Favourite Ancient Nord Hero

Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:24 pm

Interested in finding out you're Hero as mine is Ysgramor
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Kelly Upshall
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:01 am

My favorite ancient Nord Hero is Olaf One Eye, champion of Numinex and hero of Whiterun! Long live Olaf the High King!
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Trevor Bostwick
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:23 pm

Hurr durr Talos.
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Elizabeth Davis
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:44 am

Ysgramor was the first human to arrive in Tamriel, landing in Skyrim after fleeing civil war in his native continent of Atmora during the late Merethic Era. Becoming the first Nord king, Ysgramor would be driven out of Skyrim by the Snow Elves during the Night of Tears (which saw the ancient Nord city of Saarthal sacked) only to return with the Five Hundred Companions to retaliate against Elven oppression and tyranny.
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Katie Pollard
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:40 am

My favorite ancient Nord Hero is Olaf One Eye, champion of Numinex and hero of Whiterun! Long live Olaf the High King!

You mean the deceiver and tyrant? :tongue: play the Bard's college quest

Ysgramor was the first human to arrive in Tamriel, landing in Skyrim after fleeing civil war in his native continent of Atmora during the late Merethic Era. Becoming the first Nord king, Ysgramor would be driven out of Skyrim by the Snow Elves during the Night of Tears (which saw the ancient Nord city of Saarthal sacked) only to return with the Five Hundred Companions to retaliate against Elven oppression and tyranny.

So the nords can commit genocide and oppress the elves and become tyrants themselves >.>
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:00 pm

You mean the deceiver and tyrant? :tongue: play the Bard's college quest

The Bards are actually the deceivers, which is why I never bothered with them anymore once I figured out that Olaf did indeed conquer Numinex and all the things written about him is slander. Hell, you have to make up half of the crap against Olaf, and you convince Elisif to host a heretical celebration based on trickery. You'll find out during the Main Quest after completing the Bards quest to find out what I mean.
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Tarka
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:25 pm

The Bards are actually the deceivers, which is why I never bothered with them anymore once I figured out that Olaf did indeed conquer Numinex and all the things written about him is slander. Hell, you have to make up half of the crap against Olaf, and you convince Elisif to host a heretical celebration based on trickery. You'll find out during the Main Quest after completing the Bards quest to find out what I mean.

Is that why the burning of king Olaf was around even before finding the poem? Its already established as lore that Olaf was in fact a tyrant that tried to conquer Skyrim with an iron fist.
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Austin England
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:12 am

The Bards are actually the deceivers, which is why I never bothered with them anymore once I figured out that Olaf did indeed conquer Numinex and all the things written about him is slander. Hell, you have to make up half of the crap against Olaf, and you convince Elisif to host a heretical celebration based on trickery. You'll find out during the Main Quest after completing the Bards quest to find out what I mean.

Yeah, I believed the college's lies until ...

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I found Olaf One-eye in Sovengarde.
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:07 pm

Talos, I reckon.
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Monika
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:02 pm

What about us Nord haters?
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:09 am

What about us Nord haters?

Well, we always have the Tribunal, Dumac and Nerevar :P
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:07 pm

Ysgramor was the first human to arrive in Tamriel, landing in Skyrim after fleeing civil war in his native continent of Atmora during the late Merethic Era. Becoming the first Nord king, Ysgramor would be driven out of Skyrim by the Snow Elves during the Night of Tears (which saw the ancient Nord city of Saarthal sacked) only to return with the Five Hundred Companions to retaliate against Elven oppression and tyranny.

Oh, but did Ysgramor ever become a divine? I think not!

Also, welcome to the forums! http://images.uesp.net/c/c4/Fishystick.jpg
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Adam Porter
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:46 pm

Also pointing out, theres still no true evidence saying Tiber Septim was a nord besides nords claiming it, most descriptions of him are more supporting the fact that he may have been a Breton and the reason Nords won't accept anything but a pure human is because a hero in their eyes shouldn't have elven blood.
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:28 pm

Talos technically isn't a Nord, he's from Atmora, so they share the same homeland but that's about it.
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Trevor Bostwick
 
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Post » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:08 pm

Talos technically isn't a Nord, he's from Atmora, so they share the same homeland but that's about it.

Yes and no, Tiber Septim wasn't but one of the three spirits that makes up Talos was.
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