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I said there wouldn't be any more Oblivion-related stuff for a while; I lied

did this for her character Erin Iceblade so I was inspired to fill in my own for Kate. I knew it would be a lot of work but it was also a lot of fun, and I'm glad to finally have it done!

Below follow some more details about each panel, to get a better, more complete idea about what I was trying to do with this meme:

1. Pretty standard introduction...Wait! What's with the hair?! The character Kate was born in Fallout, a post-apocalyptic future-universe, and the pink hair quickly became her defining feature. When I adapted her for TES, she just didn't feel "right" without it, so I came up with a way for her to keep it: magic! Long story short, she experimented with a hair-care potion that didn't work entirely according to plan. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but in a universe with gods and magic and dragons, an alchemy mishap resulting in pink hair felt just about plausible enough. She's naturally blonde, though.

Kate is 1/6 Breton, and has inherited their pale skin and small stature. Her parents owned a drinks shop in the Imperial City (wine at first, but over time they expanded their stock to include other beverages from all across Tamriel) until a rival framed Kate for arson. The Murrianus family lost their shop, Kate ended up in jail: the rest his history...

2. The choice was obvious. Martin was not the character I expected him to be, knowing quite a bit about Oblivion's main storyline before I started playing. I thought he'd be a boring two-dimensional hero type, and was pleasantly surprised to discover otherwise. The voice had something to do with it too - Sean Bean did a great job with it, in a game where too many characters sound alike. Then he fit so well in Kate's story and sealed the deal.

The Mages Guild or equivalent is always my favorite faction, because I just love playing mages (Also the only Oblivion faction I've played through, so far *cough*)

3. There are a lot of characters I didn't care for, but Alessia Ottus also happens to be one Kate hates. She has been known to fantasize about doing that to her on more than one occasion

4. Those who have seen my other Oblivion pieces saw this coming, no doubt Kate was intensely drawn to Martin from the very beginning (bookworm mages do tend to be like two peas in a pod), and he wasn't indifferent to her either, a bond that grew over the months they spend working together on deciphering the Mysterium Xarxes and generally saving the world. But there was a big catch. Emperors and wine merchants' daughters' don't generally have a future together, so it never evolved past repressed desire and frustrated dreams, until the tragic end .

5. There are many quests I liked (the main quest chief among them) but I decided to showcase one that was memorable in a different way. I really enjoyed Through A Nightmare, Darkly; it was a welcome change of pace from the usual "go into this dungeon, kill everything in your path, bring me this item", and something funny happened as well. I play on the PC with mods; one of them is a body replacer that comes with nudity options so Kate emerged into Henantier's dream completely in the buff I imagine her first thought was: "Ummm....What kind of dream IS this?!" while maybe Henantier didn't mind so much. It was awkward, anyway.

6. This is Kate's meme, but I couldn't resist including one of my other OCs, Dorian Valtieri (you may have seen him before ), Vicente's descendant. In my headcanon, Vicente kept an eye on his descendants and was the one who recruited Dorian into the Dark Brotherhood when he showed...potential. He wasn't able to convince him to join the ranks of the undead however; Dorian enjoys living way too much for that.

7. I would definitely be a mage because 1) magic is awesome and 2) the thought of me wielding anything bigger than a dagger is pretty amusing (I'm quite tiny). Assuming I suddenly found myself transported there, I'd probably be freaked out by the various critters inhabiting Tamriel And no, I wouldn't be a Necromancer, I just like wearing black (Got lazy drawing the Daedric armor, blah)

8. Yeah, that particular meeting would not go down well Kate has not known much happiness in my stories spanning three game universes so far, and yes, falling for the wrong men has sort of become her shtick. That and hubris. She's...something of a tragic character.

(Yes, we look somewhat alike; no, she's not based on me . She is in fact based on Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers , as far as appearance goes.)

9. I hate tagging people in this sort of things. If any of my friends feels inspired, consider yourself tagged!

Blank meme by vampirisa: here

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I said there wouldn't be any more Oblivion-related stuff for a while; I lied

did this for her character Erin Iceblade so I was inspired to fill in my own for Kate. I knew it would be a lot of work but it was also a lot of fun, and I'm glad to finally have it done!

Below follow some more details about each panel, to get a better, more complete idea about what I was trying to do with this meme:

1. Pretty standard introduction...Wait! What's with the hair?! The character Kate was born in Fallout, a post-apocalyptic future-universe, and the pink hair quickly became her defining feature. When I adapted her for TES, she just didn't feel "right" without it, so I came up with a way for her to keep it: magic! Long story short, she experimented with a hair-care potion that didn't work entirely according to plan. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but in a universe with gods and magic and dragons, an alchemy mishap resulting in pink hair felt just about plausible enough. She's naturally blonde, though.

Kate is 1/6 Breton, and has inherited their pale skin and small stature. Her parents owned a drinks shop in the Imperial City (wine at first, but over time they expanded their stock to include other beverages from all across Tamriel) until a rival framed Kate for arson. The Murrianus family lost their shop, Kate ended up in jail: the rest his history...

2. The choice was obvious. Martin was not the character I expected him to be, knowing quite a bit about Oblivion's main storyline before I started playing. I thought he'd be a boring two-dimensional hero type, and was pleasantly surprised to discover otherwise. The voice had something to do with it too - Sean Bean did a great job with it, in a game where too many characters sound alike. Then he fit so well in Kate's story and sealed the deal.

The Mages Guild or equivalent is always my favorite faction, because I just love playing mages (Also the only Oblivion faction I've played through, so far *cough*)

3. There are a lot of characters I didn't care for, but Alessia Ottus also happens to be one Kate hates. She has been known to fantasize about doing that to her on more than one occasion

4. Those who have seen my other Oblivion pieces saw this coming, no doubt Kate was intensely drawn to Martin from the very beginning (bookworm mages do tend to be like two peas in a pod), and he wasn't indifferent to her either, a bond that grew over the months they spend working together on deciphering the Mysterium Xarxes and generally saving the world. But there was a big catch. Emperors and wine merchants' daughters' don't generally have a future together, so it never evolved past repressed desire and frustrated dreams, until the tragic end .

5. There are many quests I liked (the main quest chief among them) but I decided to showcase one that was memorable in a different way. I really enjoyed Through A Nightmare, Darkly; it was a welcome change of pace from the usual "go into this dungeon, kill everything in your path, bring me this item", and something funny happened as well. I play on the PC with mods; one of them is a body replacer that comes with nudity options so Kate emerged into Henantier's dream completely in the buff I imagine her first thought was: "Ummm....What kind of dream IS this?!" while maybe Henantier didn't mind so much. It was awkward, anyway.

6. This is Kate's meme, but I couldn't resist including one of my other OCs, Dorian Valtieri (you may have seen him before ), Vicente's descendant. In my headcanon, Vicente kept an eye on his descendants and was the one who recruited Dorian into the Dark Brotherhood when he showed...potential. He wasn't able to convince him to join the ranks of the undead however; Dorian enjoys living way too much for that.

7. I would definitely be a mage because 1) magic is awesome and 2) the thought of me wielding anything bigger than a dagger is pretty amusing (I'm quite tiny). Assuming I suddenly found myself transported there, I'd probably be freaked out by the various critters inhabiting Tamriel And no, I wouldn't be a Necromancer, I just like wearing black (Got lazy drawing the Daedric armor, blah)

8. Yeah, that particular meeting would not go down well Kate has not known much happiness in my stories spanning three game universes so far, and yes, falling for the wrong men has sort of become her shtick. That and hubris. She's...something of a tragic character.

(Yes, we look somewhat alike; no, she's not based on me . She is in fact based on Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers , as far as appearance goes.)

9. I hate tagging people in this sort of things. If any of my friends feels inspired, consider yourself tagged!

Blank meme by vampirisa: here