Much has been made of Skyrim‘s mysterious archer, whose fetish for crippling would-be adventurers in their prime has guaranteed exceptional city guard employment rates. The meme has yet to run its course, with this fan-made film poking fun not only at knee-seeking arrows, but the other odd phrases spoken by the game’s indefatigable, if bitter, defenders.
While our adventurer-turned-guard speaks English, those he approaches only know Greek, though my flair for other languages is, well, non-existent, so they could be speaking pretty much anything. Fortunately, subtitles keep us abreast of each encounter, with some of the approached instantly recognising our protagonist’s origins. Not surprising, given the fair recreation of the in-game armour he wears.
It can get a little tedious at times, but it’s worth it just for the great bystander quotes.
Skyrim arrow in the knee real life [YouTube, via DSO Gaming]
Cap'n Crunch
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 2:40 PMAny rumors?
Logan Booker
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 2:58 PMToo busy watching my sweetrolls.
Ty
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 3:56 PMI was reading this out loud to my wife until I hit “indefatigable,” which completely broke my stride. What kind of a word-sorcery is this?
Telextial
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:48 PMIt’s unwieldy due to its two prefixes.
buckE182
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 5:17 PMI Took An Arrow *In The Knee, In Real Life
Chazz
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 5:32 PMI only ever heard the line once in Skyrim (80+ hours). I heard sword to the stomach way more.
Matthew K
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 11:53 PMI’ve got about 30 hours in Skyrim. I’ve heard sword to the chest once, arrow to the knee five times. “Maybe I’m the Dragonborn” has popped up most frequently.
Thom
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 12:27 AMI must of heard “is that fur coming from your ears 50 times in my 80+ hours.” Only heard arrow to the knee a couple.
I don't get it
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 6:17 PMWtf, look at the description, what’s with all the bullshit words talking about things that don’t matter.
JUST TELL ME WTF HAPPENED IN THE VIDEO
Swifty
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 7:00 PMStupid guards. Don’t they realise they live in a world with healing potions? Clear those knee injuries right up.
Canipa09
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 7:59 PM“I usually kill the guards for the equiptment”. Best threat yet.
Scott
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 8:48 PMOK EVERYBODY!!! Listen to me!!!
it’s =====> I N <========
IN IN IN IN IN IN
" I TOOK AN ARROW "IN" THE KNEE"
not ""TO" the knee. No one ever took an arrow "TO" anything.
For the most over used meme, it's certainly the most wrongly quoted one. Repeat after me "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow IN the knee" (don't be tempted to include the word 'but' before "then I took")
barry
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 9:43 PMWTF… DR zoidberg took an arrow in the knee ????
Brendo
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 11:24 PMAll I hear from guards is “Woah! woah! woah! watch the magic!