http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz357/themythofanst/theoblivioncrisis.jpg.

I'm quick with the photoshop

I've actually watched all of that, love history, especially american, and even more so the civil war.

I'm sure we'll find at least a few books pertaining to the oblivion crisis, as well as the after math, I mean it's been 200 years.

Yeah me too. I've watched that series three or four times (I'm a huge history nerd).

Please tell me you're joking.

if skyrim is half of what the hype is then i dont want any mention of oblivion at all. oblivion should be treated like episode 1 of star wars. yes, it was made but we dont talk about it.

It's more akin to World War II than the War of 1812. The Oblivion portals did not just open across one province. They opened (at the least) throughout the entire continent.

It's almost assured the Oblivion crises will be mentioned at some point in the game. You can bet WWII will still be a big deal 200 years after it happened, due to the absolute amorality of the people in charge of Germany, of the first use of atomic weapons against cities, etc.

Books.

Also maybe a few imperial gaurds will talk about that whole thing or some elves or something.

Squeekers WTF is wrong with Epsiode 1?!

Alduin will create a warp in time accidentally sending the Dragonborn back 200 years. With the power gained from absorbing a giant daedric cliff racer found after walking into an Oblivoin Gate, the Dragonborn will use a one time spell that allows him to control time as well, and sends him back to his own time to have one final fight with Aldiun.

But really, books. Books, and people mentioning it now and then once dragons start to crawl out of the woodwork.

PS: But really really, I'm hoping for some Back to the Future time twisting. Like something odd happens at the beginning of the story, and isn't explained till you get caught in a time warp and find that it was actually you who saved yourself.

Wish I was an employee for Bethseda simply so I could say " Oh great now we have to change the story"

Seeing how the assassination of Reman or the second Potentate and the war between Septims isn't even talked about anymore (both Tamriel-wide events), I doubt the Oblivion Crisis would. Books are the most likely sources.

Who's to say that it's the Champion of Cyrodiil that everyone would remember? Probably all the history books will talk about Martin Septim and his great sacrifice to send Mehrunes Dagon back to Oblivion. As it should be, really. :nod:

True, He turned into a huger friggin dragon.

but cannonly, if they mention anything from past games they should make each quest line a different person. The champion of Cyrodiil probably wasn't also the same guy who became grand master of all the guilds.

I'd also like to see historians bicker about how the neveranine was way better then the champion of cyrodiil, as an in-joke about how the forums work.

I'm looking forward to hearing or reading about the legend of the Champion of Cyrodiil who stopped the evil hoards of Daedra from conquering the province and how Martin sacrificed himself to close the gates of Oblivion. Surely the legend would have spread far and wide because if Mehrunes Dagon had succeeded, other provinces would have been next.

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I wouldn't be surprised if the Oblivion Crisis was shrugged off, like the Civil War in F3. It'd be nice to have something though.

True, but they did say something about them being headed for Akavir, which my character was surprised to learn must be the name for her front room where she last saw the Nerevarine nonchalantly lounging about.

Wait what? That's stretching it.

If you read the Infernal City, you'll find that people still talk about it.

And I think it's canon aswell

Bethesda got out of a small hole here because you're NOT the primary hero of Oblivion. Martin is. So when they talk about you at all, it'll most likely be phrases like "Martin's Champion". But 9/10 times, Martin will get all the credit.

:P Funny thing is that I've been trying to get a writing job. I wish I was an employee for Beth too. There's a lot of things you could do when you have the Dragon God of Time coming. Anything really from changing the player character's age to sending them to the past or the future, to having time warp so the past/future comes to the player. Throw a Civil war into the mix, and well...you have a lot of options you could use to create a real unique story. I'm looking forward to seeing Skyrim's main quest.

Perhaps you don't stop him and he resets the entire elderscrolls universe.

I guess it is possible. I think its unlikely though, cause something like that would probably kill the the player. It depends on who's religion is the right one though. Mer believe once Alduin eats the world they'll be freed from Nirn and able to return to where their ancestors came from. Nords see it that when the world ends...they'll die. So...its hard to say. While the Universe resetting is a possibility, I think it's unlikely.

I know the civil war will play a part in it. If I were writing the plot for Skyrim, the dragons would probably have started showing up because of the civil war itself. Not just because both things just happened to start around the same time. Its hard to say, but the Dragonborn will probably get caught up in the war, possibly knowing that they are dragonborn but its possible that they don't, and after the first battle that's when dragon's show up. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so then the dragonborn may have to unite the fractured Skyrim much like Tiber Septim did with Tamriel.

Also, killing Aldiun is almost out of the question. Fighting him is pretty much a given, they wouldn't spend so much time on dragons to not have the last boss be a dragon, but killing him would probably unravel time. We might have to kill his avatar, and in doing so proving that Nirn doesn't need to be eaten.

Its all speculation now, so who knows. I just want some back to the future crazyness.

They could have most of the talk about the Oblivion crisis be about the Oblivion gates in Skyrim and how the Nords dealt with them. Maybe some people in the pro-secession side wouldn't even believe Martin was responsible for all the gates closing and just think the Empire was trying to claim credit for everything.

I don't really want the Mass Effect save feature. Bethesda's TES games aren't a trilogy or games that let you play basically the same character through the series(Unless you wish to RP your character in one game to another in TES.)

It's more difficult to gouge and look through the TES conversations or choices to another game because the setting isn't consistant. And 200 or a thousand years doesn't pass in Mass Effect from 1 to 2 or 3.

It's a cool feature for Mass Effect but only because it makes sense. It wouldn't/would be too hard for Elder Scrolls.

Plus I'd rather they use the resources on better things.

I'm sorry but Martin can't have even most of the credit for the gates closing. I closed 36 myself and some Champions of Cyrodiil closed 50+. Martin didn't close the Great Gate either. When I ran in there at Bruma, I didn't see him with me.

He can have all the credit for taking down Mehrunes Dagon though...even though I spent most of my time protecting him and healing him so he could reach the Temple. I wish Martin could come back...I still miss him. Oh, and if I had just stayed home that day, everyone would have an Oblivion gate in their backyard now.

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Not really, at least not IMO. The Oblivion Crisis lasted around an in game week to about a month, unless your really slow going through the crisis. The Crisis was instigated by Daedra, but brought on by the Empire. Daedra invade mainland Cyrodiil and almost destroy the capital. Very 1812-ish. The Warp in the West, now thats WW1 or 2-ish. something that basically changed the whole northwest of Tamriel. not really trying to compare real world events to Nirn events, but 1812 was about 200 years ago and huge for its time, so I used it. People dont even really talk about things that happened in Tamriel 30-40 years ago, much less 200. Im sure we'll see books, or maybe vamps talking about it.