Justice dialogue is associated with actions that warrant a bounty. There's dialogue for assault, trespassing, murder, theft, getting caught pickpocketing, transforming into a werewolf in public and feeding on an NPC's blood in public as a vampire. There is also dialogue for NPCs expressing suspicion towards a player sneaking while detected, trying to speak to a justice neutral character/merchant with high infamy, and NPCs noticing that their pockets have been picked clean. Each race has a variety of dialogue with which they respond to illegal or suspicious actions.
If an NPC responds to a crime by engaging you in combat, they will not utter any dialogue.
Crime WitnessedEdit
- "That's it. You've forced me to call the Guard."
- "Hey, what are you--? Guards!"
- "Why would you do that?"
- "You think this is funny? I'm calling the guard."
- "Unbelievable. Guard!"
- "That's it. You've forced me to call the Guard."
- "You must be mad. Guards!"
- "I didn't want it to come to this, but you wouldn't listen."
- "If you've seen one crime, you've seen them all."
- "The law sees your indiscretion, fool."
- "Enough, criminal."
- "What audacity. Guards."
- "A crime has been committed."
- "People like you give crime a bad name."
- "You call that a crime? Well, I guess it is illegal."
- "This is beneath me."
- "Your crime has been reported."
- "The guards will deal with you."
- "Enough, criminal."
- "Why am I not surprised? Do you want to earn a bounty?"
- "I erect the spine of help!"
- "Send for the guards, I've spotted a dangerous criminal."
- "Guard! There's a criminal on the loose."
- "You won't get away with these misdeeds."
- "Excuse me. Perhaps you didn't see me watching you."
- "I wish I hadn't seen that. I must get the guard."
- "For some, I'd look the other way, but not for you."
- "I saw you and I saw what you did."
- "The guard must hear of this."
- "The guards won't be pleased about this."
- "I wouldn't have done that if I were you."
- "Sithis' fury! Someone call the guard."
- "Tell your excuse to the guards."
- "Some criminals are just so … petty."
- "That bounty will follow you to Oblivion."
- "The Guard knows how to deal with the likes of you."
- "The mud of justice flows in your direction."
AssaultEdit
- "Stop this instant!"
- "What savagery!"
- "Guards, protect me."
- "It's a rampage."
- "Guards! Break this up!"
- "Guards! Come quickly!"
- "Stop this senseless violence!"
- "Please someone. Help!"
- "Stop before someone is killed."
- "This bloodshed must end."
- "No more violence."
- "Hist mother protect us from turmoil."
- "Stay away from them. They're dangerous."
- "I have never witnessed such evil."
- "Anuiel's fury … someone do something!"
- "Stop before someone gets hurt!"
- "Stand down!"
- "Fighting is not allowed here."
- "Such brutality."
- "Tribunal protect me! I did nothing wrong!"
- "So much bloodshed! When will it stop?"
MurderEdit
- "Murderer! Get away from me!"
- "Auri-El protect us!"
- "Death all around us. It's the end of days!"
- "Help me!"
- "By the Stars, what have you done?"
- "I need help! Anyone!"
- "You murderous cur!"
- "Why do such a terrible thing?"
- "In broad daylight?"
- "Murderer, someone help me!"
- "Help, I require aid."
- "What you did was dastardly, villain."
- "There's blood on your hands."
- "Stop and face justice!"
- "I am afraid for my life here!"
- "You murderer!"
- "Please someone. Help!"
- "Murder--help!"
- "Someone ought to stop that murderer."
- "I have never witnessed such evil."
- "I can't believe they just killed a person."
- "I do not believe it is my time to die."
- "We have a killer in our midst. Someone get the guard."
- "You can't just kill people like that."
- "You don't have to kill me."
- "You thrice-damned monster!"
- "I refuse to stand by while a killer walks free."
- "It's a massacre, I tell you, a massacre."
- "Damn murderer, you'll pay for that."
- "Murderer! You won't get away with it!"
- "Stop that villain! Don't let them get away!"
- "Guards! Help!"
Caught PickpocketingEdit
If your target catches you picking their pocket, they'll turn around and respond.
- "Touch me again and I'll take your finger!"
- "Hands off, thief!"
- "Help! I'm being robbed!"
- "Get your filthy paws off me!"
- "Get your hands away from me!"
- "Hands off, sticky-fingers."
- "Unhand my valuables!"
- "Caught with your hand in the proverbial honey jar--again."
Pockets Picked CleanEdit
- "Hmm. I must have left it in that tree."
- "Stop right there, outlaw!"
- "Oh no! I should have left it at home!"
- "What was that? Who touched me?"
- "Try that again and I'll scream."
- "I can't believe I lost that."
- "Strangest thing. It just disappeared."
- "I must have dropped it somewhere."
- "What just happened? Did I drop something?"
- "It's gone, oh gods, it's gone!"
- "I just had these pockets sewn!"
- "Must be a hole in my pocket."
- "Did someone just touch me?"
- "Do you ever get the feeling your goods aren't exactly safe?"
- "You mean I misplaced it again?"
- "Huh. I must have left it at home."
- "It's gone. Will my bad fortune never end?"
- "Where did it go? I just had it."
- "Where could I have put it?"
- "Once I misplaced an entire roast chicken, so this doesn't surprise me."
Refusal of ServiceEdit
- "Wouldn't be wise for us to talk."
- "Stay away!"
- "May the Divines crush your bones, outlaw."
- "Stay away!"
- "This will have to wait until you clear your bounty."
- "Stay back! Until you clear your bounty."
- "I want no part of this."
- "Not interested."
- "Settle your bounty--then we can talk."
- "Filthy thug ..."
- "I don't speak with wanted criminals."
- "Get lost."
- "I can't be seen dealing with the likes of you."
- "I don't want to get involved."
- "Come back after you've cleared your name."
- "Back away, criminal."
- "Do you really expect me to talk to you? You are a criminal."
- "As Auri-El is my witness, I won't talk."
- "Do not drag me into this."
- "Your problems are not my problems."
- "I avert my claws, but you must go."
- "As the ancestors' witness, I condemn thee!"
- "Just leave me be!"
- "I suggest we both walk away."
- "Leave me alone."
- "Stay back."
SuspicionEdit
If an NPC sees you sneaking, there's a chance they'll warn you against theft.
- "Don't pull anything, or I'll tell the Guard."
- "The Eight frown on criminal activity. Just a thought."
- "You're acting very strangely."
- "I'm watching you, stranger."
- "Can I help you?"
- "I'm watching you, stranger."
- "What are your intentions, I wonder?"
- "You aren't a fox trying to steal an egg, are you?"
- "Your scent has been noted."
- "I've got my eye on you."
- "What do you want?"
- "I've no time for games. Move along."
- "Back off! I mean it!"
- "Could you stop doing that, please?"
- "Don't even think about it."
- "Try anything, and the full force of the Guard will be upon you."
- "What do you think you're doing?"
- "Hmph. So uncivilized."
- "Keep it clean and orderly. Or else."
- "Move along, citizen, lest we have words."
- "Just leave me out of this."
- "Your behavior is rather suspicious, friend."
- "I can't be bothered with this."
- "Your behavior has caught my attention."
- "You are not being subtle."
- "How about you find something else to do?"
- "If you try anything, be warned, I will call the guards."
- "Come near and I'll scream!"
- "The ancestors see you, as do I."
- "Do you always behave that way near an officer of the law?"
- "Stay away from me."
- "I don't want to get involved."
- "You seem like a nice enough person. Why not?"
- "Stop and face justice!"
- "I see you there!"
- "I erect the spine of suspicion."
- "The guards will learn of your thievery."
- "You really shouldn't be doing that."
- "Don't do it. It's not worth it."
- "There is no moisture in this for me. Go."
- "Could you just go? I won't report you."
- "Don't worry. I am no friend to the guards."
- "If you break the law, I will report you."
- "You have nothing to fear from me."
- "Don't worry. I mind my own affairs."
- "There are witnesses, you know."
- "I see what you're doing over there."
- "What do you think you're doing, s'wit?"
Theft DetectedEdit
- "There's a thief among us."
- "That doesn't belong to you!"
- "Auri-El's hand—it's a thief!"
- "As surely as the river flows, you will pay for your crimes!"
- "Someone stop that thief!"
- "What's the meaning of this? Get out."
- "Stop, that doesn't belong to you."
- "You will pay for that, thief."
- "The Hist doesn't steal and neither should you."
- "Call the guard. Stop that thief!"
- "The guards will learn of your thievery."
- "Stealing is for dry scales and dunderheads."
- "I am witness to your theft."
- "There is a bounty for thieving."
- "Hold onto your gold, there's a thief on the loose."
- "Hey, that's not yours."
- "Thief! Someone help me."
TrespassingEdit
If a character sees you in a restricted area, they'll call you out.
- "Think you can just walk right in? No you can not."
- "You can't just walk in here."
- "That's it. You've forced me to call the Guard."
- "Guards' on their way. Best clear out before they clear you out."
- "Enough. Leave or the guard will make you leave."
- "You need to leave. Now."
- "Oblivion take you, get out."
- "Are you lost? You can't be in here."
- "You're as welcome here as hoarvor in heat. Guard!"
- "Don't you move. A guard is on the way."
- "Leave. Right now."
- "You've got till the count of three to leave. One ..."
- "What's the matter with you? Get out of here!"
- "Are you trying to make me angry? Get out."
- "Did someone tell you you could be here? I think not."
- "Why are you here?"
- "You will go no farther."
- "This is a warning. There won't be a second one."
- "Depart or I will toss you bodily from this place."
- "You do not belong here."
- "Maybe I wasn't clear before. I want you to leave."
Vampire FeedingEdit
NPCs will respond with revulsion at the sight of a feeding vampire.
- "Unholy creature!"
- "Bloodsucking fiend!"
- "A vampire? Here?"
- "There's a blood-drinker here!"
- "You won't get my blood, foul creature."
- "Cease all movement, now."
- "A vampire! Run!"
- "Vampire--Help!"
- "You won't get my blood, vampire!"
- "By the three, an undead abomination."
Werewolf SightingEdit
If you enter a populated area as a werewolf or transform in public, civilians around you will react with fear.
- "A werewolf! Trinimac aid me ..."
- "W-w-werewolf!"
- "Arkay have mercy--it's a werewolf!"
- "A werewolf? Ugh ... disgusting."
- "Aetherius protect us from that creature."
- "Ill met, werewolf."
- "It's a damn wolf!"
- "Auri-El protect me, it's a werewolf!"
- "Shapeshifter! Blasphemer! Curse your kind!"
- "Please, creature, just stay away from me!"
- "What manner of creature are you?"
- "What ugly mother birthed you?"
- "Stay away from me, beast!"
- "Help! There's a beast about!"
- "Agh! Get away from me, you … whatever you are!"
- "Who … what are you? Trinimac defend us!"
- "Grah! A beast stalks the streets!"
- "Beasts like you have no place here. No place at all!"
- "You don't scare me, beast! Off with you!"
- "Why do monsters always find their way to me?"
- "Easy. Easy. Please don't eat me."
- "Get out of my sight, you foul creature!"
- "You are not welcome here, monster!"
- "Abomination against Y'ffre! Leave my presence!"
- "You are not welcome here, monster!"
- "Someone call the Watch! A beast is about!"
- "Be off, creature! Get!"
- "By Hircine's pelt! That traveler's a beast!"
- "A monster! And on this day of all days!"
- "The sight of you dries my scales, beast."
- "Look out, a werewolf!"
Looking the Other WayEdit
Dialogue for NPCs choosing to ignore crimes you commit in front of them exists in the game's text file.
- "Crime? What crime?"
- "I'd do something about that, but I just don't want to."
- "Toss some of that over here and I'll forget I saw anything."
- "The guards won't get anything out of me, I assure you."
- "As with all things, there is an ebb and flow to the law."
- "Well, I'm not speaking to the guards."
- "Let me go. I will never speak of this."
- "If your parental units don't care, why should I?"
- "I didn't see anything, I swear. I'm blind as a bat."
- "Well ... you paid your bounty. I suppose I can be seen speaking with you."
- "I didn't call the Guard, I swear!"
- "Do you think I care what you do?"
- "Fine. I'll let it go, this time."
- "The Guard has no tolerance for criminals."
- "I didn't see anything, I swear. I'm blind as a bat."
- "You tried to kill someone!"
- "Halt at once!"
- "Coin is coin. Make your purchase and leave me in peace."
- "The eye of the law is all-seeing."
- "Well ... you paid your bounty. I suppose I can be seen speaking with you."
- "I keep my nose in my own business."
- "Lorkhan's bloated belly, leave me out of this."
- "Just don't make that mistake again."
- "Oh. Right. My mistake"
- "Hold there!"
- "Make your purchase and begone."
- "I'll ... just be going."
- "Oh, all right. Just this once."
- "Gods, what a terrible thing!"
- "Fine, but you'll owe me one."
- "Stop right there, outlaw!"
- "I didn't want it to come to this, but you wouldn't listen."
- "You are pardoned. Go and sin no more."
- "Stop right there!"
- "What sort of fool do you take me for? Fine."
- "Hold there!"
- "Yes, of course. It's only right."
- "I'll take your gold, but you better not try anything funny."
- "Shop here if you must, but I'd prefer you went elsewhere."
- "So you paid for your crimes? I suppose that means we can do business."
- "Please don't hurt me!"
- "I saw nothing. I assure you."
- "Justice is not without mercy. Don't let it happen again."
- "You will go no farther."
- "It is inconsequential."
- "Pardon me!"
- "Right, I understand. We've all made mistakes."
- "Cease all movement, now."
- "Oh, fine. You'll probably just commit another crime."
- "It matters not if you are good. Only that your gold is."
- "I am a soft wind, passing by, remaining silent."
- "My pleasure!"
- "I am not your enemy."
- "Keep your troubles to yourself."
- "Your problems are not my problems."
- "Look, there's no reason we should be enemies."
NecromancyEdit
NPCs will react if you are a Necromancer and use an illegal ability in public. This dialogue is different for every race.
AltmerEdit
- "No! You've cursed us thrice over with your necromancy!"
- "Do not dare cross me, de'nt, with your obscene magic."
- "Oh dear. However shall we clean that up?"
- "Autak! That behavior is not welcome here."
- "Really? How dare you use that detestable magic?"
- "Is that … ? NO! Not necromancy!"
- "Gah! You contaminate us all, necromancer!"
- "Only a fool meddles with the dead, dryskin."
- "Keep your corpse-puppets away from me."
- "Away with you and your unclean magic!"
- "Dark stars! This cannot be happening!"
- "You understand nothing of how vile you are."
- "Take that detestable necromancy elsewhere."
- "No! I cry foul, necromancer!"
- "Stendarr's folly, what are you doing? Necromancy?"
- "It's a nightmare! But I am not sleeping!"
- "Lorkhan take you and your crude behavior!"
- "Trinimac aid me! My worst fears come to life?"
ArgonianEdit
- "A necromancer? I erect the spine of disgust."
- "The dead … move? Kaoc!"
- "Why do you bring such horrors here, necromancer?"
- "Xuth! The dead return!"
- "Keep your distance, dead-summoner."
- "Stay back, necromancer. I do not make idle threats."
- "The dead belong in the mud, wizard."
- "Keep your dead-things away from me. Please."
- "Those bones must return to the soil, death-mage."
- "Be gone, necromancer. And take your abominations with you."
- "Do not let those corpses touch me!"
- "Ugh. The stench of undeath stings my nostrils!"
- "Undead blights? By the Egg!"
- "There is no moisture in those bones, or in your actions."
BosmerEdit
- "You're ... you're a necromancer!"
- "Leave our corpses be, necromancer!"
- "Z'en's price! That's necromancy, isn't it?"
- "Take your necromancy elsewhere, mage!"
- "We don't want any necromancy around here!"
- "An affront to Y'ffre, that's what you are! Begone from here!"
- "By Y'ffre, it's a necromancer!"
- "Begone, necromancer! We don't want your kind here!"
- "A necromancer's about! By Y'ffre!"
- "By the Divines, they're going to kill us and raise us again!"
- "Now, you leave the dead where they lay, necromancer!"
- "Necromancer! Dark mage! Leave us be!"
- "Divines above! They're going to kill us all and raise our corpses!"
- "Watch out! There's a necromancer about!"
- "Stendarr protect us from this necromancer's evil!"
- "Beware! There's a necromancer here!"
- "Please, leave our corpses be!"
BretonEdit
- "Take your necromancy elsewhere, mage!"
- "By the eyes of Akatosh! You should never use necromancy!"
- "I cannot stomach necromancy, and nor should you!"
- "By Arkay's beard, you must stop casting that now!"
- "So, you chose to be the most offensive spellcaster possible? Leave!"
- "Necromancy? Ugh. Sheor take you, you witless lout!"
- "Oh! No, stop. No more necromancy! Please!"
- "Mara's bosom, now I have to deal with necromancers?"
- "Gah! What are you doing? Stop it at once!"
- "Help! They're making the undead!"
- "Spare me that necromantic magic, and I'll pray to Dibella for you."
- "If you keep up with that, you'll doom us all!"
- "You seek to destroy us all with that vile casting!"
- "If you take your dark magic elsewhere, I'll forget I saw this."
- "You have skills in necromancy? Is that what I'm seeing? Nightmarish."
- "You beef-witted fool! Necromancy? How could you?"
- "Surely you're not casting necromancy? What sane person would do that?"
DunmerEdit
- "Do you want restless dead? Because that's how you get them!"
- "For all that's merciful, just don't conjure my late mother-in-law."
- "I thought you smelled like netch-farts. Dirty corpse-fetcher!"
- "Take that filth to the Ashlands, necromancer!"
- "Haven't we got enough problems without you provoking the dead?"
- "Necromancer! Someone get the guards!"
- "Great Father of Mysteries. You're a necromancer!"
- "Oh, that's not good. Take your foul magic elsewhere!"
- "Nchow! Don't come near me with that rot!"
- "Sar-shemad s'wit! Don't meddle with the dead!"
- "Over here! They're corrupting the dead!"
- "Fetching necromancers. Not in my town!"
- "Don't you know death magic is bad for your health?"
- "Defiler!"
- "Lord, Mother, and Wizard. Death magic!"
KhajiitEdit
- "Horrid! Abominable! Leave the dead be!"
- "Abomination! Necromancer!"
- "We won't tolerate such horrid practices here!"
- "Gods, that dark magic--it's terrifying!"
- "Mara's heart, someone's summoned the dead!"
- "Divines preserve us! A necromancer!"
- "Necromancy? Not around here, mage!"
- "Necromancy, here? Khenarthi take you!"
- "No! Let the dead stay dead!"
- "Necromancer! There's a necromancer here!"
- "A necromancer! Seize them!"
- "You wretch! Begone!"
- "You commit a crime against the Divines!"
- "Necromancy! S'rendarr preserve us!"
- "Stop! To disturb the dead is forbidden!"
- "Dark magic! Watch out, everyone!"
- "We defy you! Alkosh smite you down!"
- "No! No! What horror!"
NordEdit
- "What are you--? Are those corpses?"
- "Stay away from me, you boney bastard!"
- "Grave magic? Kyne protect me!"
- "No, no, no! The dead belong in their tombs!"
- "Ugh! If you want to play with bones, go do it in a graveyard!"
- "Shor's ghost! It's a necromancer!"
- "Don't put a hex on me, death mage! I beg you!"
- "Just stay back, all right? What you do with your bones is none of my business."
- "Practice that creepy magic somewhere else!"
- "Is that--? It is! There's a necromancer here! Call the guards!"
- "Tsun's frosty breeches! What have you done to those bodies?"
- "Death magic is forbidden, you know? Please, just move on, all right?"
- "Be off, snowback! And take your magic bones with you!"
- "Leave me in peace, death mage! Please!"
OrcEdit
- "Son of a troll! It's a necromancer!"
- "Watch it with that necromancy, mage."
- "Son of a Troll! What are you doing necromancy for?"
- "We don't need your tusking Necromancy here, mage!"
- "Call the Watch! This dungheap's a necromancer!"
- "You leave the dead be, necromancer!"
- "Grah! That mage is a necromancer!"
- "You leave our dead alone, or I'll bust your skull wide open!"
- "Necromancy! That magic just ain't right, mage."
- "You won't get my soul, necromancer!"
- "Forge of Mauloch! There's a necromancer about!"
- "Now that's some unusual magic …."
- "That's dark magic right there! And I want no part of it."
- "That magic stinks …."
- "They're-they're a beast! Steel and stone!"
- "That magic ain't right …."
- "They're a necromancer! Hide away the corpses!"
RedguardEdit
- "What have you done to our honored dead?"
- "Gather those bones and leave us in peace!"
- "Take your abominations and go, death-mage!"
- "A death-mage? Here? Morwha's mercy!"
- "Necromancy sickens the soul. I weep for you."
- "No! There can be no necromancy here!"
- "To raise the dead is blasphemy, you cur!"
- "Tu'whacca's breath, what is this evil? Necromancy?"
- "You'll stop that necromancy, or you'll feel my axe!"
- "Disturbing the dead brings nothing but suffering!"
- "Your magic sickens me, cur!"
- "Away! Get away, corpse-summoner!"
- "The Ash'abah will hear of this, necromancer!"
- "You faithless coward! Let the dead rest in peace!"
- "You would do this to our ancestors? Honorless dog!"
- "Risen dead? Tall Papa preserve us!"
- "Stay back, death-mage!"
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