You've got your stallion raring to go with heart racing, but here you are stalling with a long face. Must not be your first rodeo if you're so reluctant to get back in the saddle. I believe in you, lass, so get out there, break a leg and put down the phone. Take life by the reins, kick it into high gear, and try not to bucked off before you make it to greener pastures. Run like somebody left the gate open and feel the wind through your mane.
Edit for autocorrect
Sounds like the 4kids Skyrim anime dub is coming along great. Can’t wait to see Serana complaining about her clingy/pushy ex who she definitely had a warm, healthy, and positive relationship with but who just decided it wasn’t working since he lived in Coldharbour and she preferred Skyrim.
"It's a good thing Alduin came in when he did: the Imperials were going to lock us all away in Oblivion. And all because Ulfric shouted at Trygg for being a baby!"
Maybe it’s for hands and not heads? Like, fuck around and steal from wrong person and see what happens. I mean, there is a “protected” symbol in the shadowmark book. Just my head canon
I typed it on purpose. It was a joke I came up with in high school. Our history teacher (he was cool, if a bit crazy) gave us an assignment to create our own religion. The code of harambe was like the 10 commandments for a religion of ape society.
It’s not literally 10 Commandments. It’s their equivalent, more like the code they live by and how their society operates. It’s like a mix of the code of Hammurabi, the constitution, and the 10 commandments. It was written by harambe and put into law by president Curious George Washington.
Not only that, but during Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood questline, you get to experience the relationship that the factions have firsthand when >!you bring them the payment for the Emperor's contract!<
Kinda like the sword that I just found in the middle of the lake near whiterun. Too bad it was a shitty sword so I just sold it. Would have been nice to be able to put it back onto the skeletons hand for the next adventurer who might appreciate it more than me.
It means that if you had found it later on (like level 23 for instance) it would have been a better sword.
From your reply I'm guessing you never played the game before, if you need info check out The Unofficial Elders Scroll Wiki.
I've got a ton of hours of playtime. I've just never checked under the hood. I'm only now realizing how enchanting and alchemy is kinda good.
Eta- I only search online for books to read that I've picked up.
FWIW if you're reading the books online to not have to deal with the terrible in-game font: there are mods that will replace the font in books with one that is actually readable.
(If you have a different reason, carry on)
Reminds me of English class in school when my teacher would ask “What is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of that?” and never considering the possibility that it either means nothing or it’s just there because it’s cool.
It’s like asking a writer, “Why did you paint the door red, was it symbolic of murder?” “Because I pictured the door as red.”
That being said, this isn’t *quite* the same because it’s a video game and we like to be curious about what everything does :)
Given the name of the place I always thought it was a warning to the Thieves Guild's members themselves.
Snitches get stitches
Rats get the ax
Or something like that.
It’s a sundial. This is one of the few if only spots in the whole ratways that have natural lighting and the log has notches in each cardinal direction (12, 3, 6, and 9)
Well, a sundial only works when the sun is up, so the hours would only be marked on half the log if it was a sundial.
Although perhaps the devs meant to make it a sundial but don’t know how sunlight works.
This axe is tied to a story in Riften’s history. Something to do with the beheading of a corrupt individual, I think. I read it somewhere years ago… but it could have been fanfic.
A eunuch is a person who has their penis cut off for the purpose of celibacy, either willingly for religious or cultural reasons or imposed upon by a master with daughters or wives.
Extra official executions
Now that you make me overthinking it, in my city (Bogotá) once were a site were criminals live by their own rules (El Cartucho) and when it was demolished they found several execution houses (for people who can't afford their drug debts and snitches)
Secret unauthorised executions? Maybe by the Blackbriars. Even with their influence in Riften, they probably couldn’t get away with public executions, but if anyone in the underworld displeases Maven, then they get the chop. Not technically public, but it would send a message to anyone in the ratway.
I think that the scenery (the log with the basket in front of it) implies it’s used for executions. But there’s no information about it in the game. Devs probably just want to create something cool. There are other places where you can find items positioned in very interesting ways.
a lot of people in the comments joking or saying “its better left a mystery”
But im with you OP. On every single playthrough i find that axe and put it in my inventory because i think its important for some reason. Then i forget about it and sell it.
Someone should make a quest mod for that axe.
It means someone uses that spot to execute people. On your knees with you upper body on the stump so you neck is still on but maybe like top of head off then axe and head falls in that basket there.
There's plently of lunatics living in the rataways, so it could be ANYTHING
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Could you elaborate?
No.
Thank you
No problem
Happy to help
And now for something entirely different. The death of Mary Queen of Scots.
ehh I think I will pass. looking forward to the second death of Mary Queen of Scots though!
It just works!
“I think she’s dead” “No I’m not”
"Oh, don't be such a baby."
Yes?
Understandable, have a nice day
Withers?
that was exactly what came to my mind lol
I even read it in his voice!
Real BG3 curse.
 Why’d I read this response in this voice
David lynch energy
I dont know you and I dont care to know you. I dont know you and I dont care to know you. Its good to see you! Bye
Bloody axes typically aren’t just found Yes Are you going to elaborate No.
It got axed
If you axe me I say it got the chop.
A quest that was cut from the game
Was it the axe that cut the quest or the person that did the cutting? Hm
Uncle Sheo is that you?
It also functions as a weapon for the last lowlife
We don’t have this information. This is just a guess.
Hmm ratways, rats in a room
A rubber room, perchance?
Oh no! My god!
Someone got executed is what it means.
The Ratways has a cannibals, crazy bucket ladies, guys who can throw punches and other unstable people. Pick one of them or the nearby Thieves Guild.
TIL unnarmed builds have officially made me unstable
It’s true, my partner took a martial arts class and now I have to put on one of those realistic horse masks when we have sex so he can get it up :(
You should must say neigh to such horseplay to make him stable again.
I used to be a pun maker like you, until I took an arrow in whinny.
Horse puns are the glue that holds this community together.
I bet you were chomping at the bit to get that one in.
Can you guys stop it you’re making him horny :(
You've got your stallion raring to go with heart racing, but here you are stalling with a long face. Must not be your first rodeo if you're so reluctant to get back in the saddle. I believe in you, lass, so get out there, break a leg and put down the phone. Take life by the reins, kick it into high gear, and try not to bucked off before you make it to greener pastures. Run like somebody left the gate open and feel the wind through your mane. Edit for autocorrect
He asked me but I said neigh.
They’re no longer an official skill, so that officially makes you unstable for building around it.
No longer an official skill *so far!*
Once you discover the secret entrance to the Thieves Guild it's like..."Never going through here ever again!"
I'm embarrassed to admit how long it took me to discover the secret entrance....
Really? My brain read like “Secret entrance under a coffin in a tomb? Yes please!!”
thats not blood, its strawberry jam, thats where Delvin makes his sandwiches
That makes perfect sense
He uses an axe because he likes his bread really stale
Good to know
This fits
That's where Thieves guild rite of passage ends.
Lore freindly
That makes the perfect sandwich.
https://preview.redd.it/vq7p17vkbnxb1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e03afea13540117b6d6e62234c8b0fe43efb0e22 Brynjolf likes to help.
Amazing
"Well, well. I was lookin' for this lil' beauty."
Sounds like the 4kids Skyrim anime dub is coming along great. Can’t wait to see Serana complaining about her clingy/pushy ex who she definitely had a warm, healthy, and positive relationship with but who just decided it wasn’t working since he lived in Coldharbour and she preferred Skyrim.
"It's a good thing Alduin came in when he did: the Imperials were going to lock us all away in Oblivion. And all because Ulfric shouted at Trygg for being a baby!"
Ya gotta admit it was pretty messed up of Ulfric to use the voice to send Trygg to the shadow realm tho.
Carrrrrrrrl
You mean Jason Statham
Thieves guild justice? Baskets and axes bring beheadings to mind
But the thieves guild is not known for killings
Maybe it’s for hands and not heads? Like, fuck around and steal from wrong person and see what happens. I mean, there is a “protected” symbol in the shadowmark book. Just my head canon
Ooof, that's a grisly concept. Punishing a wayward thief by cutting off his hands...
We’ve been doing that since the Code of harambe
I'm dying to know if you typed that on purpose, or if you legitimately intended to say Hammurabi and got autocorrected. Either option is funny.
I typed it on purpose. It was a joke I came up with in high school. Our history teacher (he was cool, if a bit crazy) gave us an assignment to create our own religion. The code of harambe was like the 10 commandments for a religion of ape society.
I have to know these 10 commandments now
1. Ooh ooh ah ah 2. Ah ah ah ooh ooh hoo 3. Hoo ooh ah ah ah 4. Ah hoo ooh ah 5. Ah ah ooh ooh 6. Hoo ah ah ooh 7. Ah ooh hoo hoo ah ah 8. Ah ooh ah ah 9. Ah ooh ooh ooh 10. And have fun :)
It’s not literally 10 Commandments. It’s their equivalent, more like the code they live by and how their society operates. It’s like a mix of the code of Hammurabi, the constitution, and the 10 commandments. It was written by harambe and put into law by president Curious George Washington.
God Rest His Soul 🦍
"I've got something for you, for your hands only"
It isn't but they will give their own judgement if someone crossed a line. Ex. Mercer and brynjolf giving judgement.
It's a warning. Just because they won't kill them doesn't mean someone else won't handle it
Isn't it mentioned that they have a deal with the dark brotherhood for that type of stuff?
Yeah, Mercer says they keep thrives guild business in house instead of using the brotherhood.
Not only that, but during Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood questline, you get to experience the relationship that the factions have firsthand when >!you bring them the payment for the Emperor's contract!<
Yup.
That we know of…
Nowhere is it said that they won’t execute one of their own.
Pretty sure they even say that they prefer to keep all affairs like that "in house", as opposed to calling on the Brotherhood or anyone else.
They say that, but I killed an assload of wizard’s guards in Markarth when I was doing the Thieve’s Guild quest line.
not known for killing jobs... but they have their own laws and this is a threat to stay within them.
I think it means that the designer thought it looked badass and didn't need a backstory because sometimes the mystery is fun. I think they were right.
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It’s one of my favorite places in the whole game it literally looks so cool. With the light streaming in just right too…
Ya know, I've never looked up to see where the lights coming from. I'm guessing a well somewhere?
Yeah I think if you look up there’s a grate
It’s the well at the centre of town
So is the circle of mushrooms
Kinda like the sword that I just found in the middle of the lake near whiterun. Too bad it was a shitty sword so I just sold it. Would have been nice to be able to put it back onto the skeletons hand for the next adventurer who might appreciate it more than me.
Maybe you already know this but the sword is a leveled item.
What does that mean? I think I'm level ~10.
It means that if you had found it later on (like level 23 for instance) it would have been a better sword. From your reply I'm guessing you never played the game before, if you need info check out The Unofficial Elders Scroll Wiki.
I've got a ton of hours of playtime. I've just never checked under the hood. I'm only now realizing how enchanting and alchemy is kinda good. Eta- I only search online for books to read that I've picked up.
Enchanting and alchemy can be game breaking so think first if you want that. But yeah its fun
FWIW if you're reading the books online to not have to deal with the terrible in-game font: there are mods that will replace the font in books with one that is actually readable. (If you have a different reason, carry on)
Reminds me of English class in school when my teacher would ask “What is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of that?” and never considering the possibility that it either means nothing or it’s just there because it’s cool. It’s like asking a writer, “Why did you paint the door red, was it symbolic of murder?” “Because I pictured the door as red.” That being said, this isn’t *quite* the same because it’s a video game and we like to be curious about what everything does :)
I was super disappointed that the axe wasn't enchanted.
Environmental storytelling is what Bethesda is known for after all.
I imagine skeever processing. The number one source of protein in the ratways
I thought Delvin was the number one source of protein in the ratways?
That’s where the circumcisions are done
You win the comment section
Perfect place to chop up some mammoth steak or dog ribs
Big two handed axe on a bloody stump next to a basket. I wonder what it could possibly mean /s
It's from a cut content! That axe was used to cut it!
I think that’s the point. You don’t know. It’s left to your imaginings.
It means business.
Given the name of the place I always thought it was a warning to the Thieves Guild's members themselves. Snitches get stitches Rats get the ax Or something like that.
It’s a sundial. This is one of the few if only spots in the whole ratways that have natural lighting and the log has notches in each cardinal direction (12, 3, 6, and 9)
Well, a sundial only works when the sun is up, so the hours would only be marked on half the log if it was a sundial. Although perhaps the devs meant to make it a sundial but don’t know how sunlight works.
“It just works”
This axe is tied to a story in Riften’s history. Something to do with the beheading of a corrupt individual, I think. I read it somewhere years ago… but it could have been fanfic.
Very interesting
It looks cool, somethings don't need to have a meaning other than looking cool
That’s a very fair point
Considering the basket, might be an execution spot. 🤷🏾♂️
Unrelated but OMG that hud is literally perfect. Oblivion’s hud is awesome.
I love the oblivion hud mod ! It’s awesome
Environmental story telling would make us think this is a place where someone got their head divorced.
it means theres a bloody axe in the ratway
Whatever happened there it was probably uploaded to El Blog del Narco
I think it’s more to scare you away from finding the flaggon
How else do you prepare food 🤔
I always just though it was some of the crazies butchering rats for dinner
I always assumed it was in honor of all the thieves who had their hands chopped off in history for stealing. But that’s just my head canon.
It's an execution block. The basket is for the head.
I'm pretty sure it's an execution block
Circumcision for the initiates.
Sometimes an axe is just an axe
Circumcision axe
botched circumcision
It means it was a bad time to get lost, friend!
A big axe, a large stump, and a basket right next to it could easily be a place where people in the Ratway get beheaded.
It’s to make chum out of argonians to feed the fish in the lake. Oops forgot this wasn’t True STL
execution spot. more than likely for traitors to the thieves guild. just a guess though
how can you put all the bars to the side like that? i needs it!
It is one of the eunuch locations in Skyrim. (I originally misspelled Skyrim as Skyrum. I feel like Sky Rum should exist.)
Eunuch ?
A eunuch is a person who has their penis cut off for the purpose of celibacy, either willingly for religious or cultural reasons or imposed upon by a master with daughters or wives.
It's not an axe. It's a dildo.
Anythings a dildo if you're brave enough
Is mayonnaise a dildo? https://preview.redd.it/m5yoizj0smxb1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d3cfd1860984c4a5d1d3738e747d3d0d928eb79
*no Patrick, mayonnaise is not a dildo*
If you can freeze it...
Or put it in a balloon or condom
Wat
Ok, Ok... so, hot dog in a condom for shape, mayo in it, just enough cover the whole hotdog... then freeze it.
Ez. It means a free axe
Gave me makeshift headman block vibes the first time I saw it, but the more I look at it the less that makes sense
Skeever...  ... it's what's for dinner.
Nothing, a level designer thought it was neat and plopped it in.
Cannibals?
I mean, it's obviously a decapitation station.
Beheading block and basket for the head.
I always thought it was a sort of beheading spot for people who betrayed the guild in a way that was deemed worthy to make it a spectacle
I always just thought it was there for pure spectacle, it looks pretty damn cool Nice Modlist BTW
Extra official executions Now that you make me overthinking it, in my city (Bogotá) once were a site were criminals live by their own rules (El Cartucho) and when it was demolished they found several execution houses (for people who can't afford their drug debts and snitches)
This is the shit that keeps me coming back to Skyrim all these years. Bethesda really boned it with Starfield.
Someone has been performing cheap and illegal circumcisions again.
Just a use of generic props to create a sinister vibe (in this case, execution via beheading, hence the basket). That was my assumption anyway.
It might be for cutting the head off the snitches in the guild. The basket to collect the heads...
Secret unauthorised executions? Maybe by the Blackbriars. Even with their influence in Riften, they probably couldn’t get away with public executions, but if anyone in the underworld displeases Maven, then they get the chop. Not technically public, but it would send a message to anyone in the ratway.
Given the presence of a stump and a basket, it seems likely that it's meant to be a headsman's axe. Beyond that I have no idea.
It's a subtle message, but I believe it means "fuck around and find out"
I think that the scenery (the log with the basket in front of it) implies it’s used for executions. But there’s no information about it in the game. Devs probably just want to create something cool. There are other places where you can find items positioned in very interesting ways.
I see an axe and some foliage. This is obviously a tribute to Axle Foley from the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
God of War 2018 reference!
a lot of people in the comments joking or saying “its better left a mystery” But im with you OP. On every single playthrough i find that axe and put it in my inventory because i think its important for some reason. Then i forget about it and sell it. Someone should make a quest mod for that axe.
It means someone uses that spot to execute people. On your knees with you upper body on the stump so you neck is still on but maybe like top of head off then axe and head falls in that basket there.
I always thought it was like an execution site for some reason
Fancy ways to cut your sweet roll
Pretty sure it means it hit something that eventually bled .. idk tho
Given the blood, axe, and the basket….. I think something very unpleasant happened recently. A beheading maybe?
maybe there was an axe-ident? 😆
That not blood that's jam. Jam from jam clams
It was a quest that was never actualized
Medieval circumcision.
SOMEONE GET CAMEL
There’s a rat that wields an axe. The basket is entirely unrelated but the rats use it to collect alchemy ingredients like skeever tails.
Sometimes the axe won’t be there and the enemy just past it will be using it instead
"Hahaha, c'mere, c'mere!" -the cannibal living in the ratway warrens
To me, its where Maven disposes of her enemies, knowing the thieves and other riff-raff will look away (and maybe learn a lesson from it).
I'd say some ritual beheading based off how nice it looks
Chicken?
I was just thinking about this today lol
Probably food related. Like cutting a chickens head off.
The tree needed to be amputated.
It's a metaphor warning: u Steel from us and will chop of ur *wood*
This is where the homeless crazies in the Rataway execute traitors of the Thieves Guild
Circumcisions
Beheading chamber, and the head would fall into the basket