First time I went to Solitude and witnessed the execution scene, I decided to knock the headsman over with an Unrelenting Force shout in the very last minute. Sure enough, I stopped him mid-swing... but Roggvir's head still fell off by itself.
So now I'm playing a new character who happens to be a twelve year-old girl. (Using a child mod I found). Going for more of a stealth character this time - she's an archer who hates giants because one of them killed her family, she's pretty much not afraid of anything, and very bowstring happy. Is that the phrase? Bowstring happy? She likes shooting things full of arrows.
So anyway, I went to Solitude and got to see the execution cutscene again. Then I had a sudden impulse and decided to shoot Roggvir. I mean, he's going to die anyway, right? So I jumped up a nearby roof (using a high jump mod that lets me get almost anywhere) took aim and nailed Roggvir with an arrow right in the chest in the middle of his speech. He died instantly. Take that, traitor!
But man, the way everyone reacted, you'd think I'd just assassinated the Emperor. Everyone were screaming and I got chased by all the guards plus, for some reason, Jaree-Ra of all people.
Geez, a minute ago you were all cheering for him to die. Ingrates!
Since I didn't want to go melee (Ylva has some good swords but very little armor) and it's hard to shoot a guard while he's chasing you, I ended up running all over the city with arrows whizzing by my head, trying to find a good place to make a stand. Finally I managed to get to this low flat roof connected to the Bard's College. Having gained a decent level of fortification, I started bowing down the guards who had amassed on the street below.
Is that the phrase? Bowing them down? We had a shootout, basically.
It went pretty well. I managed to take out several guards and while I took heavy damage I could retreat out of their line of fire to heal myself. Once most of the guards were dead I could head down and collect their arrows for more ammution. Then more guards showed up and round two started. This time, however, I got careless and took too many arrows before I had a chance to heal, and I died. So ends the great Solitude shootout.
The game reloaded and I found myself back at the execution. This time I decided to just let them cut his head off. Hypocrites.
Edited by Relativelybest, 15 June 2012 - 05:16 PM.