Hildegard - A new Jarl in Whiterun

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  1. nighz
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    She looks like a very menacing and powerful woman who likes to rule with an iron fist, though I highly doubt she could handle jarl balgruuf and his sweg ;)
  2. Darksaber87
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    Does that mean she is the new Jarl of Whiterun

    P.S love her eyes my friend.
    1. Excellentium
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      That was the plan at least, if I had carried on with her storyline when I wrote chapters for my characters. I never got to Hildegard, but I had the idea clear in my head - she would replace the Jarl of Whiterun as the ruler of the Hold and an important ally to Ulfric Stormcloak. It would've been a fun story to tell, but as you know writing takes a great deal of time for me and I'm mainly focusing on images at the moment. I also believe it would be a story better suited for someone with staging skills...

      Eyes are from The Eyes of Beauty. Thank you, my friend!
  3. ista3
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    Great captures and works Rick, sorry I'm on a big catchup
    1. Excellentium
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      You're too kind! If you have a lot of notifications, you don't have to backtrack my images. It's okay and I understand...I mean, I've been on a catchup run for more than one year now!
  4. hammersmcp
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    Excellent portraits of a tough, "hands on" Jarl and the beautiful landscapes that are hers to protect.

    (so, is this Lydia?)
    1. Excellentium
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      Thank you very much! The beauty of the landscapes are all thanks to the ENB I'm using - Caffeine. It really shows the world of Skyrim the way I want it. It was more colourful, warm and pretty before when I used Rudy, but I've always been more interested in the darker shades of fantasy realms where the world seems more gritty and harsh. There's also beauty in such lands which is why this ENB fits me perfectly...

      The portrait is not of Lydia, it's Aela the Huntress...
  5. Kudix2627
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    Your character looks amazing, im loving the warpaint. I'd say she will be a better Jarl than the previous ones
    1. Excellentium
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      Oh, don't let her looks fool you, my friend! She's far worse than Balgruuf, because this lady is a cruel and grim ruler, always hungry for more power and with little care about her people in the Hold. I doubt anything good will come out of her until she meets her final destiny...

      Thanks a lot, Wolfe!
  6. BlackMaid
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    Huildegard looks fantastic ... wonderfulc vcharacter creation and I like her hair
    The collection ahas as always so many great pics ... hard to find one fav.
    I like this portrait very much and the three pics below this .. and the vertical of inside dragonsreach.

    Do you use Caffeine now?
    1. Excellentium
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      She looks good and she knows it too! Unfortunately this makes her very confident and cocky and along with iron fists and a hard rule, she's one of my strong leaders of the north in my writing even if she's lost her moral compass long ago. She's a cruel and grim lady...

      I'm using Caffeine since a while back now. I do post sets with Rudy too, but those are all old collections from travel sets I never got to show. At first I used Rudy for my gameplay and Caffeine for screenshots only, but as you know I mostly take my shots while playing, so I switched to Caffeine and has stayed with it for about a month at least. It really brings out what I want from my Skyrim - a darker atmosphere with a good sense of realism and exceptional details. Rudy is still more colourful, but Caffeine feels like a upgraded version of my old Vanilla shots when I started this whole screenarchery hobby. Maybe the circle is completed at last?

      I nearly left the portrait you like out of this set, because it's part of the vertical shot of her standing outside Whiterun, but I do like that shot very much too, so I included it anyway. Thank you, dear lady!
  7. PatrickTheDM
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    Battle hardened and ready to rule. Great DoF on the butterfly shot!
    1. Excellentium
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      She's already a Jarl in my writing, long before I went to Skyrim with her, so she really fits the role of a ruler...although a very cruel one. She's also seen her fair share of battles along her path to power, so you have her down quite well I'd say....

      Many thanks! The background worked out quite nicely with a heavy DoF for the butterfly shot...
  8. oxybulle
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    Very nice set Rick
    1. Excellentium
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      Thank you as always, dear Emma!
  9. SomewhatWindy
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    Did I see this right ?? ,..does she give the Jarl the finger ?? in that case she surely is an either very brave or very self confident woman,...
    Judging by your title she's both ??
    Beautifull shots also,.. despite her nature,..
    1. Excellentium
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      She might be very rude and brash - as well as brave and confident - but no fingers pointed here, not in the manner of our modern society at least. She's more using her fingers to make a gesture telling the Hold there's a new jarl in town, so no more "old habits"...

      I actually had plans of making this character the Jarl of Whiterun in my storytelling about her. She's a Nord woman in my world too, so in Skyrim she supports the Stormcloaks and I had loved to see her cruelty master the city on the plains in Ulfric's name. I doubt she would hail him as the true leader for very long though, because this woman is powerhungry, so within a few months a new civil war would break out again. That was the story I was supposed to tell at least...

      Many thanks!
  10. clauDA
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    Hildegard ... a big name and big pictures......
    1. Excellentium
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      A big reputation in my written worldspace as well...although it comes with words of cruelness and dark deeds. She's more known as Hildegard the Terrible...
    2. clauDA
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      Grrrr .... also a big name. (-;
    3. Excellentium
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      It sure is!

      Thanks, Claudia!