Curious whether anyone's played two or more of the ES games (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion) using the same character in each, and how this played from a RP perspective. I think it's possible from the timeline. I haven't, I've played different ones in Morrowind and Oblivion as my perspective changed - Imperial Knight in Morrowind, then Nord Samurai and Imperial Shepherd in Oblivion, now back in Morrowind with an Argonian Yeoman.

I've played different ones too. It just doesn't seem fitting to me, to have the same person in each of those scenarios, and with the kind of reputation and status they would have gained.

I always play as different characters. I mean, not only would the character of Arena be centuries old by the time of Skyrim, but it wouldn't make sense that the character would be imprisoned and apparently mindwiped at least five times thus far.

Now, they could be connected via bloodline, true. I've had my Morrowind character be the father of my Oblivion character once.

I have a long running saga of a particular Dunmer family that spans Daggerfall, oblivion and Morrowind.
Sometimes its the same character or sometimes its a father, sibling or child.
Of course i still play totally unrelated characters as well.

I've used similar back stories and such. Often with the same names as well cause...well, if there's one thing I cant do is come up with a cool name.

However, I, as a big dbz fan as well...have one unarmed character in each of these games. They have spikey golden hair, and are quite cool. xD I find it interesting to see how other series' main characters would react to things Oblivion, or fallout put infront of them.

I did the same thing but with An Imperial lineage of Battle-mages

I've never done this before. Personally, I feel that it makes much more sense if they're all different characters, not so much because of the timeline, but because at the start of each game, you're of a low level, with your skills and attributes mostly pretty low, and have only basic spells and don't have any of the high quality equipment you would have gained in the last game by the time you finished it. Obviously, since most of the games start with you in prison, your items could have been taken from you when you were arrested and never returned to you, but your skills and spells can't just be taken away that easily. Depending on how long you've been in prison, maybe you could have forgotten some skills over time, but it would have to take pretty long for a skill originally at 100 to go down to 25. It's especially hard to justify when playing Oblivion because during the course of Morrowind's main quest, the player gains an immunity to disease as a result of getting corprus disease in Morrowind, presumably, you have also become immune to the effects of age, but since that's not reflected in game, you can just role-play it. The disease thing is a problem however as your character would not be immune to disease, that might be hard to explain. Still, I'm sure some players can think of ways to explain the apparent inconsistencies reusing the same character might lead to. I also feel that reusing the same character in every game seems a little limiting, I want to try different types of characters and play the game with whatever character I feel like at the time, which may well differ from what I wanted to play when I chose my character in the last game. But players can play whatever kind of character they like, and if some players want to use the same character across multiple games, that's there right to do.

Well, I have one character who totally breaks the fourth wall and is my "main" character in every Elder Scrolls game, my favorite D&D character I've ever made, and he's my character in Dragon Age. His name is Relvain, and he is always a Assassin type and a "dark elf" if they exist in the game as he originated as a Dunmer.
Though I could always explain it by saying they are just of the same bloodline and have named their sons after their father. So, my oblivion character would technically be Relvain IV

What I do, in the two TES games I've played, is that I start out with the same character, but not as if he went from Morrowind to Oblivion, but rather how that same character would have acted had he started in Oblivion instead of Morrowind. So, I guess I start the same character over and over again

I play different, but similar characters. In Morrowind, I was a Nord called Danzil, who tried to do what was right, but almost always ended up doing things he regretted. Then in Oblivion, I have Bjor Wind-Fang, who is pretty much the same. He only went into the Arena once, and that was naively, before he realised it was a fight to the death. and he never joined the Dark Brotherhood or Thieves Guild. I like to think of them as incarnations of Danzil - and my Skyrim character will be the most like Danzil, it'll be his name as well. Because he was awesome.

Edit: I also want to note that I don't think that the Hero from Morrowind was really Nerevar Reborn, so Bjor isn't either.

So like a Rebirth or reincarnation? Pretty cool.

I have used others but I still use one of my first ever created characters. Which my father made to me thou.
I have slightly changed his name thou.
Altmer - Mage called Adaqueril since Daggerfall.

Nah, different characters for the different settings. It seems improbable that one would continue through all. I mean the life span is possible for an Altmer but the story trope of continuously placing you as a prisoner at the start of the game doesn't gel with what I perceived to be a badass mage.

My characters have all been related since Arena

Yes, but they were ancestors, not the same character

Same name though

This would be the problem I have in saying that I use the same character every time. I don't, I use similar characters. I can't get into certain play styles enough to say they're all completely different. I pretty much always play the sneaky thief who lobs fireballs at people's faces.

I have one character that, according to my roleplaying lore that ties in with the series in my head, has been involved in all four games. However, the main quest of all of those games are not attributed to this character. I simply use different characters for the main quest of each game, then maybe this over-hanging character interacts with the first character in some way, or does one of the factions. So for example, during the events of the game Morrowind, this over-hanging character was in Vvardenfell doing other things, but aware of the events transpiring. Afterward, this character moved to Cyrodiil just in time for the Oblivion Crisis. Once Skyrim comes out, my character will have moved there to. This is justified by my character having become a vampire in the Second Era, so there is no limit to how long she can live until I decide to kill her off.

It's fun from a roleplaying perspective, because you can play the game and your character can retain the knowledge you've gained from the previous games. But as far as one character that completes the main quests for all four games, I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to think that could happen. Not only would he or she be recognized all over Nirn, but he or she would also be a greater hero than Tiber Septim and should have tons of books written in their name and statues all over the place.

I have the same character in Daggerfall, Oblivion and Morrowind. She's an elf, so she doesn't age too fast for this to be impossible (at least not in her version of Tamriel...), she's a very, very, very power-hungry person, which explains why she does everything possible to boost herself to fame when she moves to a new province (with the beginning of each game, of course).

I might be stretching lore/realism a bit with her, but I just don't feel right starting a new game without good ol' trusty Calacirya. She'll be my first character in Skyrim, as well.

Usually the same, with slight alterations. I used my Argonian thief in all the games in the past, and I'm now using the same Nord Barbarian/Warrior-ish character in all titles. Although, when I'm playing the same character in Oblivion, I don't think of him as the Nerevarine, Blood Skaal, w/e previous title he's earned, unless it fits the story in the current game. And with slight alterations I mean that for instance, my Argonian Thief may be a marksman in Oblivion, yet never even touch a bow in Daggerfall.

When i stopped playing Xbox 360 Oblivion and was able to play PC modded Oblivion i began to play as the eldest son of my Xbox 360 character who had been the Hero of Kvatch, Fighters Guild Guildmaster, Mages Guild Honoree, Arena Champion and gone to the SI. I modded in some notes, some armor, some weapons and downloaded a mod that i pretend was the family home. The son is now responsible for picking up where the father left off. ( I did finish the MQ on that character but it didnt make sense once Oblivion gates started popping up.)

In Morrowind I would create a mod where I added my Nerevarine character in the game with uber stats, and had my new characters arrested over and over again until it was day 100 (when I beat Dagoth Ur) and console command my stats to normal. I would then create books about the end of the blight and everything and have my new character live in a world where my other character had already became the Nerevarine.

In Oblivion I created a generic Nord brawler without thinking much of his background, so he was just a guy who was in the right cell at the right time.

There's a guy here with his signature being "I like to think of Jauffre as the Eternal Champion" or something, and I thought that was a pretty cool idea, so when I downloaded Arena, I made my character a young arrogant Breton who would eventually become the Emperor's closest ally.

My Skyrim character will probably have some sort of relation to my past ones.

Actually, I just realized that it breaks lore to have one character across all Elder Scrolls games.


The Arena player and the Daggerfall player have to be two separate characters as they have designated brithyears.

That reminds me of Monty Python's "The Piranha Brothers" sketch: "Doug was born in February 1929 and Dinsdale two weeks later; and again a week after that."

Mmm, sort of. I always play the same character, but I always give him a different backstory for the game.

He is sort of like the avatar of a god, if you will. Different forms with different memories, but the same person overall.

Well, I'm only at two games (haven't/don't play Arena and Daggerfall), but yes, I use the same character, and I will be using the same character for Skryim.

(Possible spoiler warnings?)
My whole storyline goes : Started in Morrowind. Was an orphan who lived on the streets in his early life. Was taken in by a group of marauders where he learned how to fight with the blade, shield and heavy armor. He was later arrested, and was shipped to Morrowind after spending nearly a year in prison. There, he became the Nerevarine. My character always wore a closed helmet in Morrowind, so I figure his identity is pretty much hidden to the general public. They only know his name.

Oblivion - Even though you put your name in at the beginning, I don't think it's implied that anyone ever learns it. Not to mention, you could easily lie about it. Anyway, the Emperor contacts my character (Bryodon), requesting his help. Basically, my character goes to Cyrodiil undercover by order of the Emperor, is voluntarily placed in a specific prison cell where he soon meets up with the Emperor, and eventually goes on to become the Champion of Cyrodiil. At this point, they do know his face (as I wear an open helmet) but the name is either unclear or a lie. Either way, no connection is made to the Nerevarine of Morrowind. Not to mention, there are rumors that the Nerevarine has gone to Akavir (a rumor started by the Emperor no doubt) which provides the perfect alibi for my character. (Because calling the Nerevarine in could have caused a lot of panic... not that it matters too much once Oblivion gets going.)

When Skyrim gets here... it will be 200 years later. My character will not have aged due to being the Nerevarine and all. So once again, other than his name, which could easily be lied about.. no one will have any idea who he really is. Haven't decided on why he's in prison yet. Makes sense that after 200 years, his skills might be a little rusty though. Should be fun.

Anyway, yeah it's not that hard to make the characters connect if you really want them to.