Hey congrats on jumping into the character builds fray! I can tell you put alot of work into this so far. I like what you're going for with this build.
What really helped me with my first build was taking inspiration from all the amazing builds on this site. Very useful for ideas with organizing everything, making it look amazing, and easy to read.
Hey congrats on jumping into the character builds fray! I can tell you put alot of work into this so far. I like what you're going for with this build.
What really helped me with my first build was taking inspiration from all the amazing builds on this site. Very useful for ideas with organizing everything, making it look amazing, and easy to read.
Looking pretty good so far Monica, the only quick things that I'd recommend would be moving the Stats and Mods sections up a bit higher. Might work pretty well to move the Stats section up a little higher, where you've got Races and all. Uh, yeah the only other thing that I can recommend at the moment would be what Soly mentioned and working on the perks/skills section.
But looking good, looking really good.
Looking pretty good so far Monica, the only quick things that I'd recommend would be moving the Stats and Mods sections up a bit higher. Might work pretty well to move the Stats section up a little higher, where you've got Races and all. Uh, yeah the only other thing that I can recommend at the moment would be what Soly mentioned and working on the perks/skills section.
But looking good, looking really good.
Thanks for the positive feedback, all! I've moved the Perks higher and even made an image! More images to come, but I'm still trying to nail down the meat of the character.
Thanks for the positive feedback, all! I've moved the Perks higher and even made an image! More images to come, but I'm still trying to nail down the meat of the character.
Let me know when you're on to Presentation and I'll offer a bit more feedback for that specifically. Would rather wait to see the rest of the content first though if your still getting the meat up :D
Let me know when you're on to Presentation and I'll offer a bit more feedback for that specifically. Would rather wait to see the rest of the content first though if your still getting the meat up :D
All looking good to me, Monica. Looking forward to the RP section being up, there better be loads of good stuff in there after your discusion!
All looking good to me, Monica. Looking forward to the RP section being up, there better be loads of good stuff in there after your discusion!
So far it looks like I'm going to be leaning very heavily on The Monomyth for RP. Specifically the Altmeri creation myth:
"But this was a trick. As Lorkhan knew, this world contained more limitations than not and was therefore hardly a thing of Anu at all. Mundus was the House of Sithis. As their aspects began to die off, many of the et'Ada vanished completely. Some escaped, like Magnus, and that is why there are no limitations to magic. Others, like Y'ffre, transformed themselves into the Ehlnofey, the Earthbones, so that the whole world might not die. Some had to marry and make children just to last. Each generation was weaker than the last, and soon there were Aldmer. Darkness caved in. Lorkhan made armies out of the weakest souls and named them Men, and they brought Sithis into every quarter.
Auriel pleaded with Anu to take them back, but he had already filled their places with something else. But his soul was gentler and granted Auriel his Bow and Shield, so that he might save the Aldmer from the hordes of Men. Some had already fallen, like the Chimer, who listened to tainted et'Ada, and others, like the Bosmer, had soiled Time's line by taking Mannish wives.
Auriel could not save Altmora, the Elder Wood, and it was lost to Men. They were chased south and east to Old Ehlnofey, and Lorkhan was close behind. He shattered that land into many. Finally Trinimac, Auriel's greatest knight, knocked Lorkhan down in front of his army and reached in with more than hands to take his Heart. He was undone. The Men dragged Lorkhan's body away and swore blood vengeance on the heirs of Auriel for all time.
But when Trinimac and Auriel tried to destroy the Heart of Lorkhan it laughed at them. It said, 'This Heart is the heart of the world, for one was made to satisfy the other.' So Auriel fastened the thing to an arrow and let it fly long into the sea, where no aspect of the new world may ever find it."
This is more than enough to believe in Elven superiority and to believe that Man is simply lesser because they exist at all. Man is the embodiment of Lorkhan's limitation and has corrupted Mundus. There's also an interesting Auriel perspective here, in that he tried to save the Mer but couldn't. As the Dragonborn, a Thalmor could quite easily see themselves as chosen by Auriel.
I'm also trying to take as much as I can from the Piecing Together the Thalmor lore thread, such as: "In the most basic way possible, the Thalmor want to prove Mer cultural superiority over the Imperial human superiority that has been rampant since the 1st era. This doesn't mean humans are bad or unwelcome, it doesn't mean purification by ethnic cleansing or some other matter like that, it means that they intend to prove that they were right and destroy the brutal Imperialistic culture surrounding humanity."
Trying to find specific quests to aid the Thalmor cause are few and far between, with Search and Seizure being really the only one. So far I only have some idea of how to play out certain quests, so please steer me in the right direction of there are some things that are just not possible. Some creative RP is required, like killing Malborn in Windhelm after killing his assassin. Delphine and Esbern are marked as Essential, but I don't know if they remain Essential after the main quest. If they are not Essential, then killing them would be a priority. And killing Paarthanux will let you retain access to the Blades. Joining the Dawnguard and siding with the Dawnguard is important. You'll not only help cleanse Skyrim of a vampire threat, but you'll get Auriel's Bow. Serana's presence is an unfortunate necessity, and getting her to cure herself is also a necessity.
I realize that a lot of this is a bit scattershot right now, but I do feel like I'm slowly piecing her together. Thougths and comments are welcome.
So far it looks like I'm going to be leaning very heavily on The Monomyth for RP. Specifically the Altmeri creation myth:
"But this was a trick. As Lorkhan knew, this world contained more limitations than not and was therefore hardly a thing of Anu at all. Mundus was the House of Sithis. As their aspects began to die off, many of the et'Ada vanished completely. Some escaped, like Magnus, and that is why there are no limitations to magic. Others, like Y'ffre, transformed themselves into the Ehlnofey, the Earthbones, so that the whole world might not die. Some had to marry and make children just to last. Each generation was weaker than the last, and soon there were Aldmer. Darkness caved in. Lorkhan made armies out of the weakest souls and named them Men, and they brought Sithis into every quarter.
Auriel pleaded with Anu to take them back, but he had already filled their places with something else. But his soul was gentler and granted Auriel his Bow and Shield, so that he might save the Aldmer from the hordes of Men. Some had already fallen, like the Chimer, who listened to tainted et'Ada, and others, like the Bosmer, had soiled Time's line by taking Mannish wives.
Auriel could not save Altmora, the Elder Wood, and it was lost to Men. They were chased south and east to Old Ehlnofey, and Lorkhan was close behind. He shattered that land into many. Finally Trinimac, Auriel's greatest knight, knocked Lorkhan down in front of his army and reached in with more than hands to take his Heart. He was undone. The Men dragged Lorkhan's body away and swore blood vengeance on the heirs of Auriel for all time.
But when Trinimac and Auriel tried to destroy the Heart of Lorkhan it laughed at them. It said, 'This Heart is the heart of the world, for one was made to satisfy the other.' So Auriel fastened the thing to an arrow and let it fly long into the sea, where no aspect of the new world may ever find it."
This is more than enough to believe in Elven superiority and to believe that Man is simply lesser because they exist at all. Man is the embodiment of Lorkhan's limitation and has corrupted Mundus. There's also an interesting Auriel perspective here, in that he tried to save the Mer but couldn't. As the Dragonborn, a Thalmor could quite easily see themselves as chosen by Auriel.
I'm also trying to take as much as I can from the Piecing Together the Thalmor lore thread, such as: "In the most basic way possible, the Thalmor want to prove Mer cultural superiority over the Imperial human superiority that has been rampant since the 1st era. This doesn't mean humans are bad or unwelcome, it doesn't mean purification by ethnic cleansing or some other matter like that, it means that they intend to prove that they were right and destroy the brutal Imperialistic culture surrounding humanity."
Trying to find specific quests to aid the Thalmor cause are few and far between, with Search and Seizure being really the only one. So far I only have some idea of how to play out certain quests, so please steer me in the right direction of there are some things that are just not possible. Some creative RP is required, like killing Malborn in Windhelm after killing his assassin. Delphine and Esbern are marked as Essential, but I don't know if they remain Essential after the main quest. If they are not Essential, then killing them would be a priority. And killing Paarthanux will let you retain access to the Blades. Joining the Dawnguard and siding with the Dawnguard is important. You'll not only help cleanse Skyrim of a vampire threat, but you'll get Auriel's Bow. Serana's presence is an unfortunate necessity, and getting her to cure herself is also a necessity.
I realize that a lot of this is a bit scattershot right now, but I do feel like I'm slowly piecing her together. Thougths and comments are welcome.