» Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:28 pm
I think the main plotlines of the games could actually make a good film franchise with a bit of re-working
Film 1: Arena
Jauffre (17, thug/swordsman), Ria Silmane (22, dabbles in magic) and Caius Cosades (12, pickpocket of their gang) are a group of street urchins living in the Imperial City Waterfront. Uriel Septim (not sure how old he is at the start of Arena, 35-40?) is in the waterfront one day trying to get some time to himself away from the rigours of being Emporer (in keeping with the lore of Uriel being something of a rebel before his stay in Oblivion). The urchins greet him and are friendly to him mistaking him for a homeless man and offer to let him stay in their hovel. The guards assume the vagabonds are accosting the Emporer and try to arrest them, Uriel stops them and kindly takes the three children in as his wards.
Jauffre shows a talent for swordplay and enters training in the royal guard, Caius gets into trouble a lot for stealing and playing tricks on the guards and is enlisted into the Blades too keep him out of trouble, Ria Silmane attends classes at the Arcane University and shows such talent that Jagar Tharn himself takes her as his apprentice (also in an attempt to gain favor with Uriel). The three maintain a close relationship with the Emporers sons and Uriel himself.
After three years Jauffre (20), now a member of the Bodyguard detatchment of the Blades is asked by Uriel to take a baby to Kvatch by Uriel (reason being his real sons wouldn't understand him having an affair). after Jauffre arrives back in the IC Jagar Tharn committs treason, imprisoning the emporer, killing Ria Silmane when she refuses to help him (much to his anguish, he was in love with Ria for a subplot). He orders his daedra to imprison Caius (15) and Jauffre deep in the dungeons. They escape with Ria's spirits help. They then assemble the parts of the Staff of Chaos over a period of ten years (along the way Caius develops a love of Morrowind and is reluctant to leave, he also ends up in an affair with Mehra Milo of the temple). After infilirating the palaceand killing Tharn Uriel is returned. Jauffre is named the Eternal Champion and Caius is also honoured.
Film 2: Daggerfall
Two years after Arena, Caius (now 27) is angry that he has not been allowed to return to MW and Mehra Milo due to his commitments to the Blades, his fondness for the Dunmer leads to some questioning his loyalty to the Empire. He ends up in a casual relationship with Brisennia (another Blade), but his brash attitude makes him more enemies than friends, notably Chancellor Ocato who he gravely offends with his brash attitude. He tries Skooma on a excursion to the waterfront (to meet his old friends) and ends up addicted, and bursts into a private meeting between Uriel Septim and other leaders. Uriel is extremely angry that Caius is a no good drug addict, and Ocato (without Uriels permission) tells Jauffre that Uriel is going to exile Caius and urges him to tell Caius to leave, as it would break the Emporers heart to exile someone who was like a son to him. Jauffre tells Cauis who confronts Uriel while high on Skooma, he leaves before Uriel can explain and takes a ship to Daggerfall.
His ship crashes in a ruin which he fights his way out of. He then makes his way to Daggerfall where he meets a lot of interesting people (???boringbit). He receives a message from a courier which orders him to go to an inn at a certain date. He goes there and is greeted by Brisennia who tells him Uriel never exiled him, but that since he was in Daggerfall he could help them with a task, and redeem himself before coming home. The events of the Daggerfall MQ take place and the warp of the west occurs.
Caius meets with Lady Brisennia again after the mind [censored] and tells her he can't bear to see Uriel after all he has done, he takes a ship to an unknown destination to explore the world.
Film3: Morrowind
A dunmer is on a prison ship with another dunmer named Jiub. He is released from custody with orders to meet with Caius Cosades, who is now a high ranking Blade on Vvardenfell, Caius sends him on missions to learn about Sixth House cults before revealing that the Empire wants the protaganist (a dunmer) to pretend to be the Nerevarine, but he believes he really is the Nerevarine.
Uriel, who recieves portents that the era is coming to a close and his death will occur in the coming years orders Caius to come home and see him, Caius does so leaving the Nerevarine his possessions.
Nerevarine earns the respect of the Ashlander tribes, and then unites the three houses on Vvardenfell, also meeting with Vivec for battle planning. He assembles an army of Telvanni mages, Guild Mages, Fighters Guilld soldiers, Ashlander warriors and Hlaalu and Redoran soldiers to assault Dagoth Urs Citadel, he does so with a huge army of Dunmer and defeats Dagoth Ur and destroying the heart of Lorkhan.
He is attacked in his sleep during celebrations in Balmora by an assassin due to his refusal to move out of Caiuses home into more secure accomodation, he is told by Bolvyn Venim (head of Redoran), to go to the mainland. Nerevarine is informed in Ebonheart that the mainland has not recieved news that the Blight has ended and that he will not get a ship. He manages to get to the mainland via teleportation.
He discovers that Helseth the king organised his assasination as he was threatened by him, but they end up working together to bring down Almalexia the mad god. Nerevarine ends up in the clockwork city where he kills the mad god and is transported home. He is frustrated that no-one will believe what has happened and catches a ship with some of his closest friends (probably Ashlanders and maybe some low ranking House/Guild members) to Akavir.
Maybe Caius and Mehra get back together and go with Nerevarine explaining his absence in Oblivion.