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  1. Caiology
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    Really beautiful work!
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you ^^
  2. aok
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    Well who can resist Cicero! (I always let him live)
    Beautiful work!
    1. Kayol
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      OMG, I've just noticed your comment! Long time no see!
  3. wolfgrimdark
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    Saw some shots on Flickr and figured you might be making a cameo over here - excellent story. Afraid I am with Larkspur on this one. Saga could have been something different. She could have gone outside of the box and become something greater, something better. Instead she has given up and gone back to death. Of course that is from the point of view of good. From the evil perspective she is a heroine who left the fold and finally realized her true place and now there will be much rejoicing when she returns. Or whatever counts for rejoicing among such a group where the only truth is blood and death.

    Happy New Year to you as well!
    1. Kayol
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      Frankly? I support Larkspur's viewpoint as well. The sane viewpoint, that is.
      The problem is, I had to make Saga a bit insane. As I wrote in responce to Anataron's comment, she (and her merry band) became too... comfortable in their roles. She started to understand how to be a leader (vide the Embassy mission, woodcutter's axe incident, etc.), how to take responsibility (this whole Dragonborn business), how to sustain a relationship (Larkspur, and oh my gods, why am I using brackets all the time). It was time to crush this little world of hers. After all, joining the Brotherhood was the first decision she's ever made on her own, without the influence of her parents (remember her father? oh, hello, brackets) or grandmother. It is only natural she would feel the need to go back to it. Not to mention these dreams she had, the dreams which were meant to lure her as well as threaten - at least that's what I was aiming for.
      Can't help but notice you're a wee bit bitter about Saga's choice I understand it completely. But I have to stay true to her character - and she is no noble Dragonborn. I would call her... well, Lawful Evil and a bit naive when it comes to her beliefs. We can only hope she'll learn her lesson.
      Thank you for your comment!
    2. wolfgrimdark
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      After reading your other responses I would say that yes she is staying true to her character. I have read all of your stories (well since I got onto this place over two years ago) and would say her path is logical in her own mind.

      I would even say I agree with the idea that Sithis, if you equate It with neutral death, is the ultimate source of justice as you wrote to Alexi. Sithis isn't evil in lore from what I understand. It is the taint of the DB that says that. Sithis is a reflection of Padomay who is chaos and destruction. Which can seem evil at times but is just the other side of the coin for order and stability. I am a huge fan of Lorkhan myself who was created by Sithis. Of course one reason I am such a fan is Lorkhan is a rebel son - he did do what he was meant to by creating limits on the Aedra and making them mortal. But he also rebelled and fell in love with his creation - Nirn. In the end it seemed like he choose life and enlightenment over the void and death. Of course that is dependent on the idea that there is life after death which Skyrim/TES has the advantage of having.

      Anyhow not bitter although perhaps disappointed. Less in following Sithis as an entity of chaos but more in following the Nightmother and the DB. She is going down a dark road so I am losing my connection to her - I no longer feel that sense of bonding and sympathy, that empathy, with her as a character that ties me to her story. But that is just personal preference. The writing and images are still topnotch and your character development is excellent. You really should be a writer - you are one of the best I have read here.
    3. Kayol
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      I completely understand. It's hard to relate to a character who goes a bit cuckoo and abandons an important mission only to tend to a corpse in a box. But hey, the Brotherhood theme had to be dealt with at some point

      I can only ask you - and other readers as well - to bear with me and Saga for a time being. There is a method to this madness, I swear. Despite not having much time right now I thought about this storyline, and hopefully, it will turn out as I wish it to. So don't worry, as Colin Mochrie once said, 'I... kinda... know what I'm doing!'


      By the way, it's really impressive how well-versed you are in the TES lore, you know? I always mess up some facts, maybe due to my studies: I always compare the mythologies of books, movies, and games to our own and then mix them all up. I've got a memory of a goldfish.
  4. User_6005213
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    Images still highly enough for me ! Crazy, I hate them !
    1. Kayol
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      ^^
  5. Liadys
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    Amazing work dear ! Happy(belated) new year to you !!!
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you! ^^
  6. trg1894
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    An awesome read that is very nicely illustrated.....looking forward to more......

    Happy New Year!
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you a lot!
  7. RatherWindy
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    Amazing shots of her,.. i think <by the looks of it, she is a pretty young dragonborn,.. but she seems mature. In the way you write about her, her inner voice is very mature i'd say.Those inner dialogue's are strong. Larkspur has a point here i guess. The Dark rotherhood seems like a strange place to let this story unfold,... but that might also proff very interesting,... I am keeping track of this story,..

    Also a very happy New Year to you,..
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you a lot for your review!
      Well, one can say that self analysis is a first step of reaching adulthood Yes, Saga is pretty fresh to this whole Dragonborn business - and not really thrilled about it - and maybe that's why she keeps looking for a way out, this time running back to her Brotherhood, the family she had chosen for herself a long time agon.
      Thank you again!
  8. Kamikazekossori
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    If only the place Saga felt she belongs was not so dark, drawn back to the void that is Sithis and the puppeteer that is the Night Mother, I can understand Larkspur being somewhat disappointed in her, having hoped she had chosen the path of the Dragonborn though he had not pushed her towards that role as others tried to do but I can also understand why Saga would seek that sense of home rather than the unfamiliar path of one with dragon blood, the journey of a hero which seemed to stretch on endlessly. It is wonderful how in every chapter you bring us on a journey among her thoughts, her worries, her emotions, really makes her feel real. A happy New Year to you, Kayol
    1. Kayol
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      I think that in Saga's mind, the world of Sithis is not dark at all. She perceives him as an ultimate source of justice, maybe the only deity which treats everyone the same - after all, everyone dies, no matter how much gold one can have, how many good or bad deeds have been done. She is a tad naive, that girl of mine, what can I say
      Thank you a lot!
  9. Kerriner
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    I just love reading this! Amazing work, because I always like to know more about others characters, and I felt completely inside of the story while I was reading it. The pics are awesome too and they express so well what the character was feeling. Again, amazing work!
    Happy New Year!
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you so much for your lovely comment
  10. derek98
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    Great to see and read about Saga again!
    Super work Kayol.
    Happy 2016!
    1. Kayol
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      Thank you!