Give me a list of all the people who are racist against elves or beasts who are not essential in the games files.
You can figure out where I’m going with this
Aregnor Once-Honored can be killed, but unfortunately due to a radiant Thieves Guild quest, Rolff Stone-Fist cannot be killed without command console use.
Grelod the Kind, but I mean who hasn’t killed her yet xD
Grelka is pretty racist against Argonians
Elda Early-Dawn is super rude to Dunmer, not sure if she’s essential or not though
hulda in whiterun, the companions except athis but idk if they’re all essential, the general store manager and his brother in falkreath, sven himself, niranye blames the dunmer for their own suffering but idk if she’s essential, i’ll add more when i think of them
heimskr lumps all elves in with the thalmor in his speeches if that counts
also personally i think it’s safe to say that any diehard stormcloak supporter is probably racist considering the idea behind the rebellion is “skyrim is nord land”, which disregards native bretons and nonnative races who were born and live there.
Let’s not forget people in the Reach who are racist towards the native Bretons.
names. we need names.
I WILL NAME NAMES. JUST GIVE ME SOME TIME TO PULL UP MY NOTES.
OKAY INSTALLMENT ONE: MAJOR CITIES: DAWNSTAR AND FALKREATH
DAWNSTAR:
Jarl Skald’s servant BULFREK is way into the Stormcloaks and his dearest wish is to enlist. He is unfortunately the only non-essential racist in town. The others are essential.
ALDING and STIG SALT-PLANK, who appear during rise in the east, are not racist, but they are sick bastards who sexually harass one of the inn’s employees in a most untoward manner!
FALKREATH:
According to dialogue from a quest that was never fully implemented into the game, RUNIL was once a Thalmor mage and killed a lot of people. However he seems to regret it and as far as I can tell no longer holds the ideology of the Thalmor. Considering it’s implied he’s hiding from them, he may have deserted. I’d say give this one the benefit of the doubt, he is a nice old man and a priest at that.
SOLAF is an ex-Stormcloak soldier and he says he still believes in Ulfric’s position that Skyrim should be ruled by the Nords. However I am on the fence about him as he seems to be fine with all races and actively chastises his brother for his racist bullshit.
Speaking of his brother BOLUND, the man is a horrid racist and will shit all over you if you aren’t a Nord. If you are an argonian in particular he will shout slurs at you. An absolute non-essential racist.
That is all for now, please stay tuned for my next installment in which I discuss the non essential racists of Markarth.
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Okay! PART TWO: MARKARTH!
I hope you’re ready for this because Markarth is full of racist assholes! Many are essential, but many are not!
First: THE SILVER-BLOODS. They are all Stormcloak scum. Unfortunately, BETRID is the only one who is unessential at first. THONAR loses essential status after completing No One Escapes Cidhna Mine.
LISBET says some bad things about the Forsworn, says they’re madmen. Also she’s a cannibal and blames her victims’ disappearances on the forsworn. One of said victims was her own brother.
SKAGGI SCAR-FACE calls the Forsworn “madmen”. It is unclear however whether he bears ill will towards all native reachmen or only the ones who have joined the Forsworn and attacked his mine.
BANNING seems to be leery of the Forsworn but is likely not racist against native Reachmen because he is one himself. However, he is also a cannibal, so the place would probably be better off without him around.
OGMUND seems innocuous enough – until the Stormcloaks take over Markarth. Then he is VERY vocal about how glad he is that Ulfric’s men are in charge.
HOGNI RED-ARM hates the Forsworn, and his interactions with Degaine hint that he’s racist against native Reachmen in general. Also a cannibal.
ANTON VIRANE, a Breton from High Rock, is an absolutely horrid racist, against other Bretons, no less. He expresses extreme disgust at being mistaken for a Reachman and regularly calls other Bretons who were born in the Reach “filthy natives” TO THEIR FACE. He is terrible. He is essential until you do Recipe for Disaster.
FRABBI isn’t racist, but she is prejudiced against mages and wishes they’d all leave the city.
MULUSH GRO-SHUGURZ treats his native employees like shit and is in general a terrible dude.
And, saving the best news for last, everyone’s favorite Thalmor asshole ONDOLEMAR is in fact NON-ESSENTIAL.
Tune in next time as we discuss the non-essential racists of MORTHAL and WINTERHOLD.
PART THREE: MORTHAL AND WINTERHOLD!
This will be a very short part, not because there are no racists or bigots in Morthal or Winterhold, but because most of them are essential.
MORTHAL:
ALVA will compliment you on your appearance, either flirtatiously or otherwise depending on gender, but will not do so if you are an argonian or khajiit. However there is a 90% chance that this is not racism and is in fact just Alva Not Beomg A Furry, since she never says anything negative based on race. However, you’re probably going to end up killing her anyway since she’s one of the vampires behind a lot of the crap going on in town.
There are no other racists but plenty of people who are prejudiced against mages and go out of their way to make Fallon’s life miserable for being a Mage. Of these, only two are non-essential: BENOR and JORGEN.
WINTERHOLD:
Surprisingly this list has no one on it except the Thalmor ANCANO, who you have to kill during the college questline anyway.
Please note that Winterhold has plenty of people who are both racist and hate magic. They are just all essential. The Jarl’s family in particular is horrid. The Jarl teaches his son to hate mages and elves, and the kid regularly plays a game called “Hunt the Elf” in which he pretends other local children are elves and he pretends to kill them dead. However it is still possible to at least get them all out of Winterhold since all of the essential racists are either part of the Jarl’s family or servants of the Jarl. Just side with the Empire in the Civil War questline and they’ll all be banished when you take Winterhold.
Stay tuned next time for a slightly longer segment as we discuss the non-essential racists of RIFTEN!
Now it’s time for our next installment – the non-essential racists of Riften! Unfortunately, some of Riften’s Shittiest are essential but let’s take a look at who’s not!
The one you may notice right away as you enter Riften is VULWULF SNOW-SHOD. He is an ardent Stormcloak supporter and will accuse you of being an Imperial spy if you aren’t a Nord. He has also been known to throw racial slurs at Argonians.
His wife NURA SNOW-SHOD is also a Stormcloak supporter and a priestess of Talos, but as far as I can tell she has sided with Ulfric solely over the Talos matter and out of anger towards the Imperials for killing her daughter. She makes no indication of believing the “ “Skyrim belongs to the Nords” part of things, but never admits to not believing in it either.
Their son ASGEIR is okay and thinks Ulfric is full of shit on all fronts, he only keeps quiet about it in front of his parents because he knows they’re still reeling from losing a daughter and doesn’t want to cause them any more grief. Leave Asgeir alone.
HARRALD, the son of Jarl Laila Law-Giver, is a die-hard supporter of Ulfric, and as such has a very good chance of being racist, and unlike all the other die-hard supporters of Ulfric located in Mistveil Keep, he’s actually non-essential.
GRELKA may play nice with the Dunmer and hate Ulfric as much as we do, but she’s horribly racist against Argonians and spends most of her nights flinging racial slurs at Madesi and trying to chase him out of the Bunkhouse.
Lastly, he’s not a racist, but I should probably mention TYTHIS ULEN, who is a sexist pig who constantly sexually harasses Svana, who has been nothing but sweet and kind to everyone. Considering no one else is seen to treat her this way and she has complained about being groped on the job, it’s safe to assume he’s behind that too. Something must be done about this RAGING PERVERT.
Tune in next time as we discuss the non-essential racists of SOLITUDE and WHITERUN!
Now it’s time for the Non-Essential Racists (and other generally shitty non-essential people) of SOLITUDE and WHITERUN! These two are lumped together because as the seat of the Empire in Skyrim, Solitude is not home to very many Stormcloak sympathizers, who make up the bulk of shitty racists in Skyrim.
SOLITUDE:
GRETA is a Stormcloak sympathizer and thinks her brother Roggvir did the right thing in helping Ulfric escape. As such she likely believes in that Skyrim for the Nords bullshit.
JORN at the Bard’s College never actually says anything racist, but upon being given an assignment to create a poem about a classical hero of Skyrim, he chooses to pen a war epic about Hoag Merkiller. I will give you three guesses what HE’S famous for. Skyrim has a metric fuckton of classical heroes considering its history is pretty much epic battles everywhere all the time. That out of all these heroes Jorn would choose THIS GUY to sing the praises of makes me more than a little suspicious.
BJARTUR is a prisoner who can be found in the Castle Dour dungeons screaming about her undying devotion to Ulfric at all hours.While she is not essential, she already has a life sentence in prison, which may very well be a fate worse than death.
AHTAR the executioner refers to Jaree-Ra as a ‘filthy Argonian’. While he is certainly justified in disliking Jaree-Ra, considering the guy is a NASTY CRIMEBOY, his choice of wording hints that he may not think all that highly of Argonians in general.
While he is not racist, ERIKUR is a huuuuge jerk who has been known to make persistent unwanted advantages on women. At one point he got some poor Bosmer serving girl at the embassy fired and, knowing the Thalmor, tortured or killed, just because she wouldn’t sleep with him. He is essential but apparently becomes killable after the Dark Brotherhood quest to kill Vittoria Vici, which is odd because afaik he has nothing to do with the quest. If you’re Thieves’ Guild, though, you may want to leave him alone, because he’s the Guild’s primary contact in Solitude.
WHITERUN:
HULDA, the local innkeeper, says some offhandedly not-nice things about elves if you are not an elf. If you are, her racism becomes a bit more blatant. Ask her about magic. I dare you. Please note that if you are doing the Daedric quests, Mephala’s quest will not start if Hulda is dead due to a bug, even though she has nothing to do with the quest itself. Don’t worry about the inn, though, Ysolda takes over if she dies.
Not racist, but MIKAEL the bard is probably the worst womanizing prick in all of Skyrim, and has even written a book about his attempts to get into the pants of every woman in Whiterun. He has also done creepy stalker shit so seriously fuck that guy.
Depending on whose version of the story you believe, there is a damn good chance that SAADIA is in league with the Thalmor and has furthered their terrible terrible plans. And, looking at the lore, the Alik’r version of the story is a LOT more likely than her version, mainly because the Alik’r fucking hate the Thalmor and it doesn’t make sense that they’d come to capture her on the Thalmor’s behalf.
NAZEEM is a condescending prick towards the player and anyone who isn’t upper class. He can be found being rude to the street vendors every day in town. He may also be casually racist considering the assumptions he makes in his offhandedly remarks about the quality of the meat Anoriath is selling. The way he says it implies he is making these assumptions because Anoriath is an elf. Also, if you listen to his wife’s conversations with other townsfolk, there are some pretty heavy implications that he really doesn’t treat her right.
HEIMSKR doesn’t directly say anything racist aside from being understandably pissed at the Thalmor, but seems to lump all elves in with the Thalmor. Also, if the Stormcloaks take the city, he can be found singing Ulfric’s praises at the top of his lungs. Verdict: Cannot prove it for sure, but there’s a good chance he’s racist.
EORLUND GREY-MANE, like all Grey-Manes, is a staunch Stormcloak supporter. He also practically worships the ground the Companions walk on, and respects Ysgramor, who as we all know was a genocidal maniac. Note that he has a place in several Companions quests so it might be smart to leave him alone until you’re done with the Companions questline, which you WILL want to finish because a good number of the Companions are on this list but only lose essential status AFTER questline completion. Also he’s the only dude who will work the Skyforge so if you want any Skyforge Steel stuff I’d suggest buying it off him ahead of time.
FRALIA and OLFINA GREY-MANE are both Stormcloak supporters. Olfina is still surprisingly non-essential despite being a the replacement steward when the Stormcloaks move in. Unfortunately, all other Grey-Manes are essential.
LILITH MAIDEN-LOOM mentions that she is good friends with Maven Black-Briar and that the two of them know their place in the world, and other people’s places too. No evidence that she’s racist, but considering what type of woman Maven is, and that Lilith agrees with her philosophy, she’s probably a pretty shitty person.
Now it’s time to go over THE COMPANIONS. These guys uphold Ysgramor’s legacy and a lot of them are terrible, but not all of them, so we’re going over all of them here to ascertain their levels of terrible. Please remember that Ysgramor, while remembered as a Nord hero, is responsible for the genocide of the Snow Elves. Skjor and Kodlak White-Mane will not be included because they die as part of the questline anyway. Vignar Grey-Mane is not included because he’s marked as essential.
AELA THE HUNTRESS – Scary violent lady. Doesn’t care much about Sovngarde but afaik still adheres to the whole Ysgramor’s legacy thing. Essential until questline is done. Verdict: Good chances of racism but not for sure.
ATHIS: Joined solely for gold and glory. Verdict: Athis is Valid and he is a Friend and Boy please leave him alone.
BRILL: Becomes Housecarl to the Jarl in case of Stormcloaks taking over Whiterun but remains unessential. Verdict: STORMCLOAK SCUM.
FARKAS: It is very clear that this guy is dumb as a bag of rocks and doesn’t get this whole ‘politics’ or ‘history’ thing. He just wants to fight. Does basically call Ysgramor ‘the hero who killed all the elves except not really because I’m there are still elves and stuff’ but it sounds more like he’s parroting something his brother told him and doesn’t understand the implications. Seems to be fine with any Actual Elves he meets. Is essential until Companions questline is complete. Verdict: 10% chance he’s racist, 90% chance he’s just a Big Dumb Puppy and a Good Boy.
VILKAS: Defs goes in for the whole ‘Ysgramor is awesome’ thing. Much smarter than his brother and knows exactly what he is talking about. Is essential until Companions questline is complete. Verdict: Not a Good Boy at all, most likely racist. However, please hold off on doing anything about him just yet. Until you have read the next segment at least. The reason for this will become clear.
NJADA STONE-ARM: bluh bluh HUGE BITCH. However, no direct evidence on where she stands on the Ysgramor issue. Also gets some brownie points for being as far as I remember the only one who bothers to help Athis when he’s injured during the attack on Jorrvaskr. The two seem to be pretty good friends and I’ve seen them hanging out a lot. Verdict: um she’s super mean to you but she IS one of the few who’s openly nice to Athis. Jury’s still out on the racism. I’d say make your own judgement on this one.
RIA: Practically worships the ground Ysgramor walks on, totally wants to carry on his legacy and shit. Verdict: Definitely a bad egg. The worst egg, really.
TILMA THE HAGGARD: Looks after the others, cooks their meals, cleans up their messes, listens to their worries, afaik doesn’t subscribe to their philosophy. Verdict: She’s just the cleaning lady leave her be.
TORVAR: Does not give a shit about the whole Ysgramor crap, he only joined to be a mercenary and make some money to pay off his debts. Also he apparently has a high probability of attacking you on sight EVEN IF YOU ARE A COMPANION if you helped the Stormcloaks take Haafingar, so I’m guessing he thinks Ulfric is full of bullshit too. Verdict: ABSOLUTELY VALID PROTECT HIM PLEASE.
Join us next time for a SPECIAL SURPRISE SEGMENT before we move on to the non-essential racists of WINDHELM!
Okay everyone time for our SPECIAL SURPRISE SEGMENT: GETTING RID OF ROLFF STONE-FIST WITHOUT USING CONSOLE CODES
So I am sure you are all familiar with Rolff, as he is arguably the BIGGEST RACIST IN ALL OF SKYRIM, which, considering how many racists are in Skyrim, is quite an accomplishment. But as many of you have no doubt already discovered firsthand, he is sadly essential so there is nothing we can do about him.
OR IS THERE?
First, a disclaimer. I have not yet tested this in my own game, and information on the two elder scrolls wikis is conflicting on the matter. It involves messing with radiant quests, specifically. UESP claims that radiant quests all use the same list of 200 characters, which are determined using criteria that excludes essential NPCs and NPCs with unique dialogue, which would exclude Rolff Stone-Fist. The OTHER wiki puts Rolff on the list as a subject for certain radiant quests. Since I have received radiant quests where the NPC involved is either essential or has unique dialogue before, therefore directly contradicting UESP’s claim, I am inclined to believe the latter (I have also noticed other things that make the latter more plausible). If the official wiki is correct, then this should work. But if UESP is correct, it will not.
So, here’s what you do. Join the Companions. Once you can take quests from them, go to VILKAS for work. This is why I told you to leave him alone before. Each Companions leader gives out a different set of radiant quests, and the one who gives the Rescue Mission quests is Vilkas (also Skjor, but we’ll talk about that later). He also gives other quests and radiant quests have a lot of targets so this next step may take a While. But the wiki lists Rolff as a potential target for the Rescue Mission quest.
So your goal is to do Companions quests until you get one prompting you to rescue Rolff Stone-Fist. Once the quest starts, Rolff will be KIDNAPPED BY BANDITS and taken to the quest location. Now all you gotta do is not finish the request. Take note of the location and NEVER GO THERE. Last thing you want is to clear some random cave and then at the end have Rolff thanking you for saving his ass.
The thing about Skyrim in general and radiant quests in particular is that they are BUGGIER THAN A SUMMER NIGHT IN COASTAL TEXAS, so you don’t want to risk anything happening to trip some switch or whatever to undo all your hard work. Now there’s a chance everything will be fine but just in case I would personally make sure nothing happens to ANY OF THE ACTORS INVOLVED, including the quest giver. I’ve seen some quests automatically undone because the quest giver dies. Not sure if they were radiant but don’t wanna risk it. That’s why we’re going with Vilkas and not Skjor. Skjor dies. Also I mean it’s smart to keep Vilkas around anyway, in the event you forget the location and ACCIDENTALLY RESCUE ROLFF STONE-FIST. If that happens and Vilkas isn’t around you won’t be able to trigger the quest again to fix your mistake.
So tl;dr if this works right you can get Rolff out of Windhelm and permanently at the mercy of some bandits somewhere.
Next time tune in for what is surely going to be the largest segment of this series, THE NON-ESSENTIAL RACISTS OF WINDHELM.
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