Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-23371555-20131005025706

71.61.177.24 wrote:

Tbh, I'm kind of sick of having people/groups as antagonists. Abstract concepts make for such fun antagonists, and using one instead of a person avoids the good/evil themes almost everything seems to fall into.

- WorshipsMeridia You are so right. Fear or Rage or possibly Greed could be the antagonist of TES VI.

For the Fear idea perhaps a mage casts an experimental Fear spell that went out of control and started spreading Fear like an epidemic. All Daedric Princes except Peryite (who seeks to escalate the outbreak) and Jyggalag (who seeks a cure to restore order) close their realms off from Nim so the epidemic is contained.

Same idea with the Rage, but it effects all men/mer simultaneously for brief periods (including the BoJ). These episodes of pure Rage happen at random intervals and make anyone in the area hostile to any living thing for the duration of the episode. All hostile men/mer have double their original stats, but the BoJ can do unique Brutal Killmoves (e.g. Gutting a person with a dagger and tearing out their exposed heart with your mouth, loping off a person's arm with a battleaxe and watching them bleed to death, etc. etc. etc.) that restore health and improve stamina regen. Everyone except the BoJ will not retain any memories of the episode.

The Greed thing can be the result of the unearthing of an ancient magical artifact that grants any wish related to monetary gain. It is unknown who buried it except that whoever it was was desperate enough to use an Elder Scroll as its prison. The Empire seizes the artifact and soon erupts into civil war for control of it. The BoJ must steal it and return its corruption to its prison. The BoJ can use it but it is highly inadvisable as the place it was unearthed can only be entered by truly selfless individuals. The BoJ will register as corrupt and be unable to complete the task. Also anyone even remotely greedy will stop at nothing to kill you and take the artifact for themselves.

Any thoughts?