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Hey, you. You're finally awake.
— The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim • 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
There is no title card and no tutorial: the game's first move is a stranger talking to you as though you had only been dozing, which hands you a blank-slate prisoner and makes the world feel already in motion. Because every new character starts here, it is the line millions of players have heard at the start of every playthrough, and it works as shorthand for beginning Skyrim, again.
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In context
Spoilers for The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimShow the scene
The first words of Skyrim. In the opening quest, Unbound, you come to with your wrists bound in the back of a prison cart in an Imperial convoy. Across from you sits Ralof, a Stormcloak soldier, with the horse thief Lokir beside him and the rebel leader Ulfric Stormcloak at your side. Ralof greets you with this line, then explains that you walked into the same Imperial ambush as the rest of them. The convoy is headed to Helgen, where a dragon attack interrupts what was meant to be your execution.
Sources (2)
- UESP: Skyrim:UnboundDetailed Walkthrough, AwakeningReference checked
- Elder Scrolls Wiki: RalofConversations, At HelgenReference checked
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