History Morrowind / TropesDToL

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Almalexia has the gold skin of a Chimer with red hair. [=NPCs=] of races with darker skin tones can also have red hair. This is a character creation option for the PC as well.

* JustLikeRobinHood: Gentleman Jim Stacy, Grandmaster of the Thieves Guild, offers a set of quests in this vein known as the "Bal Malagmer" quests after an ancient order of thieves who operated in Morrowind.

** This is the case for the Tribunal (a trio of Dunmeri {{Physical God}}s) after [[spoiler:[[PlayerCharacter the Nerevarine]] severs their ties to their divine power source (the Heart of Lorkhan)]]. Unlike [[BigBad Dagoth Ur]], who is [[NoImmortalInertia destroyed]] by this process, the Tribunal are able to persist with a trace of their divinity in tact thanks to, as Vivec states, the faith of their followers. Vivec actually has this going on in a second instance as well: In ages past, Sheogorath, the [[MadGod Daedric Prince of Madness]], hurled the "rogue moon" Baar Dau at Vivec's new {{Egopolis}}. Vivec used his power to freeze it in place above the city, and told his followers that it was held in place by their love for him. [[spoiler: Due in [[BittersweetEnding no small part to the player's actions]], Vivec disappears early in the 4th Era. After some temporary measures fail, the moon [[ColonyDrop continues its descent with its original momentum]], destroying the city and causing Red Mountain to erupt, destroying most of Vvardenfell and choking much of mainland Morrowind with volanic ash for centuries to come]].

'''Note:''' ''Elder Scrolls'' lore is generally not clear-cut. Reasons for this range from [[UnreliableNarrator biased]] in-universe sources intentionally only giving you only one side of a story, to sources [[CriticalResearchFailure lacking critical information]] or working from [[BlatantLies false information]], to the implication that AllMythsAreTrue, despite the contradictions, or that at least all myths are MetaphoricallyTrue. [[WordOfGod Out-of-game developer supplemental texts]] (frequently referred to as "Obscure Texts" by the lore community) are more trustworthy, but are frequently left [[LooseCanon unofficial]] and sometimes later contradicted. Because of this, it is entirely possible for two contradictory statements in the below examples to ''both'' be true. (And due to frequent events in-universe that [[TimeCrash alter the timeline]], both may ''literally'' be true in-universe.)

* InASingleBound: A maxed out Acrobatics skill allows the player to leap about 2 stories straight into the air. This can be augmented further with a "Jump" spell, further increasing jumping ability. The Scrolls of Icarian Flight take up to eleven though. They allow the player to jump for ''miles'', however, landing can be tricky without proper preparation...

* InASingleBound: A maxed out Acrobatics skill allows the player to leap about 2 stories straight into the air. This can be augmented further with a "Jump" spell, further increasing jumping ability. The Scrolls of Icarian Flight take UpToEleven though. They allow the player to jump for ''miles'', however, landing can be tricky without proper preparation...

* TheHilarityOfHats: The Colovian Fur Helm stands out as being very tall, pointy, and silly, essentially a bright yellow Santa Claus hat. It is a clear signal that any character wearing one should not be taken seriously, for example ([[SlippingAMickey Uncle Sweetshare]], [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou Tarhiel]], and [[EasterEgg M'aiq the Liar]]).

* FlatCharacter: Most of the hundreds of {{NPC}}s don't do much but walk back-and-forth (and some not even that) all day and dispense already-known exposition and rumors when spoken to. Fans call them "walking information kiosks."

** Depending on [[TheRashomon which version of Nerevar's life]] you believe, Dagoth Ur.

* DivineIntervention:

** The Sheogorad region is the northernmost part of Vvardenfell, and short of Red Mountain itself, is one of the most untamed and lawless regions in the land. It has only one major settlement (Dagon Fel, a small Imperial settlement populated mostly by Nords,) but has many bandit caves, ancestral tombs, and necromancer lairs dotting its scattered islands.

** The ancient [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwemer]] coins are another, but they are treated as VendorTrash which can be sold for the standard gold coins.

** The Census and Excise office where you start the game. There is a built-in area out of sight where the player will acquire their first weapon, lockpicks, food, beverages, light source, and book. Even better, until you are officially released by the Captain and given your orders, you will not get a bounty for anything you steal in plain sight of the guards. Simply pick up anything you wish to steal and then set it on the ground before the guard gets to you. He'll reprimand you for stealing it, but there are no other consequences. Simply pick the stolen item back up when you're done and it's yours! You can acquire a key to the Seyda Neen warehouse with this method. The warehouse contains even more stuff to steal.

** Divayth Fyr, [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 4000 year-old]] wizard, has created four OppositeSexClone "daughters", who are alternately referred to as his "wives," in an odd combination of IncestIsRelative and ScrewYourself. However, potentially {{Downplayed}} in that it isn't played off as very {{Squick}}y, at least within his [[MageTower tower]].

* GameMod: Thanks to a strong cult {{fandom}}, a simple but extraordinarily flexible level editor, and over a decade in which they could be developed, there are tens of thousands of ''Morrowind'' mods available on the internet.