord amsterdam #sunset #port #summer #moments in love #mixtape #mixtape culture #balearic #pop #emotional pop #sault #eddie chacon #paul mccartney #john carroll kirby #shigeo sikito #the zenmenn #ultramarine #the klf #klf #isabelle mayereau #flora purim #soul #rnb #ambient #ambient house #chill out #absent music #10cc

[bellamontwasright]

Suna's considered a political extremist to most people in Blackreach for his vocal opposition to the caste system I don't even know what people in Whiterun would make of his ideals.

#Skyrim #Ldb oc #Blackreach au #Tesblr #If Suna's considered too tolerant for what would probably be the most accepting culture on Nirn #I think a few true nords would be made despondent by the realization that their hero of legend #Is a khajiit that's not even really a khajiit #The last dragonborn is a snowflake because he thinks slavery and society wide violent child abuse is wrong #Blackreach is like the best place besides Black Marsh to be an argonian woman but not if you're mentally ill or physically disabled #What they lack in racism and imperialism they make up for with ableism and fucked up beliefs about kids born in bad circumstances

[babylonbirdmeat]

While tied together by lore, and treatment of lore between games is important in how you look at them, I think the individual elder scroll games, or at least the big three (Oblivion, Morrowind, and Skyrim) should be looked at as their own entities when it come to gameplay

#Morrowind is really thinky and makes our head hurt #Also I feel like the Dragonborn's tale does fit the mechanics of Skyrim a little better than it would the previous two #The Dragonborn as a Nord Prophecy specifically fits Skyrim's mechanical structure better nords are very hacky slashy people culturally #Spiral attic

[morihaus]

What was the racist ESO DLC?

idk what this is in reference to but i realize now that "racist ESO DLC" is sort of a meaningless term bc that could be at least 3 or 4 of them

#moriada #to actually answer you i PROBABLY meant the. greymoor??? one? #the one where the reachfolk were meant to be the bad guys for trying to oust nordic colonizers #and those nords stole a reachfolk baby and indoctrinated her into their culture and everyone was horrified to discover her true heritage #that is to me 'the ESO racism DLC'

[vagabondageautourdesoi]

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#Accusation #Amérique #Amérique du Nord #art #Billet littéraire #Bric à brac de culture #Chronique littéraire #Chronique livre #Chroniques de voyage #Chroniques littéraires #Expériences #Gastronomie #Guide #Guide touristique #Littérature contemporaine #littérature française #Littérature francaise #Litterature contemporaine #Musique #Peintres #Tourisme #VOYAGE #Voyages