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What a fool you are. I'm a god. How can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence.
— The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind • 2002
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Dagoth Ur mistakes the source of his power for a guarantee that he understands everything. His delight in the opponent's supposed innocence makes the coming reversal sharper. The speech is both a grand villain's boast and a warning about confusing invulnerability with wisdom.
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In context
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Dagoth Ur delivers this taunt in the Heart Chamber during the final confrontation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002). The player has already fought him, yet he still claims that a god cannot be killed. His confidence is tested when the Nerevarine turns the enchanted tools against the Heart of Lorkhan rather than treating the encounter as another ordinary duel.
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- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Dagoth Ur dialogueDialogue / relevant quotation and surrounding sceneReference checked
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