Board Thread:Other TES Titles/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140717215229/@comment-25516571-20141013220600

Hey guys! First time posting here, but I had a really cool Idea, sorry if this or something similar has already been vetted/rejected here but I had to right this down and share.



There has been a lot of thought put into the BoJ’s interactions with the daedra, and that’s cool, but there’s something that I think is really missing from this whole thing:

The Aedra

These guys have a pretty decent stake in this as well I think, and I think the Dominion might just be the spur they need to get into the game (pun intended). In Skyrim there were quests that hit on the player being a force for the divines, with the Dibella and Mara quests, but I would want to expand on that. Here’s the set up:

Each of the Aedra has a temple, and the priests there are going nuts. The Reason? The signs coming from the Divines are increasing. The dudes up stairs are trying to tell us something, and this newly escaped prisoner might be just the guy/gal we need to make them know we hear them. Each of the Divines could have a different series of task to help garner favor (VERY rough list):

Akatosh: interactions with Dragons, Parthurnaax, Odahviing, the dragon and the farm girl etc. etc. (cause what dad doesn’t like it when you hit it off with his kids?) Reward: cooldown reduction for powers? I’m not sure for this one.





Arkay: The clearing of undead, laying to rest those who have passed, aiding in funerals etc. etc.

Reward: Health increase/damage bonus vs. undead





Dibella: Not really sure for this one… Telling people they look beautiful? Getting laid? I look to you guys for suggestions. Reward: standard speechcraft increase





Julianos: Could tie in with the mage/synod/CoW quest line (hell this one could even be the discovery of the Voice quest that was outlined earlier.) Reward: better magika regen/spell cost reduction.



<p class="MsoNormal">Mara: Something similar to the “Book of Love” quest from Skyrim, but you could also help not just with the discovery or reunion of love, but maybe even the rekindling of love (horribly-unprepared-marriage-councilor BoJ anyone?) Reward: More effective restoration spells

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<p class="MsoNormal">Stendarr: Stendarr is the god of rule right? Fix problems with the ruling class. Corrupt bureaucrats stealing from the people? End that shit. Current governor is a puppet ruler? Expose him. but he is also the god of mercy, so the aiding of the people directly could also contribute to this quest. If Stendarr genuinely hates daedra that could play into it  (but fuck the vigilant of stendarr, they’re just asshats). Reward: permanent defensive bonus/bonus damage against Daedric creatures.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Zenithar: Aiding of commerce. Fixing the markets, stopping thieves, mercantile skills and the like. It would also be good if you could stop bad commerce, like say a slave trade. Reward:  permanently better prices

Once you do all of these things, your instincts direct you to the Temple of the Divines (there could be a finale quest here to finish off the questline but I can’t think of anything good). There you pray at the Shine of Akatosh and then boom,

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<p class="MsoNormal">You are in a relatively normal, if ornate, hall. At the end of this hall is an elderly looking Nord man, standing at a window, looking out at a field of pure white (three guesses who this is). When you speak to him, his greetings can range from warm to frigid (depending on the factors I will outline in a moment). When you ask him where you are, he responds: “You are in-between. You are no longer on Mundus, Spiritually at least, but nor are you yet in Aetherius.”  You ask him who he is, he responds: “I am… an ambassador, of a sort, between Mundus and the realms of the Divines.”  If you ask him if he is a Divine/God, he responds: “I both am and am not Divine. I am in the sense that I have ascended beyond simple mortal consciousness, but I am not, in that I did not come about at the same time as the others. Indeed I came to reside here a great long while after the others first came. Nor do I have the…Long term view that the others have. Never the less I give them a better outlet for, and indeed a better view of, the happenings in Mundus, and in return they allow me to continue to aid my people.”  When you ask him why you are there, he tells you: “You, my friend, are here because the others have deemed you worthy to be their agent.”  Now this is where things can start to switch up,  if you’re very heavily into the Daedric questlines and you have like 10 ‘IOU one soul, signed BoJ’ notes floating around oblivion, Ta- The Nord will continue, saying, “I do not happen to agree with that assessment, but I have been… out voted on this matter.”  However, if you are not into the heavy daedra worship and shit, or the main questline is completed and the war ended, he will say that he agrees completely with the decision.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">You will then be granted the title “Archangel of the Divines” and given certain powers to go along with it. Your existing Divine Bonuses will be augmented, and you will be given a shiny new power to exercise the will of the Divines on Nirn (my idea was sort of like the ‘Dragon Aspect’ power from the Dragonborn DLC, but with FUCKING WINGS!  Because of the whole ‘Archangel’ thing, ya know?)  An unintentional (or maybe wholly intentional) consequence of this is that any and all “unholy” affects are “purged” from you, ie Cured vampirism/lycanthropy, reduced Daedric bonuses, etc. etc.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, there it is. Let me know what you guys think!

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