My take on her appearance

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Karliah is arguably the most unique NPC in vanilla Skyrim - unique voiceset? Check. Unique gear? Check (the Trinity all dons it, sure, but unless your character is a female she's the only one). Violet eyes, despite the lore stating that the Dunmers are cursed with crimson red eyes? Check.

I rarely played the Thieves Guild questline since the release of Skyrim back in 2011, so while revisiting the faction I decided to give Karliah an appearance that matched her voice and personality (of course I threw lore out the window, her vanilla eyes are against the lore).