I haven't checked in the forum for this but I sincerely hope that the player can purchase houses, castles and so on.
I also LOVED the guilds in Oblivion. Had so much fun doing the quests for the Dark Brotherhood, Mages guild and Fighters guild.

Will they make a return in Skyrim?

Fighters guild and mages guild no

varietion of Fighters guild? It's a TES game, it'd be stupid utterly for one to not be in


For the mages guild there are Synod and the college of whispers.

Yes DB is making a return.

Yes but some have changed.I'm hoping for a few more than Oblivion.

what do you meana few :brokencomputer: I hope for assloads of guilds 5 joinable factions is a PITANCE <3

At least 3 more huge guilds,then maybe 3 or 4 smaller ones and just do them better overall.

Guilds will be in Skyrim, but aside from the Dark Brotherhood, it has not been confirmed which factions will be in the game, it's been speculated, based on information from the Infernal City, that there may be two factions equivalent to the Mages Guild, but that is by no means guarenteed, as it may be that those two factions will not both be present in Skyrim.

As far as houses go, it hasn't been mentioned if they're in or not, but I'm assuming they're in, as I don't see much reason why Bethesda would take them out suddenly, it's not like I've seen a sizable portion of the fanbase saying they shouldn't be in, but they're implementation could have changed in some way.

one good salvation concerning guilds is that 1 Guild practically became 2 with variations in operations and philosophy...so thats a start, hopefully the same applies for the fighters guild replacer(s) and Thieves guild.

ah and the post above concerns me, I could have sworn Todd said Synod and Whispers are in...lemme double check and make sure it was confirmed that they are joinable.

NOPE can't find diddly squat in any article that Synod and whispers are around, and infernal city happened 160 years before Skyrim so...

yeah no clue.

I think we can expect two Mages Guilds, the Dark Brotherhood, among others. Also, owning property is confirmed.