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** Probably averted with Jyggalag, as you had the powers of Sheogorath by that point.
** More or less played straight with Alduin in ''Skyrim'', as he is truly supposed to be unkillable. Although by the time you fight him properly {{spoiler|you have the heroes who banished him in the first place helping you out}}, so perhaps it makes sense.
* [[Disposable Bandits]]: Common in ''The Elder Scrolls'', although ''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall]]'' is a possible exception as it never actually bothers to clarify just what those hostile humans in non-plot dungeons are doing there.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In the opposite direction. Azura's response to the government of a certain tribe of elves snubbing her? Give them all dark skin, strangely shaped cheekbones, and red eyes. [[Sarcasm Mode|That'll teach'em to ignore the warnings of a Goddess.]] ...Weaksauce.
* [[Draconic Divinity]]: Divinity goes hand in hand with dragons in the ''Elder Scrolls'' universe. The [[Top God]] of the Imperial pantheon, Akatosh, is the father of dragonkind and often takes the form of a dragon himself when he interacts with the mortal plane of Mundus. This appearance is widely used as a symbol by the Third Empire of Man, to the point its currency is called "drakes" due to his appearance on their backside. All legitimate Cyrodiilic emperors are also "Dragonborn" due to descending from a holy covenant formed by Akatosh infusing the saint Alessia with his divine blood, which would ensure that the gods would protect Mundus from the Daedra as long as a Dragonborn emperor sits on the throne.
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* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Katanas in ''Morrowind'' are only surpassed by claymores; the Orcish armour also looks very Japanese, and it's the best medium armour in the game.
** Mostly subverted in ''Oblivion'', though. Orcish armour now looks like stuff out of a gladiator movie, and Akaviri Katanas and Dai-Katanas are excellent starting weapons but nowhere near the cream of the crop. That said, one of the best obtainable weapons, Goldbrand, is an enchanted katana won from a Daedra Lord's quest. It's not ''quite'' an [[Infinity+1 Sword]], but it's close.
* [[Land of the Shattered Empire]]: Most of the ''The Elder Scrolls'' takes place within the Septim Empire, but by ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' it has ceased to exist due to the events of ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' and has been replaced with a weak successor state in the Mede Empire which holds only three of the Septim Empire's ten provinces, with two destroyed, two independent, and three under the control of the antagonistic Aldmeri Dominion. ''Skyrim'' is largely centered around one of the three remaining provinces trying to secede which, if successful, that would leave the remaining two provinces (one its home territory, and the other infamous for its internal instability when the Empire isn't in power) non-contiguous. This results in a very unstable Empire, where many isolated forts have been abandoned to bandits, and its once prosperous national trading company can barely keep the lights on.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: There is one {{spoiler|Dwemer to be found}} in ''Morrowind'', but he's {{spoiler|been horribly mutated by corprus disease and [[Half the Man He Used To Be|has had his lower body replaced by a mechanical spider-like contraption]].}}
** An Argonian in Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood is the last of the Shadowscales, Argonians born under the sign of The Shadow who are sent to the Dark Brotherhood.
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