As I was playing modded Skyrim the other day I was remembering how at one time I thought how epic it would be if it was made into a movie. Definitely not not anymore. If made today, how do you think they would butcher it? Obviously the main character would be female and the Dunmer in Windhelm would be the focus of the story.
I still think it would be cool if a great fantasy author wrote a 12 book series about the history of Tamriel or a series on the adventures of past Dragonborns or Morrowind. So many possibilities
Modded Skyrim is a Christmas tradition for me as well.
The Dunmer will be urban American blacks, who have been forced in to ghettos, not just in Windhelm, but all across Skyrim. Redguards, canonically called Yokudans, will be Wakandan blacks. Yokuda is the ancestral home of the Redguards. It was also home to an extinct Mer race known as the Lefthanded Elves. The Lefthanders and Redguards were always at war with each other. So far, this is all true canonically, minus the total oppression of the Dunmer.
After this is established throw some We Wuz, Black Israelites, Lost Tribe, all that in. All the achievements and advancements made by Mer? Redguards did it first and it was stolen by
whiteyElves. Affinity for magic? Obviously because more melanin = more magic. Why do you think Nords distrust magic? And since we've long given up on caring about lore or being consistent at this point Dunmer are actually Redguards who were stolen from their lands and corrupted by the Children of Yokuda, Altmer or more specifically the Thalmor, who attempted to colonize them and remake them in their own image. They didn't like the results and sent them to ghettos across the Empire. For some reason, all of the Altmer wear clothing reminiscent of mid-century Germans and look like /pol/s ideal Taylor Swift. The Dunmer wear hoodie-cloaks and colorful boots.The Hero's party. It is started by, of course, a female Dunmer with either the current cool version of an afro or braids. She will be a very over powered destruction magic focused character, fire main. She will go on to lead "slave revolts," the writers having no idea how much meme potential this will create. To hasten the revolts she will likely also have a high illusion level to trick all the racist Altmer into saying totally wacky and zany things like, "I recognize my High Elf privilege" "Maybe I should put myself in the cage" and mind-raping them.
She will be joined by a woman Breton. Some femme fatale character. But in a shocking twist! She's actually a lesbian and hates men because she was touched by some hyper religious male family member. They might actually keep this close to lore and have her be a conjurer type character, raising zombies, conjuring weapons, and what not. Or something like a vampire.
Then of course, the Fiery Female Latina, an Argonian. She does underwater graffiti, has wild hair, and talks about heart removal a lot. That's about it. Her accent is turned to 11. She rolls her R's. No one really cares about her but she will show her underwater skills once.
The Gimped Imperial Male Warrior. Thinks he knows everything, incompetent, cowardly, weak, you know the drill. Imperial not being described as a race but a "mindset" of colonialism, some how tied to the Altmer.
The archer character, in a wild move, I can see Faendal being cast as such. Bosmer, a guy, and portrayed as an incel.
The Bad Bitch Girl Boss Orsimer is going to find out her race was descended from the Redguards or not be mentioned at all other than in passing.
So the Yokudans take back their brethren Dunmer, teach them how to become more in touch with their Yokudan roots and ... that's it.
***I'm not going to go into the Khajiit
Wow. I’m scared Netflix could be reading this and will pitch the idea soon.
Whst mods do you like? I’m currently doing random quests after Wyrmstooth but will go back to Bruma soon. I downloaded the mod to give Serana a bunch more dialogue but that kinda makes the game a daying/romance simulator. Can’t wait for that Morrowind mod
lol I hope not. But I feel like satire really can't keep up with reality these days.
Lately I've been trying this out and using googles random number generator for it. I like to use the Alternate Start - Live Another Life and the New Beginnings mod to get a crazy start.
Once I complete a faction I'll mark it off and roll for something else with a new character.
I don't know if you are in to V-Tubers but Silvervale has has this as their modlist and it looks amazing. It makes it a new game but it's still Skyrim, not like Enderal. I've yet to get it set up like they do but it's worth checking out their old streams to see it.
Thanks! I’m considering doing a total restart as live another life and like being a simple farmer who will do odd jobs for money
If you are going to do a new character you should check out Ordinator and Apocalypse mods. Ordinator completely changes the skill tree and lets you specialize each skill. Apocalypse adds a lot of unique spells. If you want to know more search "Enai mods" They all complement each other.
Cool thing about Live Another Life is there is an option to start off as a hunter in the forest. You start with a tent, a bow, and a hatchet. It's pretty close to being a farmer.
There is also a random option, which with Skyrim Roulette, leads to interesting stories. I rolled a Bosmer Knight who woke up in Old Hroldan Inn and had to complete the Thieves' Guild line. Being a knight I couldn't use magic or light armor so stealth was out. It was a fun run.