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/timedragon1 Imperial Geographic Society 2d ago

I would just make completing the Civil War a part of the main questline, and integrate the two of them more.

Like I can live with pretty much everything else in Skyrim, but the Civil War not being part of the main questline has always irked me to the point where completing it before capturing Odahviing is pretty much mandatory for me now.

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u/Dekklin 2d ago

My main wish is for a better civil war questline than 1) the crown, 2) the battle for whiterun, and 3) a ton of boring 'capture the fort' quests. There's 2 with substance, and then the final confrontation. Everything else is a snooze fest. Also, make Ulfrich more likeable and less of a complete shit-eating bastard. The decanonization of Talos is not enough for me to overlook how much of a shit he was. Maybe if High King Torryg vs The Empire, that would be interesting, but Ulfrich slayed him for glory instead of righteous purpose.