Voices In My Head - Malicious NPC Voice-Over?

Foreshadowing · April 2014

So, I've been noticing random, rather mean/creepy voice-overs (kind of whispered and harder to hear than other dialog) triggering whenever I kill mobs. It sometimes happens while simply exploring a new area or gathering crafting materials, but it usually seems to happen after exiting combat.

A selection of quotes:
"You don't deserve to live."
"They would be better off without you."
"Your victims see your sins."

These voice-overs do NOT appear for me in NPC Dialog. One of my other guildies hears them frequently as well, and another just started hearing them. We're all in the Grahtwood area of the Dominion, but I'm unsure if this happens anywhere else. I only started noticing it on Saturday when I got to Grahtwood.

So....is this something quest-related? Something tied to the area? Or are we all going crazy?

stickyhawk · April 2014

I feel like I'm going crazy as well. Where are they coming from?

leovuoeb17_ESO · April 2014

It is indeed from a quest. You should have an amulet in your inventory, slowly driving you mad by guilt...

Loxy37 · April 2014

Yeah ive had that a few times. Not happened for the last few days though.

Foreshadowing · April 2014

leovuoeb17_ESO wrote: »

It is indeed from a quest. You should have an amulet in your inventory, slowly driving you mad by guilt...

Haha, okay thanks! I keep getting sidetracked and miss completing that one.

circilion · April 2014

Oh man, that would be so unbelievably creepy... thank jee bus that didn't happen to me. I am up late all the time playing this game haha.

Foreshadowing · April 2014

circilion wrote: »

Oh man, that would be so unbelievably creepy... thank jee bus that didn't happen to me. I am up late all the time playing this game haha.

Lol, right? I was in Mumble with my guildies when I first noticed it, and asking "Hey guys do you hear this voice telling you to kill yourself?" was awesome

Musty · April 2014

Gee. Over the last few days I have been hearing this, and it has been driving me mad as well

BlueBacon · April 2014

Hilarious. I just did this quest too and I was wondering what the hell was going on.

LMajors · April 2014

Yeah, you got this off a skeleton in the woods. I believe it will take you to a place called Cormount, and all will be revealed. It's an interesting story, to see why the amulet speaks to you.

Krovax · April 2014

It'll usually speak to you, when you kill someone. I couldn't figure out where it came from and it went away after some time. OK, at least now I know where it came from, cool quest. I also like the one where you pick up the skull to reassemble his bones. He is quite funny, but at least with him I knew where it came from.

Danariel · April 2014

I actually felt this one was masterfully done...

especially in the middle when you find out it was a cursed amulet, and when you find the jeweler, HE wants to kill himself. The creepy voice and not knowing what's going on yourself really gives you an idea of how the poor sap you found the amulet on might have felt, and emphasizes how he was driven mad by guilt.

However, if you just rush through quest text, you get nothing from it but "WTF?!"

Grageeky · April 2014

Danariel wrote: »

I actually felt this one was masterfully done...

However, if you just rush through quest text, you get nothing from it but "WTF?!"

I chose the path through the dialog ...

for the jeweler to destroy the amulet and NOT kill himself. I got a nice spell resistance ring for level 20.

And, yes, this quest was masterfully done and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Kathleen.Flynn02b14_ESO · April 2014

I was wondering what this was. I've had that quest in my log for a long time, so I've become quite familiar with this creepy dude. I'll almost miss him when it's gone.

mikemgmsub17_ESO · April 2014

Finally that mystery is explained to me, I was playing for a bit last night and kept hearing the insane voice over and had no clue what it was from.

natsuki · April 2014

I find it surprising that the voice was mysterious to anyone.. seemed obvious to me were it was coming from when I first heard it. But then I tend to read all the quest text the first time I do a quest.. also read the journal that's found by the hanging skeleton.
I like it though.. reminds me of the voices you hear in your head when playing malkavian in vampire the masqurade: bloodlines. That blended in very well with the haunted house level.
After I picked up the amulet I was afraid I'd get other effects (more serious than the auditory hallucinations) the longer I left the quest uncompleted.. to simulate my characeters descent into madness.. but so far it's just the voices in my head.