Original artwork, not a still
Jolly good guess! But only half right. I'm a mad god. The Mad God, actually. It's a family title. Gets passed down from me to myself every few thousand years. Now you. You can call me Ann Marie. But only if you're partial to being flayed alive and having an angry immortal skip rope with your entrails. If not... Then call me Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madness. Charmed.
— The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim • 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
He treats a divine identity as a social introduction, complete with a false name and an appalling condition attached to using it. Courtesy and menace keep interrupting each other. The result makes clear that the visitor cannot rely on ordinary rules of conversation to predict this host.
Context reviewed
In context
Spoilers for The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimShow the scene
Sheogorath gives this extravagant introduction in The Mind of Madness, a quest in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011). Inside Pelagius's mind, the player can call the strange host a madman, prompting his correction that he is a mad god. The conversation takes place in a distorted tea-party setting, where a request to return from holiday becomes a set of challenges.
Sources (1)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Sheogorath dialogueDialogue / relevant quotation and surrounding sceneReference checked
Context reviewed
