I just realised something about those guards : V

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:16 pm

Noticing how almost every single guard in skyrim semms to have gotten an arrow struck on their knee making then becomes guards it semms, i wondered, how the hell can they run so well then? Since according to then they were adventurers like me, and a single arrow made then incapacitated to continue their life of exploring, they semm to be doing way too welll on their legs for that to be true.
I know, it's just a random comment on the part of the NPCs, but still, it makes you wonder.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:59 am

they can't sprint.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:06 pm

they all also have cousins out fighting dragons

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:23 am

Where have you been? This entire chain of thought spawned what is probably the most prevalent Elder Scrolls meme in history.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:34 am

and they all seem to think someone stole our sweetrolls!

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:08 pm

Where have you been? This entire chain of thought spawned what is probably the most prevalent Elder Scrolls meme in history.

I tought people just found that line stupid/funny enough, to start spamming everywhere.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:57 pm

I tought people just found that line stupid/funny enough, to start spamming everywhere.

That's essentially what a meme is. Something people think is funny so they spam it everywhere.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:01 am

I tought people just found that line stupid/funny enough, to start spamming everywhere.

The reason the line is stupid/funny is because it's such a specific story, and yet every single guard seems to have experienced it.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:10 pm

Some also think they might be dragonborn, they just don't know it yet!

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:54 am

Some also think they might be dragonborn, they just don't know it yet!

And i love to stamp on their hopes by shouting at them in the face

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:51 pm

It's suffering ghost of the knee-wounded-adventurer. It has ability to take under his control any guard at any time when he wants to spell out his miserable story.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:07 pm

dont forget about the one guy who used to be a soldier, then he took a sword to the chest

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:52 am

I used to have a sweetroll, then i took and arrow to the knee.

Seriously though, it is a great phrase and attracted alot of attention to skyrim. I don't mind if multiple guards had some bad luck. Maybe that is what some criminals aim for?

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:52 pm

Somebody on these forums once said it was probably Nord slang for getting married and I always liked that idea.

"I used to be an adventurer like you... but then I got the guard captain's daughter pregnant... *sigh*"

Good retirement job for ex-adventurer if you think about it, being a guard in Whiterun is a cushy number imo.
Explains why there are so many of them getting arrows in the knee.

It's less emasculating than admitting the wife won't let you go dungeon crawling anymore.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:46 am

Think the arrow in the knee thing is weird? If you join the Dark Brotherhood, they start saying this:

Spoiler

"Psst. I know who you are. Hail Sithis!

Every single guard in the game. Think about that.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:14 am

Well I have met one ex-guard that took a sword in the gut.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:17 am

Think the arrow in the knee thing is weird? If you join the Dark Brotherhood, they start saying this:

Spoiler

"Psst. I know who you are. Hail Sithis!

Every single guard in the game. Think about that.

And yet somehow you still get in trouble for murdering people. Apparently, Skyrim should have devolved into an anarchistic wasteland ages ago.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:04 am

Think the arrow in the knee thing is weird? If you join the Dark Brotherhood, they start saying this:

[img]http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8184/lucienlachancearrow.jpg[/img]

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:48 pm

That they all sound the same and want me to watch the skies "traveler". I thought I was a adventurer.

Cheers