The Literary Achievement of Morrowind
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To a new player these books may seem a confusing babble of names and dates, irrelevant stories and lengthy diversions from the actual game itself. But upon closer examination, the books begin to take on form, as cross-references and intriguing contradictions leap into view, as well as many passages that are worthy of much consideration in and of themselves. Take, for example, "Progress of Truth," a banned religious text written by an underground group of dissident priests. It has the form of a rigid manifesto, and declares with startling succinctness eight ways in which the authors disagree with established Temple doctrine.
Should we expect the same from Oblivion?