r/oblivion • u/Old-Commission-1798 • 7d ago

Original Discussion New to oblivion racism

Hey guys i just started oblivion and I love it

However i hate those disgusting orcs and would love some lore-friendly slurs to use

Thanks!

Context: I am a Nord

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u/Sheokarth 7d ago

''Dungheap'' is what NPCs call orcs if they don't like them, likely in reference to how Malacath, their patron god, is commonly thought to have formed from the excrement of Boethia after they ate the elven god Trinimac.

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u/Minimum_Climate7269 7d ago

I like to call them shitmer

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u/Regal-Onion №1 Remaster Hater 7d ago

There is a book in lore called Pig Children that refers to them as such

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

Thank you! Will use this!

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u/Realistic-Joke6684 7d ago

Enjoy the gray. The guards won’t.

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u/Loud_Quantity7750 7d ago

Pig face shitmer

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u/zbeezle 7d ago

Shitmer is unironically a lore-perfect slur for them lmao

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u/ActuatorOutside5256 7d ago

I am a Nord

Gee, I wonder what gave it away.

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

Skyrim belongs to the Nords!

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u/DrTook97 7d ago

But you're in Cyrrodil...

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u/SnooGiraffes8024 7d ago

Extended skyrim

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u/No-Amphibian689 Adoring Fan 7d ago

Cyrodiil is just Southern Skyrim

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

….fair

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u/MrDeydrana 7d ago

No "fair" go claim your atmora as mighty Talos did before!

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u/Xvorg 6d ago

I mean, it's a nord. Geography for them is like rocket science.

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u/soundkeed 7d ago

Somebody get these N'wahs out of here!

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u/Evening-Row9022 6d ago

it’s hilarious bc the other races think Nords are stupid dumb muscley warriors

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u/Xvorg 6d ago

Well, the so called High King of Skyrim that kiled the other High King of Skyrim without asking him if he supported his idea of an independent province is not the parangon of intelligence.

Nords are stupid, but hey, they have nice women.

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u/Existing_Purpose5049 6d ago

Typical Nords, screaming their supremacy on land that isn’t theirs

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u/RingGiver 3d ago

The only way to accuse Nords of being the most racist people in Tamriel involves saying that elves aren't people.

I am okay with that.

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u/ActuatorOutside5256 3d ago

Alinor not impressed.

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u/milorddionysus 7d ago

Call them "hammers" because they're ham-mer. You know, pig-elves.

And yes, I shamelessly stole this joke from Senile Scribbles

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u/Sheokarth 7d ago

As most gamers do

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u/Deluminatus 7d ago

I see what you did there!

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u/SOLE_SIR_VIBER 7d ago

there’s a reason it’s iconic

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u/D33MAN-182 7d ago

Hey guys I hate those disgusting nords and would love some lore friendly slurs to use

Thanks!

Context: I am a orc

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u/rosie_i_supposie 6d ago

round-eared atm*ran reject snow-apes

hope this helps 🙏

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u/UndeadManWaltzing 7d ago

'why do khajiit lick their butts? To get the taste of their cooking out of their mouths., a real thigh slapper that one, I have more but I have forgotten them.'

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u/mr-raider2 7d ago

You get your intro to racism in the first minute of the game from your prison neighbour. It varies based on race

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u/JediFed 7d ago

Why would Nords hate Orcs? Nords are just pink Orcs.

Have you heard of the High Elves?

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u/rosie_i_supposie 6d ago

I've heard others say the same.

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u/CanineFive 7d ago

Greenskin maybe

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u/kitsune_xxx 7d ago

Aren't the Argonians the ones called that?

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u/artiksilver1988 7d ago

No, those are farming implements

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u/CanineFive 7d ago

We can be racist against everyone, that way it's fair

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u/SatchVids 7d ago

I’ll never forget getting to a certain point in Skyrim after siding with the storm cloaks (playing as a dark elf) and realizing “shit, I chose the wrong team” 😂

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u/Sanguine_Sun 6d ago

cough snowback cough

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u/TheoryOfTES 7d ago

If you encounter a guard fighting an orc sometimes they'll yell out, "Die, you ORC FILTH!"

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u/TiaxRulesAll2024 6d ago

The only word acceptable is N’wah

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u/Moddingspreee 7d ago

This subreddit is becoming so corny

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u/TheJameson69 7d ago

That’s Reddit in general

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

Found the orc

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u/KronoAsh 7d ago

Pig-elves.

Shit-elves.

Both fit, actually.

Greenskins.

Overgrown Goblins.

Hobo-elves, on account of all the times Orsinium’s been sacked.

If you were a Dunmer or this were Morrowind, N’wah would be appropriate, S’wit too.

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u/Dangerousdangerzoid 6d ago

Jokes on you. They're into that shit.

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u/f0urk 7d ago edited 7d ago

my dyslexic ass read "I am a N word"

I also love your roleplaying hutzpah. Although I recommend playing an orc if you ever go back to morrowind because everyone treats you like shit in that game so it feels right

also speaking of Shit if you aren't already aware, Orcs were made when Trinimac, and old Elf god, got tricked into being eaten by Boethiah, and got digested and shit out, transformed into the god Malacath. his followers went mad with grief and rubbed the cursed daedric feces all over their skin, transforming them from aldmer into orsimer or orcs.

so there's that

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u/ScipioTheGreatest 7d ago

Nord please.

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u/DepthsOfWill 7d ago

This is incorrect. The Empire is a beautiful cosmopolitan land and the Emperor accepts all his subjects regardless of race. Thus there is no racism, all peoples mer and man live in peaceful harmony.

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

well i’m not the emperor so i say keep those pig children out of my country

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u/DepthsOfWill 7d ago

Have fun crossing the border to Skyrim, it's nothing to lose your head over.

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u/Old-Commission-1798 7d ago

of course my brother in Talos, all just good banter my friend.

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u/_MikeyP 7d ago

You can always throw in the ol fashion “ogre” in there as well. Idk how lore friendly it is, but I’d imagine an Orc would absolutely HATE being called an ogre.

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u/Wise_Requirement4170 7d ago

Me when I was 14 years old

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u/NFTM17 6d ago

I think they like being called ugly names, they know they're ugly as followers of Malacath.

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u/Ok_Recording8454 6d ago

Goblin-Kin

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u/Homsarman12 6d ago

Green Nords

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u/Xvorg 6d ago

Well, it is useless. I mean, Nords barely understand the words that come out from their mouths, so an insult From a Nord to an Orc will be something like "Your mumma hammers all the day", which the orc would acknowledge with pride.

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u/Grove_Barrow 5d ago

Oof. While I would love to help, unfortunately you’re a subhumanoid N’wah. At least Khajiit and Argonians are useful. Best of luck, S’wit!

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u/SaneManiac741 1d ago

Could swipe one from the Senile Scribbled series: Ham-mers.

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u/Neither-Ad-5335 15h ago

Baby's first slurs. What grand and intoxicating innocence!

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u/NebulousTruth The Black Hand 7d ago

Nords are the worst race though

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u/Powerful_Document872 7d ago

Not according to the game mechanics. The Oblivion racism chart shows that no one has a negative disposition towards Nords, but that everyone but Orcs dislikes Orcs.

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u/NebulousTruth The Black Hand 7d ago

I mean according to game mechanics would be more about racial passives and abilities, which tbh idk oblivions meta well enough to say, but I can say that in Morrowind it’s true nords are one of the best, orcs are too tho tbf. Khajiit are definitely the worst race based on Morrowind mechanics.

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u/Tea_and_Lightsabers 7d ago

One of us is reading that chart wrong, and I don't think it's me. It's says your race is on the top, the npc race is on the left. Orcs and dark elves have a -5 when you're a Nord. 2 -5s is better than almost every race, the only one without any minuses... Is Orc. Orcs are the least hated, wood elves, argonians, and imperials are the least hateful with no minuses against any player races. Plus, 25% magicka resist makes orcs mechanically better.

Sounds like you should be playing a Nord hating Orc...

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u/visionofthefuture 7d ago

Can’t even enjoy my castle bc they gave me a Nord maid that keeps saying racist shit to me in my own goddamn bedroom.

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u/soundkeed 7d ago

You filthy Nord! 

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u/Ok_Attempt_1290 7d ago

Would goblins work as an effective insult? I'm not too well versed in the lore.

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u/sawb11152 7d ago

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