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Published: 2015-09-09 14:37:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 5931; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Description Part 4/4 of Gwindor vs Miraak battle.

Miraak has minty fresh breath!~~~ Too bad it didn't help much. But at least he got killed in quite unique manner, so that's something.    Better luck next time, Mir.
I was going to make Barbas and Hermaneus Mora (and maybe Sheogorath making uninvited cameo appearance) argue about fate of Miraak, with defeated Miraak trying one last suckerpunch, but got bored and decided to end it bit more suddenly.

Gwin never got to use his fancy spell. I spammed similar spell in TESIV all the time, with several damage types and weakness to magic effect making subsequent attacks even more powerful. I guess Gwindor left that part out - no sense giving them all the info, even if you are bragging.
 
Useless trivia of the day #1: Coloring this took ~8 hours. And that's without any backgrounds (those are copy-paste salad this time).
Useless trivia of the day #2: Miraak's Blue Screen of Death error code is convertable to text.

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About Zombie Dovahkiin Quest:

This is a Elder Scrolls fanart comic that plays with alternative version of Skyrim's plot, where the game's events are derailed when the hero doesn't quite make it. Main character Gwindor the high elf mage is both the protagonist and the occasional narrator of the story. My goal is to make dozens of parts long story arc that stays lorefriendly(ish).

Comments are very welcome (even the weird ones), they often give me ideas for the plot.
So let me know what you thought about the comic so I can keep improving. Also feel free to ask about anything and offer suggestions.

Cover: ZDQ 0 - Zombie Dovahkiin Quest cover
First: ZDQ 1 - So I killed the last best hope of Tamriel
Previous: ZDQ 38 - Getting out of hand
Next: ZDQ 40 - So long Solstheim
All parts: Skyrim comic
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Comments: 19

l33tn3rdz [2021-02-18 04:28:53 +0000 UTC]

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LadyMetaRose [2015-10-13 03:00:24 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job with this! Loved every moment of it!

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to LadyMetaRose [2015-10-14 10:47:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This took big effort, so I'm glad you liked it!

And battles with Harkon and Alduin will be similarly eventful, I have thought of some pretty novel ways for Gwindor to try and defeat them.  

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LadyMetaRose In reply to ghost-of-raisin [2015-11-18 20:28:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I can't wait!

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Kuroi-Koumori [2015-09-11 23:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Way to break the first Dragonborn Gwindor!

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the-exiled-muse [2015-09-10 05:14:08 +0000 UTC]

I think the shock magic caused severe brain damage.

Just as well I think. Miraak never struck me as someone who'd willingly work with anyone, regardless of the reason. He would've caused more trouble for Gwindor even if he did play along.

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to the-exiled-muse [2015-09-10 09:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Gwindor's purpose was to blind Miraak, but I guess that was a critical hit...

Having Miraak tagging along would certainly have been dangerous, especially since he can brainwash people with his powers. Though Gwindor probably would have found a way to use the fact that a Dragonborn is absolutely necessary only for a select few things.

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SereglothIV [2015-09-10 01:17:18 +0000 UTC]

Now I finally know! Miraak was reminding me Darth Vader all the time!  

To think deeper about it - Hermaeus Mora perfectly fits for Emperor Palpatine and the Last Dragonborn would make for a decent Luke Skywalker. Both the Emperor and Mora want to replace their old apprentice with a new one, who opposes and beats the other one in a duel. The difference being that Vader kills Emperor, and Miraak is killed by Mora. But at least in both cases the duel's interrupted by the third guy. And Miraak isn't Last Dragonborn's father, but at least they belong to the family of Dragonborns.
Call me a nerd.

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to SereglothIV [2015-09-10 09:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Imposing guy in a mask, uses mysterious innate powers... Yep, it fits.  And I actually did use one Darth Vader quote earlier for Miraak. 

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SereglothIV In reply to ghost-of-raisin [2015-09-11 00:35:30 +0000 UTC]

I must have missed it.

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the-exiled-muse In reply to SereglothIV [2015-09-10 05:10:40 +0000 UTC]

Whoa ... I never thought of it that way. Damn, now I'm wondering what would happen if Miraak and Darth Vader had a death battle.

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ceruleetheblue [2015-09-09 18:00:35 +0000 UTC]

Is Gwindor's arm going to be the next member of their ragtag group of derps heroes?

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to ceruleetheblue [2015-09-09 18:35:51 +0000 UTC]

I haven't decided yet.  
I might make Gwindor reattach it as an undead arm of +1 necromancer badassery or have him enchant it as a weapon and proceed to accidentally kill people he touches or let a stray dog eat it just for hell of it or... There's so many possibilities!

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Sorrowscoldfrost [2015-09-09 16:55:00 +0000 UTC]

Haha of all the ways to kill poor Miraak!

Gwindor is, if nothing else, quite creative.

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to Sorrowscoldfrost [2015-09-09 18:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Just wait and see what he's going to do to Alduin.  

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Sorrowscoldfrost In reply to ghost-of-raisin [2015-09-10 04:44:15 +0000 UTC]

O.O

Poor dear old Alduin... He won't know what hit him.

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Evil-is-Relative [2015-09-09 15:57:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow. What a way to go! XD Sorry, Gwindor; you still need to de-zombify the Dragonborn.

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ghost-of-raisin In reply to Evil-is-Relative [2015-09-09 18:34:15 +0000 UTC]

Poor Miraak... Thousands of years spent in Oblivion readying for his return only to be killed by zombie arm eye poke. Well, he most likely would have betrayed them at a critical moment anyway.

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Evil-is-Relative In reply to ghost-of-raisin [2015-09-10 00:05:07 +0000 UTC]

Would have been annoying to have to resurrect the Last Dragonborn just to kill off the guy they got to replace him. Well, maybe he would have fallen prey to Serana's enthralling...eyes.

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