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Recurring Characters
I recently started thinking about recurring characters in the Elder Scrolls series. There aren't really that many of them. I know character building isn't necessarily Bethesda's strong point, not compared to a studio like Bioware, but there's an awful lot of potential floating around. There was a thread concerning this in the Lore forums on the official TES site a few years ago, and I think the list ended up standing as such:
- Barenziah and Helseth (yet sadly not my beloved Morgiah) made the transition from Daggerfall and turned up in Tribunal.
- The King of Worms, another favourite of mine, was resurrected from Daggerfall to Oblivion (although there is some dispute as to whether the flimsy-looking Altmer we were given was actually him).
- Drarayne Thelas (the crazy rat lady from Balmora) has a sister who turns up in Oblivion, Arvena Thelas (another crazy rat lady to boot).
- Jiub, our favourite prison roomie from the beginning of Morrowind, gets a mention in Dawnguard.
- Sonja Snow-Song of Bloodmoon turns up posthumously near Dive Rock in Oblivion.
- A relative of Valen Dreth (from the prison in Oblivion) is hanging around in the Bee & Barb in Riften in Skyrim.
- Emperor Uriel VIII, of course, is instrumental in Arena, Daggerall and Oblivion.
- Chancellor Ocato - he's a big player in Oblivion, but he is actually also the guy you see with the Emperor in the live-action intro to Daggerfall.
- M'aiq the liar has turned up in each game since Morrowind.
- The daedra of course have presences in all the games, though in some cases their personalities and artistic design have changed a little (I personally preferred the ginger-haired banker version of Sheogorath from Daggerfall).
- Arguably the Hero of Kvatch, the PC from Oblivion, cameoed in Skyrim as the madgod (makes some suggestive remarks about knowing Martin, and if Shivering Isles is canon then it's sort of a done deal...)
But what I really want to know is what characters you'd like to see recurring, and why.
I have a pet theory that Jauffre, Grandmaster of the Blades in Oblivion, was the Great Knight you sometimes heard about in rumours during Daggerfall, such as here:
He's the right age to fit between the timelines, and in a delicious twist this means that Lady Brisienna, your first contact in Daggerfall, is his sister. I've always been fascinated by Brisienna. What exactly was she doing undercover with the witches of Popudax? Inquiring minds want to know!
Another character I have a personal headcanon for is Ocato. My theory is that he reached his position as Imperial Battlemage because he was the PC of Arena, the Eternal Champion, the hero who defeated Jagar Tharn. It makes total sense that the Emperor would grant Tharn's vanquisher his usurped position.
Oh, and I'm desperate to find out what happened to Caius Cosades after Morrowind. Did he ever get over his skooma addiction, I would like to know?
So I really want to hear your opinions. Which characters would you love to see a cameo from in later ES installments? Which ones are you disappointed never came back or received more attention? Who are your favourites and how do you think their stories panned out? What are your personal headcanons as to how particular characters are connected? Go go go!
- Barenziah and Helseth (yet sadly not my beloved Morgiah) made the transition from Daggerfall and turned up in Tribunal.
- The King of Worms, another favourite of mine, was resurrected from Daggerfall to Oblivion (although there is some dispute as to whether the flimsy-looking Altmer we were given was actually him).
- Drarayne Thelas (the crazy rat lady from Balmora) has a sister who turns up in Oblivion, Arvena Thelas (another crazy rat lady to boot).
- Jiub, our favourite prison roomie from the beginning of Morrowind, gets a mention in Dawnguard.
- Sonja Snow-Song of Bloodmoon turns up posthumously near Dive Rock in Oblivion.
- A relative of Valen Dreth (from the prison in Oblivion) is hanging around in the Bee & Barb in Riften in Skyrim.
- Emperor Uriel VIII, of course, is instrumental in Arena, Daggerall and Oblivion.
- Chancellor Ocato - he's a big player in Oblivion, but he is actually also the guy you see with the Emperor in the live-action intro to Daggerfall.
- M'aiq the liar has turned up in each game since Morrowind.
- The daedra of course have presences in all the games, though in some cases their personalities and artistic design have changed a little (I personally preferred the ginger-haired banker version of Sheogorath from Daggerfall).
- Arguably the Hero of Kvatch, the PC from Oblivion, cameoed in Skyrim as the madgod (makes some suggestive remarks about knowing Martin, and if Shivering Isles is canon then it's sort of a done deal...)
But what I really want to know is what characters you'd like to see recurring, and why.
I have a pet theory that Jauffre, Grandmaster of the Blades in Oblivion, was the Great Knight you sometimes heard about in rumours during Daggerfall, such as here:
He's the right age to fit between the timelines, and in a delicious twist this means that Lady Brisienna, your first contact in Daggerfall, is his sister. I've always been fascinated by Brisienna. What exactly was she doing undercover with the witches of Popudax? Inquiring minds want to know!
Another character I have a personal headcanon for is Ocato. My theory is that he reached his position as Imperial Battlemage because he was the PC of Arena, the Eternal Champion, the hero who defeated Jagar Tharn. It makes total sense that the Emperor would grant Tharn's vanquisher his usurped position.
Oh, and I'm desperate to find out what happened to Caius Cosades after Morrowind. Did he ever get over his skooma addiction, I would like to know?
So I really want to hear your opinions. Which characters would you love to see a cameo from in later ES installments? Which ones are you disappointed never came back or received more attention? Who are your favourites and how do you think their stories panned out? What are your personal headcanons as to how particular characters are connected? Go go go!