10 Subtle Details That Make Skyrim WAY More Interesting

8. There's A Secret Third Faction In The Civil War

Skyrim Secrets
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A genuinely superfluous and unnecessary detail that Bethesda took the time to not only factor into the game, but also record additional dialogue in the case of the player completing quests in this order.

Should you decide to kill the emperor via the Dark Brotherhood quest-line and then join up with the Imperials for the Civil War, General Tullius will factor that into the Imperial Oath that you have to recite.

Instead of swearing fealty to Emperor Titus Mede, you'll swear fealty to an unnamed Emperor.

Chances are that you've done this and not even noticed such a tiny little detail, but it barely scratches the surface when it comes to certain series' of events that Bethesda account for...

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