The soldier in the first pic seems to be so interested in Darryl that he didn't even notice Persephone stabbing him.

The Volkihar Castle - where they drink blood like it were water. I suspect Harkon wasn't too nice to Persephone.

So much blood in the decapitation shot, it looks more Fallout than Skyrim.

Wow, the last shot is stunning! And the butterfly made it to the pic too.

Yay for Persephone’s war on the Thalmor!

I figured she’d get on well with Serana – they have a fair amount in common. I can imagine they would make a fun and solid team. Especially when augmented by Darryl and Serana’s resurrected bunnies and chickens and deer.

Wow, that big bandit on the ship completely lost his head for Persephone.

Haunted is a good name for your last haunting shot – very interesting and effective shot.

Ooh, I'll have to activate Hearthfire to see that! Awesome animation! And I most def appreciate your tips on taking the screens; I have a LOT of trouble catching action shots!

Aha, I wondered what that red was!

I had so many favorites in this next set of screens! Maiq - truthfully, if it hadn't been for your title I would have thought Persephone was talking to that Psjiic priest from the College of Winterhold questline,

"Hot Foot" had me rolling!!!!

Persephone's expression talking tol the Vigilant = same thing, she all but rolls her eyes in that shot, lol.

Fallowstone Cave is one of my favorite caves; love that shot!!!

"Life-eater" is a better view of the absorb health aura around her; it doesn't look solid red here = more like I would picture an absorbtion of magicka and health to be, and makes for an Awesome shot!

But all put together can't equal the "Between Darkness and Light" - totally amazing shot !!!


Awesome shots, all !!!!











Darryl! WOO HOO!

Persephone is drop dead gorgeous in this shot, Awesome !!!


Ooh, is Persephone doing the Dawnbreaker DLC? If I'm not mistaken, she is about to find Serana!


Yep! There she is! Now what kind of trouble can two undead girls get into?

Looks like Persephone is swimming in the Red Storm rising, is she? How is she glowing red there? Awesome shot !!!

"In the Light" and "Blood Moon Rising" are my two faves in this group with one exception: "Blue and Silver Eyes" - Persephone's beauty here even eclipses the aurora!

Awesome Shots & Update !!!











HaHa, that Thalmor is looking at Darryl with a worried expression = not even noticing Persephone is cutting his liver in two at the moment,

Ooh, I never got this far in Serana's questline! This is Awesome ... wait, who is Persephone killing with her little friend?

"Haunted" is an amazing shot, what an eerie atmosphere you caught here!

I like the shots of Persephone and Serana together, they actually have a similar expression in their undead states; and the contrast of dark and blonde side by side is very cool!

Great update !!!

Lopov: Darryl does catch the eye!

Harkon wasn't too nice. But then neither was Persephone. She wouldn't want to be a vampire if she was not already undead.


Acadian: Now the guards are saying "I hear you're the one who took it to the Thalmor. You sure know how to pick your enemies!"

The Haunted pic was accidental. I was trying to get a look behind Persephone, and when I swung the camera around it zoomed in like that, so you could just see that ghostly image of her.


mALX: I always keep Hearthfire active, so I can adopt and get the new cooking recipes.

I started Dawnguard, since Persephone always got on well with Serana. So far she has taken Serana back home, and now Persephone is recruiting new members for the Dawnguard.

Persephone is standing in the shallows in Red Storm Rising. The water is just low enough there for her to stand on the bottom and cast spells. She's using her Absorb Health against a slaughterfish offscreen.

The Say Hello... ...To my Little Friend pics are of a pirate/bandit on the pirate ship north of Solitude.


Beauty shot

Bright Eyes

Silver

Lucia has a new home

John Henry

The Wolf Queen

Airborne

The Red Glow of Death

Oh, was it the Dainty Sload? I do remember doing that boat once, but it was way back in 2011! I think I was just exploring and came across it, couldn't stand leaving without knowing what was inside it, or something, lol. Isn't there a quest involving it?

Ooh, if you are doing the Potema quests, Persephone must be about to take up residence in Solitude!

I LOVE the shot of Lucia's new home, but for a favorite I was torn between "Bright Eyes" and "The Red Glow of Death." Of those two, "Bright Eyes comes out on top though; what a spectacular shot !!!

All great shots, love this update !!

Looks like John Henry's been working on the railroad for far too long . . .

Beauty shot is not what I was expecting, but I surely do love old blue eyes.

Bright eyes, on the other hand, really is a beauty in that shot!

I laughed at the Lucia shot – “Thanks for bringing me home. What can I get into?”

Some great action shots vs the Wolf Queen. Does Potema remember Persephone?

Beauty shot - it's the longtime awaited winner of the Mister Sinister competition!

Lucia not only has a home but her own doll to practice. Woe to her foes if she follows in Persephone's footsteps.

John Henry...Eden?

Persephone took some sky-walking lessons from Lucius.

Red Dead, Silver Eyes.

I can just imagine Persephone doing a Hamlet/Yorick with Potema's skull.

mALX: That was the Dainty Sload. I forgot the name of the ship. I think it is part of a quest that the shifty Argonian in Solitude tries to get you into. But I never did it, because it seemed underhanded (or at least the Argonian does).

Persephone is doing the Potema quests. Or was. But she doesn't want to live in Solitude. She is quite happy with her home in Winterhold.


haute ecole rider: John Henry was a steel drivin' man...


Acadian: Who can resist a pic of Sinatra Ulfar! He did it his way, and it is definitely witchcraft.

Bright eyes came out really well, with the blue effect on the sword lighting up the line of Persephone's eyes so well.

Persephone always brings up a crop of warriors. Her kids will always know how to defend themselves.

Potema may very well have come face to face with Persephone in life (or death as the case may be). Given that Potema was a notable necromancer, Persephone would have definitely aligned against her.


Lopov: Hopefully Lucia won't become undead! But she just might become a necromancer-hunter.

John Henry is an American folk hero. He was a steel drivin' man who worked on the railroad.

Persephone will do some more Skywalking this "episode". But I don't see her ever using a lightsaber.


ghastley: Where be your gibes now? your twisted magics? your summonings? your flashes of cruelty that were wont to set the table on a scream? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?


Skywalker

The Wolf Queen

Regicide

Alas Potema, I knew her...

What do you mean I look a little pale?

Sofie has a pet

I just noticed this thing sticking out above the main foyer inside Fort Dawnguard

It looks like a series of lenses or focusing crystals, probably for Isran's vampire detector

Taking sides

Not only Persephone walks, she also floats in the air.

Persephone is one of the few privileged who had a chance to meet Potema when they were both still human.

Yeah, it could be Ataxia.

Lovely pet! What's its name?

Never noticed those lenses before. Maybe they're somehow used if you do the vampire side of the questline?

Very eerie shot of Persephone floating above the fray.

I very much enjoyed that whole Solitude/Wolf Queen quest series.

Well, Arcadia (no relation) does indeed have a point. Could be ataxia. I hear it’s quite a problem in Cyrodiil.

Aww, luvs Sofie’s pet fox. Surprised?

I never looked up to notice the source of Izzy’s vamp checking light – very neat!

Heh, Izzy does make it easy to befriend Serana. I imagine Persephone will befriend Serana – and help the DG destroy Harkon.

Skywalker = GAAAAAH! What is happening to Persephone? How is she floating like that? Wow! What an intriguing shot!


I really enjoyed the Potema quests and dungeon!


That is a very cool blade with the Daedric writing on it glowing in blue - I have seen one in ESO like that, but with a curved blade!


Love the shot of Potema's skull in the throne and Persephone's pose!


BWAAHAA! Is that the apothecary in Whiterun? She did the same thing to me, and I worried myself sick that I had contracted some vampirism or something; but couldn't find any disease in my stats, lol.


D'aaaaw, I love the side of Persephone that Sofie is bringing out!


I didn't know what you were referring to in the first of these two screens, but see in the second one - I think it is like how if you put a magnifying glass in the sun it will set fire to an ant on the ground below the magnifying glass? Well maybe they put that magnifying glass in the sunroof to fry any vampires who enter Dawnguard? IDK, but it is an interesting find, lol. Did you TFC or TC and fly up there to check it out?


I absolutely LOVE the kitchen in your last shot here, very inspiring job they did setting that up!


Awesome shots!!!


** Oh, is that the Dainty Sload quest? I thought the shady Argonian quest was a different one! I think I crept through the Dainty Sload to snoop, but can't remember if I did the quest or not; but I know I turned down the shady Argonian quest too. Didn't sound like something I would like to do.

I was never able to get the Whiterun house due to not ever returning that dragonstone to the Court Mage because that is the act that triggers the Dragons in the main questline = something I refused to do. So as much as I wanted the Whiterun house (but not Lydia) - I didn't do that quest.

I seriously considered making a mod to get that house without doing the Thane thing; lol.

Lopov: I think Potema was from the 3rd Age, since I believe she was a Septim. So Persephone was already over three thousand years dead by then.

I don't think it's Ataxia... It might be Death though!

I don't have a name for Sofie's fox. Maybe Foxie?

I am not doing the Vampire side, but the Dawnguard side. But those lenses might have been added by the mod I am using to clean up Fort Dawnguard. I had forgotten about that until now.


Acadian: Persephone is originally from Cyrodiil. So maybe there is a connection to all that pale-ness down there?

I thought it was neat that Sofie's pet was a snow fox, considering that their home is in Winterhold. It would have been weird if it was a regular red fox from that neck of the glacier.

I really do love Isran's voice. Which makes it a little hard for me to dislike the character. They did really well with the voice actors they used for the Dawnguard DLC. But I do love how everyone reacts when you tell them that Isran wants their help...


mALX: Persephone's floating Skywalker pic is from using the Ascend pose. Its one of the vanilla poses from the Puppeteer Pose mod I use.

I loved the Potema quests too. The first one had those awesome blue energy tendrils flowing around the cavern. And they both are great for bashing necros and vamps.

I think it is supposed to be some kind of Ancient Nordic runes on the sword. It is from a mod that replaces the vanilla draugr greatsword textures with the glowing runes. I have been using it for years.

I had to use TFC to get up close enough to get that second pic of the lenses over the Dawnguard foyer. The kitchen is from the Fort Dawnguard mod I mentioned to Lopov. The vanilla version was a torture chamber, if I recall...

I think there are several mods that allow you to buy the Whiterun house without doing the main quest. There is also one that allows you to buy the Windhelm house without doing the MQ either.


Looks like something untoward befell the Moth Priest visiting Skyrim

Glowing Eyes to the rescue

Don't see this everyday...

Persephone at the controls

Dexy's Midnight Runners

"Will you stop swimming in the sky!"

Comes a Horseman

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky...

I’m with you – I think the Dawnguard is a beautiful questline for Persephone and can just imagine the kinship she develops with Serana.

The ghostly sword you gave Serana is a superb choice!

Woot, the headless horseman!

Acadian: TBH, I just love listening to Laura Bailey's voice. She is one of the best voice actors I have ever heard.

I had saved the Ghostblade from Persephone's earlier visit with The Pale Lady. I am glad I kept it. I was originally going to give Serana an ebony sword, but then I saw the Ghostblade, and it just seemed perfect.

I was wondering if I would see the Headless Horseman this playthrough, and then there he was! It is the little things like him that I love about Bethesda games.



Broken Oar Grotto

Spray

Who's hungry?

Shadowgreen

Pumpkin Spice Spriggan

Sneaking

Flagman

Swimming with Serana

Ice and Lightning

Glowing Eyes rescued the Blind Priest.

For a blind man he can read quite fine.

Serana riding an invisible mammoth.

The B.O. Grotto shot reminds me of underground caves of Tomb Raider.

Serana seems hungry but I doubt Persephone had her in mind when asking the question.

That Spriggan's on fire!

Now which shipwreck is that? Is that Volkihar Castle in the back?

So Armstrong not only was the first on the Moon but also in Skyrim.

Looks like they're holding each other's hands in the swimming shot. Cute!

I think BethSoft learned a great deal from the fantastic work of companion mod creators like Vilja etc and it really shows in Serana – she’s not there yet but is a massive step in the right direction for vanilla followers. And I agree also that Laura Bailey’s voice acting for Serana is superb.

Broken Oar Grotto – nice to see P&S straying off the straight DG path for some fun.

Spray – Oh noes! I hope that’s not Persephone’s blood? Does she even bleed?

Who’s hungry really shows what good ‘moms’ P&S are – considering that neither of them eat.

Aww, Shadowgreen warms my heart. I’m so glad Persephone has a friend besides her bony or draugry pals.

Heh, that matron certainly does look done up in Halloweenie colors!

Nice shot of Persephone sneaking with her trademark absorb health spells at the ready.

Flagman. One of her old friends?

Swimming. Must be nice to not really have to breathe.

Ice and Lightning is an imposing shot of Serana – even if we know she’s probably going to resurrect a chicken.

Lopov: I noticed the whole eye thing that Persephone, Serana, and Dexion all had going on. Everyone has to be unique!

Well to be fair, Dexy was not blind yet when he read the scroll. I think it is the second scroll he reads that makes him temporarily blind for the first time. I have not gotten that far yet.

That is the spriggan's natural color. It is one of those added by Dawnguard I think. It is not the Earth Mother, since that is purple I think. It must be the other one, I think the Spriggan Matron.

Serana was actually swimming in that pic. P&S were swimming around in the grotto underneath Robber's Cove. Apparently they over did it, because even after they got on dry land, Serana insisted on continuing to swim about 15 feet up in the air!

That shipwreck that Persephone was sneaking up on at night was the one on the north coast of Solitude Hold - Orphan's Tear.


Acadian: They probably did take their cues for Serana from the modding community. A lot of mods from one game wind up being regular features in later games. Like plants disappearing after you pick them.

Broken Oar was technically on P&S's path. They passed it on the way back to Castle Volkihar. But more importantly Sorine Jurard sent them there on one of the missions for her crossbow upgrades. She has an awful lot of those!

I love Shadowgreen. Especially since Persephone has a Kyne's Peace spell, so she does not have to kill all the animals within.

Flagman might be Captain America Tamriel. But I could be wrong. I can definitely see Persephone is definitely an Avenger.

Not needing to breathe makes it so much easier to get down into those shipwrecks. Especially that big one one between Dawnstar and Winterhold. Pilgrim's Trench I think it is called.

I forgot to mention before that Serana does not resurrect chickens in my game. I am using the Sneaky Serana mod, that has an option to turn off her reanimating. I also tweaked her a lot myself, and added some new spells to her arsenal. Right now she doesn't have any summoning or reanimating. But now that we have left the Soul Cairn, I am tempted to give her a Summon Boneman or Summon Wrathman spell as well. Either would be unique, so I would not mistake them for one of Persephone's pals, or regular undead monsters.


Descent into the depths

Red-handed

Wrathman

Serana wards off a mistman

Arvak's skull

Don't fear the Reaper

Or the Keeper

Chillin'

Mommy dearest

Taking sides again

Time to get the next elder scroll

It is guarded

Slugging it out

Durnehviir

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Gosh, it's been so long since Alise and I went down into the Soul Cairn!

I remember finding Arvak and riding him around the place. It was cool, but not to Alise's taste. Reminded her too much of the Headless Horseman. But we both loved Durnehviir. I remember we called him once to fight some bandits near Heljarchen Hall. Durnie then spent an hour soaring circles above the manor while the kids (all four of the vanilla adoptable ones) got excited about him and watched him fly. It was sooooo cool! I've loved the old guy since then.