While playing through Oblivion for the umpteenth time earlier, I noticed something while leaving the Imperial City. There is a cluster of signs at the end of the road, giving directions to all of Cyrodil's major towns. They're all fine and normal - wooden, small and... wooden, I guess. Kvatch's is a little different though. There's three claw marks on the sign to the left of the name, like something attacked it and gouged some chunks out of it. I noticed all of Kvatch's signs are like this.

Anyone else thing this was a clever hint that Kvatch was FUBAR before the player went to check it out?

Nope, most of my characters see them for weeks before the attack, and figure somebody has a petty grudge.

How about the fact that there is no copy of Alessia Ottus' Guide to Kvatch in the entire province?

lol! I never noticed that. As for the sign with the scratch marks, I noticed it on my first play through. I honestly just took it as a sign that Kvatch was hated by someone or had a curse put on it or something, though my character obviously didn't know exactly how until it was too late. I thought it was a nice touch.

I never noticed. It could have been any of the Daedra though :3

I've always noticed that, and I could never figure out why. I just presumed it was something to do with the siege, though.
Anyone notice how you can activate the signs?

I never noticed it before tbh. Nice work picking it up. I suppose it does indicate.
If only Kvatch got rebuilt. Might have made for a neat quest line.

dont suppose any PC gamer would be kind enough to take a picture of said signpost?

Id check it out myself but my character is holed up in highcross atm.

"but Do'tirath, cant you just fast travel there and back"?

-_- no. I cannot and will not use fast travel.

I recently found out that earlier the guide was in progress just before deadra decided to turn Kvatch into a hole. So no Guide to Kvatch.

Here's the sign in the Construction Set: http://morrowind4kids.com/pseronwyrd/Screenshots/KvatchSign.jpg

Those three slash marks, they're perfectly parallel. Like a claw. Do you know what this means?

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DRAGONS!