Where is "adventuring" inspired from? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:54 pm

So you know how a major theme of TES series is adventurers and adventuring, with that being sort of the default setup for players... Well where is this based off of from real life history? Were there real life dungeon delving adventurers? I mean I know an adventurer could technically be anyone from an explorer to a soldier to an archeaologist ETC but wheres does the whole idea of dungeon delving come from?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:36 pm

...What???

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:40 am

D&D much?

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:04 am

...What???

D&D much?

I mean where in history is it inspired from?

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:06 am

I mean where in history is it inspired from?

DnD! Tamriel started out as a DnD campaign world, so it makes sense all main characters would be adventurers.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:45 pm

I mean where in history is it inspired from?

Medieval/Dark Ages, with fantasy thrown in is the most likely answer one could come up with. Stories like St. George and the Dragon or something probably too.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:41 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight-errant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youxia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:12 pm

Beowulf, don't forget Beowulf. Read that and it feels like you're reading an ancient session of DnD. "Ooh, big monster. Big monster not hurt by puny sword. Big magic sword over there, I use that. Smack, down you go, monster, nice and dead-like."

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:37 am

I mean where in history is it inspired from?

Aah, like that. Try questing knights, chivalry, heroic tales. King Arthur had a party.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:53 pm

Aah, like that. Try questing knights, chivalry, heroic tales. King Arthur had a party.

However, they didn't find the epic lewtz they were looking for

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:02 pm

I mean where in history is it inspired from?

Mythology from across the world. Cu Chulainn, King Arthur, Beowulf, etc.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:39 pm

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» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:26 pm

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I would have thought historical figures like Christopher Columbus etc inpsired the exploring unknown places.

PS pretty funny tho

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:40 pm

The concept of adventuring probably comes from knight-errants from the high/late middle ages. They would travel around, doing "good". I think there was something in the water, since all they usually did was cause chaos for the peasant folk. But then you have those blasted Medieval Romances, which just made more knights go off on errants.

Yeah, something was in their water.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:40 pm

The conquistadors were also adventurers, entering unknown lands to gain riches.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:06 pm

I would have thought historical figures like Christopher Columbus etc inpsired the exploring unknown places.

Except that America was quite well-known in northern Europe by the time Columbus set off to discover it

They would travel around, doing 'good'

This doesn't explain the adventurers in Oblivion that are like mercenaries, though, or even the player character if they aren't some sort of paladin.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:34 am

The conquistadors were also adventurers, entering unknown lands to gain riches.

They were also absolute greedy and sanctimonious [censored]s.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:06 pm

This doesn't explain the adventurers in Oblivion that are like mercenaries, though, or even the player character if they aren't some sort of paladin.

And that's where DnD comes in.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:38 am

The guys sitting at home wishing they could get off their buts and do something cool (I know what you're thinking and i agree, that does describe me :lmao: )

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:10 pm

:lmao:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:41 pm

Because everything in a world of meme-eating and mythopoeia has a logical explanation.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:10 pm

Eh... post interrupted by memory loss. What's that genre of literature (often associated with Spain) that features a rascal protagonist who succeeds through his wits and dubious ethical standards in a seedy, hostile setting?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:34 pm

Eh... post interrupted by memory loss. What's that genre of literature (often associated with Spain) that features a rascal protagonist who succeeds through his wits and dubious ethical standards in a seedy, hostile setting?

The picaresque novel ("picaro" = rogue). (Lazarillo de Tormes is considered the first, but it is a genre of long popularity, going back to Satyricon and presumably well beyond.)

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:54 pm

Because everyone loves an adventure.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:07 pm

Because everyone loves an adventure.

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