Should i help roggvir skyrim

It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. When you walk into Solitude for the first time, there is a Nord being executed for helping Jarl Stormcloak escape.

Yes, you can save him, but its not useful in any way or form. He is very weak, and will die in 1 hit. As soon as you start attacking the guards, he will try to run away, causing other imperial guards in the city to take him down with 1 arrow. If you do manage to kill the 3 guards fast enough, then you can interact with him, but there's no dialog. All he says is "hmm", "huh", "what do you want insert race?

No, even if you killed the guards, the executioner, and the captain, and Roggvir survives, in a few seconds, he will die, even though no one attacked him. Looking at the scene Captain Aldis and Ahtar will do whatever they can to kill Roggvir, but Captain Aldis will try to hit Rogvir first when you interrupt the execution. So, you first need to prevent Captain Aldis from killing Roggvir by walking over the ledge in the bottom right of yx's screenshot this will not trigger the scene, allowing you to interrupt earlier and simply hitting him, then hit Ahtar afterwards.

Then Roggvir will be able to run away which gives you time to kill both Captain Aldis and Ahtar. Make sure you that you keep both Captain Aldis and Ahtar in place or kill the one that goes for Roggvir. Combine a companion, potions, shouts and other items in your strategy to be more effective.

Contrary to what yx writes, I have not seen imperial guards kill him. Only Captain Aldis and Ahtar where trying to chase and kill him, my companion managed to slow them down while I was following Rogvir and he was kneeling on the stairs where I had to wait for Ahtar to actually come and kill him.

This was of course not the best place as I got overwhelmed there, keeping the action near the execution place is the best you can do in order to stay alive. It requires some practice though. Please note that you will get a gold bounty on your head for murder, given that he does nothing useful in return it is not worth it to save him from getting executed. In the end, you might even be killing two persons that might be more valuable than the one you are trying to save I killed all the guards around him with the help of my companion Lydia.

I started off by sniping the guy to his right before the "ceremony" began. Once he was "saved" he didn't tell me anything useful just grunts and "hmmmm? I actually succeeded in saving him a few minutes ago. I used a paralyzing poison on an arrow to shoot the executioner from the steps leading up to the stage.

All the other combatants focused on me, giving Ragvirr time to escape. I followed him and watched him run in a building, then surrendered and paid the 40 gold fine. Unfortunately, afterwards I went to speak to his family and they all acted as if he had been executed, so it seems no matter what you do, Ragvirr technically dies.

His sister, Greta, stopped going to the Temple of the Divines after his death, while his niece Svari was also very upset. Addvar tried explaining to her that people must be held accountable for their actions, however this did not console her, but as he states "a child feels what she will. Captain Aldis , who presided over his execution, respected Roggvir, labelling him as a "fine and honorable man" when in conversation with the Dragonborn , although saying his execution was justified and necessary.

Also, after the crowd disperses at the execution, he looks down at Roggvir's corpse and says, "Damn shame Roggvir, you were a good man.

Upon entering Solitude for the first time, the Dragonborn witnesses Roggvir's execution. Before death, he exclaims that Ulfric challenged Torygg in single combat , and won honorably. As such, it was the way of the Nords to allow Ulfric to leave, as he had done nothing wrong. Despite his claimed innocence, Roggvir is still executed for treason. If the Dragonborn tries to stop the execution, whether by attacking the guards or simply walking onto the execution platform, Roggvir will make a run for it.

If the guards are distracted long enough, he can escape. But if the Hold Guards are not distracted enough, they, Ahtar , and Captain Aldis will rapidly stab and kill Roggvir and the Dragonborn will be attacked, but receive no bounty. However, he will either disappear or drop dead if the Dragonborn attempts to speak with him, and all NPCs still comment as if he were executed. Attacking Roggvir before he is killed will cause the guards to become hostile, but will accrue no bounty.

Roggvir , a Nord warrior , is a citizen of Solitude who worked as a city guard. According to his sister Greta , he opened the city gates to allow Ulfric Stormcloak into the city when he first came with the hidden intention of challenging the then-High King Torygg.

After Ulfric killed Torygg in the challenge, he tried to escape the city, and Roggvir again opened the gate for him. Accounts of the incident vary wildly among the citizens; most claim that he was an accomplice in the murder. Greta believes that he was doing his job, and had no way of knowing what Ulfric had done. And of course all the spectators attacked me. I got charged for two murders even though I only assaulted the executioner which was weird.

So there's really no way to stop Roggvir from dying. Either the executioner kills him, or you try to save him and Death itself kills him like in Final Destination. User Info: Jstretch IIRC even if Roggvir doesn't die he gets placed in a room with no doors that's just there.

Not changing this sig until Bethesda releases Skyrim on Pipboy for Fallout 4. User Info: SirQuackberry. If I remember correctly if you don't enter Solitude until you liberate it then it's treated as though he's been executed anyway.

He certainly doesn't survive if that's what you were wondering. Jstretch19 posted Where a fake version of Malborn awaits to kill him. Free Games board. My very first playthrough, I tried to save him by rushing the executioner. Big mistake. Since then, I've either been an Imperial and didn't care or undecided and didn't care. I was just curious as to whether or not it could be done.

I forgot about Diplomatic Immunity. I was just trying to do a work around to Season Unending and completely spaced it. Oh well, I'll scratch that off of the things to try.