What are the statues in each of the towns in Cyrodiil? Who are they made to represent?? I can't find any info on them in the game or on the Internet.

(I'm playing Oblivion)

TES VI? Where was I when this happened?

The information's in the Prima Guide. I'll list them to you.

Anvil has the Selkie of West Skerry. The story's about a seal-maid's lover who stole the selkie's seal skin so that she leave him. Anvil also has the statue of Dibella.

Bravil has the statue of the Lucky Old Lady. You can read about it http://www.imperial-library.info/obbooks/daughter_niben.shtml.

Bruma has the statue of Tiber Septim at the center. The one in the Bruma Castle courtyard isn't listed in the guide book.

Cheydinhal has the statue of Vanus Galerion, founder of the Mages Guild. The one in front of the chapel is Arkay.

Chorrol has the Touch of the Healer's Hand, showing the Second Era healer, St. Osla, tending to the wounds of a soldier during the fall of Sancre Tor.

Kvatch has the statue of Antus Pinder, the one who lead a resistance against the invasion by Camoran Usurper.

Leyawiin has Topal the Pilot and Zenithar. Topal the Pilot was a Merethic Era explorer who explored the Nibenay Valley and the City Isles.

Skingrad has the statue of Rislav Larich the Righteous, a king who once ruled in old Colovia during the First Era and lead a revolt against the Alessian Emperor Gorieus. You can read about him http://www.imperial-library.info/obbooks/rislav_righteous.shtml.

The Talos Plaza District is the dragon form of Akatosh, king of the gods.

The Arboreteum has the statue of the Eight Divines circling around the center, Talos.

The Arena has the statues of St. Alessia, first empress of Cyrodiil, and the man-form of Morihaus Breath-of-Kyne, her bull lover.

The Market District has the statue of Uriel Septim III at the North End, commemorating his victory during the War of the Red Diamond. Someone's not reading because he lost the war to Cephorus. The south end statue has the statue of Pelagius IV, but the guide incorrectly calls him son of Tiber Septim. The second Septim emperor is Pelagius I.

Obviously, with the in game hint system there would be no need to drop another 10$ if it didn't include some unique information.

You know well that so much the information is wrong and there are better sources of information. And the unique information is useless game-wise and lore-wise. It's more for someone's guide collection, plus the price is actually twice that much on the sticker.

I suppose if you count Battlespire and Redguard as being full members of the TES family, then Oblivion is TES VI...

Didn't Topal also teach the beast folk to speak and write or was it someone else?

Oops! Yeah, I messed that one up. Of course it's TES IV.

Wow! Thanks for all of the info. I was always curious about all those statues.

http://www.imperial-library.info/obbooks/father_niben.shtml seems to indicate that Topal taught an ancient race of Bird Men to speak and write, not the Khajiit or Argonians:



Florin Jahiil goes on to say that "the literacy that Topal gives them is evidently not enough to save them from their eventual fate, likely at the hands of the cat demons, who we may assume are ancient Khajiiti."

So he could assume a human form.

Thanks for the info on the statues.

Do you have the same Prima Guide as I do? Because my guide doesn't have anything on statues.

Only if David was actually as tall as Goliath, as Michaelangelo would ahve you believe.

I recall an old thread where MK somewhat accepted that.



Yes, we do. Check the "City Maps" section.

What "City Maps" section?

They couldn't have just sculpted a winged-bull... no they to make Morihaus into a "human". Bah!

By the way, for some reason, I was never able to find the statues listed in the guide.

A winged bull requires a larger platform to mount on. A biped form could be placed on a smaller platform.

Then either we don't have the same Prima Guide or you're not looking hard enough at the "City Maps" section at the back of the guide.

So instead of sculpt a bull, they bend lore to conserve space.

There were several different Prima guides for Oblivion and its expansions. From the reviews on Amazon.com, I understand that the last edition was printed without the maps. (In stores, it's also conveniently shrink-wrapped so that you can't see the contents until you've shelled out twenty drakes.) You can download them from Prima, but that eliminates the advantage of a printed guide. For gameplay advice, you're better off relying on uesp.net, which has more detailed information, fully indexed, and for free.

And as to avoid suggesting beastiality.

Suggesting it? They've done enough to cross the threshold of "suggestion"

Well, I guess since the statue is never officially named in the game (as far as I know) it doesn't have to be Morihaus. It could just as easily be someone else entirely.

I don't know why none of the statues have plaques in the game. They are obviously more than decoration.

I remind only one in-game story about cities' statues. Decentius Opsius from Leyawiin tells you about Torval the Pilot:

Have you seen the statue? It's in the southwest corner of the town. That's the High Elf explorer, Torval the Pilot.
Back in the Merethic, he charted the sea lanes and explored the River Niben. Torval sailed all the way from Topal Bay up the Niben Valley.
He purchased the Eight Islands... the site of White Gold Tower and the Imperial City... from the beastfolk natives for the secret of literacy.
Pretty soon, the beastfolk all knew how to read and write... which was handy, since it made them better slaves for the Ayleids, hahaha.

They're not officially named? The game guides may have tons of mistakes, but Bethesda practically gave Prima what those statues represent.

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Then again, I'm the guy who continues to advocate the idea that a guide isn't a lore book, so yeah...name him whatever you want.

Yeah, my book has no City Maps, but it was not shrink-wrapped. I still use it instead of UESP, because I can keep the guide on my computer table instead of having to alt+tab all the time.