The Trouble with Skyrim: Shadow of Whiterun

So here’s another comic for you, according to my inscrutable whims. The whole thing was really just an excuse for the panel in the middle (you know the one I mean), but I also knew I couldn’t just leave it at that.

I’m sure this is probably confusing for anyone who hasn’t played Shadow of Mordor, which was one of the things I did during my hiatus. In fact, I have it to thank for my return, since all those orc (or uruks, if you’re pedantic about it) reminded me too much of Shelob to leave my strip abandoned any longer.

The basic gist of the game is this: you are Talion, who is what you’d get if Aragorn and Ezio Auditore had a baby. After dying along with his family in the first ten minutes of the game, Talion awakens to find that he is “banished from death” and bound to the spirit of a millennia-old elf king. So the two go on a merry quest to kill, dominate, and ruin the day of as many orcs/uruks as possible in their quest to break the curse and find revenge. Which is why Talion reappeared in the last panel of this strip: when he dies in-game, he is magically revived by the curse, though the consequences of his death remain (such as the orc who killed him getting a promotion).

For those who have played before, I realize my version of Talion doesn’t bear too striking a resemblance to the original. I was rather proud of my work on the elf-wraith, but then most of his features didn’t cross over once the ghost effect was added. Oh well.

Screenshots taken in Skyrim, edited in GIMP.
List of mod credits available here: fav.me/d6hir6a