LE Become a Guard of Skyrim?

[ADragonCalledGeorge]

So the other day I had an idea for a mod that lets you become a guard of Skyrim. Truth be told, it was inspired by the Skyrim fan film TV Series on YouTube called Skyrim COPS. Basically the mod lets you become one of the guards you see roaming around cities, towns, villages, etc. And this isn't just donning armor of the guard you killed but complete with quests and a guild and everything.

 

To start the mod you have to go to Whiterun and speak to the Captain of the Guard who can be seen sitting on the roof-top near the gate. You can ask him that you're looking for work and if he has any leads. The guard will say that because of the dragons and the civil war, the Jarl is recruiting more guards. You ask if you can join and he tells you to head down to the headquarters and sign up.

 

You go to the Headquarters which could be a new place all-together or something vanilla like the Western Watchtower redone or the Barracks in Whiterun. Or a new room in the Dragonsreach Dungeon that is labeled Whiterun Barracks or something like that. You enter the office and there's an NPC at the desk who asks you to sign up. You see a book flat on the bed (like store ledgers) and activate it.

The quest completes and you get a new mission telling you to get outfitted in your new armor and look for work. The guy at the desk who signed up shows you around the barracks and informs you of your daily duties (e.g. patrolling the city during regular day/night shifts that alternate, keeping an eye out for trouble, & telling random strangers about how you used to be an adventurer until you took an arrow to the knee. Sorry couldn't help it! Last part was a joke of course though the first two are some examples, lol).

 

Anyhow, you put on your armor go to sleep in the bed and start patrolling. After a seemingly normal day you go to bed in the Barracks. However, your sleep is interrupted by a chilling scream. You wake up and a quest begins telling you to go investigate the scream. You encounter a crime of sorts (e.g. a murder/theft/vandalism) and have to question the witnesses and sort it out. This would be similar to the Windhelm murder mystery but different in that the quests are like Radiant Quests but each is unique, as in there are a few different types of quests.

 

As you solve more and more crimes and lock up more and more criminals, you move up through the various districts of Whiterun, eventually making your way to Dragonsreach where you guard the Jarl for a time. Then you get promoted to another city and you can choose to either go and do that quest or stay in Whiterun. If you go to that city you accept the quest and go to sleep after a celebration, you wake up and the same thing repeats but in a different city with a different set of armor and more unique quests.

 

Eventually, you work your way to Solitude but discover that there is corruption among the ranks and that the Empire has been dabbling with the Dark Brotherhood and whatnot. You must go undercover and purge the corrupt guards from the ranks if you can't provide proof that they are guilty similar to the radiant quests A Jarl's Justice in the Dawnguard DLC where you have to prove that a traveler is actually a vampire and endangering the Jarl.

 

Eventually you become the captain of the guard of each city also and receive control over the ENTIRE guards of Skyrim. This has the added bonus of ordering guards to remove your bounty for free if they catch you getting your hands dirty, if you want to play that way. After all, the guards are pretty corrupt and someone with that much power could not be thrown into the jail especially when he is the leader. So this it just a thought for a crime/detective sort of quest mod where you get to become a Guard.

 

I was always intrigued by the idea and thought it would be awesome. However I realize that guards have a bad reputation in Skyrim for being corrupt and whatnot so you as the newcomer could embark on a mission of your own to restore the guards to their former glory as keepers of the peace and bringers of justice. Personally I think it would be awesome even if it was just in Whtierun although I would want the mod to start there. In fact, the Windhelm murder mystery could be incorporated into the mod and there could be an alternate version where the guards are tasked with wiping out the thieves guild and the dark brotherhood.

 

Whatever the case this would be epic and I would be thrilled if someone could make this into a reality. Until then, fingers crossed! :)

[memnoch333]

i hope so

[chanchan05]

You can shoot yourself with an arrow to the knee.

 

Kidding.

 

But yeah, more quests is good.

[deathbymanga]

OOH OOH! You should get a follower who is like you cop-partner. Each Guard is enlisted with a partner to help each other out.

 

/me has been watching Gotham lately and the idea is sort of close, with corrupt cops in a neo-fantasy setting

[Boombro]

Bump because this is a really good idea.

[nerdy8675309]

This isn't a mod yet, why . . .?

[TheBawb]

This is something I wanted since I played Skyrim on the Xbox (oh so many years ago.) good idea, hope it gets made

[loganX64]

Not what your thinking, but there IS a mod like this:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=274615499

[Teabone3]

Its not too hard to do this but would take a long time to do. Another issue the conflict with stormcloaks and imperials would be hard to script knowing which take over happened in which town your in.

 

Unless you were some type of elite special personal guard (and your partner) that were both neither stormcloak nor imperial factioned.

[tuwas1]

This sounds like a fun idea. :) It'll also probably be good if you were to be caught commiting a crime as a guard, that you get kicked out, unless you bribe the guard making the arrest or if you are the captain of the guard. Just some ideas.