Mermaids! : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:15 pm

To cruel, think about the nvde ladies who has to swim around in an arctic ocean.
However Daggerfall had mermaids and Shivering Isles should have them to as it would have lots of water with better temperature,

Mermaids aren't people, remember. What about all those poor whales and fish that have to swim in an arctic ocean? Well, they don't mind. There's no reason mermaids couldn't be in Skyrim unless Bethesdahas already said in lore books that they can't survive in cold water.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:42 am

IMO, TES has already added too many borrowed fairy-creatures. Werewolves was to me over the line. We already have vampires, we dont need werewolves. We already have dreugh, we dont need mermaids. It feels like all that is left now is fairies, leprechauns, centaurs, bigfoot, maybe throw in some medusas, hydras perhaps?

I would much rather see Bethesda make their own creatures instead of taking them all from folklores. They already have what, 75% of their creatures borrowed?

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:00 pm

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!
nobody calls me a troll on my watch. I'm confiscating your pathetic comments,
now pay these forum viewers a fine or it's off to the MODS! your comments are now
forfeit!

last i checked calling someone a troll was against the rules.

back onto the topic: mermaids are a decent idea, and why don't you like mermaids for those of you who disagree? be more CLEAR!

BE MORE CLEAR, why you like them?...and why would mermaids swin in smyrins cold waters

also someone already said, the lore.
and I just don't like the idea of mermaids

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:49 pm

We don't need mermaids..... We have Argonians!

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:45 pm

thank you for that professor.

So, you get upset at people not being more clear. And when they are clear you make fun of them........

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:09 pm

To all people who think Skyrim is too cold: meremaid "sightings" came from everywhere between the Caribbean's, Asia to and Russia.
To all people who think meremaids only are able to survive in salt waters: "reports" have indicated that they can swim up rivers.
To all people who think meremaids are too girly: when people still belived in meremaids, they were one of the most feared creatures (while being extraordinarily beautiful).

PS: all people who actually just dismiss the idea as being stupid are insecure about their sixuality and are trying to overcompensate.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:20 pm

To all people who think Skyrim is too cold: meremaid "sightings" came from everywhere between the Caribbean's, Asia to and Russia.
To all people who think meremaids only are able to survive in salt waters: "reports" have indicated that they can swim up rivers.
To all people who think meremaids are too girly: when people still belived in meremaids, they were one of the most feared creatures (while being extraordinarily beautiful).

PS: all people who actually just dismiss the idea as being stupid are insecure about their sixuality and are trying to overcompensate.

Reports? dude, you do know their mythical right?

, if my memory serves correctly, weren't there mer-folk in Daggerfall?

I'd rather Bethesda came up with their own mermaid inspired creature, like a Mer-wolf or something

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:55 pm

Hey people, you know, we've already had mermaids in previous games, mer maids, like... female elfs... Oh wait...

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:33 pm

Reports? dude, you do know their mythical right?

hence the "..."

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:35 am

they'd be ok to have, but not "The little mermaid" type mermaids. Reason is they aren't a race in Nirn thus far. However to add them as a monster as they've also been depicted in myth, and in various other games as well, would be a splendid idea.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:17 am

I don't see how anyone would think the waters would be too cold. It gets damn cold in the water anyway, and there are mammals who live in the arctic circle and hunt for food 1500m under dense pack ice. To say it is too cold is to display weak imagination.

Now, in a series where we have: Medusas (half snake), Lamia (half snake or eel), Dreugh (half octopus), Spider Daedra (half spider), Centaurs (half horse), Herne (half goat), and Harpys (half eagle), how the heck would you argue against another half and half creature? In Redguard we even had a guy who was half boat! That's right, his bottom half was a boat.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:59 pm

Mermaids would be pretty cool, if done correctly.
Nothing fairy-like. Maybe something along the lines of the sea creatures in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:40 pm

How about monstrous grotesque human-fish hybrids? With mouths like lamprey eels, and the soulless black eyes of a shark, their gnarled webbed hands ending in gruesome spiny claws. Rawr.

http://images.wikia.com/primal/images/2/23/PrimalUndinejenfighting.jpg

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:18 pm

nah. i dont care much about mermaids...
Mermen = half man half elf :happy: :knowsstufffromtheloreofelderscrolls: :ridicilouslylongfakeemoticon

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:54 pm

IMO, TES has already added too many borrowed fairy-creatures. Werewolves was to me over the line. We already have vampires, we dont need werewolves. We already have dreugh, we dont need mermaids. It feels like all that is left now is fairies, leprechauns, centaurs, bigfoot, maybe throw in some medusas, hydras perhaps?

I would much rather see Bethesda make their own creatures instead of taking them all from folklores. They already have what, 75% of their creatures borrowed?

You're wrong here. :thumbsdown:

Werewolves are a real thing...so they copied werewolves from real life. Just like they copied tree from real life. And grass. And wood. And the sky! They should make their own sky, right? And maybe they should replace trees with triple-horned-merwolvogs?

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:43 am

ot: those mermaids from the trailer from the pirates movie is scary as hell, just imagine on a smal boat in dark seeing creatures all around :shiver:

but i do hope for some epic watermonsters but probally not mermaids

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:54 pm

You're wrong here. :thumbsdown:

Werewolves are a real thing...so they copied werewolves from real life. Just like they copied tree from real life. And grass. And wood. And the sky! They should make their own sky, right? And maybe they should replace trees with triple-horned-merwolvogs?

ahhahahahahahah werewolves real....... guys when is the next full moon, i gotta make sure to be inside

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:18 pm

nah. i dont care much about mermaids...
Mermen = half man half elf :happy: :knowsstufffromtheloreofelderscrolls: :ridicilouslylongfakeemoticon

Ehh, but mer doesn't mean elf in the elder scrolls.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:32 pm

If it had a mermaid it would be fine to me. If not just mod it in.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:17 am

Maybe mermaids in Skyrim could be restricted to volcanic springs? Not boiling hot, just heated. They could probably find gainful employment as masseurs in public hot baths. Warm water, light work, and no unwanted accusations that they are anything other than masseurs

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Well, some people would be sufficiently filthy-minded to see something... improper (ahem), but there's no helping people like that

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» Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:51 am

There are already mermaids in Skyrim probably.

Plenty of elf maidens to meet.

The OP has got their wish.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:32 am

Don't you think the icy waters of Skyrim would be a bit too cold for a mermaid?

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:18 pm

Don't you think the icy waters of Skyrim would be a bit too cold for a mermaid?

No. Why would they be? Deep water is always cold, I don't think it is going to bother a mythological creature to adapt to whatever the situation is up there. You know Narwhals hang out 1500 meters below the ice? For a fantasy mermaid, that's no problem at all.

» Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:10 am

"It's stupid..."

...because I dislike mermaids. And they don't fit in with Skyrim.

Has there ever been a mention of mermaids in TES lore? I can't recall ever seeing it.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:05 am

Wouldn't the water be pretty cold?

*Edit: :lol:

I see I'm not the only one to mention it.

No. Why would they be? Deep water is always cold, I don't think it is going to bother a mythological creature to adapt to whatever the situation is up there. You know Narwhals hang out 1500 meters below the ice? For a fantasy mermaid, that's no problem at all.

Especially since Mermaids were probably just Narwhals (or manatee) seen from the deck :laugh:.