"Doom Driven Hero" : V

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:40 pm

What do you think "doom driven" means? Both Tsun and Paarthurnax call you this, once they truly realize you're dovahkiin.

Spoiler

First, when Paarth sees that you managed to find an Elder Scroll. Second, when Tsun sees you're resolved to fight Alduin.

I know Lorkhan/Shor is also called the "Doom Drum". Do you think there's any assocation with this?

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:02 pm

Your destiny ultimately ends in a battle, where you or the other must die.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:57 am

For a second i thought you were referring to "Doom," the game that came out in the 90's

I'm so stupid

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:24 pm

Because what you do starts the actual events for the doom of the world to happen.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:14 pm

I assume it just means the prophecy or your destiny brought you there.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:39 am

What do you think "doom driven" means? Both Tsun and Paarthurnax call you this, once they truly realize you're dovahkiin.

Spoiler

First, when Paarth sees that you managed to find an Elder Scroll. Second, when Tsun sees you're resolved to fight Alduin.

I know Lorkhan/Shor is also called the "Doom Drum". Do you think there's any assocation with this?

'Doom' can also refer to what someone's fate/destiny has in store for them and drives them inexorably towards- in this case, an inevitable, predestined fate to battle and defeat evil, since you are the dragonborn of prophecy.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:12 pm

The game/lore generally uses "doom" to mean "fate", as is common in older writing styles.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:23 am

I though I was the only one that thought of the Doom Drum when Tsun called me doom-driven.

I'm not sure. Could be accidental. Could be profound. You never know with TES.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:52 pm

Thanks for the answers.

I though I was the only one that thought of the Doom Drum when Tsun called me doom-driven. :tongue:

I'm not sure. Could be accidental. Could be profound. You never know with TES.

Heh yeah, cool to see I'm not alone. I could be reading into it, but it almost seems like a "title" rather than something merely indicating what we were going to do. Like Paarthurnax expresses awe in a way. "You truly are the doom driven.." or something like that.

Or maybe that's just his way of saying "You're [censored] crazy.."

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:47 am

'Doom' can also refer to what someone's fate/destiny has in store for them and drives them inexorably towards- in this case, an inevitable, predestined fate to battle and defeat evil, since you are the dragonborn of prophecy.

Spoiler

It is Alduin's destiny to eat the world though, only his timing was off. So the fact that you are the Dragonborn symbolizes that real doom for the world is indeed near. So you defeating Alduin only hastens the end of the world and its doom. So I think doom driven can be perceived in many different ways.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:38 pm

I suppose yet another, simpler, perspective is that Doom-Driven simply means that the end of the world is coming near, and this very factor is what urges the Dragonborn onwards. No more complex than that.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:17 pm

I suppose yet another, simpler, perspective is that Doom-Driven simply means that the end of the world is coming near, and this very factor is what urges the Dragonborn onwards. No more complex than that.

One reason I like the Blades is that to Esbern, the Dragonborn represents hope, not the end.

Not a big fan of the apocalypse, myself.