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Sofies Midsummer Adventure -  A Story of Fenn Finn-Gall in the world of Grim Tales

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  1. wolfgrimdark
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    Just some additional notes that couldn't be put into the story:

    - Fenn is not as powerful as he makes Sofie think with the pesky vampires, he had a form of help in dealing with them but that will be explained later.
    - Sofie, of course, will not make it home with none the wiser as she has stuff to tell Dannee ... but I figured people would work that out.
    - Initially I planned on Fenn having no memories of being Fenrir for the same reason I did that in FO4. But because of some things happening with Grim in Skyrim he had to change his plans. Consequently he adopted two roles. A nature spirit called the Thistle King, in which he does remember his past, and a mortal human in which those memories are blocked off (in many ways for his own protection) ... although sometimes dreams and visions will leak through to his consciousness (just like how I did it in FO4).
    - I could have had Sofie know about the Fey Folk but since TES lore makes no mention of it, and it hasn't come up in past stories, it felt too forced to all of a sudden have her remember all kinds of stories and lore about them. Instead the Fey Folk are actually a group of lesser Aedra who were tricked like the rest of their brethren into making Nirn. When some of the greater Aedra fled with Magnus this lesser group lacked the power to flee. But they managed to create a magical realm slightly out of sync with Nirn - the land of the Fey (or land of the Fairies). They became nature spirits of a more advanced nature known as the Fey Folk ... but not many on Nirn knows their true nature and instead refer to them as Spriggans, Wisps, or just general nature spirits - which is how they tend to appear to mortals. Some mages, religious scholars, and other educated masters may know a little about them. A few common folk may have interactions with them but not know who they are dealing with. Perhaps if Sofie did some digging she might learn something ... or perhaps Fenn might visit her again and provide some answers instead of riddles ...

    If I have time may incorporate more of the lore I am building on it into stories.

  2. Liadys
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    I know I'm way behind on the reading there but awesome chapter and crossover with Dannee's verse there. Quite the little adventure Sofie got herself into, not as bad as some of the other things she got herself into however. All I can think when Fenn appeared is " Ever so the trickster". Just the way he speaks to her...enigma over enigma. You just can't get a clear and straight answer out of him...though he does give enough clues around for people to put together his identity.

    Sofie's right...no one going to believe her mwahhahaha
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      I had forgotten about this until now - really enjoyed doing this story. I only wish I knew what happened to Nataly - haven't heard or seen her around in ages.

      Glad you enjoyed the story. I like Fenn/Fenrir being a bit of a pain with his riddles and lack of information just like he was with Grim.
  3. PrinceNathan
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    He's a trickster that Fenn, leaving the poor girl baffled like that. Although he gave her just enough info to push her in the right direction. They say when you do something right people won't know you did anything at all. Such is the life of a fay.

    Anyway, fun little read. I know what a pain it can be to get the little guys to behave how you want 'em but it's kinda fun in a way. At least from my experience
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks - I have always enjoyed your shots when you play around with size differences. Victoria has also done some amazing fairie shots. Corfus also did a short couple of sets with a little fairy lady. Figured it was my turn. Mainly trying to develop Fenn's personality in Skyrim while he is also fresh in my mind from playing FO4.
  4. PatrickTheDM
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    Very cool and well written Jonathan. This is the first weekend I have not had to work this year so I'm able to finally catch up.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks!

      Ouch sucks that. There was a time where I would often work on weekends from home (although not full days) as well as nights but it was more by choice as I was enjoy the work a lot and wanted to keep up on it. I try to avoid it with a passion now and stick to the standard work week. Seniority helps a little there.
  5. renthal311
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    I would gladly improved contrast, and gave new Normalmap for the fox, if you will have time and opportunity, send me the files, happily improvements fox
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Ren. All I have from you is the eyes, which I can send you. I don't know if you ever did the actual fox body itself. I am using Bellyaches animal textures here for the fox and the gray-fox eyes is from your little mod ... possibly only for the gray fox. When I get home tonight I will package up what I have and send you a link.

      Although if you wanted to take the vanilla Fox meshes and textures and overhaul them ... well that would be awesome. The poor foxes are really lacking in Skyrim in detail.
    2. renthal311
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      I do not know how well you understand, but lis on your photos, the whole, this is my texture,!), not only the eyes, I did The whole
    3. wolfgrimdark
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      I see now - you did the whole texture Sorry it had been a long time and the name of the mod file I have says gray fox eyes ... so I thought it was just the eyes. But I just opened up the mod and its the texture and normal.

      I will PM you the link for it now.
  6. renthal311
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    wow, amazing photos, I am shocked that you have '' the fox, I did it so long ago ........ I do not even have the material
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Ren - I found an old hard drive in my closet and about 700 mods I had backed up from Nexus from a long time ago - I found your wonderful fox eyes there.
  7. FastBlackCat
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    I thoroughly enjoyed this, both the read and the images.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Glad you enjoyed it - I know it got a bit long
  8. tgstyle24
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    Finally I found the time to read your wonderful story of the meet of Sofie and Fenn It was a real pleasure and I'm wondering what will come next Fenn is as charming as always and to let Sofie feel about his real nature, even when it was a very short moment... was brilliant told, Jon
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Tanja! Aye this got a lot longer than planned for such a simple fluff and lore piece. I haven't done any real action stories lately for some reason. Perhaps because they tend to be more involved to do for me. Plus I tend to prefer lore pieces that explore personality and history a bit. Glad you enjoyed it.
  9. BlackMaid
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    When you told me about the idea of Thistle King, I was really amazed and I was asking myself in which way you would manage this .... You made it wonderful, simply fantastic .... and the reading of this fairy tale captured me completely and I forgot the world a round me for few minutes ... it was really enchanting
    You combined Nataly´s and your world in an outstanding tale. All is so logical and harmonic and suits perfectly to the world of Skyrim, yes, it´s masterly written

    The pictures, you made are wonderful too ... well staged and with fantastic poses. So many lovely ideas ... the ring of mushrooms, the riding of the fox, posing on the road sign ...
    This and this pic are wonderful in the simple beauty and the colours
    Yepp this was the full taste of fantasy-world, I like so much Thank you for sharing your world with us
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Many thanks BM - your comment is a nice surprise as I didn't know you enjoyed this type of story and setting as much. Fenn, in his role as the Thistle King, is very much a nature spirit through and through. The forest is his home world. He is a bit different then Grim or Hircine or even Kyne as his focus is more narrow - he likes the northern forest with its specific types of animals, trees, fauna, and seasons. Falkreath is pretty much his favorite domain.
  10. NadiaRivenor
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    It is fantastic that've created in Skyrim own story. It is also fantastic that
    Skyrim such creativity allows. I am glad that this is so. I do it too.
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Many thanks for the nice comment. I think I have stuck with Skyrim this one because it and mods let you really do so much with your imagination.
  11. aok
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    I LOVED this!! The personality of Fenn shines out here. Perfect that he commented of the Thalmor's lack of humor as a bad thing! Really enjoyed this, and of course love the crossover with Nataly's work.
    So is Fenn the reason the the Fennec fox got it's name? Coincidence? I think not!
    1. wolfgrimdark
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      Thanks Arnold! One thing he and the EC can agree on - Thalmor have no humor and need to be destroyed

      PS - I did not know about the Fennec fox and that is pretty cool actually (I looked it up).