because i like to state my opinion. people tend to do that on forums...

A lot of people really love the shout system, me included. The magic about this game is that you can choose to ignore it rather than jipping everybody else. And you still reserve the right to complain here.

in morrowind your the reincarnation of some chimer king..

Threads like these are fun to read. Look at all the fire-breathing fan boys!

You were just as normal in Daggerfall and Arena. Especially Daggerfall.

you really think he wants to read your spoiler comment when he hasn't finished the MQ?

Unlike oblivion, you aren't tunnelled into the MQ at all in Skyrim. Just don't go too Riverwood after Helgen.

The emperor saw you in a dream. Dosent that make you rather special?

Actually I did. Spoilers have no effect on my viewing or playing experience (I say that as I watch Code Geass for maybe the 15th time). The only reason I didn't know the ending yet is because I haven't bothered to look up how it ends and I'm not concerned with playing the main quest yet lol.

@Antongranis: No, it just makes the emperor rather creepy.

There is some evcent tied to your character threw an Elder Scroll, but the beauty of these games is you can skip the main quest if you choose to do so.

oh okay my bad

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I'm 400 hours into Skyrim and haven't even gotten half way though the MQ, so you're not alone TC. I only beat MW's MQ twice and OB's once, I think a lot of people avoid the main quests in Elder Scrolls games.

Heh, I myself have only played a little of Morrowind but I logged over 500 in Oblivion and only done the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieve's Guild, as well as the Arena once or twice.

In each Elder Scrolls game, you play as a Heroine. A Heroine is someone who is blessed by some sort of power and had a destiny that is already written in the Elder Scrolls. Heroines are also way much stronger than the common person and can achieve much more than anyone else can. You are a Heroine in ALL Elder Scrolls Games. This includes Arena and Daggerfall where it didn't seemed like it.

The Heroines are as follow:
Arena - The Eternal Champion who collected the pieces of the Staff of Chaos and saved the Emperor from Jagnar Tharn while defeating Jagnar Tharn.

Daggerfall - The Agent was sent to investigate the murder of a king but soon found something that changed all of the West Area (Hammerfall and High Rock). Because of this Hero; the Orcs are now equaled, the Underking finally had a resting peace, King of Worms obtained god-like-powers, all wars in the area had ended, and there became one leader of the Illac Bay (Did I spell it right?)

Morrowind - The Nerevarine, a great Dunmer legend reborn! He was destined to destroy Dagoth Ur and stop him once and for all as well ending the Blight and Corpus diseases.

Oblivion - The Champion of Cyrodiil, who help save Tamriel by finding and helping Martin. Without this Hero, Dagon would've won the war.

Skyrim - The Last Dovahkiin is destined to stop Alduin from ending the world in 4E Y201. But Alduin may return when the world will end but this is for the Gods to decide.

I thought the only special thing common to any of them was being an imperial prisoner?
You know those imperial prisons.... chock full of heroes just waiting to throw them at any potential crisis.

not to mention he hands you a priceless Amulet of Kings and preaty much the task of ending the Oblivion crisys insted of handing to his guard captain

Which is why I always find it a bit odd (yes, yes, "play how you want" ) when people complain about being a Destined Hero in a series that (at it's core) is all about Destined Heroes.


(and yes - I say this as someone who has ignored the Oblivion MQ in all but two of my playthroughs. Doesn't mean that I still don't see the game as being very Destined Hero-centered. I also don't see why you'd ignore the MQ, at least the first time. Yes, the game lets you do so, but.... why buy a game if you're not going to at least try it's main story? Just like I wouldn't buy the Lord of the Rings books and then just read the appendices. But, hey, that's just me. Personal opinion, and all that. )

That is also what I do not understand, these games are about so much more than the main quest.
Then there are threads like this that hate you have a destiny tied to some epic event, its a prophecy tied to an Elder Scrolls.
Games are about taking big epic adventures and that is even more prevalent in an RPG.

The key piece that launches the main questline and gets the dragons flying around, is returning to Whiterun with the Dragonstone. As long as you don't pick up the Dragonstone and bring it back, the main quest will remain frozen, and the dragons will never fly. And you can go about doing whatever else you want. Just be aware that if you do pick up the Dragonstone, it will never come out of your inventory (unless maybe by PC console commands), and you'll have to avoid the Dragonsreach castle from then on.

I was a girl this whole time?

If only I'd known...

As said, don't do it.. i don't understand why you don't want to be a little hero? .... I love the feeling of going across the mountains and hearing a dragon... i get the sense of "this is my task, if i don't do it, nobody will and the dragon will kill everything... i am the CHOSEN ONE!!!"

gives me goosebumps

Allegedly. As far as I'm aware, there's no for sure confirmation that you're anything more than lucky accident in Morrowind. Some lore buffs could probably shed more light on that.
I don't see why the existence of prophecies within the Elder Scrolls universe means you necessarily have to play as one of these prophesied heroes.

I'm not a big fan on shouts.... in fact.. i do not like the dragon born crap or dragons...

uh oh, beth fan boys incoming