History Trivia / TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind

* KillerApp: This game was one for the Platform/Xbox for those who didn't buy one for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', being one of the first then-modern {{Western RPG}}s available on a console.
* MultiPlatform: For both Platform/Xbox and PC, making it the first game in the series to be multi-platform. This allowed the game to get into the hands of a wider audience, helping make it a BreakthroughHit for Bethesda and introduce a massive NewbieBoom.

* {{Feelies}}: Comes with a full-color map of Vvardenfell done in the style of an in-universe cartographer. Both expansions, ''Tribunal'' and ''Bloodmoon'', likewise come with similar maps of Mournhold and Solstheim, respectively. The ''Game of the Year'' edition comes with all of these.
* GenrePopularizer: When it was released, ''Morrowind'' was one of the first major {{Western RPG}}s to receive a MultiPlatform release, bringing it to console as well as PC. This helped to bring the genre to a much wider audience after decades of being a mostly PC exclusive.
* KillerApp: This game was one for the {{UsefulNotes/Xbox}} for those who didn't buy one for ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', being one of the first then-modern {{Western RPG}}s available on a console.
* MultiPlatform: For both {{UsefulNotes/Xbox}} and PC, making it the first game in the series to be multi-platform. This allowed the game to get into the hands of a wider audience, helping make it a BreakthroughHit for Bethesda and introduce a massive NewbieBoom.

* ImageSource: The netch give us LivingGasbag.

* 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 going to be even wider.)

** Dagoth Ur and the Sixth House were originally joinable by the player. This had to be left out due to time restrictions.

** The blight was to originally be an expanding threat, and [[NoCampaignForTheWicked Dagoth Ur was originally to be joinable]]. Technical limitations axed the former, and time limitations axed the latter.

* DummiedOut: There are dummied out quests for both the Morag Tong and House Telvanni to assassinate Neloth. (Perhaps the developers already knew they wanted to bring him back later?)

* 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.

* WordOfGod: Or WordOfDante[=/=]WordOfSaintPaul, depending on how "canon" you consider the works to be. 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.)

* ScheduleSlip: A letter packaged with ''The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire'' promises ''Morrowind'' will be released around late 1998.

** In very early planning, the game was almost called ''Tribunal'' and would have taken place in the Summerset Isles, homeland of the Altmer. Some preliminary artwork including cover art were produced in 1996 after ''Daggerfalls''[=/=]s completion.

** There were originally plans for not one, but ''two'' quests to kill Neloth (one for House Telvanni and a Grandmaster Writ for the Morag Tong). Given that both appear to have gotten rather far along, it seems that he was given a reprieve, as opposed to having said quests cut for time.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. The decision to also release the game for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} purportedly was the main reason for this, as the console probably couldn't have rendered that large a world.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. Additionally, there were also plans for the game to feature every major Great House in Morrowind involved in a MeleeATrois against each other, with the PlayerCharacter eventually being asked to put an end to the conflict by allying with one of the houses and bring it to victory over the others. These ideas would be scrapped in the early development phase. The decision to also release the game for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} purportedly was the main reason for this, as the console probably couldn't have rendered that large a world.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. Additionally, there were also plans for the game to feature every major Great House in Morrowind involved in a MeleeATrois against each other, with the PlayerCharacter eventually being asked to put an end to the conflict by allying with one of the houses and bring it to victory over the others. These ideas would be scrapped in the early development phase.

** Creator/JulianLeFay, who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'', as well as the spin-off ''Battlespire'', was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and, combined with concerns over the company's changing culture, prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the personal request of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. Additionally, there were also plans for the game to feature every major Great House in Morrowind involved in a MeleeATrois against each other, with the PlayerCharacter eventually being asked to put an end to the conflict by allying with one of the houses and bring it to victory over the others. These idea would be scrapped in the early development phase.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/JulianLeFay, who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'', as well as the spin-off ''Battlespire'', was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and, combined with concerns over the company's changing culture, prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the personal request of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/JulianLeFay, who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'', as well as the spin-off ''Battlespire'', was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and, combined with concerns over the company's changing culture, prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the behest of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Julian [=LeFay=], who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'', as well as the spin-off ''Battlespire'', was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and, combined with concerns over the company's changing culture, prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the behest of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. As an extension, there were also plans for the game to feature every major noble house in Morrowind involved in a MeleeATrois against each other, with the PlayerCharacter eventually being asked to put an end to the conflict by allying with one of the houses and bring it to victory over the others. This idea would be scrapped in the early development phase.

** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. This idea would be scrapped in the early development phase.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Julian [=LeFay=], who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and, combined with concerns over the company's changing culture, prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the behest of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Julian [=LeFay=], who had played a big part in creating ''The Elder Scroll'' series and had spearheaded the development of both ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' was not picked as a part of the initial development team for the game, something that evidently disappointed him greatly and by all accounts prompted him to resign from Bethesda, citing CreativeDifferences. At the behest of Christopher Weaver, the founder of Bethesda and his personal friend, [=LeFay=] eventually did some consulting work on the game, but it was only tangential and he has not been involved with any ''Elder Scroll'' title since.

* 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 Oblivion]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' even bigger hits.

** In very early planning, this game was almost called ''Tribunal'' and would have taken place in the Summerset Isles, homeland of the Altmer. Some preliminary artwork including cover art were produced in 1996 after ''Daggerfall's'' completion.
** Original plans for the game had it taking place within the entire province of Morrowind, rather than just the island of Vvardenfell. This would idea would be scrapped in the early development phase.