Modder creates tribute to their Elder Scrolls-loving mum so ‘she can live on in every adventure I take in Tamriel’

A modder named VIIVII has created a trio of mods in tribute to their departed, Elder Scrolls-loving mum. The In Memory of my Mom (opens in new tab) mods for Skyrim, Oblivion (opens in new tab), and Morrowind (opens in new tab) add protective shrines to each game that confer a few buffs to your health, magicka, stamina, or stats. They are very slight things indeed, but I’m afraid to say their emotional impact on me specifically is pretty much equivalent to a meteor strike.

“My mom Teneele passed away in January,” reads the description on all three mod pages, “She was only 46 and in that time I have been trying to cope with the fact she is gone”. They decided that one way to do that would be to honour her memory in some of “the games she introduced me to.”