Well at least your ancestry lies in Black Marsh, so it would be appropriate to send your remains there.

This made my day!

_{If the guard knew you were not from Black Marsh, THAT would have been an immersion breaker. Only natural for anyone who doesn't know you to assume you were from your native region.}

"You picked a bad time to return to Skyrim, kinsman." I'll leave the kinsman part drop as a common Nord figure of speech and point out I could have been trying to leave Skyrim to get away from this civil war, thank you very much.

just go back to Black Marsh and stop complaining

Because your country of origin is completely irrelevant to anything after the intro, and even in the intro apart from that one line. There's no way to justify the extra coding that would require.

And BTW, my khajiit was from Cyrodiil: "I've never even been to Elsweyr! Apart from my appearance i'm just as imperial as you!" is what she would've said.

Maybe you misheard - he said 'Elsewhere'

As far as I can work out, you're offended by something the game couldn't possibly know. If anything this has heightened your enjoyment of the game, purely for making you empathise with your characters racial upbringing.

does it really matter, son?

My Argonian is from Black Marsh, as I'm sure plenty of others are. I think it's a safer bet that to assume the character is from Black Marsh will please more players, especially as so many people wont bother creating a back-story and just assume that their chosen race, is from the background the game tells them.

Maybe.

This. I don't think it is because Hadvar thinks you were born in Black Marsh so much as he would think that you would want to be buried in your Homeland (and not necessarily your birthplace). Seems natural as, I don't know if it's lore, Nords seem to have more of an attachment to their Homeland (even if they support the Empire) via tradition, honor, etc... and would want to be buried in their Homeland even if they were born and died in another part of the Empire. Since Hadvar is a Nord I don't see it as being any type of insult or assumption, just something he would have wanted projected onto you.

This is all speculation of course, but with such an insignificant issue I think it fits just fine.

Uh, how is this an issue? Black Marsh is the ancesteral homeland of the Argonians, and is where most Argonians live in/have come from. So, logically, Hadvar would think your Argonian character is from Black Marsh, regardless of where he/she was actually born in.

At the end of the day if you were that offended by it you would've just stabbed him, right?

Apologies. I lol'd

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Argonians have to lick sap off of a Hist tree when they are young in order to be capable of things like basic thought and walking on two legs? And since Hist only grow in Black Marsh, doesn't that mean that all Argonians would HAVE to have been born there?

That's not really the point, it's normal that a character would want to have his or her remains delivered back to where they call home, and in the OP's case, High Rock, not his or her's ancesteral home which could be a completely different place.

However, the assumption of the character's home from the captain's assistant is rather insignificant (subjective I know) that the developer did not bother to allow the player the choice to choose what to reply or say.

No need to apologize mate, there are **** heads out there could make a fool of themselves no matter what race you are or what you look like.



Not sure about that piece of lore there, but what if you play a Nord but your character consider his home in High Rock? The compliant was that the developer did not offer the option for you to say where do you come from that has upset the OP.

Well typically Argonians partook in the Hist ritual on their naming day. It states that "Argonian appearance ranges from reptilian to almost human; this is decided by the amount of http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Hist sap they ingest as hatchlings, which ceremonially takes place on their Naming Day."

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I'd be more concerned by the fact he wants your head on a block, reptilian shapeshifting fool.

This is what's known as "making a mountain out of a molehill". Blown way out of porportion.

Seems like lately (ok, more like months), people are going out of their way to find things to nit-pick about Skyrim. Granted, it's far from perfect, but if the game is really annoying you folks that much, why not just forget about it, and move on? Why put yourself through this crap if you no longer like the game? Don't get me wrong, it's no skin off my ass- do what you want. I'm just curious.

Good question.
It is unkown how far the symbiosis between the Hist and the Argonians goes, but safe money is on a deep connection.

We know that Argonians in Black Marsh lay eggs, but those who are far from the Hist and in more inhospitable places give live birth, presumably to give the offspring a better chance of survival in harsh surroundings.

(Mark Nelson:
Argonian egg-laying, again (11/10/03)
Never underestimate the adaptability of Argonians, or, more specifically, the power of the Hist to allow Argonians to adapt.
I wouldn't expect to hear an Argonian born in Skyrim (or on Solstheim, for that matter) mention being hatched. Nor would I expect to hear more transient Argonians (say, members of a small, nomadic tribe) speak about laying eggs. However, in warmer climates, in places with established, stable, and permanent communities, you would likely see a great number of eggs.)

Tavelling-New-Woman from Morrowind gave some insight into your question with her dialogue: "My parents told me not to lick the Hist tree until my Naming Day, so I did. My parents caught me and a boy from my nest in a soft-leaf patch right before the naming ceremony. I feared I'd get more of a licking from my parents than I gave the tree... So I ran as fast as I could through the swamp and into the rest of the kids waiting for their naming ceremony. Everyone had a good laugh and the name stuck."

This text indicates that it is not sentience that the Hist sap provides, but sixual maturity.

It is possibly I suppose that Argonians out of Black Marsh carry a supply of Hist sap for their ceremonies.

Lol. I think our OP got more than he bargained for. He`s left the building!

Interesting, I never saw that connection.
I thought she sat in a leaf patch and licked a Hist together with that boy...

to be perfectly honest your a prisoner why the heck would they care where you where born its logical that they assume you are from Blackmarsh. its not like you carry a national insurance number or some sort of ID around in TES like we do in our world.