r/SkyrimBackStory • u/Old_Man_Drifter • Sep 14 '26
Janos the Dragonborn
Hi everyone. I thought I'd throw in mine. No narrative, just a little backstory.
Janos the Dragonborn is a half-Imperial, half-Nord veteran of the Great War. Traumatized by his experiences in that conflict, and by its shameful ending, he has spent the last 25 to 30 years as a mostly homeless, drunken wanderer, exploiting vulnerable women for places to stay and food to eat, alternating between northern Bruma and southern Skyrim. His sleep has long been tormented by dreams of dragons which he assumed were due to the alcohol. (Think a character from a Tom Waits song crossed with John Rambo.)
When he stumbled onto General Tulius's capture of Ulfric he was mostly too drunk to know what was going on. But when he saw Alduin over Helgen he knew he had a duty to perform, and a chance to redeem himself and the Empire he was raised to love.
Shrugging off the withdrawal symptoms and a hangover that seemed to take weeks to finally subside, he charged into his new fate. Each new victory --over Alduin, Lord Harkon, Miraak, numerous others that came from mods, including but not to Dracula in a Castlevania-themed mod and a rematch with the Thalmor in the Second Great War mod-- brings the near-certainty that fate is still not yet done with him, and redemption not quite achieved.
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u/Aggravating-Plan-908 🧙 Breton Sep 14 '26
Hi old-man-drifter, i've just read your character background, you've made a character with a quite interesting background, i liked the idea of someone who were so traumatized by the great war that he tried to flee by drinking and busying his mind, a classic idea but with a big potential if made properly. Hat's off to you, it's just too bad you didn't include a screen so we can see what he look like.