Oh man, okay, I tried writing up a crash course with all the important racial conflicts/geography/cosmology and stuff in the Elder Scrolls, but it was too confusing. Basically, there are nine gods/divines (Aedra), sixteen/seventeen of the strongest spirit/demon/things who like screwing around with mortals (Daedra and the Daedric Princes; "Prince" is unisex for them, by the way), high elves (Altmer), wood elves (Bosmer), dark elves (Dunmer), fantasy Vikings (Nords), fantasy Arabs who are also dark-skinned (Redguards), vaguely French half-elves (Bretons), Orcs (who are also elves, the Orsimer), fantasy Romans (Imperials), cat people (Khajiit), lizard people (Argonions), and the dwarves (Dwemer). Who are also elves. And vanished all at once instantly a long time ago. And weren't actually short. If you couldn't tell, every race generally hates every other race and they war all the time, though the Nords and Altmer are the most open about it and the Dunmer, Argonians, Orcs and Khajiit get it the worst.
The important thing to remember is that almost all in-universe sources may not be accurate, due to bias, misinformation, misunderstanding or whatever. When reading an in-universe book (yes! They're mostly only three or four pages, but quite extensive nonetheless), check the author, date and purpose of the text to give you an idea of what the agenda was in writing it.
The only one-hundred-percent accurate accounts of the past or future are the eponymous Elder Scrolls, and that's because they're crazy-god-time-universal-window-things. Also they tend to strike you blind or make you go nuts when reading them, so they're hardly an easily consulted source.
Anyway! Yes you can buy houses once the guy who rules the city likes you enough! And they come with shelves to stick your books in, once you decorate them. :D Some books raise your skills, but I just lubs them because they're books. They're often interesting reading. It's not vital, but it's fun. You can display weapons and armour, brew potions and cook food as well.
Thing is, it's a Bethesda series. They...are ambitious, and with ambition comes glitches. Hilarious ones. Like horses that can stand on vertical surfaces and dragons that fly backwards. Mostly they're harmlessly funny, but they can get aggravating.
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Date: 2012-02-09 02:09 am (UTC)The important thing to remember is that almost all in-universe sources may not be accurate, due to bias, misinformation, misunderstanding or whatever. When reading an in-universe book (yes! They're mostly only three or four pages, but quite extensive nonetheless), check the author, date and purpose of the text to give you an idea of what the agenda was in writing it.
The only one-hundred-percent accurate accounts of the past or future are the eponymous Elder Scrolls, and that's because they're crazy-god-time-universal-window-things. Also they tend to strike you blind or make you go nuts when reading them, so they're hardly an easily consulted source.
Anyway! Yes you can buy houses once the guy who rules the city likes you enough! And they come with shelves to stick your books in, once you decorate them. :D Some books raise your skills, but I just lubs them because they're books. They're often interesting reading. It's not vital, but it's fun. You can display weapons and armour, brew potions and cook food as well.
Thing is, it's a Bethesda series. They...are ambitious, and with ambition comes glitches. Hilarious ones. Like horses that can stand on vertical surfaces and dragons that fly backwards. Mostly they're harmlessly funny, but they can get aggravating.