Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16650787-20150104173614

Hi!

So, I post this message to salute Skyrim and this wiki that helped me so many times ^^. Also this post will be divided in two sections. Let's go!

First, I wanted to leave a word about what Skyrim is to me. Since I have the game (and even before), this wiki has helped me countless times (especially to find Serpentstone Island, curse on it >_<), so I wanted to salute and thank the army of faithful copyist priests who wrote this information mine with their tired hands. Thank you (I would still be looking for the Island without you) :D

Now a little word about Skyrim. This is the only game of the series I own, but I'm in total admiration in front of it. I was (and I will always be) a great fan of Tolkien, and works like The Silmarilion or The Lord of the Rings already had tremendously impressed me by the complexity of Arda's universe. I expected a wide universe with Skyrim, but I've had a huge one. The world, the brave inhabitants of Winterhold who still wear silk robes whereas snow is falling above their head, the languages, the history of Tamriel, the Province of Skyrim, the people, the languages, the weapons (the diversity, in one word (and the Nordic civilisation during the early Middle-Age fascinantes me, so I couldn't dislike the game))...

And I don't consider Skyrim as a simple good game. I consider it as an essay transformed into a video game. Skyrim offered me a reflection about a lot of things (and i still does): power, killing, justice, war and friendship. Some avail the total liberty Skyrim offers to do what they cannot do in real life (killing chickens and their owners, murdering Jarls and followers...), but I will never be one of them (SKYRIM IS NOT GTA). I often put myself at the place of some characters; the Dragonborn (whose name is Arthalion with me), Lydia (my faithful housecarl who betrayed Whiterun and the Empire with me), Jarls, Tullius... and I try to understand them. And I do, in fact. The Civil War devastated Skyrim, but being part of it, though it implied to murder people, allowed to quickly end it, no matter the faction you/I decised to help. I chosed to be a Stormcloack. But I hesitated for a long time, because the one who saved my life at Helgen (was Alduin, of course) was Ralof, whose sister believed in me and gave me her house's key. But Balgruuf of Whiterun, who made me Thane, who gave me Lydia as a housecarl and who also believed in me, was an Imperial (not really but he was clearly more Tullius' friend than Ulfric's). So I was betraying someone, no matter who I joined. Now I'm a Stormcloack wearing an Iron Armor (my way to say: "Not totally, brother, I'm the Cuirassless Stormcloack) who brought the Bear Banner to Whiterun (and this battle was the highest point in my dilemma, as I had to fight the one who gave me so much compassion). Concerning Lydia, I will marry her, that is decised, but the first time I said it, I said it as a joke. Now I'm sure I will, because she's clearly important to me. I lost Balgruuf, so Lydia is the one who protects me now, and my closest friend (because Ulfric is a weird friend, he's not always very nice O_o). There are the Companions, of course (I'm a Werewolf who hates to feed corpses), but I stay with Lydia. She really is a person, not just a bunch of pixels wielding a sword (during the Battle of Whiterun she gave the final blow to Balgruuf who was attacking me, whereas he housed and fed her for years (and I realised I had a wife here ^^). She also murdered Galmar when he (also) attacked me a few minutes ago (but I died at this moment so I restarted and now he's alive and doesn't attack me anymore ^^).

All hail to Skyrim


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