We've all done a stealth archer build in Skyrim at one point – or several – but have you ever killed 999 people before turning your blade on the Emperor to mark number 1,000?
This player has. Redditor Peterlerock shared a screenshot of their stats page, showing that they'd killed 999 people and nothing else.
Not an animal, creature, Daedra, undead, or automaton. Through Skyrim's translucent menu we can see the Emperor stood just a few feet away from their dagger, poised and ready to strike.
Peterlerock says they achieved these stats by playing as an illusion assassin. "I never entered any vampire/dwemr/draugr content, and I pacify all animals," they explain. "Think I cleared every single bandit/forsworn/black mage site in the game at least once.
Have to spare Hagravens and random vampires (like Hern for Dark Brotherhood)." They're not taking the easy route with this, either, opting to play on expert difficulty but with a "heavily modded" game. "To get an illusion assassin going, spam Muffle until you can buy higher tiers of Calm.