Just one more... Karliah is likely the last "known" Septim descendant (albeit without much certainty. This is not confirmed, nor denied and sufficient suggestion is there to exploit). She should have a leading role... I love it when quests take you, the player, on missions that don't relate directly with YOUR destiny, but are more centred on other characters or stories. And NO romance between the player and Karliah, please! It would be really interesting if Karliah had a secret kid with Gallus, and THAT kid (now a young adult, male of female, your call) were an important acquisition for the Blades, mostly kept in the dark about their ascendancy, for their own protection. And a devious Akaviri spy, who could be character with a certain magnetism and no good or bad tags attached, were the necessary link to this lost child. I know, has some vibes of The Brotherhood of Old and Lechance's great-granddaughter, but still would make for an interesting story, and allow for the writing of good lore-based content. How about if Barenziah herself were reachable through the mod? She'd be a true lore master, I'm sure.
Lots of elves, but the Blades are NOT a nord specific faction, but rather one with the potential to bridge the differences and unite Tamriel in face of a new, yet unsuspected threat that might take shape: the return of the Akavir :P
One feature that might not be hard to implement (again, xVASynth) would be to have Esbern read you certain books about the Blades and the Akavir if you bring them to him. And as a cool extra, as you hand them over, he'd activate a display on a bookshelf. Non-base game books could be added and distributed in locations relevant to the quests, and Esbern might have a radiant quest for you to fetch a specific book, until you complete the collection.
Another new feature could be implementing new dialogue, through xVASynth, for the most prominent jarls or scholars, who might have their own opinion on the Blades' demise and varied stances on how positive a comeback could be.
Maybe a quest, or parts of quests, could involve these dialogues, as you gather information about scattered remaining survivors.
Could there be more Akavir and Blades background baked into the quests and dialogue? Esbern makes a very brief mention to the Avaviri's "unimaginable cruelty" - isn't there quite a bit of written lore on that? Might include a quest line about finding more information on the origins of the Blades, stuff that even Oblivion didn't explain fully, so as to gain access to a new secret location, artifact or ally to gain some leverage in the fight against the Thalmor. If there is written lore on Akavir's relations with the Sommerset Isles, maybe factor that into the quests. And... Could the Akavir actually prove to be a yet unknown, greater threat to Tamriel than the Dominion? The ultimate twist being that peace and a new alliace between the Empire and the Thalmor would be needed in the future, to survive an uncoming onslaught from the East?
some suggestions:compatible with phaarturnax dilemma. radiant missions such as assassinate thalmor agents, recover thalmor documents. defend the temple.
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New Feature Suggestions (7 comments)
Lots of elves, but the Blades are NOT a nord specific faction, but rather one with the potential to bridge the differences and unite Tamriel in face of a new, yet unsuspected threat that might take shape: the return of the Akavir :P
Maybe a quest, or parts of quests, could involve these dialogues, as you gather information about scattered remaining survivors.