If they choose to be a Dark Elf, an Argonian (like I did) or a Khajiit, many of the Nord characters will treat the player with open hostility, especially in Windhelm. It’s at this point that the player realizes the race of their character will affect them for the rest of the game. What crime has the Dark Elf committed? As she tells the Dragonborn in a subsequent dialogue, nothing more than being a Dark Elf in Skyrim. It is here that they first encounter the strong racial undercurrent of the game, as two Nords threaten to “pay a visit” to a local Dark Elf after sundown.
While the player might have paid little attention to their choice of race in the character creation menu, they’re forced to realize the gravity of their decision during their first journey to the Nord stronghold city of Windhelm. However, the player is only given a single option when it comes to the race of their character, presented with a variety of choices from the standard humanoid Imperials, all the way to the alien-like Argonians, and the cat-like Khajiit. There are a litany of options, including cosmetic additions like warpaint, all the way down to the shape of the eyebrows on their face. But with the limited categories for racial identity, I can’t even come close to representing my mixed race heritage.Īs is customary with the Elder Scrolls series, the player is given the choice to customize their character at the very beginning of the game. As a 21-year old living in England, my age is easy to replicate in a character creation menu. I can only live another life, in another person’s shoes. And I, like so many millions around the world, accepted that invitation from Bethesda, and to date have put well over 1,000 hours into the game (and who knows how many more once I pick up the Special Edition re-release).īut unlike what other players may experience, in all the hundreds of hours I’ve put into Skyrim, I’ve never been able to fully replicate myself within the game.
At the time of its release in 2011, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was the pinnacle of role-playing games for the previous console generation, extending an invitation to the player to ‘live another life’ in a fully-realized, lifelike open world.
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