Hidden Details and Symbolism of Skyrim

#26 - Pred

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innocent woman being stabed.. Ha, saved that bitch with my ultimate archery skillz

#27 to #26 - lordlolland

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Mah Redguard

#45 to #27 - Mahazama

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Actually orcs are the most comparable to black people. Most are voiced by Afro-american voice actors for starters.
Redguards are clearly more meant to be arabic.

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#257 to #103 - Spacemarine

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Xenos!

#77 to #45 - alltimetens

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I have to agree with this guy. I'm Arabian, and Redguard culture (living in deserts, having curved swords, specifically scimitars, and wearing turbans/head wraps). Orcs are always arrogant and lack in reading skills and comprehension, which is kind of what the stereotypical black guy is seen as.

#215 to #77 - memolia

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You mean them sexy ass curved swords?

#114 to #45 - comradewinter

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They are also more savage and tend to be in ghetto strongholds.

#83 to #45 - lordlolland

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How about we meet in the middle and agree that Redguards are depicting culturally Arabized Africans?

#159 to #83 - nervaaurelius

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So they're moors?

#260 to #45 - commontroll

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I'd say they're more of Islamic Africans. Of course that includes Egyptians as well as a few other nationalities that resemble Arabians. But it also includes places like Somalia.

#64 to #45 - smellmyfaceforswag

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No wonder I'd rather play as a Orc than a Redguard. thankyou for explaining this.

#14 - coolmcbob

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There was this one moment in Skyrim that I just love. I believe it was in the theives guild quest line and you need to go through a cave to get to the meadery or something.

So there I am walking through the cave (daedric bow, 100 archery, wood elf, sneaking like a pussy) and I was just taking down creatures left and right and really noticed there was a **** ton of skeevers. Like a proverbial ********. However after just slapping them with a one hit kill with daedric daggers and there was just a mass of dead skeevers littering the ground this dude just rushes up to me and tries to shank my ass, but in turn it was he who was shanked.

So I keep rummaging around the cave and I come across the journal of the crazed wild shanker. It was a story of betrayal and revenge, how he had stowed away in this cave for 10 years training the skeevers to be his minions, his plan was almost complete and he was about to exact his revenge any week now.
And all of that, 10 years of brooding, planning, and waiting, all ruined because some ****** waltz's into a cave and mercilessly slaughters everything in site.
I honestly felt bad afterwards.

#43 to #14 - anon id: 80f85fd3

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maybe he wasn't a good guy lol I mean what kind of sane person hides in a cave for 10 years and trains skeevers to be minions. Did the book say why he did what he did?

#72 to #14 - thegazz

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The journal states that the people of Whiterun will "Get what they deserve", and not in a good way.

So maybe you're better off killing him.

#139 to #14 - slimtotheshady

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So, is the .gif revlevant?

#178 to #139 - killerliquid

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You can roll if you sneak, if you have the skill that is.

#179 to #14 - robotvoice

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he was an insane wizard training skeevers to attack whiterun.
he mage raped me ass on my first play through.

#4 - soupkittenagain

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Once I killed the killer of the innocent woman before he killed her.

#146 to #4 - carthos

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Once did an assasin playtrough. Never went to Solitude until had maximun sneak and archery.
So when I got there they where going to execute that dude, quicly shot the executioneer and all the gaurd, everybody's still talking about his death and he's just walking around town

#186 to #146 - anon id: a4696467

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That shouldn't happen. His death is scripted, even if you killed all the guards and the executioner before they kill him, his head should roll off by itself.

#198 to #4 - anon id: cac0a252

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She's an imperial spy by the way.

#259 to #4 - commontroll

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I also try to save the gatekeeper who's executed in Solitude. But it's a lot harder.

#228 to #4 - thedarkestrogue

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I once did that, but the woman just kind of fell over and died anyway.

#33 to #4 - harleycurnow

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First time i went to markarth i noticed he was red and i thought he was a theif or some **** so i killed him before he was even close to the woman. I was really confused when the guards started talking about it...

#9 to #4 - psykobear

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I did that on my first playthrough and now do it every single time. If she dies, I reload the autosave.

#155 to #9 - granodd

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That's deep y'know? It's like time travel; you see something bad happen, and you have the option to press a button and revert time back to a point before something happened, so you have a second chance of ensuring it doesn't happen.

I mean, but it's only a game.

#5 to #4 - mchurtstab

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ive done that as well, everyone is just like "did you see that? he tried to kill that woman!" and she just wont talk to you out of shock

#7 to #5 - anon id: 3512fd00

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They updated it, she now gives thanks and a levelled amulet reward.

#3 - edraham

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Seriously. When you play skyrim, 90% of these facts are ******* obvious...

#46 to #3 - mrbubblesx

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not to 333 people they aren't

#18 to #3 - polifemo

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the eyes of the elf got me

#37 - blubblub

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This whole post I was like
no ****
no ****
NO **** SHERL- oh that's cool
NO ****

#38 to #37 - egosumproxi

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Yeah. The one about the falmer I didn't know because I never found that place, and the last one I didn't know because I don't read that much into the lore. The rest I knew. And I wouldn't call the first one or the Markarth one "hidden" details...

#6 - gjtz

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I named my guy Magnus Kadall, and when the Eye of Magnus quest popped up, I jizzed my pants.

#145 to #6 - popkornking

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My first character was named Wulfgar, when Arngeir said Master Wulfgar was going to demonstrate something, I thought: "Wow that's impressive game design, knowing the players name and ****" then I saw the Greybeard named Wulfgar and felt sad.

#131 - ilovehitler

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Another thing that belongs in OP's post.

The thieve's guild is called what it is because you steal from people.

#169 to #131 - anon id: 8a4a0c93

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(09/29/2013) [-]

DId you know the game's called skyrim because that's the country

#275 to #169 - vortexrain

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It's a province you retard.

#69 - gotbannedicusvile

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Who the **** didn't piece together that first one?

#129 to #69 - infedel

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to be honest, i never knew that because i only have one character i play as. i dont make character after character like everyone else does.

#207 to #69 - tastycrisps

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I never caught that one

#225 to #69 - trollolololgabe

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me. I never really thought that much about it. I thought they didn't want him to inspire the Imperial Nords around to free him or become a martyr with his last words. didnt have to be so hurtful with your comment though...