History VideoGame / BeyondSkyrim

* ThePuppetCutsHisStrings: A plot-point in the Morrowind storyline, where discontent is brewing between House Redoran and House Sadras. When Sadras overtook Hlaalu's place on the council, they were originally sponsored by Redoran, who basically saw Sadras as their obedient supporters who would unquestionably favor their side in any political argument. Sadras, however, has since been steadily growing in power, prestige, and influence and are no longer content with just blindly following Redoran's lead, and are as such starting to make moves towards greater autonomy. Redoran, in turn, are rather nervous about what this independent streak can mean for their political position.

* {{Mithril}}: As far as everyone knows, Roscrea is home to Tamriel, if not Nirn's last known undepleted Mithril veins. This drives much of the conflict between the native Roscreans and the Imperial colonists, as the Empire has a great interest in securing a steady flow of Mithril for use in more advanced kinds of armors and weapons. The Roscreans, meanwhile, are fully aware of just how precious the metal is to the Empire, and walk a difficult balancing act of keeping distribution of it under tight control, but not so tight that it provoke hostility from the Empire.

* ''Valenwood'' -- The dense forrest home of the Bosmer in the southwest of Tamriel will also be visitable. This being a relatively new project, not much have been revealed about the story, but the developers have hinted it will involve the Camoran Dynasty, and conflicts between Cosmopolitan and Tribal Bosmer over their place in the Aldmeri Dominion.\\\

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** In Bravil, there is the two major local gangs, the Claws and the Lardons.

* BirdPeople: Downplayed with the Sarpa, one of the teased Argonian subspeices that can be encountered in the deeper parts of the swamps. The Sarpa are still recognizably Argonians, and thus quite replitian in appearence, but they are much more feathered, especially on their heads, arms, and tails, while their snouts are remarkably beak-like (though [[ToothyBird they still have teeth]]) and their feet are slightly more claw-like.

* ''[[https://beyondskyrim.org/projects/cyrodiil/ Cyrodiil: The Seat of Sundered Kings]]'' -- This portion of the mod will take the player back to the setting of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', allowing them to explore the heartland of the old and ailing Septim Empire almost 200 years after the Oblivion Crisis. While the Civil War rages in Skyrim, the province struggles with several problems of its own as the wounds and resentments of the Great War are still festering as the people of the Heartland are chafing under the tyranny of the Thalmor and their agents, who expliot the provisions in the White-Gold Concordat to terroize and demoralize the civilian population. Meanwhile, the high and mighty nobles of the DecadentCourt of the Imperial City [[SuccessionCrisis are all busy scheming to seize the Ruby Throne]], seeing recent developments as a ripe opportunity to make a play for it. But meanwhile, an ancient evil awakens deep underground and poses a threat to all of Cyrodiil. Amidst the power struggle, who will rise to confront this threat -- and at what cost?\\\

** Not that the Dunmer of Morrowind have ever had much affinity for Argonians and Khajiit, especially with how they have had a tradition of enslaving both for a long time, but following the Red Year and the Argonian invasion of southern Morrowind they have grown even more antipathic and hostile to beastmen. This will be reflected in the story, with regards to the Great Dumner Houses, where both Argonian or Khajiit {{Player Character}}s will be barred from joining House Dres, the most xenophobic of the Great Houses, and it will also be significantly harder for them to join the other houses. The only exception will be House Sadras, which, like its disgraced predecessor House Hlaalu, will be the most welcoming house to outsiders.

* SequelDifficultySpike: {{Invoked| Trope}} of sorts. The developers have hinted that they are planning to up the general difficulty of dungeon puzzles in response to the frequent complaints that vanilla ''Skyrim''[='s=] were often too easy and simple, and that certain puzzles will even have a failure state.

* BirdPeople: Downplayed with the Sarpa, one of the teased Argonian subspeices that can be encountered in the deeper parts of the swamps. The Sarpa are still recognizably Argonians, and thus quite replitian in appearence, but they are much more feathered, especially on their heads, arms, and tails, while their snouts are remarkably beak-like (though [[ToothyBird they still have teeth]]) and their feets are slightly more claw-like.

* NiceDayDeadlyNight: The developer have revealed that ''Atmora'' will run on a relatively set gameplay loop, where the player is left free to explore the continent and find quests and secrets during the day, but when the sun goes down, the local temperature drops down to lethal levels, requiring the player to seek shelter for the night either at the expedition camp or indoors areas, lest they want to freeze to death.

* BroadStrokes: The developers have indicated that this is their overall approach to lore from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''. The mod's writers and designers will definitely take some inspiration from ''Online'' onboard, but if a story element in ''Online'' in some way or another contradicts one of the single player ''Elder Scrolls'' games, the writers are more inclined to side with the latter.

* BroadStrokes: The developers have indicated that this is their overall approach to lore from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''. The mod's writers will definitely take some inspiration from ''Online'' onboard, but if a story element in ''Online'' in some way or another contradicts one of the single player ''Elder Scrolls'' games, the writers are more inclined to side with the latter.

* BirdPeople: Downplayed with the Sarpa, one of the teased Argonian subspeices that can be encountered in the deeper parts of the inner parts of the swamps. The Sarpa are still recognizably Argonians, and thus quite replitian in appearence, but they are much more feathered, especially on their heads, arms, and tails, while their snouts are remarkably beak-like (though [[ToothyBird they still have teeth]]) and their feets are slightly more claw-like.

* HornedHumanoid: Some select Bosmer will have deer antlers growing out from heads. Amongst the Bosmer, having natural antlers is seen as a blessing from Y'ffre and sign that the person having them is especially pious and loyal to the Green Pact, and as such, some Bosmer who aren't all that pious, but still want to appear like they are, wear headdresses or crowns with decorations meant to imitate antlers.

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: A sidequest as Fort Pale Pass deals with a small breakaway group of Stormcloaks called, naturally, the "Stormcloak Breakaways", who believe that the only way to ensure Skyrim's secession from the Empire is to attack Cyrodiil and the Imperial City directly.

* NiceDayDeadlyNight: The developer have revealed that ''Atmora'' will run a set gameplay loop, where the player is left free to explore the continent during the day, but when the sun goes down, the local temperature drops down to lethal levels, requiring the player to seek shelter for the night, lest they want to freeze to death.

The Valenwood team also plans a pre-release, namely the northeastern corner of Valenwood, know as Arenthia Hills, which encompasses the city of Arenthia and its surrounding area.
* ''[[https://beyondskyrim.org/projects/atmora/ Atmora: Expedition to the North]]'' -- This part of the project takes the player to the far northern and frozen continent of Atmora, the mythic birthplace of the Nords in the ''Elder Scrolls'' setting. Not many details about the story have been revealed, but apparently it will focus on the player uncovering mysteries from the past hidden amongst the frozen ruins of the old Atmoran civilization and being asked to "right an ancient wrong".\\\

* ForeignRulingClass: The King of Jehenna, Fenrald Jevenson, attempts to {{def|ied Trope}}y this, by emphasizing his own background as part-Nord and seeking to promote a fusion-culture that pays respect to both Breton and Nord heritage, as both groups have been living alongside each other in Jehenna for centuries, with the province at times having been annexed and then lost again by Skyrim at several points in history. While this seems to have been successful in keeping the peace so far, not all, especially some of the more traditionalist Nords who live in the region, are happy with Fenrald's rule, with some clamouring for Jehenna to be restored as a part of the High Kingdom of Skyrim as the Hold of Briarmarch, be ruled by a proper Nord Jarl once again.

* PleaseSelectNewCityName: The province of Jehanna has long been an apple of discord between Skyrim and High Rock, due to the former having attempted to annex it at various time in history, claiming it to be the lost tenth hold of the old Nord kingdom. The most ardent Nords in the area still insist on calling the region "Brairmach", the name it has had during these annexation attempts.

''Beyond Skyrim'' is a massive multi-team GameMod project for ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. It is being developed by several affiliated teams of volunteers who are working towards a truly breathtaking and ambitious goal, namely recreating most of the continent of Tamriel (and a few areas beyond) and integrating it more or less seamlessly with the base game, allowing the player to literally go beyond the border of Skyrim and experience both new takes on the settings of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' games past as well as hereto little explored areas of the setting.

The project is planned to consist of seven different parts, and in addition four of the development teams are planning to put out so-called "pre-releases"; essentially playable teasers meant to give prospective players an idea of how their mods will look and feel in action. As of this writing, one of the pre-releases, ''Beyond Skyrim: Bruma'', is out, while the other three are still in development.

* BlowYouAway: The project is poised to add Wind Magic to the vanilia game's arsenal of Fire, Lighting, and Ice Magic. True to the trope name, Wind Magic's special ability will be the ability to knock over weaker enemies over with it.

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: The developers on the Iliac Bay project have stated that they are planning on reintroducing Wereboars in their area, which of course includes an option for the player to become one.