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Molag Xorrath - Twisted-Twilight General of Coldharbours Grievous Legions

In an attempt to create his own dark mirror of the Winged Twilight, Molag Bal abducted one of Aura’s prized servants and subjected it to endless torrent as to extract enough of it’s soul binding to bring forth three Twisted-Twilights. To each of these ‘Daughters’ he infused an Aspect of his own Domination to create powerful Daedric Demi-Princes to rule portions of his realm and lead his armies.

Xorrath is the middle sister of Molag Bal’s Trio of Twisted-Twilight Offspring whose Aspect is Domination through Overpowering Brutality. It is from the mind of this Daughter of War that the monstrous Grievous Twilights are born into being, each one a soldier to carry out her brutal thirst for the Domination of the weak. Wielding her enchanted Cold-Ebony Daedric Battleaxe ‘Hope’s Ruin’ she presides over her own Demi-Realm of the Eyrie of Grievously Wounded Heart, within the The Black Garrison of Coldharbour, forever conjuring more soldiers from her disgust of the weak to lead into the Forever-War of Nirn’s Domination.           

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Molag Grunda - First Lord of Twisted Twilights and Favoured Demi-Prince of Bal

Grunda, the eldest of Molag Bal’s daughters of Twisted Twilight, stands watch over the her Demi-Realm within Coldharbour - the Chasm of Endless Despair. Grunda embodies the Aspect of Dominion by Tyrannical Willpower - crushing her enemies via the sheer might of her evil sorcery. She was commanded by Bal himself to halt the passage of all wishing to pash the Chasm who wished to enter the Fist of Stone and the Reaver Citadel.

Alas Grunda’s everlasting torment, and disgrace in the eyes of her father, came from a lack of adversaries strong enough to pose any resistance to her own imperious sorcery, casting all weak minded foes again and again without challenge into the Depths of her Chasm of Endless Despair. To provide an adversary worthy enough to test herself against she extract a portion of her own willpower and froze it into an Ice Atronach named Nomeg Gwai. Such was her delight at performing such self harm towards the monster of her own mind that she became obsessed with the creature, forsaking all other duties and interests beside the foul wretched mirror image of her own cold heart.             

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Zaalixia - Twisted-Twilight Demi-Prince of Oblivion

One of a Trio of Molag Bal’s daedric Twisted-Twilight offspring from one of Azura’s winged servants - Zaalixia embodies the Corrupting Seduction of the Weak Minded Naive. She delights in the domination of foolish mortals through taking the form of an innocent beautiful damsel, lost in lonely backstreets and hillsides during the early evening. After enticing the spellbound mortals away from the safety of others she spirits them away to her pocket realm of Brazen Punishments. Those souls foolish enough to believe her weak enough to dominate or to use for their own pleasures are roasted over cauldrons of cold blue soul-fire, whilst Zaalixia strips them of their freeze-burned flesh to feed to her pet daedric minions.         

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Domhnacha - Dragonsworn

The Tribe of the Lughna during times of war or great peril select a maiden to undergo the 'Rite of the Dragonsworn'.

To these ancient peoples of the Druadach Mountains the dragon represents the highest pinnacle of a hunters skill and the rite imbues that power and strength into their chosen Champion.

The Old Gods now stir within the dread forests great depths, and the hidden ways leading to his Lords Hunting Grounds open once more. 

The Horned God awaits his next Champion - be they the sacrifice or the bearer of the killing knife. 

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Ha’Ran Dir-Kamal - Ice Maiden of the Kamal

The Kamal are collection of Races which live in the Kamilazian Mountain Range of Akavir. Stretching almost the entire continent this high altitude kingdom, and accessible by treacherous glacial paths which completely freeze during the winter months, and naught but the hardest of Chill-Stems and Ice-Pines escape from an icy death. Within this ‘Snow Hell’, as it is described in Akaviri, live the ‘Snow Devils’ or ‘Kamal-Agma’. Thought to have been once wholly human, these wretched beings sacrificed their hearts long ago to their Dark Lords in exchange for Daedric power, and now dremoric ichor runs through their cold veins. 

Now immune to the dread chill of their mountain kingdom, these Devils manifest the very cold of their wicked minds into living ice to use as weapons of war and mindless ice golems to carry out their darkest designs. Alas such power comes at a high price. No longer can the Kamal sustain themselves on the warmth of the sun or fresh food. Instead they must steal the living warmth and soul from other beings as the only means to find satisfying nourishment. When the Glacial Paths open once more each year they descend upon the other nations of Akavir to take slaves and cattle back to their frozen kingdom. In particular, the fractured free states of the hot blooded ‘Tang Mo’ or ‘Monkey People’ scattered along the coastal plains of the Inner Jade Sea, make for the most prized delicacies - though when possible both snake and tiger can be highly appreciated sport.

The Kamal-Agma share their domain with many other Races whom they have allied with or enslaved. These include the giant bear-like ‘Kamal-Admi’ of the high snow peaks, the ‘Kamal-Mag’wi’ raven women of the deep Ice-Pine forests, and the numerous wicked ‘Kamal-Dokkae’ cave goblins.       

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Róisín Fyrre - Wild Elf - Daughter of the Dwindling Light

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The Heralds of Frost Fall within the Moonlit Path - Gateway between Kynareth's Golden Glades and Hircine’s Hunting Grounds  

The Bosmeric Flute - Thalrinel Willowshades; The Faunian Lyre -  Nandina Corneloris; The Hamadryadian Voice -  Kraneia Evereve 

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Aetherblade - the Battle for the Starforce

Combining two of my previous series ‘Lost in Aetherius’ and ‘StarRim’, Aetherblade is a sprawling space opera set in the myriad of realities comprising the plane of Aetherius - the source of all Magic in Mundus.

Featuring the Rebel Princess Aeryon of the nearly annihilated Astramer, or Star Elves, who were punished for the use of the Starforce by the deranged Aedroth Calaxis. On the run from Calaxis’s Degonian henchmen, she is saved by a band of unlikely rescuers - the crew of the lost Dwemer Aethership the Czar. Kirra, the only surviving Aethernaut, and her companions E.B.88 and the mysterious Aetherdroid known ‘Shard’ may finally find a way back to Tamriel by helping Aeryon rediscover an ancient secret from her people’s distant past. However, they must be careful as Zallereth, the Hive Mistress of the Degonian Amerthyst Syndicate, is on their trail and will stop at nothing to please her Aedroth master.       

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Adrianne Avenicci - Warmaiden of Whiterun

Adrianne Avenicci is a blacksmith who owned and operated Warmaiden's in Whiterun, who she ran with husband and business partner Ulfberth War-Bear. She named her store, Warmaiden's, after her childhood nickname. Her father, Jarl Balgruuf's steward Proventus Avenicci, called her this due to her obsession with swords as a young girl. While she never claimed to be the best blacksmith in Whiterun, she aspired to become as good as Eorlund Gray-Mane one day. 

During the start of Second Great War for Tamriel, Ulfberth was slain by Thalmor Soldiers whilst patrolling the Southern limits of Whiterun hold as a voluntary guardsman. After the death of her husband Adrianne joins the newly established Nordic Legion as a Warsmith in Thorald Gray-Manes’ Great Company, and journeys south to Cyrodiil to aid the war effort against the foul Aldmeri Dominion.   

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Hoegal Wraithwolde - Dragon Hunter

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"My mother was a Companion. And her mother. And all the women in my family, back to Hrotti Blackblade. I stayed with my father in the woods until I was old enough for my Trial. We hunted everything there was to hunt... Good training. Ma didn't live long enough to see me join, but I fight to honor her and all my Shield-Sisters through time." -Aela the Huntress - Shield-Sister to the Companions of Jorrvaskr 

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Barenziah - Queen of Morrowind, Master Thief, Courtesan to Emperor’s

Barenziah was a long-lived Dunmer woman who was a part of the royal family of Mournhold. She had many skills including thievery, spellcasting, speechcraft, and negotiation. 

Barenziah was born in 2E 893, the daughter of the Lord and Lady of Mournhold, and was a member of House Ra'athim. She grew up in Skyrim, banished after Tiber Septim conquered Morrowind. She joined the Thieves Guild in Riften and was taught the skills of thievery by a Khajiit named Therris. Symmachus, a general in the Imperial Legion, who was said to have the friendship and the ear of Tiber Septim himself, captured her. Barenziah was then sent to the Imperial City to spend some time as part of the Emperor's household as the Queen of Morrowind.

Tiber Septim was fascinated with Barenziah's beauty. After Symmachus left to return to Morrowind, she had an affair with the Emperor, and became pregnant. Hearing of her pregnancy, Tiber Septim was furious. Avoiding any scandal, he ordered the pregnancy to be aborted, and then sent Barenziah to Morrowind. Once there, she married Symmachus. From their marriage, Helseth and Morgiah were born.

In 3E 376 Barenziah was seduced by a bard (and thief) known as the Nightingale and became pregnant with a daughter. According to legend, Barenziah left the infant with a midwife to conceal her affair and possibly to avoid scandal. There is no information on the childhood of the girl, who "called herself" Dralsi. As an adult, she finally found her father, the elusive Nightingale, in Skyrim. Dralsi settled there and became a talented thief like her mother. She married and had a daughter of her own, named Karliah.

It is not known how, when, or if she died, but mentions of her cease after the catastrophic events following the fall of the Ministry of Truth, the Red Year, and the Dunmer-Argonian war. It is said that her Palace had remained completely unoccupied for some time by 4E 201.

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Goëthia - Slayer of Daedra, Spirit Walker of the Olde Ways

In Olde Nordic custom it was common place for the Grey Ones to select gifted children from the Holds, whose threads of fate weaved through both the worlds of Nirn and the Aether, to train in fighting the the dread spirits and daemons of Oblivion. These children or ‘Goëthia’ as they would be named would wander the land, answering call and pleas for help when the fell monsters threatened the safety of the Nordic peoples. 

As the Olde Ways fell in Dragon Fire and the coming of newer Gods, so did the practice of training the Goëthia, and other forces would arise to combat the creatures of the dark. 

Now as the wheels of fate turn once more, and the land is shaken by fresh tears into the darkness by the dark wings of an ancient tyrant, a child comes forth bearing the Olde Ways of the Goëthia. Where this girl of scarlet mane has come is a mystery but it is certain she seeks to end the coming darkness, held abay by unknown forces until these coming bitter days.               

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Tanith Aedor - Psijic Order Questor and Bearer of the Sacred Flame

The Psijic Order is an ancient order based on the island of Artaeum. From it, the Mages Guild would later begin and develop in 2E 230, started by Vanus Galerion. The Psijic Order was believed to have originated in the Summerset Isles, and their headquarters was located on Artaeum. They were said to have been indirectly responsible for the development of Mysticism, long before there was a name for it.

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Kalefrik Kynzatta - Dremora Havoc Maiden to the Prince Boethiah

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Thalmor Heavy Enforcer Armour - Great War of Tamriel

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Maar’drog Thurr - the Dreadlord of the North

Before the fall of the Nordic Dragon Cult in the Merethic Era of Nirn, the Cult created, with the aid of their Dragon masters, an elite warrior class of Dread Guards to carry forth their power, influence, and fury throughout the newly expanding Nordic Empire across Northern Tamriel. 

The leader of these fabled warrior knights was the Dreadlord, the greatest of their number, wielding a mighty axe of arcane magick and said to contain the power of Alduin himself in it’s blade. The Deadlord was at the foremost line in each engagement with the enemies of the Nords and their Dragon Priests. It is said that his power was so vast that he could shatter the very walls of the snow elf temples and smash through any Dwemer machine which stood in his path.

With the coming of Alduin in the 4E and the emergence of the last dragonborn it is rumored amongst the peoples of Winterhold and the Pale that a lone warrior, clad in the armour of ancient nordic design, has been seen wandering the icefields of the Sea of Ghosts. Time can only tell if the Dreadlord arises from slumber once more, to terrorise the enemies of the Nords once more in the name of his once mighty Draconic Masters.