History Morrowind / TropesAToC

* AmbiguousSituation: Is the player character really Nerevar reborn, or are they just someone chosen by the Emperor and/or Azura as part of an engineered fulfillment of the prophecies? While there are plenty of indications that the events of the game are predestined, the fact that there have also been multiple supposed Nerevarines who failed in one way or another suggests that a few Daedric visions alone does not a prophesied hero make. Dagoth Ur asks as much during his confrontation, and the game allows the player to decide for themselves how to reply.

*** The Dunmer Archmaster Bolvyn Venim, leader of House Redoran, is this ultimately for the House Redoran questline, as you need to kill him a duel to the death at the end of the questline in order to become Archmaster yourself.

*** [[spoiler: The Factor of the East Empire Company on Solstheim, the Imperial Carnius Magius, is this for the East Empire Company questline, regardless of if you side with either him or Falco during a crucial point in the questline. By killing him, you become the new Factor of the East Empire Company on the island, in charge of the newly build Raven Rock settlement.]]

*** The Dunmer Archmagister Gothren of House Telvanni himself is this for the House Telvanni questline, as you need to kill him at the end of the questline in order to become archmage yourself.
*** The Dunmer Archmaster Bolvyn Venim, leader of House Redoran, is this ultimately for the House Redoran questline, as you need to kill him a duel to the death at the end of the questline in order to become archmaster yourself.

*** [[spoiler: The Factor of the East Empire Company on Solstheim, the Imperial Carnius Magius, is this for the East Empire Company questline, regardless of if you side with either him or Falco during a crucial point in the questline.]]

*** The Imperial Arch-Mage of the Mages Guild in Vvardenfell ends up being this for the Mages Guild questline, as you need to either kill him or fire him from his job in order to become Arch-Mage yourself at the end of the questline.

*** The Arch-Mage of the Mages Guild in Vvardenfell ends up being this for the Mages Guild questline, as you need to either kill him or fire him from his job in order to become Arch-Mage yourself at the end of the questline.
*** The "Local Night Mother" of the Dark Brotherhood, Severa Magia, is ultimately this for the Morag Tong questline, as she is the leader of the Dark Brotherhood in Vvardenfell, as the Dark Brotherhood is the historic arch-enemy of the Morag Tong.
*** Archmagister Gothren himself is this for the House Telvanni questline, as you need to kill him at the end of the questline in order to become archmage yourself.
*** Archmaster Bolvyn Venim, the leader of House Redoran, is this ultimately for the House Redoran questline, as you need to kill him a duel to the death at the end of the questline in order to become archmaster yourself.
*** Orvas Dren, the Kingpin of the Camonna Tong crime syndicate, is this for the House Hlaalu questline, [[spoiler: as several House members are corrupt, being in the pocket of the Camonna Tong.]]
*** Varus Vantinius, leader of the Legion in Vvardenfell in the rank of Knight of the Imperial Dragon, is ultimately this for the Imperial Legion questline, as you need to kill him in a duel to the death at the end of the questline in order to become Knight of the Imperial Dragon yourself.

*** [[spoiler: the Factor of the East Empire Company on Solstheim is this for the East Empire Company questline, regardless if you side with either him or Falco during a crucial point in the questline.]]

* CampGay: Crassius Curio's dialogue is written this way, with him calling the Nerevarine things like "dumpling", "pudding", and "sweetie pie" while referring to himself as "Uncle Crassius" to the PC. Further, he wears extravagant clothing, has written several plays, and wants to start a theater troupe. Technically he is [[DepravedBisexual bisexual]], as he shows this interest whether the PC is male or female, and also whether the PC is human, elf, or beast folk. (In fact, his most famous play is about a [[HerCodenameWasMarySue male Imperial named "Crantus Colto"]] getting on with an [[LizardFolk Argonian]].)

* ChivalrousPervert: Despite his [[CampGay behavior]] and apparent sexual preferences, House Hlaalu councilor Crassius Curio is the least corrupt member of the House (being one of the few above the influence of the Cammona Tong) and clearly cares about the PlayerCharacter.

* CampGay: Crassius Curio's dialogue is written this way, with him calling the Nerevarine things like "dumpling", "pudding", and "sweetie pie" while referring to himself as "Uncle Crassius" to the PC. Further, he wears extravagant clothing, has written several plays, and wants to start a theater troupe. Technically he is [[DepravedBisexual bisexual]], as he shows this interest whether the PC is male or female, and also fits AnythingThatMoves, being interested whether the PC is human, elf, or beast folk. (In fact, his most famous play is about a [[HerCodenameWasMarySue male Imperial named "Crantus Colto"]] getting on with an [[LizardFolk Argonian]].)

* ChivalrousPervert: Despite his [[CampGay behavior]] and apparent [[AnythingThatMoves sexual preferences]], House Hlaalu councilor Crassius Curio is the least corrupt member of the House (being one of the few above the influence of the Cammona Tong) and clearly cares about the PlayerCharacter.

* AffectionateNickname: Crassius Curio, the LovableSexManiac Councilor of [[ProudMerchantRace Great House Hlaalu]] calls the PlayerCharacter "dumpling," sweetie pie," "pudding," and others in line with his CampGay dialogue. He does this [[AnythingThatMoves regardless of]] the PC's race or sex.

* AnythingThatMoves:
** Surprisingly enough, the PlayerCharacter can be viewed as this. Though you don't get to see what your character actually says, the NPC responses to the "Admire" dialogue choice are frequently responses to pick-up lines or come-ons. This happens regardless of their race or gender.
** Crassius Curio, a quest-giver and high-ranking member of [[ProudMerchantRace Great House Hlaalu]]. He insists on calling the PC things like 'dumpling' or 'pumpkin pie,' no matter the gender, and his first order is to see you naked. However, it's largely implied [[LovableSexManiac nothing]] ''[[LovableSexManiac really]]'' [[LovableSexManiac happens]]... It borders on ExtremeOmnisexual, since he does this regardless of player race, including CatFolk Khajiit, LizardFolk Argonians, and full blown [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Blizzard-style]] Orcs. One of the {{Running Gag}}s of the series is that one of ''the'' most published manuscripts on all of Nirn is ''The Lusty Argonian Maid'', a play (with a sequel as of ''Skyrim'') in three acts written by none other than Crassius Curio. (With the main character named "[[HerCodeNameWasMarySue Crantius Colto]]".) For added comedic value, Crassius just so happens to be one of the very few [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure genuinely noble characters]] on the island of Morrowind, despite his rampant peculiarities.

* BoobsOfSteel: Characters only have one body model per race and gender, with bust size being proportionate to overall size. The largest races, the [[HornyVikings Nords]] and [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]], are also the most physically gifted and their females have the largest breasts. Conversely, the smallest races, the Bretons and Bosmer (Wood Elves), have the smallest breasts and default toward being {{Squishy Wizard}}s and {{Forest Ranger}}s, respectively.

** Crossbows deal the same amount of damage with each shot, but are less common, the bolts they fire are more rare, there are only two qualities available in the vanilla game (Steeler and Dwarven, with ''Bloodmoon'' adding the "Huntsman's Crossbow" in between), they are much slower to reload, and there are no "legendary" crossbows to be found.

** The Kwama family of creatures, ranging from the grub-like Kwama Foragers, to the adolescent wood louse-like Scrib, to the larger Kwama Workers, Warriors, and Queens. They lay eggs which are a staple of the Dunmeri diet.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Violet Coprus and Luminous Russola, two types of fungus, both glow.

* AbortedArc: The plan to infiltrate Red Mountain that [[spoiler:Vivec]] gives you has the line "If Nerevarine can equip an item [Sunder or Keening] while not wearing Wraithguard and receive no injury, it is counterfeit." If you look into the game files, Dagoth Ur, during the final battle, has a DummiedOut line mentioning a false copy of Sunder, and the game indeed has two different, unused items called "false_sunder" and "sunder_fake", likely meaning that the Nerevarine was at one point going to be tricked into finding a fake copy of the weapon, an idea which was ultimately scrapped.

** A quest in the [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall previous game]], Morgiah's Wedding, originally ended on a SequelHook that was intended to be resolved in this game when it was originally set in the Summerset Isles. Since the developers shifted the setting to Morrowind, Morgiah's agreement to sell her "first" to the King of Worms is never brought up at all.

** A quest in the [[TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall previous game]], Morgiah's Wedding, originally ended on a SequelHook that was intended to be resolved in this game when it was originally set in the Summerset Isles. Since the developers shifted the setting to Morrowind, Morgiah's agreement to sell her "first" to the King of Worms is never brought up at all.

* BladeOnAStick: Spears are a weapon option. Spears are most effective with a thrust attack, averting the 'spear slash' notion. Some polearms, like Naginitas and Halberds, are different in that they are most effective with a slash effect.

* AuraVision: The "Detect Animal" spells works in this fashion, displaying [[EnemyDetectingRadar creatures as blips ont he mini-map]] if used. Detect Key and Detect Enchantment work in the same fashion for items of those types.

** Every time the dwarves' artificial God-golem has been activated since the event, linear time has broken down in a "Dragon Break" and multiple mutually conflicting events have occurred. This might explain some of the stranger discrepancies in stories of what happened that day. Some fans theorize that there may not even be a single correct answer to what happened to the dwarves. It's possible they disappeared in more than one, mutually contradictory ways.

** Detritus Caria is an eccentric collector of junk in the Tribunal expansion. The game pokes fun at players' habit of stealing worthless household itmes by asking you to collect mundane objects for Detritus' collection.