Ah, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. I couldn’t
even tell you how many hours I put into it back in my sharehousing days. It was
an easy way to spend a lot of time without spending a lot of money, and that
was very important to me back in those days. It had major flaws (the journal
system, the repetitive soundtrack, the overly specific skill trees), but it was
my first real introduction to RPG games beyond pen and paper ones, and I will
always have a great love for it.
Central to
the (admittedly loose) story of Morrowind
is Vivec, one of the deities of the titular setting, and the subject of
today’s POP review. You can read about him in much more detail here, but all you really
need to know is that he was a mortal who became a god – and who may not be quite
as benevolent as he first appears. And why’s he getting a POP? Well, The Elder Scrolls Online just released
its latest expansion, which is shockingly enough subtitled Morrowind. There are two versions of Vivec available – the glow in
the dark one reviewed here, and the “regular” metallic release. Both are good,
but the glow one was always going to be the way that I went. 
There have
been two series of Elder Scrolls Online POPs,
and Vivec is definitely the most visually interesting of all of them*. His
half-gold, half-blue appearance is incredibly striking, and also alludes to his
hermaphroditic nature. And of course, his floating posture is quite distinct
among POPs, giving him an appearance something like a Hindu god or goddess.
By and
large, I don’t collect gaming-based POPs. I’ve owned a few over the years, but
I’ve pretty much sold or given away all of them by now. Vivec is an exception,
due to my fondness for the license and his glowing nature. He’s not essential
unless you’re an Elder Scrolls obsessive,
but I think he looks great on the shelf nonetheless.
*The upcoming
Dwarven (or Dwemer if we’re being anal) Colossus looks great in illustration
form too, but we’re yet to see any “real” pics as yet.
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