Holidays in Skyrim? : V - Skyrim

» Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:19 pm

Well obviously it wouldn't have that renaissance feel that we've all seen before and which I hated about Oblivion. People are always looking for a way to raise spirits in dark times. It wouldn't even be limited to just holiday festivals. What about celebrating around a slain dragon in the town, or perhaps the rebel faction/pro Empire winning a victory? These can be meshed with other festivals to create atmosphere. Just because some people may know that Alduin is approaching doesn't mean that they're gonna shut themselves inside with despair. It's a morale thing. They might as well take out woodcutting and other job skills because people know that doom is upon them, so they would quit the jobs since that's a low matter at hand. Doesn't work that way.

I believe in your case that it should start happening at a certain point in the main quest, like after you visit High Hrogthar and the people of Skyrim have some sort of confirmation that you are indeed the Dovahkiin, giving them a shred of hope.

Celebrating a slain dragon, now that seems like a proper Nord thing to do. Display its head in the town square and have free mead for all. This isn't a celebration that would happen all the time, but it isn't something you'd miss either. I support this sort of thing to be sure. If they are to celebrate anything, it should be in lines with traditional Norse values, where killing a great beast is an achievement worth celebrating. I simply don't want to see the return of things like flower day and dancing day. Something like a fire festival may be good in my books, depending on how it's handled (thinking of the terrible WoW Fire Festival...)

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:42 am

Just imagining Nord in crazy hawaiian shirts now. XD :rofl:

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:30 am

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Holidays
Hope they also put those Holidays in Skyrim

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:22 am

Hmm, I could see sundays as days when most shops open 2 hours later and close 2 hour earlier, would add something to the game. But holydays in a fantasy world with dragons might be dangerous so it's really best to keep things flowing instead of stopping everything for a few days. I could see a shopkeeper going out on a fishing trip with a few fellows for 3-5 days and letting his son run the shop for him while he is gone. That kind of vacations could work and would be more believeable for the society of a fantasy/medieval world.

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:25 am

Ehh, a festival has already been confirmed....
It's the one where the students invade the marketplace and then burn a king in effigy. Pretty sure a mag confirmed it.

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:44 am

Hmm, I could see sundays as days when most shops open 2 hours later and close 2 hour earlier, would add something to the game. But holydays in a fantasy world with dragons might be dangerous so it's really best to keep things flowing instead of stopping everything for a few days. I could see a shopkeeper going out on a fishing trip with a few fellows for 3-5 days and letting his son run the shop for him while he is gone. That kind of vacations could work and would be more believeable for the society of a fantasy/medieval world.

yeah i agree Holidays with Dragons is Dangerous till they are Defeated
Maybe when Dragons are Defeated in Skyrim then they can have a Big Party

» Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:38 pm

The one issue with re-implementing the holidays of Arena and Daggerfall is that, without the ability to waste an entire in-game year just by travelling diagonally from one corner of the map the other, they'd be missed far too easily. Why not simply expand them into one or two-week long festivals, then? Simple enough.

I'd also like to see little nuances such as "half prices at temples on ___" and "complementary tavern drinks" return with similar frequency. It may not seem like much once your character is up to their eyeballs in Septims, but it certainly could allow for some interesting quests and NPC interactions. Need to improve your hand to hand? Simply stand outside a tavern and watch as all the raging drunkards get thrown your way.

» Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:00 pm

i like all of your ideas but it seems there are two sides in my topic side 1) wonting festivals all that stuff i talked about. and then theres side 2) who wont only small stuff and aee saying Skyrims going to be to gloomy for big festivals. but festivals can be big in gloomy settings! festivals are about cheering things up and also how about a dragon attacks during a festival and you have to kill it abd ghen they prays you for it. Also some of EARTHS major holidays could inspire some of the major holidays of Skyrim

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:37 am

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives, on Holiday!!! *Apologies, I'm listening to Awesome as F**k right now...

Anyway, I hope we see some kind of celebrations for holidays in Skyrim, it would definitely be fun.

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:07 am

I just read in the lore there is a Feast of the Dead in Windhelm, some kind of celebration of the early nord settlers. That might be in the game.

Also I was thinking they could have a remembrance day for the destruction of Kvatch, though whether it'd be celebrated way up in Skyrim, not sure.

» Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:29 pm

All these are great but we are missing one, The Holiday to remember the Dragonborn kicking Alduin's [censored]

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:30 am

Yeah, I like the OP's idea. It would add an interesting and realistic element to the game that I would enjoy.

EDIT: And I would love to see some kind of holiday for my Lord Sheogorath... A festival of madness, that perhaps the sane folk disapprove of, but just try to ignore... Imagine it, madmen and madwomen running through the streets while the sane ones scoff in disgust or hide in their homes... :evil:

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:30 am

Tales & Tallows, Old Life, New Life - yes, we need more holidays. Reminds me of an Oblivion mod (SoT_Holidays) that added these from Daggerfall to Oblivion

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:39 am

I love it. For me - It would add an extra point for skyrim. And will make the world much more believable.
Also - nords are the celebrating kind

» Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:06 am

...or a quest to topple the Maypole upon some chosen mark, or a secret squirrel-esque murder in the crowd, or a pick-pocket bonanza, or cause a group melee and jump to a roof and reap the rewards off the dead bodies, or bodysurf the crowd....