In Morrowind's Bloodmoon expansion, there's a quest where you have to kill the Uderfrykte. The beast has been attacking the mead hall in Thirsk. Similar to the first part of the epic poem Beowulf, where Grendel (a horrible monster like the Uderfrykte) is attacking King Hrothgar's mead hall. In Oblivion, the player can kill the Uderfrykte Matron, which is said to be the mother of the Uderfrykte. In the second part of Beowulf, Beowulf does battle with Grendel's mother. See the pattern?

With dragons being in Skyrim, how likely do you guys think the chances of us getting a third quest in this series that parallels the third part of Beowulf are? (For those who have never read the poem, a dragon attacks the town and Beowulf has to kill it to protect the town)

But didn't Beowulf die when he fought the dragon?

Might be interesting, but...

OH SNAP!!! dood you is smart! im totaly gona be lookin for this now!!! brilliant!!!

dood if its not in the game and todd howard saw this, hed break the feature lock to put it in im almost certain of it.

How they could go about doing it is the count/king/ruler of X town requires the players assistance in defeating the dragon, and he/she be the one to die instead of the player.

i think if they made grendals mom an invisible troll, i think it would be just fine fighting a unique dragon without breaking the story....

lol dude. seriously? He has to kill Alduin to protect Whiterun or some other town. and he sacrifices himself to kill Alduin

knowing BGS, theres probably a ton of easter eggs related to dragons in all forms of media (movie, books, other games) you just know it. i think its inevitable to find this beowolf refference

no no no, its been officialy released that you can play after the end of the main quest. so the player character cant di.......wait. todd howard DID say that the ending of red dead was UBER cool and mentioned for a half secound SPOILERS (mabye he ment spoiler for skyrim?) when doing so. check out http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/bonusround/508?ch=2 of gametrailer bonus round to hear this.

mabye you DIE killing alduin (unrelated for the beowulf ref.) and get to play as a child very close to how you looked. sounds possible?

OH [censored]. WE ON TO SOMETHING. xD

Or maybe, in a double plot twist, Alduin's son comes seeking revenge and kills you.

i need to calm down lol, im finding holes in what i said....

OMGosh, that fits perfect. do please, Todd!

Dragons attacking towns is an inherent part of the game though so something else would have to elude to Beowulf. Not familiar with the story but surely there is some other detail that could be associated with one of Skyrim's many dragon town sieges that would set it apart as being a nod to Beowulf.

I CANNOT for the life of me remember the plot line details of Beowulf xD

I don't think it's a coincidence that the Throat of the World is named High Hrothgar, either.

You mean... Alduin?

Unique enough for me. ^_^

But would be neat to see.

This just in...

SKYRIM = BEOWULF

HOLY GOD. we have discovered the easter egg of easter eggs xD

IDK why beowulf is so inspiring but having a playthrough character based after him would get you killed because 1.) You would die in the end because of how the lure ends and 2.) he fights nakes and with no weapons or maybe a basic weapon which is a quick way to killed

youve never tryed going patroit in elder scrolls games?
it works....