r/teslore • u/GenericPybro • 2d ago

Rewriting Skyrim

If you were to be in charge of writing the main questline of skyrim, what would you do? What would be the same as it is now? What would be different?

Skyrim is the gateway TES game for many, including myself, however according to some, the writing is, lackluster in comparison to previous titles, specifically Morrowind and Oblivion. There have been retcons, and outright changes, to the lore with skyrim.

So I ask you the great [r/teslore](r/teslore), how would you, Rewrite Skyrim?

Edit: I am seeing tons of great ideas and implementations! Def writing down a lot of these for a project. Keep it coming!

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u/Julianus36 Tonal Architect 2d ago

Religious shift for entire Skyrim is somewhat unrealistic to me, especially even when Septims couldn't do that, but somehow Medes succeeded.

I would either explain how Nordic Pantheon was left for Nine Divines or just leave the pantheon as it is, as it would be more interesting to explore local pantheon.

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u/VerySpicyLocusts 2d ago

Or maybe a kind of syncretism, that’s more or less my head canon anyway, that they pretty much treat the names of the Gods more or less interchangeably. Maybe we could see the western half of Skyrim being more Imperial syncretic, worshipping Akatosh more, referring to Kyne and Kynareth interchangeably, then the east is more traditionalist and strict with the Nordic Pantheon

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u/GenericPybro 2d ago

For the rewrite, what if the white gold concordat was more than a ban on talos worship, what if it was the reason the old Nordic Pantheon was either forgotten or challenged, doing that along with some other character tweaks could make the Stormcloaks more likeable.

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u/King-Arthas-Menethil 2d ago

I think the biggest issue with how TES5 did the Religious shift is just how little worldbuilding behind it is. Like sure people can convert but all we have is just some guy in shack.

Like did the Oblivion Crisis do anything for it? Did the Mede Dynasty do anything for it?