1.8 UpdateDragonborn DLC discussion thread #45 : V - Skyrim

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:58 am

And my view on 0:36 is also that it's an arena. Looks so Colosseum-like.

It's not an Arena.
Compare it with the architecture of Apocrypha. It's the temple where the portal is located.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:09 am

Yeah, it also has a huge monolith in the center which would be weird for an arena. :sad:

I suppose it could be either a portal (I don't know if that's how monoliths work though :tongue:

) or someone is in there.

Spoiler

Maybe like how Serana was imprisoned?

I'm surprised to see the DLC at $20, though. :smile:

Don't say that too loud, and they won't raise it :ninja:

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And i love this Fur armor the old man is wearing :biggrin:

I don't really care about the Fur armor myself, but I suppose if I find some like it I'll keep it.

In terms of my profile pic: http://api.ning.com/files/BrRYvLZrLBl2zbDWvkPt99QkVdK2MEAZHbzaz83GGeTsR4q67XnHzjcRIvFR*RM*Ms7oiuBBCJnY6qw47fjTH6H7BQGOKbzL/3efb34393e69bdea7cf17549e6f99e03d4h4cmu.jpeg - you're the second person to compliment me on it :smile:

. Also, it may or may not be as big as you might have thought.. but it certainly works for my username which had been my intention.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:30 am

It's not an Arena.
Compare it with the architecture of Apocrypha. It's the temple where the portal is located.

Most definitely not an arena indeed. Its an extension of the Nordic ruin we see in the few seconds prior to that (I'd wager).

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:15 am

Most definitely not an arena indeed. Its an extension of the Nordic ruin we see in the few seconds prior to that (I'd wager).

It's under (re)construction, though. And it looks like Apocrypha stuff.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:25 am

I'm thinking (and someone has probably already mentioned it) that the nice old man in the trailer might be the Storn mentioned in the code found in 1.8.

Then we already know he will die D: if he is Storn. Also remember the files talked about a chieftain wich greets you and dances o.o But well,This guy doesnt look like a chieftain to me,Looks more like a shaman,Or the local elderly storyteller.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:17 pm

It's not an Arena.
Compare it with the architecture of Apocrypha. It's the temple where the portal is located. :smile:

Then what's :38? I though that was suggested to be the portal?

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:25 am

Then what's :38? I though that was suggested to be the portal?

It's a Solstheim http://images.uesp.net/7/7f/BM-Quest-SunStone.jpg
Hermaeus Mora stuff was built around it. In a later scene the daedric stuff is blowing up, perhaps because the Skaal did something to the Stone.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:33 pm

And i love this Fur armor the old man is wearing :biggrin:

It looks like it has the same leather strap as the hide armor, and a big leather coat underneath, my character is strictly light armor so i am anxious to see the new variations of light armor that sword in this pic http://imgur.com/a/l4yL2#7 is freaking awesome looking.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:45 am

How about the ritual Stones are somehow linked to the portal and the temple? There might be more to them than some legendary restoring of the gifts. Or maybe the Dragon Priest guy actually is the Greedy Man who reclaimed the gifts in the first place? I expected to meet him in the flesh in Bloodmoon already, but got a pretty anticlimactic ending to the Skaal Test of Loyalty instead.

All this assumption because... I guess it's The Tree Stone that's shown in the trailer. At least one Stone is still intact, this is all we know.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:42 am

I'm thinking (and someone has probably already mentioned it) that the nice old man in the trailer might be the Storn mentioned in the code found in 1.8.

I was thinking that too.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:30 am

more werewolf stuff and alot more weapons/armor

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:07 pm

How about the ritual Stones are somehow linked to the portal and the temple? There might be more to them than some legendary restoring of the gifts. Or maybe the Dragon Priest guy actually is the Greedy Man who reclaimed the gifts in the first place? I expected to meet him in the flesh in Bloodmoon already, but got a pretty anticlimactic ending to the Skaal Test of Loyalty instead.

All this assumption because... I guess it's The Tree Stone that's shown in the trailer. At least one Stone is still intact, this is all we know. :smile:

There are HM cultists building their stuff around the Stones - in one scene we see that it's even work in progress, like the temple itself.
I think you are very right. With the Stones it's possible to tap into the magic of Solstheim's nature itself.
Maybe the Stones are the power source for the portal in the Mi(i)raak Temple. It surely looks like something like that in the trailer.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:01 pm

The beginning of the trailer shows the boat you are on landing at Fort Frostmoth, and that settlement you see is also still fort frostmoth or a settlement right outside of it. The walls are exactly the same in these two stills:

The Port and Boat: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#0

The Settlement: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#1

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:08 am

It looks like it has the same leather strap as the hide armor, and a big leather coat underneath, my character is strictly light armor so i am anxious to see the new variations of light armor that sword in this pic http://imgur.com/a/l4yL2#7 is freaking awesome looking.

Yes that sword does look AWESOME!!!!!! :woot:

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:14 pm

It looks like it has the same leather strap as the hide armor, and a big leather coat underneath, my character is strictly light armor so i am anxious to see the new variations of light armor that sword in this pic http://imgur.com/a/l4yL2#7 is freaking awesome looking.

Nice pic,And poor riekling D': I wonder what kind of sword that is. And Bear armor? well looks like its not made out of bear pelt,Just look at the helmet

But i like that armor.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:52 am

The beginning of the trailer shows the boat you are on landing at Fort Frostmoth, and that settlement you see is also still fort frostmoth or a settlement right outside of it. The walls are exactly the same in these two stills:

The Port and Boat: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#0

The Settlement: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#1

Close. It's Raven Rock. Compare the picture from Bloodmoon and the scenes of the trailer. Also think about the Raven Rock map marker resembling a Redoran building.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:13 am

There are HM cultists building their stuff around the Stones - in one scene we see that it's even work in progress, like the temple itself.
I think you are very right. With the Stones it's possible to tap into the magic of Solstheim's nature itself.
Maybe the Stones are the power source for the portal in the Mi(i)raak Temple. It surely looks like something like that in the trailer.

Perhaps, it's a mission/quest of yours to blow them up? I saw one of the structures that surround it get blown up...

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:45 am

Perhaps, it's a mission/quest of yours to blow them up? I saw one of the structures that surround it get blown up...

Indeed. I think we can side with the Skaal and free the Stones, or with HM and finish their conversion.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:51 pm

Close. It's Raven Rock. Compare the picture from Bloodmoon and the scenes of the trailer. Also think about the Raven Rock map marker resembling a Redoran building.

Do you think that Raven Rock would have stone walls ? Serious question cause i never played the bloodmoon DLC, and im trying to make out the banner in this picture: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#0

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:53 am

@ :51 - Water Dragons, called it! All right, it may just be a "watery" looking dragon, but still...

Also, is that greenish sky area in part of the trailer Apocrypha? It sure seems like it.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:47 am

I'm going to put this out here... I do have a BIG feeling that the 3 great houses will return with each their own Bonemold set.

Why you ask? The Bonemold armor (minus the helm) that was shown in the video was Redoran Bonemold Armor. You can tell by the little blue thingy-ma-bob around the neck... So we do know there will be house Redoran of some sort. We also know House Telvanni cause of a Telvanni Tower...

*Keeping fingers crossed for the epic House Hlaalu Spiky Bonemold Armor*

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:37 pm

Do you think that Raven Rock would have stone walls ?

I don't think it, I know it. It had stone walls in Bloodmoon.

Serious question cause i never played the bloodmoon DLC, and im trying to make out the banner in this picture: http://imgur.com/a/8ezW3#0

Great House Redoran.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:57 pm

Nice pic,And poor riekling D': I wonder what kind of sword that is. And Bear armor? well looks like its not made out of bear pelt,Just look at the helmet :smile:

But i like that armor.

Okay check out that Spear at the bottom of this pic: http://imgur.com/a/l4yL2#9 it looks like its been thrown, i think we have throwing spears along with two handed

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:14 am

Okay check out that Spear at the bottom of this pic: http://imgur.com/a/l4yL2#9 it looks like its been thrown, i think we have throwing spears along with two handed

It could just be a Riekling thing though.

» Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:11 pm

Why do I also get a feeling that a GREEN Standing Stone makes the book in the temple glow GREEN, but there are other variations as well? Narnia/Planescape:Torment-like portal skipping! Would be awesome. :3 Each stone is doing each thing and all stuff like that.

Okay, that's the last speculation I have for today. It's 3 A.M. here so goodnight. x_X