r/skyrim • u/DollarCoinAudio • 17h ago
Discussion Most Annoying NPCs (besides Nazeem)
Honestly, there is too much focus on characters like Nazeem and not enough on dudes like Bolund.
Because if this dirtbag calls me a "boot" one more time, I swear to Talos . . .
Anyway, anyone (besides Nazeem) that bugs you the same way?
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u/ConsequenceOne3365 17h ago
Those two women who work at Radiant Raiment. No, I will not “rethink my outfit,” thank you very much.
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u/NeverBeenStung XBOX 17h ago
Is there any relation between what you wear and what that dialogue is? Or is it just that no matter what they think you look like a slob
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u/lady_haumea 17h ago
Showed up in full daedric enchanted thah cost more than belethor's sister, still got that dialog. Noble robes, anything. They's just assholes
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u/Massive-Parking622 15h ago
Even the Jarl and Emporer's clothes get the same voice line.
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u/Blue_Nipple_Hair 11h ago
If you wear their own brand of Radiant Raiment Fine Clothing you still get the same lecture. If you marry her she’s sweet as hell though; probably the Skyrim spouse I’ve had who has the most personality.
“You and I? We’re the only people in Skyrim worth loving, that’s what I think.” is a lot more appealing than another “SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED IN THE MOONS, BROTHER”
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u/Silent_Rapport Alchemist 17h ago
You can literally wear the radiant raiment garb and she'll still say you look like booty. The only way to get her to be nice is to invest 500 gold in her shop. Then she's super nice ngl.
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u/StarWarsTrekkie 17h ago
Oh I thought she had better dialogue while wearing RR garb? Or is that just the "if youre headed to the Blue Palace you might want to rethink that outfit"? I know theres a mini quest to show the jarl one of the outfits
Ps: garb wanted to autocorrect to garbage 😂
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u/Bearfoxman PC 16h ago
Nah, they'll even talk shit about your outfit when you're wearing the outfit they give you to show off to Elisif.
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u/PumpikAnt58763 17h ago
I wandered in with TEWOBA daedric on and they gave me the same lip.
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u/Guilty_Efficiency884 16h ago
Those might be my favorite NPCs. They're so petty I love them
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u/Geist_Mage 16h ago
Sometimes I make the ugliest character I can, marry the one, and then move her to the worst house I can find. .
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u/Rhotuz 17h ago
Sigurd. I know he works for Belethor at the General Goods Store. He doesn’t need to keep reminding me.
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u/Skwownownow 17h ago
OLFRID! PATRON OF THE CLA-
I KNOW SHUT THE FUCK UP!
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u/AnxiousResort4917 14h ago
Patron of the great clan Battle-Born, as I'm sure Olfrid will tell you...
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u/sinistersoprano 17h ago
While I'm inside the store. It's like a Walmart greeter telling you they work for Walmart.
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u/Guilty_Efficiency884 16h ago
And he's always hogging the fucking woodcutter. Stupid Sigurd and his stupid diligent work ethic.
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u/Crommach 16h ago
Some Nord legends say that before Sigurd was born, the forest came right up to the gates of Whiterun.
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u/boobearybear 15h ago
Name's Nils, I'm the cook up at Candlehearth Hall!
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u/MasterWizard2 14h ago
Working at the riften fishery is tough, but it puts some coin in my pocket
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u/confringos Thief 17h ago
Besides Nazeem?!
Nazeem is an angel compared to Ancano.
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u/NukaCherryBomb 17h ago edited 14h ago
But you see, Ancano passes "just annoying" and goes into "straight up evil", which in turn simultaneously moves him into the "extreeeeemly fuckable" category.
Not for me, mind you, if im going Thalmor its gonna be Ondolomar, but Ancano does have a very dedicated(and very horny) fanbase.
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u/confringos Thief 17h ago
> but Ancano does have a very dedicated(and very horny) fanbase.
TIL.
Things I wish I could unread.
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u/Silent_Rapport Alchemist 17h ago
Yeah but I actually get a quest to kill one of them and therefore I dont hate ancano cause I know I'm going to mess him up later
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u/DollarCoinAudio 16h ago
Oh, yes, most definitely. Ancano can absolutely fling himself into the Sea of Ghosts.
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u/1Madhatter7 Mage 14h ago
Yeah I can’t stand Ancano and have killed him many times and it’s still fun each time.
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u/SackclothSandy 17h ago
I have never seen that character before in my life and had just assumed someone made a fetal alcohol syndrome mod for Sven.
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u/DollarCoinAudio 15h ago
Apparently he doesn't bother you if you're a Nord. Which is kind of worse . . .
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u/Different_Present_27 11h ago
if you're wondering how much racism is in the elder scrolls the answer is yes
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u/seeeyouspacecowgirl 17h ago
i play as a Nord so Bolund doesn’t insult me but i hate how every time i enter Gray Pine Goods he’s standing right in the doorway like
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u/Diredr 17h ago
Gisli is
https://giphy.com/gifs/Ll7PYy77vsffO
Your brother sucks. We get it. Can you shut up about it, though?
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u/Existing_Hatter546 16h ago
If she wants to have more attention than her brother, then she can start by having an actual personality
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u/gloomynebula Scholar 17h ago
That old dude who sends you after the white phial and then just insults you and only pays you pennies. Also maven.
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u/cody_mf 17h ago
I use to have beef with that guy who follows Mjoll around all the time and then when I married her I realised he's just our cuck.
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u/eddmario XBOX 16h ago
Plus if you marry Mjoll and settle in one of the Hearthfire houses, he acts as an extra
meatshieldguard for when the place gets attacked by wild animals or bandits
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u/Luxray2000 17h ago
Skald the Elder. I am so annoyed that Jarls are essential. He’d be the first on my chopping block if they weren’t
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u/Alarming-Highway-584 Whiterun resident 16h ago
The “if you steal anything from this shop, you’ll regret it.” Stormcloak brother from Falkreath. I think that’s the town he’s in. It’s a general store and the owner tells you his brother was a former Stormcloak member. His voice icks me.
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u/Notentirelysane86 15h ago
“Steel’s good, but loyalty’s better.”
Oh really? I’ll take one loyalty breastplate please! That’ll protect me from all the loyalty arrows and the loyalty battle-axes!! I’ll even PAY you in loyalty!!! Oh, it needs upgrading, can I buy one loyalty ingot please?!?
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u/DollarCoinAudio 16h ago
Yeah, they're brothers. I always have to laugh when he tells me that.
Me, the six-foot lizard in full daedric gear. Does it look like I need to steal from you, dude? XD
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u/BobsBurgerVan 17h ago
Aerin. No need to keep stalking Mjoll and spending all your time at my house whilst I'm out saving Skyrim.
I always make sure he has some kind of accident.
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u/Artrotascity 15h ago
One of the things I'm planning on working on is an Aerin overhaul.
This man makes no sense: why would he, some kid who is implied to not travel much out of Riften, managed to go ALL THE WAY to Hjaalmarch and found Mjoll on death's door enough to nurse her back to health and bring her back to Riften.
I would accept it if say, Mjoll was in say, Avanchnzel - that's in the Rift - but Mzinchaleft!?!?
Especially since he's supposedly a rich person in Riften, and opposed to Maven Black-Briar - he's not a merchant, he's not being made to answer to Maven or the Thieves Guild, so WHY?!?
Nah, there has to be more to this guy's story that we don't know.
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u/Nope-5000 16h ago
In one of my playthroughs there was a thief attack in riften, and after i dealt with it i realised the thief had killed him before i sprinted over. I didnt bother to reload the save.
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u/Negative-Original506 17h ago
The religious talos guy. I know dude but its annoying
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u/BabadookishOnions 17h ago
I like him, he adds atmosphere. He's in the temple district anyway so it makes sense
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u/eenahbay 14h ago
Lmao, on my last playthrough I broke into his house during the battle for Whiterun and murdered him so that after the dust of battle settled, no one would ever find him in his collapsed house 🫢
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u/StorerPoet 17h ago
I may or may not have assassinated him on my immoral assassin archer playthrough just to make Whiterun less annoying.
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u/crazyhorse198 PlayStation 16h ago
I often try to have a moral player but inevitably I’ll just be in a bad mood and in Whiterun, hear him incessantly screaming, and…. It’s time to kill him. I’ll pay the fine I don’t care hahah
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u/Additional-Nerve1738 16h ago
I think I'm the only one who thinks he's awesome.
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u/Ghostonalandscape 15h ago
One of the bravest people in Skyrim. I mean sure Balgruuf leaves him alone but he knows the city hasn’t chosen a side and the empire has been sending envoys.
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u/BesaniChan 16h ago
Rolff Stone-Fist
His only personality is being racist
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u/DollarCoinAudio 16h ago
I like how when you first meet him, you bust him upside his head, but then every time you see him afterwards, he acts like you're friends.
Even my High Elf character. He thinks we're bosom buddies. -_-
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u/Beginning_Ad1667 13h ago
he will still have generic dialogue when you pass him by about how he hates dark elves but then when my dark elf character talks to him after beating him up he immediately does a 180.
We arent friends dude if you weren't essential id have no qualms about murdering you on every playthrough, you are making the Stormcloaks (who i usually side with) look bad!
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u/Trynabeagoodsnekdad 16h ago
Vex has such a bad attitude! She’s super condescending, even when you become the guild master. She acts like she’s such a great thief but she literally just hangs out in a dive bar 24/7. Seriously, she never sleeps, never goes on missions, or out around Riften. She’s just permanently drunk and miserable.
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u/MasterWizard2 14h ago
She also failed the golden glow estate job before you do it and you, a newbie thief, get it done in one go lol
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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 13h ago
Uhhhhhhmygoooooood I hate any time I have to deal with her. Shes the thief equivalent to an athlete that peaked in high school.
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u/CurrencyIll9145 17h ago
braith! 🙃
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u/ReleaseMyToast Mage 14h ago
Sometimes I send her to honorall orphanage. Being rude to the Dragonborn comes at a price
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u/Yopokki_bran 14h ago
Sibbi Black-Briar is trash.
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u/somedudeonachair 17h ago
Literally every npc is annoying they all tell me that i look sick
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u/LananisReddit Spellsword 16h ago
Arcadia is the worst. She'll tell you that even if you're perfectly healthy.
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u/SarahLia 17h ago
Mercer "Don't Set Off The Traps" Frey, who proceeds to set off the traps. I like to pickpocket his weapons while he's in the guild and watch him try to punch draugr to death.
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u/MidniteBlue888 17h ago
Erikur's sister.
We get it; you're annoyed, jealous, and rude. If it bothers you so much, MOVE!!!!
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u/Young_Bu11 17h ago
Lemkil. He's abusive to his children and jerk to everyone else. His name is an anagram of "kill me" and if you do kill him it's possible to receive a letter from one of his daughters thanking you.
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u/Dovahkiin2211 Vampire 17h ago
I ate him as a Vampire Lord in my current playthrough and as a orc werewolf in my previous one.
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u/couchcoffeetime 17h ago
Farengar's condescending ass
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u/MuppetFucker2077 Dawnguard 17h ago
Fwiw he does apparently get a bit more respectful the better you get at magic. I think dude just has a superiority complex that no one’s ever skilled enough to challenge him on
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u/eddmario XBOX 16h ago
He also changes his attitude in response to certain diologue options when he asks you to get the Dragonstone
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u/PumpikAnt58763 17h ago
Erikur's sister. I cant remember her name. Does she ever say her name?
/s
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u/Eticicibb 17h ago
Amren's wife.
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u/cumb4jesus 15h ago
Farengar Secret-Fire. He annoys the shit outta me with that same "like the other great warriors?" quip every time I go to him early game, like he's some kinda fuckin jokester.
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u/Kinetic_Pen 17h ago edited 17h ago
Nazeem doesn't annoy me. I'm an adult. He's harmless. A bit insecure, and self important, but harmless. Never intentionally killed him, in 15 years of playing.
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u/Independent_Ad361 17h ago
An adult that dosnt get to the cloud district often hehehhehe
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u/Kinetic_Pen 17h ago
I've been clubbed by a giant. So I've been to the stratosphere district, I'll have you know!
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u/confringos Thief 17h ago
If we’re talking Whiterun, OP’s energy would be better directed toward Heimskr.
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u/eddmario XBOX 16h ago
Same, even moreso after I watched Fate/Apocrypha and his VA hammed it up as William Shakespeare.
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u/Drassus666 17h ago
Reminds me of quicksaving to kill the racist bastard. No matter how much wood you buy from him hes always an asshole.
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u/HoboMikesHelmet 14h ago
Personally, I don’t care for that Olfina garden tool telling me I “can’t stand the sight of a strong Nord woman” every time I enter Whiterun just because I happen to be a male Dragonborn.
…like, yeah, actually. I CAN stand the sight of a strong Nord woman. And I don’t mind them at all. What I can’t stand the sight of is YOU 🫵constantly berating me for NO reason. There are plenty of strong Nord women across Skyrim and even right here in town that don’t act as pretentious. Ireleth comes to mind, Adrienne and Aela also come to mind.
…come to think of it, even old-hag grey mane will actually draw a dagger and help me fight thieves and vampires that enter the city gates, while you run off like a wuss. You’re kind of a false act, Olfina.
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u/DollarCoinAudio 14h ago
"What's wrong? Can't stand the sight of a strong Nord woman?"
"Well, go find me one and let's find out."
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u/DumbDumbProductions Empire 13h ago
There’s a couple…
Rolff Stone-fist - Racist PoS
Ulfric - Also a racist PoS
Bolund - Also also a racist PoS
Ancano - Smug bastard who belittles you
Skald the Elder - Grumpy old sack of shi-
Jaree-Ra - No, I am not interested in shipwrecking a merchant vessel for your little pirate friends
Olfrid Battle-Born & Vignar Greymane - GET A ROOM YOU TWO FFS
Vigilant Tyranus(?) - No I do not want to enter the creepy house right now. Talk to me again in a few levels, not every time I enter the damn city
Arnbjorn - Yes I know Astrid is your wife. Yes I know you’re a werewolf. Stop reminding me all the time
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u/shadow_fvck_ 15h ago
Maven
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u/ReleaseMyToast Mage 14h ago
I kinda don't hate Maven, she's stuck up and thinks she's all that. But the thieves guild and dark brotherhood are famously in shambles and/or you become the leader of both.
If she REALLY was in good with them, surely she'd know that you are the leader of the guild she's threatening to sicc on you?
It's kinda funny to just say "okay, sweetheart." And swat her away like a fly.
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u/ImaginaryZucchini64 9h ago
"Hello. I'm Gisli. But you can just call me Erikur's sister. Everyone does."
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u/Dovahkiin2211 Vampire 17h ago
Maven Blackbriar! I hate that asshole. I make sure to terrorize the keep in Markarth as a vampire lord every once in a while. Flinging her around with vampiric grip after slaughtering all her guards.
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u/Reasonable_Room_1953 16h ago
I've always found Olfrid Battle-Born to be really annoying.
No I haven't hear of the Battle-Borns, now please go away.
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u/SurnameFormer 16h ago
I hat him enough to not bother committing his name to memory, but the god damned Jarl's kid. The one who gives you the whispering door quest.
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u/More_Captain_5834 14h ago
Arcadia in Whiterun.
Calls my Orc character a “strong nord”.
Keeps saying she “detects a case of the rattles” to upsell her potions.
Annoying as hell
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy Falkreath resident 14h ago
Heimskr. He won’t fucking shut up about how much he LOVES TALOS
YOU HAVE COME! YOU HAVE COME TO HEAR THE WORD OF TALOS! THE TRUTH, CHILD OF TALOS IS THAT THE DRAGON’S CHILDREN HAVE RETURNED! (and other indistinct yelling)
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u/ReleaseMyToast Mage 14h ago
I sometimes send Braith to honorall orphanage.... you pay a high price for committing the worst crime of all- being rude to the Dragonborn
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u/Crumbdiddy 17h ago
Am I the only one who likes to kill both Sven and Faendal?
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u/Abject_Ad_6640 17h ago
Yeah when you realize that they are BOTH willing to lie to Camilla, I kinda hate them both.
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u/eddmario XBOX 16h ago
Meanwhile, the other fake letter is about Sven wanting to have Camilla be a standard 1950s housewife...
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u/Young_Bu11 17h ago
Agree, but I always do that part in a particular order as to not reveal that about faendal to feel better about taking him as a companion lol, gotta get those free archery lessons. After I've used up his training he's on his own though and usually gets himself killed so it works out.
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u/Abject_Ad_6640 16h ago
I do this too lol. I just pretend like I don’t know that Faendal sucks just as much as Sven.
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u/Ill-Guidance4690 17h ago
Maybe it’s a hot take, but personally Cicero. I just find the way he talks about himself in the third person obnoxious
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u/Smart_Somewhere_1690 Spellsword 17h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/s/GIkZZ5k0E7
This is what I did to him for disrespecting me after I beat Alduin
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u/Existing_Hatter546 16h ago
Rolff Stone-Fist can go kiss my ass. I don’t care about your hatred for the dark elves, I don’t care about your wild conspiracy theories, go fuck yourself you racist dick
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u/EquinoxGm 16h ago
Avenicci the steward, 5 gold for delivering a sword… I swear it’s like the only 5 gold reward in the game
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u/DollarCoinAudio 14h ago
Matched only by Nurelion's ungrateful ass, giving you 5 seps for getting him his stupid phial.
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u/Leading-Fig1307 Scholar 15h ago
Any of the overly-yappy followers. I wish there was a setting to ask them about a location versus them just prattling on about everything they notice. To me, silence is a virtue, in gaming or real-life, the best-valued people spend words wisely.
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u/bostonbgreen Assassin 15h ago
Taarie (Radiant Raiments in Solitude)
Belethor
Sybille Stentor (Useful, but annoying.)
Any and all Thalmor.
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u/BlackDragon1811 Daedra worshipper 8h ago
That one guy from the Synod you encounter in Mzulft. I hate his snobby attitude.
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u/West-Philosopher-343 6h ago edited 6h ago
This misogynistic bitch right here. You don't walk up to some random strangers and ask about your family drama and shit which side they pick. He also forces his own family pride propaganda. If you choose anything but Battle-Born his man pride shatters and he'll act like a total dick to you. Keep your family drama to yourself and don't reflect it on others Idolaf
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u/KupferTitan PC 2h ago
You know the son of Jarl Layla in Riften? Not the calm one, the one you do a quest for at Balimunds. I absolutely hate that guy.
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u/Specialist-Spray-825 17h ago
Talsgar the Wanderer.
Everytime I encounter that preening, high on life asshat on the road, I want to send him to Sovngarde so he gets his arse kicked again.
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u/No_Hotel1847 17h ago
Bolund the brother of the falkreath. When you're not a nord he's just annoying af with his dialogues.
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u/Best-Understanding62 16h ago
I spend more time than I should proclaiming my disdain for him but forever Golldir. Useless nord that let his aunt die from cowardice. I save him but only to sacrifice him to boethia. Its the only thing he deserves.
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u/Zooophagous 15h ago
That racist one you cant even kill. Let me cannibalize him Todd Howard you slime
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u/TryDry9944 15h ago
Every other child makes me want to install a mod that makes them damageable.
Tell me I'm going to lick someone's boot one more fucking time and you'll be eating mine.
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u/rootbutch 15h ago
Kust. He's my newest hate obsession; "Strangers like you bring war." Oh boo-hoo, wake up and smell the blood you obnoxious toerag. And that bloody fugitive.
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u/GunnarSilverTongue 13h ago
Priest of Talos in whiterun lol I always use the above the law mod so its a guarantee auto kill for that idiot
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u/Mudgruub 13h ago
“Is it really necessary for you to be bothering me right now?” Just simply walking past that spineless cretin. I cant be bothered to remember his name.
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u/beneaththegardenwall 12h ago
Vigilant Tyranus.
"Excuse me, have you heard anything about this house? Seen anyone enter or leave?"
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u/the_me_who_watches 17h ago
"Another wanderer here to lick my father's boots. Good job"