Elder Scrolls Best Elder Scrolls character?

[Socrates]

Of course, the "Tribe Unmourned" could also be the Chimer, since Azura changed them in to Dunmer at this time too.

The seven visions of the oral traditions of the ashlanders has this excerpt:

He honors blood of the tribe unmourned.
He eats their sin, and is reborn.

This is obviously a reference to the Nerevarine correcting the dishonour of the 6th house with their sin being Corpus and is reborn.

There's a bit of lore differences on the subject of Red Mountain, which is most likely Bethesda being fast and loose with their lore, or it could be "unreliable narrator". There's also the fact that Vivec, Almalexia, and Sotha Sil lied their asses off about what happened on Red Mountain which is evident by the visages of Nerevar all over Morrowind. They were basically gods, but allowed the Nerevar mythos to continue and even embraced it. About the only thing we know for sure is that the Chimer/Dunmer were going to screw over the Dwemer and the Five Houses screwed over Nevevar and Dagoth Ur, then covered it all up.

I would argue more so keeping it ambiguous so that it leans more into mythological territory. Sorta like was Alexander the Great poisoned (betrayed) or died from Malaria? Nobody really knows because it was so far back and thus we can only speculate. In reality however Vivec's hidden message pretty much confirms murder as the cause. What is unknown is who struck the killing blow.

Almalexia is a very interesting character, she is almost a complete inverse of Dagoth. While Dagoth went mad with divinity Almalexia went mad due to the decay of her divinity.

 

[luj1]

No one really knows what even happened to the Dwemer, not even Yagrum Bagarn, the last living Dwemer.

They were clearly deleted from existence (or perhaps transported somewhere... permanently) for tampering with the Heart

 

[Silverfish]

M'aiq the Liar. ES isn't renowned for it's comedy, but a character called 'The Liar' who has simple courtesy dialogue like "M'aiq wishes you well" got a legit laugh out of me.

 

[Hagashager]

What do you mean, "Not renowned for its comedy"? You mean you don't absolutely burst into hysterics whenever Wes Johnson does his famous "CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!" routine? Peak comedy, man. George Carlin could only HOPE to match the likes of Bethesda and their genre defining Sheogorath!

 

[Gerrard]

Why the fuck is Saint Jiub not an option

Didn't he become a Saint after single handedly wiping out the Cliff Racers?

Yes, after a cringe fanfiction story written on bethtardo forums.

 

[Humanophage]

To be honest, it's all rather forgettable. Which is surprising given how many characters it has. For comparison, Bloodlines has only a few, but you even remember the minor ones like a thin blood surfer or a cannibal in a hospital or the limb maniac.

I guess Dagoth Ur, Vivec, and maybe the Last Dwarf and Ulfric (because he raises the empire vs nation debate). Also maybe Ezabi the Banker for ESO characters because it is a cat banker, which is mildly cute.

 

[Crispy]

Best Elder Scrolls character?

Why, the Hero of Kvatch, of course!

 

[NecroLord]

How could I forget Uncle Sweetshare?

 

[Stella Brando]

Are there any other Bethesda companions like Serana? Or are they just NPCs without much to say?

 

[Mauman]

Are there any other Bethesda companions like Serana? Or are they just NPCs without much to say?

Frea in Dragonborn has a fair amount of interaction. Not as much as Serana for Dawnguard.

Teldryn Sero, despite being a simple mercenary, has a shit ton to say about a lot of places. Also, he's one of the few npcs with agency and won't be your Seneschal or entertain your sick needs for vidya game marriage.

Also,

REAL MEN LOVE TALOS ​

 

[Butter]

Are there any other Bethesda companions like Serana? Or are they just NPCs without much to say?

TES has never really done companions, just barebones followers. Some of the ones in Skyrim have more to say than others, but Serana is still in a class of her own for volume of interaction with the player. She's more like a Fallout follower, and probably a reaction by Bethesda to how well New Vegas companions were received.

 

[Shin]

i always liked this dude:

seems like a chap with character

 

[Butter]

i always liked this dude:

seems like a chap with character

Shame they didn't bring him back for Oblivion. That would've been a really cool nod.

 

[Poseidon00]

This is going to be utter blasphemy, but my favorite character was this breton thief woman who wore many disguises and her band of accomplices from one of the early questlines of ESO. Forget her name. Had personality befitting her class in a way most Elder Scrolls thieves don't.

 

[Stella Brando]

This is going to be utter blasphemy, but my favorite character was this breton thief woman...

Karliah?

 

[NecroLord]

Are there any other Bethesda companions like Serana? Or are they just NPCs without much to say?

Frea in Dragonborn has a fair amount of interaction. Not as much as Serana for Dawnguard.

Teldryn Sero, despite being a simple mercenary, has a shit ton to say about a lot of places. Also, he's one of the few npcs with agency and won't be your Seneschal or entertain your sick needs for vidya game marriage.

Also,

REAL MEN LOVE TALOS ​

I like Teldryn Sero.
Good Dunmer mercenary and also a pretty good voice actor with a proper Dunmer voice (though not as great as Jeff Baker).

 

[Hag]

No one really knows what even happened to the Dwemer, not even Yagrum Bagarn, the last living Dwemer.

The game actually gives you an answer by the end of the Mage Guild quest, as the guy in Gnisis who has been studying the books tells you :

"It was unfashionable among the Dwemer to view their spirits as synthetic constructs three, four, or forty creational gradients below the divine. During the Dawn Era they researched the death of the Earth Bones, what we call now the laws of nature, dissecting the process of the sacred willing itself into the profane. I believe their mechanists and tonal architects discovered systematic regression techniques to perform the reverse -- that is, to create the sacred from the deaths of the profane.
As the Dwemer left no corpses or traces of conflict behind, I believe that generations of ritualistic 'anti-creations' resulted in their immediate, but foreseen removal from the Mundus. They retreated behind math, behind color, behind the active principle itself. That the Dwemer vanished during a conflict with Nerevar and the Tribunal is merely coincidence."

I was very surprised to have it spelled it straight to me during my last playthrough.

 

[Kalon]

To be honest I'm not surprised the most chosen answer is "no character in Elder Scrolls". That said, it's interesting how some Morrowind characters are given some semblance of a personality with nothing more than a few distinct lines of "dialog".

The game actually gives you an answer by the end of the Mage Guild quest, as the guy in Gnisis who has been studying the books tells you

It's only one theory. But I'm surprised no player has ever come with the theory that the Dwemer were in fact genocided in the aftermath of the battle of Red Mountain and the theory of Azura making the Dwemer magically disappear is just a coverup made by the Dunmer.

 

[Colonel Mutt]

TES has characters?

It`s like saying Sprite has taste.

 

[Stella Brando]

TES has characters?

It`s like saying Sprite has taste.

It has one (Serana)

 

[NecroLord]

To be honest I'm not surprised the most chosen answer is "no character in Elder Scrolls". That said, it's interesting how some Morrowind characters are given some semblance of a personality with nothing more than a few distinct lines of "dialog".

The game actually gives you an answer by the end of the Mage Guild quest, as the guy in Gnisis who has been studying the books tells you

It's only one theory. But I'm surprised no player has ever come with the theory that the Dwemer were in fact genocided in the aftermath of the battle of Red Mountain and the theory of Azura making the Dwemer magically disappear is just a coverup made by the Dunmer.

The Chimer genocided the Dwemer?
Now that's interesting...
Still, I believe the theory that the Dwemer screwed with the heart of Lorkhan and ended up transcending to a different plane, or rather "uncreated" themselves from Mundus.