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[SubRosa]

Acadian: Inspector Persephone is definitely the perfect detective to hunt down a necromantic murderer.

My characters always turn loose the pit wolves. Some of them sneak in and turn them loose, then watch them kill their former masters. Others pacify them first, and do all the killing themselves. Persephone is one of the latter. She has no quarrel with wolves. They just do what they were intended to.


The grey pilgrim

Malediction

Arcane Power

Sigrun

Galactic waterfall

[Acadian]

Grey pilgrim is well-named!

Persephone looks pretty scary in Malediction.

I love the look of a ward spell in use!

Yay for Darryl’s sister!

What a beautiful capture of the waterfall and night sky effects!

[Lopov]

Persephone always looks good but in Skyrim she looks the best. Her pale skin and bright eyes "work" great with snowy environments.

The Sweet Prince shot is just perfect - the lightning, Persephone's posture, the prince looking at us and Solitude in the background.

Death Red suits her well.

The expression on her face is like the on Steven Seagal's face - whether she's in a fight or relaxing, it's always the same.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Now you have me thinking of the Grey Council from Babylon 5: "I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light."

Sigrun is proving to be an excellent partner for Persephone. I am so glad I created her, and her back story.

I thought you would appreciate the waterfall. I believe you have posted at least one Buffy pic at that same waterfall.


Lopov: When I first started playing Skyrim, Falkreath was my favorite hold, because it the green forests so similar to Oblivion. But after a while the snowy wastes of the north became my favorite places, especially the glaciers between Winterhold and Dawnstar. For Persephone the arctic is especially perfect, because the coldest glacier is still warmer than the grave. The frozen desolation suits her to a tee, it is almost a mirror to her heart.

Now I am imagining Under Siege with Persephone as the main character. It wouldn't have turned out pretty much the same, except Persephone would not need a gun!


Tall Cool One

Ready to strike

Persephone disarms a mage

Magic battle

Bad day to be a Daedra

Sunrise

Cold Hard Bitch

Ice Queen

Hippies!

Bad day to be a bandit

Birth control

Darkwater Aurora

Persephone Crossing

Two dead girls

The Terminator

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Sep 19 2016, 03:34 AM

[Lopov]

Persephone likes tall men, it seems.

In Persephone's world to disarm = to dismember.

Combination of red and blue magic works well with Persephone's white skin.

The fire atronach just wanted to cool down a little in the pond, now Persephone interrupted it.

Lol @ hippies! Only the flower power van is missing.

Love her face in the Bad day to be a bandit shot.

Yeah, she better imposes some birth control over bandits, they spawn and respawn in way too large numbers.

I was expecting Arnold Schwarzenegger in the last pic, instead I see his skinny variant.

[mALX]

Acadian: It is good to be back in a game where we can have things like scars and poses. They make Persephone come much more alive adead. I am loving her new eyes, and how they burn from the darkness.

I updated Persephone's backstory post. So now all of her summonings have names. Her new draugr archer pal is Sigrun.


Hmmm, these glowing balls seem to want Persephone to go through the door

Hanging around

Trollslayer

Sigrun provides ranged support

Eye to eye

Halo

Put out the fire

Trollslayer II

Persephone buys all of Sofie's flowers

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Persephone, what bright headlights you have...



oh, I LOVE her ponytail !!!!!!


Aha! A clue to the "Where Am I" thread!


I admit to bad eyesight, but ... is that girl by the fire nude?


*shivers*


That shot is freaky!


That blood on the wall looks real! Urk!


*Pores over shot for more clues...*


D'AAWWWW! How sweet!


Really nice update !!!


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This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 19 2016, 01:45 PM

[Acadian]

I like the giants but LUVs the mammoths!

Bad day to be a daedra tells the whole story for those of us who know Persephone. Persephone is casting some mojo and I see Sigrun’s arrow en route.

I really like how that cool icy aura in Ice Queen makes her eyes a pretty blue so they kind of match Sigrun’s beautiful eyes.

Hippies! The draw of the warm springs is probably lost on poor Persephone. Can she remember being warm?

Get yer bandit neutered here! Free, as part of the Skyrim bandit control program!

Wow, Darkwater Aurora is gorgeous!

[mALX]

Acadian: I was hoping for a longer ponytail, like the one from Ren's Hair, but I could not find that one particular hairstyle ported to Skyrim. I did add several other ponytails, but sadly most of them clip through her hood.


mALX: I love the way Red Mountain looks with all the red fog around it. Sadly you cannot pull of that gold mask that Dagoth Ur wears. I am assuming it is a mask. But maybe it is just as well that we cannot see what is underneath it...

My favorite of those Morrowind shots is the final one too, under a blue sky looking down at Vvardenfell rolling out from Red Mountain. It made it all feel worthwhile, seeing the world changed.

Sadly those black and white pics are completely vanilla. The lighting in Skyrm is often that colorless. I have actually been working a bit on the weather, and trying to add more color, especially to the nights.

I really like how Persephone looks in Skyrim best of all games. It is the game she was 'born' in, and the one that gives me the most options to really show her otherworldliness.


Murder, she wrote

A necromancer is afoot

A necromancer, now underfoot

Red Undead

Redemption

Making herself at home

Feeeing the Pit Wolves of Cragslane

Aurora

Persephone is really steamed

Twilight ruin

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WTF? GAAAAAAH!


URK!!!!


GAAAAAH!!!


What quest is this? (all of these, I've never seen this quest before!!!!)


Persephone's ponytail is Adorable!!


Her eyes look freaky in this shot!


Don't the Pit Wolves attack when you free them? Or do they attack the guys that caged them? I can't remember


The Aurora is gorgeous! My favorite shot so far !!!!


Well, that didn't last long!!! This shot is my absolute favorite!!! Awesome shot, just Awesome !!!!!


I wish the ruin was a bit more colorful in this shot, it blends too well into the backdrop here. What gorgeous architecture, really should be standing out.


Fantastic shots !!!!!




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[mALX]

Acadian: Inspector Persephone is definitely the perfect detective to hunt down a necromantic murderer.

My characters always turn loose the pit wolves. Some of them sneak in and turn them loose, then watch them kill their former masters. Others pacify them first, and do all the killing themselves. Persephone is one of the latter. She has no quarrel with wolves. They just do what they were intended to.


The grey pilgrim

Malediction

Arcane Power

Sigrun

Galactic waterfall

Every one of these shots could be my favorite each for its own reasons. Pilgrim is hauntingly serene and beautiful, but with a touch of chill from those eyes Persephone has in Skyrim.

Malediction feels like the viewer has stepped into the grave with Persephone - or is about to from that "Sword of Light."

Arcane power for its color and catching all that amazing power in the split second of a spell releasing.

Sigrun - what I saw in this one was the placement of the candles and Sigrun in the center - like a ritual was performed that raised him from the dead! Intriguing and mysterious!

Galactic Waterfall - it is such a beautiful backdrop that you expect to see it under sunny skies and a warm sun; but instead it is dark and eerie; and a very unusual and menacing cloud formation above = it gives the impression that the scene WAS warm and sunny until Persephone came, and that she brought the darkness and cloud with her! Amazing shot !!!!

You have captured a whole mood with these shots, HUGE Update !!!!! Amazing camera work !!!!!

[mALX]

Acadian: Now you have me thinking of the Grey Council from Babylon 5: "I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light."

Sigrun is proving to be an excellent partner for Persephone. I am so glad I created her, and her back story.

I thought you would appreciate the waterfall. I believe you have posted at least one Buffy pic at that same waterfall.


Lopov: When I first started playing Skyrim, Falkreath was my favorite hold, because it the green forests so similar to Oblivion. But after a while the snowy wastes of the north became my favorite places, especially the glaciers between Winterhold and Dawnstar. For Persephone the arctic is especially perfect, because the coldest glacier is still warmer than the grave. The frozen desolation suits her to a tee, it is almost a mirror to her heart.

Now I am imagining Under Siege with Persephone as the main character. It wouldn't have turned out pretty much the same, except Persephone would not need a gun!


Tall Cool One

Ready to strike

Persephone disarms a mage

Magic battle

Bad day to be a Daedra

Sunrise

Cold Hard Bitch

Ice Queen

Hippies!

Bad day to be a bandit

Birth control

Darkwater Aurora

Persephone Crossing

Two dead girls

The Terminator

Wait, in two of these screens Persephone's eyes look really pretty! Are you trying out different eyes on her? ll

I am stunned at the friendly giant in the first shot !!!!! why did they all try to kill my characters?

All of the "Bad Day" shots had me laughing because I couldn't help but think of the "Airplane" movie where Lloyd Bridges kept saying:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking...
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking...
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines...
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

(etc).

LOVE the "Hippies!!!!!" (Now, where have I seen that before? )

Geez, I am so torn for a favorite with these! "Cold Hard" is pristine; surprising. What a spectacular shot !!!!!

"Birth Control" - GOT to love that one!!!!

But I am so drawn to "Two dead girls" by the expression on Persephone's face and the fact that the Sigrun has a bustline despite her bony state - but even that couldn't distract from Persephone's expression.

AWESOME SHOTS, all !!!!!!






This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 22 2016, 08:34 AM

[SubRosa]

Lopov: Persephone takes some things literally, including disarmament!

Persephone and Sigrun cooled down that Fire Astronaut permanently!

Too bad there is no Mystery Machine mod, someone could mod it into the background, along with some Scooby Snacks.


Acadian: That was the sad giant with the dead mammoth in eastern Eastmarch. He is one of the friendly ones that you can get a picture with.

I don't think Persephone can remember warmth anymore. In fact, if I had to describe her in one word it would be "Cold".

Darkwater was one of those wonderful occasions where things just came together and a lovely picture presented itself.


mALX: I went through a couple ponytails before I found the one that worked best. It was not easy, because I had to add each individually into my Deadwalker Race mod.

The bandit by the campfire is wearing one of the skimpier versions of the vanilla fur armor is all.

The pics of the bodies in Windhelm is from Blood on the Ice. The first is the barmaid who is murdered. The last is the killer (of course).

The pit wolves are normally hostile. But I have modded several ways to make it unnecessary for my characters to kill wild animals. Persephone uses a Kyne's Peace spell I created.

When I saw Sigrun standing in the middle of those candles I knew I had to get a pic of it too. By the time I lined it up, her spell ran out and she vanished. So I had to summon her again, walk her over, and take the pic a second time.

That is not a cloud formation in the Galactic Waterfall pic. That is the stars of the Milky Way galaxy seen edge on. It is added by a mod.

The giants in the giant camps are always hostile. But the ones you come across walking down the road or just standing around in the wilderness are usually friendly.



In the dark

The Rift

Persephone and Sigrun

Tales of the White Wolf

Frosty

The Sword of Dawn

[haute ecole rider]

Cool pics all!

For some reason, the ponytail on Persephone makes her seem, well, more human. Of course, when she is helmed, any hint of humanity disappears.

One thing I thought I would point out, having done numerous necropsies: For a dead girl, the scars on Persephone's face strike me as being particularly premortem. Typical appearance of healing tissue, which we know is not the case in the dead. I would almost prefer to see the scars be almost as white as her eyes. It would show how old these scars are, and how long she has worn them (since before her death, in fact).

I have several old scars on my hands, and while I am still very much alive, I can tell you these old scars are whiter than my pale skin . . .

[Acadian]

Wow, Persephone is ever so at home in the frozen land inhabited by the Children of the Sky. The exact same thought has occurred to me in the past that Rider just expressed. Persephone's ponytail makes her look more girly than she looks with a hood. I like the look very much but then I'm both a sucker for ponytails and I like the dichotomy of her cold-as-ice & hard-as-steel look as I imagine her running along with her ponytail girlishly bouncing behind her.

[mALX]

mALX:
The pit wolves are normally hostile. But I have modded several ways to make it unnecessary for my characters to kill wild animals. Persephone uses a Kyne's Peace spell I created.

That is not a cloud formation in the Galactic Waterfall pic. That is the stars of the Milky Way galaxy seen edge on. It is added by a mod.

In the dark

The Rift

Persephone and Sigrun

Tales of the White Wolf

Frosty

The Sword of Dawn

* Those are some of my favorite mods that you make = the non-hostile animals. In ESO, the wolves will growl and chase you away from their feeding grounds, but not attack unless you remain in their territory or attack/fight them.

As long as you beat a hasty retreat away from their food, they will turn back once you are away from their territory. I like that A LOT. They let you know they CAN be dangerous if you don't get out of there (and are if you don't) - but they don't want to fight or kill unless they have to in order to protect what is theirs.

* The Milky Way galaxy!!! That is Awesome !!! I did wonder if it was a mod, but never imagined that it was the Milky Way! Awesome !!!!!!


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In the Dark is AWESOME !!! What a shot !!!


In total contrast, Persephone looks vulnerable in this next "Rift" shot!

That pony tail is fantastic! You chose it so well! It may have been trouble having to add it to the "Deadwalker Race mod;" but so totally worth it for the results!

Nice light and shadow contrasting in the "White Wolf" shot!


"Frosty" looks monochrome, and in shots like that = very effective! You said that was vanilla? On the one hand, shame on Bethesda. On the other, thumbs up on your capture of it for the mood setting it enhances your screen with, lol.


That is one wicked looking greatsword!

All great shots, and my favorite would have been Persephone and Sigrun together if you hadn't added the shot above it = The Rift. Even a Deadwalker has vulnerable moments, and your camera captured this one split-second of Persephone when despite her abilities and already dead - for that one moment it looks like she didn't feel sure or confident of what was coming next. Awesome shot, hands down my favorite!


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[SubRosa]

haute ecole rider: You guess that you don't see too many vampires, zombies, or wraiths with ponytails! It is one of the things that makes her unique. She is a one of the kind undead, so the ponytail helps visibly set her apart.

Persephone got those scars when she was 15, and died when she was 29 (and her body was frozen in time). So her scars ought to look 14 years old, which should definitely make them old and faded. But there is nothing I can do about it. Bethesda made the scars, not me.


Acadian: Skyrim was the first game Persephone starred in. So I suppose it only natural that she fits best there.

I like how her ponytail has worked out. I had to work for hours adding hairstyles to my Deadwalker mod in order to find one that was right.


mALX: The white wolf pic is named after the cover of Tales of the White Wolf. When Persephone walked through those two stone columns, it made me think of the book cover, and how similar it looked.


Persephone gets the lay of the land

Night moves

Sigrun

Waterfall

Red-handed

Future guard

Azura's Coast

Sea of Ghosts

Under the sky

Last sight

[haute ecole rider]

Yes, I think I did see a mod that made the scars look older, i.e. healed. But whether or not it makes them whiter, I can't quite recall. And I'm too drunk right now on stout to go looking. I'll have to search for it when I'm sober, and see if it will give us the result that is more fitting of my favorite undead woman.

I had to laugh at the "Future Guard!" I have a screenie of my own with just that shot, I'll have to post it soon!

I love how the ponytail makes Persphone seem human in spite of her undead coloring - it gives an added dimension to her.

And Sigrun. What can I say? She strikes me as the kind of strong woman I love to adventure with! Maybe Julian if she was a First Era Nord!

[SubRosa]

Yes, I think I did see a mod that made the scars look older, i.e. healed. But whether or not it makes them whiter, I can't quite recall. And I'm too drunk right now on stout to go looking. I'll have to search for it when I'm sober, and see if it will give us the result that is more fitting of my favorite undead woman.

No need. I have looked at them, and I am massively underwhelmed. The vanilla scars look better.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 2 2016, 11:57 PM

[Lopov]

Is that the (Un)Lucky Lorenz's shack in the first pic? I think I recognize the place.

Sigrun's gonna show them what it means to be a good marksman.

In the Red Handed shot she looks like a vampire.

Very good landscape shots, especially the moon over the Sea of Ghosts.

[Acadian]

Well, I do like her ponytail and the white color is ever so perfect for her. Persephone’s force seems strong within you – I’m so please that she has grown on you so much and yes, Skyrim seems perfect for her. I confess that I suffered from Darryl withdrawls, as he and Persephone have been through so much together, but Sigrun is rapidly growing on me.

Gosh, Waterfall is simply spectacular! Wowzer!

Is Red-Handed a display of absorb health?

Future guard.

Love both shots of her pondering the Sea of Sisters.

Last sight is a fabulous close up. Her hair, eyes, scars, expression – all perfect!

[SubRosa]

haute ecole rider: Who can pass up an "Arrow to the Knee" joke? I think it is one of the things pop culture latched on to most about Skyrim.

Sigrun is working out really well. She fits right in with Persephone, just like Darryl Ulfar.


Lopov: I am afraid to say where that first pic is, because I am hoping to use it in the Where Am I? topic some day.

Unfortunately Sigrun has the nasty Bethesda companion habit of targeting Persephone's back! But when she does hit the bad guys, it hurts.

I love the landscapes in Bethesda games. Even one as old as Morrowind could produce breath taking imagery.



Acadian: It always feels a little odd playing Persephone without Darryl Ulfar making an appearance. But Sigrun has worked into things really well. She feels just as naturally to have back there with her bow as Ulfie does with his shouting.

Red-Handed is indeed Persephone showing off her Deadwalker Absorb Health spell. Two fists of red death! (That sounds like a kung fu movie title! )



I could be your mother...

Welcome home, daughter

Snowhome

Cooking up some blood pies

Home sweet home

Night over Winterhold

Night over Persephone

The last thing a necromancer ever saw

Rest well old friend...

Azura's Mountains