The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim/Tropes 0-G: Difference between revisions

** The Emperor himself, Titus Mede II, though to a lesser degree than Olaf. While not the victim of a effigy-burning ritual like Olaf (possibly because he's still in power), very few people, if anyone at all seems to have anything positive to say about the emperor. Even those supposedly loyal to him are more loyal to the Empire as a whole than they are to him. {{spoiler|Then there's the fact that the one who hires the Dark Brotherhood to have the Emperor killed is a member of the Elder Council}}. The reason for this hatred is because he surrendered to the [[Evil Overlord|Thalmor,]] but when you meet him he comes across as a supremely [[Reasonable Authority Figure]], as well as a perfect example of {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]}}, so the hatred seems somewhat undeserved.

** The Thalmor, the fascist High Elf government. The number of non-Thalmor in Skyrim who support them can be counted on one hand. There are quite a few High Elves who dislike them for their extreme ways. The only reason the Thalmor even came to power in the first place was due to the chaos caused by the Oblivion Crisis.

 

== A ==

** '''YOL TOOR SHUL''', once acquired, is one of the single most damaging shouts in the game, hits over a huge area, and staggers enemies. Good as a support power for a mage whose magicka is low, excellent for a warrior who needs a devastating area effect, and a great panic button for a thief who needs to burn everything and run. Plus, belching out a massive wave of fire just ''looks so awesome''.

** Most of the Daedric artifacts. Volendruug is a powerful hammer you can get early-game if you can manage to kill a few giants and if you specialize in it, you can use it for the duration of the game (not to mention effectively infinitely charge into enemies with power attacks due to its effect). The Mace of Molag Bal can help you harvest Soul Gems for either itself or enchanting and can incapacitate most spellcasters easily. The Black Star can be combined with the Mace for infinite charges. The Ebony Mail can harm anyone trying to close the distance and detect nearby enemies for you. Namira's Ring gives you a substantial Stamina Boost and lets you recover HP faster. And so on.

 

== B ==

** The Orcs as a whole. Not even a decade into the Fourth Era, they are forced at swordpoint by the Bretons to officially renounce Orsinium as a province and allow themselves to be assimilated into High Rock. By the time of ''Skyrim'', most Orcs are little more than indentured servants to the Bretons, and those that aren't are forced to live in "strongholds" that are almost universally rundown, destitute and scorned by all.

** The Dark Elves too, what with Red Mountain erupting, Vvardenfell's destruction and Morrowind being sacked by Black Marsh have left the province pretty much in ruins, even years later, leading to a mass exodus of Dunmer away from their home province. The ones who settled in Windhelm are left second-class citizens, and only one supplicant remains at the Shrine of Azura they constructed after their exodus. Hadvar even notes should you play a Dunmer character at Helgen that the gods really HAVE abandoned your people.

 

== C ==

** Also with Esbern. {{spoiler|So you saved his life from the Thalmor. Used your blood to open a secret base of operation for him and Delphine. Recruited 20 new members for The Blades (who previously numbered at 2). But he won't lift a finger to help you, or allow the Blades to help you, unless you go and kill one of your allies because he asked you to}}.

* [[Durable Deathtrap]]: The Nordic necropoli and Dwemer ruins are filled to the brim with these. Though in the latter case, this has been [[Hand Wave|hand waved]] with the explanation that the Dwemer were so ridiculously advanced that [[Ragnarok Proofing|everything they made was impervious to aging, in addition to having maintenance robots still running around]].

 

== E ==

** Blackreach and its upper level Alftand are a little more than "elaborate". "''Absolutely goddamn huge''" might be a better way of putting it. Traversing them can take the better part of four hours even if you're trying to pass as quickly as possible, and you have to fight your way through a small army of Falmer, Automatons and other nasties on the way. Easily five times as big as any of the regular barrows you'll see, they're positively packed with items, and have THREE different access elevators plus three more through various Dwemer ruins. There's a reason why {{spoiler|Blackreach might be the Dwemer capital}}.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]:

** The Ideal Masters, who were [[Was Once a Man|once mortal wizards]] that transformed themselves into all-powerful, soul-snatching beings that look like sentient Soul Gems, but are so much ''worse'' than that. Just being in their presence or trying to enter their realm will cause you to slowly die.

** The Augur of Dunlain. What [[Was Once a Man]] is now a living mass of magical energy with prophetic knowledge of things to come and command over truly powerful magic.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Subverted in Sheogorath's daedra quest. At first, it looks like you're supposed to win such a battle with the help of an atronach (Fire Atronach beats Ice Atronach, who beats Storm Atronach, who beats Fire Atronach), but then it turns out that the battle will actually go on infinitely until you {{spoiler|turn Wabbajack on Pelagius's guards}}.

* [[The Empire]]:

* [[From Bad to Worse]]: According to the plot it has indeed gotten worse during the 200 year gap between ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''.

** Keep in mind that ''Oblivion'' involved an invasion from a hell realm with demons erupting out and causing mass death and destruction... those are now seen as the 'good old days'.

* [[Fur Bikini]]: The female version of Forsworn and Fur armor.

 

== G ==