[q]Eltonbrand
Sirilonwe
Ah, Eltonbrand- an exquisite sword and, from my opinion, the best sword in the Morrowind game. If you ask me, this is the most well-hidden easter egg in the game, and the chances that you will be able to get this sword in the game by accident are close to zero. I, for one, found out about this sword by carefully analyzing Sirilonwe's dialogue (she's a mage in Vivec City's Guild of Mages). But more about that later.
In order to get Eltonbrand, you must have Goldbrand in your inventory, be a vampire and have at least 11171 gold pieces. Must I refresh your memory as to what Goldbrand is? It's the one-handed long sword that you get as a reward for completing Daedra Prince Boethiah's quest. Now, as I was saying, you must talk to Sirilonwe and complete her first quest, which involves killing a rival of hers and bringing her a key in that rival's possesion. You must not have already killed that rival, since, if he's already dead, you won't be able to get Eltonbrand. So, when you return to Sirilonwe to claim your reward, you must have exactly 11171 gold pieces and Goldbrand in your inventory (just throw your extra gold on the floor) in order to get a very strange message besides Sirilonwe's normal dialogue. Here's Sirilonwe's normal dialogue:
"Excellent. Sometimes I wonder if it is not a good thing your kind exists. You may keep whatever else you found on his corpse. I'm sure that the fool had something of use to you. If you are still looking for something to do, I require some vampire dust for a spell I'm researching."
Now, below that dialogue, you'll get the following message:
"Go to Hell, Carolina!"
Basically, by completing Sirilonwe's quest the way I said (not having had killed Shashev, her rival, before she asked you), a script called "bluescript" starts. This script checks to see if the PC has Goldbrand and 11171 gold in his inventory and, if he does, Goldbrand is replaced by the much better Eltonbrand, whose object ID is "katana_bluebrand_unique".
But many questions remain. Why 11171 and not some other number? Why Eltonbrand? Why the part about Carolina? Alvirdimus did some research about this easter egg, which was later confirmed by Mark Nelson (AKA BlueDev), the one who put the easter egg in the game in the first place. First of all, 11171 is a reference to Mark Nelson's date of birth, the 1st of November 1971. Second of all, Mark went to Duke college, which had a basketball team by the name of "Duke Blue Devils", which is likely the reason why he chose the nickname BlueDev. Also, the NBA basketball player Elton Brand played on this team. And, about the Carolina part, it would appear that the North Carolina Tarheels are the Blue Devils' most hated rivals. Thanks, Alvirdimus.
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