That is all.

Probably nothin. But hey. Would love to hear your theories :-)

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Just curious to discuss this TBH.

Personally I think it would be fun to have an encounter with a dragon, but only once, maybe as the conclusion to a questline or as an easter egg like Karstaaag in Skyrim. It should be really hard to bring down, not as easy as the average Skyrim dragon was.

As for lore, it could easily be a dragon that escaped from Skyrim after being resurrected by Miraak, having seen the writing on the wall that was the Last Dragonborn's presence, or maybe one thay had been in hiding all this time like Vulthuryol, the one dragon in Blackreach.

There is also lore precedent for dragons outside of Skyrim, such as in Elswyr, although I'm not sure if there were many in Hammerfell/High Rock aside from the one we see in Redguard (which presumably dies and doesn't seem in a good spot to be recovered).

What do you think?

15 years on from Skyrim and all we have is \\\\****

Next November will mark a touch over 4 years since Starfield released which is within expectations for a BGS release. Will we get anything? I've been on the patient side of this waiting time but I'm starting to wear thin. The only copium I have left is Todd toying w/ the idea of a shadowdrop and that's a bit of a stretch.

GTA 6 will hold me over for a little bit. Fable a little longer. Not sure what little remains of my childlike eagerness toward a video game, but I hope it comes soon.

Tomorrow?

Here's some I came up with myself

"M'aiq is glad to see new lands. He has spent many summers wandering the same few places."

(Obvious)

"M'aiq has heard that the Khajiit have stopped telling fables. This is a great loss."

(Lamenting the closure of Lionhead. A bit of a callback to his old line about never finding a good fable.)

"M'aiq once saw a Nord try to climb a mountain with a horse in tow. It did not end well for either of them."

(Horse climb glitch, duh.)

"M'aiq has heard the giants of Skyrim aspire to walk on the stars some day. He has visited, they are not very interesting."

(Referencing the giant space program and a jab at Starfield.)

"M'aiq misses the time when he first saw the north. Many of the children there are now seasoned kings."

(Referencing how now a lot of the devs are people who grew up playing Skyrim, and of course relating to nostalgia.)

"M'aiq once tried to sing to his sword. It did not do very much. I do not know why Redguards get so invested in the art."

(Referencing sword-singing, duh.)

"M'aiq's feet are tired. He will rest soon at his father's home."

(On the offchance Todd decides to retire a year or two after the release.)

"M'aiq is glad to see new practitioners of the old ways. Those arts of combat and magic were nearly lost."

(Alternatively)

"M'aiq does not know why everyone is so obsessed with the old ways. They are gone for a reason."

(Referencing the return/continued absence of systems like unarmed combat, spellcrafting, weapons like spears, or the school of mysticism)

"M'aiq saw dragons in Skyrim. Now everyone says they are gone, but M'aiq knows they are all around, just very sneaky."

(Continuing a running gag.)

"M'aiq hopes you live to see his next adventure. He has lost many friends in his time."

(It's been a while. People have lived and died without seeing this next entry.)

"M'aiq is glad that business in Skyrim is finally dealt with. It was getting repetitive."

(ANOTHER RERELEASE OF SKYRIM!!!)

"M'aiq once spent many years in the snow. He has many good memories there."

(Another obvious one.)

"M'aiq has traveled alongside many in his age. Though the people these days are so much more interesting."

(Say what you will about the direction of Bethesda, but one thing they're pretty much always improving on is the companion system.)

"M'aiq had a horse stolen twice in Skyrim!"

(Two GTAs released between Skyrim and TESVI.)

"The world feels so much bigger these days. Or maybe it is smaller. M'aiq is not sure."

(TESVI is 100% going to have a bigger map than Skyrim. But it's also 100% going to have a smaller map than Daggerfall.)

"M'aiq's father once told him that everything in this world works as it should. M'aiq has his doubts about that."

(Obvious.)

"Adventurers are so lazy now. They never walk anywhere themselves."

(Referencing the pervasiveness of fast travel in modern games.)

I know it’s still very early to be discussing this, but after creating some mods for BG3, I’ve become really excited about the prospect of making mods for TES6, whenever it eventually releases. My focus is primarily on the 3d art, so I’d be interested in creating things like weapons, armor, and objects for base building. Some of the things I’d like to create for TES6 include:

- Furniture and decorative items for base building. I had a lot of fun with base building in Fallout 4.

- Weapons. I made quite a few for BG3, and it would be cool to port some of those over to TES6, as well as create new ones.

- Armor. I also made some armor for BG3, but for personal reasons, I never ended up posting most of what I created anywhere.

I’ve even started modeling some medieval-style furniture, just because I’m so enthusiastic about the idea of ​​modding TES6. I realize that, by getting a head start on these models, I might eventually need to tweak or even remake them to ensure they fit the game’s art style and don’t look out of place. Even so, I’m still very keen to get a head start so I can begin modding TES6 as soon as possible. I’d love to hear what kind of weapons, armor, or base-building objects you’d like to see, and if you happen to have any reference photos or similar, please share them! It’ll help me get warmed up for when the game finally launches.

Not because it is the Xth anniversary of some game or jubilee or Todd Howard's cousin's cat's birthday.