Are there any Daggerfall references in Skyrim? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:19 am

Obviously there are a plethora of Oblivion and Morrowind references, but Daggerfall? Looking for help trying to find. Cheers

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:23 am

Obviously there are a plethora of Oblivion and Morrowind references, but Daggerfall? Looking for help trying to find. Cheers

Except for the crown of Barenziah, no not really.

You might find some general information about High Rock (though it's incredibly limited) in the great war book.

» Wed May 02, 2012 3:52 pm

A lot of the books that were in Morrowind actually first appeared in Daggerfall, and were later used in Oblivion. I'm assuming that those are in Skyrim as well.

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:16 am

A lot of the books that were in Morrowind actually first appeared in Daggerfall, and were later used in Oblivion. I'm assuming that those are in Skyrim as well.

Well yeah there are plenty of old books brought over, including some of the best books in the series. But nothing new, nothing that really references what happened in Daggerfall in the last 200 or so years.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:04 am

You can see Numidium on Alduin's Wall, and the prophecy makes reference to Daggerfall's main quest with the line "When the Brass Tower walks and Time is reshaped"

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:15 pm

You can see Numidium on Alduin's Wall, and the prophecy makes reference to Daggerfall's main quest with the line "When the Brass Tower walks and Time is reshaped"

Thanks Velorien. This is exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for. Very neat.

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:42 am

Yups, the Daggefall tavern music in Riverwood...

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:47 pm

SPOILERS!!!!!

In Sheogorath's quest, he sais:

The ghost of King Lysandus!!

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:29 pm

Hadvar assumes a Breton character is from Daggerfall, and mentions it as a hotbed of intrigue - which, judging from the game, it and the Iliac Bay really is.

To be honest, really, there isn't all that much of Daggerfall to reference, since the quests aside from the main ones and the NPCs aside from a few important ones were randomly generated, and Morrowind (the endings becoming the Dragon Break, Helseth and Barenziah, Night Falls on Sentinel) and Oblivion (Lord Kain and the Host of the True Horn, "close the marble jaws of Oblivion") got to many of them first.

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:36 pm

Spoiler

When you first meat Paarthurnax, one of the first things he does is tell you to use the Fire Breath shout on him as a proper dragon greeting. Very obscure one this is, but in the book King Edward (which only appeared in Daggerfall), near the end is:

"Ma-Tylda!" Akatosh exclaimed, "She deigns to bestow her presence on us!" His wings lifted and unfurled, and the Companions broke and ran for cover as he took flight. The two dragons wheeled through the sky, spouting great gouts of flame against the purpling sky.

"They're fighting," Edward cried, "what does it mean. Who is Ma-Tylda?"

"I don't know who she is, son," Moraelyn replied, "but they do not fight. You behold a dragon greeting ceremony." The pair alit beyond a rock outcropping out of sight.

An extra-interesting bit is that the book was never meant to be taken as "canon" lore, as it's a fictional story even to the game world, yet they still thought to include it. Either that or it's an extreme coincidence, but that's no fun.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:49 pm

Spoiler

When you first meat Paarthurnax, one of the first things he does is tell you to use the Fire Breath shout on him as a proper dragon greeting. Very obscure one this is, but in the book King Edward (which only appeared in Daggerfall), near the end is:

An extra-interesting bit is that the book was never meant to be taken as "canon" lore, as it's a fictional story even to the game world, yet they still thought to include it. Either that or it's an extreme coincidence, but that's no fun.

Awesome references, anyway.

» Wed May 02, 2012 3:35 pm

There are two more references I know

The inn in solitude's bard plays the melody that was played in shops

Spoiler

The quest to cure lycanthropy is exactly like daggerfalls

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:02 am

Stormcall is a Daggerfall reference.

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:15 pm

Spoiler

The quest to cure lycanthropy is exactly like daggerfalls

Spoiler

No it isn't. In Daggerfall, you either had to get some of your blood drawn, infect a child with it, then kill him after he turns into a wereboar, or get a special mixture from the Glenmoril Witches during a random quest which will cure it when you drink it (it also makes you fail the quest as you're supposed to give it to someone else).

In Skyrim, you had to get a Glenmoril Witch's head, throw it into a blue flame, then kill a ghost wolf.

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:50 pm

Opps sorry my bad x.x