Arrow to the Knee? : V - Skyrim

» Wed May 30, 2012 4:38 am

if you go to the drunken hunter inn in Whiterum,
you will learn the full version of 'took an arrow in the knee' story by talking to the inn keeper

you will ask the inn keeper why is the inn given such an odd name,
then he will tell you the story about how his brother got drunk in a hunt and took him for a deer and shot him in the knee

ps: some say the innkeeper will hire darkbrotherhood (you'll be assign the task) to kill his brother later in the DB quest chain ....

I thought he got shot in the butt?

» Wed May 30, 2012 6:08 am

I thought he got shot in the butt?

ye,
the the arrow hit his butt
but then go through
and get out from his knee :celebration:

» Wed May 30, 2012 6:39 am

because every guard will say it and therefore being a guard in skyrim is for people who used to be adventurers...but then they took an arrow in the knee.

Here's some fridge logic for you: If you took an arrow in the knee and had to retire from adventuring, presumably it's because you can't walk on it properly... so... how is it any better doing guard duty - standing around or walking patrols all day... you know, stuff that involves USING said knee

» Wed May 30, 2012 8:17 am

Guards used to say to stop right there criminal scum, until they took an arrow to the knee.

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:47 pm

"Say, is that fur growing out of your ears?"

» Wed May 30, 2012 11:14 am

It's like how some people that played the previous TES laughed the 1st time about someone stealing your sweet roll

..atleast i'm sure it was first mentioned in a TES game? like the Lusty Argonian Maid

Point is well, i forgot. Too busy shooting guards in the knee.

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:09 am

"Curved. Swords."

» Wed May 30, 2012 10:37 am

"Curved. Swords."

*sigh* Here's hoping someone mods them in.... Anyone who's ever enjoyed the tale of Tarma finding her sword REALLY WANTS one of those babies....

» Wed May 30, 2012 8:11 am

*sigh* Here's hoping someone mods them in.... Anyone who's ever enjoyed the tale of Tarma finding her sword REALLY WANTS one of those babies....

They are in the game. Just wander the coast around Solitude and find some Corsairs. They're sporting them. Also Blackblood Marauders sometimes carry them.

» Wed May 30, 2012 3:11 am

I don't even think anyone actually thinks it's funny. The whole point is that just about EVERY guard in Skyrim says that. So, apparently ever guard used to be an adventurer but then "took an arrow to the knee."

It's just like the jokes "That's what she said," and "I'll ___ your ___ " that have been around for a while too. Just overused phrases...

» Wed May 30, 2012 4:46 am

Some might call it junk...

... until they took an arrow in the knee

» Wed May 30, 2012 3:07 am

"Say, is that fur growing out of your ears?"

Khajiit: "Yes... yes it is"

» Tue May 29, 2012 11:00 pm

trinkets, odds and ends, arrows taken from the knee.... that sort of thing

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:08 am

I think in some ways it is funny, and why out of the many phrase they repeat and repeat, this one was chosen, so to speak
1. All guards say it, not matter how far into the game you are, no matter what choices you make, all the guards have this line and so all player can hear it, unlike other where you have to be a werewolf or in the db or done certain quests.
2. Time to get all English class on it, I think the juxtaposition of the guards and what their job is (as noted above, always moving or standing on it) as well as the fact they can still bring a pretty good beat down on you (at lower levels)
3. It is easily warped into other phrase and saying making the in joke work in a lot of situations

» Wed May 30, 2012 6:41 am

I used to question memes like this, then I took a sweet-roll to the knee...

» Tue May 29, 2012 11:42 pm

I used to question memes like this, then I took a sweet-roll to the knee...

inspite of that someone somehow manage to steal it :hubbahubba:

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:55 am

I used to like cheese, until I took an arrow to the knee.

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:51 am

I used to join Stormcloak, until I took an arrow on my knee.

» Wed May 30, 2012 6:29 am

I used to be immune to pain, until i took an arrow to my knee...

» Tue May 29, 2012 11:18 pm

Here's some fridge logic for you: If you took an arrow in the knee and had to retire from adventuring, presumably it's because you can't walk on it properly... so... how is it any better doing guard duty - standing around or walking patrols all day... you know, stuff that involves USING said knee

I actually have bad knees from the combination of running literally thousands of miles for training and having a stocky build. I can do patrol and stand all day, it is only when I use stairs I get excruciating pain. I literally cringed irl when I saw the path to high hrothgar :cryvaultboy:

» Tue May 29, 2012 11:14 pm

I took an arrow to the knee, but I never asked for this.

» Wed May 30, 2012 4:15 am

I used to slay dragons and take arrows to the head but then i took an arrow to the knee

» Wed May 30, 2012 7:02 am

I used to resist magic, then i took an arrow in the knee

» Wed May 30, 2012 9:30 am

I used to think this thread was original....then I took an arrow to the knee

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:46 pm

trinkets, odds and ends, arrows taken from the knee.... that sort of thing

I used to question memes like this, then I took a sweet-roll to the knee...

I used to like cheese, until I took an arrow to the knee.

I used to join Stormcloak, until I took an arrow on my knee.

I used to be immune to pain, until i took an arrow to my knee...

I took an arrow to the knee, but I never asked for this.

I used to slay dragons and take arrows to the head but then i took an arrow to the knee

I used to resist magic, then i took an arrow in the knee

I used to think this thread was original....then I took an arrow to the knee

I lol'd hard. :lol: