![]() MK wrote key dialogue (including all of Mankar Camoran’s) and plot elements. ![]() To begin with, MK is clearly listed in the game’s credits as a writer. The following list, though non-exhaustive, lists some of his prominent contributions to The Elder Scrolls titles since his departure as a regular employee: Under this contract work, MK’s contributions have been both small (as with writing books and dialogue) and large (as with writing the Knights of the Nine DLC for Oblivion). This is the manner in which he has continued to work extensively on The Elder Scrolls with Bethesda in the years after he stopped permanent employment with the company. whenever they make an Elder Scrolls game). Since 2000, Kirkbride has continued to work for Bethesda on a contractual basis, as and when required (ie. That much is true-MK did leave Bethesda’s regular employment at that time-but assumptions drawn from this tend to be a result of misunderstood semantics. ![]() People are often quick to explain that MK departed from Bethesda Game Studios in 2000. ![]() The purpose of this post is to dispel certain misconceptions about Michael Kirkbride (MK) that are popularly spread around the internet, particularly by those newer to the series-in particular, that Kirkbride is no longer involved with The Elder Scrolls in an "official" capacity, and therefore his ongoing contributions to the series carry no more weight than fanfiction. ![]()
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