SCarverOrne is an Officer of the official UESP Xbox One North America guild in The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. He is an active Skyrim modder, and maintains a presence on several popular modding sites.
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Characters
The Elder Scrolls Online
Varg Odeskog
Varg Odeskog | |||||
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Race | Nord | Gender | Male | ||
Level | VR15 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Ebonheart Pact |
Varg Odeskog is a Nord male Dragonknight. He is a werewolf, and although a master of the skill, he rarely transforms. He uses a two-handed greatsword and equips five pieces of medium armor with two pieces of heavy armor. He rarely dons a helmet, citing "All medium helmets look dumb." [2]
Varg has finished the main questline, Fighter's Guild questline, and Mage's Guild questline, all quite some time ago. He has also completed all three alliance zone main questlines through Cadwell's Almanac, and the inherent lack of continuity it poses made his head explode once.[3] Figuratively speaking, of course. He still has a head in the literal sense.
Fun Facts
The name Varg Odeskog was originally created to be this user's player character in Oblivion. The name references Old Norse: vargr, meaning wolf,[4] and skógr, meaning forest.[5][6][7]
Varg Odeskog has been the name of the main player character played by SCarverOrne in every Elder Scrolls game since Oblivion. In all cases, he was a Nord warrior who used a two-handed greatsword.
Nidhalf Storm-Crown
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Race | Dunmer | Gender | Male | ||
Level | 21 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Ebonheart Pact |
Nidhalf Storm-Crown is a Dunmer male Dragonknight. Focused on use of the Destruction Staff, all his focus is on skills making use of flame and fire damage. He recently became a vampire, not because it was desirable but to have access to Noxiphilic Sanguivoria in anticipation of the recent account transfer to console. He successfully completed the associated vampire quest at level 10, and being as the ensuing combat was so challenging, he spent the remaining time until console release relaxing in Davon's Watch answering the private whispers of random strangers asking about riding enormous felines.[8] He now serves as an active character for adventuring with guildmates who are also lower level characters.
Fun Facts
'Nidhalf' is a conjoining of two words from Old Norse: Álfr, meaning Elf,[9] and niðr, meaning kinsman[10]. With initial thought regarding the character and the possibility of future roleplaying, the concept of a rescue and adoption of a dark elf child by a Nord family seemed acceptable, possibly even commendable. The surname Storm-Crown stems from sheer apathy; after character creation and researching the first name, the thought of repeating the effort was less than appealing. So it was appropriated from Elder Scrolls lore, specifically the divine name of Talos, which means "Stormcrown" in ancient Ehlnofex [11].
Shubni gra-Urath
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Race | Orc | Gender | Female | ||
Level | 4 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Daggerfall Covenant |
Shubni gra-Urath is an Orc female Dragonknight. The third character to be created on the account, she has only been played for a brief period of time during a UESP NA guild event hosted by Deandra.[12] Created as a potential alternate character, she served as additional storage in anticipation of the recent account transfer to console, and spent most of her time before console release chatting with Angier Stower in the Bank of Daggerfall. She uses a two-handed greatsword.
Fun Facts
The name Shubni gra-Urath is a particularly clever take on the name Shub-Niggurath, a dark fertility god known as the Black Goat of the Woods With A Thousand Young in the Lovecraft cycle of literature[13] (known more commonly as the Cthulhu Mythos by the partially-ignorant and acolytes of August Derleth.)
Christina Ohr
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Race | Breton | Gender | Female | ||
Level | 6 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Ebonheart Pact |
Christina Ohr is a Breton Sorceress. The second character to be created on the account, she has not been played beyond the events at Bleakrock Isle but has fed her horse on several occasions. Created not only as a secondary character, but as a potential (yet unused) roleplaying character, she currently serves primarily as a repository for runestones, and was used for additional storage in anticipation of the recent account transfer to console.
Fun Facts
This character was named after an old throwaway character for modded Skyrim games. The surname "Ohr" was actually derived from a mod's timer. Without a space between numbers and increments of time, 0 hours looked like 0hr, which in turn looked like Ohr. First discovered (or realized) while standing in Angeline's Aromatics, the natural progression led to a Breton character with the last name Ohr.
Naturu Ayah
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Race | Redguard | Gender | Female | ||
Level | 3 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Ebonheart Pact |
Naturu Ayah is a Redguard Sorceress. Originally intended to be a provisioner, she served as a placeholder character and storage mule for the recent account transfer to console. She remains mostly unused at present, but may see either a continuation of her role as a pack mule - likely for provisioning ingredients - or inevitable deletion to make way for an open character slot. In the interim, she simply is, and will be until a decision regarding her future has been made.
Fun Facts
'Naturu Ayah' is a mis-remembered phonetic variation of the phrase "Na tu de-why-ya" in the Abydonian language used by the other-wordly primitive humans in the movie Stargate, specifically by a worker who notices an Eye of Ra pendant around the neck of one of the lead characters.[14] Several other phrases in this Ancient Egyptian-derived pseudo-language are used liberally throughout the movie, and need only be referenced by the extra-nerdy reader at another time.
Lurbol gro-Bugdud
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Race | Orc | Gender | Male | ||
Level | 3 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Daggerfall Covenant |
Lurbol gro-Bugdud was an Orc male Dragonknight. Originally intended to serve as a blacksmithing character, he served as a placeholder character and storage mule for the account transfer from pc to console. He was unused for actual gameplay, and was deleted September 11, 2015.
Fun Facts
This character's name was nearly very, very different. Examples such as "Mudflap gro-Bubblebutt" and "Mudbutt gro-Bubbleguts" ultimately didn't make the final cut.
Vara'bishka
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Race | Khajiit | Gender | Female | ||
Level | 3 | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Aldmeri Dominion |
Vara'bishka was a Khajiit female Nightblade. Originally intended simply to be an Aldmeri Dominion player character, she served as a placeholder character and storage mule for the account transfer from pc to console. Having never been used for actual gameplay, she was deleted September 11, 2015 to make room for a replacement character.
Fun Facts
SCarverOrne once knew a guy named Bob. Bob was a little weird. He would utter Slavic-sounding phrases and giggle to himself. One of these was, phonetically, something akin to 'Varabishka.'
Quintus Olaus Segadicus
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Race | Imperial | Gender | Male | ||
Level | ??? | Health | |||
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Faction(s) | Aldmeri Dominion |
Quintus Olaus Segadicus is a Imperial Male Dragonknight. The only active Aldmeri Dominion player character, he was created upon the deletion of two mule characters. His play style is that of a tank, wearing heavy armor and primarily wielding a sword and shield.
Fun Facts
SCarverOrne has long been friends with an individual whose Xbox gamertag is "segadc." Presumably the meaning behind the gamertag is that they have an affinity for Sega, and they live in or around the Washington D.C. metro area, to SCarverOrne it sounded almost as if it could be pronounced in a way similar to that of a citizen of the Roman Empire. Quintus simply was a common Roman name, and Olaus relates to the latinized name Olaus Wormius, a supposed translator of the fictional occult tome the Kitab al-Azif.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Varg Odeskog (Xbox 360)
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Race | Nord | Gender | Male | ||
Level | 81 | ||||
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Health | 450 | Magicka | 300 | ||
Stamina | 350 | ||||
Primary Skills | Heavy Armor, Two-Handed, Speech, Smithing, Enchanting, Lockpicking, Alchemy, Pickpocket | ||||
Faction(s) | Companions, College of Winterhold, Thieves Guild, Nightingales, Dark Brotherhood, Stormcloaks, Bards College, Dawnguard, |
Varg Odeskog is a Nord male. The tales of his deeds are known throughout Skyrim, and his reputation precedes him ever since his escape from both an Imperial execution and subsequent dragon attack and destruction of the town of Helgen. He saved the whole of Nirn by defeating the dragon Alduin; indeed, he learned the powers of the Tongues, traveled to Sovngarde itself and shouted the World-Eater out of existence. He supported the Stormcloak rebellion against the Empire, but in retrospect wishes he had remained neutral, now believing both sides were inherently wrong regarding various facts and actions[15][16][17].
He is married to Sylgja, a miner from the town of Shor's Stone. He has two adopted children: Lucia, whom he took from a life of begging in the Wind District of Whiterun, and Sofie, a young girl living on the streets of Windhelm. The family resides at Lakeview Manor, their estate in Falkreath Hold with Sylgja's mother, Annekke Crag-Jumper, who is also Varg's steward at the residence. Also found at the estate are a bard named Llewellyn the Nightingale, a carriage driver named Gunjar, and a housecarl appointed by the Jarl named Rayya.
Aside from being the Last Dragonborn and the events he undertook on the island of Solstheim, Varg has affiliations with nearly every faction one can enlist with in the province. He is the Harbinger of the Companions, the Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold, the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood, a member of the Bards College, a member of the Dawnguard, one of the Nightingales, and while he never completely committed himself to becoming Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild, he did return it to its former glory by exposing and defeating its former leader, Mercer Frey. He was a student of the Greybeards and initially considered himself a pupil of the Way of the Voice, however his commitment to the philosophy as a whole was limited to selected principles as he could not abide by its fundamental tenets, as they contradicted his own path. However, he is a Blade, and due to Todd Howard being a donkus was forced to choose sides between Paarthurnax and the Greybeards or Esbern, Delphine, and the Blades. Vociferously condemning the forced decision, he slayed Paarthurnax with great lament. After this was done, he laid down his sword and returned to his family. And he remains there to this day. Or save point.
Fun Facts
While Rayya was appointed as the personal housecarl to Varg at his Lakeview Manor estate, he cannot remember the last time he actually saw her. Whether she is simply wandering the grounds and he hasn't consciously noticed her, she attended him elsewhere and he left her there, or she was killed some time ago and this was obscured by the passage of time is completely unknown.
On a related note, one of Varg's stewards is very much deceased. Marcurio was hired by Varg to the position of steward for his estate in the Pale, Heljarchen Hall. However, he became bugged and would neither enter the building nor take orders regarding his appointed duties. In the end, to solve the problem (and also because Marcurio's a dick) Varg was forced to shuffle off the Imperial's mortal coil and hire a new steward to the recently vacated position.
It is well-known Varg has a great distaste for Altmer, especially the Thalmor and the third incarnation of the Aldmeri Dominion, referring to them as "those bastard elves," "knife-ears," "dandelion-eaters," and "Keebs."
While a great many events may have affected this user during the course of the Elder Scrolls Online, only a handful managed to pull at the heartstrings during his adventures throughout the Skyrim of the Fourth Era. One such quest took place in the ruins of Arkngthamz, where he encountered the ghost of a young woman who tragically fell to her death within. But nothing affected him more than the death of Vittoria Vici. A more or less unremarkable Imperial woman living next door to one of Varg's residences in Solitude and serving as the overseer of the East Empire Company's business in the region, her only notable distinction seemed to be that she was the cousin to Emperor Titus Mede II. After her death occurred during her own wedding celebration at the hands of a Dark Brotherhood assassin, her widower husband Asgeir mournfully returned to Riften, and will never again speak of that day. Vittoria was interred within the Solitude Catacombs, still wearing her wedding dress.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Varg Odeskog
Varg Odeskog | |||||
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Race | Nord | Gender | Male | ||
Level | 28 | Class | Custom | ||
Birthsign | The Warrior | ||||
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Health | 511 | Magicka | 106 | ||
Fatigue | 410 | Encumbrance | 595 | ||
Fame | 117 | Infamy | 60 | ||
Faction(s) | Court of Madness, Dark Brotherhood, Nine Divines, Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guild, Knights of the White Stallion, Arena, Knights of the Thorn, Order of the Dragon, Order of the Virtuous Blood |
Varg Odeskog is a Nord male Wanderer.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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References
- ^ "a Skyrim Story," McBinkles
- ^ All medium helmets DO look dumb.
- ^ "Video Games," homestarrunner.com
- ^ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/varg Wiktionary
- ^ "English–Old Norse Dictionary," Arthur, Ross G. 2002
- ^ "Old Norse for Beginners," https://notendur.hi.is/haukurth/norse/olessons/lesson5.php , Þorgeirsson, Haukur / Guðlaugsson, Óskar, 1.1. Retrieved May 26, 2015
- ^ "The Syntax of Old Norse," Faarlund, Jan Terje. ISBN-13: 9780199235599 Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
- ^ "CROWN STORE SALE: 5/21 – 5/26," elderscrollsonline.com
- ^ "Old Norse Online: Aesir and Vanir," http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/norol-9-X.html#L450 , Krause, Todd B. / Slocum, Jonathan. Retrieved May 25, 2015
- ^ "Old Norse Online: Viking Weaponry," http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/norol-8-X.html#L809 , Krause, Todd B. / Slocum, Jonathan. Retrieved May 25, 2015
- ^ The Arcturian Heresy — The Underking, Ysmir Kingmaker
- ^ "Trial Weekend Event! Saturday, April 18 (NA)," UESP Forums
- ^ "The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana," Harms, Daniel. Shub-Niggurath, pp. 275.
- ^ "Stargate: The Movie Transcript," http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/Stargate:_The_Movie_Transcript, Lines 1034-1037. Retrieved May 23, 2015
- ^ "An Analysis of the Skyrim Civil War, Pt. 1: The Belligerents," http://blog.uesp.net/index.php/2015/02/18/an-analysis-of-the-skyrim, thuum. Retrieved June 11, 2015
- ^ "An Analysis of the Skyrim Civil War, Pt. 2: The Wild Card," http://blog.uesp.net/index.php/2015/02/25/an-analysis-of-the-skyrim-1, thuum. Retrieved June 11, 2015
- ^ "An Analysis of the Skyrim Civil War, pt. 3: The True Path," http://blog.uesp.net/index.php/2015/03/29/an-analysis-of-the-skyrim-2, thuum. Retrieved June 11, 2015