[courtnay]

I'm just awaiting Jonas and/or Pedro to reply.

Also Rex, it seems as if you have forgotten me

[Doniesha World]

Rex, if you could edit my updated character sheet in the original post asap, that'd be good because it may help people understand my posts a little more and imagine my character accurately rather than guess. If you don't understand something in Aldquaril's rants, google it. Though I doubt many of the RP characters would. He is meant to come across as insane, but his rants do have meaning behind them.

[Marguerite Dabrin]

I can make sense of most of what he's spouting, but I wonder what kind of lunacy passed in the Thalmor's mind to appoint that guy as an ambassador. From what little i've seen he's utterly abysmal in the role. To most observers he will appear as a lunatic almost continuously spouting nonsense. To womeone knowledgeable enough enough he's freely spouting a rethoric that amounts to "We're going to destroy the world and return before it's creation, and there's nothing you filthy humans can do about it.".
Which coming from a high-ranking member of the Thalmor is going to either rings a lot of alarm bells with uncomfortable parallels with the Oblivion Crisis. And to those who don't understand anything feels like the Thalmor is slapping them in the face by appointing a complete loon as an ambassador. Neither option is likely to serve the Thalmor's interests.

[Adrian Morales]

I'll be adding the other character sheets later today, hopefully with a post or two as well.

[+++CAZZY]

I can make sense of most of what he's spouting, but I wonder what kind of lunacy passed in the Thalmor's mind to appoint that guy as an ambassador. From what little i've seen he's utterly abysmal in the role. To most observers he will appear as a lunatic almost continuously spouting nonsense. To womeone knowledgeable enough enough he's freely spouting a rethoric that amounts to "We're going to destroy the world and return before it's creation, and there's nothing you filthy humans can do about it.".
Which coming from a high-ranking member of the Thalmor is going to either rings a lot of alarm bells with uncomfortable parallels with the Oblivion Crisis. And to those who don't understand anything feels like the Thalmor is slapping them in the face by appointing a complete loon as an ambassador. Neither option is likely to serve the Thalmor's interests.

The thing is, he's not a Thalmor ambassador. Technically he's not even a Thalmor, he's just highly respected by them and has been sent on a mission to which he's reluctantly agreed to do. This is why my sheet needed to be available. I should have posted it in here earlier.

And thanks Rex, I'll post the sheet here too as advised.

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Name: Aldquaril Qorodai

Gender: Male

Age: Very very old. 1000+

Race: Pure blood Altmer.

Faction: Thalmor (Neutral).

Skills: His days as a great mage are drawing to a close, he is very old. Unless it is basic spell use, complex spells are very draining on him and cannot be used casually. He was however a very powerful mage once (skilled in many different fields, some even not in use anymore), and he still attains some of his old skills and very importantly, knowledge. He knows an awful lot, perhaps to the point of insanity.

General Appearance: His age shows in his appearance. His once pure bred golden skin has faded, his face is ancient, gaunt and massively winkled. His hair is wispy, white and uncut. The few areas of hair he still has growing to extraordinary length down his back in an unkempt fashion. His facial hair is the same, an extensive beard messily and freely lying down his chest. He has shrunk, and is slightly hunched over. His once golden eyes have also faded. He is a shadow of his former self, who was an ideal replica of the Thalmor idealisation of a pure bred Altmer.

Weapons: He carries no blade or any conventional weapon, just a small wooden walking staff, made of thick branches which seem to wrap around each other. This staff is unenchanted and virtually harmless, but old and treasured, and extremely resilient.

Armour/Clothing: Imagine the Thalmor Robes in Skyrim, but with the Black being Gold instead (and the gold being black), and in a much looser fit. The black jewels that adorn Thalmor gloves are encrusted in several areas of the robe. He does not wear a hood.

Other Items: Has a carriage worth of books (many written by himself), locked very securely in portable bookcases. These books follow many topics, from studies of Falmer to essays on Metaphysics. He wears many enchanted rings of various significance, and an enchanted golden ruby encrusted amulet. He carries a large quantity of gold, locked in a small golden enchanted safe.

Personality: Aldquaril is considered by most he meets to be insane. His ramblings and obsessions seem to be jibberish to most, only the most knowledgable scholars and wizards understand it. He is old and cynical, hostile to most. His hate for man and any man related ideology or deity is very very strong. He tends to avoid any contact with humankind unless necessary. He strongly supports the Thalmor cause. His intelligence however is unmatchable. When he recided in Alinor (capital of the Aldmeri Dominion in the Summerset Isles) he was a strongly respected figure, who was visited by many and all with power, who seeked to gain Aldquaril's vast wisdom, insight and knowledge.

Brief History: Aldquaril was born long ago in a Tamriel unfamiliar to most. He was once a great Altmer wizard, one of the best even. He gained great power and influence in Altmer society and politics, but soon grew weary of politics and began to remain static in his mage tower, attempting to learn the secrets of the world. He departed from his studies regularily to visit friends (such as Divath Fyr) and go on excavations and other studious activies, engaging with many Daedric princes, and meeting many prominent figures (such as Vivec and Ocato). He broke this peace when he joined the Psijic Order, and spent a few years learning and teaching there, but was kicked out for some of his radical beliefs, and now refuses to talk about it. He returned to his tower and grew old and wise, and was now starting to become the mer he is today. During the Oblivion Crisis however, he needed to summon back his skills as a wizard, and fought along with many other of his kind at Crystal Tower, slaughtering many Daedra, but unable to hold back the horde, and had to witness the collapse of Crystal Tower before being paralysed by his comrades and dragged from a hopeless fight. He went into severe depression, returning back to his tower and locking himself within it, with only his servant Buro at hand. The Thalmor began to seize power in the Summerset Isles, and Aldquaril began to hugely advocate them. He became a prominent figure, one who would be visited by any Thalmor of any significance as an act of respect, and in seeking of wisdom and knowledge. As the Thalmor began to overthrow the Imperial Rule in the Summerset Isles and created the Aldmeri Dominion soon after, Aldquaril became a very rich mer. He still however resided in his tower, rarely leaving, even during the Great War. However, with news of troubles in Skyrim and 'Dragons', Aldquaril has been sent with a mission, which is to be carried out in Skyrim. Reluctantly he left, and first by ship, and then by an escorted carriage he made his way to Whiterun.

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COMPANION:

Name: Buro (Vassal/Slave in Aldermis/Ayleid)
Gender: Male
Age: Perhaps 350 or so. Been a servant to Aldquaril for almost all of his life.
Race: Altmer
Clothing: A simple red tunic and sandals.
Bio: He possesses no weapon or anything personally and cannot fight. He is a mere servant to Aldquaril, of no interesting personality of note. He is a mute and a eunuch.

[Ross Thomas]

Even so, you'd think the Thalmor would be smarter than to send somebody who venemously hates humans to human lands. And not even that continually goes on about how much he hates humans to the humans. You'd think he'd learn to be more diplomatic and hide his feelings.

[LittleMiss]

Especially since even if he has another reason to come to Skyrim, he's there under the cover of being an ambassador - a cover that fits him about as well as an apron on a goat. Having a smooth-talking liar as the ambassador and him as some sort of expert, court wizard or the like would make more sense.

[dean Cutler]

He's insane, he has no such feelings to follow what you'd think people would conventionally do in his situation. He's an ancient wizard who's lost it. He's not under the guise of being an ambassador either, he is merely a guest under the protection of the Thalmor. The reasons why he has been sent is only known by him and the people that consulted him. If he were to attack someone without reason or the like, the Thalmor escorts around him would of course stop him. He specifically is a guest under Thalmor entourage, an associate.

The Thalmor know how damned crazy he is, how damned aggressive he is to humans. The Thalmor may not even care if he gets killed. Aldquaril says himself in reply to him being called an agent, that no one has authority over him, specifically implicating the Thalmor. Aldquaril's purpose in Skyrim is a mystery, and it's far cooler if it stayed that way. He may not even end up doing anything, just end up getting eaten by a dragon or killed by a drunken Nord outside the Bannered Mare, who knows.

Aldquaril also does not expect people such as Balgruuf to understanding his rantings. He just says them because well, he's insane.

[Svenja Hedrich]

There are some contradictions and oddities between the background you've posted for Aldaquaril, your later comments and the in character posts.

From the words you were placing in the Jarl's mouth, he's been expected as an ambassador and brought some cash along (or at least his Thalmor entourage did bring the gold). Which would point as the Thalmor giving him at least a token rank of ambassador along with the escort and the gold for Balgruuf. Which doesn't seem very smart on their part.

Also if the Thalmor doesn't give a fig wether he's getting killed or not, it sounds like the mission isn't important to them. In such case it seems very odd for them to pressure someone they're supposed to have a lot of respect for to drag him into a mission they don't care about the result. And even odder to give him a full escort and a somewhat official position that's going to bring a lot of trouble. And the means to haul around a whole library with him...

It would make more sense to have Aldaquaril going on some hare-brained (or not, at some point the line goes thin) scheme of his own and have the Thalmor provide him with some protection and interference runing, rather than being on a mission for the Thalmor as you mention in his background.

[Horror- Puppe]

The words relating to the Talos worship is due to Aldquaril himself disapproving of it, and he knows that in Imperial Law it is outlawed. The cash in the Dwemer box is his own, not an offering of any kind. This next point was a misunderstanding from Tom (it's no issue, I should have made it more obvious). In Lore, all the Jarls of Skyrim were given gold by the Imperial government to enforce these anti heresy laws, I was referencing this bit of lore and didn't realize that it could be interpreted as some kind of new offering. So that is an utter misunderstanding.

Also, I didn't say the Thalmor don't give a fig about him or not, I said they MAY not. My point was that the situation is more vague rather than he is a simple Thalmor ambassador/emissary/agent etc. The whole him being sent off by the Thalmor thing is him being strongly encouraged to carry out some of his own devised plans, as they would help the Aldmeri Dominion. It's far more similar to the thing you described as making sense, it's just Aldquaril was content with sitting in a depressive state in his tower until the Thalmor got him to actually go out and do something instead. Enemy of my enemy is my friend etc, except considering that the Aldmeri Dominion is an actual nation, and Aldquaril a resident, he is associated through that too. I should have made this more obvious in the character description, but I wanted to keep a mystery on the contents of the mission.

The reasons why he is hauling around his library and gold with him is due to the fact that he is not exactly planning on going back to his wizard tower any time soon.

Considering these things, I hope you can see that it actually makes complete sense and there is little contradiction, if any at all. Obviously, if Aldquaril were to do anything other than rant about metaphysics and his hate of man, and actually do something which could harm Thalmor reputation, they will attempt to distance themselves from the mad wizard, offering assistance only covertly.

[Sarah Knight]

I've added the other character sheets in, just in case can you all have a look and make sure your character sheet is there. Cheers.

p.s. Legion people fill free to write in the posts of the deaths of many legionaries as well as stormcloaks as well.

[biiibi]

Yeah, my bad

I just addressed him as ambassador because that's just how he comes across... never mind that he's accompanied by thalmor guards. Otherwise Balgruuf would have to say "sir" or something and that didn't sit right. Besides, the Jarl wouldn't quite know the intricacies of Aldquaril's position

[Jhenna lee Lizama]

And no matter what the real situation, having a Thalmor guard escort will make him appear on official Thalmor business - or at a minimum as a Thalmor member of fairly high status on a private errand.

Which means that whatever he does will be felt like having the Thalmor's seal of approval. That can prove embarassing to the Thalmor agents and diplomats in Skyrim. Oh well, maybe they haven't taken the measure of the problem, though it's likely the escort will send a word to the Thalmor embassy in Solitude if things gets out of hand.

At a minimum, he's very likely to get kicked out of Whiterun soon - insulting one's host is enough of a breach of the law of hospitality to be shown the door without compromising the host's honor.

[Steven Hardman]

If Targon had his way, kicked out with his head on a pike... granted, that's unlikely... but Aldquaril might not want to stay for much longer... things will heat up I promise. Everyone else has had a massive fight, so naturally, I've started writing one up too

[Hazel Sian ogden]

inb4 Dragon.

Manu, I understand that the Thalmor will eventually want to cut more official ties with the mad wizard. However look in Skyrim, Ancano seems to do some ridiculous things, and look at the things Thalmor say, even to the mighty dragonborn in Skyrim! Ondolemar says some pretty offensive stuff under Thalmor protection, and he is an official operativel. The whole point is that the Thalmor have such a known disposition for a hatred of man, and superiority complex, and they have such a power, that it doesn't particularly matter anymore. Everyone knows what and who the Thalmor are. Everyone suspects them of doing something. It reaches a point where the Aldmeri Dominion don't need to care anymore, and can just allow it. I mean, the Empire can't exactly DECLARE WAR on them any time soon!

I don't think he has directly insulted the Jarl yet. Obviously he is unwelcome, and Balgruuf doesn't exactly want him there. It's not exactly a choice. Aldquaril I suppose can still be seen as an ambassador, in its literal sense however, not as an official diplomat. Just as much as a school child is an ambassador to their school, except imagine if the school is known to have the exact same attitudes of the child and is a huge overbearing power over the world that no one can stop. Yeah.

[SexyPimpAss]

^that last part^ Yeah, that's what I meant

[xxLindsAffec]

The Great War has drained a lot from the Dominion too - and what has been a generation to the Empire (30 years) would be les for the longer-lived elves. They have the advantage of having their territory intact, but replacing the dead soldiers is another problem. Nobody's eager to declare war on the Dominion, but from the other side of the fence, neither is the Dominion eager to court a new war before the Empire and Skyrim have bled themselves dry in the Stormcloak rebellion.

[JUDY FIGHTS]

Hello there everyone, under instruction I'm posting my character sheet in this here thread. Hopefully it'll make it's way into the IC threads OP! Anyone who "gets" the inspiration behind this character will be held forever in my esteem.

Spoiler

Name: Svetlana Milk-Eyed
Gender: Female
Age: Late 20s
Race: Nord
Faction: Stormcloak

Major Skills:
Axe (A lifetime's work of chopping wood in the old farm has taught Svetlana how to wield a two-handed axe well.)
Singing (Untrained, she posseses a natural singing voice, and an encyclopedic knowlege of songs native to the Rift)
Alchemy (Svetlana has a good knowledge of Skyrim's flora and their magical propeties)
Horse-Riding
Dragon (Svetlana speaks some small part of the dragon language, and has even discovered the power of one or two of words, though this is a secret she keeps closely guarded)

Minor Skills:
Light Armour
Streetwise (being a farmgirl, Svetlana is able to easily converse with lower-class Nords)
Etiquette (Svetlana has met many a noble Nord in her lifetime, and has picked up a basic grasp of Etiquette)
Smithing (Svetlana is fully capable of skinning, tanning and constructing armour from the resulting leather)
Medicine (she posseses a basic understanding of how to treat wounds)



General Appearance: Svetlana is tall and strongly built from a life of working the family farm and tending to the horses. She has a weak jawline and large, kind eyes of light blue, her features softer than that of your average Nord woman. The odd freckle dashes her faintly rosey cheeks. Her hair is fair and of medium length, cut rudely around her neck.

Weapons: Upon arrival, Svetlana is armed only with her simple but sturdy wood-cutting two-handed axe.

Armour/Clothing: Svetlana Wears a simple cuirass of bear and wolf pelt she fashioned herself, with boots and gloves too match. In battle or cold weather she wears a helmet of her own design, made from the head of a white wolf.

Other Items: She carries a small assortment of salves, balms and healing herbs in her pouches, and around fifty imperial drakes.

Personality: As measured and gentle a spirit as you are likely to meet in a Nord, Svetlana is simple and pleasant in her approach to people. Her sturdy heart will always belong to her homeland, the land she can sing a hundred songs in celebration of. She is quietly conservative in her religious beliefs, feeling the deep importance of the old ways irrefutable. It is this issue that has arisen the Stormcloak sentiment in gentle Svetlana Milk-Eyed.

Brief History: Hailing from a farm on the edge of Ivarstead, Svetlana enjoyed a quiet childhood. Life on the farm was tough but regular in it's trials. From an early age she developed a beautiful singing voice, and knows by heart all the folk songs of the Reach. Svetlana's household always had a spare room for any travelller up the 7000 steps to High Hrothgar, and throughout her life in Ivarstead she has met many famous Nords taking that storied path. When the Stormcloak rebellion reached Ivarstead, most of the young male nords took up axe to fight for Ulfric. Most of the town was suprised when Svetlana took the ancient road to Eastmarch. Only her dear, widowed mother understood why Svetlana choose to join the rebellion, and whenever asked, her lips have held firm.

[Quick Draw]

Posted. Sorry about the delay and absence, both the holidays and the return of ex-girlfriends was inflicted upon me.

[joeK]

No worries. I'm eager to read about Cleans

[Sylvia Luciani]

Hey all, I'll still be posting here, but under a different account. From now on, I'll go by "Cousteau", as that name is way cooler and not as "out there" as "Only-He-Cleans". I think I'll make a Breton character named Cousteau (for other RPs), but my Argonian is my baby and he'll still by my primary roleplaying character.

[bonita mathews]

Ta da! Presto-changeo!

[Nicole M]

Nice one

[stevie critchley]

Do your wear a red hat à la Jacque Yves Cousteau ? I grant you that being french and dead for a while his claim to fame is fading, but being french, that's about the first thing I thought seeing that name.

[remi lasisi]

I do indeed wear a red hat, and I also do that French horny laugh HAW HAW HAW.