A Skyrim player has captured nearly 40,000 hearts on Reddit with a simple gesture: when an in-game NPC sacrifices himself for him, he puts him to rest with honor.
Im Post the user explains to Poziedon what exactly happened: he or she was fighting a dragon and was already in quite some distress when the nameless supporting character came by and drew the attention of the angry fire lizard. This not only saves the eager hero from screen death, but also from having to load a 30 minute old save.
For the NPC, however, the situation was less rosy: he paid for the courageous deed with his life. Poziedon couldn’t just let that go, which is why the user summarily staged a Viking funeral worthy of the sacrifice.
In the video, you can see that he has laid the body of the common guard on logs and branches of snowberries, and even puts an afterlife shield on his side. He then ignites the final resting place with a fire spell and waits devoutly in front of it.
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Skyrim is the perfect breeding ground for little stories
Gamers on Reddit are touched by the classy farewell, giving the post a 94 percent upvote rating – a total of almost 40,000 give a thumbs up. User Justtots writes, for example, that the snowberries are a nice detail for a Nordic funeral. Others wish the deceased a peaceful final rest and that he finds his way to Sovngarde or make up little stories about the nameless savior who once saved the Dragonborn from death.
Some also write longingly that this will make them really want to play Skyrim again. Even without mods, the role-playing game is known for being through the Open world sandbox character constantly spinning small, random stories that stay in your mind much longer than the actual main story – a great strength for an open world game.
This makes it easy to spend hundreds of hours in Skyrim without just playing the role of the chosen one. Dimi and Géraldine can tell you a thing or two about that:
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But I still remember it wellhow I accidentally became a vampire and then had to hide my nature and the thirst for blood that came with it, which was exciting in a village of bat haters. Or my horse, which also bravely protected me from a dragon, survived and was then only called Dragon Slayer.
Incidentally, under the Reddit post, some players were even intrigued by the simple fact that the firewood is actually combustible. Even such small details keep pulling players back to Skyrim – and they are far from all revealed:
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