The Way It Was Meant to Be

[Brigade]

I recently entertained myself by reading the Pocket Guide to the Empire in Redgaurd. From what the book said, the Imperial City, as well as much of Cyrodiil, was supposed to be basically feudal Japan with a bit of ancient Rome added in.

1) What was Bethesda thinking when they made Oblivion.

2) Is there any mod out there that changes the atmosphere of the game to reflect Cyrodiil's description in the Pocket Guide to the Empire from Redguard?

[gregathit]

There was a Japanese themed mod I saw on the Nexus that I "think" did something like this. Been too long ago for me to remember clearly.

[Kashiwaba Tomoe]

To be honest I'm suprised that after all these years no mod team has done a total 'way it should have been' rework of the game.

[The Mad God]

To be honest I'm suprised that after all these years no mod team has done a total 'way it should have been' rework of the game.

It probably would've taken too much effort!

[Brigade]

To be honest I'm suprised that after all these years no mod team has done a total 'way it should have been' rework of the game.

It probably would've taken too much effort!

To be fair, they would have to completely replace the imperial city at the very least. A complete overhaul would conflict with almost every mod ever made that's not a race or texture mod. Most people who have been in the community long enough can edit their favorite mods in the construction kit, but most people don't have that kind of experience, and many mods would be much more difficult to fix.

This could, however, be worked around. Instead of completely replacing the cities, they could be converted into a central district. The land already existing around the city could be converted into an open city, modeled after the lore versions. The most complicated city to add to would be Bruma, but it wouldn't have to be changed at all (even in lore, it's a Nord town). The other cities in game are so small that they could be concealed.

And here I am again, rambling about things I'll never get around to doing. That means it's late, so goodnight.

[Emily]

You ever played morrowind?

They have even more thicker akaviri content than cyrodiil.

[Kamen Rider Kuuga]

I've played Morrowind, never saw any of that. But what I do see now, is all the things that game lost from Daggerfall and I weep.

[Emily]

.. wait, was it morrowind?

Not sure about the title but it has an elves with japanese names on their dojo.

[Brigade]

You ever played morrowind?

They have even more thicker akaviri content than cyrodiil.

The Eastern people of Cyrodiil relish in garish costumes' date=' bizarre tapestries, tattoos, brandings, and elaborate ceremony. Closer to the wellspring of civilization, they are more given to philosophy and the evolution of ancient traditions. The Nibenese find the numinous in everything around them, and their different cults are too numerous to mention (the most famous are the Cult of the Ancestor-Moth, the Cult of Heroes, the Cult of Tiber Septim, and the Cult of Emperor Zero). To the Colovians, the ancestor worship and esoteric customs of the East can often be bizarre. Akaviri dragon-motifs are found in all quarters, from the high minaret bridges of the Imperial City to the paper hako skiffs that villagers use to wing their dead down the rivers. Thousands of workers ply the rice fields after the floodings, or clear the foliage of the surrounding jungle in the alternate seasons. Above them are the merchant-nobility, the temple priests and cult leaders, and the age-old aristocracy of the battlemages. The Emperor watches over them all from the towers of the Imperial City, as dragons circle overhead.

[b']Places of Note:

The Imperial City

Refayj's famous declaration, "There is but one city in the Imperial Province,--" may strike the citizens of the Colovian west as mildly insulting, until perhaps they hear the rest of the remark, which continues, "--but one city in Tamriel, but one city in the World; that, my brothers, is the city of the Cyrodiils." From the shore it is hard to tell what is city and what is Palace, for it all rises from the islands of the lake towards the sky in a stretch of gold. Whole neighborhoods rest on the jeweled bridges that connect the islands together. Gondolas and river-ships sail along the watery avenues of its flooded lower dwellings. Moth-priests walk by in a cloud of ancestors; House Guards hold exceptionally long daikatanas crossed at intersections, adorned with ribbons and dragon-flags; and the newly arrived Western legionnaires sweat in the humid air. The river mouth is tainted red from the tinmi soil of the shore, and river dragons rust their hides in its waters. Across the lake the Imperial City continues, merging into the villages of the southern red river and ruins left from the Interregnum.

[Emily]

Akatosh are worshiped on both akaviri and cyrodiil.. Probably by the dragons and greybeards in skyrim as well.

It a strange mix up of dragonages culture on Mundus.

The culture and lore gets even stranger every time the elder scroll are used/misused