Skyrim Fans Uncover Insectoid Conspiracy

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surprised that nobody has brought up the torchbug jar yet, it's easy to find early on
 

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Not to wonder off topic here, but has Beth every explained why the entire map of Tamriel is included in the game yet? That one's been bugging me....no pun intended. Well, maybe a little...
 

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Oh, YEAAAHHHH!!!
I found a couple of the butterflies. My dad found a torchbug. I noticed the markings, too. I like bugs, it so happens, so I used 'em to decorate my house.
 

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One time, I got really high on ambian and discovered a cuttle fish conspiracy. I've forgotten most of the details now though.

OT:
This is pretty sick, regardless of what happens. I will definately be keeping tabs on this.
It actually really reminds me of when we all found out that Bethy had just copyrighted the phrases "Lonely Road", "Honestly Hearts", "Dead Money", and "Old Time Blues" shortly after F:NV came out.

EDIT:
Just thought I'd add some good, kind of related music too.
Hella weird video
 

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RJ 17 said:
For the record, FMA wasn't the first and certainly isn't the only source to use the term "transmutation circle", so thinking that theory has anything to do with FMA is a bit hasty.
true, transmutation circles were used directly(while with not as dramatic results) when alchemy was performed in the real world, thus coining the term, and was why it was used in the show. however, not many other sources use the idea of making a transmutation via genocide, thus the reason they awesome FMA
 

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Burningsok said:
it's... aliens maaaann.

*twitch* *twitch*
they're actually automatons made by ETs in an attempt to keep an eye on their creations. that's what the gods actually are. they visited the world in it's early time to speed up evolution for all intelligent races
 

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Okay, I was there for this thread. Eveyone's making it sound like redditors are conspiracy theorists, but they were just having some fun. Christ. Read too far into it, why don't you.
 

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Kinguendo said:
Earnest Cavalli said:
ZeroMachine said:
Irridium said:
Wait, there are bugs in jars? Where are these?

I've been all over the damn place and played for about 140 hours and haven't stumbled upon one.
If you go from Riverwood to Riften taking the path through Helgen and just south of the Throat, you'll come across an abandoned shack called the "Alchemist's Shack". The butterfly is there. There are four more hidden throughout the world, but that's the only one I know of that isn't potentially spoiler-rific (and I only know about one other).
Yup. That'd be the one that I accidentally stumbled upon.
The Bee in the Jar is in the manor you must go to for a Brotherhood mission*, its next to the golden Bee statue that you can pick up too.

*The one about Bees and stuff.

Oh and props for the Khajiit respect.
*** Thieves Guild, not DB.
 

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Lauren Stone said:
Kinguendo said:
Earnest Cavalli said:
ZeroMachine said:
Irridium said:
Wait, there are bugs in jars? Where are these?

I've been all over the damn place and played for about 140 hours and haven't stumbled upon one.
If you go from Riverwood to Riften taking the path through Helgen and just south of the Throat, you'll come across an abandoned shack called the "Alchemist's Shack". The butterfly is there. There are four more hidden throughout the world, but that's the only one I know of that isn't potentially spoiler-rific (and I only know about one other).
Yup. That'd be the one that I accidentally stumbled upon.
The Bee in the Jar is in the manor you must go to for a Brotherhood mission*, its next to the golden Bee statue that you can pick up too.

*The one about Bees and stuff.

Oh and props for the Khajiit respect.
*** Thieves Guild, not DB.
Yes, them ones... its just they are so similar in their shady-ness and I was so tired. So very tired.
 

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Neither theory surprises me much and they fit in with what I think will happen in the expansions. Without spoiling anything I've finished most of the campaigns at this point in a couple plays and while the Thalmor are players in events they are never really dealt directly in any kind of satisfying fashion even though all the narrative seems to be driving towards an eventual war, and not just the civil war.

Bethesda did say that the expansions are going to be BIG and I don't think it's a mistake that a lot of Cyrodill and Morrowind are already in the game files (albeit barren and scaled down).

I for one hope that the expansions lead up to establishing a new reign of Dragonborn Emperors, since Martin was the last one; Or even more keeping with tradition, say your the reincarnation of Talos and you need to reestablish the line.
 

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thebreadbinman said:
Kind of ironic that Oblivion never had this and that ACTUALLY WAS about the apocalypse...
Er... This one kind of has an apocalyptic thing going.

What do you think "Bringer of the end times" means.
 

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DustyDrB said:
I have found a few of those. I thought it was just a decoration of sort. So the first Skyrim expansion will be the Butterfly Apocalypse. Screw dragons. Butterflies own these skies.
Yep. Butterflies have fucked up the world pretty goddamn hard before.

Anyone remember Trauma Team, and how the butterflies almost gave everyone uber-Ebola?
 

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Ugh. I have like three of them in my Riften house. D': I don't want apocalypse bugs in my hoooome. Now wonder my mannequins have been wandering around the house. They're probably possessed by that damn butterfly.
 

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I need to look harder... I haven't found a jar of any sort and here I am collecting buckets for my kitchen. D:
 

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Necromancer Jim said:
thebreadbinman said:
Kind of ironic that Oblivion never had this and that ACTUALLY WAS about the apocalypse...
Er... This one kind of has an apocalyptic thing going.

What do you think "Bringer of the end times" means.
very true!

But the apocalypse and someone trying to end the world are two very different things!

Just ask Professor Farnsworth!
 

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Bump. Someone needs to test this. Now.

I'm not going to let this thread die.
 

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Having just read the entire reddit thread I have come to a conclusion.
All of these clues, the bugs, the runes, the map and everything else mentioned in the thread was Bethesdas way of crowdsourcing ideas for the next game/ DLC. Which if you think about it makes sense. Bethesda looks like a mastermind for planting that complex of a conspiracy, a bunch of die hard fans get validated and everyone is happy.
 

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mexicola said:
I read somewhere they were part of a collector quest that was left out in the final product.

It was further deduced that collecting them all would give you the title - Jarl.
Jarl? Of which city?

That would be cool.

Also, I really hope this turns into something, it would be hilarious.