LE The redemption of Skyrim: a new way to play.

[Tahuhali]

You know what is wrong with Skyrim these days? Everyone is obsessed with death. Including the Dragonborn: The Hero, the savior of the land, essentially a demi-god roaming Skyrim with the power to take life at will and bring order to chaos. The most powerful and influential person, is obsessed with death, his day to day progress is measured on how well and how flashy of a way he can dispose of anything that moves. The leaders at the end of the storyline will praise your ability to take life of those who are evil, saving those who are good. He has saved Skyrim…

But at what cost?

Think about the average number of villages you see walking around in one city, even shops included. Now consider the population of an average bandit camp, and how many of those you have cleaned out. How many lives ‘had’ to be disposed of because they were in your way, they were helpless, they were foolish, and they deserved it? If you play through the game and save Skyrim, you have killed hundreds of people. In a land that is as sparsely populated as Skyrim, that is a significant population decrease.

With all the Mods out there, I can grant myself amazing power: The ability to take and give life to anyone and anything. But what about something more? What could possibly be even more powerful than what a Dragonborn can do already? To kill and to heal, to give joy and happiness or death and despair? Is not the whole world at my whim, what more could there be?

How about giving a second chance? What about redemption?

That bandit I see, how did he get where he is? Did his parents die when he was young, and left to fend for himself resorted to banditry? Or perhaps from some bad choices and with the wrong crowd, he has committed unforgivable acts and now has condemned himself to a life he cannot escape? The only ones who have ever shown affection, that have been there for him or given a sense of brotherhood had been found In this small bandit group. And now in some search for self-identity he joins up with them?

What if this person could be given a second chance, to be forgiven of their crimes, paid for in full and live life anew taking residence in a town or village; to have a home and a family, to love and be loved. You can kill this man, or you can spare his life, but can you free him? Do you have that power?