The Shipworker: Author's Note

• Posted by AtlasGecko February 22, 2014 - 1,055 views

  Before I begin writing out this story, I should really give credit to Clement Bilhorn's 'The Dockworker' and Saryn's 'The Last', both of whom inspired me, of sorts, to write this. I’ve been wanting to write a story on my character for a while now, and I’ve finally got an idea of how I’m going to put it, after playing a lot of Skyrim and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The title is a pun on the usual job of Argonians - Dockworkers, only this time it starts out on a ship. I intend to make it easy to read, with plenty of paragraphs, a simplistic, visual writing style and a somewhat light-hearted approach.

  
  

  To make it clear, it isn’t going to start in Helgen. It may end up there as he goes to skyrim, but it’s certainly not going to be a paragraph-long backstory and then the usual skyrim quests. No, this is going to start out on the open sea.

  
  

  As much as I’d like to implement screenshots throughout, I unfortunately don’t own Skyrim for PC. My current laptop would either implode or melt if I tried to install it, so at the minute, screenshots are going to be a no go. I’d also feel somewhat irritating asking the people over at the screenshot request thread for screenshot after screenshot. I’ll be sure to add enough detail so you can visualise it, though! I feel that artwork from other sources may alter the experience, I prefer to have the reader imagine it how they want, so it’s more intriguing.

  
  

  Depending on how long I continue this series for, and whether or not you guys enjoy it, I may consider getting Skyrim on PC when I get my absolute animal of a computer.

  
  Most important of all though, enjoy! Feedback and constructive criticism is always appreciated, too.