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In FilmDeg Miniatures' 10-hour interviews (link has timestamp), Kurt Kuhlmann, the quest designer for the final iteration of the main quest, claims that in Ken Rolston's original main quest, the player would have given the Amulet of Kings to Ocato instead of Jauffre, but Ocato would have been Mankar Camoran in disguise and that was how the player would lose the Amulet of Kings.

I think this makes Jauffre losing the Amulet of Kings more understandable from a writing perspective. Kuhlmann explains that it would be too cheap and out-of-the-blue for Ocato to betray the player, but if it was foreshadowed, the "decision" to give him the Amulet would be forced on the player. So, he changed it to the player handing the Amulet to Jauffre in good faith, since Jauffre is not evil and intends to keep the Amulet of Kings safe. It's just that the plot requires the bad guys to get the Amulet of Kings, so Jauffre ends up being horribly incompetent.

I know that it's been 20 years since the release of Oblivion, and Kuhlmann may just be remembering things wrong, but I opened up the Construction Set and there is some evidence that supports Ocato actually being Mankar Camoran, or being evil at the very least. Ocato has his own "Combat Style", which is unusual, considering most NPCs just use a shared default combat style, and unique combat styles are for boss NPCs like Mehrunes Dagon, Jyggalag, or Mankar Camoran. This implies that you were supposed to fight Ocato at some point.

So maybe Kuhlmann is right about the original main plot. On one hand, the High Elf chancellor who holds the same position as Jagar Tharn secretly being evil would have been incredibly predictable. Kuhlmann says he gave Mankar Camoran the motive of creating Paradise in order to make him a better villain. But if the main quest had really leaned into "evil High Elf doing evil because he's evil", maybe it would have been so over-the-top it would have been funny?

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Wedding_video!!!!

Yes, Hannibal Traven is level 50. That's the highest base level in the game (tied with Umbra). He could kill me with one shock spell but I guess he likes pretending to be a Nightblade or something 😂

This is all of the text I could find in Storereach.

The UESP page on Elven Alphabets really helped here. However, it seems that the devs for this mod used a slightly different version of the Dwemer alphabet (or a different font at least) so it doesn't match the version on the wiki exactly. The big signs have the letters individually mirrored compared to how the alphabet usually is, but I assume that's probably just an oversight.

Also, unrelated but did anyone else think the story was a little bit dark? I mean, it's implied that >!Sven Skyltsson killed himself (or told his assistant to kill him) in order to put his soul into a black soul gem so he could be made into a KALLAX shelf. But the assistant (who presumably also killed herself to be put into a pile of junk) decided to not follow through and just left Sven's body there to rot until the Last Dragonborn shows up and does the ritual.!<

This is from the ikeauk instagram post

from my research Kinggath seems to do paid stuff so the "kallax storageborn" creation will most likely not be free

Short explanation: I used the Staff of Worms, obtained from the Mages Guild questline, to make Uriel my undead follower. Baurus follows Uriel as well. I could get back into the sewers because they're not locked until after "Delivering the Amulet".

I thought this was AI when I first saw it, but no, it's official somehow.

There is precedent for IKEA doing this I guess, they also did a collab with Pokopia

I'm using the Staff of Worms to make Uriel my undead follower. It seems that I cannot fast travel with him so we will have to run all the way to whatever destination we're going to next 🤔

Baurus took off his armor and dropped his katana because they ran out of durability (I'll fix his katana and give it back to him later... not sure what to do about the armor though). Also, the Imperial Legion Soldier was attacking Baurus and the Emperor for some reason instead of the bandits.

The sewers don't get locked until you deliver the Amulet of Kings to Jauffre. Therefore, I went and completed the Mages Guild questline to get the Staff of Worms to use it on Uriel's corpse so I can drag it and Baurus wherever I want 😤

Where should I go with them?

Alban Corinis, the test NPC with this dialogue

It's probably just a graphics glitch but still 🫠

link to e3 demo video with timestamp

estelle's UESP page

Yes, that includes Martin and Jauffre. I think everyone looks way cooler like this.

I used zero-weight reverse pickpocketing to accomplish this without mods or commands.

• Obtain a zero-weight item that occupies the same equipment slot as the clothing item you want to steal.
  • I recommend using the permanent bound items glitch to obtain zero-weight Daedric armor, since they're likely to be better than the NPC's current gear. You can also use the reverse-pickpocket zero-weight item duplication glitch to get more easily.
  • If you don't want to use those exploits, you can instead enchant a zero-weight clothing item to make it better than the NPC's current gear. However, many zero-weight clothing items do not respawn, so choose carefully!
• Reverse-pickpocket the zero-weight item into the inventory of the NPC.
  • You can easily level up your sneak by pickpocketing one of the Skooma addicts in the Skooma Den in Bravil, since they will not report you (Adoring Fan also works).
• Attack the NPC to cause them to equip the zero-weight item. Then, immediately yield to them.
  • Some NPCs will equip the item if you leave the area and return, so you don't need to attack them. But I'm unsure of the reason behind this.
  • Make sure the guards don't catch you! If you have to leave the area the NPC may unequip the zero-weight item. Either do this really quickly or charm the guards so they'll pay off your bounty and leave you alone.
• Pickpocket the NPC's original clothes from their inventory.
  • I recommend using an invisibility potion. The invisibility will wear off after you are done pickpocketing, so you won't be caught.

By the way, this doesn't seem to work on the Palace Guards. I guess they really like their own armor that much? 🤔