Sereyne the Drunk kitty mage appreciation thread

Inaya

She may be my favorite NPC of all time. If you haven't done the quest line in the Stitches you have to do it to meet this little lady.

ArchMikem

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

Inaya

ArchMikem wrote: »

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

She has a russian accent and she is a kitty cat, like a russian blue I'd say

ArchMikem

Inaya wrote: »

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ArchMikem wrote: »

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

She has a russian accent and she is a kitty cat, like a russian blue I'd say

I mean, its Tamriel, so its a Khajiiti accent. But i get it.

MartiniDaniels

Inaya wrote: »

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ArchMikem wrote: »

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

She has a russian accent and she is a kitty cat, like a russian blue I'd say

Professor Tolkien was far from East Europe in his thoughts, so we don't have any race equivalent to Slavic people in classic fantasy, so...

SantieClaws

MartiniDaniels wrote: »

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Inaya wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

She has a russian accent and she is a kitty cat, like a russian blue I'd say

Professor Tolkien was far from East Europe in his thoughts, so we don't have any race equivalent to Slavic people in classic fantasy, so...

Well this one would certainly call The Witcher books classic fantasy

But on the subject of the accent yes. We all talk a little different. Depending on where we have travelled, where our parents have lived, how expensive the school we went to was or if we grew up on a sugar farm somewhere. There is no such thing as a standard Khajiiti accent no.

Indeed some have very little noticeable accent at all, as far as your lesser ears they might detect.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Inaya

And her accent definitely has a Russian sound to it!

Nemesis7884

agree, love her - that reminded me again that i would REAAAAAAAAALYY LOVE if ZOS would implement a similar companion system that SWTOR has that i really enjoyed....

Cage_Lizardman

If I could get her as a furnishing, I'd make a house filled with booze just for her.

Then "accidentally" place her behind a door guarded by war dogs.

iris56

She is amazing. Between her and Skooma Cat, these are some of my favorite questlines anywhere in the game.

MartiniDaniels

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MartiniDaniels wrote: »

Inaya wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Its been a long time since ive seen someone call the Khajiit "Russian".

She has a russian accent and she is a kitty cat, like a russian blue I'd say

Professor Tolkien was far from East Europe in his thoughts, so we don't have any race equivalent to Slavic people in classic fantasy, so...

Well this one would certainly call The Witcher books classic fantasy

But on the subject of the accent yes. We all talk a little different. Depending on where we have travelled, where our parents have lived, how expensive the school we went to was or if we grew up on a sugar farm somewhere. There is no such thing as a standard Khajiiti accent no.

Indeed some have very little noticeable accent at all, as far as your lesser ears they might detect.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Nope, Witcher is not classical fantasy, Witcher is modern fantasy, which is merging of actual medieval Europe with addition of fantasy races/dragons/magicka to it. I mean it's so obvious that Touissant is Spain, Empire is Germany, Temeria actual Eastern Europe, Kovir etc is Western Europe, Skellige - Scandinavia and so on. Same we can see in Dragon age (though to lesser extent then in Witcher)

Key point of classical fantasy is that world doesn't resemble Earth in terms of politics etc and so it is still a fairy tale without prejudices.. Tolkien specially mentioned it many times that countries and nations in his books can't be linked to real world, since it is based on fairy tales and lore which was existing long before then medieval political world has formed.

Same comes to ESO's or Forgotten realms lore, despite we can see some parallels, world is too wildly different to medieval Europe to make a match. So Russians or other Slavs are not represented in ESO in any way, same as majority of other countries/nations. And I think this is good, fantasy should be free of damn politics.

Hurbster

Toussaint would be France I think.

Wing

yeah I love that quest, she is probably my new favorite NPC and I hope we see more of her.

yeah the accent is Eastern European, I immediately thought they got Laura Bailey to voice her as the voice reminded me a lot of jester and Travis, Taliesin, and Liam do voice work for ESO / ZOS

it wasn't, but yeah, love that NPC.

I actually liked that we got some TB / DB style quests, as the stealth / heist quests are a lot of fun and they kind of drop'd off the map for a bit there.

Grandma

I never noticed khajiit accent could be comparable with a Russian one until my gf pointed it out while i was playing the other day. I've been playing TES games since i was like 12 so it blew my mind.

Sereyne is absolutely my favorite alfiq so far. Loved the stitches questline.

Tryxus

"There's a basic rule of spellcraft: do not attempt while drunk. Or while recently drunk."

SydneyGrey

Cage_Lizardman wrote: »

If I could get her as a furnishing, I'd make a house filled with booze just for her.

Then "accidentally" place her behind a door guarded by war dogs.

*Reads first sentence* YES! Sign me up for that, too. Awesome!
*Reads second sentence* NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Wildbloom

Grandma wrote: »

I never noticed khajiit accent could be comparable with a Russian one until my gf pointed it out while i was playing the other day. I've been playing TES games since i was like 12 so it blew my mind.

Sereyne is absolutely my favorite alfiq so far. Loved the stitches questline.

The Stitches was absolutely fantastic in every way and Sereyne was a big reason for it for me. I rarely click on the optional "Hows life?" dialogue options when talking to NPCs, but I talked to her every chance I had and made sure to listen to everything she had to say. She's amazing.

Darios_Heliodromos

MartiniDaniels wrote: »

[So Russians or other Slavs are not represented in ESO in any way, same as majority of other countries/nations. And I think this is good, fantasy should be free of damn politics.

Many Khajiit do appear to speak with a Russian accent, but Dunmer are the true Eastern Europeans in Tamrielic fantasy. It's really hard to explain if you don't live in the region (I live in Romania), but the way dark elves are obnoxiously proud of themselves and their culture/history combined with maintaining a certain disdain for "others" fits the bill for Romanians, Russians, Serbians, etc. At the same time, you have a culture that is sorta prone to misfortune (cursed by Azura, the Red Year, etc) and struggles to properly develop due to geographical and political reasons (frequent wars/invasions).

Aliyavana

yes, she is adorable

Grandma

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Grandma wrote: »

I never noticed khajiit accent could be comparable with a Russian one until my gf pointed it out while i was playing the other day. I've been playing TES games since i was like 12 so it blew my mind.

Sereyne is absolutely my favorite alfiq so far. Loved the stitches questline.

The Stitches was absolutely fantastic in every way and Sereyne was a big reason for it for me. I rarely click on the optional "Hows life?" dialogue options when talking to NPCs, but I talked to her every chance I had and made sure to listen to everything she had to say. She's amazing.

same omg I spent like 5 minutes just exhausting every dialogue option with her every chance, including looking for her after the quest was over. I super hope we see a return of her later in the year through the connected story somehow.

Hallothiel

@MartiniDaniels

Actually Tolkien stated numerous times that the Shire was England. And whilst he may not have copied Europe geographically, there is a definite borrowing from old European cultures and places.

Classical fantasy refers to stories set in Classical times - Ancient Greece & Rome. Tolkien is considered High Fantasy.

Though lord knows why they have to delineate everything so!

(Yes, know off topic but on consoles so don’t have Elsweyr yet 😞)

MartiniDaniels

Hallothiel wrote: »

@MartiniDaniels

Actually Tolkien stated numerous times that the Shire was England. And whilst he may not have copied Europe geographically, there is a definite borrowing from old European cultures and places.

Classical fantasy refers to stories set in Classical times - Ancient Greece & Rome. Tolkien is considered High Fantasy.

Though lord knows why they have to delineate everything so!

(Yes, know off topic but on consoles so don’t have Elsweyr yet 😞)

@Hallothiel
I think all the LOTR universe is England since it's based on England folklore. But you can't directly link hobbits to English, dwarves to Scottish and elves to Welsh. About classical or high fantasy you may be correct, I don't know exact terms. But point is still there - there are no Slavs in ESO because ESO is High or Classical fantasy. I guess some mix of dark elves with nords will do, but since we don't have such half-elves in big numbers... and Khajiits are not even near in mentality. I think closest IRL nation to Khajiits are Jews.
And if we talk about Forgotten realms, yes there were Rashemen which were like "Russians" but if we look at Minsc or Dynaheir they don't look or behave as Russians at all.

MartiniDaniels

Darios_Heliodromos wrote: »

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MartiniDaniels wrote: »

[So Russians or other Slavs are not represented in ESO in any way, same as majority of other countries/nations. And I think this is good, fantasy should be free of damn politics.

Many Khajiit do appear to speak with a Russian accent, but Dunmer are the true Eastern Europeans in Tamrielic fantasy. It's really hard to explain if you don't live in the region (I live in Romania), but the way dark elves are obnoxiously proud of themselves and their culture/history combined with maintaining a certain disdain for "others" fits the bill for Romanians, Russians, Serbians, etc. At the same time, you have a culture that is sorta prone to misfortune (cursed by Azura, the Red Year, etc) and struggles to properly develop due to geographical and political reasons (frequent wars/invasions).

Well, I agree that dark elves mentality is close to Russian one, but their looks and architecture are not.. so all ESO's races are mix of different features.. lol OP corrected original post, so all this off-topic now.

jircris11

Inaya wrote: »

She may be my favorite NPC of all time. If you haven't done the quest line in the Stitches you have to do it to meet this little lady.

She needs all the hugs and more booze!

zaria

Inaya wrote: »

She may be my favorite NPC of all time. If you haven't done the quest line in the Stitches you have to do it to meet this little lady.

This one toast for Sereyne

Thokri

I usually hate drunks because it reminds me how depressing dealing with them is in real life..

UNLESS THEY ARE TALKING MAGIC KITTY! I

Hallothiel

@MartiniDaniels

Interesting - I see Khajiits as a combination of North Africa, Middle Eastern & an odd bit of Far Eastern / Indonesian just for good measure.

Yes I know this is similar to Redguards, but hey.

zaria

Hallothiel wrote: »

@MartiniDaniels

Interesting - I see Khajiits as a combination of North Africa, Middle Eastern & an odd bit of Far Eastern / Indonesian just for good measure.

Yes I know this is similar to Redguards, but hey.

Redguards are middle east this dates back to Daggerfall.
Khajiit is south east Asia because not used and kind of fit.
Khajiit don't keep bananas in cages like Argonians.

Esha76

I too think she is my favorite NPC in this chapter. Everything about her was very well done from the writing to voice work. Even before you start talking to her, she's all snoozed up from the booze up and making those snoozing purring snores. Sereyne is a wonderful character.

MojaveHeld

I certainly like her as a character, but unfortunately she never even had a chance at being the best NPC in this chapter. ZOS ensured that by putting Rigurt the Brash, greatest of all Nord cultural ambassadors, in Elsweyr.

russelmmendoza

Inaya wrote: »

She may be my favorite NPC of all time. If you haven't done the quest line in the Stitches you have to do it to meet this little lady.

Post picture please.

Not everyone interacts with every npc in the game.