My creation lives! It moves, it rends and tears. It is young yet and it craves blood, but I do believe this opens up a most interesting branch of necromancy. Assuming it is Necromancy. Yes, let's say that it is.There was a time when the shrieks and scream... moreMy creation lives! It moves, it rends and tears. It is young yet and it craves blood, but I do believe this opens up a most interesting branch of necromancy. Assuming it is Necromancy. Yes, let's say that it is.There was a time when the shrieks and screams of the people might have bothered me. But their sacrifice and their pain, their rich, warm blood—how can giving my creation life bother me in any way? They are not dead. Not truly. Not while my creature lives. In a sense, they continue to live as well. The time for concern and mercy is long behind me.
Few understand, but few have my power. They have not glimpsed the pulsing heart of Doomcrag. They have not risked all and taken that power within themselves. I pity them. Not for their pain and fear and torn flesh. I pity them their simple lives, their lack of power, their closed minds.
I shall leave this creation with my vampires. They can tend it, nurture it, feed it the flesh of the feral ones. Or the flesh of any survivors—if there are any survivors. When the... less
My creation lives! It moves, it rends and tears. It is young yet and it craves blood, but I do believe this opens up a most interesting branch of necromancy. Assuming it is Necromancy. Yes, let's s...
As brighter grows light, darker becomes shadow. So it passed that the Daedra Molag Bal looked on Arkay and thought the Aedra prideful of his dominion o’er the death of man and mer, and it was sooth.Bal, whose sphere is the wanton oppression and entrapment... moreAs brighter grows light, darker becomes shadow. So it passed that the Daedra Molag Bal looked on Arkay and thought the Aedra prideful of his dominion o’er the death of man and mer, and it was sooth.Bal, whose sphere is the wanton oppression and entrapment of mortal souls, sought to thwart Arkay, who knew that not man, nor mer, nor beastfolk of all Nirn could escape eventual death. The Aedra was doubtless of his sphere, and so Molag Bal set upon Nirn to best death.Tamriel was still young, and filled with danger and wondrous magick when Bal walked in the aspect of a man and took a virgin, Lamae Beolfag, from the Nedic Peoples. Savage and loveless, Bal profaned her body, and her screams became the Shrieking Winds, which still haunt certain winding fjords of Skyrim. Shedding a lone droplet of blood on her brow, Bal left Nirn, having sown his wrath.Violated and comatose, Lamae was found by nomads, and cared for. A fortnight hence, the nomad wyrd-woman enshrouded Lamae in pall for she had passed into death. In their w... less
As brighter grows light, darker becomes shadow. So it passed that the Daedra Molag Bal looked on Arkay and thought the Aedra prideful of his dominion o’er the death of man and mer, and it was sooth...
Necromancy's known to many as a binding of souls to a form prepared—or in some cases, manufactured—by the conjurer.
While technically accurate, the implication is that souls bound in this manner are imprisoned against their will with no hope of release.
F... moreNecromancy's known to many as a binding of souls to a form prepared—or in some cases, manufactured—by the conjurer.
While technically accurate, the implication is that souls bound in this manner are imprisoned against their will with no hope of release.
Further implied is the idea that souls occupying the construct are always sentient—the souls of men or mer—a fallacy perpetuated by the practice of animating corpses for martial or manual labors.
It is this misunderstanding and a potential for abuse that led to the vilification of necromancy and the expulsion of Mannimarco and his peers from the Isle of Artaeum.
Enter Vastarie, a student of the Psijic Order and contemporary of such notables as Vanus Galerion and Mannimarco.
While Mannimarco sought power through the direct application of necromantic energies, Vastarie's purposes were far more esoteric. She sought a way to delay the release of a sentient soul upon death that it might be consulted, its knowledge recorded for the ages.
It is to this end that she work... less
Necromancy's known to many as a binding of souls to a form prepared—or in some cases, manufactured—by the conjurer.
While technically accurate, the implication is that souls bound in this manner ar...
The Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie tells of how the curse of vampirism came about, owing its creation to the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. The tale goes that Molag Bal disliked Arkay, an Aedra who showed great pride in his sphere (the cycle of life and de... moreThe Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie tells of how the curse of vampirism came about, owing its creation to the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. The tale goes that Molag Bal disliked Arkay, an Aedra who showed great pride in his sphere (the cycle of life and death). So Molag Bal traveled to Tamriel (still newly-formed at the time), where he savagely raped the Nedic woman Lamae Beolfag and departed Nirn. Lamae was found and nursed by nomads, but death eventually overtook her. On the night of her cremation, she rose again, and brutally murdered the nomads. Dubbed a Daughter of Coldharbour, she then created more vampires, spreading the curse across Tamriel and making a mockery of Arkay's cycles.In actuality, Lamae did not die at all but was rapidly healing from her wounds which frightened the local nedes, and in fear of the disease that was spreading through Lamae, they tried to cremate her but she awoke and slaughtered them all, after having coming to her senses and being horrified of which she did and what she became,... less
The Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie tells of how the curse of vampirism came about, owing its creation to the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. The tale goes that Molag Bal disliked Arkay, an Aedra who ...
Back when Bethesda was talking about developing Fallout 4, they mentioned porting the entirety of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim onto the newest generation of consoles to test it out. Since that time, fans have been clamoring for an up-rezzed, shinier versio... moreBack when Bethesda was talking about developing Fallout 4, they mentioned porting the entirety of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim onto the newest generation of consoles to test it out. Since that time, fans have been clamoring for an up-rezzed, shinier version of Skyrim, and today at E3 2016, Bethesda promised exactly that.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition takes the snowy northern region of Tamriel and renders it in dramatically greater detail on the Xbox One. A whole slew of upgrades – from volumetric “god rays” for sunlight to new shaders to make snow and water look even more realistic – turn the world of Skyrim into an incredibly beautiful landscape. (The upgrade also makes the dragons a lot more terrifying. Better practice your FUS RO DAH!)
In the same vein as Fallout 4’s recent debut of mods on Xbox One, Skyrim Special Edition will also feature mods for the console versions. For the first time ever, Xbox gamers can experience the joy and insanity that come from the incredibly active Skyrim modding co... less
Back when Bethesda was talking about developing Fallout 4, they mentioned porting the entirety of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim onto the newest generation of consoles to test it out. Since that time...
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