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First blog post :D
So I recently changed my desktop wallpaper to a map of Skyrim. I was looking around Riverwood trying to find something that might look like the exit of the cave, but still being relatively close to both riverwood and the Skyrim border. My reasoning was that all we knew was that we were heading to our execution after being caught going over the border. I looked at the map and noticed that the area around Riverwood is pretty rocky, with smaller mountains to the west and south and the Throat of the World to the east. But still, these mountains weren't close enough to the border... And I know that no cave would ever span that distance. No natural cave would go from the southern mountains in Cyrodiil to the Riverwood area. (DDon't quote me on that, not a geologist.) Anyway, I started to remember something...
I remembered seeing a video on gametrailers.com where the character was talking to the Riverwood smith, explaining what had happened. (LAST DAMN SPOILER WARNING FOR FUCKS SAKE GUYS)
Dovahkiin tells the smith that a village called Helgen had been destroyed by a dragon. It's just south of Riverwood and even has a path going through a small mountain. I'll link the map at the bottom.
Now, what I think happened: I think you start the game either close to or during your execution, but a dragon interrupts things, forcing you to escape via cave to the vicinity of Riverwood, exiting close to it in the area that all the gameplay videos have shown. So that's it. Helgen destroyed by dragon during execution, espcape through a cave.
I'm guessing some of you are going "well duh" right now, but still. I wanted to share this.
Comments
The BBC one is more awesome.