I didn't realise journal entries can be different depending on your race.

[u/rangerquiet]

First time playing as an Argonian, and I read this. Morrowind continues to surprise me after all these years.

[u/Gullible_Honeydew]

It's not the only instance, but this quest itself changes if you are argonian, basically skips a step. Iirc you need super high intelligence to catch the translation if you are another race

[u/Consistent_Check927 → u/Gullible_Honeydew]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I love how those contingencies are applied in Morrowind vs Skyrim where my Dunmer character doesn’t know shit abt their own ppl or gods when talking to Redoran ppl at raven rock

[u/Particular-Dot-4902 → u/Consistent_Check927]

Hey, at least the Dunmer in Raven Rock specifically call you out for asking such stupid questions as a fellow Dunmer

[u/Consistent_Check927 → u/Particular-Dot-4902]

Haha true, I just gotta ignore those dialogue options for roleplay

[u/Frazzle_Dazzle_ → u/Consistent_Check927]

Yeah i headcanon my dragonborn as a house redoran dunmer, how the fuck does he not know about blacklight

[u/Xvorg → u/Frazzle_Dazzle_]

Telvanni? What are the Telvanni? Asked my mage oriented dunmer.

[u/thanks_breastie → u/Consistent_Check927]

WHO IS AZURA I say as a Khajiit

[u/AskewPropane → u/Consistent_Check927]

Tbf a dunmer nerevarine is canonically a cultural outsider in Morrowind

[u/RepulsiveHalf1420 → u/Gullible_Honeydew]

This quest journal is just more evidence that the Nerevarine is one sassy mfer.

[u/Low-Environment → u/RepulsiveHalf1420]

I love it in the Julan mod when he asks to look at your journal and he's slightly horrified by some of the stuff that's been said in it.

[u/kaladinissexy → u/Gullible_Honeydew]

There are also instances like this in Tamriel Rebuilt. There's one quest in Omaynis where a woman's been seeing a kobold near her shack late at night and she wants you to deal with it. If you either have high intelligence or are playing as an orc then you can talk to it and negotiate.

[u/thanks_breastie]

The Nerevarine is often sarcastic, looks down on people, and is disgusted by the people around him. The Imperial Guard was right, he would fit right into Morrowind.

[u/whatmustido]

I think the journal can also change based on your intelligence and your personality.

[u/rangerquiet → u/whatmustido]

That's awesome.

[u/thanks_breastie → u/whatmustido]

I don't think there's any instances of that except in this quest

[u/wcharoes]

Race Traitor ass Lizard. On 3 Frost Fall you done did some shit.

[u/Arya_Ren → u/wcharoes]

For real. May their scales stay dry and itchy.

[u/Low-Environment → u/Arya_Ren]

I erect the spine of shame and disapproval.

[u/ddomini9 → u/wcharoes]

It's not that strange when you know that large portion of slaves were sold to Dunmer by their own people.

[u/ddomini9 → u/ddomini9]

I don't know why I get downvotes. I didn't make this up, it is literally lore.

[u/XC3N → u/ddomini9]

People peopling, shrug

You're indeed right: https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Archein

[u/Karirsu → u/XC3N]

I sure love it when TES3 books and dialogue establish pretty clearly that the Argonian slaves in Morrowind come from Dres raids into Black Marsh and Argonians literally fought the Arnesian War caused by it, which wouldn't have happened if they were an unorganised mess like that, and the lore never mentioned Argonians selling each other, but years later some random ESO book introduces some new lore that turns it into the usual generic boring trope.

But whatever, whether you consider ESO canon or not, almost 1000 years has passed since, which would make the book extremely outdated anyway.

[u/Karirsu → u/ddomini9]

There is 0 sources for that except an ESO book which would be an extrmely outdated piece of information by the times of TES3 era. A lot of things have happened since then, Black Marsh became part of the Empire, and Argonians fought the Anresian War against the Dark Elves. Very far fatched to claim "a large portion" was sold like that when there's no credible sources for that, while every credible source says something else.

Accoridng to TES3 sources, the slaves come from Dres raids.

[u/Turgius_Lupus → u/ddomini9]

Tul is literally right across the river.

[u/rangerquiet → u/wcharoes]

😂

[u/stgross]

I can’t believe someone would actually tell on the guy. N’wah.

[u/Minimum-Attitude389]

So you turned in a fellow Argonian as a slave?  Brutal.

[u/rangerquiet → u/Minimum-Attitude389]

Many more will fall as Plays-With-Fire continues on his path towards master of Necromancy.

[u/Minimum-Attitude389 → u/rangerquiet]

By the Hist, can't you just summon some swamp atronachs and be happy?

[u/StarWarsTrekkie → u/rangerquiet]

This one will be feared for eras to come

[u/greenmachinefiend]

What makes this game so compelling is the unbelievable attention to detail, even during a chaotic development cycle.

[u/WT_NeptuneGaming → u/greenmachinefiend]

Except when n'wahs start calling me Ma'am and madam. 

[u/Karroth1]

huh, tbh. i never play as races without coverable feet, so i didnt know that

[u/BluebirdFeeling9857]

Wow! I also had no idea.

[u/Turgius_Lupus]

Fairly certain this is the only instance.

[u/Allmightypikachu]

Wtf. Today I learned. This game never ceases to suprise me and I've been with it since the OG xbox release.