So, any of you ever heard of a game called Skyrim? Of course you have! It’s like one of the biggest and most well-known games from the 2010’s and is a game that is on pretty much everything (including Amazon Echo of all things!) It’s also one of my favourite games of all time and I have no shame in admitting that. I played this back in 2012 and I fell in love with it instantly. It’s a world I’ve spent so much time in across multiple years and multiple releases. So it was a given I’d one day get a pic tied to it. Especially with how I have been in a pretty big Skyrim mood anyway due to a recent playthrough and, with how into Trophy and Achievement hunting I’ve gotten recently, attempting to get the Platinum Trophy for it since I remembered I had gotten the Anniversary Edition for PS5 on sale a while back. And yes, I DID get the Platinum Trophy if your curious! 60 hours well spent if you ask me lol! (I’m still missing some DLC trophies but only needing to do main game stuff for the Platinum is why I usually prefer trophy hunting on PlayStation compared to Achievement hunting on Xbox or PC.)

And while I was doing this playthrough, I got my hands on one of my favourite armour sets. The Nightingale Armour Set. I LOVE this set just from a visual standpoint alone, it looks so god dam cool and sleek (and also sexy on female characters, that helps two) fitting for any stealth build. Granted it’s not my favourite to use in gameplay for stealth, that honour goes to the Dark Brotherhood set, but I’d be lying if I said that this set wasn’t close or the Thieves Guild quest line wasn’t worth doing just for this armour set alone just because of how stylish this set looks. Helps that I just really like the Thieves Guild questline anyway, all the mystery and conspiracy that leads up to an almost Indiana Jones like adventure towards the last leg of the story after learning that the Nightingales are a real thing and becoming one yourself. Also helps that I could see Thayla actually being a part of the Thieves Guild if she existed in the world of Skyrim.

That’s also the main reason I chose Thayla as the subject of this pic out of all my OC’s. I’ve mentioned this a few times, but Thayla is a thief who pretty much survives on stealing and looting so her not only being a part of the Thieves Guild if she was in the world of Skyrim but wearing the Nightingale Armour set made the most sense. In fact, when I got to the point in this quest line where you get this armour, I kinda thought to myself “Man, I wish I was role playing as Thayla this playthrough. Like this would have been so perfect if I had thought of this sooner!” But, with how many times I’ve played this game over the years who’s to say I won’t do that sometime? And then maybe become a student at the Mage’s Collage since she IS Half Genie and does have some magic. Not sure she’d become a Vampire Lord in the Dawnguard DLC though, I can’t see her joining Harkon’s Court willingly. Least that potential playthrough would give me a reason to actually side with the Dawnguard for once though!


Artist is Trujilo: https://x.com/NegroTrujillo99