Line #206 VideoGame/Nehrim


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3	->''"I will grab Fate by the throat, it shall never drag me down."''
4	-->-- '''Music/LudwigVanBeethoven'''
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6	''[[http://sureai.net/games/nehrim/?lang=en Nehrim: At Fate's Edge]]'' is a total conversion [[GameMod mod]] for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''. The colossal four-year project by Creator/SureAI (Also creators of two more total conversions for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', ''Arktwend'' and ''Myar Aranath'', which are prequels) was a remarkable undertaking. The standard ''Oblivion'' mechanics were revamped playing more like a combination of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' than its base game (StatGrinding is possible, but skills are mainly raised through experience points that are spent at trainers ala ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''. There is no level scaling or respawning dungeons.) and an entirely new world was created, complete with lore and quest lines. The mod features a hand-crafted "continent-sized" map and a core storyline that could last over forty hours. The voice-acting is in German, but there are English subtitles and all the quest text has been translated into English. Additionally, the mod boasts impressive hand-designed dungeons and loot in place of ''Oblivion''[='s=] randomly generated dungeons [[note]]while the same in every game, ''Oblivion''[='s=] dungeons were initially created by Bethesda via random generator[[/note]] and spread sheet generated loot. It has won the [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nehrim-at-fates-edge/news/nehrim-awarded-best-singleplayer-mod-2010 Best Singleplayer Mod award for 2010]].
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8	The Mod takes place on the [[CivilWar war-torn]] continent of Nehrim, where the [[EvilChancellor Chancellor]] of Middlerealm, Barateon, has outlawed all magic as well as declared war on the [[EnemyCivilWar Northrealm]]. The [[PlayerCharacter Player]] is a member of a small monastery, who, one night, receives a mysterious letter on his doorstep. The letter leads him/her to an [[UndergroundLevel abandoned mine]], which is unfortunately infested with trolls. He is eventually rescued by the mage, Merzul, who drafts in the PC into the local [[LaResistance resistance]]. And thus begins your grand quest, though not all is as it seems...
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10	In 2016, the sequel ''VideoGame/{{Enderal}}'', a total conversion for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', was released.
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12	!! ''Nehrim'' provides examples of:
13	* AfterlifeExpress: A literal example: the [[spoiler:Star People]] run a quite physical underground train that normally brings the souls of dead people to the underworld. [[spoiler:When the player character shows up at the station, however, they reschedule in order to take you to their king as soon as possible.]] From the evidence aboard, it also appears to be the residence of [[GrimReaper someone else]]...
14	* [[AllMythsAreTrue All Rumors Are True]]: [[spoiler:At least one of the Aeterna dungeons contains evidence that at least these Aeterna DO eat humans like is suggested by every non-important NPC.]]
15	* AGodAmI: The [[LightIsNotGood light-born]] claim to be the gods. They are just very powerful mages immune to time.
16	* AbusiveParents: When young, Kim would be beaten by his/her father if s/he couldn't remember the details of the gods properly.
17	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Under Erothin and Ostian. Less extensive than [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]] however.
18	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler: Chapter 1 ends with the player character captured after witnessing Barateon's army invading the Arcane Sanctum]].
19	* AndIMustScream:
20	** Narathzul Arantheal have been locked several centuries beneath a tower, until you free him during the main quest.
21	** [[spoiler: The souls of all the wielders and victims of the Soul Flayer end trapped in the sword. Narathzul, Zelera, and you can walk freely in what seems to be {{Arcadia}}, but Narathzul's enemies are locked in a stone dungeon built in a creepy forest. You even see Erodan, a Light-Born vanquished by Narathzul way before the events of the game.]]
22	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Kim to the player character, two times. The first time, they are both trapped in the black after the collapsing of a ceiling, and Kim begins to declare her/his love to the player character... then stops after finding a lever which frees them. Much later, in the end of the main quest, when being killed by Sarantha, Kim's last words to the player character are "I love you".]]
23	* AnimeHair: The [[HalfHumanHybrid Half]]-[[OurElvesAreDifferent Aeterna]] have this going on.
24	* AntiGrinding: Inverted in contrast to [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]: bosses and spawn enemies are not level-scaled and their stats are fixed (spawn enemies vary from place to place), so that at a low-level it may be VERY dangerous to wander into the wrong dungeons or places. The game actually encourages the player to build up the hero's skills before venturing too far into the main quest:
25	-->'''High Priest Aratornias:''' However, if I may advise you in one way: Do not go to the barracks in Erothin immediately. The road is long and at these times very dangerous. Go get some equipment and develop some of your skills first.
26	* AnyoneCanDie: Among the major characters of your side, at the end of the main quest the only still alive are you, [[spoiler: Arkt, Taranor, and the Star People king]]. [[spoiler: Kim, Merzhul, Callisto, Narathzul, etc]] all died during the course of the game.
27	* ArtificialStupidity: It's an ''Oblivion'' mod, natch. The [[OurMonstersAreDifferent "Creatures"]] are especially stupid.
28	* BanOnMagic: If you value keeping your head on your shoulders, for the love of god [[DisproportionateRetribution don't cast spells]] in Middlerealm towns, [[spoiler: at least not until a later part of the main quest.]] Teleport magic is allowed around Erothin, though.
29	* BatteringRam: Barateon's troops use this to breach the [[spoiler:Arcane Sanctum's]] entrance. [[spoiler:Merzul]] tries to strengthen the door with a magic barrier, but as soon as Barateon (who's a skilled magician himself) arrives, the barrier is dispelled and the troops manage to break in.
30	* TheBerserker: A player character who chose the Warrior birthsign has the ability to cast (once a day) a spell named "Rage", which greatly increases strength and agility while reducing intelligence, resistance to magic damages, and resistance to normal weapons.
31	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When Narathzul finally confronts [[EvilChancellor Chancellor]] [[LesCollaborateurs Barateon]], he [[spoiler:throws himself off the Palace tower]] rather than face his punishment. [[spoiler:[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice He gets impaled by a spike below]].]]
32	* BigNo: Invoked by [[spoiler: Narathzul upon finding out he's a Light-Born. He dies soon after.]]
33	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Narathzul and you ending the siege of Mountain Monastery by the Middlerealm army.]]
34	* BlackAndGrayMorality: Some of the villains have their virtues and [[JerkassHasAPoint valid points]] while the others are utter monsters. Meanwhile on your side, Narathzul, despite being the BigGood, is not devoid of flaws. See DarkMessiah.
35	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The reapers have a bony blade replacing each of their forearms (and hands).
36	* BlindIdiotTranslation: Downplayed; it's not actually terrible, but the English translation (particularly of in-game documents) of the quest chain that serves as a PlayableEpilogue is of notably lower quality than the translation used in the rest of the game.
37	* BodyHorror: One of the undead monsters is the diseased skeleton, which somewhat looks like a TES troll stripped to the bone. It isn't specific if the creature is an undead humanoid creature or a undead deformed mutant, but the actual name of the creature could imply the latter.
38	* BonusDungeon: Full of those. Among them, Zerobilon, a dungeon in a tower full of traps and undead enemies. Entering it requires a special key discovered after completing a sidequest.
39	* BountyHunter: The player character can be one, thanks to a long series of bounty-hunting sidequests.
40	* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: One mission of the main quest requires to do this to a Erothin guard. The target received one of the anonymous letters of the prologue, but didn't go to the meeting in the mine. The quest requires to alter his memory with a spell in order to erase the memory of the letter, then enter in his house and steal the letter.
41	* ButThouMust: You aren't allowed to refuse the [[spoiler: offer to join the Order]] that Merzul gives near the end of the prologue. Notable in that Merzul actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
42	* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes[=/=]GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: A couple of undead enemies have green glowing eyes which are the only thing that can be seen in otherwise complete darkness.
43	* TheCameo:
44	** German medieval rock band Music/{{Schandmaul}} regularly plays in Erothin theatre.
45	** There are multiple Wanted poster about a rebel named "Max Beautyblood", whose corpse can be spotted in Forest of Salathin. He is one of mod's creator.
46	* ChekhovsGun: When going through the Star People territory while going to Cahbaet, you see them building a huge ship named "Fat Erwin". [[spoiler: They board it much later to reach their homeworld in the stars, taking you onboard to drop you right in front of Inodan, the Light-Born palace.]]
47	* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: Once the main quest has ended, Arkt decides to leave behind his life as Shadow God and retires in a small hut west of Erothin and next to Zelara's grave.]]
48	* ChekhovsGunman: Remember this eerie armoured woman you met in the [[EldritchLocation Shadow World]] and who gave you a lecture about balance and fate, somewhere in the first third of main quest's chapter 1? She's [[spoiler: a personification of fate and the final boss of the main quest]].
49	* ColdBloodedTorture: Frequently used by Kreo and his men on their slaves, to make sure they obey orders. Newly hired slaves suffer a specific torture session nicknamed "Baptism", designed to break their will by inflicting them incredible pain which doesn't cripple them permanently. The player character nearly suffers it when enslaved by Kreo to free Kim, through he/she is saved just before the Baptism actually begins.
50	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: How do the [[LawfulStupid guards]] know you're the one [[BanOnMagic using magic]] anyway?
51	* ContinuityNod: You visit the setting of the prequel, Arktwend, at one point. Though only a few parts of it are involved in the Main Quest, much of it is explorable, and populated with familiar landmarks.
52	* ConvectionSchmonvection: Lava only hurts (very high but not immediately fatally) only if you step directly in it. If you have enough hit points, you'll even be able to ''swim'' (usually no more than a couple of seconds) in it.
53	* CosmeticAward: Some actions (assaulting someone, killing enough enemies, achieving some specific quests, playing the mod for 20 hours, etc) grant achievements, displayed in the "faction" page of the player character's info.
54	* CutsceneIncompetence: Unfortunately. Certain characters also need to learn it's rude to randomly [[InconvenientSummons teleport]] people without their permission.
55	* DarkMessiah: Narathzul Arantheal. Despite being the BigGood, he's merciless to his enemies and kicks a few dogs before the end. [[spoiler: Then he dies, but not before [[LukeIAmYourFather learning that his mother is a Light-Born]].]]
56	* DarkIsNotEvil: Not necessarily anyway. [[spoiler: In fact, [[AGodAmI Arkt]], who wears black armor with a skull motive, becomes more-or-less the BigGood in the end.]]
57	* DeadGuyOnDisplay: After the fall of [[spoiler: the Arcane Sanctum]] and their capture, [[spoiler: Merzul and Melvin]] hanged corpses are exposed on gallows above Erothin marketplace.
58	* DemBones: There is a lot of different skeleton monsters.
59	** Skeletons: Good old classical skeletons.
60	** Bone flayers: Midget skeletons.
61	** Reapers: Skeletons with a horned skull, glowing green eyes, and blades replacing each of their arms.
62	** Diseased skeletons: A difform skeleton which shape evokes more an ogre or a troll.
63	** Fallens: The top part (ribcage, arms, and head) of a skeleton, flying above ground.
64	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:
65	** [[spoiler: Suberted with the Light-Born. You fight and kill four or five of them (depending on how turns your encounter with Tyr), but they aren't true physical gods, merely very powerful mages who aren't affected by time.]]
66	** [[spoiler: Subverted too with the Eliath and Sarantha. The former is an indestructible entity serving fate with reality warping powers, the latter is a personification of fate (and is the final boss). Getting rid of the Eliath requires a complicated plan involving being killed by the entity after striking it with the Soul Flayer. Sarantha is killed in a classical boss battle in an arena. The subversion of the trope is that, at this point of the game, you're no longer a mere mortal but a Shadow God.]]
67	* DiscOneNuke: The Brutal Battle Hammer, introduced in patch 1.5. Due to a [[GoodBadBugs glaring oversight,]] this crafted hammer has a speed of 2.4 (compared to the 2nd fastest weapon in the game which has 1.4 speed). Add to that it boasts pretty decent damage, comes with a respectable fire enchantment, and if you have the minimum crafting skill required (75) it's laughably easy to make, requiring only 1 gold bar and 1 silver bar, which you can get fairly early on in the game.
68	* DoomedHometown: In your backstory, at least. The player character's hometown suffered such a fate when he/she was just a child (it is revived through a flashback during a sidequest about the player character's past).
69	* DoorToBefore: All over the place, pretty much every dungeon has one.
70	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Kim, once you reach the titular Fate's Edge.]]
71	* DualWielding: There are a few "blocking sword" (and axes) items you can use, but they are just fancy looking shields.
72	* DudeWheresMyRespect: You can break the Siege of Cahbaet, liberate the Middle and South realms from tyranny, and [[spoiler: ascend to godhood]], and people will still give you flak for looking like an Aeterna.[[note]]This happens because the fame/infamy mechanics from ''Oblivion'' remains, but the main quest ''never'' adds points to the player's fame, which is essential to alter positively [=NPCs'=] disposition towards them.[[/note]]
73	* EatsBabies: Supposedly the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aeterna]] do this, but it's a lie spread by [[FantasticRacism racists]].
74	* EasterEgg: [[http://nehrim.wikia.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs Several]]. Mainly {{Shout Out}}s to previous Sure AI works.
75	* EldritchLocation: The Shadow World is place which contains the ruins of worlds destroyed by imbalance. It looks like grey barren rocks floating in a green-grey eerie sky, surrounded by thousands of ruins and rumbles orbiting around them. And it is inhabited by some sort of ghosts.
76	* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler:With the defeat of Sarantha]], the world of Vyn finally is no longer [[spoiler:under the control of Fate, and the people will have the possibility to choose, free from predestination, whether to embrace the freedom they received, or continue in their bloody power struggle]]. Sadly however, [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Enderal}}'' reveals that mankind chose the latter, and the world fell into a state of constant war and bloodshed]].
77	* EnemyMine: The Order allied with Taranor (the Northrealm sovereign) for this very reason. Neither of the involved sides feels sympathetic for the other, but both are rebels against Barateon's rule.
78	* EvilChancellor: Barateon, [[spoiler:a former supporter of Narathzul who, after the capture of the latter by the Light-Born, chose to pursue his own goals, taking over the throne of Erothin, waging war against the Northrealm and betraying the Order.]]
79	* ExtendedGameplay: The death of the final boss is followed by a cutscene, then by ending credits. When ending credits are finished, you gain a series of quests about your power of [[spoiler: Shadow God]].
80	* FantasticRacism: If you play as a [[HalfHumanHybrid Half]]-[[OurElvesAreDifferent Aeterna]] you'll get a [[SarcasmMode vague]] sense people don't like you.
81	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Middlerealm and the Northrealm are both standard medieval European settings, the former having a light Holy Roman Empire flavour and the latter being obviously of Norse inspiration. The Southrealm is a fantasy variant of medieval Middle-East.
82	* FighterMageThief: The aren't actual character classes in the mod, but an event during the main quest allows to chose a birthsign (an astrological sign), which grants special spells. Those signs are named Paladin, Warrior, Mage, and Villain, their new spells respectively refers to the Paladin, Fighter (with some Barbarian flavour), Mage, and Thief archetype. The choice is totally free, nothing prevents a player with a mêlée fighting playstyle to choose the Mage birthsign, for example.
83	* FleshGolem: The Zerobilon minions, which are zombie-like humanoid creatures which bodies shows marks, telling that they actually are made from several corpses sewed together.
84	* GameMod: In an odd case of "mod for mod", Oblivion Crash Prevention System functions for ''Nehrim'' and a version of Deadly Reflex can be found for the mod.
85	* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
86	** At the end of it all, [[spoiler:after you've defeated the Light-Born, ascended to godhood, and defeated Fate itself]], your stats stay exactly the same. You don't even get any extra spells, [[spoiler: like in [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Shivering Isles]].]] Also, while you are given the option to [[spoiler:kill or spare Tyr]]. It's a purely moral choice, as it doesn't effect your stats any.
87	** In one of the side quests, you liberate a mine from a bandit gang only to learn [[spoiler:That it has already been magically contaminated by an otherworldly artifact.]] After dealing with the dungeon's boss, you are then sent to chase the messenger carrying [[spoiler:said artifact.]] If you catch and kill him, the final quest entry suggests that [[spoiler:using the Artifact (a large axe) carries the danger of altering the world around it just like the mine.]] This is not so, as for all intents and purposes it's just a unique enchanted axe, and using it carries no consequences whatsoever. If you fail to catch the messenger, you fail the quest, but likewise nothing else happens. Bringing the artifact back to the mine like the quest suggests is similarly pointless. Nothing happens if you choose to take it back to the mine. Like with Tyr, it's simply a moral choice.
88	* GhostTown: Ledur [[spoiler: (player character hometown, destroyed as part of his/her backstory)]], Mortram.
89	* GhostCity: Stormwend and Treomar, the capitals of former realms.
90	* GottaCatchThemAll: There are several kinds of items scattered in the setting, usually with actual effects:
91	** Magic Symbols: Each of them grants some XP when picked up (the XP amount depends on the number of Magic Symbols already found at this point).
92	** Fire Sparks: Rare plants which permanently raise the luck attribute by +1 when consumed.
93	** Ice Claw: Rare plants which permanently raise your encumbrance by +1 when consumed.
94	** Potion of Encumbrance: Rare potions which permanently raise your encumbrance by +10 when consumed.
95	** Books: The "Knowledge is superior to the sword" sidequest requires to read one hundred different books (any book), to get some XP and a permanent intelligence raise.
96	** Almanac of Conjuration: In "The Books of Conjuration" sidequest, they are 22 books scattered in dungeons, each of them raises by +5 the conjuration skill when read.
97	** There is an achievement gained when you complete an armour set.
98	* HideYourChildren: Following in the footsteps of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
99	* HighClassGlass: The banker in Erothin has this going on.
100	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Literal example in one of the bounty hunting sidequests. Your bounty is a "dwarf" thief, who is eventually found dead among the debris of a bomb he was trying to build.
101	* HollowWorld: The underground levels you must cross to reach the Star People capital feature very, very large areas with very high ceiling.
102	* HornsOfBarbarism: The berserker armour set includes a helmet with a large pair of horns pointed upward.
103	* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The Dark Forest, the Death Pass, Vault of Soul Excoriation.
104	* IdiotBall: In "Path of the Gifted", the player character's plan to recruit Kim for the Order is this. Kim is a slave and his/her master Kreo refuses to sell him/her, as the current war made possessing slaves a luxury. What is the plan? Proposing yourself to replace Kim in slavery under Kreo's rule, then escape with the help of Kim sneaking in the keep in which Kreo's new slave are prepared to serve. The plan eventually worked, but had a number of obvious flaws (which could have been avoided if you just murdered Kreo, which is impossible):
105	** Kreo is obviously a jerkass and a sadist, there was nothing which proved that he would keep his world and actually free Kim when the player character asked to replace him/her.
106	** Kim had to sneak undetected in the keep occupied by Kreo's men to free the player character. And Kim just could have fled while leaving the player character suffering his/her fate.
107	** And, of course, the duo could have not been able able to flee the place.
108	** To make it worse, Kreo will no longer be marked as essential once the quest is over, so you can just [[ShaggyDogStory go and kill him with no consequences whatsoever]].
109	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: During the [[spoiler:attack on Erothin's palace]], an Aeternan thief named Narel will guide you through the sewers so that you can open a gate for the rest of your allies (assuming that you did not [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential kill him in a previous quest]]). Along the way he will spot some enemy soldiers and express his intent to slaughter them as an act vengeance for the wrongs committed against him. You have the option of encouraging and helping him, or you can invoke this trope to convince him to try to sneak around, instead.
110	* IndestructibleEdible: You'll find perfectly fresh fruits and vegetables sealed in coffins inside old mausoleums, that can be consumed without ill effects.
111	* InfinityMinusOneSword:
112	** Item sets can be completed very early, compared to the very late arrival of the [[spoiler:Shadowgod]] armor and are all quite useful.
113	** The Magic Winds set however is more powerful than the mage version of the end-game armor, due to the final armor only giving a small mana and resistance boost compared to the crazy boost of mana regen of the Magic Winds (which weighs half as much).
114	** The Schneller Stahl/"Wind Steel" two-handed blade won in the [[TowerDefense Tower Defense]] minigame. Not as damaging as the Soul Flayer, but incredibly fast, especially for a claymore. Used to be one of the fastest weapons in the game sans daggers, until an oversight concerning crafting stole that honor from it.
115	* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Not only the transparent walls are quite prevalent, the authors were quite fond of using "Ledge of Instant Death", sometimes becoming a "Gentle Slope of Instant Death" of "Flat Path of Instant Death". (after the initial cave, as the only path transfers from ledge to ravine, you can turn right crossing through some knee-high bushes (without even jumping), walk towards the waterfall and die for no visible reason at all.)
116	* InterfaceSpoiler: Each time the games autosaves, expect you're either heading to a deadtrap (inside a dungeon), a scripted tough hostile encounter, or a boss fight. At least, when navigating in a maze, it shows your heading in the right direction.
117	* KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge: The Arch-Seraph Aspheron, servant of the Light-Born and keeper of Treomar ruins. When met in Treomar's library, he states that he is here to prevent others to read access the heretical knowledge contained in the area. [[spoiler: As this encounter happens during the main quest when you have to retrieve something from the area, he eventually becomes a miniboss.]]
118	* KleptomaniacHero: Just like in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
119	* KnightTemplar: The Southrealm is ''full'' of these. Also, servants of the Light-Born are actually CALLED Templar. And so are the battlemages in the Arcane Sanctuary.
120	* LightIsNotGood: The [[AGodAmI Light-Born]] aren't exactly nice.
121	* TheLostWoods: The Dark Forest. Dark even during day, creepy trees, fog, ruins, kobolds, and undead. And a neutral wandering ghost horseman.
122	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: The Light-Born Irlanda is Narathzul mother and reveals it to him when he attacks the Light-Born in Stormwend with the player character, in the hope that this reveal would stop him. Narathzul didn't believe it until later in the main quest.]]
123	* MagicKnight:
124	** The Battlemages are this (heavily armoured mages wielding two-handed weapons or bows). You find them as bandits or as professional soldiers.
125	** You can become one, depending on how you build your skills.
126	* {{Magitek}}: The [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Star People]] seem to employ this.
127	* TheMaze: Daromith Mine (through which you must travel in order to reach the Star People capital) is one. Including a Minotaur-shaped boss.
128	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: With the exceptions of the Southrealm and Arktwend, the setting of ''Nehrim'' is a lot more European-inspired compared to ''Oblivion'':
129	** The Northrealm, located in the cold, mountainous region north-west of Nehrim, is heavily based on Scandinavian landscapes and the Norse culture. The Star people's underground city of Anku, located underneath the mountains and with its {{Magitek}}, is inspired by the Dwarves of Myth/NorseMythology.
130	** The Middlerealm is based on medieval Germany, in its landscapes and architecture, with recurrent [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_framing#German_tradition_(Fachwerkh%C3%A4user) half-timbered houses]] or gothic structures and buildings.
131	* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler: Sarantha]] summons a double of yourself that you must kill [[spoiler: just before her boss fight]].
132	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A sidequest first appears as a kind of innocent treasure hunt with clues and riddles lying in Middlerealm. [[spoiler: Instead of finding a treasure, you're eventually lured to trigger a doom mechanism which releases a magical gas reanimating nearby corpses as undead creatures. The following steps of the quest requires to sabotage the mechanism (to limit the amount of released gas), then kill the new undead now roaming in Salathin forest.]]
133	* NoGearLevel:
134	** You lose all your gear when you're made a slave by Kreo and taken in a keep east of his town; you must resupply you with armours/weapons looted of dead enemies or stored in the keep. Your normal gear is stored in a chest near the exit of the place.
135	** [[spoiler: Happens again when you're captured by Barateon in the end of chapter 1, although this time you manage to find back your gear before having to fight your way through the Erothin guards.]]
136	* NonStandardGameOver:
137	** Being spotted by the guards during the StealthBasedMission.
138	** In Gabor's basement, failing to move the powder barrels quickly enough from the fire eventually triggers a huge explosion which kills both you and Gabor, who is critical in the plot.
139	** During the search for the Soul Flayer, at one point [[spoiler: Narathzul]] ends trapped in a corridor while some poisonous gas is released there. Within two minutes, failing to find a switch which opens the corridor triggers a Game Over.
140	* NothingIsScarier:
141	** Stormwend is a silent ruined GhostCity devoid of any animal life (hostile or neutral). You eventually must enter a tower, itself deserted, and not well-lit. [[spoiler: The only encounter in said tower are two [=NPCs=] and there are no fight at all.]]
142	** The maze in Daromith Mine. Dark, long, labyrinthine... and it only harbours two enemies (including a boss).
143	* NoticeThis: Some quest related objects (levers, switches, scrolls, braziers, etc) glow in a golden light.
144	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Averted: the Star People are called dwarves by humans, but they look like short Elves and are [[spoiler:actually stranded aliens from another planet]] trying to get back home. [[spoiler: Eventually, they do. On a giant steampunk airship. But not before dropping you off on the Light-Born's home.]]
145	* PosthumousCharacter: Zelara, wife of Narathzul. His guilt for her death drives many of his actions.
146	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Spoofed, the drunken "pirate" captain in one quest you hire/rescue for passage in one quest (who even wears a Jolly Roger eye patch) admits during his drunken ramblings he is just a scavenger/looter, not a pirate.
147	* PlayableEpilogue: A patch adds a new quest chain that triggers following the main quest; it essentially serves as this, wrapping up at least one loose end.
148	* {{Railroading}}:
149	** In "Path of the Gifted" Kreo and his guards are marked essential, so even if you can easily take all 3 of them down in combat, you must undergo the rest of the quest to free the slave. Such uses break the theme of a lack of predestination.
150	** In "Into the Forsaken Country", part of the main quest, you must convince a band of looters to bring you by sea to the isle of Arktwend. When talking to the 1st mate of their ship, he tells you that they won't go anywhere now, because Captain Bligh, their leader (and captain of the ship) is (as usual) missing. He also adds that he'll automatically becomes the captain if Bligh isn't found in the next three days. Actually, the only way to advance in the quest is to find Bligh, as just waiting for three days and coming back to the 1st mate won't do anything.
151	* RatStomp: "Work in the Mine", the first main quest of the first chapter, is related to a rat invasion in a mine. It actually doesn't requires to slay rats but to block their holes with big stones lying in the surrounding. Also, there are encounters with hostile rats when you leave the Shadow Song Mine in the prologue, though they aren't the first type of enemies you meet.
152	* LaResistance: The Order.
153	* RobbingTheDead: You can explore temples and mausoleum in order to loot things from sarcophagus or coffins scattered in the place. If you carry a shovel, you're also able to dig in the dirt of cemeteries in hope of finding offerings or precious objects buried in the graves.
154	* SavingTheWorld
155	* SceneryPorn:
156	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zmeYRxwngM Just watch the trailer]].
157	** Upon exiting the mine for the first time, you are given a vista of the area.
158	* SchrodingersGun: Kim's gender isn't fixed but is the opposing gender of the player character's own gender.
159	* ScrewDestiny: Literally achieved during the ending; [[spoiler: Fate is actually a goddess who toys with peoples lives ForTheEvulz. But she gets killed by the player and Arkt during the climax. After Fate is defeated, people are now free to decide what they want themselves, instead of having everything predestined.]]
160	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Kim flees the Order after having eventually understood that its goal is nothing less than killing (the high mages posing as) the gods. He[=/=]she goes back for the last quest, but is then killed.]]
161	* ScriptedEvent: Relies heavily on these. Some are quite visually impressive.
162	* SealedGoodInACan: Narathzul Arantheal. Though exactly how [[BlackAndGrayMorality good]] he is is up to the player.
163	* SequelHook: A sidequest ends with the discovery that Vyn (the planet on which the game takes place) may collide with another planet in a thousand years.
164	* ShoutOut:
165	** To the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series:
166	*** One of the bounty hunting quests requires to kill a creature based on the Butcher.
167	*** There also a ruined town named Mortram (reference to Tristram), in which lies a unique skeleton named "Tyrael".
168	*** The Bone flayers are a kind of enemies made of midget skeletons, like the infamous ''Diablo II'' Bone fetishes[[note]]ironically, the Bone fetishes are DemonicSpiders but the Bone flayers are GoddamnedBats[[/note]]. In a nod to the (not-undead) Fetish shamans, ''Nehrim'' has also a miniboss named Leon, which wield a magic staff and looks like a Bone flayer standing on the shoulders of another one.
169	** A sidequest is triggered when you read a poster on a Stonefield Castle's wall, bearing the signature of a herald named Literature/MichaelKohlhaas.
170	** A room in the Crypt of Daromith is an obvious reference to Moria in Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' (the place itself is abandoned, its former denizens being this setting's version of dwarves). It's a ruined room with (inanimate) skeletons and weapons, in the center of which lies a stone coffin. Near the coffin is a skeleton holding a book, and a well. To leave the room (which doors automatically closes when you entered), you have to make noise (not by throwing something in the well, but by blowing a horn lying on the coffin). Then, a horde of enemies (lead by a giant one) begin to bash the wooden door until it is broken open. The difference is that the enemies aren't goblins and a troll (two kind of enemies fairly common in the game), but zombies.
171	** When considered a separate game to Oblivion itself, Modryn Oreyn's "good" painting of him and Ajum-Kajin shows up in the elevator as you [[spoiler: descend to the Heart of the World]] as well as painting supplies and a skeleton lying next to the painting.
172	* TheSiege: Cahbaet is besieged by Middlerealm troops, and they also besiege [[spoiler: the Mountain monastery]] after a specific point in the plot. You eventually lift yourself both sieges.
173	* StealthBasedMission:
174	** Discovering [[spoiler: where Narathzul is being imprisoned]] requires to sneak inside Erothin palace to steal a piece of information hidden in Barateon's bedroom; the mission happens by night with the help of a diversion which moves the guards from the palace's entrance. Being spotted (while entering or leaving) triggers an abrupt NonStandardGameOver.
175	** Same thing with sneaking inside Ostian castle in order to [[spoiler: make a drug to incapacitate the guards, as a step to trigger a revolution in Southrealm]].
176	** The PlayableEpilogue includes one of these also, where the player must avoid detection by the undead mages while attempting to retrieve a MacGuffin.
177	* StormingTheCastle:
178	** During the main quest, [[spoiler: you can help Taranor, Callisto and a few Northrealm soldiers recapturing Darlan castle from Middlerealm troops, if you choose so.]]
179	** You then [[spoiler: take part in an attack on Erothin.]]
180	* StuffBlowingUp: In a late part of the main quest, the plot requires [[spoiler: to trigger a revolution in Southrealm]]. One of the steps is to find the explosive expert Gabor, who see explosions as works of art. [[spoiler: The goal being to blow the statue of the Creator (the Light-Born Tyr), which destruction is the sparkle to a revolution.]]
181	* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: Sieges and supposedly important battles are just skirmish involving at most twenty men.
182	* TakeYourTime: Occasionally adverted. One side quest has you need to get back an ([[OverratedAndUnderleveled alleged]]) ArtifactOfDoom from a mercenary bandit group that's taken it from it's place of (accidental) creation. The man who took the artifact actually walks through the game to his goal normally, causing a game over if he reaches it, but if you meet him at one of the few points he passes by guards, they'll help you fight him.
183	* TakenForGranite: A lengthy quest to find the previous owner of a vacant house in Erothin ends with finding him (and his family members, whom he was trying to track down) suffering this fate thanks to a cursed treasure.
184	* TechnicolorEyes: The [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-]][[OurElvesAreDifferent Aeterna]] once again.
185	* TeleportInterdiction: After the fall of [[spoiler: Arcane Sanctum]], it becomes impossible to teleport to Erothin, Giliad, and Salen. Trying to triggers a sidequest in which you must reach the concerned teleport stones by foot and manually remove a device whick blocked them.
186	* ThrivingGhostTown: The capital city Erothin is very large but inside it you won't meet more than a couple of [=NPCs=] in the same areas. There are guards, merchants, and bystanders, but only a few, and usually far from each others.
187	* TitleDrop: "Nehrim" is the name of the main continent on which the adventure occurs. "At Fate's Edge" is the name of the final quest of the main quest.
188	* TowerDefense: There are two sidequests consisting in a tower defence minigame.
189	* UndergroundLevel:
190	** You start in the largest mine ever.
191	** The ruins of the [[spoiler: [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Star People]]]] certainly count as well.
192	** And a whole load of caves, mines, dungeons, etc, not all involved in quests.
193	* TheUnfought:
194	** [[spoiler: When Arkt tells the player character that there are probabilities that Narathzul won't be able to become a Shadow God, and could turn against you if you prove to be able to become one yourself, you probably expect that Narathzul turns to be a boss later in the game. Actually, Narathzul dies killed by Arkt during a cutscene.]]
195	** [[spoiler: You'll never fight Irlanda, who killed herself before the player character reaches her in Inodan.]]
196	* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The 100th Magic Symbol, located in the Iron Fire Halls, was mistakenly removed during the game's patching. Either is obtained through console commands, or a separate patch putting the symbol back has to be installed.
197	* ViciousCycle: Information found late in-game reveals that almost everything that has happened in the main story has happened before.
198	* WantedPoster:
199	** Bounty hunting sidequests are triggered by using a board supposed to be this, though ingame it doesn't display the name or the face of your bounty.
200	** There are also multiple straight examples with face and name shown. Among them are posters about a Max Beautyblood (sometimes altered with text added in red), whose corpse can be found in a forest, himself holding one of those posters for some reason.
201	* WeNeedADistraction: For the StealthBasedMission, the player character is able to enter Erothin palace thanks to Taranor ordering his men to hurl some burning giant boulders on Erothin from Cahbaet.
202	* WideOpenSandbox: Not as much as [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]] quest-wise but close.
203	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A few characters tend to suddenly fade away from the story.
204	* WombLevel: You get eaten by an EldritchAbomination in the Southrealm, basically play through ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' in it.
205	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Actually you can, but there's [[DoomedHometown not much left of it]].
206	* YourSoulIsMine:
207	** Anyone who is cut by the Soul Flayer sword will have their soul drawn into the sword, stored permanently, upon their death. [[spoiler:You learn a bit later that this also applies to anyone who ''wields'' it.]]
208	** In the PlayableEpilogue [[spoiler:you have the option of [[VideoGameCaringPotential destroying the sword and freeing the souls inside]].]]
209	* ZergRush: The undead in the ruins of the Star People.
210	* ZombieApocalypse: A quest during the PlayableEpilogue features one of these befalling [[spoiler:Erothin -- or rather an artificial construct of it created specifically to wear down your character.]]
211	* ZombieGait: Weird subversion. ''Oblivion'' zombies retained the same animation as in the original game, but their walking speed has been greatly increased, which means that ''Nehrim'' zombies run while their animation shows a typical zombie gait.
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