Sure, there's a lot of people that are all too familiar with the Elder Scrolls series and i'm sure most are up to date with the basic history, but lets take a step back for those who maybe haven't played an Elder Scrolls title yet - God knows there must be some. Let me explain what your letting yourself in for before your run out into the world get captured in role play and forget what is reality.
Skyrim is a province, a kind of state if you like, in total there are 9 seprate provinces and the inhabitants vary race a bit depending on location.
- High Rock – Home of the Orsimer (orcs) and Bretons
- Cyrodiil – Home of the Imperials and is also the Capital. Home to the Emperor.
- Summerset Isles – Home of the Altmer (High Elves)
- Hammerfell – Home of the Redguards
- Blackmarsh – Home of the Argonians
- Valenwood – Home of the Bosmer (Wood Elves)
- Elsweyr – Home of the Khajiit (Kerra or Cat Folk)
- Morrowind – Home of the Dunmer (Dark Elves)
- Skyrim – Home of the Nords (Large Humans / Barbarian)
So we've got to grips with Skyrim being a province and that the Nords are the native inhabitants of this land. Nordic people are hard and strong and for the most part simple, chisseled fellows and have almost been reffered to as barbarians in previous games. They feel at home in the cold mountainous terrain of Skyrim.
As you can expect, the landscape here is varied, not in a 'tropical paridise' sense of the word, but in the way of forests, mountains, rivers, and of course lots of snow. Don't be suprised if your walking along one day and find that you've bumped into a herd of mammoths or even a sabre tooth tiger. Perhaps even a dragon or two.
Skyrim is almost exactly the size of the Cyrodiil map in Oblivion, about 16miles squared, but has only five major cities - which is a few less that Cyrodiil. Expect the cities in Skyrim to be larger than the ones encountered in Cyrodiil and with stunning graphical landmarks, we should be in for a treat or two.
On your travels around Skyrim, be sure to vist as many places as possible because when you've been there once you can fast travel there in future; a big time saver with a map this size. Here's some major places of interest to get you started.
- Windhelm – Northeast Skyrim
- Dawnstar – North Skyrim
- Whiterun – East Skyrim
- Markarth Side – West Skyrim
- Falkreath – South Skyrim
- Winterhold – a county of rich individuals
- Solitude – the most influential and richest county in Skyrim that competes with Winterhold
- High Hrothgar – a famous mountain where Greybeards speak and teach the dragon language.
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