#great news miraak! you can leave apocrypha!

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heehee throwing a little ⭐ your way :)

from the fanfic writer director's cut asks—feel free to send one in or reblog so I can ask you!

thank you, jiro! 💖

⭐: there's a part in the fourth chapter of i fear no fate where Elentari, searching for Miraak's soul, comes across countless gateways to alternate timelines. in one of them, she sees a version of herself who'd accepted the Oghma Infinium and agreed to work with Hermaeus Mora:

I offered you the power you’ve yearned for, even the chance to restore that which you held dear, Mora crooned to her when she arrived in Apocrypha, and indeed, he did. Mere weeks before she flew on dragonback to the World-Eater’s eyrie, she stood in Septimus Signus’ outpost with the Oghma Infinium thrumming beneath her fingertips, listened to his sly, slow promises—reverse the sands of time, give them new life, not as a necromancer’s blank-eyed thralls but whole, as if they’d never departed from this world—and knew, deep within her bones, that they were lies spun to ensnare her with each page turned. That if she accepted it, if she succeeded, she would be selling him not just her soul but Mother’s, Father’s, Nienna’s. She remembers how her hands shook in their gloves, how she’d choked out her denial of him and his gods-forsaken artefact, and how tendrils of ink had leeched from the tome as it sank below the waves—

—but that mirror-Elentari is holding it like a holy thing in hands stained to the knuckles with ink. Her toes are pointed with such grace, she could be in the throes of dance were they not barely skimming the ground; beneath them, snowflakes rise from earth that withers and sprouts green and dies anew, all the way up to skies rocked with forks of lightning and the fire of circling dragons. And as the other version of herself lifts her head to lock their gazes, her eyes flash with an eldritch glow.

and I'll be getting into the "timelines" thing at a later point in the story (😼), but this is another one of my many AUs: a universe where Ellie fell to Mora thanks to his promises to her that she could resurrect her family. where she abandoned her duties as far as killing Alduin goes to devote herself to her attempts and managed to mess up the flow of time in the process. I imagine the seasons going weird and things unhappening—Torygg restored as though he'd never been killed, that kind of thing.

in that world, the gods would let Miraak out of Apocrypha so that he could deal with the World-Eater, and maybe sort the errant Last Dragonborn and time itself out while he was at it, but what would he do when he met this version of her?

or would she even make it that far before getting stolen away to Apocrypha herself?

would Miraak want or be able to save her from the fate he once met, especially if the gods see fit to restore his memories of Nirn—of her—as they free him?

#asks #oc: elentari #otp: i fear no fate (for you are my fate) #i fear no fate (for you are my fate) #great news miraak! you can leave apocrypha! #bad news: time has gone weird and your younger counterpart broke it. also your old boss is trying to rule the world again

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Miraak's Reaction to the LDB's Children:

ok it's been years since i adopted in this game and i forgot how cute it was to have kids

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I'll put this plainly: Miraak has never been fond of the creatures (yeah he calls them that).

He seldomly tolerates people in general as it is, so hearing the Dragonborn mention them for the first time came as a great shock to him.

"You're saying... you just let them run around in your home?" "Yes." "Forgive me for ever calling you intelligent."

He claims he's very knowledgeable with child psychology because of the "horror stories" he's read through his duration in Apocrypha.

"Back in my day children were used as sacrifices to please the dragons. I suppose there was one good thing about their rule..."

He gets extremely uneasy at the thought of actually being introduced to them.

He also dislikes when you brag about them: "Sophie made me the prettiest bouquet one morning :)" "Can she recite the alphabet in Dovahzul?" "...No?" "Pathetic."

Keep in mind Miraak is extremely self-centered and still puts himself above anyone who isn't the LDB. But he'll get surprised when a seemingly average child can outwit him.

He becomes tense when he finally does meet them.

He's never been around children and has even forgotten what it felt like to be one.

That being said, he wasn't raised up the same way. Miraak doesn't know what it feels like to have fun or to be freely naive. He simply judges what he can't understand. Being exposed to your children does gradually start to make a change in him, though.

They're obviously frightened of him in the beginning; especially because of the ominousness of his mask. Sadly, he takes it off for no one, so they just have to get used to it.

Sophie is the first to acclimate to his presence. Somehow his demeanor sparks a tiny similarity with her father. He's abrasive, yet silent, and shows affection through actions rather than words.

She quickly grows fond of him and idolizes him as a father of her own.

The next child's personality is also very specific to the orphan you adopted, so I'll leave that for you to decide :): - (Lucia): She's awfully shy of him and prefers to strap herself against your thigh when she's near him. Unlike Sophie, it takes her a bit longer to adapt, but once she does, she's a fiery chatterbox. - (Runa Fair-Shield): She likes to bully him (constantly) and when he threatens to dispose of her she immediately tattles. She's also very good at blackmailing and makes him give her piggyback rides. - (Alesan): He can't say he likes him much; mainly because Miraak's Atmoran genes make him the size of a giant through his eyes. He avoids him more than the rest, but he's also recognized for his smarts, so every now and then Miraak will attempt to teach him something new. - (Blaise): He feels as though he has something to prove to him due to his struggles on the farm. Miraak wordlessly drives him to become more of a man, and Blaise respects him for it. - (Hroar): He has a lot of adoration for Miraak's skill as a master swordsman, and often begs for sparring lessons (perk: you get to see Miraak wave a kiddie wooden sword around).

On another note: - If you only have girls, Miraak is decorated in flower crowns galore 100% of the time and often finds himself falling asleep with the two wrapped under his arms after reading them stories. - If you only have boys, the house is always messy from roughhousing and amateur sword fights. The boys won't be nearly as spoiled as the daughters, and not even Akatosh will stop his wrath if they disrespect you.

Turns out, Miraak loves your kids more than he ever anticipated. He merely hated the idea of children, but never realized just how perfect they are.

((((((he really wants to make a baby now))))))

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I'm melting

#miraak #skyrim #elder scrolls #tesblr #ldb #fdb #miraak headcanons #domestic headcanons #fatherhood

[gruvu]

Please please please tell us your Miraak thoughts

Anon I think I have all my notes now, if not. I will add it in some kind of Miraak masterpost if I get more ideas. So let us begin on a brief summary of who this guy is.

Basically for those who do NOT know who this guy is, he is the main villain in the dragonborn DLC for skyrim. It was the last DLC (the anniversary does not count) that was released. Miraak is the FIRST dragonborn and your character is the most recent/last dragonborn so there is that. Basically he worked for the dragons when they were running things till he found out he was a DB and decided he wanted to rule over everything. It backfired and he ran away like a lil coward to Hermaeus Mora, Hermaeus Mora saved him by transporting him to the realm of Apocrypha where he stays until you show up and he steals dragon souls from you and it sucks. There is more but wanted to get the basics down. Now I will put a read more to not make a long post so I can get to my thoughts.

I think I will start with his appearance, which you see above is just the mask and whatever. However he does NOT have a canon appearance under the mask. if you somehow use commands you can spawn him in and so far two randomly models for him will be generated.

One is a commonly used bandit male model that spawns and the other is a balding older man with black eyes which some use in their designs. But it leaves a lot of room for us to play with what he looks like. Now I personally have seen a lot of the dragon scales, black veins, black eyes with green irises and a hunky looking face. And it is a great look. Very good, I love it. Make him hot guys, I support that. I however went another way. I wanted to stir away from that look because I found out some interesting things, which some may have missed on their play through. Now the book Doors of Oblivion is a commonly found book, that describes a guy named Morian Zenas who is jumping around in different realms. His assistant is the narrator and writes this book. To not make this longer basically what happens it, Morian ends up in Apocrypha and instead of staying in there for a couple days, he stays for MONTHS. His communications with his assistant via by telepathic emails become more deranged and unable to be understood when it becomes a garbled mess of sounds. It is IMPLIED that what happened to Morian is he became a seeker.

One of these, which can be found in Apocrypha. These seekers are hinted to have once been human that Hermie mora has trapped inside this realm due to their thirst for knowledge.. Kind of what has happened with Miraak. Hermie gave Miraak knowledge and yeah. I began running with the idea that Miraak is becoming a seeker. Perhaps in a slower pace due to his dragonbornness.

- Not to mention in creative kit his "race" is simply called Miraak so he is his own race?

He obviously is keeping a humanoid form but it does not mean he is human underneath the armor. He is fighting Hermie, he knows herm is just playing with him for some reason. He even says the line to you "Hermaeus Mora is laughing at us, you know" So obviously he knows Herm is not on his side, not fully at least and that is why he has to leave. And Herm realizes that Miraak is not some mind he can take. And MAYBE that's why in the ending battle (SPOILERS BY THE WAY) Hermie kills him. This leaves you as the new champion and you can actually leave.

But this is not about how he dies, this is how he is as a living being. So in my mind, he is turning into a seeker, he knows he is. And Herm who lets you go in the end is keeping him trapped. He is the LAST LIVING dragon priest btw, it's cool cause he is the only one listed in the files as a CHARACTER rather than a creature like the undead ones we meet. So he is alive, which leads us to think how.. is he alive? What is he eating? Is time different in the realm he is in? Lots of questions which give me the idea Miraak.. As powerful as he is as a mage, and he is pretty powerful with enslaving people outside his physical reach. But physically I believe he is decaying, his body is fighting him. And as much big talk as he does, claiming he is the best, he is desperate under all that. He is a selfish man, a selfish proud, BAD EVIL man but there is something more. There has been a lot of cut lines from him and I wish that was restored. Man I had a lot of thoughts and I am not sure what else to dive into besides his physical looks without going into an au where we drag his flat butt out of there and make him a follower. So note this

- In creation kit he is listed as a character and not a creature like other dragon priests

- In creation kit he is called "miraak race", making him his own thing.

- Read the Doors to Oblivian because it.. Makes me sad. If ya'll have any questions, or want to hit me up with your thoughts PLEASE DO. I am always open to discussing skyrim.

#gruvu #Skyrim #TES #tes skyrim #tes Miraak #Miraak #skyrim #I do not like this new tagging thing that is popping up

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In a way the whole "Izuku is the Dragonborn" fic would need to leave most of the backstory of Izuku the 4-14 years old dragon slayer on luck or Inko doing all the work while Izuku is, like, put in a position of safety (he still needs to eat dragon souls tho, same for Miraaks... How would that work even?) So I might need to move things around a bit.

Basically here's the backstory on all major shit:

Helgen: Inko and Izuku run away with Hadvar. They are not scheduled for execution because, you know, Hadvar might not go out of his way for a stranger but there is a small kid involved, younger than his cousin dammit, way younger than your usual Stormcloak Child Soldier Conscript from Dawnstar (an actual canon thing believe it or not) so he puts his foot down. In the keep Hadvar does most of the work obviously, even if Inko does, in her desperation, cut down people getting dangerously close to Izuku. She is a better lockpick than she expected, especially with her Quirk, and Izuku in his curiosity ends up pawing off the book and a strange, mysterious ring inside the Mage's cell. They then go to Riverwood with Hadvar, where they are directed to both Farengar and the College for matters regarding magical space travel, so to speak.

Riverwood: However, they are pennyless and alone in a foreign world, so Inko tries first to make money by working at the local lumber mill as she sends a courier to Whiterun for the Dragon Thing. Assume we are playing with my modded version of the game, which means Riverwood is currently the home of one Triss Merigold from the Witcher. She is also spacially displaced as of late, and is searching for Yennefer, Ciri and Geralt, with whom she jumped into this reality before getting lost from them. Dorthe and Frodnar will direct the small Izuku to her, since Dorthe is the one "babysitting" Izuku while his mother works so he's playing with the slightly older kids. Basically, they know she is a mage of some sort since she showed them some sort of light show, and Inko still needs to make money if she wants to leave with the proper equipment so they can't even go to Farengarym yet.

This allows us to 1) Set up the Triss Merigold X Midoriya Inko endgame and NO I AM NOR FUCKING STUTTERING and 2) Give Inko a competent bodyguard of sorts before she actually does get used to the unforgiving land of Skyrim and starts giving people heart attacks with her Quirk.

Of the Major Guilds:

Companions: Inko Joins as a way to make money for Izuku. With the mercenary work she manages to buy the house in Whiterun, so now Izuku can be left in a safe location, with "Aunt" Lydia as his babysitter. Whiterun Shenanigans ensue with Izuku befriending Lucia and Lars. Also Braith but, like, after lots of character development. Lucia is obviously the first to be adopted.

Inko is the one who becomes a werewolf and the Harbinger in the end, Izuku is not involved in this Storyline outside of some encounters with "Aunt" Aela and "Uncles" Vilkas and Farkas. Inko renounces her condition in the end.

College of Winterhold: They move to winterhold together since Farengar can't help them. Izuku is actually a quick study, as exemplified to that one spell book he found in helgen that thought him within seconds how to shoot lightning from his hands, much to his mother's worry. He ends up killing a bandit in self defense that way when he's barely 5. It was either do that or let them get to his mom.

Anyway, Inko is enrolled, but so is Izuku, the two now living on College Grounds. Triss is also there as an honorary lecturer. Anyway, Whe most of the adventuring is still done by Inko, is Izuku who receives the visit of the Psijic Order and, ultimately, he is the one to kill Ancano and close the eye of Magnus. Inko becomes Archmage still, even if she tries her hardest to have Toldfir step up instead.

The way Izuku kills Ancano is actually more based on guile than actual magical prowess. He is the only one not paralyzed in the boss fight, so what he does, is grab one of J'Zargo experimental Scrolls, summon a Skeleton Minion (Oblivion spell he was recently taught so to have someone protecting him in times of crisis), and then run with it against Ancano, too busy as he is being a megalomaniac, suicide bombing himself. He survives, but only thanks to the Restoration Professor quick intervention as Ancano dies and the paralysis falters.

Restoration magic did save the day in the end.

J'Zargo, who is usually aloof and snarky over his experiments, is actually horrified his rival's son almost got killed because of him, so he pledges he will do everything in his power to find a way to help them with their issue. He is a great magician after all, and his class is one of the brightest to date, they can find a way out for them.

Dragon War: Since all they can do now is wait for the College, Inko returns to Whiterun with Izuku and Triss, but on the way the watchtower is attacked, Mirmulmir is slain, and Izuku absorbs his dragon soul. This jumpstarts the events of Skyrim, with Izuku and Inko having to go on a pilgrimage to High Hrothgar to better understand what is happening to her son, who is now terrified of talking least he blew his mother apart with his voice.

A 5 years old kid makes a poor warrior, so the Greybeard offer to train him for his destiny, but Inko refuses. They don't need her son to kill dragons, just to eat their souls, so what she can do, is do the actual dragon slaying, and then have Izuku eat the souls. This still forces her to bring Izuku on her adventures, which isn't ideal, but only the dragon related ones. Izuku still learns the shouts of unrelenting force and whirlwind sprint as well as Dragonrend, but is Inko the one wielding the blade.

As a side note, Paarthurnax, for once not having to deal with a 4th era Nord, can finally give the unadulterated lore of the order rather than the imperialized, akatosh centric one, which leads Izuku to grow interested in Kyne, Warrior-Widow of Shor, for how much she reminds him of his mom.

Anyway, Inko is the one doing most of the stuff, Paarthurnax isn't killed, and Izuku gets two dragon buddies, one a wise and aging mentor war criminal, the other a brash and snarky red dragon he can call with his voice.

Izuku and Inko go both to Sovengarde. Inko meets back Kodlak, but also Ysgramor, who she now recognizes as a war criminal bastard, and she is the one dealing the killing blow on Alduin. Inko, Breath of Kyne, is the one sand in the songs now, the mother of the dragonborn who delivered them from evil.

Thieves Guild: Inko also does it all, but is the start of Izuku's involvement with Daedras. Inko takes the pledge to Nocturnal, so her soul is now bound to her realm, but is her son that catches the Prince's eye. Inko also tries to reform the guild back to its old robin hood ways, with divergent results.

Explorer Guild: This is the Legacy of the Dragonborn Mod. Inko founds the explorers guild and moves to the now bigger home in the Museum in Solitude. Proudspire manor has been bought by Yennefer, now advisor to Queen Elisif, who thanks to her influence has grown more confident. Girlboss helping Girlboss prosper and all that. She lives there with husband and daughter, and there's a reunion with Triss. Usual angst about "is she going to leave me? Are our adventures over?" But Triss stays because she cares about Inko and shit.

Anyway, inko is the one doing most of the stuff here too, but she now has a big enough home to adopt more than just Lucia.

She adopts every orphan, as well as Sissel and Britte in Rorikstead after murdering their abusive father. She then kills Grelod in Riften, so to also be able to adopt the orphans at the orphanage. To do so, she catches the attention of the Dark Brotherhood since she just stolen their contact. She of course adopts Aventus Aretino too.

Dark Brotherhood: All Inko. Unlike thieves guild, Izuku isn't even aware she's doing this, since he's back in Solitude with his new siblings.

Princes:

Izuku does Sheogorath. He's playing in the streets with his siblings and the other Solitude kids, when he finds Sheogorath abandoned follower. So he sneaks in the blue palace, gets to the forbidden wing, and meets Sheogorath, the Hero of Kvatch. Does his quest since it's a pretty easy quest even for a 5 years old kid, and then gets the Wabbajack in exchange.

Inko does Sanguine. The sham marriage is actually to Triss this time, which leads to more angst obviously.

Inko also does Vaermina (destroying the staff), Dagon (Destroying the Razor), Hircine (Gets the Ring), Malacath, Namira (Saves the priest and kills the cannibals), Molag Bal (Just... Never completes his quest and leaves the bastard hanging), Boethia (sacrifices one of the two racist dudes in Windhelm after trucking him into following her), Azura (Uncorrupted Star) and Peryte.

Izuku finds Meridia's Beacon but it's Inko who does the quest.

Izuku is the one meeting Barbas and they have "A boy and his dog" adventures together before he manages to bring him back to Clavicus Vile and convince him to take him back without needing to do his quest. He gets the Mask as a Result, but also a dog in the form of Styx, the spectral wolf, another mod.

Izuku does Mephala, pretty early on too. He befriends Baalgruf's bastard son while still living in Whiterun, who tells him about the whispering door, and after a couple of deceptions he gets the blade. He never charges it tho.

While is Inko the one getting the Ogma Infinium, she can't open it, and is Izuku the one opening it and gaining the boost in knowledge, as well as becoming Herma Mora champion.

Dawnguard and Dragonborn are also done by Inko, but is Midoriya who is sent to Apocrypha when she opens a black book. There he has a odd "Older Sibling trying to murder Younger Sibling" relationship with Miraak, and is ultimately forced to see him get killed by Herma Mora. Aunt Serana becomes a permanent fixture in the house.

Bard College is done by Inko but Izuku is also part of the college now.

Most quests are done by Inko, but the misc quests that require either speech or guile are done by Izuku, especially if they involve children. This includes stuff like paying for Erik the Slayer armor in Rorikstead, or cheering up that girl in Solitude whose uncle was executed for aiding in regicide.

Speaking of which:

Civil War: Inko does it obviously, and she sides with the empire, because 1) Hadvar, 2) Baalgruf, and 3) Elisif.

And also because she went to Windhelm one time to stop a serial killer and gods she couldn't believe how racist those fuckers were.

Modded followers are obviously Inigo, Lucien and Shirley Curry, to name a few.

Forgotten City is done by Inko, Izuku is not even in the time loop. Project AHO is done by Inko and ends with her freeing the slaves and murdering every single slaver in the settlement. Most modded quest mods are done by her honestly.

Izuku obviously keeps himself up to date with his magical studies, which means around 8-10 years old he moves back to winterhold, still waiting for a way home, so J'Zargo can study him to reverse engineer his quirk, and he can learn more spells. Most of his siblings are almost of age by now too, and his mother has started calming down in her worry, since she trusts her old coursemates and teacher to keek Izuku safe...

Ok, no, she trusts Onmund and Toldfir to keep Izuku safe, in this order, but it's still more people she would trust if he started living with any of her other guilds.

Anyway, can't think of much else.

#skyrim #bnha #boku no hero academia #skyrim au #bnha au #midoriya inko x triss merigold #I will make this a tag mark my words