What do you think will happen to the dragon skeletons? After absorbing the soul/shout in the trailer the skeletons was left behind, in a way it would be cool if you could go back and visit the scene of your triumph, I'm sure some people would like to have a dragon skull in there house! Though if you took a dragon down near a city I probably wouldn't want the skeleton to stay. What do you think? Also will there be dragons after the Main quest?


Off topic on my own topic! lol what do i have to do to get some of these famous fishy sticks?

Yea, thats the problem really. People would want the bones to stay around, just not in/ in the imediate vicinity of cities. I would like them to stay however.

And for fishy sticks you need to post something funny, incredibly intelligent or just plain off the wall - something M'aiq would say.

No fishy sticks for you!

Damm! I think I'm doomed to a fishystick'less existence!

Dragons will probably disappear after the main quest. I hope bethesda didn't build the entire game on dragons and this won't make the game less entertaining after finishing main quest :shakehead:

By the way all newcomers have fishy sticks and we can consider you one: Have a fishy stick http://images.uesp.net//c/c4/Fishystick.jpg

I remember reading a post a long time back, in which it was stated that Dragons were not something to be slain in the TES universe, that they were more a creature to be revered - almost as demigods. This sat well with me after seeing the end of Oblivion. I'm extremely interested in hearing what brought their sudden reappearance about, and why it's now fine to slay a dragon. Maybe it's something to do with the Septim line ending?

Either way they are definitely magical beasts, so what happens to the bones after their death is very much up in the air. Personally I think it would be nice to see the bones stay, but that does allow for the possibility of reanimation. :S

I'm thinking they'll evaporate after defeat. Especially seeing as you absorb their soul or whatnot.

At least that'd be an easy way to explain their disappearance away afterward.

Aye, that's true, I don't recall seeing any evidence of their existence, in life or death, in the other games - just the odd statue dotted about in towns.

I think it's likely they'll stay. In the trailer, the dragon turns to a skeleton as the player absorbs its soul. If it was to disapear afterwards, there'd be little point in it becoming a skeleton briefly. I just hope there's something more to them than just a meaningless pile of bones. People could lay candles around it, come to visit it, make it a sort of shrine to the Dovakhiin or those who were killed in the dragon attack.

The dragons could turn into statues. They can shrink and you can sell dragon statues!
No?
You're right, that's lame...

In OXM it said there is an animation where the dragons burn up or something... I'll go dig out my copy and find the quote now for you.

[Edit] "...you're able to absorb its soul, learning new shouts in the process. There's even an impressive animation as the dragon's body burns to cinders."

But maybe that's just in reference to a player who kills the dragon with a fire spell or something? Who knows.

made me think of more than just dragon death. id like a decomposing feature for non-dragon corpses. for dragons, i think itl be good to see the bones of the dragons you killed. maybe even drag the skull to the player home heehee. as long as there arent too many dragons so that bones can be found all over the place

Actually you don't have to (but it helps to post something hilarious), you just need to be new to the forums.

Welcome to the forums, have a http://images.wikia.com/tesfanon/images/c/c4/Fishystick.jpg.

Dragons shouldn't appear after the main quest, unless you can still summon that dragon from that dragon shout.

But I agree we need a nice trophy or momento for our killings. Maybe a nice tooth necklace to count our kills?

speaking of fishysticks, i got one in my first ever post, and i didnt know what is was untill now xD

cant remember what i wrote though :whistling:

You asked if there were any scans in the gameplay trailer.

I think it has to do with the fact that they're now trying to destroy everything, myself, which in turn is because Alduin is trying to eat the world. I think the real question is why Akatosh, who is supposed to be the same being as Alduin, previously seemed to be protecting the Empire but now has more destructive intentions, hopefully, that will be explained in Skyrim.



Why would that make thme dissappear? Creatures in past games didn't dissappear when they were soul trapped, so why should absorbing the souls of dragons cause their bodies to vanish?

Anyway, my guess is that the skeletons of dragons will behave the same way as the corpses of other creatures in the game, which I'm assuming is the same as in past games, linger until the cell respawns, which in previous games was generally three days. Though I guess I could be wrong.

As to dragons after the main quest, we don't know, but I suspect that once the main quest is completed, the player will encounter no more dragons, obviously, though, that's just a guess.



You can already see something like that at the end of the gameplay trailer, I'm guessing they were describing that.

Yeah, just checked it out.
But i dont think thats waht got me my fishystick

Edit: i saw someone above that said ypu get it for being new, so thats where i got it from

Haha! I lol'd. They'd be priceless! But after a while there'd be hordes of imitations sitting on Fargoth's market stand, selling for three coppers a piece. :whistling:

Hmm, interesting. I'm not as knowledgeable as you are regarding TES lore, but I do remember Patrick Stewart mentioning Akatosh in a seemingly benevolent manner, and isn't that monument of fire at the end of Oblivion his avatar? Obviously something has displeased him.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry for the double post.

I'm going with the idea that they eventualy disappear, seeing as how there is no evidence they ever existed apart from tales, myth and a few artifacts that people have already casted doubt on. I do ever think it would be cool if their bones reminder, along with the scars of battle in the game- a reminder of epic past battles you have fought.

Me only gripe be dat how′r I supposed two cook′m′dragons when dem bones be all dat be left! Harr it be looking like I be needing a live one for me cooking it be!

What I think would be cool is that after slaying a dragon, its dead body solidifies and turns to stone, and a map marker is added at that location.

"You should have acted
They're already here
The Elder Scrolls told of their return!
Their defeat was merely a delay...."

They once terrorized Tamriel, were defeated (supposedly) and now, OH MY, their back!

The bones gotta last... how else would there be a dragonbone cuirass?

I'm not sure where people are getting the idea that they turn into skeletons. I have 316 screenshots of the PC absorbing the soul of the dragon, and at no point does it turn into a skeleton. Now, if a magazine says they burn into cinders, then obviously, the video doesn't show that either. Perhaps they didn't stay focused on the dragon long enough.

Last shot of the head as the camera starts to pan up to the Horn helmet guy you can clearly see the skeleton (skull at the very least) left behind.