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Summary[edit]

Todd Howards design notebook first page.
Transcription Reads:

6/20/07
THE ELDER SCROLLS V
SKYRIM

Arena: The world
Daggerfall: Me
Morrowind: Places
Oblivion: People
Skyrim: Connection

- 100s of years after Oblivion - Empire collapsed - 4th Era culled [illegible] by fully[?] [Image cutoff]
- Oblivion Scale - but only 4/5 cities
1 - Push connections and their freeform use & Quests (Radiant Story)
- Brutal - see Conan - it's men - bloody/dirty - Epic Reality - see argonauts from [Image cutoff]
2 - Dragons - fight large creatures - EPIC
3 - The Elder Scrolls - the ultimate mcguffins - use time[?]
- A scroll res[urrects] Dragons is being manipulated to have them return
4 - Player is secret god/hero. has/learns the power of shouting - secret/Jedi like pow[er]. (M[u]ad[']dib!) - see Dune. Dangers to out yourself
5 - MQ[Main Quest] is highly freeform. a war/changing allegiances.
6 - STRONGHOLDS. a freeform castle/dungeon/fortress the player makes and recruits people with. Depends on faction you're in (Reform the Blades)?
7 -> Can be shared with other users - bridge gap between actual game and modding. large part exists together

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