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With This Character's Death
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With This Character's Death is a copypasta taken from Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The copypasta reads, "With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created," and appears when a player kills an "Essential NPC" in the game. The on-screen card with the message has been used in parodies online when people die in real life.
Origin
In The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, released May 1st, 2002,[1] when an Essential NPC dies, a message will appear on screen reading, "With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created."
![In-game message With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed, Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/539/402/6ca.jpg)
Spread
The in-game screen with the text began seeing use in jokes starting in February of 2017. On February 10th, 2017, Facebook[2] meme page Humans of Morrowind used the text on an image of the Kennedy assassination, gaining over 347 reactions (shown below, left). On February 19th, Facebook page The Philosopher's Meme[3] posted an example using The Death of Socrates, gaining over 1,500 reactions (shown below, right).
![Kennedy Assassination With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed, Restorc a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have crcated](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/539/410/777.jpg)
![Socrates With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/539/413/fc7.jpg)
The format continued seeing use over the following several years, especially when connected to deaths in current events. On August 1st, 2017, Tumblr user nentindo posted a Claims to Be Pro-life, Dies Anyway image with the text, gaining over 3,000 notes (shown below, left). On August 24th, 2018, a version of the meme with Stefan Karl was posted to /r/me_irl (shown below, right).
![With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist CLAIMS TO BE PRO- LIFE With this character's death, the thrcad of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/288/066/9fc.png)
![Robbie Rotten With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/539/449/f25.jpg)
Various Examples
![Fate of the world altered With this character's death, the thread of propheey is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have crcated.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/536/609/37b.png)
![With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist With this character's death, the thread of prophccy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created ed amc](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/429/068/895.jpg)
![Restore a saved game With this character's death, the thread of estorc a savc mc to restore the wcave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/316/624/c21.jpg)
![Press F6 to load previous save With this character's death, the thrcad of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have ereated. adultswim.com]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/367/216/1e5.jpeg)
![Restore Billy With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created,](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/347/845/a13.jpg)
![This is so sad, Aevar play the Song of the Earth TASTE CRAFTED With this character's death, the thrcad of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist Ãn the doomed world you have created](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/388/504/f8d.png)
Template
![Template With this character's death, the thread of prophccy is severed. Restore a saved gamc to restore the weave of fate, the deomed world you have ercated pcrsist in or](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/539/460/38c.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Elder Scrolls Wiki – Morrowind
[2] Facebook – Humans of Morrowind
[3] Facebook – The Philosopher's Meme
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