{"id":189489,"date":"2021-02-09T14:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/elder-scrolls-skyrim-tiny-details-unanswered-questions\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:30:56","slug":"10-tiny-details-in-skyrim-that-raise-unanswered-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/10-tiny-details-in-skyrim-that-raise-unanswered-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tiny Details In Skyrim That Raise Unanswered Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skyrim<\/a><\/em> is a game rich with lore and detail. Even minor characters have rich backstories revealed through dialogue, journal entries, and even the items in their homes. Yet\u00a0often, when the Dragonborn goes snooping or prods NPCs about their histories, they’ll wind up with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

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The people of Skyrim aren’t typically open books. Players can discover some of their secrets, but certainly not all.\u00a0From handwritten letters and brief lines of dialogue to clues hidden in weapons and tombs, every city holds secrets that are never fully revealed. Here are just a few of those little details that conceal much bigger mysteries.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Ysolda’s Side Business<\/h2>\n
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At Sleeping Tree Camp in Whiterun hold, the player can\u00a0find a\u00a0message from Ysolda to an Orc named Ulag, who lays dead near the tree.\u00a0Ysolda reveals that Ulag has been supplying her with Sleeping Tree Sap, which she sells in town. She’ll offer to buy any bottles the player has, at any time.<\/p>\n

Sleeping Tree Sap has similar effects to Skooma,\u00a0slowing\u00a0movement and distorting vision. This raises suspicion as to the nature of Ysolda’s business<\/a>. What’s the legality of this substance, and who\u00a0are Ysolda’s customers?<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>The Stones Of Barenziah<\/h2>\n
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If the player finds one of the Unusual Gems pictured above, they can\u00a0ask\u00a0Vex or Maul to appraise it. These stones once adorned famed\u00a0Queen Barenziah’s crown, until it was stolen and the gems scattered. The player then receives an objective to collect all\u00a024 stones.<\/p>\n

Stones of Barenziah\u00a0are found\u00a0everywhere from\u00a0caves to\u00a0palaces. But how did they get there? Do the Jarls and Thanes who own them know their origin?\u00a0Perhaps\u00a0they’ve\u00a0guarded these stolen gems for decades\u2026or perhaps they’re unaware of their significance.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Reactions to the Mace of Molag Bal<\/h2>\n
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Upon completing Molag Bal’s quest<\/a>,\u00a0he will reward the player with his mace.\u00a0It’s a formidable weapon, but NPCs are not impressed. Upon seeing it,\u00a0they may\u00a0mutter: “That mace\u2026get it away from me\u2026get it away.”<\/p>\n

Does the item radiate some kind of evil energy? If so, why isn’t the player affected? Perhaps, considering the\u00a0cruel nature of\u00a0this Daedric Prince, his followers have used this mace to commit heinous crimes in Skyrim before. Regardless, people seem somehow aware that this weapon\u00a0has a dark past.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Babette’s Location in “Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!”<\/h2>\n
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If\u00a0the player kills Astrid in “With Friends Like These,” they’ll receive a quest to raid the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary and kill everyone. However, a certain vampiress will be missing from the scene.<\/p>\n

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There’s an obvious gameplay reason for her absence: children\u00a0are unkillable in\u00a0Skyrim<\/em>. In terms of lore, she was likely out on a contract. But it begs\u00a0several questions: what would Babette do afterward? Would Cicero and the Night Mother find her? Could they rebuild the organization? Perhaps this quest didn’t destroy the Brotherhood after all.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Falion’s Impossible Claim<\/h2>\n
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Morthal’s mysterious court mage claims he has “met Daedra and Dwemer and everything in between.” While meeting Daedra is easily believable, how could Falion have met with Dwemer<\/a>, who disappeared in 1E 700?<\/p>\n

Either Falion has discovered the secret of time travel, or he is thousands of years older than he appears. The latter is hardly impossible, considering his clear connection to necromancy. Of course, he could simply be lying to sound impressive; if so, why choose a feat so outrageously improbable?<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Maven’s Black Sacrament<\/h2>\n
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Behind a Master-locked door in Black-Briar Manor, the player can stumble upon a gruesome (and, if they’ve joined the Dark Brotherhood, familiar) scene. Maven \u2014 or someone in her house \u2014 has performed the Black Sacrament to summon an assassin.<\/p>\n

With the Thieves’ Guild<\/a> at her back, Maven has little need to involve the Brotherhood if someone threatens her business. Perhaps she’s seeking to settle a personal score, but with whom? Is she responsible for one of Nazir’s contracts, such as Safia or Ma’randru-jo? The answer remains elusive.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Irkngthand Shadowmarks<\/h2>\n
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During the Thieves’ Guild questline, the player delves into the Dwarven ruin Irkngthand.\u00a0The Nightingales race Mercer\u00a0Frey to the Eyes of the Falmer, but has the Guild attempted this heist before?<\/p>\n

There are three\u00a0Shadowmarks in\u00a0Irkngthand<\/a>. A table bears the\u00a0Thieves’ Guild mark, while\u00a0there is a “Thieves’ Cache” symbol in the Falmer village.\u00a0Mercer\u00a0leaves an “Empty” mark right before the Grand Cavern as a taunt, but were the rest also his handiwork? Or did Gallus Gaius, who planned this heist, attempt it before his death?<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>The Ebony Blade’s Location<\/h2>\n
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In Dragonsreach, the player can begin the quest “The Whispering Door,” involving Daedric Prince Mephala<\/a>.\u00a0During the quest, they can retrieve her artifact, the Ebony Blade. However, its presence there raises questions.<\/p>\n

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Who found the Ebony Blade and locked it away? Does Balgruuf have Daedric connections? Did court mage Farengar Secret-Fire uncover the blade in his research, and hide it out of fear? Perhaps Irileth is responsible since many Dunmer worship Mephala. Any of these options are possible, but the Ebony Blade’s presence is never explained.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Wylandriah’s Note<\/h2>\n
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Riften’s court wizard is scatterbrained and often distracted.\u00a0However, there may be more to her odd nature than meets the eye. In her lab,\u00a0there is a note from Mirabelle Ervine expressing confusion at Wylandriah’s request for a sample of “greenmote.”<\/p>\n

Players of\u00a0the\u00a0Shivering Isles\u00a0<\/em>DLC\u00a0for\u00a0Oblivion<\/em> may recognize greenmote as an\u00a0item found in Sheogorath’s domain. This hints that Wylandriah may have\u00a0visited the Shivering Isles. Is she just a typical absent-minded professor? Or do her eccentricities result from association with the Prince of Madness<\/a>?<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Jurgen Windcaller’s Tomb<\/h2>\n
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During “The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller,” the\u00a0Dragonborn must delve into a tomb to retrieve the titular relic. Upon reaching\u00a0the Thu’um master’s\u00a0resting\u00a0place, however, eagle-eyed players may notice a strange detail.<\/p>\n

On his sarcophagus, “Windcaller” is written in Daedric.\u00a0Did\u00a0the man who pioneered the Way of the Voice associate with\u00a0a Daedric Prince? If so,\u00a0whom? Jurgen’s\u00a0presence in Sovngarde suggests that\u00a0no Daedra claimed his soul; however, it doesn’t discount the possibility that he communed with them at some point in his life.<\/p>\n

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