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[Acadian]

I’m so glad that Sigrun is working well and gets on well with Persephone. Aww, what beautiful shots of her adopting little Sophie and taking her home.

Wow, night over Winterhold and Persephone are a couple of spectacular shots!

Rest well, old friend - those shots are always poignant for Persephone I'm sure. It is wonderful to know that even the necroslaying deadgirl is surrounding herself with some family of sorts in Sigrun and Sophie.

[haute ecole rider]

I love seeing Sophie in Windhelm. I always buy all her flowers. Alise keeps adopting her in every play through.

Persephone goes domestic! I loved the pic of her baking. It strikes me, given her backstory (especially the more detailed one you gave us not long ago), that this is particularly poignant, almost as if Persephone is trying to reclaim her mortality, as it would make her human once more . . .

And of course, the night shots and combat shots are always stunning.

[Lopov]

It seems Persephone likes Sofie. She still has some feelings after all.

She has a lovely and spacious house in Winterhold. Is there some quest to get it or no requirements?

Landscapes shots are beautiful but those when Persephone is paying respects to fallen ones, are my favorite. They're unique to Persephone.

[haute ecole rider]

@Lopov: The Winterhold house is one of SubRosa's mods. I recall her working on it a couple of years ago. She really did a nice job on it, didn't she? Looks like it belongs there!

[SubRosa]

Acadian: Sofie is one of the orphans I have trouble resisting, living out in the cold streets of Windhelm. She almost always gets adopted by my characters.

Persephone will always have her dead friends to keep her company. One day she might be summoning Sofie...


haute ecole rider: My characters always buy all of Sofie's flowers too.

The baking pic is exactly as you described. By going through the motions of being alive, Persephone is trying to recapture what it means to live.


Lopov: There is something more than pain and hate lurking within Persephone's frozen heart. People like Sofie are Persephone's only chance to kindle those warmer feelings.

h.e.r. is right. I created the Winterhold house mod a while back, for when I took a stab at playing grown up Sofie and Lucia. This time around I made it Hearthfire compatible, which turned out to be a lot of work. But it works perfectly for Persephone.



Hello old friend

Sunset

Sunset II

Dancing in the dark

Dance partner

Persephone helps a mage study wards

Heads or tails

In the shade

Chop

[Lopov]

Judging by his hands, the old friend died in peace. Or at least he prayed before dying.

Persephone is dancing a deadly waltz a.k.a. the march of the dead.

Looks like it's heads.

Her eyes are in the "Chop" mood in the Chop shot.

Some great pics for the Where am I? thread, I don't recognize some of the locations, at least not instantly.

[SubRosa]

Lpoov: I believe the Chop pic was from Hob's Fall Cave, which is filled with necromancers. Nothing puts Persephone in more of a chopping mood than them!

When Persephone is not disarming people, she is getting ahead...



I suppose the College is to blame for this too?

A murder mystery

Vengeance

Persephone lights the funeral pyre

Who's the Dunmer private dick, that's a sex machine to all the chicks?

Lights in the darkness

Showdown

Thwarting a Daedric Princess

How are those nightmares?

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 12 2016, 12:16 AM

[Lopov]

Is that the Jarl in troll's costume?

The mystery of Frostflow lighthouse! One of my favorite places and quests in the game.

Persephone fulfilled the last wish of the former keeper.

I bet that's Lothran, just that he's 200 years older.

Vaermina is defeated!

"You're the one from my dreams," says the guard.

[ghastley]

Her eyes are just right in the "Lights in the darkness" - not too glowy, but they show.

[Acadian]

It is poignant when you think about it. Persephone may very well watch Sofie turn from child to woman to gray to bones to dust. . . .

Dancing in the dark looks like she’s applying her absorb health spell to the crotch of her foe. . . interesting implications.

Since your first shots of wards in use, I’ve always thought they were very neat – photogenic.

I chuckled over the Blame George Bush the College for everything that goes wrong in Winterhold comment.

Oh, I love the Vaermina quest. Especially that you can side with either Vaermina or the Priest of Mara.

[mALX]

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

On the cover of the Tales of the White Wolf vs Persephone's version, I think hers is much more appealing if I was wanting to buy a book!!!

http://imgur.com/lVFMkw1

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/ima...04,203,200_.jpg


"Getting the lay of the land" - I don't know how you keep from falling off the edge in that shot, I got height sick just looking at the screen,


"Night Moves" is heading to being my favorite of the set, but I'll have to see the rest to decide, lol.


I absolutely LOVE seeing that Milky Way night sky, that is Awesome!!!!


"Red Handed" = Very cool shot, especially how you caught the spell before it left her hand! The contrast of the red color against Skyrim's monochrome backdrop is nice too; but every time I see the non-color and realize that is the vanilla - makes me want to send a scathing letter to the developers, lol. But even with that background (or maybe because of it) = Persephone in Skyrim is the most powerful version of her, she has a completely different atmosphere in Skyrim than anywhere else.

LOVE her pony-tail !!!!!


Azura's Coast lack of color is a shame, what a gorgeous shot that could have been - but on the other hand, what you have done to/with it, the contrast of the red in the sky and the light of Persephone's hair and shadow of her sword in the moonlight on it = spectacular shot!


I did love the Sea of Ghosts in Skyrim. Maxical spent quite a bit of time up there looking for some hidden out of the way treasures (there was one just north of a fort in the NW corner, but that was about it other than a main quest cave that I couldn't enter at the east end. (and I even swam down to the sea floor looking, lol).

"Last Sight" is another favorite, just for Persephone's expression! Awesome facial in this shot; but hard to beat "Night Moves," it is still my favorite!

Great Update!!!

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

I absolutely LOVE Persephone's armor in "Welcome Home," gorgeous!


Is "Snowhome" your mod you were talking about? Looks like a cool spot!


Ooh, I want that animation!!!! That is Awesome !!!!!


Nice interior!!!


Ooh, you get to see an Aurora at your home? That is Awesome!!!


And I think I found my favorite of the set, "Night over Persephone!!!!"

What is causing the red armpits in this next shot? I noticed some red in the last shot, but this is really pronounced here like it is a missing texture (like the neon purple or pink in Oblivion)

Azura's Mountains is spectacular!!!!


Awesome update !!!!

[mALX]

Acadian: Sofie is one of the orphans I have trouble resisting, living out in the cold streets of Windhelm. She almost always gets adopted by my characters.

Persephone will always have her dead friends to keep her company. One day she might be summoning Sofie...


haute ecole rider: My characters always buy all of Sofie's flowers too.

The baking pic is exactly as you described. By going through the motions of being alive, Persephone is trying to recapture what it means to live.


Lopov: There is something more than pain and hate lurking within Persephone's frozen heart. People like Sofie are Persephone's only chance to kindle those warmer feelings.

h.e.r. is right. I created the Winterhold house mod a while back, for when I took a stab at playing grown up Sofie and Lucia. This time around I made it Hearthfire compatible, which turned out to be a lot of work. But it works perfectly for Persephone.



Hello old friend

Sunset

Sunset II

Dancing in the dark

Dance partner

Persephone helps a mage study wards

Heads or tails

In the shade

Chop

Whenever I see these screens of Persephone beside bones "Hello" or "Goodbye" (Old Friend) - it always makes me wonder if she wonders why she is still walking Nirn while they are at rest. It explains why she finds herself drawn to like-creatures of walking death (like Sigrun, Darryl, her other brother Darryl, Larry, etc).

Sunset is spectacular!

Sunset II is another one of those that just makes me feel irritatated that Bethesda gave us such a bland background for our play; kind of a "what were they thinking?" - but that said, those shots always make Persephone pop in the screen, and in this case both her and Sigrun stand out rather than fade into the back drop - I attribute that to your own artistic ability to be able to get that out of what little Bethesda offered you to work with. Awesome shot! You have a talent for finding a way to bring that kodachrome to your advantage and using it to add atmosphere in your shots!


Where does that red come from in shots like "Dancing in the Dark" and "Dance Partner?"

"Helping the Mage Study wards" - Awesome shot !!!!


Urk, gaaaaah!


"Chop" is my favorite shot of the set; what a great expression on Persephone's face !!!!! Again with the odd red color, really not sure where that is coming from. Once again it makes me wonder if there is a mod cause for all the monochrome of your shots, maybe one you removed that altered something. I don't remember ever seeing that red anywhere but in the textures files from modders, and don't remember my Skyrim game being so monochrome as yours. I think something has def altered your game that may not even be an active mod anymore but wasn't cleanly removed. I'd have to get in my own game and go to these same spots and see if I see the same in my vanilla game to know, lol. Anyway, I love this shot, love her facial expression and the contrast in the shot.

All Awesome shots, great job !!!

[mALX]

Lpoov: I believe the Chop pic was from Hob's Fall Cave, which is filled with necromancers. Nothing puts Persephone in more of a chopping mood than them!

When Persephone is not disarming people, she is getting ahead...



I suppose the College is to blame for this too?

A murder mystery

Vengeance

Persephone lights the funeral pyre

Who's the Dunmer private dick, that's a sex machine to all the chicks?

Lights in the darkness

Showdown

Thwarting a Daedric Princess

How are those nightmares?

BWAAHAA! Your titles have me laughing so hard that it was hard to concentrate on the content, especially the "Shaft" one!!!

I don't know this quest, but do remember something about nightmares in Dawnstar (or somewhere of similar name) and it having to do with one of the Daedric quests - I think I got the creeps and hurried Maxical out of there shortly after arriving in town.

When I saw the "Murder Mystery" - thought this was the Windhelm quest for the Player house, and never did that one either, lol.

I love the "Funeral Pyre" for the contrasting graphics; but it is another of those that the colorlessness of the game is too strongly felt.

"How are those nightmares?" is an outstanding view of Persephone's armor, LOVE that armor!


"Lights in the darkness" is my fave of the set though, what a spectacular shot that is!!!! That one of all of them feels like a moment has been captured on film. Awesome shot!

Awesome shots, all !!!

[SubRosa]

Lopov: Maybe the troll is the Jarl showing his true form!

I love Frostflow Lighthouse and its attendant horror story. It is one of the creepiest tales in Skyrim. The kind of thing I can imagine people retelling around campfires for decades.


ghastley: I do try to get pics of Persephone's face in just the right lighting to show off the glow of her eyes.


Acadian: That is the sad curse of immortality that Persephone lives under. I am sure she has played house countless times with other orphans, watched them grow up, grow old, and die. While she goes on unchanging.


mALX: I love walking up to the edges of cliffs in games. I would never do it IRL, but it is neat to look down, and see how far you can see.

That cooking pies animation is from using the bakery oven that comes with Hearthfire. I literally activated the oven, then hit TFC 1 and TM to get the free camera without the interface to take the picture.

The red armpits are caused by the absorb health effect that Malediction has. Whenever Persephone hits someone with it, the red absorb effect goes off, and bathes her in its glow.

The Dawnstar nightmare quest is the Vaermina quest, which I think of as a Mara quest, because you team up with a priest of Mara to get Vaermina's Staff. You can either help him destroy the staff (Mara ending), or kill him and take it for yourself (Vaermina ending).

Life-eater

Persephone and Shaft teaming up

Between the darkness and the light

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

The Red Queen

Ice falls

Hot foot

The vigilant and the dead girl

Fallowstone Cave

[Lopov]

Between the darkness and the light is an awesome shot.

The M'aiq pic is already captioned for the cake.

The Vigilant in fire thinks he has the same abilities as Sarah Phimm.

Is that a huge mole rat in the last pic? Oh no, just a bear. I've been playing too much Fallout lately.

[Acadian]

As ever, Persephone’s unique absorb health ability is both fitting for her and colorfully photogenic.

Neat the way you positioned her for darkness and light.

M’aiq. . . too bad he’s essential. . . .

Ice falls is a good reminder how well-suited Skyrim’s climate is for Persephone.

Vigilants of Stendar. You know, I want to like them because of their paladinesque overtones. . . but they basically make liking them impossible with their buffoonozealotry.

[SubRosa]

Lopov: I worked hard to get the Darkness and Light pic. That one took a lot of work. I am glad it came out so well.

Picture opportunities with Maiq are always hard to pass up!

Maybe that is a Yao-guai in the Fallowstone pic?


Acadian: I thought the lighting in the Darkness and Light pic was perfect to symbolize the darkness and light within Persephone, so I spent a lot of time getting that picture just right.

Tbh, it is kind of hard to imagine an ES game without Maiq. Is he in ESO?

I never really had any happy joy-joy feelings for the Vigilants. They remind me too much of the Inquisition and the self-proclaimed witch-hunters it inspired.


He's back!

Blue and silver eyes

Dimhollow

Now what could be in here?

You don't see that every day!

Catch

A helping hand

Face to face

Side by side

Red storm rising

In the light

Blood Moon

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 18 2016, 10:37 PM

[Lopov]

He's back in black! And from the expression on his face he doesn't seem to understand why Persephone has to crouch in the Dimhollow screen.

Undead chicks at loose! Woe to anyone that dares to stand in their way.

Good use of Persephone's animations as she was helping Serana.

Persephone now better gets ready for reanimated chickens and rabbits joining the fight too.

[Acadian]

Yay Darryl!!! I love Darryl and am so glad you have him back. Old blue eyes is magnificent.

Wow, adventures with Serana. Silver and red eyes. So. . . did you hear the one about the two dead girls who walked into a tavern?

Can’t wait to see how Persephone and Serana Complainsalot get along.

Gosh, Blood Moon is another gorgeous shot!

[SubRosa]

Lopov: Ulfar/Darryl has never been one for sneaking. He pretty much just Fus Ro Dah's his way through life (and death).

I went through that scene of releasing Serana from her sacrophagus at least three separate times just to get those pics and poses.

I forgot all about Serana the ChickenMancer! All barnyard animals are future recruits for Persephone's Army of the Undead!


Acadian: I have been saving Old Blue eyes for a while now. Kicking off the Dawnguard questline seems like a great occasion to bring him back.

Ever since creating Persephone, Serana has been one of my favorite NPCs. She and Persephone fit together so perfectly. They are among the few people in the world who can understand one another.

I am using the Shut Up Serana! mod, which curbs some of her more annoying tendencies, like constantly saying: "What did you need?"

I love the moons in the ES games. The Fallout games - and most other games in general - don't have night skies to compare to the ES games.



Persephone has declared war upon the Thalmor

Persephone gets all First Age

Home, sweet creepy castle

The prodigal daughter returns

Welcome back

Say hello...

...To my little friend

Haunted