Anthony reported on the prospect of (finally) new DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with venerable Bethesda representative Pete Hines teasing that he would be "working on getting a little more info… [m]aybe next week?"
Well, it seems that a member on Bethesda's forums has done a little extra digging. A user named Raestloz has checked out the update files for Patch 1.5.26, which user Karellan has scanned for valid code strings and uncovered the following:
Animations[b]DLC01Chair_SnowElfPrinceDialogueA.HKX[/b] Animations[b]DLC01Chair_SnowElfPrinceDialogueB.HKX[/b] Animations[b]DLC01Chair_SnowElfPrinceDialogueC.HKX[/b] Animations[b]DLC01Chair_SnowElfPrinceDialogueD.HKX[/b] Animations[b]DLC01[/b]Chair_SnowElfPrinceDialogueE.HKX Animations[b]DLC01[/b]Chair_SnowElfPrinceFireBall.HKX Animations[b]DLC01[/b]Chair_SnowElfPrinceSitIdle.HKX Animations[b]DLC01SnowElfPrinceAscensionBurning.HKX[/b] Animations[b]DLC01IdleMesmerizes.hkx[/b] [b]AnimationsDLC01Paired_VampFeedBack.hkx AnimationsDLC01Paired_VampFeedFront.hkx[/b] crossbow_direction_behavior.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_1stP_Run.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_1stP_Walk.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_Aim.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_Equip.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_IdleDrawn.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_IdleHeld.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_Release.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunBackward.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunBackwardLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunBackwardRight.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunForward.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunForwardLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunForwardRight.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_RunRight.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkBackward.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkBackwardLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkBackwardRight.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkForward.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkForwardLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkForwardRight.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkLeft.hkx AnimationsCrossBow_WalkRight.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_End.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_EndL.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_Idle.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_IdleL.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_LToR.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_RToL.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_Start.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_StartL.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_Talk01.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Guarded_Talk02.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_GuardedToOpen.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_End.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Idle.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Start.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Talk01.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Talk02.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Talk03.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Open_Talk04.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_OpenToGuarded.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Playful_End.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Playful_Idle.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Playful_Start.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Playful_Talk01.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Playful_Talk02.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_PlayfulToSerious.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Serious_End.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Serious_Idle.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Serious_Start.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Serious_Talk01.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Serious_Talk02.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_SeriousToPlayful.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Shock01.hkx AnimationsDLC01RF_Shock02.hkx
Well, that seems to suggest that there will be snow elves, the Snow Elf Prince, crossbows, some vampire feeding, and probably some NPC codenamed RF. The Snow Elf and their Prince were once a part of Skyrim but the Nords scooted them off their mountains, so my guess is that their spirits are back to get some payback and you have to stop it.
Did we get it right, Bethesda? If you say "no comment", we're right.
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