» Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:22 am Apparently they were the first people to learn the voice and led the rebellion against the dragons. That's it. That's all that's been said about them. Does anyone else see a problem with this?
You would think given the supposed importance of the dragon wars to the background of the game they might have added a little bit of depth to these three characters. As it is the first time you hear about these guys is about 90% of the way through the main story. You see them fighting Alduin through time. Then you go to Sovngarde and fight with them against Alduin again. You have all the emotional attachment to them that Captain Kirk would have had to a red shirt.
Why was Gormlaith "golden hilted"? Why was Felldir old? Why was Hakon one-eyed, despite the fact he clearly has two eyes in the game. Shouldn't there have been a book or poem or dialogue topic by an NPC talking about these characters before you encountered them? When we saw Ysgramor or Jurgen Windcaller in Sovngarde it had a greater emotional impact since we've already heard *something* about them. We meet these three and know next to nothing. When you compare these guys to the lore in Morrowind (the characters of Vivec, Almalexia, Sotha Sil, Dagoth Ur, Nerevarine, etc), and heck even to some of Oblivion's lore figures, the difference only becomes starker.
So, was this just a case of poor or lazy writing, have I majorly missed something in the game/looking up info on the Internet, or do they plan on doing an additional game add-on which will actually add some background lore to these three. Because at the moment all I have is a dragon call to summon some guys from Sovngarde who I have never heard of.
For the record this is the info that I'm working off - http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Gormlaith_Golden-Hilt
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Felldir_the_Old
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Hakon_One-Eye
