All across Skyrim there are guards who pine for their glory days of adventuring, all of which were cut short by an unlucky arrow in the knee. So many arrows, so many knees. For a time, anyway.

What springs to mind when you first think of Skyrim ’s Dragonborn hero? No, not “an arrow to the knee” (it’s not 2012 anymore). Of course, the iconic Unrelenting Force shout that splits ...