The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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- – Emperor Uriel Septim VII
- – What you'll be hearing the instant you so much as look the wrong way at someone's apples
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the fourth game in the Elder Scrolls main series. It follows the Hero of Kvatch (which, when pronounced as spelled in German means "nonsense", as a funny bit of trivia), who has the distinction of being a normal person rather than the chosen one of the god(s), much like the hero of Daggerfall. As is tradition for the series, the game starts out with you being released from prison, but rather than being saved by divine fortune or fate, you just happen to cross paths with Emperor Uriel Septim VII while he's escaping from some assassins who've just wiped out the rest of his family and he orders you to be spared because he thinks you're somebody he saw in a dream once, maybe. The assassins eventually kill the Emperor, and with his dying breaths he entrusts you with the Amulet of Kings, the sacred relic of the Septim bloodline, and asks you to find his last surviving son, who is now the only hope to avert a full-scale invasion of Tamriel by the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon and his unholy legions. Thus begins an epic adventure and a race against time to defeat Dagon's plans.
Oblivion might be the most and the least skubtastic game of the Elder Scrolls franchise. On one hand, despite spawning many memes and being the first game for many devout Elder Scrolls fans, it is largely deemed as a forgettable and unimportant title in comparison to the epic worldbuilding and nostalgia factor of Morrowind and the pop-cultural mainstream power of Skyrim. Despite this, it is largely regarded as the best TES game in terms of its quests; its faction questlines are generally regarded as being far more well-developed and interesting than they are in any of the other main series games, and the main adventure is just as epic and cosmic as Morrowind while both streamlining the experience (without diluting it like Skyrim), and making it seem, all the way until the end, that you are just the middle man. Though you accomplish great and impossible things during the game, you are not the appointed savior of Tamriel or the chosen one of the gods. That role is assigned to the guy you're guarding and helping, because he happens to be Sean Bean Martin Septim, the last of the legendary line of Septim emperors who are descended from the blood of the Dragon God Akatosh himself. It should also be noted that the events of Oblivion have had tremendous consequences for Tamriel and the Empire by the time Skyrim occurs, and if you haven't played the former before the latter, you'll probably be wondering what in hell the "Oblivion Crisis" was and why it was such a big deal, not to mention missing a lot of Easter eggs.
Tl;dr Might or might not be your favorite TES game. If it's not, you're either lost in nostalgia or are 12.
Expansions[edit]
Oblivion has a few expansions to its name, though they can be considered either post-game content (ESPECIALLY the Shivering Isles) or directly adjunct to the main questline, as they in no way intersect with the core plotline.
- Knights of the Nine: An unwanted legacy of the Ayleids rears its ugly head, as Umaril the Unfeathered, the Ayleids' vaunted sorcerer-king, is once more making a mess in modern-day Cyrodiil, as foretold in legend. The Hero of Kvatch must go on an epic quest to collect the nine pieces of equipment of the legendary
cyborg from the futureelf-hating crusader hero Pelinal Whitestrake, and track down the ancient Altmer to his stronghold in Meridia's home in Oblivion to end his threat once and for all.
- The Shivering Isles: The Hero of Kvatch is invited to the Daedric Prince Sheogorath's home in Oblivion, the eponymous Shivering Isles, to help straighten out some local issues, and in the process discover Old Sheo's true identity... as a Daedric prince of Order. In the end, the hero takes over the mantle of the Madgod to keep the Isles from being destroyed, along with all that assuming the title entails (which means that, yes, the Sheogorath you meet in Skyrim is actually the hero of Oblivion).
2 Notable Mods: Pickman's Model Fanmade Expansion and Thief's Thieves Arsenal[edit]
Within the game, a homage to Innsmouth from the works of H.P. Lovecraft exists in Cyrodiil, known as Hackdirt. Inhabited by cultists who interbred with "Deep Ones" to create bugeyed weirdos living in a cave system below the town. A mission involves rescuing an Argonian lass from sacrifice to these Deep Ones. The fanmade mod expansion "Pickman's Model" adapts another Lovecraft story, one focused on Ghouls, into the mix, adapting Richard Upton Pickman into the world of the Elder Scrolls. Here is the official trailer of the mod on YouTube. https://youtu.be/jzxyrN8a14s And here is the Nexus mods link. https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23189
The other notable fanmade mod for Oblivion was Thieves' Arsenal, which added the clothes and arsenal of Garrett from the Thief video game series to Oblivion. This includes a knockout blackjack, rope arrows, fire arrows, water arrows, and even the character Basso the Boxman from Thief 2 as a fence. Here is a quick how-to video from YouTube. https://youtu.be/faAmG2raLtY And here is the official Nexus mods link. https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9655
