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I know he is such a badass and tough char but here he looks very cool in some serene moments!
My favs are those with his horse!
I like the last 3 the best, although the one with the Talos statue is just exquisite, as well. Very nice capture!
Also, this story and your lines about those small, ordinary people who reluctantly become the true, quiet, every day heroes, without too much bling, fame or medals is quite moving and so true.. (Heroes are not born, they are made.)
Great work as always!
I'm glad you like the captures! The ones with Myktregn are also my favorites, especially the last two.
This fragment of text is from Gogrek's first chapter, while he is having some conversations with his Stormcloak comrades in his little group, returning to Haafingar's camp after a battle. One of them, Ulrald "Crooked Legs", is clueless about his friends, and thinks he is the only commoner between them. Seeing others fighting, he imagine that old Torolf is a kind of war veteran and Gogrek and Wilmuth, for being strong and skilled, are the finest between the heroes. Little he know, tho, that they all had common lives and that being in the army was not a choice, but a consequence, when they had nothing more to lose.
I see the conflicts of the Skyrim Civil War from the Stormcloaks' perspective as very similar to many conflicts in our real world, but especially I relate them to the Scots for some reason. I like the idea that they weren't mostly experienced soldiers, but they fought for what they believed was best for their people and their homeland, being just simple farmers and laborers who enlisted with a dream of freedom. People tend to lose sight of this by focusing their hatred on Ulfric and dismissing the validity of the Stormcloak rebellion, and I honestly think it's a bit of intellectual laziness and the damn tendency everyone has to see only black and white, and not the dozens of shades of gray in every situation (not to mention that they see only what they want to see). I never had the "fetish" for empires and supreme leaders, conquerors, emperors and so on. For me, the story of rebel minorities who opposed this type of leadership and governance has always been more interesting.
Images still have that nice dark fantasy vibe that I like, but they also feel warm with superb light to show the sun break through the shadows of the day. The first capture of the Talos shrine is frekking beautiful and I also like this shot a lot. The whole set gives us a nice looking scene where we can focus on the daily life of Gogrek between adventures and even without your written words, there's easily a story to be seen due to cinematic grandeur.
I like the name of his horse, although it also makes me smile a bit because it "sounds" very similar to some Swedish words "mycket regn" which means "lots of rain"...
Great to see you again! I've been away for quite a while, but I believe I might be back in full after many hours in Faerûn and Baldur's Gate 3.
I was breaking my head to choose how I would present Gogrek for SE side, since I always portrayed him on LE in present (Stormcloak soldier) or future (Werewolf/Harbinger). This time, I thought that would be a nice to cast a glance to the past, before the Civil War, when he was just a simple woodcutter man living with his family in the surroundings of Dragons Bridge. I wrote his first point of view chapter recently, and this is being very fresh on my mind. It ended up better than I imagined at first xD
Also, was a good oportunity to portray him with Myktregn (and you are right about the name, it is exactly what I wanted, but I used norwegian words - Thanks Mr. Google we are all polyglots!), the horse he has a very strong bond with and was the only thing left of his old life.
Happy to see you around! I am a bit absent as well (irl stuff going on) and have a lot to catch up, but soon as possible I will keep up with you guys posts!
Perhaps it's having the choice and making the decision to put oneself in harm's way for the sake of others that makes a hero...I don't know.
As I said, fabulous images.
As I was commenting with Karina, the idea of hero is a complex concept. We met many heroes in our daily life, dealing with their own battles, small or big, but in silence. We never know the courage others must have to deal with something, how strong they must be and how many sacrifices they make. Our daily life heroes are nameless, but when they touch the life of others, probably will never be forgotten.
I'm glad you like the images, thanks for stopping by!
Beautiful work.
Indeed, most people always remember the big names in events, but nameless are those who indirectly contribute to making great things happen. People look forward for the fame and glory that comes when a hero appears, but heroism is about sacrifice and giving of oneself to others. And more than that, as you said, the human behind the hero immortal effigy, with all their flaws and hardship of the consequences of her/his choices. It reminds me a quote by Stannis Baratheon in A Song of Asoiaf books, about sacrifice:
"I never asked for this crown. Gold is cold & heavy on the head but so long as I am the king, I have a duty… If I must sacrifice one child to the flames to save a million from the dark… Sacrifice… is never easy, Davos. Or it is no true sacrifice."