History VideoGame / LegacyOfTheDragonborn

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike the other guilds in the base game[[note]]not counting the Bard's College[[/note]], the Explorer's Guild is the only faction that doesn't exist at the start of the game[[note]]unless the player uses a specific game start, that is[[/note]], so rather than joining the guild and working your way up to the position of leader, you start as the leader and recruit other members.

** If you have a follower during ''A Night at the Museum'', they'll somehow follow the Dragonborn inside the nightmare sequence.

** Getting the EasterEgg item Ice's Stalhrim Spoon of Assassination requires to complete a puzzle which opens its hiding place, which then allows to pick it up. The item only spawns if the puzzle is properly completed, which makes harder to obtain it through unlegit means (e.g. noclipping through its hiding place).

** The optional plug-in ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/38529 Legacy of the Dragonborn - The Curator's Companion]]'' adds symbols to immediately tell if an item can be displayed when looking at them (both in and out of the inventory).

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: A significant number of the items displayed are ones you either have to give to an NPC as part of a quest, or are powerful weapons[=/=]armor you might want to use[[note]]it's probably easier to name weapons[=/=]armor in the base game or other mods that ''don[='=]t'' have displays for them[[/note]], so you can craft replicas of those items that the displays will accept[[note]]replicas of unique weapons and armor can be used as weapons[=/=]armor, but won't have any enchantments[[/note]].

* SequelHook: "O", the person who hired [[spoiler: Argus and Ezra]] is still a mystery after the events of "Shattered Legacy".

** In general, V5 added quite a few of these.

* ShoutOut: At one point, the Gallery will become haunted, with the mannequins coming to life, and the player will have to join a Priest of Arkay overnight to attempt to get rid of the ghost. Take a wild guess [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum what movie]] the quest shares a name with.

*** On the topic of references to Shounen series, the mod "Skyrim Unique Treasures" adds an "[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki Sword]]".

* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Bryon, given that Argus and Ezra turn out to be villains, and we never meet Ulgarg]].

* VersionExclusiveContent: The [=LE=] version of the mod has the famous "Moonpath to Elsweyr" integrated by default; the [=SE=] version, on the other hand, does not, but does incorporate items found in the mod via a different quest, and if one does install the [=SE=] version of "Moonpath", then the mod itself will incorporate it without need of the patch[[note]]the reason the [=SE=] version doesn't have ''Moonpath'' installed by default, in case you're curious, is that the SE version has several changes from the [=LE=] version, rather than just being a direct port[[/note]].
** On the flip side, the LE version ended production years ago with all new content & revisions limited to the SE version. The staff have blatantly said they will no longer work on the LE version to keep it up to date with SE's content.

* OrphanedEtymology: During the Vanilla Thieves Guild quest when the Dragonborn breaks in Cacelmo's office to find a Falmer's lexicon, the mod adds a museum display featuring the stele with Falmer script. The display notification says "Falmer Rosetta Stone", which refers a real life historical artifact (itself named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta a real life Egyptian place]]) in a fictional fantasy setting.

* GuideDangIt: Finding Ice's Stalhrim Spoon of Assassination falls into this in ''V5'', given that unlike in the previous versions, there's a puzzle you have to complete.

** ''Night at the Museum'' has the museum haunted by the building's former owner ghost, who trashes the place. This is translated ingame as the museum's main cell being replaced by an unique cell (specific to the quest) were some displays are empty and the pieces are cluttered through the room. There's a single, static, version of this area, and the mess may feature items you didn't discover yet. For some reason, the ''Night at the Museum'' version of the museum features the displays for the Ancient Tongues weapons and Visage armor set fully completed, despite the items being all earned during ''Shattered Legacy'', a quest which ''prerequisites'' are very unlikely to be even met by the time you trigger ''Night at the Museum''[[note]]Both quests have the number of items displayed in the museum as prerequisite (300 for ''Night at the Museum'', 550 and a scripted encounter on the Skyrim worldspace for ''Shattered Legacy'')[[/note]].

* DevelopersForesight: A few of the items that can be displayed have untargeted quests that can be triggered by reading notes Auryen has written on them[[note]]the reason for them not being targeted is that the items can also be added by other mods or creations; in cases where a creation or mod has a different version of an item, the item in ''Legacy'' is either replaced or locked off entirely[[/note]]. However, it's possible for the player to find the items ''before'' reading said notes, so if they do so, the player's Journal will automatically mark the quest as complete with a different note.

* SavedForTheSequel: As of V5, Umbra has become this - originally, it was found in an unmarked location in The Reach, but it's since been removed, and set aside for Act 2 of ''Odyssey''[[note]]the Creation Club version of Umbra is separate, although it can be displayed if one uses a patch[[/note]].

** ''Night at the Museum'' has the museum haunted by the building's former owner ghost, who trashes the place. This is translated ingame as the museum's main cell being replaced by an unique cell (specific to the quest) were some displays are empty and the pieces are cluttered through the room. There's a single, static, version of this area, and the mess may feature items you didn't discover yet. For some reason, the ''Night at the Museum' version of the museum features the displays for the Ancient Tongues weapons and Visage armor set fully completed, despite the items being all earned during ''Shattered Legacy'', a quest which ''prerequisites'' are very unlikely to be even met by the time you trigger ''Night at the Museum''[[note]]Both quests have the number of items displayed in the museum as prerequisite (300 for ''Night at the Museum'', 550 and a scripted encounter on the Skyrim worldspace for ''Shattered Legacy''[[/note]].

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: While there's no hard requirement that one become Dragonborn in order to visit the museum, it's ''recommended'' that the player put off talking to Auyren[[note]]having the museum marked on your map and being able to fast travel to it is fine[[/note]] until they've been named Dragonborn as part of the main quest [[note]]or at the very least, completed "Dragon Rising", where the player learns that they are Dragonborn[[/note]], since Auryen will refer to you as Dragonborn regardless of if you've been named as such, but being named Dragonborn also opens up a fair number of the mod's quests. Similarly, the mod also recommends against using mods that allow you to play as a non-Dragonborn (i.e., ''Skyrim Unbound'') for similar reasons. However, this is only really the case if one wishes to start the game normally - if one uses the "Guild Master" alternate start option, however, they'll be given a quest that will take them to the locations that one would visit through the game's main quest up until the start of ''Dragon Rising'', which leads to them discovering that they are Dragonborn.

* MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: Downplayed, as the museum has several things that are not particularly "unusual" along with several things that ARE. It actually has a special section for odd stuff; the "Hall of Oddities".

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: In ''Moon and Star'', the wanted fugitive you're after is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the Nerevarine]], who's returned to Tamriel to hunt down another Numidium. You can even [[spoiler: ''kill him'', although doing so will cause Azura to curse you and inflict a massive health debuff next time you go to sleep]].

* FiveManBand: If you opt to use the Guild Master Alternate Start, the Explorer's Guild fills this role, with the player acting as a SixthRanger; however, if you start the game normally and recruit the Explorer's Guild, the player instead shares the role of TheLeader with Auyren.

The main ''Legacy'' mod is currently on its 20th version - the 5th for [=SE=] - and the team has begun development on a sequel mod, ''Odyssey of the Dragonborn''. The mod can be found [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52248 here]] ([=LE=]) and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802 here]] ([=SE=]). The mod is available for the Xbox One, but not on the Playstation 4 or 5 (due to Sony banning mods) or the Nintendo Switch (due to no support for mods). As for patches that add compatibility with other mods, they can be found [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/72921 here]] ([=LE=]) and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30980 here]] ([=SE=]). The author of the mod has stated that the current [=LE=] version is likely the last one that will be released, although he has not ruled out later updates or a backport of the [=SE=] version of V5[[note]]the reason for this is because [=SE=] has a more powerful engine for developers; additionally, he's stated if V5 does get backported, it'll be a case of "use at your own risk"[[/note]], but it's confirmed ''Odyssey'' will not receive the same treatment. Similar to how previous updates between versions of ''Legacy'' would require an entirely new save file[[note]]it was okay to change between, oh say, version 4.5 to 4.51 on the same save; however, changing from version 4 to version 5 would require a completely new save[[/note]], ''Odyssey'' will also require a new game, although players will not have to start over every time a new installment of ''Odyssey'' is released.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The "Bad Ending" of Act 3 of ''Vigilant'' is treated as such, given that [[spoiler: said ending has the player "die" in a fire - while the player's game isn't ended, they are technically a different character from then on out[[note]]specifically, the player is given the choice of accepting Molag Bal's help to escape or dying as a martyr; neither option will impact how much karma you have, but choosing the former will allow you to go to Coldharbor as your current character, while the latter will have your character "die", and you'll pick up as a new character - vanilla ''Skyrim'' doesn't notice, but ''Vigilant'' will take this into account[[/note]]]]. Regardless of which outcome they pursue, the museum will display the good ending of the act.
* CashGate: Deepholme requires 10,000 septims to complete, and since it's supposed to be kept off the books, the player has to provide it themselves. And of course, there's also the fact that in order to display the Thane weapons, the player needs to purchase the houses in four[[note]]Solitude, Windhelm, Markarth, and Riften[[/note]] of the nine holds[[note]]Dawnstar, Falkreath, Morthal, and Winterhold only require the player to do a favor for the Jarl of each hold, then help some of the citizens; and the player becomes Thane of Whiterun throughout the game's story regardless of if they purchase Breezehome[[/note]].

* DecapitationPresentation: Averted by the "Trophy Heads" addon for the mod - you'd ''think'' a mod with that name would involve this, but instead, you're collecting heads that were already decapitated and preserved[[note]]not all races are represented - Bretons, Imperials, Falmer, Dwemer, and non-Thalmor Altmer don't have heads[[/note]]. Somewhat played straight in the base game with the Dark Brotherhood questline, since the 15 targets Nazir gives the player ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Victoria Vici]]) all have skulls the player can collect and display[[note]]you're not required to decapitate them; you only have to kill them and loot it off their body[[/note]].

** Completing "The Trial of Trinimac" before building any of the Explorer Society Outposts will make them off-limits.

* CoolSword: The base game already had a fair number of these, but the mod takes this trope UpToEleven, not only bringing back swords from previous entries, but also adding new weapons. A few notable examples are the aforementioned Sword of Ancient Tongues, as well as Auyren's own sword (currently unobtainable), Aedrastorn.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Odyssey'' is stated to not only require the player to have completed all of the main ''Legacy'' quests, but also a level requirement of 50[[note]]although the team has said that they plan on having patches that will lower the level for mods that make it harder to level up[[/note]], and it will also take your choices in ''Skyrim'' quests into consideration.

While the dev team has included built-in support for certain mods, there is also a developer's kit that allows modders to create displays for their own content, using a spot assigned by the dev team. Additionally, while the dev team doesn't support creation club content, patches that allow the creation club versions of items to be displayed do exist, although only a handful of them are currently supported.

The main ''Legacy'' mod is currently on its 20th version - the 5th for [=SE=] - and the team has begun development on a sequel mod, ''Odyssey of the Dragonborn''. The mod can be found [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52248 here]] ([=LE=]) and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802 here]] ([=SE=]). The mod is available for the Xbox One, but not on the Playstation 4 or 5 (due to Sony banning mods) or the Nintendo Switch (due to no support for mods). As for patches that add compatibility with other mods, they can be found [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/72921 here]] ([=LE=]) and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30980 here]] ([=SE=]). The author of the mod has stated that the current [=LE=] version is likely the last one that will be released, although he has not ruled out later updates or a backport of the [=SE=] version of V5[[note]]the reason for this is because [=SE=] has a more powerful engine for developers; additionally, he's stated if V5 does get backported, it'll be a case of "use at your own risk"[[/note]], but it's unlikely ''Odyssey'' will receive the same treatment. While previous updates between versions of ''Legacy'' would require an entirely new save file[[note]]it was okay to change between, oh say, version 4.5 to 4.51 on the same save; however, changing from version 4 to version 5 would require a completely new save[[/note]], ''Odyssey'' will allow players to use an existing save file.

** VideoGame/{{Falskaar}}
** VideoGame/TheForgottenCity

* '''Karagas's Tower''', a Dwarven themed player home obtained after completion of ''The Excavation of the Ruins of Rkund'''.

[[folder: Supported mods]]
* Mods that add displays[[note]]mods that are italicized require the compatibility patch; if the [=LE=] Link is italicized, the SE link also requires the compatibility patch[[/note]]:
** [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/23530 Aetherium Armor and Weapons]] ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2687/ SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57113 Amulets of Skyrim]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/487 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/67987 Artifacts of Boethiah]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/15264 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13972 Artifacts - Ice Blade of the Monarch]]''[[note]]only available for [=SE=][[/note]]
** Badgremlin's mods[[note]]multiple mods; [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62340 captured fairies]], [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/25956 jar hunt]], [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/63537 fish bowls]], and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69522 trophy heads]][[/note]] ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/15092 SE version]][[note]]all in one, for those interested[[/note]])
** [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/72910 Dawnguard Arsenal]] ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/25094 SE version]])
** [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12092 Cloaks of Skyrim]] ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6369 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62493 Elemental Dragons]]''[[note]]only available for [=LE=]; while an [=SE=] port of the mod exists, it is not supported on the [=SE=] version of ''Legacy'', as said port is rather buggy[[/note]]

** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/21120 Heavy Armory]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6308 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35841 Helgen Reborn]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/5673 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52397 Moon and Star]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4301 SE version]])
** ''[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/40607 Undeath]]'' ([[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6180 SE version]])

Also worth mentioning for the the [=LE=] edition of the mod is an add-on called the [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/79168 Lost Legacy of the Nine]], which greatly expands on the Knights of the Nine from the ''Oblivion'' DLC of the same name (the armor from said DLC is available in vanilla ''Legacy''). At the moment, the author of that mod has yet to port said addition to [=SE=], but he has stated it will happen eventually[[note]]although it's likely it will be in a different form, as it was decided that, rather than make a separate stand for the Breton Paladin armor mod required for the ''Lost Legacy'' mod, they opted to keep the existing armor display[[/note]]. And lastly, while not an official component of the mod, there's also the [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64117 Hall of the Forgotten]], an unofficial mod that acts as a place for various unofficial displays - both ones that were moved from the main display, as well as other ones that never had displays for the mod in the first place.

* DevelopersForesight: A few of the items that can be displayed have untargeted quests that can be triggered by reading notes Auryen has written on them. However, it's possible for the player to find the items ''before'' reading said notes, so if they do so, the player's Journal will automatically mark the quest as complete with a different note.

** In general, if a vanilla quest forces you to choose between outcomes, the other outcome's reward - i.e., side with Thornar in "No One Escapes Cidhna Mine", and you miss out on the Armor of the Old Gods[[note]]however, it is possible to get both items - side with Madanach up until he gives you the armor, then kill him and escape; Thornar will act as if you escaped by yourself and give you his family ring[[/note]].

* Really700YearsOld: As par for the course with the Mer, Auryen (a High Elf) and Professor Patero Marassi (a Wood Elf) both have extremely long lifespans - they first met 65 years prior to the events of ''Arena''[[note]]300 years before the events of ''Skyrim''[[/note]]; as of V5, one of the guards will mention that Auryen is at least 500 years old[[note]]given that normal Altmer can live to at least 1000 - longer if they use magic - that's basically the elf equivalent of being in his 50s[[/note]]. Possibly averted for Madras (a Dark Elf), since while he does have the long lifespan elves have, his age hasn't been stated, and he appears to be on the younger side for a member of his race.

* The ''Hall of Legends'', which, while not currently in the game, will feature content from ''Odyssey of the Dragonborn''.

Also worth mentioning for the the [=LE=] edition of the mod is an add-on called the [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/79168 Lost Legacy of the Nine]], which greatly expands on the Knights of the Nine from the ''Oblivion'' DLC of the same name (the armor from said DLC is available in vanilla ''Legacy''). At the moment, the author of that mod has yet to port said addition to [=SE=], but he has stated it will happen eventually[[note]]although it's likely it will be in a different form, as it was decided that, rather than make a separate stand for the Breton Paladin armor mod required for the ''Lost Legacy'' mod, they opted to keep the existing armor display[[/note]]. And lastly, while not an official component of the mod, there's also the [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64117 Hall of the Forgotten]], an unofficial mod that acts as a place for various unofficial displays.

Also worth mentioning for the the [=LE=] edition of the mod is an add-on called the [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/79168 Lost Legacy of the Nine]], which greatly expands on the Knights of the Nine from the ''Oblivion'' DLC of the same name (the armor from said DLC is available in vanilla ''Legacy''). At the moment, the author of that mod has yet to port said addition to [=SE=], but he has stated it will happen eventually[[note]]although it's likely it will be in a different form, as it was decided that, rather than make a separate stand for the Breton Paladin armor mod required for the ''Lost Legacy'' mod, they opted to keep the existing armor display[[/note]].