Dang, you beat me to it!
Of particular interest for me was his..
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Bethesda did a great job in providing the tone and theme for the character and it was fun to give life to the villain in the story, who is a very thoughtful man from a different line of kings who seeks to realize his own vision for the empire.
Is this common knowledge, cause I didn't realise the villian would be a different king.
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I absolutely love Sean Bean, he's an amazing actor and despite what the article says he didn't come to fame with his role in LotR, but instead in the amazing "Sharpe" series of films based on the books. American bastards!