For some, one of the most memorable moments of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim was the guard’s short phrase about his unenviable fate. An expert on the Middle Ages took notice of her
A connoisseur of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim noticed that finally, after many years, the community received a full answer about the story of the arrow in the knee. It was given by a medieval expert on the YouTube channel hehistorysquad.
In 2024, he learned about the existence of Skyrim and about the ill-fated arrow, which a guard character can sometimes remember and say the phrase , which has already become a cult meme: “Once upon a time the road of adventure led me too. And then they shot me in the knee“.
Version with sound: https://youtu.be/AOpJDKtBaGI
Viewers of hehistorysquad often wrote this phrase in the comments about an arrow hitting the knee, but the author did not understand what was happening. Ultimately, he became acquainted with Skyrim thanks to his son and decided to talk about the topic of such trauma in the Middle Ages.
There are several options for an arrow to hit; if it hits the quadriceps tendon, then after removal it may even “repair itself.” It’s another matter if the arrow ruptures the ligaments – the victim becomes crippled (as far as is known, at that time a restoration operation could not be carried out, there was no appropriate knowledge and understanding of “how”).
Knee protection tools exist. If covering the front part is clear, then with the back side everything is complicated: you have to remain vulnerable, since mobility is required.
After receiving an injury, life did not end; they came up with devices that made it possible to move, for example something like this (something like a splint that stabilizes the knee). It’s quite possible to work with someone like that as a guard, i.e. in Skyrim, the warrior did not lie about the arrow landing on his knee.
Hehistorysquad video. He examines the options for an arrow hitting the knee on an anatomical model; there is something resembling blood in the frame: https://youtu.be/cu1QKbILDAI
