03-05-2014, 04:37 AM
From Morrowind:
North from Seyda Neen, there is an unique encounter in which a Bosmer wizard named Tarhiel will fall from the sky and crash in front of the player, dieing from the impact. On his body, he holds three Scrolls of Icarian Flight, which fortify 1,000 points to the Acrobatics skill (normally, skills cap at just 100.) He also has a journal next to his body mentioning him testing them out as an experiment.
The Scrolls of Icarian Flight is in reference to the greek mythological figure Icarus, whom shared a similar fate to Tarhiel. Where as Icarus flew too close to the sun and fell as a result, Tarhiel forgot to take the landing from great heights into account. It is, however, possible to save him by casting a large-area Slowfall spell in the area he is falling, which will only prompt the message "I don't want to talk about it", suggesting he is too embarrassed by his failure. You can also use the console commands to simply resurrect him and receive the same message.
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The name "Tarhiel" is also a reference, to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, and his game id (agronian guy) references North Carolina's top Agronomy program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFiq_5ZTD9I
North from Seyda Neen, there is an unique encounter in which a Bosmer wizard named Tarhiel will fall from the sky and crash in front of the player, dieing from the impact. On his body, he holds three Scrolls of Icarian Flight, which fortify 1,000 points to the Acrobatics skill (normally, skills cap at just 100.) He also has a journal next to his body mentioning him testing them out as an experiment.
The Scrolls of Icarian Flight is in reference to the greek mythological figure Icarus, whom shared a similar fate to Tarhiel. Where as Icarus flew too close to the sun and fell as a result, Tarhiel forgot to take the landing from great heights into account. It is, however, possible to save him by casting a large-area Slowfall spell in the area he is falling, which will only prompt the message "I don't want to talk about it", suggesting he is too embarrassed by his failure. You can also use the console commands to simply resurrect him and receive the same message.
The name "Tarhiel" is also a reference, to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, and his game id (agronian guy) references North Carolina's top Agronomy program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFiq_5ZTD9I
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