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Credits, Recognition, And Legal

Credits

Credits and thanks go to Adobe, without whose tools like Photoshop, I would not have known how to smooth out some of the inherit issues that come with making screenshots from games. Additionally, Princess Cards and Moments created using products like Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly. More can be discovered about their products here:

A Link To Adobe.

Credits and thanks go to “Oxford Languages, the world’s leading dictionary publisher, with over 150 years of experience creating and delivering authoritative dictionaries globally in more than 50 languages.” for the definitions used to help clarify specific words of importance in the writings found on these pages. Link to their website is:

A Link To Oxford Languages.

To the contributors and creators of Thu’um – A community for the speech and language of the dragons from “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” I could not have provided the dual truths of both dragon and man without it. A Link To Thu'um can be found here:

A Link To Thu'um.org.

Credits And Acknowledgements

This website includes work known as fan fiction. It is not to be sold or published for purpose of making money. It was created and written as a work of passion. In respect for the incredible work that was done by Bethesda: Bethesda US.

Its writers deserve recognition in respect to their efforts to create such an endearing artistic work that began with Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and then Skyrim. A span of years from 1994 to 2011. There are volumes written about “The Elder Scrolls.” Those written words span the story, lore, history, people, races, and belief systems of Nirn. Nirn is the world, Tamriel the known countries, and places like Cyrodiil, Elsweyr, Hammerfell, High Rock, and other places are the main territories within Tamriel.

The opening scene from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is famous. The story told was written to get us hooked to the overall tale. This tale is one in which you begin as a passive observer as the heart of the story unfolds around you, the primary character in this story. However, that tale has many parts never told. It is left to those who take up the role of playing the main character to discover where they lead. What I am providing is a version of one of these stories. It was written by me to tell the untold tale. It the journey of a character who knows nothing when they first wake up on that fateful ride.

Additionally, I don't mention by name all the mods that have been created and inspired me to include parts of what they created in this story. We all should be grateful forever to the community of people who dedicate themselves to creating mods for Skyrim. They provide a richer environment of stories, lore, events, places, and creatures that add and transform the way in which we, the protagonist, are able to experience our own story.

Many of the modern features on many popular mod lists and collections have transformed Skyrim in significant and subtle ways would not had been possible if not for the community of mod makers. There are some whose stories might be featured in this untold story. So I give all of you the credit you deserve and my heartfelt thanks as a collective.

Finally, this is not meant to be a retelling of the way that the game was designed and created for the purpose of us becoming the main protagonist and creating our own story in the world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This website contains fan fiction stories. It has been written to tell its own journey utilizing a great deal of online sources for the lore, history, people, places, events, and even the language of the dragons. There are many possible outcomes that the choices made, actions taken and even some of the stories are written in order to provide a new and unique perspective of one person’s journey through “The Elder Scrolls.”

There are even old Norse myths that are used here in this story. Remember, storytelling is meant to invoke feelings, to help us live something alive and full of meaning that we would not otherwise had an opportunity to do. I use what is needed, I make no apologies for it, nor do I charge a single penny for it. It is a work of passion, meant to bring alive within us something I believe we have lost. Welcome to my stories, poetry, and philosophy!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - The Current Mantra

There are volumes of words written each moment of every day about the evils and benefits of AI (Artificial Intelligence). I am not going to add to that. What I will say is that I have been in Information Technology from before the personal computer was born. My brother and I engineered, built, and then programmed a 6502 computer using spare parts from Radio Shack. Actually, it was more my brother than I. He was a hardware genisus at a young age, software too, but I understood it wholistically in a way he could not. However, when the project was completed, it had a 16 digit LCD Display and a Hexidecimal Keyboard that we used Assembly Language to program simple question and answer programs

Why is that important, it is an easy way to establish my creditials for my position. The context I work from is that Artificial Intelligce is just another software tool. It is not the software which is created by us, you know humans! It is the humans that use it that create either something negative or positive.

Artificial Intelligence is a part of almost everything you might use today that contains electronics. Some of it is just smart programs that speed up processes of how smart a refrigerator might be when maintaining the perfect temperature for our vegetables verses our cold drinks. Sometimes it is generative but never in the way most of those who do not understand the science side of it know it to be. Context is everything and knowledge is a powerful tool towards understanding.

Does this site contain Artificial Intelligence. Yes, both in terms of program efficiency and artwork that is contextually generated. What does that mean. It means I; a technologist, a writer, an artist, a composer use it sometimes to generate artwork concepts. Let there be no mistake though. All the writing is mine, whether it be fictional work, fables, poetry, or philosophy it is all 100% me. In terms of the artwork, I use it to create, then I use software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Artrage, which is a digital painting program to modify, change, and create something new and better from those contextual genererated works. If that bothers you, don't look at the artwork but please read the stories, poetry, fables, and philosophy as you may find yourself learning something new about perspective, about accountability, about the human condition.

This website was created by my son and I. He is a software engineer, I am the designer and content creator for it. It is a read-only site, not a social commentary site. This is a work of passion, not a work for profit. Whether you like it or not is up to you. Your choices, your accountability, your outcomes, not mine. Either enjoy it for what it is, or go somewhere else. I won't know either way because I am not allowing for any feedback, no commentary, not even a way to contact me. As I said, it is a work of passion that keeps this very old, disabled person busy productive during the day and night. As someone, used to say, "Now, for the rest of the story!"