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[Acadian]

Welcome back to Skyland, Jan. Is that Darryl the Draugr she’s fighting? It’s SkyCrow! Even Kitsune is intently studying that wall all right.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: I hope that is not Darryl fighting Jan. I would think he had more class than to partake in such a villainous act. It might be his other brother Darryl. We don't talk about him...


The land of the ice and snow

Face Off

Definitely the Other Darryl

Lightning Strike

Jan is rich!

Jan has a new suit of winter armor

January up close

January can now summon a lightning wolf

This is not the way January saw her writing career going...

[Acadian]

Walking across the Sea of Ghosts – Brrrr!

That is an impressive-looking angry dragon!

Nice to see Jan taking care of some of Darryl’s recalcitrant family.

Lightning strike is a beautiful shot.

Jan is rich reminds me of the hobbit pilfering the dragon’s lair in one of the hobbit movies.

Stahlrim armor I’m guessing?

A Stormwolf for the Stormcrow!

Clever caption for those mischievous pages.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: The walking parts are much better than swimming in the Sea of Ghosts. I really wish they could have put in boats like Assassin's Creed Odyssey had. There were little one-person skiffs all over the place that you could just hop on and go sailing anywhere not too far away.

Lightning Strike came out perfectly. I think that was actually a Dragon Priest shooting lightning at her!

A while back I created a Shadow Wolf summon for Blood Raven. It is just the basic wolf, but with the black light effect that the Death Hounds have. I experimented with the various elemental summonings I created years back, but none of them fit January. So I went back to that Shadow Wolf, and made a new version with the Lightning Cloak effect on it, and called it the Storm Wolf. It is perfect.


January is in the big chair

Top of the World Ma!

Buffed up

I also created Avery/Gadget

I gave him the Dwarven set as it looks the most like powered armor. The Dwarven Spider is his summoning.

The RL inspiration for Avery is Shameik Moore

I also created Ryo/Okami

The RL inspiration for him is Alex Mallari

"If I just ignore her, maybe she will go away and leave me alone."

Archered Up. Now I am thinking he might start using a magic or high tech bow in the Crowverse as well

Foxy

[Acadian]

Big chair is no exaggeration. Looks very uncomfy too.

Buffed up with the elements – very January.

Gadget + dwemer constructs and trinkets is such a natural fit.

Nice job creating both Gadget and Okami. Okami rather looks a bit like Yoshimo.

And sure enough, Ryo is awkward around gurlz – and everyone else.

Ryo and Foxy have a beautiful night sky overhead.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Ryo is enjoyable to play. I can get into his head pretty easily, thanks to how well I know him from the Stormcrow fic.



This does not look like the Go Kart track by January's house

Feeling out of place

"Over the shoulder a piano falls, crashing to the ground...

Rats, why is it always rats?

Sunset archer

[Acadian]

Uh oh, Skyrim new game. Who's this now? January?

Edit: Oh, I see now - it's Ryo.

This post has been edited by Acadian: Jan 14 2023, 01:12 PM

[SubRosa]

Acadian: It is a stretch for me to play a male character. But I know Ryo so well, playing him is almost second nature.




Speaking of which, Avery has entered the chat

Skyrim has a weird Uber

Larry, Darryl, and Darryl

Avery is geared up in the Gadget Armor

[Acadian]

Avery looks good. SubRosa playing boyz? Heavens to Mergatroid!

Dwemer armor is the ONLY choice for Dragonborn Gadget - was there ever any doubt?

[Lopov]

SubRosa! You've created a male protagonist?? What has the world come to, while I was gone? Joking, but I really needed to double-check if I read it right or if he's just a follower.

Ryo visited my favorite character in Skyrim - Angi. Great screenshot as she fires an arrow with the sun in the background.

Not sure what's a better alternative - an invisible Uber horse or a carriage, full of prisoners?

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Heavens to Megatron indeed! I know Avery and Ryo so well thanks to the Stormcrow fic, that they just feel normal. Plus they have been mainstay party members in the team-based games like Icewind Dale and Pillars of Eternity.

I tried the other armors to see how they would look on Avery. But Dwemer is the only one that looks even close to a suit of powered armor. Sadly the helmet hides his face, even with the Open Face Helmet mod I have. I tried another mod that adds an open face Dwemer Helm, but it just does not look right.


Lopov: I always liked Angi as well. Not in the least because you can get about a 10 point boost to your Marksman skill by taking her lessons. Ryo started using a bow, so it was a good place for him to visit. Angi's not the most gregarious, so that is perfect for him. Being autistic makes it difficult for him to be around people for long. He can't understand body language or subtle inflections of speech, so the longer he is around people, the more stressed he becomes.

The ghost horse is a mod I made to create a summonable horse, without having to do the Dawnguard questline to get Avrak. I took the ghostly horse that the Headless Horseman rides, and basically copied and pasted it into the spell to summon Avrak. It works good. It gives my characters a horse when they want one, and disappears when they don't.


Avery thinks this guy is full of fake news

No one escapes from Cidnha Mine, until now...

"Um.... hi Forsworn dudes. I'm not going to ask any questions about these dead bodies you are standing over."

The Stormcrow has returned to Skyland as well

Is this my ride-share?

January thinks this guy is full of fake news

January's new foster son brought home a... mudcrab?

[Lopov]

M'aiq theenks that while riding an invisible horse, one shouldn't wear a skirt!

Avery is probably the hottest prisoner around!

Looks like that January will be a bit story but she arrived quite late, it's already February. Better late than never, though.

[Acadian]

What would a TES game be without M’aiq the fake newster?

Those Forsworn are snappy dressers. ESO did a good job differentiating those of the Reach from regular Bretons – the former all speak with a Scottish brogue and it really ‘fits’.

Welcome back to January as well.

Saw a mudcrab the other day. Nasty creatures but brought it home anyway.

[SubRosa]

Lopov: Avery is indeed looking good, even in the prisoner rags. He upgraded his threads soon after however.

January is never late, nor early. She arrives precisely when she means to.


Acadian: That's interesting that the made the regular Bretons Scottish. Usually Bethesda goes with a mix of Gaelic and French names for the Bretons. Since Breton = Brittany IRL, and the people there now are the descendants of those who migrated from south-western England a long time back.

Both January and I were thinking the same thing. Okay kid, whatever you want.


Burning for you

Valhalla Awaits

Relating the Saga of King Olaf

Disco Inferno

Lopoved

A game at dinner

[Acadian]

Old news: Sorry for any confusion - ESO used the Scottish brogue on the Reachmen and it suits them really well. Regular Bretons talk like. . . regular Bretons.


The combat shots are great, replete with Stormcrow being stormy.

I'll bet Laprima is relieved to know that Stormcrow took care of that naggingly dangerous bard questing and burning of King Olaf's effigy stuff for her.

[Lopov]

Let's warm up those old bones.

He sat too long on that throne anyway.

Did January need to whisper words to Viarmo on occasion?

Lopoved with a beautiful hat.

Hopefully they brought cheese to the party.

[SubRosa]

Acadian: So the ESO Reachmen are Tolkien Dwarves then!

January has already recovered most of those flutes and drums the bards have misplaced as well. So Laprima is in the clear there as well.


Lopov: Viarmo had it down from start to finish. January did help embellish the story from behind the scenes though.



Where the girls are

Red Dead

Sneaking

Jan meets Andre the Giant

All praise the mighty Carbohydrate!

Dragon flight

The Dark Brotherhood has fallen

[Renee]

Love that group shot of all the womyn. Did they just arrange themselves there by themselves?

In Red Dead it looks like skellie's trying to stab itself! 🦴

Ha ha, he's praying. Got the bread, but forgot the wine.

The Dark Brotherhood has fallen and so has Bone Break-19 in your gameworld.

[Acadian]

Lotsa ladies in one place!

Neat coloring in Red Dead.

Andre the Giant – isn’t that one of Darryl’s cousins?

Yes, those Skyrimers sure like their bread!

Dragon flight is a beautiful shot. Love Jan’s shield.

DB – Good Riddance!

[SubRosa]

Renee: All the wimmins is a from the inn at Dawnstar at the beginning of the Vaermina/Mara quest, where the priest of Mara is talking to everyone.

I think he is praying to your character who always carbs up on bread. Was that Sir Vayoor?


Acadian: I guess January is just a chick magnet! Not!

The Red Dead is January using a Detect Life spell that I made. Hostiles all glow red.

Andre is probably Darryl's great-great uncle.

I made January's shield using a raven banner clipart logo that I found online, and then put into a viking shield mod.

The Dark Brotherhood made the mistake of picking on Jan. She picked back harder.


Jan and the teacher on a school field trip

It's an anime villain and a banana-man!

Is this an Elf thing?

Hot helmet

Time for some double-fisted magic action!

Shocking

Rocking out with a fellow bard

Falling

Falling

Falling some more

Falling with water

Still falling

Have not stopped falling yet

Water Landing!