History Trivia / TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind

** In very early planning, this game was almost called ''Tribunal'' and would have taken place in the Summerset Isles, homeland of the Altmer.

** The blight was to originally be an expanding threat, and Dagoth Ur was originally to be joinable. Technical limitations axed the former, and time limitations axed the latter.
** In very early planning, this game was almost called "Tribunal" and would have taken place in the Summerset Isles, homeland of the Altmer.
* WordOfDante[=/=]WordOfSaintPaul: Some of the game developers have posted [[http://www.imperial-library.info/content/obscure-texts "obscure texts"]] on the official forums regarding a number of in-game topics and characters. They are generally regarded by the fandom as canon. Michael Kirkbride, in particular, wrote a number of them which fill in gaps around The Tribunal, Vivec, and the Dwemer. (Kirkbride is also the author of many of the in-game books, including most-famously the ''36 Lessons of Vivec'' series.)

* KillerApp: This game was one for the [[UsefulNotes/Xbox Xbox]] for those fans who didn't buy one for ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'', being one of the first then-modern [[WesternRPG Western RPGs]] available on a console.

* KillerApp: This game was one for the Xbox for those fans who didn't buy one for ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'', being one of the first then-modern western [=RPGs=] available for a console.

* NewbieBoom: The six-year gap between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' and ''Morrowind'' meant that ''Morrowind'' was the first game in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series for many fans. ''Morrowind'' was both a critical and commercial success, as well as one of the first major {{Western RPG}}s to be released on consoles, establishing the fanbase that would go on to make ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' even bigger hits.
* SequelGap: The six-year gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' and ''Morrowind'' has been the longest between games in the main series to date, though by now the gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' and ''The Elder Scrolls VI'' is gonna be even wider.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The blight was to originally be an expanding threat, and Dagoth Ur was originally to be joinable. Technical limitations axed the former, and time limitations axed the latter.
** This game was almost called Tribunal and was originally supposed to take place in Summerset.

* SequelGap: The six-year gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' and ''Morrowind'' is the longest between games in the main series to date.
** Not anymore.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** The female Nords are voiced by [[Series/WonderWoman Lynda Carter]].
** The male Dunmer voice sounds an awful lot like [[{{VideoGame/Fallout3}} Desmond Lockheart]].

* CultClassic: Although a hit when it was first released, ''Morrowind'' was eventually eclipsed by its sequels in popular eyes (arriving at Stage 6a of the FandomLifeCycle). Nonetheless, it is still actively played and a modded by a fiercely dedicated and very militant fandom core to this day.

* CultClassic: Although a hit when it was first released, ''Morrowind'' was eventually eclipsed by its sequels in popular eyes (arriing at Stage 6a of the FandomLifeCycle). Nonetheless, it is still actively played and a modded by a fiercely dedicated and very militant fandom core to this day.

* SequelGap: The six-year gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' and ''Morrowind'' is the longest between games in the main series till Skyrim.

* SequelGap: The six-year gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' and ''Morrowind'' is the longest between games in the main series to date.

** The male Dunmer voice sounds an awful lot like [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Desmond Lockheart]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: The female Nords are voiced by [[Series/WonderWoman Lynda Carter]].

* NewbieBoom: The six-year gap between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' and ''Morrowind'' meant that ''Morrowind'' was the first game in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series for many fans,. ''Morrowind'' was both a critical and commercial success, as well as one of the first major {{Western RPG}}s to be released on consoles, establishing the fanbase that would go on to make ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' even bigger hits.

* WordOfDante[=/=]WordOfSaintPaul: Some of the game developers have posted [[http://www.imperial-library.info/content/obscure-texts "obscure texts"]] on the official forums regarding a number of in-game topics and characters. They are generally regarded by the fandom as canon. Michael Kirkbride, in particular, wrote a number of them which fill in gaps around The Tribunal, Vivec, and the Dwemer.

* SequelGap: The six-year gap between ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]] and ''Morrowind'' is the longest between games in the main series to date.

* NewbieBoom: The six-year gap between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' and ''Morrowind'' meant that ''Morrowind'' was the first game in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series for many fans. ''Morrowind'' was both a critical and commercial success, establishing the fanbase that would go on to make ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' even bigger hits.

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