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What is your most favorite theory of what happens to the Dragonborn after the events of The elder scrolls V: Skyrim?

If action movies have any correlation with this, the Dragonborn settles down. He does something that’s completely unrelated to his skills gained over this time such as being a tavern owner in Falkreath. He hires fresh new bards from the bard college to play at his tavern. Lives the ‘sweet civilian life’ where hiding behind a helmet or hood is no longer the norm. Alduin and the resurrection of dragons is no longer a threat. People eventually stop talking about dragons except through adventurers discussing their tales of slaying one or two and their trophies that they took off of a slain dragon. The dawnguard manage the feigning vampire crisis on their own. Solstheim slowly rebuilds after the nasty effects of Miraak.

Then, a group of local teenage/young adult trouble makers enter his tavern. They put everyone on edge as they rudely and loudly tease the locals inside. Then one of them crosses a line and slaps one of the elderly patrons out of their seat. A lone sellsword says something to them in which they escalate by surrounding him and assault him. People scream. Chairs and tables are flipped. Patrons almost trample each other as they leave to avoid getting involved.

The barkeep is the only one remaining. He calmly offers their last warning as the barkeep firmly tells them to leave. The thugs laugh as they turn their attention onto him/her. They seemingly subdue the barkeep before assaulting him before they leave, thinking they won. Then they cruelly decide to light the tavern on fire with the barkeep still inside.

The barkeep heals himself. Making the way down to what used to be Delphine’s secret room underground, it’s revealed that it’s been repurposed as a secret basement loaded with relics of the Dragonborn’s past. The veil has now been temporarily lifted. Gearing up one more time to exact a swift revenge upon these troublemakers. Cutting to the group, they turn around to face the now enflamed tavern as a loud and distant shout can be heard soaring to the skies coming from that direction. All of a sudden a heavy storm comes out of nowhere. The Dragonborn uses this as cover to stalk them from the shadows.

Taking out a couple of them with a master shot of an arrow hitting their mark, despite the harsh winds and rain. The others start to get scared. The group is picked one by one, only to leave the one remaining alive, albeit bloodied and bones broken from being pummeled into an inch of his life.

Turns out, that one is the son of a forsworn leader. When word gets back to his father that his son is now being seen by healers in the temple of kynareth in Whiterun, vengeance must be paid for this crime against his son.

This launches the Dragonborn into action to come out of hiding, launching yet another epic adventure that he/she had secretly been missing for years.

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