I’m so glad that Sigrun is working well and gets on well with Persephone. Aww, what beautiful shots of her adopting little Sophie and taking her home.

Wow, night over Winterhold and Persephone are a couple of spectacular shots!

Rest well, old friend - those shots are always poignant for Persephone I'm sure. It is wonderful to know that even the necroslaying deadgirl is surrounding herself with some family of sorts in Sigrun and Sophie.

I love seeing Sophie in Windhelm. I always buy all her flowers. Alise keeps adopting her in every play through.

Persephone goes domestic! I loved the pic of her baking. It strikes me, given her backstory (especially the more detailed one you gave us not long ago), that this is particularly poignant, almost as if Persephone is trying to reclaim her mortality, as it would make her human once more . . .

And of course, the night shots and combat shots are always stunning.

It seems Persephone likes Sofie. She still has some feelings after all.

She has a lovely and spacious house in Winterhold. Is there some quest to get it or no requirements?

Landscapes shots are beautiful but those when Persephone is paying respects to fallen ones, are my favorite. They're unique to Persephone.

@Lopov: The Winterhold house is one of SubRosa's mods. I recall her working on it a couple of years ago. She really did a nice job on it, didn't she? Looks like it belongs there!

Acadian: Sofie is one of the orphans I have trouble resisting, living out in the cold streets of Windhelm. She almost always gets adopted by my characters.

Persephone will always have her dead friends to keep her company. One day she might be summoning Sofie...


haute ecole rider: My characters always buy all of Sofie's flowers too.

The baking pic is exactly as you described. By going through the motions of being alive, Persephone is trying to recapture what it means to live.


Lopov: There is something more than pain and hate lurking within Persephone's frozen heart. People like Sofie are Persephone's only chance to kindle those warmer feelings.

h.e.r. is right. I created the Winterhold house mod a while back, for when I took a stab at playing grown up Sofie and Lucia. This time around I made it Hearthfire compatible, which turned out to be a lot of work. But it works perfectly for Persephone.



Hello old friend

Sunset

Sunset II

Dancing in the dark

Dance partner

Persephone helps a mage study wards

Heads or tails

In the shade

Chop

Judging by his hands, the old friend died in peace. Or at least he prayed before dying.

Persephone is dancing a deadly waltz a.k.a. the march of the dead.

Looks like it's heads.

Her eyes are in the "Chop" mood in the Chop shot.

Some great pics for the Where am I? thread, I don't recognize some of the locations, at least not instantly.

Lpoov: I believe the Chop pic was from Hob's Fall Cave, which is filled with necromancers. Nothing puts Persephone in more of a chopping mood than them!

When Persephone is not disarming people, she is getting ahead...



I suppose the College is to blame for this too?

A murder mystery

Vengeance

Persephone lights the funeral pyre

Who's the Dunmer private dick, that's a sex machine to all the chicks?

Lights in the darkness

Showdown

Thwarting a Daedric Princess

How are those nightmares?

Is that the Jarl in troll's costume?

The mystery of Frostflow lighthouse! One of my favorite places and quests in the game.

Persephone fulfilled the last wish of the former keeper.

I bet that's Lothran, just that he's 200 years older.

Vaermina is defeated!

"You're the one from my dreams," says the guard.

Her eyes are just right in the "Lights in the darkness" - not too glowy, but they show.

It is poignant when you think about it. Persephone may very well watch Sofie turn from child to woman to gray to bones to dust. . . .

Dancing in the dark looks like she’s applying her absorb health spell to the crotch of her foe. . . interesting implications.

Since your first shots of wards in use, I’ve always thought they were very neat – photogenic.

I chuckled over the Blame George Bush the College for everything that goes wrong in Winterhold comment.

Oh, I love the Vaermina quest. Especially that you can side with either Vaermina or the Priest of Mara.

On the cover of the Tales of the White Wolf vs Persephone's version, I think hers is much more appealing if I was wanting to buy a book!!!

http://imgur.com/lVFMkw1

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"Getting the lay of the land" - I don't know how you keep from falling off the edge in that shot, I got height sick just looking at the screen,


"Night Moves" is heading to being my favorite of the set, but I'll have to see the rest to decide, lol.


I absolutely LOVE seeing that Milky Way night sky, that is Awesome!!!!


"Red Handed" = Very cool shot, especially how you caught the spell before it left her hand! The contrast of the red color against Skyrim's monochrome backdrop is nice too; but every time I see the non-color and realize that is the vanilla - makes me want to send a scathing letter to the developers, lol. But even with that background (or maybe because of it) = Persephone in Skyrim is the most powerful version of her, she has a completely different atmosphere in Skyrim than anywhere else.

LOVE her pony-tail !!!!!


Azura's Coast lack of color is a shame, what a gorgeous shot that could have been - but on the other hand, what you have done to/with it, the contrast of the red in the sky and the light of Persephone's hair and shadow of her sword in the moonlight on it = spectacular shot!


I did love the Sea of Ghosts in Skyrim. Maxical spent quite a bit of time up there looking for some hidden out of the way treasures (there was one just north of a fort in the NW corner, but that was about it other than a main quest cave that I couldn't enter at the east end. (and I even swam down to the sea floor looking, lol).

"Last Sight" is another favorite, just for Persephone's expression! Awesome facial in this shot; but hard to beat "Night Moves," it is still my favorite!

Great Update!!!










I absolutely LOVE Persephone's armor in "Welcome Home," gorgeous!


Is "Snowhome" your mod you were talking about? Looks like a cool spot!


Ooh, I want that animation!!!! That is Awesome !!!!!


Nice interior!!!


Ooh, you get to see an Aurora at your home? That is Awesome!!!


And I think I found my favorite of the set, "Night over Persephone!!!!"

What is causing the red armpits in this next shot? I noticed some red in the last shot, but this is really pronounced here like it is a missing texture (like the neon purple or pink in Oblivion)

Azura's Mountains is spectacular!!!!


Awesome update !!!!

Whenever I see these screens of Persephone beside bones "Hello" or "Goodbye" (Old Friend) - it always makes me wonder if she wonders why she is still walking Nirn while they are at rest. It explains why she finds herself drawn to like-creatures of walking death (like Sigrun, Darryl, her other brother Darryl, Larry, etc).

Sunset is spectacular!

Sunset II is another one of those that just makes me feel irritatated that Bethesda gave us such a bland background for our play; kind of a "what were they thinking?" - but that said, those shots always make Persephone pop in the screen, and in this case both her and Sigrun stand out rather than fade into the back drop - I attribute that to your own artistic ability to be able to get that out of what little Bethesda offered you to work with. Awesome shot! You have a talent for finding a way to bring that kodachrome to your advantage and using it to add atmosphere in your shots!


Where does that red come from in shots like "Dancing in the Dark" and "Dance Partner?"

"Helping the Mage Study wards" - Awesome shot !!!!


Urk, gaaaaah!


"Chop" is my favorite shot of the set; what a great expression on Persephone's face !!!!! Again with the odd red color, really not sure where that is coming from. Once again it makes me wonder if there is a mod cause for all the monochrome of your shots, maybe one you removed that altered something. I don't remember ever seeing that red anywhere but in the textures files from modders, and don't remember my Skyrim game being so monochrome as yours. I think something has def altered your game that may not even be an active mod anymore but wasn't cleanly removed. I'd have to get in my own game and go to these same spots and see if I see the same in my vanilla game to know, lol. Anyway, I love this shot, love her facial expression and the contrast in the shot.

All Awesome shots, great job !!!

BWAAHAA! Your titles have me laughing so hard that it was hard to concentrate on the content, especially the "Shaft" one!!!

I don't know this quest, but do remember something about nightmares in Dawnstar (or somewhere of similar name) and it having to do with one of the Daedric quests - I think I got the creeps and hurried Maxical out of there shortly after arriving in town.

When I saw the "Murder Mystery" - thought this was the Windhelm quest for the Player house, and never did that one either, lol.

I love the "Funeral Pyre" for the contrasting graphics; but it is another of those that the colorlessness of the game is too strongly felt.

"How are those nightmares?" is an outstanding view of Persephone's armor, LOVE that armor!


"Lights in the darkness" is my fave of the set though, what a spectacular shot that is!!!! That one of all of them feels like a moment has been captured on film. Awesome shot!

Awesome shots, all !!!

Lopov: Maybe the troll is the Jarl showing his true form!

I love Frostflow Lighthouse and its attendant horror story. It is one of the creepiest tales in Skyrim. The kind of thing I can imagine people retelling around campfires for decades.


ghastley: I do try to get pics of Persephone's face in just the right lighting to show off the glow of her eyes.


Acadian: That is the sad curse of immortality that Persephone lives under. I am sure she has played house countless times with other orphans, watched them grow up, grow old, and die. While she goes on unchanging.


mALX: I love walking up to the edges of cliffs in games. I would never do it IRL, but it is neat to look down, and see how far you can see.

That cooking pies animation is from using the bakery oven that comes with Hearthfire. I literally activated the oven, then hit TFC 1 and TM to get the free camera without the interface to take the picture.

The red armpits are caused by the absorb health effect that Malediction has. Whenever Persephone hits someone with it, the red absorb effect goes off, and bathes her in its glow.

The Dawnstar nightmare quest is the Vaermina quest, which I think of as a Mara quest, because you team up with a priest of Mara to get Vaermina's Staff. You can either help him destroy the staff (Mara ending), or kill him and take it for yourself (Vaermina ending).

Life-eater

Persephone and Shaft teaming up

Between the darkness and the light

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

The Red Queen

Ice falls

Hot foot

The vigilant and the dead girl

Fallowstone Cave

Between the darkness and the light is an awesome shot.

The M'aiq pic is already captioned for the cake.

The Vigilant in fire thinks he has the same abilities as Sarah Phimm.

Is that a huge mole rat in the last pic? Oh no, just a bear. I've been playing too much Fallout lately.

As ever, Persephone’s unique absorb health ability is both fitting for her and colorfully photogenic.

Neat the way you positioned her for darkness and light.

M’aiq. . . too bad he’s essential. . . .

Ice falls is a good reminder how well-suited Skyrim’s climate is for Persephone.

Vigilants of Stendar. You know, I want to like them because of their paladinesque overtones. . . but they basically make liking them impossible with their buffoonozealotry.

Lopov: I worked hard to get the Darkness and Light pic. That one took a lot of work. I am glad it came out so well.

Picture opportunities with Maiq are always hard to pass up!

Maybe that is a Yao-guai in the Fallowstone pic?


Acadian: I thought the lighting in the Darkness and Light pic was perfect to symbolize the darkness and light within Persephone, so I spent a lot of time getting that picture just right.

Tbh, it is kind of hard to imagine an ES game without Maiq. Is he in ESO?

I never really had any happy joy-joy feelings for the Vigilants. They remind me too much of the Inquisition and the self-proclaimed witch-hunters it inspired.


He's back!

Blue and silver eyes

Dimhollow

Now what could be in here?

You don't see that every day!

Catch

A helping hand

Face to face

Side by side

Red storm rising

In the light

Blood Moon

He's back in black! And from the expression on his face he doesn't seem to understand why Persephone has to crouch in the Dimhollow screen.

Undead chicks at loose! Woe to anyone that dares to stand in their way.

Good use of Persephone's animations as she was helping Serana.

Persephone now better gets ready for reanimated chickens and rabbits joining the fight too.

Yay Darryl!!! I love Darryl and am so glad you have him back. Old blue eyes is magnificent.

Wow, adventures with Serana. Silver and red eyes. So. . . did you hear the one about the two dead girls who walked into a tavern?

Can’t wait to see how Persephone and Serana Complainsalot get along.

Gosh, Blood Moon is another gorgeous shot!

Lopov: Ulfar/Darryl has never been one for sneaking. He pretty much just Fus Ro Dah's his way through life (and death).

I went through that scene of releasing Serana from her sacrophagus at least three separate times just to get those pics and poses.

I forgot all about Serana the ChickenMancer! All barnyard animals are future recruits for Persephone's Army of the Undead!


Acadian: I have been saving Old Blue eyes for a while now. Kicking off the Dawnguard questline seems like a great occasion to bring him back.

Ever since creating Persephone, Serana has been one of my favorite NPCs. She and Persephone fit together so perfectly. They are among the few people in the world who can understand one another.

I am using the Shut Up Serana! mod, which curbs some of her more annoying tendencies, like constantly saying: "What did you need?"

I love the moons in the ES games. The Fallout games - and most other games in general - don't have night skies to compare to the ES games.



Persephone has declared war upon the Thalmor

Persephone gets all First Age

Home, sweet creepy castle

The prodigal daughter returns

Welcome back

Say hello...

...To my little friend

Haunted

The soldier in the first pic seems to be so interested in Darryl that he didn't even notice Persephone stabbing him.

The Volkihar Castle - where they drink blood like it were water. I suspect Harkon wasn't too nice to Persephone.

So much blood in the decapitation shot, it looks more Fallout than Skyrim.

Wow, the last shot is stunning! And the butterfly made it to the pic too.

Yay for Persephone’s war on the Thalmor!

I figured she’d get on well with Serana – they have a fair amount in common. I can imagine they would make a fun and solid team. Especially when augmented by Darryl and Serana’s resurrected bunnies and chickens and deer.

Wow, that big bandit on the ship completely lost his head for Persephone.

Haunted is a good name for your last haunting shot – very interesting and effective shot.

Ooh, I'll have to activate Hearthfire to see that! Awesome animation! And I most def appreciate your tips on taking the screens; I have a LOT of trouble catching action shots!

Aha, I wondered what that red was!

I had so many favorites in this next set of screens! Maiq - truthfully, if it hadn't been for your title I would have thought Persephone was talking to that Psjiic priest from the College of Winterhold questline,

"Hot Foot" had me rolling!!!!

Persephone's expression talking tol the Vigilant = same thing, she all but rolls her eyes in that shot, lol.

Fallowstone Cave is one of my favorite caves; love that shot!!!

"Life-eater" is a better view of the absorb health aura around her; it doesn't look solid red here = more like I would picture an absorbtion of magicka and health to be, and makes for an Awesome shot!

But all put together can't equal the "Between Darkness and Light" - totally amazing shot !!!


Awesome shots, all !!!!











Darryl! WOO HOO!

Persephone is drop dead gorgeous in this shot, Awesome !!!


Ooh, is Persephone doing the Dawnbreaker DLC? If I'm not mistaken, she is about to find Serana!


Yep! There she is! Now what kind of trouble can two undead girls get into?

Looks like Persephone is swimming in the Red Storm rising, is she? How is she glowing red there? Awesome shot !!!

"In the Light" and "Blood Moon Rising" are my two faves in this group with one exception: "Blue and Silver Eyes" - Persephone's beauty here even eclipses the aurora!

Awesome Shots & Update !!!











HaHa, that Thalmor is looking at Darryl with a worried expression = not even noticing Persephone is cutting his liver in two at the moment,

Ooh, I never got this far in Serana's questline! This is Awesome ... wait, who is Persephone killing with her little friend?

"Haunted" is an amazing shot, what an eerie atmosphere you caught here!

I like the shots of Persephone and Serana together, they actually have a similar expression in their undead states; and the contrast of dark and blonde side by side is very cool!

Great update !!!

Lopov: Darryl does catch the eye!

Harkon wasn't too nice. But then neither was Persephone. She wouldn't want to be a vampire if she was not already undead.


Acadian: Now the guards are saying "I hear you're the one who took it to the Thalmor. You sure know how to pick your enemies!"

The Haunted pic was accidental. I was trying to get a look behind Persephone, and when I swung the camera around it zoomed in like that, so you could just see that ghostly image of her.


mALX: I always keep Hearthfire active, so I can adopt and get the new cooking recipes.

I started Dawnguard, since Persephone always got on well with Serana. So far she has taken Serana back home, and now Persephone is recruiting new members for the Dawnguard.

Persephone is standing in the shallows in Red Storm Rising. The water is just low enough there for her to stand on the bottom and cast spells. She's using her Absorb Health against a slaughterfish offscreen.

The Say Hello... ...To my Little Friend pics are of a pirate/bandit on the pirate ship north of Solitude.


Beauty shot

Bright Eyes

Silver

Lucia has a new home

John Henry

The Wolf Queen

Airborne

The Red Glow of Death

Oh, was it the Dainty Sload? I do remember doing that boat once, but it was way back in 2011! I think I was just exploring and came across it, couldn't stand leaving without knowing what was inside it, or something, lol. Isn't there a quest involving it?

Ooh, if you are doing the Potema quests, Persephone must be about to take up residence in Solitude!

I LOVE the shot of Lucia's new home, but for a favorite I was torn between "Bright Eyes" and "The Red Glow of Death." Of those two, "Bright Eyes comes out on top though; what a spectacular shot !!!

All great shots, love this update !!

Looks like John Henry's been working on the railroad for far too long . . .

Beauty shot is not what I was expecting, but I surely do love old blue eyes.

Bright eyes, on the other hand, really is a beauty in that shot!

I laughed at the Lucia shot – “Thanks for bringing me home. What can I get into?”

Some great action shots vs the Wolf Queen. Does Potema remember Persephone?

Beauty shot - it's the longtime awaited winner of the Mister Sinister competition!

Lucia not only has a home but her own doll to practice. Woe to her foes if she follows in Persephone's footsteps.

John Henry...Eden?

Persephone took some sky-walking lessons from Lucius.

Red Dead, Silver Eyes.

I can just imagine Persephone doing a Hamlet/Yorick with Potema's skull.

mALX: That was the Dainty Sload. I forgot the name of the ship. I think it is part of a quest that the shifty Argonian in Solitude tries to get you into. But I never did it, because it seemed underhanded (or at least the Argonian does).

Persephone is doing the Potema quests. Or was. But she doesn't want to live in Solitude. She is quite happy with her home in Winterhold.


haute ecole rider: John Henry was a steel drivin' man...


Acadian: Who can resist a pic of Sinatra Ulfar! He did it his way, and it is definitely witchcraft.

Bright eyes came out really well, with the blue effect on the sword lighting up the line of Persephone's eyes so well.

Persephone always brings up a crop of warriors. Her kids will always know how to defend themselves.

Potema may very well have come face to face with Persephone in life (or death as the case may be). Given that Potema was a notable necromancer, Persephone would have definitely aligned against her.


Lopov: Hopefully Lucia won't become undead! But she just might become a necromancer-hunter.

John Henry is an American folk hero. He was a steel drivin' man who worked on the railroad.

Persephone will do some more Skywalking this "episode". But I don't see her ever using a lightsaber.


ghastley: Where be your gibes now? your twisted magics? your summonings? your flashes of cruelty that were wont to set the table on a scream? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?


Skywalker

The Wolf Queen

Regicide

Alas Potema, I knew her...

What do you mean I look a little pale?

Sofie has a pet

I just noticed this thing sticking out above the main foyer inside Fort Dawnguard

It looks like a series of lenses or focusing crystals, probably for Isran's vampire detector

Taking sides

Not only Persephone walks, she also floats in the air.

Persephone is one of the few privileged who had a chance to meet Potema when they were both still human.

Yeah, it could be Ataxia.

Lovely pet! What's its name?

Never noticed those lenses before. Maybe they're somehow used if you do the vampire side of the questline?

Very eerie shot of Persephone floating above the fray.

I very much enjoyed that whole Solitude/Wolf Queen quest series.

Well, Arcadia (no relation) does indeed have a point. Could be ataxia. I hear it’s quite a problem in Cyrodiil.

Aww, luvs Sofie’s pet fox. Surprised?

I never looked up to notice the source of Izzy’s vamp checking light – very neat!

Heh, Izzy does make it easy to befriend Serana. I imagine Persephone will befriend Serana – and help the DG destroy Harkon.

Skywalker = GAAAAAH! What is happening to Persephone? How is she floating like that? Wow! What an intriguing shot!


I really enjoyed the Potema quests and dungeon!


That is a very cool blade with the Daedric writing on it glowing in blue - I have seen one in ESO like that, but with a curved blade!


Love the shot of Potema's skull in the throne and Persephone's pose!


BWAAHAA! Is that the apothecary in Whiterun? She did the same thing to me, and I worried myself sick that I had contracted some vampirism or something; but couldn't find any disease in my stats, lol.


D'aaaaw, I love the side of Persephone that Sofie is bringing out!


I didn't know what you were referring to in the first of these two screens, but see in the second one - I think it is like how if you put a magnifying glass in the sun it will set fire to an ant on the ground below the magnifying glass? Well maybe they put that magnifying glass in the sunroof to fry any vampires who enter Dawnguard? IDK, but it is an interesting find, lol. Did you TFC or TC and fly up there to check it out?


I absolutely LOVE the kitchen in your last shot here, very inspiring job they did setting that up!


Awesome shots!!!


** Oh, is that the Dainty Sload quest? I thought the shady Argonian quest was a different one! I think I crept through the Dainty Sload to snoop, but can't remember if I did the quest or not; but I know I turned down the shady Argonian quest too. Didn't sound like something I would like to do.

I was never able to get the Whiterun house due to not ever returning that dragonstone to the Court Mage because that is the act that triggers the Dragons in the main questline = something I refused to do. So as much as I wanted the Whiterun house (but not Lydia) - I didn't do that quest.

I seriously considered making a mod to get that house without doing the Thane thing; lol.

Lopov: I think Potema was from the 3rd Age, since I believe she was a Septim. So Persephone was already over three thousand years dead by then.

I don't think it's Ataxia... It might be Death though!

I don't have a name for Sofie's fox. Maybe Foxie?

I am not doing the Vampire side, but the Dawnguard side. But those lenses might have been added by the mod I am using to clean up Fort Dawnguard. I had forgotten about that until now.


Acadian: Persephone is originally from Cyrodiil. So maybe there is a connection to all that pale-ness down there?

I thought it was neat that Sofie's pet was a snow fox, considering that their home is in Winterhold. It would have been weird if it was a regular red fox from that neck of the glacier.

I really do love Isran's voice. Which makes it a little hard for me to dislike the character. They did really well with the voice actors they used for the Dawnguard DLC. But I do love how everyone reacts when you tell them that Isran wants their help...


mALX: Persephone's floating Skywalker pic is from using the Ascend pose. Its one of the vanilla poses from the Puppeteer Pose mod I use.

I loved the Potema quests too. The first one had those awesome blue energy tendrils flowing around the cavern. And they both are great for bashing necros and vamps.

I think it is supposed to be some kind of Ancient Nordic runes on the sword. It is from a mod that replaces the vanilla draugr greatsword textures with the glowing runes. I have been using it for years.

I had to use TFC to get up close enough to get that second pic of the lenses over the Dawnguard foyer. The kitchen is from the Fort Dawnguard mod I mentioned to Lopov. The vanilla version was a torture chamber, if I recall...

I think there are several mods that allow you to buy the Whiterun house without doing the main quest. There is also one that allows you to buy the Windhelm house without doing the MQ either.


Looks like something untoward befell the Moth Priest visiting Skyrim

Glowing Eyes to the rescue

Don't see this everyday...

Persephone at the controls

Dexy's Midnight Runners

"Will you stop swimming in the sky!"

Comes a Horseman

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky...

I’m with you – I think the Dawnguard is a beautiful questline for Persephone and can just imagine the kinship she develops with Serana.

The ghostly sword you gave Serana is a superb choice!

Woot, the headless horseman!

Acadian: TBH, I just love listening to Laura Bailey's voice. She is one of the best voice actors I have ever heard.

I had saved the Ghostblade from Persephone's earlier visit with The Pale Lady. I am glad I kept it. I was originally going to give Serana an ebony sword, but then I saw the Ghostblade, and it just seemed perfect.

I was wondering if I would see the Headless Horseman this playthrough, and then there he was! It is the little things like him that I love about Bethesda games.



Broken Oar Grotto

Spray

Who's hungry?

Shadowgreen

Pumpkin Spice Spriggan

Sneaking

Flagman

Swimming with Serana

Ice and Lightning

Glowing Eyes rescued the Blind Priest.

For a blind man he can read quite fine.

Serana riding an invisible mammoth.

The B.O. Grotto shot reminds me of underground caves of Tomb Raider.

Serana seems hungry but I doubt Persephone had her in mind when asking the question.

That Spriggan's on fire!

Now which shipwreck is that? Is that Volkihar Castle in the back?

So Armstrong not only was the first on the Moon but also in Skyrim.

Looks like they're holding each other's hands in the swimming shot. Cute!

I think BethSoft learned a great deal from the fantastic work of companion mod creators like Vilja etc and it really shows in Serana – she’s not there yet but is a massive step in the right direction for vanilla followers. And I agree also that Laura Bailey’s voice acting for Serana is superb.

Broken Oar Grotto – nice to see P&S straying off the straight DG path for some fun.

Spray – Oh noes! I hope that’s not Persephone’s blood? Does she even bleed?

Who’s hungry really shows what good ‘moms’ P&S are – considering that neither of them eat.

Aww, Shadowgreen warms my heart. I’m so glad Persephone has a friend besides her bony or draugry pals.

Heh, that matron certainly does look done up in Halloweenie colors!

Nice shot of Persephone sneaking with her trademark absorb health spells at the ready.

Flagman. One of her old friends?

Swimming. Must be nice to not really have to breathe.

Ice and Lightning is an imposing shot of Serana – even if we know she’s probably going to resurrect a chicken.

Lopov: I noticed the whole eye thing that Persephone, Serana, and Dexion all had going on. Everyone has to be unique!

Well to be fair, Dexy was not blind yet when he read the scroll. I think it is the second scroll he reads that makes him temporarily blind for the first time. I have not gotten that far yet.

That is the spriggan's natural color. It is one of those added by Dawnguard I think. It is not the Earth Mother, since that is purple I think. It must be the other one, I think the Spriggan Matron.

Serana was actually swimming in that pic. P&S were swimming around in the grotto underneath Robber's Cove. Apparently they over did it, because even after they got on dry land, Serana insisted on continuing to swim about 15 feet up in the air!

That shipwreck that Persephone was sneaking up on at night was the one on the north coast of Solitude Hold - Orphan's Tear.


Acadian: They probably did take their cues for Serana from the modding community. A lot of mods from one game wind up being regular features in later games. Like plants disappearing after you pick them.

Broken Oar was technically on P&S's path. They passed it on the way back to Castle Volkihar. But more importantly Sorine Jurard sent them there on one of the missions for her crossbow upgrades. She has an awful lot of those!

I love Shadowgreen. Especially since Persephone has a Kyne's Peace spell, so she does not have to kill all the animals within.

Flagman might be Captain America Tamriel. But I could be wrong. I can definitely see Persephone is definitely an Avenger.

Not needing to breathe makes it so much easier to get down into those shipwrecks. Especially that big one one between Dawnstar and Winterhold. Pilgrim's Trench I think it is called.

I forgot to mention before that Serana does not resurrect chickens in my game. I am using the Sneaky Serana mod, that has an option to turn off her reanimating. I also tweaked her a lot myself, and added some new spells to her arsenal. Right now she doesn't have any summoning or reanimating. But now that we have left the Soul Cairn, I am tempted to give her a Summon Boneman or Summon Wrathman spell as well. Either would be unique, so I would not mistake them for one of Persephone's pals, or regular undead monsters.


Descent into the depths

Red-handed

Wrathman

Serana wards off a mistman

Arvak's skull

Don't fear the Reaper

Or the Keeper

Chillin'

Mommy dearest

Taking sides again

Time to get the next elder scroll

It is guarded

Slugging it out

Durnehviir

Gosh, it's been so long since Alise and I went down into the Soul Cairn!

I remember finding Arvak and riding him around the place. It was cool, but not to Alise's taste. Reminded her too much of the Headless Horseman. But we both loved Durnehviir. I remember we called him once to fight some bandits near Heljarchen Hall. Durnie then spent an hour soaring circles above the manor while the kids (all four of the vanilla adoptable ones) got excited about him and watched him fly. It was sooooo cool! I've loved the old guy since then.

Fabulous shots as P&S (aka the Dead Duo) tear up the Soul Cairn!

Taking Sides is such a grand capture due to the look on Persephone's face as mommy and daughter Sisters of Cold Harbour take care of some family squabbling.

And Durnie makes his entrance! As a dead dragon, I'm sure he'll fit right in and make a great occasional ally!

Love the chillin' shot! It would be good in the Caption thread as well.

Persephone found Arvak's skull - soon she'll have a new pet in Skyrim.

Reapers look more fearsome than Keepers.

It's Serana's mother. She look as old as her daughter.

It's good to see pics of the Soul Cairn, it's been a while since I did it, and I forgot about the battle with the dragon up until now.

Acadian: Persephone spends a lot of time taking sides with Serana against other people: her father, Isran, and her mother. I guess you could say Serana is a very polarizing person! Seriously though, one thing I like about the Dawnguard main quest is that its heart is a very dysfunctional family squabble. It makes it all a little more relateable.

Unfortunately summoning Durnevhiir is a shout, and since Persephone is not the Dragonborn, she cannot do that. But I did find a mod that adds a spell to summon him, and still advances the vanilla quest that summoning him is part of. So far it is working good.


Lopov: Persephone always finds every grave. That is where she is most at home after all...

I like Arvak. But unfortunately when Persephone summons Avrak to ride, Serana is left behind to walk. I found a mod that allows you to summon Avrak and then have a follower ride him instead of the player character. But that would leave Persephone on foot. Hmmmm, this has me thinking. Maybe I will create a copy of Arvak with a different name, and give the spell to summon him to Serana? But even if I did, how would I get her to use it when Persephone mounts up on Arvak?

I did some tweaking to both Serana and her mother's features. First I tried a few mods, but they made them both look too much like baby doll porn stars. So I went back and just tinkered with them slightly. I gave Serana a red lipstick, and made her jaw a little narrower so her face has a more triangular look. I already modded out the vampire butt-faces added by Dawnguard, so all I did with Valerica was change her face texture to the normal one, instead of the 50 year old one. I always thought it was strange that an immortal vampire would look old. I always thought her undeadness would make her look like she was in her prime.


Two of a kind

Persephone now has air support

Bad day to be a Forsworn

There are no Forsworn here...

Downfall

This looks like a movie promo

Exactly.

Nice shot of the duo - undead and with sparkling eyes. And with the same armor, only colors differ.

Air support? Did Boomers somehow fly to Skyrim? Oh, no, it's Durnehviir, he's probably even more lethal than B-29.

The Forsworn couldn't decide which one of the three is the most fearsome.

Great action shot as Persephone kills the (I forgot his name) Forsworn. Did she manage to save Margret in time?

A movie promo would also look great as a computer background.

i usually manage to thwart Weylin, but my first chance in SE was interrupted by Durak telling me about the vampire attacks, as soon as I came through the gate. Since dialog does not stop the action, he effectively killed Margaret.

And that after I careful delayed my arrival to avoid the vampires!

"Bad Day" would be a good "Where Am I?" - just enough to tie it down.

Two of a kind – indeed!

Yay, Durnie over Skyrim!

Bad day to be a Forsworn. They think they are frightening – they just learned what frightening really is.

Wow, great gut shot in Markarth!

Downfall. . . the bigger they are. . . .

Movie promo – it surely does!

Ooh, I didn't know they had mods to get that Whiterun house! That Windhelm house - I don't remember even seeing pictures of it, but I'm sure I have - just can't remember what it looked like. Of the houses I did get (Markarth, Solitude, and Riften) = Riften was my absolute favorite.

I like "Glowing Eyes to the Rescue" here, nice colors in that shot!


What in Nirn is that thing? Holy Cow, is it in that place where you have to get your soul back?

Oh, coffins - must be part of Serana's quest, I haven't done that one yet other than finding her.

Persephone's armor is fantastic here, just gorgeous!


OMG, this shot had me laughing every time I looked at it! What is she (is that Serana?) doing up in the sky? And how?


This invisible horseman is another thing I've never seen in the game, that is Awesome!


I'm taking it that last shot is in the Dawnguard fort? It looks much better than I remember it!


Great shots!








Believe it or not, I remember Broken Oar Grotto! I just can't remember why I remember it, This is such a great shot, because you can never see it as a whole like this when you are going through it, just what is immediately in front of you!

Ooh, Spray is a beautiful shot! Love that blue color! Would hate to be on the receiving end of that look Persephone is giving, lol.


Oh, she has two children now? Awesome !!!


Shadowgreen is stunning! What a spectacular shot!


OH! Now I see how Renee guessed the "Where am I?"


Oooh, I see a trunk! There is something good in it, I'm sure of it! I love this shot, this is gameplay at its best!


Flagman could almost be an Easter Egg, great find!


"Swimming with Serana" is probably my favorite shot - I noticed in all these shots with Serana that she seems to be looking at Persephone and in several of them she is reaching a hand out toward Persephone (or so it appears). It really makes it look like they are companions in a much closer bond than "follower" entails. Really great shots, all of them with Serana, but this one in particular stands out because she is both turned toward Persephone and reaching for her - and Persephone's blue eyes bring the shot up to the next level! Awesome shot!


Ooh, Serana has some wicked spells I didn't know about! Good shot of her!


Awesome shots !!!

"Descent" - Okay, I think this is where Persephone has to go retrieve her soul? Or she leaves her soul to travel to that place to get something, but I can't remember what.

The spell in "Red Handed" looks great; and Persephone's hair looks Awesome!

Wrathman looks like one of those ads where everything is monochrome and one thing has color so it stands out and draws the eye, lol.

Oh yeah, she is in that souls place! This place gave me the creeps! (I never got this far in the quest; but saw vids of it and got the creeps from just watching! )


Oh, I thought she had to go there without Serana! But there she is! Ooh, did she get that ghost horse?


Well...he does look pretty frightening! Both the Reaper and Creeper Keeper!!!! Urk !!!


Chillin' is cute !!! Hey, who is watching her children while she is in Coldharbour?


"Er ... Mother, what cold eyes you have ... "


"Taking Sides" - gotta love that both Persephone and Serana are standing in the exact same pose and kind of passing a look between them, This is my favorite shot of this set!!!


Oh crap, that dragon is huge! And probably undead!


"Slugging it out" is just plain bone chilling !!! Second favorite shot, that is awesome you were able to capture that !!!



"Durnehviir" - now is this the dragon you get to summon after the quest is over?


Awesome shots !!!















"Two of a kind," should I make any inference about the bed in the background? Great shot! But the truth is, I have never seen Serana have so many shots with her head turned toward the player! Because I have seen so many screens of her facing forward - never facing toward the Player like she has in all your screens - it gives the feeling that there was a connection between them. I don't know if you just happened to capture it at the right moment, or what - but absolutely LOVED all the ones of Persephone and Serana together. This felt like bonded friendship or even closer all the way through these pictures of them together. Awesome shots !!!


"Air Support" - Yeah, that is Awesome shot, love that sky!


Bwaahaa, "Bad day," lol.


Wow, that guard and guy at the counter are just standing by doing nothing while she impales the guy right in front of them? What???? Very cool shot!


Urk, is that a centurian? Can't tell from that angle, lol.


Oh yeah, a movie promo or a book cover !!!!


Awesome Shots !!!!

Lopov: With all the vampire armor I have picked up doing the DG questline, I could not resist a side by side comparison of D&S.

It turns out Durnehviir summons Bonemen and Wrathmen! That was a big surprise when Persephone called him in at Valtheim Towers for some tac air support.

Persephone did save Margaret in time. It was a one shot kill straight out of the gate. Weylin never even saw what killed him.


ghastley: I have the Dawnguard talk disabled, so I have never had that problem when entering Markarth. I do get the impression that Weylin is "supposed" to kill Margaret though.


Acadian: I am liking calling Durn in for close air support while outdoors. But his drab green skin could use some improvement. I think I am going to look for some retextures.


mALX: I checked, and I do have a mod that allows you to buy Breezehome without doing the Main Quest. It is a nice little house. One of my favorite vanilla ones.

The Holy Cow pic is from the place where you rescue Dexion. The vampires are holding inside some kind of forcefield within those glowing standing stones.

Serana somehow glitched herself up in the sky. She and Persephone were swimming around in the grotto beneath Robber's Gorge, and Serana kept on swimming even when they went back on land. She kept doing that until I saved and reloaded.

I am using a mod that cleans up Fort Dawnguard. It makes it much better looking.

Descent is in Valerica's study, where you enter the portal to the Soul Cairn.

The Soul Cairn is a neat place. It has a really blighted, cursed look.

Durnehviir is the undead dragon you fight for the Elder Scroll in the Soul Cairn. After you defeat him, he talks to you, and lets you summon him back in Tamriel.

That is a Dwemer Steam Centurion in that Downfall shot. Persephone and company killed it on a walkway in Nchuand-Zel (the dwarven ruin inside Markarth), and it went flying off.


Serana earns her keep

The Three Stooges

Persephone has a new hobby

"Anybody don't want to get killed, better head on out the back."

Ulfar vs Steam Centurion

Whammy

There is plenty of room for everyone

Fallen

Blackreach

Kills bugs dead

Ghost riders

Phantom in the sky

Persephone and one of Durnehviir's summoned Bonemen

Last sight

Ancestor Glade

This Dragon Carved Armor might become Persephone's new outfit

When I read Serana earns her keep, I thought that she already took over Castle Volkihar! Great lightning strike!

The woman wins the Scowl contest.

Persephone is castrating men with arrows.

Down with the Steam!

Wow, I love the Ghost Riders shot, definitely the best from this set! So is Serana riding Arvak? Did you mod how he looks like? And who is Persephone's mount?

Nicely designed shield in the Phantom screenshot.

Dragon carved armor is a fine choice.