User blog:Razorgirl/Disturbing Insight into How Nazis Became A Thing

Whenever I've tried to play a character that sides with the Storm Cloaks, I keep failing to connect with their quest on account of their, "Skyrim is for Nords" policy/attitude. I mean, it's really hard for an Orc to side with a group of people that are basically saying, "you don't belong here and we wish you'd leave". So I thought I'd try playing a Nord, so that I could have her join the Storm Cloaks without any pesky complications regarding racial vilification.

This is a record of my character (Freja)'s exploits, and my thoughts on the characters and stories that she encounters and how they differ with her mindset.

Got Benor as a Follower
Sweeping places clean was a bit hard to do without a pack mule follower. From memory, Morthal had a Nord that would become my follower if I defeated him in a fight, so off to Morthal I went.

So far I'm not a fan. Or rather, he would be great if I wasn't playing a melee character, because he keeps getting in the way and then complaining when I accidentally hit him. Seriously dude?! Then why did you step in front of me while I was engaged?

I also went and got Meeko, because I figure I should enjoy having him while I'm a low enough level for him to be useful.

I thought I'd go and get Frost so that I could have a free pony. I love having a horse in Skyrim (Mmmmm... fast travel while over-encombered!). I used to love how psycho Skyrim ponies used to be, but at some point there was a patch that changed all of that and now they run away from fights. I used to be so proud of the kill count my ponies were able to have - trolls, and even a dragon - but sadly that is no longer a thing. Boooooo!

Morality Develops in Riften
It is strange playing a character that does not give a damn if a poor sap of a Redguard was being swindled by a Nord (more power to you sista!). It's kinda fascinating how my character's morality is evolving. She gives zero [fire trucks] about anyone that is not a Nord, because they should Go Back to Where They Came From™ anyway. Taking boots and clothes from dead bodies seems disrespectful, so while she'll take whatever weapons or Septims they have on them, she'll leave them with their clothes on. Stripping a body seems like something she will only do to people that have committed (in her eyes) a heinous crime and deserve to be humiliated post-humously.

Naturally, it wasn't long before Freja ran into the Thieves Guild, only, this time my character was completely on board with everything that was said to her. I've never completed the Thieves Guild questline before, so it's good to be able to explore a path I've only partially completed before.

Morality Develops in Windhelm
So, I've entered Windhelm and watched two Nords confront a Dunmer about being spies for the Empire. They talk about going through the Grey Quarter and beating up a few Dark Elves to teach them a lesson. Pussies! "Skyrim is for Nords" means just that. It's for Nords, not Imperials, and certainly not Mer. I decide that they only true way to support the Stormcloaks' "Skyrim is for Nords" policy is to develop my Pick Pocket still until I'm able to drop poisons into their pockets... Then she can ethnically cleanse the Grey Quarter of the Dark Elf filth that reside there. And it's at this point that I realise how the Nazis became a thing. Not the political party; they were formed by some disgruntled Germans that blamed the Jews for Germany surrendering at the end of the Great War and then they were elected in. No, what I mean is, how it was that the German people got behind the Nazi Party to the point that they were willing to report their neighbours to the SS and to stand by while German citizens were dragged away, never to be seen again.

My character is willing to do some pretty bloody awful things in the name of Ulfric and the Stormcloaks, and yet, I'm certain that she sees herself as a good person because, "she would never kill a child; only a monster would do that". But waiting a few years for them to grow up and THEN kill them?... That's fine. And so is shipping them off to some other country where they can hopefully not die of starvation, or exposure, etc... Poor little Altmer child was born here? Too bad. You need to go back to the Summerset Isles. Your parents were persecuted by the Thalmar you say? Too bad, that's their problem. The Nords are busy looking after their own people to worry about trying to help you.

Brrrrrrr! Damn but that's cold! Maybe I should have called her Freja Frost-Heart. 😳

Stones of Barenziah
This is just a list for my own reference so that I can know which ones I've gotten and which ones I'm yet to get.


 * Maven Black-Briar's Bedroom


 * Laila Law-Giver's Bedroom (do Nords think these give virility or something? What's with keeping them by their bedside table?)
 * Court Mage's bedroom in Windhelm