self portrait of Elyod the Dragonborn

Elyod

climbing a hill...

Elyod on Frost climbing a hill with follower late in the day

A true Viking at heart...

Beware... the Dragonborn comes

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number eleven and last)

"... and ever so His foes shall fall!" - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number ten)

"The worm of dread is slain and dead." - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number nine)

" ... it left the world and took its flight over the wide seas of the night... "
- Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number eight)



"... on silver necklaces they strung..."  - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number seven)

"... for ancient king and elvish lord..." - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number six)



"... to seek our pale enchanted gold... " - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number five)

"... in hollow halls beneath the fells..." - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number four)

"... in places deep where dark things sleep... " - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number three)

"... we must away ere break of day... "  - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number two)

"... to dungeons deep and caverns old..."  - Tolkien

Elyod's tribute to Tolkien (number one)

"Far over the Misty Mountains cold..." - Tolkien

what a ride...

I found this horse standing all alone in the middle of nowhere.  After looking around for an owner, and finding none, I took an enjoyable ride (magnificent creatures)... perhaps I will buy one someday.

beats walking

sparring at SkyForge...

A previous follower and I (here in ebony armor) sparring at the SkyForge...

staying in shape

willingness to proceed...

How stupid I can be... the holes I dig for myself... the pit fills me with dread... no hope seems possible.  But I have a strength that comes from Above and fills me from within... I can do this... I can do this...

"True courage is not the absence of fear –
but the willingness to proceed in spite of it."

- Author Unknown

I CAN DO THIS

some portraits...

Haven't had much time to keep the journal lately... been adventuring too much.  Also it is hard to write when the ink keeps freezing in Skyrim.  Including here two portraits... one of me in my latest dragon scale armor that I made myself and a portrait of Aela the huntress (my most recent follower) in the Elven armor and glass shield I gave her.

Elyod in dragon scale armor

Aela the Huntress