Erik of Rorikstead

[ExoticPharmacist]

Not really a spoiler, but I figured it'd do best here. Sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum.

NOTE: This isn't a major story-line thing (as far as I know). However, I do wanna know what others did in this predicament.

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To put a long story short, Erik is the son of Mralki, owner of Rorikstead Inn.

 

Now, so many years later, Erik has been raised to a young man, and wishes to journey out into the world. He craves it. Yearns it. Needs it.

His father, knowing all sorts of hells and the like, says no.

Your job is to convince the father or the son that the other is in the right.

 

On a personal level, I couldn't decide for about a year of playing this game.

I did both sides of their little conflict just to see what they'd have to say, but went no further.

 

As of tonight, I convinced Mralki to allow Erik to become an adventurer.

I understand that Mralki wants Erik to be safe, but in the world they live in, that's not possible. Either you search for trouble, or trouble searches for you.

I still feel a pang of regret for having Erik leave the town. His spirit is strong, but he's a farmer, not a warrior.

 

Don't worry, Mralki. I'll keep your son safe, or die trying. Twice or more, if I must.

P.S. I suppose you could feel a sort of conflict with any character going out into the world to fight alone/alongside you. Did you ever find a character that actually caused you to stop and think if they really should be journeying through Skyrim?

 

EDIT: ty Ishara for the correction. I can't believe I messed that up. Guess I was still thinkin' about Rorik and his close friend, Jouanne Manette's stories.

Edited December 25, 2015 by ExoticPharmacist

[IsharaMeradin]

Erik is the son of Mralki the innkeeper and not Rorik the founder of Rorikstead. Also, unless you take him with you, he remains in Rorikstead. He simply wears armor and waits to join the player. One could assume that he still helps with the farm work or that he helps the guards fend off various predators. Only a mod tho could make either one of those appear to be the case cause Bethesda just makes him stay in the Inn after convincing his father to let him go adventuring.

 

I either do one of two things. I start the game with Live Another Life and immediately start as his childhood friend and we're both off exploring together. Or I convince his father to let him go adventuring by paying for the armor myself. It might be a scary world, but each person has a right to choose for themselves. Might as well carry that into the game when possible.