Iccotak Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Looking the mod "Skyrim Intro Overhaul", which re-uses cut content and fleshes out the introduction of Skyrim, it got me thinking: Just what else is cut from the main story? The mod really improved the introduction and, judging by some of the lack in writing, there might be a lot more cut content from the Main Quest of Skyrim. Could anyone find out or look into it? Was the Civil War supposed to play a larger role in the plot? Are there any characters that were used too little or not used at all? Characters like Ohdahviing or Irethith. Was Alduin supposed to be fleshed out more as a character? And on that note were the Dragons supposed to represent a theme in the story, such as the forces of nature? Are there little changes we could bring that would greatly improve the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtam Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I was surprised by the intro overhaul as much as everyone else, so I won't exclude the possibility of something more hidden in the game data. That said, I recall only the following: - something with the dead giant in Karthspire camp - perhaps it was supposed to be animated by some necromancy and join the fight on the enemy side. - the Jagged Crown quest initially had editor name belonging to the "MQ10x{A,B}" family of quests - most likely it was so early in the development that the civil war and main quest were lumped together. BTW this is an interesting readinghttps://www.darkcreations.org/forums/topic/11116-story-synopsis/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iccotak Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Love alot of the ideas in that guys post. Totally agree with Alduin killing Paarthurnax and/or the Greybeards, it would have motivated the player. I think that in order to have the PC grow as a character, and effectivley become the Dragonborn, the Greybeards should have sent them on quests to find word walls and then send them to find the horn as a final test. Each time you find a wall more of the story unfolds to the player Also if we could have a story bit for the Dragon you can find in Blackreach that would be awesome. Side Note: Miraak is a true Dragonborn, that is the only reason Hermaeus Mora took interest in him. Lore Experts clarified that Alessia Dragonborn is totally different than Skyrim Dragonborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtam Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Sometimes a dragon is just a dragon. The one hidden in Blackreach does not have seem to have any special intent, hidden in code comments or elsewhere. I'm toying with the idea of adding some ice diving dragon furniture markers (from the Dawnguard DLC) in the Blackreach (as part of some Tower Defense, perhaps) so I've been curious about that hidden dragon recently. UPDATE: ah, so it is indeed possible to make a diving dragon, and a ghost dragon actually, in the Blackreach. However, players who would enable such a mod after clearing out Blackreach wouldn't see the new changes. So story-wise it's going to be some other, new dragon. I like that Galandil touched the question "Dragonborn vs Shezzarrine". I've heard something about this before. In fact, one of the point of this new dragon boss in Blackreach would be to ask this question in game. Assuming that the player through dialogues and/or actions establish what is their answer to that question. After all, a fight between dragons is supposed to be like a debate, so could we please have one proper dragon boss debate. Edited February 10, 2017 by simtam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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