Thought-provoking reply, thanks Deebs!

I don’t think there would be much hostility between the religions, no. The Trinimac philosophy is one of strength and unity, and that the Orsimer can rise above the meme they have become. Like, they’re the Pariah-Folk but they have made themselves that way and it is now something that has become a vicious circle. To overcome that they need to unite and show the world they are as good a civilisation if not better than others rather than keep everyone at arm’s length, and to do that they need Orcs from different tribes to work together – or become a huge faction in their own right and remove all opposition that way.

Maybe that's where a lot of my struggles start. So, an obvious point is that we've seen a lot of Malacath worshipping Orcs have an issue with those who worship Trinimac, it just seems like there's some sort of disconnect for most Orsimer and Trinimac in the modern era. Perhaps it'd be interesting to frame an issue that the Malacath-Orcs have with Trinimac-Orcs, even with the latter being a bit disconnected from any real rivalry or hatred. Hell, even having Malacath himself be a deterrent to the character (which I think would be a really fascinating use of a Daedric Prince).

But I like that take on the Trinimac Orcs, it's something that sets them apart from other Orcs (who seem rather...anti-people in general) 

So in many ways the religion is very different from the Altmeri perspective in that the central theme of that mythology is of man vs mer, whereas the Orcish take on it is detached from that by the necessity of their people having to overcome that first major hurdle and changing their entire way of life.

Definitely no problems doing the Cursed tribe quest, doubly so as it involves honour, strength, and defeating epic foes. I like the “becoming Trinimac” angle. Hmmm, it could work if I make him a golden-skinned Orc and have his backstory be along the lines of his people in the Trinimac cult seeing him as some sort of herald or sign of Trinimac’s return. Or somesuch.

That sounds like a really nice angle to go with, actually there's a lot of angles you could work with there. Obviously you could try for them being correct and him being a Herald of Trinimac (which just sounds like a badass title), or he just happened to be born with a strange colour tone and a cult's decided to use him in order to try and gain more power within...wait is Orsinium still around? Urgh I really don't know enough Orsimer Lore for some of this. Anyway you get the idea there, I think it's a really fluid sort of backstory that you could work on as you go with the character doubting himself or the Cult at times...

Yeah about the ascended mortal stuff. That’s the Altmeri thing, really. The Aldmer had a similar take on it as the Psijics in that they revered their ancestors and had that sort of spirituality in which the underworld is made up of greater and lesser spirits. When the Altmer evolved with their civilisation they stopped practicing that and instead chose to venerate only the best of their ancestors. In all likelihood Trinimac was a powerful Ehlnofey who really did fight in the Ehlnofey wars against mankind but wasn’t a god in the sense that he doesn’t have planet or moon to represent his gift-limb to the Mundus.

Gotcha, makes sense I suppose. Was there anything else about Trinimac added in Summerset? I mean I imagine that there was a fair bit with Orsinium, which I still need to play, but I could also see Summerset being a decent source of new lore.

Anyway, yep I do like that becoming Trinimac idea and it’s definitely easier to work with as he can just be an embodiment of those ideals rather than a seeker of them.

Thanks dude!

No need for thanks, it was a super interesting concept that I liked the idea of. Had to jump in and offer some thoughts :D

Hi. Neat concept. The first word that comes to mind is Redemption...maybe because that's one of my favorite memes. Maybe he is of Largashbur and shares the flawed attitude of the chief and tribe, until Level 12 when the giant attack becomes a wake up call and the first step of his journey towards (Mantled ) Hero of Trinimac/Malacath

How does he handle the followers of the Reclamations or the Princes themselves?

Holy crap I just had an awesome idea for a character the saga of an smuggler and wizard that spans from morowind to skyrim. I call it not the hero. hes sent to morrowind in the same ship as the nerevarine and released as a prisoner from the crimeof smuggling and joins the house telvanni becoming an purveiour of rare and unusual goods for them untill the eruption of the red mountain destroys his operation and nearly kills him, he then goes to cyrodil and tryes to rebuld his "business" only to be arrested and hit by the oblivion crisis, he escapes the prison following the hero (he was his cellmate) and the emperor and once again returns to being shady, this time hes uccessful smuggling even from planes of oblivion, on his 40s (after oblivion) he decided to become an vampire for immortality and builds an smuggling empire... untill in the 4rth era the empire cracksdown and destroys his business and he tries to flee to skyrim only to get caght in the border and tries to rebuild his operation again.

I need tips for avoiding the main quests, in MW I can simply ignore the main quest and do other stuff like tamriel rebuilt, but I need a way to start the oblivion gates without doing the siege of kvatch (im thinking console commands). I also need an way to "train" my skills in oblivion ans skyrim since It doesnt make sense for an 500 years old vampire wizard that escaped the worst disasters in tamrielic history since the 3rd era start to simply forget how to use magic, I can easily console me levels and attributes in oblivion but I need ideas for skyrim  because of perk points.

I also would love suggestions of things to do and good lorefriendly mods, if people show interest I may do His diaries and post herte so people can follow his adventures.

Hello please help me, I am playing a pickpocket/theif and wanted to introduce archery into the build without just pretending he was born a master archer. I was thinking dawnguard could teach him how to shoot the crossbow but then i have to wait til level 10, also i could stumble upon angies camp but then i need an excuse to be wandering around that area. Any idea suggestions would be awesome thank you!

Why does your character become a pickpocket? Is it because it's the only way to survive? Than you could go with archery also being a skill they needed to learn to survive. For example they get caught stealing, so now they have to escape the law and live in the wilderness for a while. And what better way to survive in the wild than to hunt with bow and arrow? With added bonus if the getting caught happens in falkreath thus making stumbling upon Angie more likely.

Does the character steal for other reasons? Maybe they come across an especially alluring bow and decide than and there, "I want that, and I want to be able to use it, not just have it gathering dust amongst my hoard."

My character uses archery as his only form of combat, he pickpockets and loots houses to make a living and joined up with the guild. At the guild he spent some of his earnings toward archery training from Niruin, then stole the elven bow from the companions :) I just hit level 10 so dawnguard crossbow here i come! Thanks Brandon for the help! The next question is how to magically learn enchanting?? Any ideas, i really dont wanna do the training excuse again. Maybe i can "stumble" upon a skill book?

Well enchanting inherently needs souls to be 'stolen'. So maybe just robbing a person off their earthly (Nirnly?) possesions isn't enough anymore. What is the greatest treasure everyone has? Their soul.

But how does the character learn about the concept? Reading it in a book? Overhearing some mages while doing a heist? Riften is home to a babbling mage after all. (Don't exactly recall her lines but thought there was some echanting related stuff in there.) Just something everyone in Tamriel is more or less familiar with? Enchanting services do seem to be widespread after all.

(Little note if you have access to mods, there are mods that let the player use enchanting/smithing services from logical npc's. Can be a decent money sink aswell as giving access to custom crafted/enchanted gear, while not making the player character skilled in those areas. "Honed Metal" is the one I use.)

1. Information gathering techniques to find bounties
2. Versatile weapon array for wide variety of situations
3. Technologically savvy
4. Law enforcement that can fringe on criminality
5. Heavily influenced by coin