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My 200$ netbook from 2007 can play it, and my dad\'s laptop from2002, without these loading issues.

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** Averted with [[TechnologyMarchesOn modern computers.]]

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** [[BittersweetEnding But on the bright side]], the world isn't a Blighted landscape ruled by an insane PhysicalGod riding a HumongousMecha thanks to the Nerevarine's actions.

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** [[BittersweetEnding But on the bright side]], the world isn't a Blighted landscape ruled by an insane PhysicalGod riding a HumongousMecha thanks to the Nerevarine's actions. [[spoiler:You may not have saved Morrowind]] but you did save the rest of the world.
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** [[BittersweetEnding But on the bright side]], the world isn't a Blighted landscape ruled by an insane PhysicalGod riding a HumongousMecha thanks to the Nerevarine's actions.
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* FantasticHonorifics: A slight variation on the gender-neutral "ser" version: The Dunmer use "sera", "muthsera" and "serjo", in increasing order of politeness.
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** Later in {{Skyrim}}, one mage tries to reproduce the Dwarven experiment in a smaller scale, substituting a modified soul gem for the Heart of Lorkhan and using the original, but severely depowered Keening. He vanishes, but can be summoned from ''somewhere'' as a ghost. Can this count as ascension to a higher plane? Your mileage may vary, but many people would think it's a pretty rotten existence.

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* UnwittingPawn - [[spoiler:Dagoth Ur. You too, depending on your interpretation of Azura's intentions. You again in Tribunal, but the king is asking for you to go along with it.]]

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* UnwittingPawn - [[spoiler:Dagoth Ur. You too, depending on your interpretation of Azura's intentions. You again in Tribunal, but the king is asking for you to go along with it.]] ]]
* UselessUsefulSpell - Spells that cure paralysis on self. Sounds like it might come in handy, right? Too bad you can't cast spells when you're paralyzed.
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** Of course, the PC version was the same too. Like in the xbox release, if you ran too fast, the game would grind to a halt to load. Unfortunately, your character moves so ''ridiculously'' slow (Especially if you don't have a bunch of athletics skill!) you'll ''want'' to speed it up somehow. Meaning that yes, you ''will'' experience this.


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* {{Padding}}: Your oh-so-slow base movement speed, unless you have high athletics. You can speed it up by repeatedly jumping - especially if you have high acrobatics.

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* TheChessmaster - Azura might be this. If she is, the fact that we are not sure of it is surely testament to her skill.
* TheChosenOne - [[spoiler:The Nerevarine (you) is the chosen one by nature of being the reincarnation of Nerevar.]]
** Subverted. [[spoiler:There is strong evidence that the player is not Lord Nerevar reborn, but merely a convenient pawn Azura is using in her revenge plot; even Vivec admits such is possible. When Dagoth Ur asks whether you're the Nerevarine, you have the options, among others, of saying "Yes" or "I don't know". He accepts either and praises you for saying "[[SelfMadeMan no, but I'm still going to kick your ass]]".]]
** Expanded. [[spoiler:There is also evidence that in Tamriel, one can become a god by believing they are, and acting like they would. From a forum conversation with the developers: "Mantling and incarnation are separate roads; do not mistake this. The latter is built from the cobbles of drawn-bone destiny. The former: walk like them until they must walk like you.", see also the plot of The Elder Scrolls IV: The Shivering Isles.]]
** In fact, the latter is probably true in this case [[spoiler:since everyone and their uncle says "You are not the Nerevarine, but you might become the Nerevarine." showing that our concept of reincarnation does not apply here.]]
** On the other hand, [[spoiler:Azura saying that you specifically have been chosen does blur the line between whether you're mantling Nerevar or are indeed the reincarnation of him, since it is arguable that in the end, the player character will eventually fight Dagoth Ur if they want to get everything done no matter how long you dither about avoiding the issue]].



* TheCorruption - The Blight and Corprus Disease.



* TheEmperor - A benevolent one is described but [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen not shown.]]



* TheRashomon - There are multiple accounts of Lord Nerevar's life and death, as well as ''why'', exactly, [[BigBad Dagoth Ur]] turned evil. The truth on both counts is deliberately left vague; for example, potential reasons for the latter range from [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption from the tools of Kagrenac]] to [[NecessarilyEvil a noble desire to drive the foreign devils from Morrowind]].



* RecurringRiff - Meta example, the theme of Morrowind uses a melody of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SGBrgFDl0&feature=BF&list=PL0BF7D0A2E3ECF68C&index=1 a song from]] Daggerfall.
** Which is then reused in Skyrim.



* TheSingularity - The GameBreaker described above, in which you use the boosts from the intelligence-enhancing potions you make in order to create better and better intelligence-enhancing potions, until you become intelligent enough to craft items that will make you invulnerable and let you kill anything in the game in one hit, essentially turns the player character into a one-man Singularity.



* TheChessmaster - Azura might be this. If she is, the fact that we are not sure of it is surely testament to her skill.
* TheChosenOne - [[spoiler:The Nerevarine (you) is the chosen one by nature of being the reincarnation of Nerevar.]]
** Subverted. [[spoiler:There is strong evidence that the player is not Lord Nerevar reborn, but merely a convenient pawn Azura is using in her revenge plot; even Vivec admits such is possible. When Dagoth Ur asks whether you're the Nerevarine, you have the options, among others, of saying "Yes" or "I don't know". He accepts either and praises you for saying "[[SelfMadeMan no, but I'm still going to kick your ass]]".]]
** Expanded. [[spoiler:There is also evidence that in Tamriel, one can become a god by believing they are, and acting like they would. From a forum conversation with the developers: "Mantling and incarnation are separate roads; do not mistake this. The latter is built from the cobbles of drawn-bone destiny. The former: walk like them until they must walk like you.", see also the plot of The Elder Scrolls IV: The Shivering Isles.]]
** In fact, the latter is probably true in this case [[spoiler:since everyone and their uncle says "You are not the Nerevarine, but you might become the Nerevarine." showing that our concept of reincarnation does not apply here.]]
** On the other hand, [[spoiler:Azura saying that you specifically have been chosen does blur the line between whether you're mantling Nerevar or are indeed the reincarnation of him, since it is arguable that in the end, the player character will eventually fight Dagoth Ur if they want to get everything done no matter how long you dither about avoiding the issue]].
* TheCorruption - The Blight and Corprus Disease.
* TheEmperor - A benevolent one is described but [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen not shown.]]
* TheRashomon - There are multiple accounts of Lord Nerevar's life and death, as well as ''why'', exactly, [[BigBad Dagoth Ur]] turned evil. The truth on both counts is deliberately left vague; for example, potential reasons for the latter range from [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption from the tools of Kagrenac]] to [[NecessarilyEvil a noble desire to drive the foreign devils from Morrowind]].
* RecurringRiff - Meta example, the theme of Morrowind uses a melody of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SGBrgFDl0&feature=BF&list=PL0BF7D0A2E3ECF68C&index=1 a song from]] Daggerfall.
** Which is then reused in Skyrim.
* TheSingularity - The GameBreaker described above, in which you use the boosts from the intelligence-enhancing potions you make in order to create better and better intelligence-enhancing potions, until you become intelligent enough to craft items that will make you invulnerable and let you kill anything in the game in one hit, essentially turns the player character into a one-man Singularity.

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* TheChessmaster - Azura might be this. If she is, the fact that we are not sure of it is surely testament TeleportInterdiction: The BigBad uses teleport jamming to her skill.
* TheChosenOne - [[spoiler:The Nerevarine (you) is the chosen one by nature of being the reincarnation of Nerevar.]]
** Subverted. [[spoiler:There is strong evidence that the player is not Lord Nerevar reborn, but merely a convenient pawn Azura is using in her revenge plot; even Vivec admits such is possible. When Dagoth Ur asks whether you're the Nerevarine,
stop you have the options, among others, of saying "Yes" or "I don't know". He accepts either and praises you for saying "[[SelfMadeMan no, but I'm still going to kick your ass]]".]]
** Expanded. [[spoiler:There is also evidence that in Tamriel, one can become a god by believing they are, and acting like they would. From a forum conversation with the developers: "Mantling and incarnation are separate roads; do not mistake this. The latter is built
from the cobbles of drawn-bone destiny. The former: walk like them until they must walk like you.", see also the plot of The Elder Scrolls IV: The Shivering Isles.]]
** In fact, the latter is probably true in this case [[spoiler:since everyone and their uncle says "You are not the Nerevarine, but you might become the Nerevarine." showing that our concept of reincarnation does not apply here.]]
** On the other hand, [[spoiler:Azura saying that you specifically have been chosen does blur the line between whether you're mantling Nerevar or are indeed the reincarnation of him, since it is arguable that in the end, the player character will eventually fight Dagoth Ur if they want to get everything done no matter how long you dither about avoiding the issue]].
* TheCorruption - The Blight and Corprus Disease.
* TheEmperor - A benevolent one is described but [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen not shown.]]
* TheRashomon - There are multiple accounts of Lord Nerevar's life and death, as well as ''why'', exactly, [[BigBad Dagoth Ur]] turned evil. The truth on both counts is deliberately left vague; for example, potential reasons for the latter range
teleporting away from [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corruption from the tools of Kagrenac]] to [[NecessarilyEvil a noble desire to drive the foreign devils from Morrowind]].
* RecurringRiff - Meta example, the theme of Morrowind uses a melody of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SGBrgFDl0&feature=BF&list=PL0BF7D0A2E3ECF68C&index=1 a song from]] Daggerfall.
** Which is then reused in Skyrim.
* TheSingularity - The GameBreaker described above, in which you use the boosts from the intelligence-enhancing potions you make in order to create better and better intelligence-enhancing potions, until you become intelligent enough to craft items that will make you invulnerable and let you kill anything in the game in one hit, essentially turns the player character into a one-man Singularity.
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* {{Miles Gloriosus}} There is literally a character called this in Maar Gan.

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* {{Miles Gloriosus}} There is literally a character called this in Maar Gan. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't seem to fit the trope, though]].
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** There's more than just [[spoiler:Sjoring]]. One Mages Guild quest requires you to root out a potential Telvanni spy: [[spoiler:It's Tiram Gadar, Archmage Trebonius's personal assistant]]. A quest for House Hlaalu has you delivering new orders to their spy watching the Redoran: [[Bivale Teneran, the high-class tailor in Ald'ruhn]]. And even though one doesn't formally come up in the Thieves Guild questline, you can find a few Thieves Guild members deep undercover at the Camonna Tong HQ, the Dren Plantation.

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** There's more than just [[spoiler:Sjoring]]. One Mages Guild quest requires you to root out a potential Telvanni spy: [[spoiler:It's Tiram Gadar, Archmage Trebonius's personal assistant]]. A quest for House Hlaalu has you delivering new orders to their spy watching the Redoran: [[Bivale [[spoiler:Bivale Teneran, the high-class tailor in Ald'ruhn]]. And even though one doesn't formally come up in the Thieves Guild questline, you can find a few Thieves Guild members deep undercover at the Camonna Tong HQ, the Dren Plantation.
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** There's more than just [[spoiler:Sjoring]]. One Mages Guild quest requires you to root out a potential Telvanni spy: [[spoiler:It's Tiram Gadar, Archmage Trebonius's personal assistant]]. A quest for House Hlaalu has you delivering new orders to their spy watching the Redoran: [[Bivale Teneran, the high-class tailor in Ald'ruhn]]. And even though one doesn't formally come up in the Thieves Guild questline, you can find a few Thieves Guild members deep undercover at the Camonna Tong HQ, the Dren Plantation.

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** That said, glass does ''look'' a fair bit glass-y, translucence and all (and ebony is rather dark in colour).



** "Ash vampires" are not vampires.

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** "Ash vampires" are not vampires. In fact, they are not even undead.
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* NonindicativeName - The most obvious examples are Glass (a very strong mineral as opposed to a brittle substance made by melting quartz) and Ebony (another very strong mineral, as opposed to a tropical tree with black wood).

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* NonindicativeName - The most obvious examples are Glass (a very strong mineral as opposed to a brittle substance made by melting quartz) quartz; it's a bit like obsidian but harder to shatter) and Ebony (another very strong mineral, as opposed to a tropical tree with black wood).
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* AGodAmI - [[spoiler:Almalexia]]
** Also, all three of the Almsivi in the backstory, plus [[spoiler: Dagoth Ur]] to some extent.


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* BeneficialDisease: The Corpus disease grants the victims immunity to all other diseases and even prevents them from aging. Too bad it also comes with a big serving of BodyHorror and a bad case of crazy, and is completely incurable unless you are the Nerevarine.


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* AGodAmI - [[spoiler:Almalexia]]
** Also, all three of the Almsivi in the backstory, plus [[spoiler: Dagoth Ur]] to some extent.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: After you complete the main quest, many people will stammer and ask you to forgive them because they don't know how to speak to such an important person. Others will thank you for your heroic deeds.
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Volenfell wasn\'t involved with the Numidium plan... and apparently neither were the chaps in Blackreach.


* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence - This is apparently what the entire dwarven race tried to do ([[spoiler:with one exception]]). It's never revealed if they were successful, because if they were, they are all on said higher plane of existence, and if not, they're all dead.

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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence - This is apparently what most of the entire dwarven race tried to do ([[spoiler:with one exception]]).do. It's never revealed if they were successful, because if they were, they are all on said higher plane of existence, and if not, they're all dead. Whatever happened, it even affected Dwemer colonies on the other side of Tamriel with absolutely no connection to the project [[spoiler: though it did leave ''one'' dwarf alive and in a position to return to Nirn]].

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** And sometimes, the "greetings" will cause them to break character. Such as the stuck-up-holier-than-thou Mage's Guild leader not talking down to you. Or Caius saying "Pleasure to meet you" after he's given you at least four quests.

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** And sometimes, the "greetings" will cause them to break character. Such as the stuck-up-holier-than-thou Mage's Guild leader not talking down to you. Or Caius saying "Pleasure to meet you" after he's given you at least four quests. quests.
*** This can even be ''useful'': there are a couple of situations where you want to kill someone, but their standard greeting drops you out of the conversation with a goodbye, keeping you from taunting them to attack you first. The thing is, the 'naked-greeting' usually supercedes that greeting...
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Solsteim in the ''Bloodmoon'' expansion is essentially a cameo for Skyrim two games in the future. It's snowy, full of Nords, werewolves, spriggans and mead, all things that show up in ''Skyrim'' prominently.

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** And sometimes, the "greetings" will cause the characters to break character. Such as the stuck-up-holier-than-thou Mage's Guild leader not talking to you. Or Caius saying "Pleasure to meet you" after he's given you at least four quests.

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** And sometimes, the "greetings" will cause the characters them to break character. Such as the stuck-up-holier-than-thou Mage's Guild leader not talking down to you. Or Caius saying "Pleasure to meet you" after he's given you at least four quests.
** Really, it tends to be just funny moreso. Especially when guards get stuck trying to walk over unconscious bodies, tell you to move along when a dark elf is trying to punch your lights out, but then shout "YOU N'WAH!" if you fight back. (and sometimes they just watch the ensuing brawl).



** Really; it's part of being ''TheElderScrolls'', but this game is the start of where it stops being abstract. There are a couple parts where they in-game directions are vague or abstract but it's an improvement.



** The player will be fine though, as long as they wear at least one piece of clothing. That means if you wear nothing but a belt people will treat you just normally.

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** The player will be fine though, as long as they wear at least one piece of clothing. That means if you wear nothing but a belt people will treat you just normally. (Even more hilarious if you just wear a ''ring'' and run around naked.)



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: You can go on a murderous rampage, then just walk away by paying a fine. Then go on another murderous rampage, pay the fine, then take a nap in the streets, pay the fine....



** You accidentally bump the mouse while in a shop trying to talk to the shopkeeper and now you're wanted for theft.

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** You accidentally bump the mouse or the analog stick while in a shop trying to talk to the shopkeeper and now you're wanted for theft.



** Technically, they're all 3D; they just don't use 3D objects until the third generation.
*** Yeah, anyone arguing that ''Daggerfall'' is 2D or 2.5D because it uses sprites ought to be left in the middle of a ''Daggerfall'' dungeon. The game logic part was entirely 3D already. Heck, the next game of the series, ''Oblivion'', uses 2D sprites for certain effects -- very noticeable on foliage and certain light effects. Does that make it not 3D?

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** Technically, they're all 3D; they just don't use 3D objects until the third generation.
*** Yeah, anyone arguing that ''Daggerfall'' is 2D or 2.5D because it uses sprites ought to be left in the middle of
generation. They certainly use a ''Daggerfall'' dungeon. The game logic part was entirely 3D already. Heck, the next game of the series, ''Oblivion'', uses 2D sprites for certain effects -- very noticeable on foliage and certain light effects. Does that make it not 3D?''perspective''.
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* ArtificialAtmosphericActions: People appear to be programmed to say certain things depending on a couple conditions. If you're sick, they'll say "eeeew get away from me" or tell you to go to a healer. This sometimes is funny when the ''healer'' tells you this. But if you talk to them, they'll ignore that you happen to have some kind of ailment. Civilians don't stand in one place, thankfully, but instead they just aimlessly wander around the towns 24/7, sometimes getting stuck trying to walk through each other. They also sometimes don't react to monsters - which can be quite funny when they just stand there as an Ash Zombie had crawled into your house.
** And sometimes, the "greetings" will cause the characters to break character. Such as the stuck-up-holier-than-thou Mage's Guild leader not talking to you. Or Caius saying "Pleasure to meet you" after he's given you at least four quests.
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** Which is then reused in Skyrim.
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* UnwittingPawn - [[spoiler:Dagoth Ur. You in Tribunal, but the king is asking for you to go along with it.]]

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* UnwittingPawn - [[spoiler:Dagoth Ur. You too, depending on your interpretation of Azura's intentions. You again in Tribunal, but the king is asking for you to go along with it.]]
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* PauseScumming: You can enter the game menu, which pauses the game, at any time. In this menu, you can drink an unlimited number of potions or change armor in the nick of time, even in the middle of combat.
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*** They're watching you, scum.

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*** [[MadLibsCatchPhrase They're watching you, scum.]]
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** Although if he had succeeded with his ''ultimate'' goal, [[spoiler:he would have turned the entirety of the universe/multiverse into nothing more than an extension of his own mind]]. This troper thinks that the collective inhabitants of reality dodged a bullet there.

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** Although if he had succeeded with his ''ultimate'' goal, [[spoiler:he would have turned the entirety of the universe/multiverse into nothing more than an extension of his own mind]]. This troper thinks that the The collective inhabitants of reality dodged a bullet there.
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-> ''"What a fool you are. [[AGodAmI I'm a god!]] How can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence!"''

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-> ''"What a fool you are. [[AGodAmI I'm a god!]] How can you kill a god? [[TemptingFate What a grand and intoxicating innocence!"''innocence!]]"''

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Based on context, I presume this is classic \'Evil Plan\' missue. Also, the guy\'s a Big Bad


Two expansion packs were later released for PC: ''Tribunal'' has you visit Morrowind Province's capital city of Mournhold to investigate an assassination plot against you. It's a fair bit more challenging than the original game, and intended for mid-to-high level characters. Unfortunately, it is not a WideOpenSandbox like the rest of the game, as you are restricted to only one part of the stated-to-be massive city and the sewers/ruins [[UndergroundLevel beneath it.]] The new antagonist also turns out to have set up the [[IdiotPlot crappiest excuse for a]] XanatosGambit ever.

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Two expansion packs were later released for PC: ''Tribunal'' has you visit Morrowind Province's capital city of Mournhold to investigate an assassination plot against you. It's a fair bit more challenging than the original game, and intended for mid-to-high level characters. Unfortunately, it is not a WideOpenSandbox like the rest of the game, as you are restricted to only one part of the stated-to-be massive city and the sewers/ruins [[UndergroundLevel beneath it.]] The new antagonist also turns out to have set up the [[IdiotPlot crappiest excuse for a]] XanatosGambit an]] EvilPlan ever.



* EvilPlan - [[spoiler:Almalexia's]] plot.



* XanatosGambit - [[spoiler:Almalexia's]] plot.
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** He has also written a play called ''The Lusty Argonian Maid''. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "Polish my spear!"]] indeed.

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* GameBreakingBug/GameBreaker - the "Sunder/Keening Bug" which if you have an item that adds attributes to you while wielding and rapidly switch it with another item and back to that item, at enough switching speed the attributes are not removed when unwielding it but instead stacked. You could get insane amounts of attributes. That's how speed runs of less than 5 minutes are possible. The bug was removed in later version though.

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