Admittedly I am not an elder scrolls lore nerd, nor did I play Morrowind a whole lot. The only game I have played completely through and logged an insane amount of time on was Oblivion, so excuse my ignorance on this subject.

Are the pirates in the Elder Scrolls world really as uninspired and goofy as the few that were in Oblivion? I remember when I got the orders from the Dark Brotherhood to sneak onto a pirate ship and kill the captain I was so excited to see some Captain Barbossa-style bad*** looking pirates and I get there and it's just some people with their shirts off with a cutlass on their waist. I was kinda disappointed but I just kept thinking that the Captain was going to be awesome so it didn't matter, and I get to him and he's wearing some freaking green kimono or something AND NO HAT. You can't be a pirate captain without a pirate hat, dude.

Bethesda, pirates are supposed to look like this http://www.smartcine.com/images/pirates_of_the_caribbean_3_still.jpg

I'm guessing Skyrim would be home to some pretty formidable pirates, so hopefully they're not as bad as the ones in Oblivion, because that was without a doubt, the worst pirate I have ever heard of.

This is my favorite thread ever.

They played a bit part in Oblivion so they didn't have to be detailed. Plus, as you said, you don't know a lot about the lore, maybe that is proper pirate etiquette on Nirn lol.

Im torn between saying "inb4lock" and "theres actually a Jack Sparrow companion mod for Oblivion"...

Oh wait, I just did both.

I'd prefer Celtic stylised Pirates, so in other words, Sea snake murdering Dragon strangling Bearded men drinking ale in a tavern, and then slaughtering half the towns populace as their leaving kind of Pirates

I don't want to be Jack Sparrow, I want to create my own look for my own character who just so happens to enjoy dressing like a pirate. But a REAL pirate, not a Liberace style pirate like the dude in Oblivion.

And besides, I don't have the PC version of Oblivion.

I like the way you think sir.

TES4 Oblivion had inspiration from Lord of the Rings, TES5 Skyrim is Conan the Barbarian and TES6 Summerset Isle is Pirates of the Carribean? Could happen, though perhaps southern Elsweyr would be better suited, not sure.

More likely to get vikings than pirates with Skyrim... Vikings are just badass pirates though.

I have yet to see any viking influence in the screenshots. Everything is looking pretty celtic to me.

More Elric of Melnibone than Conan imo

TES6 Summerset Isle? Did you make that up or is that what the next one is supposed to be? I remember hearing rumors of boycotts of imperial goods in the Summerset Isles, but Skyrim is supposed to be 200 years after Oblivion, unless I'm mistaken.

I'm not seeing it.

The game reminds me a lot of Conan.

I think it was a joke

I remember a lot of people being convinced TES5 would be Highrock around Oblivion release.

Er I have no real information on what Bethesda might be planning in regards to the next Elder Scrolls or any expansions for Skyrim so I probably couldnt be considered a credible source of information. Summerset Isle would probably be the most logical choice for the next Elder Scrolls game however I doubt Bethesda are even thinking about the next game at this point.

I hope it's Elsweyr, Khajitt lore is way cooler than Altmer, and how cool would a Khajitt Pirate (Celt style) be with a braided mane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnoiSd6QDmw

pirates in skyrim have a hard time keeping their parrots from freezing to death.

I'd love to play Summerset Isles. I hate Altmer, it'd be awesome.

The Shivering Isles were the token nod to Moorcock in my opinion.

But now that we are talking Conan, I really recommend the original Robert E Howard books to anyone else who is salivating for some barbarian action. They are written in a basic and unpretentious style, without any care of the moral hangups that come with later fiction.

dude. pirates don't really look like that. That is the hollywood version of pirates. Pirates actually looked a lot more similar to the ones that bethesda gave (at least their crews). I agree with you on the captain part, but do a little homework before you tell everyone what pirates look like.

Pirates are seafaring bandits. There is no code detailing appearance stanrdards which they must follow. Can you imagine if there was?

"Argghh, all pirates must have a eye and limb missing, must have scurvy, must have ragged clothing, must have abnormally bushy and dirty beards, and must always have a bottle of rum in hand."

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/14/somali_piratesmontage.jpg strongly disagree with your assessment of piracy.

is that one pirate smiling!? pirates dont smile!

They do after they have robbed you

I don't think ES pirates should/would look like that. Pirates are criminals and not all criminals dress up generically. I think it is more accurate to make them just look like standard sailors.

You're half right. I have yet to see a female pirate with a beard
Don't forget that the most powerful pirate captain in history was a woman -- Ching Shih