The city of Markarth is ridiculous. I went there only as needed and just peaced out immediately, because they STILL WANT MY HEAD!! I did everything there; I’ve been Thaned TWICE and bought Vlindrel Hall, I solved the conspiracy and “borrowed” the Falmer research from the court wizard, I met my wife Muiri there (lovely girl, a little obsessive with the whole ‘thanks for killing my ex’ thing…) and they’re still trying to arrest me for the Markarth Conspiracy. And then, when I go to say ‘Take me away’, they reply with the ‘No one escapes Cidna Mine’ thing and restart the conversation!! I have bribed, paid my bounty, even surrendered to these jerkholes, but they only respond when I give them the finger?! SCREW ‘EM!!

More Markarth spoilers below:

So, pretty much the same thing happened to me. Finished all the snooping quests, went to the temple to be greeted by 3 guards… Of course, me being thane thinking ok easy enough.. nopee not even. So jail not being an options, KILL TIME!! 3 guards down…. then what happens? 1 more comes through the door and the same dialog begins… same result.

So, exit the temple and the Sh*t storm begins!! Attacked left right and center by guards galore!! Being a level 26 dark elf mage I ended up killing about 15 of them within the city… stealing all their gear and selling to the blacksmith in Markarth. Killed every guard in the inner city, they all pretty much attacked me at once lol… no potions left… So thinking ohhhh sweet, got a house in this city, gonna be attacked every time i get near… shut the game off and that’s where I stand right now =P

Got a huge pile of dead bodies in Markarth, wish I knew how to take a screenshot/post it from the PS3. It’s quite amusing.

Well i have two stories.
One actualy was in oblivion, which is quite funny. When you get to the end of paradise to kill the mythic dawn leader, while he was talking i jumped over his head crouched behind his chair and killed him in one hit. i felt like such a BAMF.

Skyrim:
Greatest moment i have ever had. doing one of the daedric quests, the one you raid the temple. i fought my way through that and snuck up to the lead guy and beheaded him in one strike. again, i felt like a bamf.
yes obviously i play as an assassin and very sucessfully. very fun. i prefer playing the elder scrolls game on console rather than pc… its easier forme for some reason. however, i like the console cheats to much. (lol)

I am now only level 28 and not that good at Close Combat fighting, so bear with me. I got to this fort near Riften and I am asked by the fort previous owner to help him free his family which has been taken hostage by bandits inside the fort. The mission seems simple enough: infiltrate the fort through a mine tunnel and open a stupid lever somewhere so that he can get in and finish the job… I am like: “hey sure, I will do that for you”. It seems so simple (and it is a really tiny little fort) that I don’t even bargain for a reward beforehand. And the guy looks so worried about his family and all that… Well, I get in and I realize that unless I burn ALL my invisibility potions, the configuration of the tunnel forces me to kill absolutely every one in the fort before getting to that stupid lever… Bastard! So I do it and it is not easy because the S.O.B.’s are all agglomerated in little groups so I can not pick them up one at a time and the leaders are really tough and armored to the teeth. But I managed of course, thanks to a couple of well placed shouts and I clean the place neatly. Then I open the lever and let the guy in. He says “thanks and did you find my family”? I am like… “uh oh?” “Nope mate, never seen your family in there. There were some bodies of course, but for a Bosmer like me, a human looks like any other human, you know…” – He is like: “Ok, too bad, here is your reward”. And he leaves the fort and goes back to his shitty camp. And he gives me a low level spell as a reward… No money, no good stuff, nada, nietchevo, niente, nichts, rien du tout. AAAARGGGGH.

More stories like this and you’re going to force me to buy Skyrim…..

My favorite moment was the Brotherhood quest lead-up where I was asked to kill that psychotic old woman. I went there not really sure if I was going to go through with it, but after listening to her talk to the orphans for a little while I walked right up to her and decapitated her. The most epic moment to have a crit. Her head went rolling across the floor and the children began to rejoice.

@ axebeer:

Actually, I think the Forsworn King tells you that your bounty will be lifted upon exiting the prison. For that reason I didn’t actually participate in the fight. I just walked out of the city while the shit was going down – I figured that if I as much as touch a guard I’m gonna get bounty again.

It was kinda amusing – there is this swirling melee between the Forsworn and the city guards, an my character is just sort of walking away going “ops, sorry, excuse me, coming through, don’t mind me, I’m just a passer by, not an escaped prisoner”.

Also, as soon as I got to the prison, I decided to pick-pocket the tough looking ork by the locked door. Got his key, went to talk to the king. I quickly stealth-shived the guy he asked me to and then ran past all the spiders letting the other inmates take care of them.

It was probably the fastest prison escape ever.

Warning: the following contains several spoilers

Yeah, I went head-on with Markarth guards as well but I managed to escape. I had only one idea how the situation (the massive bounty on my head) could be redeemed, and it involved freeing the Forsworn king, which in turn would mean returning to the city, and facing a dozen guards on the way. I did return eventually, much later. So, I finally return to Markarth, all geared up and ready to fight. But I rarely attack anyone first. So when I approached the first Markarth guard:

ME (thinking): “Hit me. Come on, one swing at me… let’s get this over wit– Hmm… that guard seems different somehow.”
GUARD #1: ” ‘Sup bro” said the guard and kept on walking.
ME: O_o
GUARD #2: “I used to be an adventurer…” muttered the second guard, reflecting upon his earlier life.
ME: o_O

Then I realized what had happened – the exchange of town ownership during one special meeting. New owners = no criminal record. I do still have the bounty on my head in the Quest Log (General – Crime) section, but none of the city guards were hostile anymore.

At first I was happy. Then I was pissed, realizing that all the preparation was in vain. For a brief moment I pondered starting a fight anyway, I mean, it’d be a SHAME to not have to use all these healing potions I had made/bought/stolen. But what the hell, I basically got what I came for – a pardon. The Forsworn king can rot for all I care.

Also, later in another savegame, I went to check out the prison (and as stupid as this will sound, every Skyrim player will know what I mean) but the door was locked and it required a specific key to unlock. I chopped up all the guards to see if one of them had the key, but nope… no key. I even searched the immediate vicinity of the pesky door but, again, found no key. I’m still unsure which side of the door the key really is – in the inmates’ side or in our side. Assuming there even is a key…