[Role Playing] Your Skyrim characters

[rootsrat]

WARNING! Wall of role playing related text ahead! 

 

You have been warned :)

 

 

Role Playing. This is something I always liked. I am an old school, pen and paper RPG gamer. Warhammer, Cyberpunk 2020 and a couple of Polish role playing systems are my favourites, add Games Workshop's Talisman to the list as well. I also love to role play my video games. Not only the RPG by genere ones, but other too. I even role play GTA series. I'll RP any game that allows for it! Skyrim undoubtly is one of the most RP-friendly game out there, due to customisation possibilities (mods), big, open and living world and lore legacy.

 

Each of my Skyrim characters has their own story. I don't just create a random High Elf mage and play. I like to know, who my character is, how they act, what are they capable of, their strenghts and weaknesses. I write my character's background first and once I KNOW who they are, I role play them character for all the playthrough, trying not to break out. For example, Fjoldvik, true Nord by blood for gnereations despises every form of magic. He never used an enchanted weapon. He was even hesitant about putting it into his backpack and taking it back to the town for sale. It's magic! He cannot understand magic. Things just don't HAPPEN, there must be a reason for things to occur. One does not simply create a ball of fire in the palm of their hand! It's insane! It took Fjoldvik long time (about 10 levels :) to create his first potion! Potions are somewhat magical, aren't they? Or so he seems to think. He is yet to find out that he is a Dragonborn. Being a Dragonborn surely requires using at least SOME magic, not to mention absorbing dragon souls. ABSORBING. SOULS. OF DRAGONS. Really? Are you serious? I wonder how he is going to cope, I really do...

 

That is how I like to play my Skyrim. I've always said that the game (any game in fact) is as much fun, as you make it. You have total control over how much FUN you will have! If you create a character that is master of magic, melee combat and sneaking, and then run through missions of all the guilds in game... Where is the fun? It's boring! I prefer to CREATE my game just the way I like it. Maybe because I am also a writer. I simply like to make up stories and create worlds in my mind :)

 

I would like to introduce my Skyrim character(s) to you here. I hope this will be an inspiration to you guys, maybe you will want to create similar characters and maybe you just love RP like me, and just enjoy readin jibberish like that!

 

Feel free to discuss, introduce your own characters or just slap me for wasting your time :D

 

Soooooo, here we go!

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Fjoldvik - Nord warrior, future Dragonborn

 

Fjoldvik used to live a simple life in Falkreath hold, in a small house south of Helgen, that his father - a dedicated hunter - built for their family in the woods. When his parents died, Fjoldvik became a mercenary. He has abandoned the old house, travelled to Cyrodill and has lived a life filled with battle and adventure, until one day he was ambushed by a troll in the woods. This happened to take place not very far from Skyrim border, only about a day's worth of travel from Fjoldvik's old family house. He managed to survive the encounter and kill the monster, but the battle was tough. The troll badly wounded Fjoldvik's face and the man lost the left eye. He was later found unconscious and near death by Agny - a Nord healer travelling from Cyrodill to meet her relatives in Skyrim. She treated Fjoldvik's wounds and brought him back to life.

 

Some things happen for a reason. Or so they say.

 

Fjoldvik was very grateful for Agny's help and offered to travel with her as her bodyguard. They crossed the border together and ventured into Flakreath hold. As the night fell, they found themselves near Fjoldvik's old family house in the woods. That's where they sought shelter. Agny decided they should stay here for a few days, until Fjoldvik's wounds are fully healed. She was truly a woman of a kind heart and gentle soul.

 

A few days became a few weeks, weeks became months and so they fell in love over time. They stayed and lived a quiet and peaceful life, not knowing much about affairs of the outside world. Their happiness didn't last long however. When civil war started in Skyrim, Imperial soldiers started to flow in from Cyrodill. Fjoldvik and Agny had no idea. Until one night their door were smashed and a dozen of drunk soldiers broke in. As a few of them held Fjoldvik down, the rest tied Agny to a table, tearing her clothes down. After they were done, they knocked Fjoldvik unconscious and set the house on fire.

 

One of the soldiers must have had some sense of guilt however. When his comrades were running away into the woods, he turned away and carried the Nord outside the burning house and left him there. When Fjoldvik came to his senses, all he saw was his life burned down. Something died in him that night. He swore revenge. Having only woolen shirt and trousers left, he decided to travel back to Cyrodill to seek vengeance. That's when he was caught by an imperial patrol. Little did he know that his story is only about to begin, that he is to become the greatest hero of his times, the hero that bards will sing about, the hero that will be followed by many a people – and hated by even more...

 

 

Character facts:

 

  - Fjoldvik is a true Nord, blood and bone by generations. He is very prejudiced towards any form of magic and will avoid anything and anyone that’s magical, if he can. He is even hesitant towards using enchanted weapons, however being a man of strength and a true warrior he realises that it is sometimes necessary to defeat some more powerful enemies. He is well trained in using all weapon and armour types.

  - He likes mushrooms. It's his favourite food. 

  - After what happened to him, he grew true hate towards the Empire and the Legion

  - He is a Talos worshipper, as was his father and grandfather. He doesn't like to talk about religion though. He keeps his faith to himself, however he's ready to defend it if need arises. He dislikes High Elves, but he has nothing against other races of Tamriel.

 

This is Fjoldvik:

 

[Quahogs]

Great read rootsrat. Guy sounds very similar to the older generation here as the PC/digital age swung its mighty hammer the last couple of decades. Either you sucked it up and got up to speed or you were left behind in the dust, employ-wise, socially, etc.

 

I don't see your dinosaur making much headway if he doesn't embrace the new "digital" magical world ! Keep us posted on the progress :-)

[rootsrat]

I was wondering if anyone managed to get through all that text, congrats, and thanks for the appreciation! :D

 

Yeah, Fjoldvik is now digesting the fact that he somehow absorbed A SOUL OF A DRAGON and that he's been summoned toa summit by some mythical Greybeards characters, for whatever reason... He's signed up to Companions for now, to get a place to live in Whiterun, he's also been made a thane. It's too much excitement for him, so for now he's going to complete some simple tasks for Companion leaders, so that he can make a living and still has time to think about the fact that his life was turned upside down yet again. Dragonborn? Yes, he worships one... But the possibility of actually being one? He needs time :)

[Quahogs]

High times for Fjoldvik !   Interested to know what dimension he lives in... Vanilla,  SkyRE, Requiem, Unleashed...  

[rootsrat]

Check my up to date modlist here: https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Rootsrat/My_Skyrim_Build

 

::EDIT::

 

This will eventually become a Pack, as soon as I have it finalised and tested for stability.

[Quahogs]

Meticulous. You are loaded for bear.

 

Have you known HOTH to play nice? Never knew he existed. Serious bad ass

 

My goal is to get Wet and Cold playing again. Loved that realism.

 

Speaking of which in your vast experience with mod/game play I was thinking about adding CoT Winter Edition (I'm using CoT obviously) to the game but only during the winter months (corresponding with Dec - Feb). Since my experience in Skyrim has only been about a month I don't believe towns like Whiterun and further south ever experience winter weather. I'd be unchecking the esp/mod come April. Am I asking for trouble ?

[Aiyen]

Most likely it would not be worth the hassle, since if you do that sort of change you have to find an interior and wait there for a month to make sure that all changes are overwritten everywhere. Would really ruin the immersion more then a season less skyrim.

[DanielCoffey]

What we need is a script that checks the calendar once a game month and updates the meshes and textures used on a Hold by Hold basis... seeing trees change colour, stepping outside of a home one day and seeing the first snow blanketing the ground.... getting caught in a blizzard as the ice makes your bones creak... to find thaws and the first green shoots of spring?

[Quahogs]

@Aiyen, I don't know if it'd be that bad. Like I said I have little gaming or modding experience and was just wondering if it would harm my saved games.

 

So in effect if I step foot out of the interior it would reset any wintry changes ? Using RN&D I could see this as being an issue though not a deal breaker for me. I just came down with an affliction (torn ACL? :-) that keeps me out of commission for a month and just need to stockpile the food and water.

 

The reverse: Starting off with Winter is here and using that for 8 months. recoup injuries in April(click off the mod and add Grass on steroids) then emerge in May to a whole new season !

 

If having to be in an interior for 30 days is the only price I have to pay... But won't bother if it'll screw up the game.

[deathneko11]

If it's possible for a mod to swap a lit candle with an unlit candle via a script (for certain lantern and light related mods) between daytime and night, I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to do this for environment related textures.

[rootsrat]

You can reset cells using Skyrim Immersive Creatures functionality, you only need to sleep for 1 h.