OOC : Ideas

[EisforEnigma]

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From what I recall of our Thanksgiving discussion, we came up with a few things, including a new character.

Violetta was one of the masterminds behind the events that transpired beneath the College of Winterhold. She was a rival of Matric's for intelligence, though there's a chance he didn't know it at the time. There's a chance they weren't even there at the same time. She was good at hiding her motivations, her true strengths - and to some extent, her madness. She was directly responsible for the trauma that made Niel who he is today, physically and psychologically.

She is one of the primary reasons Matric lost his faith in people entirely. In his hunt for the Heart of Lorkhan, they crossed paths, and she lead him to believe that they were both after great power. There's a chance they WERE looking for the same thing, and that in the process she found a lead on another power source - the remains of Potema, the Wolf Queen of legend. We haven't settled on the exact circumstances. I proposed she took Matric's candidate for godhood and corrupted him/her, but I recall you proposing Matric wanted to elevate HIMSELF to godhood. We'll have to see which is true. Regardless, Violette betrayed him. But there is a small chance that he doesn't know that it was her doing - he may even believe her dead at this point.

Heh. Perhaps there's a chance SHE was the person he wanted to raise to godhood - she convinced him she'd be a worthy candidate. Then lead him to believe she had died to get away with whatever scheme she'd been running.

Regardless, she returns once more in Potema's train. Though Matric doesn't know it, she is the one sending Necromancers to recruit him to the summoning. He was always the most powerful Necromancer she knew. All he had to do was embrace the idea that he could accomplish ANYTHING if he set his mind to it - like tether the long-dead empress' spirit to an already living body.

Perhaps Violetta was as enchanted as he was with the idea of a mortal-made-divine, and has been aspiring to it on her own terms - taking in the soul of an empress to amass her power. I do have theories about mortal bodies as soul gems I could play with for this. But I envision her being a big antagonistic player in this, and maybe even a later ally against the rogue spirit.

One thing I remember being important was that she had knowledge. She had devoted herself to study, rooted out long-lost or protected tomes, spoken to ancient spirits with wisdom long forgotten (wow she's probably a Hermaeus Mora follower now that I think on it, which... fits, weirdly, because he's involved in that Puzzle Box quest in Skyrim that is theorized to be about Lorkhan's Heart) - and with all of this knowledge, she could give Matric the lead he needs to pursue his own goals. Not just that; she could help him unravel the mystery of his new friend, the reluctant vampire. She has more power than she knows. And all of it could be yours. All you need to do is help me with this one little thing.

Oh my I have an idea for what that is. Capture the soul somewhere it could never escape.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/T...ck_Star_(Item)
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/M...g_Bal_(Skyrim)

Quest time! :3