Greetings everypony, to my last build for the Songs of the North Event. Combining Telekinesis, a great musical theme, and lots of Ayleidic superiority, welcome to…
Hina va Merid-Nuna
Yalte enel Aino ye Firya
Child of Merid-Nuna
Bridge between gods and mortals
Long ago, during the days when the Wild Elves ruled the Heartlands, there lived one particularly audacious Sorcerer-King, who like Umaril, was a child of Meridia and a mortal, who went by Gailon, ruler of Stormhold. He was said to be a ravenous collector of mystic trinkets and treasures. Though having an adeptness for magecraft like his fellow Mer, it is said most of his power was derived from the artifacts he wielded and wore.\
Skilled in magic and the arts of war, it is said the Gilded Sorcerer-King soon felt he was above the gods themselves. When Alessia sent out her bovine lover to break both the arrogant king and his city, Gailon took up a blessed axe forged by his city's greatest spellsmiths, and took the fight against Morihaus in a mighty duel. When the dust settled, Morihaus believed his foe slain.
Through his mother's intervention, the Bull of Alessia was proven wrong. And if myths hold true, Gailon still roams Mundus….
Build Overview
Race: Altmer, as, going by what little we’ve seen of Ayleidic, they're the most similar, plus the +50 bonus to Magicka and Highborn, the once per day Magic Regen Racial Power are both damn useful. Plus, being the tallest playable race not only A. Gives them faster movement speed, but also B. Makes them intimidating as fuck if fully armored. Give him tanned skin, a thin beard, and Vingalmo’s hairstyle, blonde.
Inspiration: Gilgamesh (Caster variant, Fate/Grand Order), and DIO (JoJo's Bizzare Adventure)
Stat Spread: 1
Standing Stone: The Warrior or Mage to start, then switch over to The Lord, for added armor rating and 25% Resist Magic
Primary Skills: Two-Handed, Speech, Enchanting
Secondary Skills: Destruction, Alteration
Quests: Main Quest, Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Civil War (Imperials), Laid to Rest, Search and Seizure, The Dark Brotherhood, Break of Dawn
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Gameplay
Combat as Gailon is, until you grab both the Expert level Alteration spell Telekinesis, and the good old Marked for Death Shout will be a mixture of arcane enhanced barbarian, and a trap setting agile magus, using a mixture of Rune spells like the three basic elemental runes, to ones added by the DLC, Arcane Accessories Creation Club content, or any mods, alongside spells such as Chain Lightning and Ice Spear to deal with ranged enemies such as dragons and archers. Also, stockpile any found or bought Fortify Alteration potions
With the arcane barbarian side, this will be your primary up close and personal fighting style. Simply pop on a Flesh Spell of your choice, optionally toss a Fire/Frost/Shock Cloak, equip Labrys, or any Battleaxe prior to forging Labrys, and smack those foolish mongrels down. Or if you're feeling extra prickish, toss on Marked for Death to further fuck over your enemies by draining their armor rating so your axe can deal further damage.
On the magecraft side of things, you’ll be using a mixture of Runes on the ground, especially useful in tight hallways and doorways, AOE spells like Chain Lightning or Ice Storm, followed up by, dropping any weapons you’ve scavenged from your enemies, hit the mongrels with Marked for Death, and start using telekinesis and flinging those swords, Battleaxes, etc at your foes.
Follower wise, I only stuck with one follower, someone my character could call his first, and only friend in the 4th Era. That eventually ended up being Vorstag. He’s a skilled poet, has a nice warrior skillset, and doesn't give a fuck what you do, and is willing to follow commands. Deck him out in Morag Tong and Stormcloak Officer armor, he’ll be a more Nordic Enkidu, he’s even broad and hairy like the epic figure. And if you want to go even further with the mythological connections, or some interpretations, have Gailon and Vorstag marry….
Did you mongrels honestly thought you had a chance against me? Useless weakling!
Perks
Equipment
Tactics of the Gilded Sorcerer-King
(Drop scavenged weapons+Fortify Alteration potion+Slow Time+Dual Cast Telekinesis)
Aureate Aegis-Summoning forth a Magna'Geian forged set of golden armor, Gailon temporarily becomes heavily resistant to outside damage.
(Stability+Fortify Alteration potion+Dual Cast Ebonyflesh/Dragonflesh+Gilded Elven Armor)
This day, and never again, shall Titus Mede reign as Emperor
Roleplay
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Always speak with wisdom to those that you feel earn your respect, but when conversing with simple cutthroats and mongrels like Delphine, backtalk the shit out of them.
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Never sell artifacts or rare items, display them in any houses you own/build.
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Never harm any Khajiit or Sabre Cats unless you ABSOLUTELY must, as Gailon has a thing for felines….take that in any way you wish. Canines on the other hand, kill at your leisure.
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Only help in quests if you personally feel like it, if it benefits you, or if the quest giver comes out stronger for it.
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Always try and persuade or intimidate when possible
Thanks
Alrighty then, thanks to Valric for the amazing screenshots, and Lee Friskilis for the awesome Perk and Equipment spreads.
Replies
Songs of the North? What was that event about?
Ah, making builds based off songs
Interesting. I assume DB is still the host of skyrim CB?
That he is, though he's posted he won't be as active for awhile, only popping on a few times a week, due to school.
Ayleid's are great +1 (DIO too). I do have a couple suggestions though:
For one the area from your gameplay section clear up to the Roleplay section is absolutely hemorrhaging with pictures, maybe spread them out a little bit. I don't think the ability images are necessary. The differing sizes of every image in the build kinda subtracts from quality points that would otherwise be there IMO.. I'm not sure if you still have access to editable copies of the Perk and Equipment spreads, but in the case that you should add a slight black or white backdrop to the text to make it a little more discernable to read as well as make them the same size.
In addition, I think a small section dedicated to explaining your skill and equipment choices following the appropriate images would really help with the appearance of the build. Some boldening of the text where appropropriate would help out too, example:
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Race: Altmer, as, going by what little we’ve seen of Ayleidic, they're the most similar, plus the +50 bonus to Magicka and Highborn, the once per day Magic Regen Racial Power are both damn useful. Plus, being the tallest playable race not only A. Gives them faster movement speed, but also B. Makes them intimidating as fuck if fully armored. Give him tanned skin, a thin beard, and Vingalmo’s hairstyle, blonde.
Inspiration: Gilgamesh (Caster variant, Fate/Grand Order), and DIO (JoJo's Bizzare Adventure
Stat Spread: 1
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Sorry about the massive wall-o-text here, and if any of this came off as rude or pretentious. I just think that pretty much all of your builds would really really benefit from a presentation overhaul.
Ah I knew I was forgetting something when transffering it from docs. I'll fix that up eventually
Hey Chris, I keep stumbling across your Builds :D
Btw, you forgot your tags!
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