Best TES Moment : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:13 pm

I hope you realize that we know next to absolutely nothing about Nerevar's life, character, ambition, ect. He could have been a royal [censored] for all we know, hell, why else would he need a magick ring of persuasion...

Perhaps it was just insurance, to enhance his already formidable persuasion skills? Who knows. At least we have a canon race and gender for Nerevar if not his reincarnation.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:06 pm

Because the Chimer were warring factions of petty raiders who were probably still arguing about philosophical beliefs, and their neighbours wanted to destroy them. Trust me, uniting clans is hard enough, but doing it when there is a constant threat of invasion and betrayal is even harder. Even with a magic ring, Nerevar's accomplishments are amazing. He went from someone who was probably a caravan guard to the greatest khan and general of an entire nation, and through a thousand years of oppression the legends about him are still as omnipresent (if mostly viewed with suspicion) amongst the native Dunmer as his former advisors are.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:28 am

Numidium over Alinor was surely quite a sight.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:44 pm

But when Vehk the mortal reached into the Heart, he ceased to be anything except for what he wished to be. The axis erupted. There was an exact cracking, an instant of pure Aurbis, his hands burnt black by that ever-nil of static change, and Vivec the god who had never been had always been. A whole universe swelled up to legitimize his throne... as the old universe, where Vehk the mortal still lapped up Godsblood, warped itself to accept its new equivalent. And like all things magical it simply could not happen, could not Be. Red Mountain was the intersection of the Is-Is Not as it was of old, its center point, and it did not hold. And so the Dragon, having broken, saw fit to heal, turning into the world you know. Except now Vivec the God was alive before his own birth, which had, in fact, really happened in the death of the last universe.

Is this from a dialogue in Morrowind? I know this text from "Dragonbreak at the Red Moutain", but I don't know the source.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:38 pm

Is this from a dialogue in Morrowind? I know this text from "Dragonbreak at the Red Moutain", but I don't know the source.

It's from the original threads of 'The Trial of Vivec' - which you can download http://www.imperial-library.info/characters/trial_vivec.shtml. The thread you're looking for is 'The Judgement of Vivec'.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:14 pm

Very hard for me to do this. I can only think of a spectrum of events. However, two events come to mind. The first is being dropped off the boat not knowing what to do (basically left me with the "Wait...What?" kind of awesome). The second is the ending sequence of Morrowind's main quest.

EDIT: Actually, I take that back. I think the coolest event was when you finally found Nerevar's ring Moon-and-Star and received the whole speech about you being the incarnate, which followed up with the various ghosts "who were not the one" who gave you free presents.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:55 pm

Probably seeing Mehrunes Dagon standing over the Temple District, I mean we've read about him being summoned and destroying cities before, but to actual see him there, that was pretty amazing.

I agree. Though with Ocato, and others in your group of heroes cutting through Deadra in city to get to the temple was awesome too. When Akatosh fought Mehrunes Dagon was intense, also.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:44 pm

Tough one. The whole Nerevarine experience was great; excellent story and lore. The first time I heard one of the Daedric Princes talk was memorable too.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:07 am

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

wow, i had never seen that in-game before, but muttering it under my breath in what I imagined my character would sound like, i literally shivered. No i wasn't cold.
my coolest event I saw was the final chamber when you destroy the heart. Running up to it, and having Dogoth Ur appear across the bridge and shout "what are you doing!" when i smacked it, i didn't see that coming, and I knew he would teleport behind me.
And afterward when Ahkulakahn fell apart, i didnt even know a thing like that could happen on the game with its bad graphics and stuff.
Before posting this i said "by the grace of gods and fate i am Nerevar reborn". It made me shiver again.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:06 pm

This;

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

Hell yes. Possibly one of the greatest statements of defiance and courage ever seen in The Elder Scrolls. Sounds like something out of a movie. I have to say Morrowind has some of the greatest dialog of all the games. I get goosebumps just by saying "Lord Indoril Nerevar".

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:25 am

Doing the http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Morgiah%27s_Wedding (which was pretty much my first DF quest) and meeting King of Worms for the first time. It gave me a very strong sense of "whoa, this game got depth", that I never really had experienced before in a game, at least not as strongly. And starting the dungeon by going into a coffin was cool too

I was also amazed when I entered the city of Daggerfall for the first time (which was the first city I visited in Daggerfall), and was struck by the sheer size of it, and how full of life it seemed to be.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:48 am

My first happening upon Ebonheart and my summoning to Morunhold were very memorable too. It was really intense to be within the nation's capital, the Vatican of Morrowind, if you would.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:19 pm

Rest well this night, for tomorrow, you sail for the kingdom... of Daggerfall. ~Uriel Septim VII

These are the closing days of the Third Era... and the final hours, of my life. ~Uriel Septim VII

In the waning years of the Third Era of Tamriel, a prisoner born on a certain day to uncertain parents was sent under guard, without explanation, to Morrowind, ignorant of the role he was to play in that nation's history... ~Unknown

Many fall, but one remains. ~Unknown

Not moments specifically, but quotes that send a chill up my spine everytime.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:42 am

QUOTE (Lord Hyamentar @ May 9 2009, 07:27 PM)
This;

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

I second this. Best line EVER.

Hmm. Sorry. But I think this is the best line ever:
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed him."
But thats just me. But that is a good quote, and the best in MW...
My fav. MW event would have to be: the war between the Great Houses and the Dwemer. I had dreams for a month after playing MW in which I saw that war...

Also: I love the vamp dreams in Oblivion. Very creepy...
:mellow:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:39 pm

This;

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

Definitely.

That wasn't the option I took, however. I was all set to say that I/Elyssa Halaya was Nerevar reborn...and then I realized that my character couldn't honestly say that with complete conviction. Maybe she was, maybe she wasn't, but she didn't KNOW. So that's what I said.

And Dagoth Ur replied, "Ah well. Perhaps we shall never know."

It was such a poignant moment for me, when falling demi-god and rising cultural hero met and confessed their uncertainty. For two ageless, deathless beings, it felt very mortal.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:16 pm

This;

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

Absolutely. As far as Morrowind is concerned, it's that moment followed by the events that took place in the Cavern of the Incarnate.

When it comes to events not in the games, I'd have to say that Frandar Hunding's "Hammer and the Anvil" battle plan on Yokuda. I can only imagine how glorious that battle must have been.

-Hexon

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:16 pm

Hmm. Sorry. But I think this is the best line ever:
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed him."

Good call - just read that book a few months ago, halfway through the second one now, and I agree, that's a hell of a way to kick it all off.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:41 am

This is an odd one, born of coincidence: but my moment is when Caius Cosades left Morrowind. Just something about how it happened for me, just after getting cured of Corprus and maybe being the reincarnation of a Warrior-Saint, and fighting Dagoth Gares and realizing what deep [censored] we were all in, only for him to resign and give his parting words RIGHT as the main theme hit the soundtrack and started swelling up really made it an awesome moment.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:57 am

I think Tiber Septim was just an extraordinary fellow. Just his conquest of Tamriel in general fascinates me.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:48 am

Hmm. Sorry. But I think this is the best line ever:
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed him."

That's not TES, though...

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:55 am

When I first emerged from the Imperial sewers in Oblivion and saw the beautiful graphics of the water and the ruins of Vilverin.

My second would be when i smacked a zombie on the head with a club at the top of a hill and laughing my head off while his lifeless body rolls down the hillside

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:45 am

This;

By the grace of gods and fate, I am Nerevar reborn.

Exactly.
Plus, entering the Shivering Isles for the first time. Really, I didn't expect to find something like this with the until then pretty monotonous looks of Oblivion. A little talk with Haskill in unexpected surroundings, and then the whole room dissolving into... butterflies? Hell, yes. ^_^

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:59 am

Just his conquest of Tamriel in general fascinates me

He kind of relied on traitors and magic to conquer northern Cyrodiil alone. He didn't know he'd have their support. When you remember that, he was actually not that smart - he marched up to a well-defended fortress in the middle of winter without much in the way of supplies or professional soldiers, right into what would have been a Nordic trap if a Breton battlemage hadn't showed him Sancre Tor's weaknesses.

For the rest of his campaigns, especially the most important, he relied on Numidium, which he wouldn't have gotten without he and Vivec recognising the futility of further campaigns in Morrowind.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:03 am

All though it is never actually shown in any of the game I believe this is my favorite moment in TES Lore:

"The armies of Oblivion destroy Ald'ruhn, ancestral home of House Redoran, even though ancient rituals were used to awaken the dread emperor crab and the whole city literally rose up to fight the invaders. With their warrior House decimated, the dunmer of Vvardenfell fall back as daedra move towards a siege of Ghost Gate. Prayers to Vivec and the Nerevarine go unanswered."

To me, that just shows how epic the events of Oblivion really were. It seems like it should be in a Tolkien novel or something. I can just imagine the last remnants of House Redoran making their final stand against the Ghost Gate, piles of dead daedra around them.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:39 am

He kind of relied on traitors and magic to conquer northern Cyrodiil alone. He didn't know he'd have their support. When you remember that, he was actually not that smart - he marched up to a well-defended fortress in the middle of winter without much in the way of supplies or professional soldiers, right into what would have been a Nordic trap if a Breton battlemage hadn't showed him Sancre Tor's weaknesses.

For the rest of his campaigns, especially the most important, he relied on Numidium, which he wouldn't have gotten without he and Vivec recognising the futility of further campaigns in Morrowind.

Eh, your just a hater

Jk jk.....

However, I do not believe he "wasn't smart". He was able to take over all of Tamriel....