So you Think you Know Lore? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:06 pm

I got 2/5 on obscure lore, but both were educated guesses.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:34 pm

Wow lol, I did bad, though I never really considered myself a lore- master.

1st - 60%
2nd - 50%
3rd - 62%

40% on Obscure lore

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:41 pm

My skills in TES lore is limited meh, best I got was in 2nd one 50%.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:18 am

1
10% . would have been 0% , but i guessed one and it turned out to be a correct answer. i guessed a lot and some i thought i knew the answer to but i guess i was wrong.

2
30%. guessed all, one was more or less educated guess, the rest are just that, guesses.

3
38%. all or mostly guesses, some are more or less educated.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:24 am

The harder it got the better I did.

1. 60% (I don't know imperial history very well, but I did remember what signified the beginnings and ends of the eras)

2. 80% (Had no idea on thrir and the desert)

3. 100% - Easy one for me. I was surprised how many people missed the Dagon sphere question...

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:35 pm

Lets see how well your knowledge of the obscure is.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=obscure-lore

3/5... I count myself as an average (perhaps a little less) lore-knower. I know the basics.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:38 pm

Now do one for each game... 100 questions each.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:42 pm

its hard enough to come up with 10, and i don't think anyone would sit through a 100 question test willingly

the obscure crashed on me halfway through, but i had no idea on the first two, so i don't think i would have done very well. that sort of minutia has never been a strong point.

gona make a couple more quizes tomorrow, stay tuned

probably going to cover the provinces or some major historical events.

» Sun May 29, 2011 10:05 am

Lets see how well your knowledge of the obscure is.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=obscure-lore

got an 80%; missed only the question about the Orrery plugin (I played Oblivion on PS3 :'(

3/5... I count myself as an average (perhaps a little less) lore-knower. I know the basics.

I consider myself average as well. I know a lot of the MK metaphysical stuff and the Akaviri stuff, but the location of Orcrest took me a full to minutes of pondering to answer correctly.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:10 am

added http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=valenwood-lore, this one is on Valenwood. contains some mildly obscure info, but yall should do find

also updated first post with new average percentages.

» Sun May 29, 2011 6:35 am

added http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=valenwood-lore, this one is on Valenwood. contains some mildly obscure info, but yall should do find

also updated first post with new average percentages.

I got 80 score... 1 or 2 fails. That was pretty good IMO... I loved Decumus Scotti′s adventures so perhaps that is why I remember so much?

» Sun May 29, 2011 7:34 am

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=septim-lore I made it myself! I hope it will be hard enough.

» Sun May 29, 2011 9:18 am

7/10 for Valenwood. Never really was that interested in the place, so some things I could have known, I didn't

» Sun May 29, 2011 6:04 am

A quiz about the Septims! I made it myself! I hope it will be hard enough.

5/10. an error:

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2) since when did Uriel 8 have 5 sons? two legitimates + martin, iirc.

[edit] recounted emperors for 6, i think it has an error too:

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as far as i can tell, there were 20 emperors (not counting katariah, who was not a septim). if you discount uriel III, who was never really appointed, and Uriel IV, who was not related by blood or mariage to the septims, that leaves 18 (my original answer). either way, i don't think its 22.

the other 3 i concede

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:09 am

5/10. a couple errors:

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2) since when did Uriel 8 have 5 sons? two legitimates + martin, iirc.
7) tiber ruled for 38 years, uriel for 21.

the other 3 i concede

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I thought it was 3 legitimate kids, and Martin. Says so here about his legit kids

While the Emperor chose not to remarry following the Empress death more than fifty years ago, she left to him three healthy boys who have spent their advlt years learning the arts of politics from their masterful liege and father

» Sun May 29, 2011 3:34 am

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I thought it was 3 legitimate kids, and Martin. Says so here about his legit kids

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huh, i guess i did forget one. still not 5 though.

[edit] 7 conceded, was going off old information.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:26 pm

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=septim-lore I made it myself! I hope it will be hard enough.

6/8. I thought Uriel had three kids, all boys, and Martin. One of them was assassinated in the temple of the one and the other two were killed by the mythic dawn the day Oblivion starts.

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So how is 4 not the answer?

Or maybe i just svck on that Lore

added http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=valenwood-lore, this one is on Valenwood. contains some mildly obscure info, but yall should do find

also updated first post with new average percentages.

8/10

» Sun May 29, 2011 7:37 am

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Tiber Septim starts the 3rd Era, a year after he united all Tamriel in 2E 896.

So he was Emperor of ALL tamriel starting 1 year before the third Era.

3E 38 Tiber Septim dies after a long reign and his heir, Pelagius I, takes the throne.

So he was emperor for 39 years. Uriel took the throne in 368, and died in 433. that is a reign of 65 years. If you take away the Imperial Simaraculum – years – you are left with a reign of 55 years. This still dwarfs the reign of Tiber.

Spoiler on the topic of Emperor's rein length.

» Sun May 29, 2011 7:37 am

i conceded that one just before you replied, as i was getting it from the brief history to the empire instead of doing the math. anyone want to check me on the number of emperors?

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:31 pm

Three legitimates, Martin, and the guy who did that rebellion at the temple of the One. I can't think of his name and a cursory glance at TIL failed me.

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Also, I object to #2 on that quiz. Technically, Martin was never crowned so he never became Emperor. He was Emperor to-be or however you want to say it and he was running the Empire, or as much as he could from Cloud Ruler and during the Crisis, but he wasn't crowned.

re: Valenwood 8/10, one stupid mistake and I'll admit I sorta guessed on the Five Year war one. I knew Elsewyr, but I thought that Valenwood conceded territory at its conclusion to Summerset... but know that I'm typing it I remember that that was Elsewyr.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:56 pm

i conceded that one just before you replied, as i was getting it from the brief history to the empire instead of doing the math. anyone want to check me on the number of emperors?

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Septim_Dynasty

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23, unless you include Emperor Zero.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:03 pm

lets use spoiler markers, k?

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my problem with the question is mostly what you qualify as a septim. according to your list, its 23. that list however includes katariah, who was a septim by marriage only and who the quiz make apparently excluded. However, if you exclude her should you also exclude her bastard son? what about Uriel III, who claimed to be emperor but never actually ruled? excluding katariah but including Uriel III and Cassynder is iffy at best imo.

» Sun May 29, 2011 9:11 am

5/10. an error:

Spoiler

2) since when did Uriel 8 have 5 sons? two legitimates + martin, iirc.

[edit] recounted emperors for 6, i think it has an error too:

Spoiler

as far as i can tell, there were 20 emperors (not counting katariah, who was not a septim). if you discount uriel III, who was never really appointed, and Uriel IV, who was not related by blood or mariage to the septims, that leaves 18 (my original answer). either way, i don't think its 22.

the other 3 i concede

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All those spoilers drive me nuts! Three legitimate sons, Martin and Calaxes (another illegitemate who was murdered even though some theories say that he survived). Let me count the rest:
Tiber Septim, 1.
Pelagius Septim, 2.
Kintyra Septim, 3.
Uriel I, 4.
Uriel II, 5.
Pelagius II, 6.
Antiochus Septim, 7.
Kintyra II, 8.
Uriel III, 9. This one got proclaimed "King of Tamriel" later so I count him as an Emperor.
Potema Septim, 10. She ruled for short short while...
Cephorus Septim, 11.
Magnus Septim, 12.
Pelagius III, 13.
Katariah does NOT count.
Cassynder Septim, 14.
Uriel IV, 15. (THIS ONE DOES NOT COUNT, YOU ARE CORRECT. I WILL CHANGE IT.)
Cephorus II, 16.
Uriel V, 17.
Uriel VI, 18.
Morihatha Septim, 19.
Pelagius IV, 20.
Uriel Septim VII, 21.
Martin Septim, 22. I count Martin as an emperor even though the coronation ceremony never was completely done. Ocato had actually already said the magic words:
"Martin Septim, on behalf of the Elder Council, I accept your claim to the Imperial Throne. We should arrange the coronation ceremony as soon as..."

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So he was Emperor of ALL tamriel starting 1 year before the third Era. So he was emperor for 39 years. Uriel took the throne in 368, and died in 433. that is a reign of 65 years. If you take away the Imperial Simaraculum – years – you are left with a reign of 55 years. This still dwarfs the reign of Tiber.

Spoiler on the topic of Emperor's rein length.

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That was how I counted, yes.

Three legitimates, Martin, and the guy who did that rebellion at the temple of the One. I can't think of his name and a cursory glance at TIL failed me.

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Also, I object to #2 on that quiz. Technically, Martin was never crowned so he never became Emperor. He was Emperor to-be or however you want to say it and he was running the Empire, or as much as he could from Cloud Ruler and during the Crisis, but he wasn't crowned.

re: Valenwood 8/10, one stupid mistake and I'll admit I sorta guessed on the Five Year war one. I knew Elsewyr, but I thought that Valenwood conceded territory at its conclusion to Summerset... but know that I'm typing it I remember that that was Elsewyr.

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Read above above.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:45 pm

lets use spoiler markers, k?

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my problem with the question is mostly what you qualify as a septim. according to your list, its 23. that list however includes katariah, who was a septim by marriage only and who the quiz make apparently excluded. However, if you exclude her should you also exclude her bastard son? what about Uriel III, who claimed to be emperor but never actually ruled? excluding katariah but including Uriel III and Cassynder is iffy at best imo.

Auch, you are correct about that. I will immediately fix it.

» Sun May 29, 2011 9:41 am

I made one about the http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=culture-vvardenfell. It's pretty easy.