#Loriel Elsinlock

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Loriel’s Story

Series: At The Sunrise

Title: The Deep Breath

Book #: One

Rating: M

Pairing: None

Summary: In the 4th Era, 202, the great Dragonborn known as Arson slew the World Eater Alduin, first dragon son of the god Akatosh, and saved all of Nirn from destruction. Who he really was was not known. How he came to be was never told. Until now. Perhaps though, we should start from the beginning.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24402310

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13597811/

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Hey Yall, just stole this from @curiousartemis and I'm doing this for my Skyrim lovebirds, Loriel and Ulfric.

Starting off, Loriel.

1) What are his initials? "Ulfric's initials are U S." 2)What is he doing right now? "Presently he's at his throne, ruling, while I'm dealing with this dravel." 3)How many tattoos does he have? "Ulfric doesn't have any tattoos." 4)How many piercings does he have? "Nor does he have piercings." 5)Name something he hates. "The Thalmor. My mother." 6)What is something he collects? "He collects little trinkets, splashes of color and such. He has them proudly placed in the display cases in his room." 7)What is his favorite color? "Blue of course." 8)His nickname for you? "He calls me love. I'm glad he doesn't call me Lor. Or Riel." 9)What could he spend all day doing? "He's actually quite fond of fishing." 10) Who is his favorite person? "His favorite person? Besides Talos, its likely Galmar." (Wrong, it's you, you idiot) 11) What color are his eyes? "You know the color of the ocean near glaciers? Its that shade of blue." 12) What position does he sleep in? "Ulfric sleeps on his back when he's alone but he's a horrible cuddler when he has someone laying with him, so he usually ends up on his side with an arm around my waist." 13) What is his favorite drink? "Blackberry mead."

Annnd Ulfric

1) What are his initials? "L, E." 2)What is he doing right now? "There are a great many things he could be doing right now, including taking time to himself in our room." 3)How many tattoos does he have? "His skin is bare of tattoos." 4)How many piercings does he have? "His ears are pierced but he reserves jewelry for special occasions." 5)Name something he hates. "His father." 6)What is something he collects? "Beyond what he collaborated into the armor for his disguise as Arson, Loriel does not collect anything." 7)What is his favorite color? "Don't let his frequent apparel choice of crimson fool you, his favorite color is grey." 8)His nickname for you? "He has admitted that at this point he feels like he is having an identity crisis when called by anything else so we simply call each other by name." 9)What could he spend all day doing? "On days where his episodes are far from his mind, Loriel will twiddle away on his guitar until day turns to night and night turns to day, lost to time." 10) Who is his favorite person? "His favorite persons are his brothers." 11) What color are his eyes? "Amber, like golden coals veined with heat." 12) What position does he sleep in? "Loriel will sleep in any position so frequently he is accommodating me for my preferences." 13) What is his favorite drink? "There is an Argonian bartender in Riften who makes an ironic drink called the White-Gold Tower that is his favorite."

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First Line Meme (i fudged a bit) @nirnwrote

Tagged by @silvanils and @curiousartemis

"I felt it would be best to attend the temple first today."

Her brows rose mildly and then she recalled her would be under speculation today to receive the first of many recommendations of candidacy. It was his tightly held faith, he believed, that would carry him to perform well and as such, draw the eyes of those in her ranks who were hard to impress.

She believed however that it was not his faith that made him impressive.

He merely was.

She had fought hard to make him into what he was today, stumbles and faults ignored.

Tagging @thana-topsy @kaaras-adaar @cadenshok @thereluctantinquisitor

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I wanna give @hamstr a huge shoutout and colossal THANK YOU for these beautiful commissions of Aether, Shanedan, Erik, Ekzaan, and Loriel! Amazing work and yall should totes get commissions from them!

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Heart of Arson

Is Complete.

On Fanfiction

And on AO3

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Looking at him with 💖v💖

So much gratitude goes out to the amazing @goblinlore for this commission, it is so beautiful, I can’t wait to post it with my fic!

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Six Sentence Sunday

Tagged by @alxxiis and @nirnwrote

His fingers twisted in the coat that almost felt like it mocked him when he wore it, like it was meant for someone who actually deserved it. There were plenty of other students who were smarter, who performed better, who asked the right questions, and who were appreciated by their teachers when they spoke, all who did so effortlessly while he poured everything there was of him into his very presence to meet the impossibly high standards that he was subjected to.

               That moment was the very last opportunity Loriel would have to tell his mother the truth: he didn’t want to be a candidate.

               If he walked into the great hall of the academy, all he would face would be the scrutiny of the recruiters.

               The Eight only knew how much harsher their judgement would be than his teachers.

               Divines, if they made him sit and write the theories…

Tagging @thana-topsy and anyone else who wants to

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So sorry that I'm JUST getting to these, but for the themed asks, for Loriel: Barbarian, Fighter, and Sorcerer!

Fighter: What cause does your character primarily fight for?&Barbarian: What causes your character to become enraged more so than anything else?

Loriel raised a brow at the question. "What do I fight for? I guess mostly survival, otherwise I don't usually fight-," he paused as Coffee held up a sign for clarification and made a surprised O face. "Ah. That. Freedom. And equality. For everyone. I can't stand people who demand the servitude of others, and I hate anyone who views anyone as lesser than them. Call me a ridiculous American Dream fighter type, but what the Thalmor are doing is genocide on a globally racial scale and that is absolutely unforgivable."

Sorcerer: What comes naturally to your character that would require other people to train or to study in order to accomplish?

"Unfortunately, for Coffee at least, my natural talents actually lie in mathematics. That usually means that when my talents with accounting come up, Coffee bluescreens due to dyslexia and personal hatred of anything numerical," the high elf admitted, grinning as he cast a glance to their author who frequently is reduced to doing basic math on their fingers.

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Loriel

He has his own blog now

https://loriel-elsinlock.tumblr.com

Enjoy

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🖊+Loriel (Because of course I'd pick him)

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Loriel has a fantastic case of 'nearly everything has made me sick because my immune system is that special sort of stupidly sensitive'. Foreign environment, foreign fauna, foreign flora, foreign food, foreign diseases, you name it, he's probably been sick from it for about a week while his body acclimated.

Fortunately, Loriel's only persistent reactions are to most plants from Black Marsh (he breaks out in the most impressive rash ever) and he's very allergic to Moon Sugar (which sucked cuz Elsweyr) .

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Hey Loriel, 👀 + tell me about the worst - and best - thing that has ever happened to you!

"The worst and best?" he repeated, rubbing the end of one of his ears nervously, gaze sliding away from the question and to a spot on the ground before his feet. "Its kinda hard to pick just one, I've been through a lot."

Biting his lip, he sat for a long moment.

And then smiled in his small uncertain way.

"Escaping the Isle is probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. Getting away from that whole world probably saved my life. No. It did save my life," he corrected with some confidence. "If I hadn't left, I wouldn't have met so many people who cared, who made me grow into being a person instead of a weapon. I wouldn't have fallen in love with the love of my life either."

And then he wilted a little, smile self-deprecating. "The worst thing that has happened to me, in some ways, is that I was born. I'm not exaggerating either. I think its the singular worst point in my life. But... I don't regret being born. Not any more."

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I'm on some serious backlog with coloring and my brain not cooperating with what I want to color, so, for now, here is the lineart created by @numin-lavellan of Loriel Elsinlock and Ulfric Stormcloak for my story Heart of Arson which is featured on FF and AO3.

I'll color this one day. HoA will get a colored version. o)-(

So so much love goes to Rum for drawing this! Yall should check out their commissions and their work!

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Skyrim OC's

Since I haven't really talked about these guys much yet, I figure I'll do an intro post for them.

First and foremost is Loriel Elsinlock, my Altmer dragonborn. He is a fugitive from the Summerset Isle, wanted by the Thalmor for burning down an Aldmeri Dominion Hall of Records when he was 44 and has been on the run throughout the continent of Tamriel for the last 50 years before the start of the game, the 17th of Last Seed, 4E 201. He is one of three identical triplets in his family.

In the same AU is the following non-dragonborn OCs:

Reignhart Frostfang, an assassin of the Dark Brotherhood, lone survivor of the destruction of Sanctuary, non-listener, and soon to join the Thieves Guild. Her mother's clan hails from Dawnstar but was banished from Skyrim by the Jarl Skald the Elder of Dawnstar upon him gaining his title, the Frostfant's being viewed as rivals of his family for generations, tolerated until he took power. Her father's family is from Markarth.

Bat the Axe, an old comrade of Loriel's from his days in the Dawnguard. An orc from Orsinium and a clan chief by the events of the main game. He is Loriel's best friend.

Do'zan, a khajiit bare-handed brawler from Elsweyr who met Loriel in his youth during Loriel's travels.

Laronen Elsinlock, one part of Loriel's triplet siblings. Fifth Emissary of the Thalmor, and healer. Altmer, obviously.

Lermion Elsinlock, one part of Loriel's triplet siblings. Blacksmith, married with four kids. Altmer, obviously.

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Inkraas, my Dunmer dragonborn for the Dragonborn DLC facing off against Miraak. He's lived a very troubled life.

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Vianna, non-dragonborn Bosmer, a devout worshiper of Hircine, ran away out of spite for being dropped as heiress to her family with the birth of her brother. She joined the vampires in the Dawnguard DLC for power.

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Tsanji, a nord non-dragonborn who was raised in Elsweyr by her father's khajiit merchant friends. She returned to Skyrim to gain closure for her family's deaths. Becomes a Companion.

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Zaana, a nord non-dragonborn, Thane of Markarth and Stormcloak supporter.

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Senna, the Sabre of the Reach, a Forsworn clan heiress, determined to reclaim the Reach for the Reachmen at any cost.

Romances:

Loriel Elsinlock - Ulfric Stormcloak.

Reignhart Frostfang - Brynjolf

Bat the Axe, three wives back in Orsinium.

Do’zan, no romance.

Laronen Elsinlock, Nilsine Shatter-Shield.

Lermion Elsinlock, wife.

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Inkraas, no romance, Bromance though.

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Vianna, Farkas.

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Tsanji, poly romance with Vilkas and Farkas.

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Zaana, Argus.

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Senna, Cael, the Wolf of the Reach, upcoming mod Forbidden Love by the same makers of Skyrim Romance mod.

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Loriel Elsinlock from my Skyrim story Heart of Arson has visited every country in Tamriel over the course of the last 50 years that he’s been on the run from the Thalmor forces.

He joined the Thieves Guild while hiding from the Thalmor in Cyrodiil and if it wasn’t for his high skill in speech, he wouldn’t have gotten in at all because of his otherwise entire lack of talent as a thief. He mostly balances the books though and helps other Thieves Guilds connect around the nation.

Loriel has honestly been in love only three times in his long life. His first boyfriend, Andresalmo, who was fondly called Reyes, his lover in Valenwood, Gwinas, and finally, Ulfric Stormcloak himself :3.

When he first met his lover in Valenwood, Loriel had the misfortune of wearing a women’s waist cinche as a backbrace (he had a bad fall shortly after entering the country) and he never heard the end of it… Until of course, the mishap in Valenwood.

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just stumbled across your heart of arson fanfic (which is nice as hell, btw) and i was wondering if you've ever played as loriel in game? just curious as to what he would look like, really.

Thank you for the mini-heartattack, nonny, I forgot I had followers of my story on here. I have done playthroughs with Loriel with Skyrim so here he is:

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Heart of Arson Moodboard Politely made by one of my really good friends on the Discord chat app.