Clue to TES V's plot? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:29 pm

At the end of Oblivion's main questline, Martin states "When the next Elder Scroll is written, you shall be its scribe." May that be a clue to TES V's main quest, perhaps hinting that, unlike the linear stories of Morrowind and Oblivion, TES V's story will involve major choices? What could that statement mean besides that?

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:13 pm

Player is the Main Character. Main Character usually get involves in some big event. A piece of paper say this said event occurs/will occurs in a very vague fashion. That how I see it and it happen in each game. Nothing new, really.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:02 am

Personally I doubt it means anything beyond being a sentence that's vague and foreboding and mystical-sounding enough to serve for wrapping things up.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:10 am

It means Bethesda is going to listen to everyone at the official forums. This was obviously overlooked, as they must have intended to patch it out after Oblivion's reception.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:32 pm

Actually, duh, it means that the story is done but you get to keep playing. You know how most games roll the credits at this point? Well now you can go be the Madgod... or not. You decide. That's what he meant, nothing more.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:40 am

At the end of Oblivion's main questline, Martin states "When the next Elder Scroll is written, you shall be its scribe." May that be a clue to TES V's main quest, perhaps hinting that, unlike the linear stories of Morrowind and Oblivion, TES V's story will involve major choices? What could that statement mean besides that?

It means that Martin is gonna name the PC as the official scribe of the new Elder Scroll.

Your reward for helping save Tamriel is to be stricken blind and trapped in a cramped library for the rest of your life. Yay!

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:27 am

It means that Martin is gonna name the PC as the official scribe of the new Elder Scroll.

Your reward for helping save Tamriel is to be stricken blind and trapped in a cramped library for the rest of your life. Yay!

How ironic, after that thieves guild quest.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:30 am

And no one will know it's you due to the cowl.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:00 am

"You shall be its scribe" either means that you will be the one to determine the destiny of the world, or else that you've just been given a job offer. Under the circumstances, with you having just done all of the gruntwork to let Martin to save the world, it would seem like you've already been its scribe, except that the recent events have all been forseen. This statement would lead me to believe that the next step is "uncharted", and therefore up to you.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:13 pm

Seeing that it was a Dragonbreak after he said that it could mean the player would be the only one to remember everything that happened. Having the knowledge of what happened, and making sure it doesn't happen again.

That's kinda what I got from it.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:59 am

there was no dragonbreak at the end of Oblivion.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:17 am

Personally I doubt it means anything beyond being a sentence that's vague and foreboding and mystical-sounding enough to serve for wrapping things up.

Pretty much this haha. I don't think it means anything at all. Extremely vague, I see no meaning whatsoever.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:19 am

there was no dragonbreak at the end of Oblivion.

And the scrolls can't record dragon breaks.

Th moons will whither away, or that will be the major goal of the Lorkhanites; and it'll happen, because White-gold tower is never reclaimed by a Dragonborn, and so Snow-throat is likewise forgotten and lost to mankind, becuase it symbolizes the authority of mortals in Tamriel and the charge they had for conflagration of the man-mer schism. Tamriel will become un-magical. Dawn era, doom, and yadda yadda yadda.

So that's exactly what Martin meant.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:38 am

And the scrolls can't record dragon breaks.

What about Warp in the West? No Moth priest recorded it, but accounts of soldiers near the Illiac Bay that were quoted.

Going back to MW it was a crazy man that predicted (sorta) Oblivions opening storyline.

I'm sensing that with Martin saying his line it could be a warning not a prediction, but it's only in due time when we figure out what he meant...

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:47 am

If it's in Skyrim, I remember hearing about a war there. But that might be a less important main quest.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:40 am

If it's in Skyrim, I remember hearing about a war there. But that might be a less important main quest.

usually i hear something along the lines of "i hear daedra worship is increasingly becoming a problem in the summerset isles."

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:51 am

usually i hear something along the lines of "i hear daedra worship is increasingly becoming a problem in the summerset isles."

Is that a challenge? Lol. I'll try to find something that can justify hat I said though.

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:34 am

usually i hear something along the lines of "i hear daedra worship is increasingly becoming a problem in the summerset isles."

hmm. One of the things they could do with that is that the Altmer LOVE Merhunes Dagon(very unlikely) and when they they hear about your(or should I say Martins) victory, they, idk fix em or somethin

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:24 am

The summurset isles rumor is only one of many. Morrowind, Skyrim, and Argonia also get rumors, and these rumors aren't meant to predict the next game. TES5 takes place at least 40 years after Oblivion, anything happening during Oblivion is history in TES5.

Subadim: I can't see the Nords loosing Hrothgar, at least not yet. Besides, the breaking of towers tends to make things more, not less, magical (Dawn, and all).

» Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:33 am

The summurset isles rumor is only one of many. Morrowind, Skyrim, and Argonia also get rumors, and these rumors aren't meant to predict the next game. TES5 takes place at least 40 years after Oblivion, anything happening during Oblivion is history in TES5.

Subadim: I can't see the Nords loosing Hrothgar, at least not yet. Besides, the breaking of towers tends to make things more, not less, magical (Dawn, and all).

Where did you hear/discover that TESV takes place 40 years after Oblivion?