The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* Near the Guardian Stones is a (barely) hidden shrine to Talos, where people were continuing to worship him in violation of the law. Sadly, someone ratted them out to the Thalmor, but the agent who knew couldn't find the place with a squad 7 times. Finally, Elewyn told him to go find it himself and stop wasting their resources. ''This time he found it.'' And he killed 4 people, a couple who were worshipping and priests, but they didn't go down easy. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|They took the Thalmor agent with them]]. Since Elewyn didn't care what happened to the agent, the Thalmor don't believe that there is a shrine here at all and with his death, they will never know. So anyone can worship there, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|saving potentially hundreds of people from being killed by the Thalmor.]] Still, [[Nightmare Fuel|there is that spy.]] So who knows...

* In Solitude, after Roggvir's execution, this troper encountered a small girl. I talked to her. This is what she said:

* The plight of Azura's last loyal follower. After completing Azura's quest, she tells you that Azura will no longer give her any visions. She confesses that she has no idea what to do without Azura's guidance after spending most of her life worshiping her. She becomes one of your Followers mostly because she can't think of anything better to do with her life.

* In one particular part of Eastmarch (the area south of Windhelm with all the geysers and hot springs), one can find a single giant gazing forlornly at the corpse of a mammoth, which apparently became mired in the springs and died. The giant is completely non-hostile, and will not react even if the player goes up and touches him. He'll turn to regard the player sadly, but as soon as you leave, he'll just go back to looking straight at his big furry pet, never abandoning his silent vigil. This troper, playing his heartless assassin character, was truly moved by this poignant, easily-missed event. {{spoiler|[[Mood Whiplash|He then decided to end the poor giant's heartache]] [[Back Stab|in the only way he knew how.]]}}

* This troper wound up pursuing a dragon bounty and, as usual, spent the majority of the journey trying to FIND the bugger's hunting grounds. About halfway through the search, we came upon a small shack out in the woods. Two burned corpses stood in frozen terror just outside next to a pile of firewood. Inside the shack was note from the woodsman, describing how he and his wife had seen a dragon fly overhead every day or so. His wife urged him to move them to safer lands, but he figured that like any other beast, if they left it alone it would leave them alone. It became clear that this was precisely why this dragon had a bounty in the first place. When Lydia and I finally got to its roost, it was the first time we had ever caused a dragon to crash and skid across the ground, landing face-first in the altar on which it had nested.

* A very minor one but when exploring the area outside Whiterun after doing the Imperial Quest Line I found a single Stormcloak soldier in a small camp. The poor guy's side had lost the war and now he is all alone in the world just barely outside of an Imperial held city. Eventually I just [[Mercy Kill|mercy killed]] him.

* The Old Orc. For a bit of elaboration, you may come across an orc in the wilderness while traveling, standing over the corpses of ''two'' sabre cats. If you talk to him, the very first thing he tells you is "I am waiting for a good death." If you ask him to explain, he will tell you that he is too old to become a chieftain or take a wife, and that to simply lay down and die would not please his god, Malacath. You then have the option of telling him that perhaps ''you'' could provide the death he seeks...

* This troper accidentally shot Lydia with a bow, killing her, and didn't realize it for three hours. I was on the verge of tears as I went back through my saves, partially because I was such a horrible person and partially because I had lost so much progress.

* On the topic of dead followers (and long story): I had finished the Vaermina daedric quest, letting Erandur live and destroy the staff, and decided to have him follow my character. I became very fond of him as we wandered around Skyrim. After a scare where I thought he'd died, I decided that even though Erandur isn't a marriageable NPC, I'd do a console-code hack to marry him. My mistake was deciding to wait until I'd turned in my most recent quest, {{spoiler|returning Jarl Balgruuf's axe to him. This takes you directly into the Stormcloak's assault on Whiterun, so I armed up and rushed into the fray. In the battle, I lost track of Erandur. It was only while listening to the Jarl's victory speech and praise of the fallen soldiers (which was tear-jerker enough) that I realized Erandur wasn't with me. After searching all over and fast-traveling, I realized he was gone for good. I wandered numbly around Whiterun for a while, trying not to cry because my family was in the same room. The timing made it rather beautifully poetic, and very very painful.}}

** I just want to point out that Erandur is essential and is probably back at where you found him, alive and well, waiting for you...

* A very poignant moment for someone playing a Nord who is always a little doubtful about the Stormcloaks and still supporting them because they fight for the right to worship Talos, is speaking with Solitude's court wizard, Sybille Stentor. Her words can cause a rare sense of guilt and shame. "Because the Dominion is a sleeping beast that Skyrim cannot slay alone. Because many Nords are part of the Imperial army even now. Because the food and resources we get from the Empire are important to our people. Because even if we can't openly worship him, Talos the god was once Tiber Septim the man, and this is his Empire."

* Reading the books to catch up on what has happened since Oblivion. Hearing about everything from the destruction of Cloud Ruler Temple, the burning of the Cheydinhal Sanctuary, and, worse of all, you find out that Ocato made a fantastic Emperor, and rebuilt Tamriel. And after briging the Empire to an age of prosperity it hadn't seen in years... the Thalmor had him killed.

 

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