Redguard Experts plz!

Post » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:31 am

So I'm going to be making a redguard character and I thought it would be good for my background and future endeavors if I found out a little bit more about the Redguard and their culture.

From what I know about reading from the UESP, Redguards seem to be a very powerful people. However I can't really seem to get a grasp on their religious beliefs. Apparently they hold similar creation beliefs to the regular pantheon, and some have even adopted it from what I've read. How important would religion be in the redguard community?

How do they feel about werewolves? Are they scourges to the Redguard or are they irrelevant? This might influence whether or not I make my character one. This also somewhat ties into religion with the whole "Eternal Hunt" thing that Hircine has going on and what Redguards believe for the afterlife. I know this was a very heavy decision for my Nord Dragonborn and the whole Sovngarde bit.

How do Redguards feel about Daedra? I really enjoy the daedric quests but I'm not sure if my character would or wouldn't be willing to do a lot of what they command. Do Redguards respect Daedra? Also the whole concept of the Nightingale afterlife is somewhat of a turnoff on the Thieves Guild for me. Any RP tips for that?

What excuses could I make for being in Skyrim? I picked up on the idea that it might have to do with Saadia and capturing her or something along those lines. Getting caught by the imperial band that had Ulfric captured and redeeming myself to the Alik'r by helping Kematu or just finishing them off and hiding out in Skyrim. I've never played a genuinely bad character and thought that the political intrigue in being a Thalmor spy helping Saadia hide in Skyrim, and then joining up with the Dark Brotherhood to mix the "high level assassination" at the end into it. Thoughts on this?

I know Redguards are against "eastern magics" and stuff like that so I wasn't really planning on interacting with the College or magic in general all that much. Would a Redguard go out of his way to kill magic users, or would a Redguard just treat them with general distrust?

With Hearthfire, are there any good Redguard wives and Redguard children? Is Saadia marriagable with the Amulet of Mara? This would probably be important once I decide to settle the character down.

Does a Dragonborn Redguard make much sense? Or should I just avoid that whole debacle in general? I play on the Xbox 360, just to let you know so I won't be able to download all those awesome mods like alternate life :blush:

This stuff is probably going determine a lot about what I do for this character so any information about Redguard culture/values will be greatly appreciated :biggrin:

EDIT: Oh yeah and how would they feel about the civil war? Imperial, Stormcloak, neither?
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Post » Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:00 pm

I know Redguards are against "eastern magics" and stuff like that so I wasn't really planning on interacting with the College or magic in general all that much. Would a Redguard go out of his way to kill magic users, or would a Redguard just treat them with general distrust?
Conservative Redguards from Hammerfell would probably be distrustful or even hostile to "eastern magic" depending upon which one you talk to, but liberal Redguards or else most of the Redguards that grew up outside of Hammerfell (ie, Cyrodiilic Redguards) probably wouldn't be bothered by it. In fact, in Cyrodiil there are plenty of Redguards in the mage's guild; or at least, there were redguards in the mage's guild before it collapsed in that region of Tamriel.
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Post » Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:08 pm

Thank you for your informative post. Not many responses so far and I'm itching to get this guy going lol
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