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Stop! You violated the law. Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen goods are now forfeit.
— The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion · 2006
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The guard turns an open-world adventure into an abruptly official transaction. His rigid account of the options leaves little room for the player's heroic self-image. Repetition makes the solemn warning comic, especially when a small offence earns the same commanding intervention.
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In context
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Cyrodiil's guards can deliver this arrest speech in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) when they confront a player with a bounty. The dialogue presents the consequences of a crime: a fine, imprisonment and confiscation of stolen goods. It is one of several formal warnings in the game's repeatable arrest system.
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- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Oblivion Guard dialogueDialogue / relevant quotation and surrounding sceneReference checked
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