shivering isles files ~ bolwing
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kossaibolwing , bosmer man , is one of many residents in shivering isles - specifically , live in crucible half of new sheoth . tend to wander streets as beggar , but unfortunately , no one can understand what bolwing ask for .
as far as everyone else know , bolwing speak entirely in nonsensical word salad . some words come out as " opposites " - understand turn to oversit - while others have no apparent meaning at all , such as goodbye of gal bursten it .
only two people ever demonstrate ability to understand bolwing . sheogorath is one , naturally - important for any godly figure to understand subjects , with potential ability to look past language entirely , to understand thoughts and feelings behind words even without technical knowledge of language in question .
other one , strangely enough , is big head - argonian man who formerly live out near ald redaynia of vvardenfell . can attribute this ability to charm , but why ? did lord sheogorath personally bless this charm with that same ability , did someone else ? or is this charm simple farce , with no effect at all , and big head just lie to make bolwing feel better ?
well , as far as game go , this charm is essential to quest for fork of horripilation - only bolwing have clues . player can listen to bolwing either with this charm , or upon rise to seat of lord sheogorath . either way reveal bolwing actually have quite clear and articulate thoughts .
... sort of displease to see that . as kossai can not speak and struggle to get words out proper , have experience with people who place value on clarity of words , and subsequently devalue anyone who struggle or lack - this idea that inside nonverbal shell is really some articulate genius internally , stereotype which is disgust and disservice . while bolwing is not nonverbal , this is still that same setup ultimately , that this man who can not communicate on par with others really " hide " some bright spark for everyone else to marvel at .
as well , even these days , some people expect AAC only have use as tool for requests and information , with little to no real social interaction . find this mirror here with bolwing - big head only make attempts to talk in search of useful information , and to help big head means player is guilty of this as well .
with all of this in mind , there is not much to actually know about bolwing's personality and inner life , which is true shame . bolwing again and again express frustrations that no one understand , but even people who finally understand give no room for bolwing to make social connection .
this man must be terribly lonely that even in land of madness , no one put forward true social effort .
as far as everyone else know , bolwing speak entirely in nonsensical word salad . some words come out as " opposites " - understand turn to oversit - while others have no apparent meaning at all , such as goodbye of gal bursten it .
only two people ever demonstrate ability to understand bolwing . sheogorath is one , naturally - important for any godly figure to understand subjects , with potential ability to look past language entirely , to understand thoughts and feelings behind words even without technical knowledge of language in question .
other one , strangely enough , is big head - argonian man who formerly live out near ald redaynia of vvardenfell . can attribute this ability to charm , but why ? did lord sheogorath personally bless this charm with that same ability , did someone else ? or is this charm simple farce , with no effect at all , and big head just lie to make bolwing feel better ?
well , as far as game go , this charm is essential to quest for fork of horripilation - only bolwing have clues . player can listen to bolwing either with this charm , or upon rise to seat of lord sheogorath . either way reveal bolwing actually have quite clear and articulate thoughts .
... sort of displease to see that . as kossai can not speak and struggle to get words out proper , have experience with people who place value on clarity of words , and subsequently devalue anyone who struggle or lack - this idea that inside nonverbal shell is really some articulate genius internally , stereotype which is disgust and disservice . while bolwing is not nonverbal , this is still that same setup ultimately , that this man who can not communicate on par with others really " hide " some bright spark for everyone else to marvel at .
as well , even these days , some people expect AAC only have use as tool for requests and information , with little to no real social interaction . find this mirror here with bolwing - big head only make attempts to talk in search of useful information , and to help big head means player is guilty of this as well .
with all of this in mind , there is not much to actually know about bolwing's personality and inner life , which is true shame . bolwing again and again express frustrations that no one understand , but even people who finally understand give no room for bolwing to make social connection .
this man must be terribly lonely that even in land of madness , no one put forward true social effort .
