Considering that Murder was only 1000 septim fine in Oblivion our character must have done something really bad to warrant out execution at the start of Skyrim.

So what did you do to deserve your fate?

He posted on this forum that Oblivion's level scaling was better than Morrowind's.

Slept with a noble's daughter?

oo: Do we know we're up for execution? I'm always the last to know, it seems I'm going to have to think up a good "framed" story, as I like to play as a goodie-two-shoes first time through.

I murdered hundreds of citizens, resurrected them, and did unspeakable things with them......

He also loved fast travel and co-op, :thumbsup:

we murdered the king, of course

I think I'm sick :sick:

That's actually what i was guessing.

It could be that one of the civil war factions is secretly backed by Alduin, with a mandate to find and kill the last remaining dragonborn.

In which case the person you see being executed is a body-double, or some sort of trick (arranged by the other faction?) to enable your escape.

Wait, I thought we were going to be prisoners again, of course, but now our characters are supposed to have been sentenced to death? That's news to me.

But in any case, I'd imagine that, like in past games, the crime you commited to warrant your arrest will be left up to the player to decide, though if you're supposed to be scheduled for execution, it seems to narrow it down somewhat, as it can't possibly be a petty crime, still, I'm sure the game won't tell us. Myself, I'll have to see what kind of character I start with before I decide what it will be.

In any case, Cyrodiil's 1000 gold penalty for murder may not necessarily remain in Skyrim. Skyrim can have different laws from Cyrodiil, after all, especially 200 years after Oblivion. And even for Cyrodiil, 1000 gold always seemed like kind of a light penalty for murder. Also, in Morrowind, if your bounty exceeded a certain amount, guards would say you were sentenced to death, but then they'd just try to kill you instead of trying to arrest you for an execution later, obviously, that didn't make it into Oblivion.



I think that would specifically involve burning at the stake, myself, going by these forums.

Of course, your character could be accused of feeding trolls.



I'd imagine it's going to start off with you in prison waiting for your execution, and something will happen to give you a chance to escape. Maybe the God of Plot Convenience decides to lend you a hand and a dragon attacks the prison you're being held at, or maybe Esbern or someone else decides to save you, maybe your executioner doesn't do a very good job and you're not quite dead when a Dwemer centurion digs you out of your grave and takes you to a doctor, who knows? Or maybe we already know, but I don't.

Public indecency. I should have known beer and moose don't go together.

You are directly responsible for the end of the mede dynasty.

I violated the law. I should've paid the fine.

In the Dutch magazine interview it was revealed that you witness your own execution at the start of the game.

Since it has already been revealed that we start as a prisoner, it seems unlikely that it would be some sort of vision or a flash-forward plot device.

The only possible explanation I can think of would be that the person you see being executed is not you but a look-alike or some sort of trick.

Obviously Tamriel's correctional system needs lots of work. The prison time from the previous games only made us worse.

Well, if it's based on old Nordic laws, we could be the slave of a nobleman who has decided to execute us for forgetting to feed the goats. I don't know if slavery is in, but nobles have the right to do whatever they want with their property.

In Skyrim maybe you can't buy your freedom when you commited more serious crimes?

Take the last rolo

Being publicly executed for attempting public suicide

They say that Blades are hunted, and our mentor is one of the last, and by my guess - in hiding. The blades where meant to protect the dragonborn, so it would be no surprise to me if the dragonborn where the real target of the hunt, in which case - we are sentenced for being one.

Spoiler come on man...

...or they botched it, FONV style.

Why would Alduin back anyone? He is literally a giant dragon whose soul purpose is to eat the world. I don't think politics are really a priority at that point.

Or they don't go through with the execution?