Unused Dialogue

This is a sub-page of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

This page houses Skyrim's unused dialogue. The text is copied directly from the game when possible, so any spelling errors or missing words in the "Text" file are completely intentional and should not be altered. "Script Notes" and "Edits" tabs are NOT copied from the Creation Kit, just the text. Sometimes, when there is only an audio file and no in-game text available, subtitles will have been made from scratch and these might not be 100% punctuated like Bethesda might've envisioned. Things like these will always be stated beforehand.

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Addvar Scenes#

Solitude's fishmonger Addvar was meant to talk to his customers as they're browsing his stall at Solitude's marketplace. However, his lines were mistakenly recorded in the FemaleShrill voicetype, presumably because they were incorrectly recorded for another Solitude marketplace vendor, Jala. Advvar's alias in these scenes actually gets filled by Jala, too. Due to this, these scenes can technically play, but they're used in a completely wrong context.

Amren#

A third response from Amren to the question "You're not from Skyrim, are you?". This response was supposed to be used if the player is a Redguard, however, the condition checks if the player is a Nord instead. Because Nords already have a dedicated dialogue response, this one goes unused.

Anoriath#

These lines would've played when you met Anoriath while he was out hunting in Whiterun's plains. Since he never leaves Whiterun in the final game and the lines have an impossible condition attached, they go unused.

Avulstein Gray-Mane#

This dialogue is conditioned to only play when talking to Avulstein while in Whiterun's exterior cell, something that's impossible in the final game.

Bassianus Axius#

Bassianus has a third greeting that can never play because of an impossible condition setting.

Balgruuf-Vignar Scene#

Jarl Balgruuf and Vignar Gray-Mane were supposed to have this tense sense together, but as the two men never meet prior to the civil war siege's conclusion, this scene can never play.

Benkum#

An unused NPC who seems to have been in charge of the wagers at Windhelm's scrapped arena, the Pit. He appears to be honorable and not greedy in the slightest.

Brond#

An unused NPC who would've been a fighter in the Pit.

Captain Lonely-Gale#

Captain Lonely-Gale went through a major character change during development. While in the final game he's just a retired riverboat captain, he started out as the Stormcloak-aligned guard captain of Windhelm. He's still referred to as such in a scene between Belyn Hlaalu and his farmhand Adisla in the final game. After that, he was supposed to be Brunwulf Free-Winter's Steward in case of Imperial victory in the civil war, but for some reason Jorleif remains as Steward, meaning his new dialogue can also never be heard.

Steward Dialogue#

Guard Captain Scenes#

As Windhelm's guard captain, Lonely-Gale would report to Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak himself. He would also have a scene play out with Ambarys Rendar when first entering Windhelm.

Entering Scene#

Ulfric Scene 1#

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Ulfric	Captain, I've been receiving complaints about this Giordano woman.
Lonely-Gale	Yes, sir. I've been trying to quiet her, but she's insistent. She thinks she can find out who's been killing the women...
Ulfric	I don't care if she can find a living dwarf -- I can't have her stirring up trouble. We have enough problems as it is.
Lonely-Gale	Yes, sir. I'll try to contain her.
Ulfric	See that you do. I will not let Windhelm descend into chaos over a few overactive imaginations.

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Drahff and Hewnon Unused Scenario#

In the final game, Drahff and Hewnon Black-Skeever attack you after their initial scene plays out, however, you were originally supposed to be greeted by Drahff and a whole scenario would’ve played out with Drahff and Hewnon either attacking or standing down.

The Scenario#

On Later Meetings#

If you had resolved the encounter above peacefully, then Drahff and Hewnon would have hung around at the entrance to The Ratway indefinitely. They would've also gained some new dialogue for this event.

Edorfin#

Another unused fighter for Windhelm's scrapped arena, the Pit. He only has a single remaining line of dialogue.

Ennodius Papius#

Ennodius is a paranoid man living in the wilderness near Anga's Mill. He only gets enabled during his related Dark Brotherhood contract quest, meaning this dialogue can never play as it's overwritten by quest-related dialogue.

Eyldi the Bear#

Eyldi the Bear was meant to be a character inhabiting the similarly-removed Bear's Cave Mill. She was meant to have been a local hero of great renown, and both she and the mill still get mentioned in the final game. As this dialogue only exists in the form of audio files, all subtitles have been made from scratch. Also, all these voice files refer to Half-Moon Mill, another mill in Falkreath hold, which presumably got mixed up by the developers, leading to this dialogue being kept in.

Falkreath Scenes#

A majority of the townsfolk of Falkreath were meant to have scenes play out with one another, but a lot of these scenes never play as they require the NPCs to be in a location where they normally never meet.

Lod#

In the final game Lod is Falkreath's blacksmith, this wasn't always the case, however. Originally, Lod's character was that of a struggling farmer who lived at a farm called "Gentle Repose", he wasn't really liked by the other town residents and would be involved in some questionable activities to make some money. Lod is deliberately kept away from the inn in the final game, this is because if he would enter, some of his scenes would play out. These scenes don't match up with his new character description, but with his old one. Bethesda actually managed to correctly do this, meaning the scenes indeed go unused.

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Mathies#

Mathies and Indara Caerellia, his wife, were meant to speak to each other at their farm. However, for some reason, the required NPCs for this conversation are marked as Lod and Kust, and the dialogue is recorded in their voicetypes, making sure the scene can never play in the final game.

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Runil#

Runil was supposed to speak with both Mathies and Indara Caerellia inside of the Hall of the Dead, but seeing as they never go there, these scenes go unused.

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Thadgeir#

Thadgeir was supposed to visit Falkreath's graveyard and speak with both Kust and Runil, but since he never goes there in the final game, these scenes go unused.

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Zaria#

Like Lod, Zaria is deliberately kept away from the local inn. She would also have scenes play out that don't match her current job description. While she's an apothecary merchant in the final game, she would've worked at the local mill at one point and, according to the second scene with innkeeper Valga Vinicia, she would've also been a war veteran.

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Speaker	Text	File
Mathies	Do you ever get tired of long nights at the mill, Zaria?
Zaria	Do you ever get tired of the long days on the farm, Mathias?
Mathies	Yes, yes I do.

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Grok#

Grok is the giant encountered during the quest "A Night To Remember", he was supposed to have a line of attack dialogue when you went to retrieve Gleda. The ability for giants to actually speak got removed, however, and seemingly all recorded lines with it, only the text survived.

Hemming Black-Briar Alternate Voice#

Hemming normally uses the MaleEvenTonedAccented voicetype, however, his lines for the scene with his mother about Sibbi are also recorded in the MaleSlyCynical voicetype. {Note: There were no subtitles for these lines, but as they are exactly the same as the finished ones I re-used those subtitles instead.}

Hern#

Hern is a vampire living with his wife, Hert, at Half-Moon Mill. He only gets enabled during his related Dark Brotherhood contract quest, meaning this dialogue can never play as it's overwritten by quest-related dialogue... sound familiar?

Hollyfrost Farm Unused Scenes#

These scenes would've played when Hillevi Cruel-Sea visited Tulvur at Hollyfrost Farm, since she doesn't ever do this under normal circumstances, these scenes never play out.

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It seems that in this scene the dialogue got reversed, as Tulvur is usually surrounded by the dogs all of the time, meaning he would know more about them than Hillevi who works in the city all the time.

Huki Seven-Swords#

Huki is another unused NPC associated with the Pit, Windhelm's unused arena. She would function as the jailkeeper in the Bloodworks (Barracks in the final game) and would get you started as a Pit fighter should you try and escape. She has remarkably more surviving dialogue than the other Pit NPCs who only have remaining greetings.

Kraldar#

This line is one of the last leftovers of the time when Kraldar was the original Jarl of Winterhold. All of his other dialogue got correctly re-used by Korir, with the exception of this line about the Helm of Winterhold.

Liesl#

Another NPC who would've been a fighter in Windhelm's scrapped arena, The Pit.

Mithorpa Nasyal#

An unused Dunmer farmer who would've lived at Barleydark Farm, a cut location in Whiterun Hold. For some reason he possesses two versions of his dialogue, each with slightly different subtitles. The first three lines seem to be early versions of the last three.

New Gnisis Cornerclub Unused Scenes#

There are 2 unused scenes where Argonian dockworker Scouts-Many-Marshes speaks to cornerclub owner Ambarys Rendar, he never goes near the cornerclub, or even inside the city walls for that matter, in the final game.

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Nura Snow-Shod#

If the Imperials take over Riften during the civil war, the worship of Talos will get outlawed. Nura, the local priestess of Talos, will no longer leave her house as a result. You were supposed to be able to ask her what happened to the Talos shrine but since her trespassing lines override all her unique dialogue, these lines go unheard.

Salma Alternate Voice#

Salma, one of the two adventurers located outside Ironbind Barrow, uses 25 lines of unique dialogue in the final game. These are all recorded in the FemaleYoungEager voicetype, 19 of these lines are also recorded in the FemaleCommander voicetype, suggesting Salma originally used this voicetype. The lines "Beem! What are you doing? Stop it!", "Come on, Beem-Ja. We're going.", "Hey now, don't take all the good stuff!", "Oh, Beem..." and "Father never trusted Beem. I always thought he was just being overprotective." are the only ones that aren't recorded in this voicetype. {Note: There were no subtitles for these lines, but as they are almost exactly the same as the finished ones I re-used those subtitles instead. I only changed line 9's "Beem" to "Beem-Ja" as this voice says Beem-Ja instead of Beem like in the final, this is also the only difference.}

Shahvee Unused Scene#

There is unused dialogue in the game's files related to an unused scene in Windhelm. Because it isn't set up in the Creation Kit, the subtitles have been made from scratch, and it isn't exactly known who was to be involved in this scene. One speaker uses the FemaleArgonian voice type and has a cheery personality, which almost certainly points to the Argonian dockworker Shahvee, as she is the only person in Windhelm with said voice type. Her conversation partner uses the MaleEvenToned voice type, so he would've either been Aval Atheron or Ulundil, with the former being more likely. The presence of this dialogue seems to reinforce the idea that the Argonian dockworkers were once allowed to enter the city, and visited the New Gnisis Cornerclub. This is where Aval still dines in the final game.

Shor's Stone Grelka Scenes#

At one point in development, Grelka (Riften's armor merchant) was to be Shor's Stone's female miner. While her role got given to Sylgja and her dialogue got re-recorded in Sylgja's voicetype, the scenes she was involved in remained unaltered, meaning they can never play as they require Grelka to be at Shor's Stone.

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Sibbi Black-Briar#

Sibbi has responses to both Snilf's and Edda's attempt at begging, but these can never be heard as he is always located in jail. The first line is his response to Snilf and the second to Edda.

Soljund's Sinkhole Unused Scenes#

The quest of the same name started at Soljund's Sinkhole has a couple of different bugs, resulting in some of Perth, the quest giver's, dialogue going unused. After starting the quest, Perth was supposed to return to the Miner's House and have two pre-quest scenes with co-worker Tuthul, but seeing as his ai packages for after the player accepts the quest prevent him from entering it, the scene can never play.

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Steirod#

Steirod is an unused NPC and brother to the similarly unused Trilf. The brothers would've lived together at Irontree Mill, a scrapped mill that would've been located in Haafingar.

Stenvar#

Stenvar should be rehirable for free in a window of 24 hours after dismissing him, similar to other hirelings. However, due to broken conditions on his dialogue, the rehire-lines go unused. Also note how the second subtitle doesn't match up with the spoken dialogue.

Stonehills Unused Scene#

This scene would have played between Gestur Rockbreaker and his Redguard son Talib, since Talib doesn't appear in the final game, this scene goes unused.

Sulvar the Steady#

Sulvar would've been an elderly resident of Windhelm who would've appeared inside "The Wheelhouse", a location not included in the final game.

Terek#

Terek is an unused NPC who would've taken up residence inside Breezehome.

Thonar Silver-Blood#

Thonar has an unused line to use when he is inside the Silver-Blood Inn, since he never goes there in the final game, the line goes unheard.

Trilf#

Trilf is an unused NPC and brother to the similarly unused Steirod. The brothers would've lived together at Irontree Mill, a scrapped mill that would've been located in Haafingar. Trilf is the nice one of the pair.

Vilod#

Vilod is the innkeeper of an inn located in Helgen, the first town you enter. Like every other innkeeper, you could've asked him about magic, but because Helgen gets destroyed and Vilod cannot be interacted with at this time, this dialogue goes unheard.

Windhelm House Purchase Line#

Before finishing the quest Blood on the Ice, you cannot purchase a house in Windhelm. Jorleif, the steward, will tell you "There is an empty home in the city, but there was some... unpleasantness recently. I'm afraid it's not available just yet." This line is for some reason recorded in 9 other voicetypes as well, but goes unused, obviously.

Xander Unused Shopping Scenes#

Xander, one of the Red Wave's sailors, has three unused scenes in which he shops at various stores in Solitude. These scenes can never play because he never leaves the ship under normal circumstances.

Xander Shopping Apothecary#

Xander Shopping Clothes#

Xander Shopping Bits and Pieces#

Yngvar Unused Scene#

Yngvar the Singer, an enforcer for Markarth's Silver-Blood family, has an unused scene with Kleppr, the innkeeper of the Silver-Blood Inn. Yngvar can be found drunk outside the inn but he never actually enters the building, making the scene go unused.