History Creator / MichaelKirkbride

* HumongousMecha: Numidium, which is one of his most written-about subjects. In addition to in-game works, the 64-page online graphic novel [[https://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/C0DA C0DA]] features it as a major character.

A detailed list of Kirkbride's contributions to both in-game texts and "Obscure Texts" [[https://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Kirkbride can be found here]].

* TheAlcoholic: Kirkbride himself. Played straight at first, then averted. A running joke in the ''Elder Scrolls'' community was that Kirkbride wrote some of his more esoteric works while under the influence of psychedelics, which he denied, saying the heaviest "drug" he'd done was beer. He would later reveal in 2020 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/hzcfhx/does_vivec_raping_his_kids_to_death_not_sit_well/fzklmr6/ on his Reddit]] that this was a lie, and he'd been consuming liquor and benzos for decades, having written multiple works under the influence. This culminated in his abuse getting so bad he had an 18-month long psychotic break, during which he wrote ''[=C0DA=]'' and displayed some questionable public behaviour. As of writing though, Kirkbride is fully sober and has completely recovered.

** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall''
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard''
** Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks (Various)

** ''VideoGame/GameOfThronesTelltale''
** ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode''
** ''[[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Batman: The Enemy Within]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonFour The Walking Dead: The Final Season]]''

** ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones''

** ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead: The Final Season]]''

* TheAlcoholic: Kirkbride himself. Play straight at first, then averted. A running joke in the ''Elder Scrolls'' community was that Kirkbride wrote some of his more esoteric works while under the influence of psychedelics, which he denied, saying the heaviest "drug" he'd done was beer. He would later reveal in 2020 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/hzcfhx/does_vivec_raping_his_kids_to_death_not_sit_well/fzklmr6/ on his Reddit]] that this was a lie, and he'd been consuming liquor and benzos for decades, having written multiple works under the influence. This culminated in his abuse getting so bad he had an 18-month long psychotic break, during which he wrote ''[=C0DA=]'' and displayed some questionable public behaviour. As of writing though, Kirkbride is fully sober and has completely recovered.

* TheAlcoholic: Kirkbride himself. Play straight at first, then averted. A running joke in the ''Elder Scrolls'' community was that Kirkbride wrote some of his more esoteric works while under the influence of psychedelics, which he denied, saying the heaviest "drug" he'd done was beer. He would later reveal in 2020 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/hzcfhx/does_vivec_raping_his_kids_to_death_not_sit_well/fzklmr6/ on his Reddit]] that he'd been consuming liquor and benzos for decades, having written multiple works under the influence. This culminated in his abuse getting so bad he had an 18-month long psychotic break, during which he wrote ''[=C0DA=]'' and displayed some questionable public behaviour. As of writing though, Kirkbride is fully sober and has completely recovered.

* TheAlcoholic: Kirkbride himself. Play straight at first, then averted. A running joke in the ''Elder Scrolls'' community was that Kirkbride wrote some of his more esoteric works while under the influence of psychedelics, which he denied, saying the heaviest "drug" he'd done was beer. He would later reveal in 2020 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/hzcfhx/does_vivec_raping_his_kids_to_death_not_sit_well/fzklmr6/ on his Reddit]] that he'd been struggling with alcohol abuse for decades, having written multiple works under the influence. This culminated in his abuse getting so bad he had an 18-month long psychotic break, during which he wrote ''[=C0DA=]'' and displayed some questionable public behaviour. As of writing though, Kirkbride is fully sober and has completely recovered.

* TheAlcoholic: Kirkbrid himself at first, then averted. A running joke in the ''Elder Scrolls'' community was that Kirkbride wrote some of his more esoteric works while under the influence of psychedelics, which he denied, saying the heaviest "drug" he'd done was beer. He would later reveal in 2020 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/hzcfhx/does_vivec_raping_his_kids_to_death_not_sit_well/fzklmr6/ on his Reddit]] that he'd been struggling with alcohol abuse for decades, having written multiple works under the influence. This culminated in his abuse getting so bad he had an 18-month long psychotic break, during which he wrote ''[=C0DA=]'' and displayed some questionable public behaviour. As of writing though, Kirkbride is fully sober and has completely recovered.