Preface

Warning to the Dragonborn
Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/10759131.

Rating:
General Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
Gen
Fandom:
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Character:
Player
Additional Tags:
ridiculous doggerel, poetry?, the logical conclusion, a warning, Humor
Language:
English
Stats:
Published: 2017-04-29 Words: 163 Chapters: 1/1

Warning to the Dragonborn

Summary

I'm on level 52, on my god knows how many'th runthrough, and the phrase "Do not go to Whiterun" got stuck in my head like a silly nursery rhyme. So I made a silly nursery rhyme.

Notes

This took less time to write than it takes to recite. I'm not sorry.

Warning to the Dragonborn

Do not go to Whiterun, child
Though Helgen be in flames
Do not go to Whiterun,
Though Riverwood call your name

For though the dragon in the sky
Scares the villagers by and by
He will not journey to the north
If you do not venture forth

Speak not to the Jarl my friend,
Though Gerda bid you to.
Tell him not the dragon comes
Lest it become true

The Dragon will wait
And so will your fate
The Vampires will rest
Deep in their nests
If you simply hold your quest
And find another to do.

Do not go to Whiterun
To brave the dragon with your might
Do not go to Whiterun
With so many battles to fight

Kill all the bandits
The Giants and mammoths
Thane and Thane and Thane again
Archmage, Brotherhood, Lovers, kin.

But do not go to Whiterun
Lest you bring us ruin
He may look big
But he’s a lazy pig
And Whiterun waits for you.

Afterword

End Notes

(aka I’m at level 52 and haven’t seen a dragon or a vampire. It feels somehow morally wrong to go to Whiterun knowing the dragon doesn’t attack shit after Helgen until I tell the Jarl he’s there.)

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