Could someone help me understand the burning of king olaf festival?

[Valentia]

I'm not sure why they do the festival , and was that draugr in the ruin that king or what?

[Master Talon]

One Eye Olaf is King Olaf so yes same person also the burning is becuase of him trapping and killing the Dragon in Dragonsreach in Whiterun hint the Dragon skull over the Jarl's chair

[Cryst4lWyv3rn]

Don't worry too much on the why of it. It really is just side story.The only way you even have it as a quest is if you join the bards guild. Like the assassin side quests only happen if you become a member of assassin's guild.

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by Cryst4lWyv3rn:

Don't worry too much on the why of it. It really is just side story.The only way you even have it as a quest is if you join the bards guild. Like the assassin side quests only happen if you become a member of assassin's guild.

You mean Dark Brotherhood?

[Valentia]

Originally posted by Cryst4lWyv3rn:

Don't worry too much on the why of it. It really is just side story.The only way you even have it as a quest is if you join the bards guild. Like the assassin side quests only happen if you become a member of assassin's guild.

I became a bard and really want to know it all. it bugs me not to know, my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ adhd got to me and i cant understand it ive done the whole thing twice could someone explain exactly wtf happened??

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by Complex:

Originally posted by Cryst4lWyv3rn:

Don't worry too much on the why of it. It really is just side story.The only way you even have it as a quest is if you join the bards guild. Like the assassin side quests only happen if you become a member of assassin's guild.

I became a bard and really want to know it all. it bugs me not to know, my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ adhd got to me and i cant understand it ive done the whole thing twice could someone explain exactly wtf happened??

read my first post

[Valentia]

Originally posted by Master Talon:

Originally posted by Complex:

I became a bard and really want to know it all. it bugs me not to know, my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ adhd got to me and i cant understand it ive done the whole thing twice could someone explain exactly wtf happened??

read my first post

why burn him over him killing a dargon, or is that not mentioned

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by Complex:

Originally posted by Master Talon:

read my first post

why burn him over him killing a dargon, or is that not mentioned

if you talk to the Steward in Dragonsreach he tells you why it's called Dragonsreach and he says something about One Eye and the Dragon Numinex also Olaf's incomplete verse mention's it

[BarbarianHeart]

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Olaf_One-Eye

[smr1957]

from http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:King_Olaf%27s_Verse

King Olaf's Verse

O, Olaf, our subjugator, the one-eyed betrayer;
death-dealing demon and dragon-killing King.
Your legend is lies, lurid and false;
your cunning capture of Numinex, a con for the ages.

Olaf grabbed power, by promise and threat;
From Falkreath to Winterhold, they fell to their knees;
But Solitude stood strong, Skyrim's truest protectors.
Olaf's vengeance was instant, inspired and wicked.

So ends the story of Olaf the liar, a thief and a scoundrel we of Solitude commit to the fire. In Solitude bards train for their service, they also gather each year and burn a King who deserves it.

[Valden21]

The history behind the festival is that Olaf One-Eye was one of Skyrim's High Kings back in the days of the First Empire (we're talking really far back). He got really famous, and really popular, for beating the dragon Numinex. However, there was a bard who contested that Olaf was actually a horrible tyrant, and a bunch of other bards got on board with this idea. Solitude was really scared that Olaf One-Eye would try to seize the city, and judging by Olaf's reaction to the way the bards were treating him, they had reason to be scared.

Eventually, Olaf One-Eye was forced from power, and that's what the festival is celebrating.

[Valentia]

Originally posted by Valden21:

The history behind the festival is that Olaf One-Eye was one of Skyrim's High Kings back in the days of the First Empire (we're talking really far back). He got really famous, and really popular, for beating the dragon Numinex. However, there was a bard who contested that Olaf was actually a horrible tyrant, and a bunch of other bards got on board with this idea. Solitude was really scared that Olaf One-Eye would try to seize the city, and judging by Olaf's reaction to the way the bards were treating him, they had reason to be scared.

Eventually, Olaf One-Eye was forced from power, and that's what the festival is celebrating.

Thnaks man that really cleared it up, best explanation yet :)

[Dauntless]

King Olaf is beloved in Whiterun for beating a dragon single-handedly in battle and turning it into his pet. Not bad for someone who isn't a dragonborn.

Since he was super popular he attracted a bunch of haters that tried to ruin his reputation. The dragon's skull is mounted above his throne, and Paarthurnax confirms that Olaf did keep Numinex in Dragonsreach.

I doubt they would let a bloodthirty tyrant chill in Sovngarde for eternity, or else Potema would probably be there. And Olaf is pretty nice when you actually meet him.

[liosalpha]

that skyrim(or the eldescroll in general) in a nutshell thou: the unreliable narrator.

Pothema probably ended up in some oblivions plane... she was not very Aedra focust.
However Sovnguard does not think twise on letting Ulfric in.

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by liosalpha:

that skyrim(or the eldescroll in general) in a nutshell thou: the unreliable narrator.

Pothema probably ended up in some oblivions plane... she was not very Aedra focust.
However Sovnguard does not think twise on letting Ulfric in.

Actually if you kill Ulfric as being on the Empire's side in the civil war questline before going to Sovnguard you see him there also the wolf queen's name is spelled Patema there is no H in her name