The logo of the action role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the symbol called “The seal of Akatosh”. It is the emblem of the Imperial Legion, the keyarmed force of the Empire of Tamriel.
As the name of the emblem suggests, “The seal of Akatosh” belongs to the chief deity of the Divines, Akatosh.He has a noble mission of defending the Empire. Akatosh, as the Dragon God of Time, is, in one form or another, present in almost every religion of the imaginary world of the video game with the only exception of the Dunmer.
The Skyrim logo looks elegant, but a bit intimidating. And all thanks to the interesting gradient of gray, true, and white tones, and, of course, the gothic emblem, where the refined dragon is “chained” in triangular brackets located on the edges of its wings. The sophisticated uppercase lettering in a stylized serif typeface makes up a perfect accompaniment for the sharp graphical elements.
The Skyrim symbol depicts a stylized dragon with everything a dragon may need: a head on the long neck, two wings, and a tail.
If you take a closer look, you may notice that the left wing is missing its bottom tip. The authors of the video game have never given any official explanation of the fact, so it appears that there is not any deep symbolic meaning behind it and this is just a stylistic touch.
The Skyrim icon uses its most recognizable element — the sharp ornate dragon, executed in gradient silver and placed on a glossy black circle. The black circle is enclosed into a thick gray frame, which has a two-leveled inscription crossing its bottom part. The “Skyrim” inscription is executed in the uppercase, in light silver, and its thin lines and contours brilliantly accompany the lines of the dragon image.
The wordmark features a unique custom typeface. Some of the fonts looking close to it are Trajan, FrizQuadrata, Typo3, Sovngarde, and Medieva.
Some of the colors most often featured on the Skyrim logo are black, grey, and white.
What does the Skyrim logo mean?
The official Skyrim logo is known as The Seal of Akatosh, which belongs to Dragon God of Time, hence the main element on the badge is a dragon. The wings of the dragon are stylized as two arrowheads, pointing to different directions, which can be described as “Time”, past and future, today and tomorrow.
Is TESO better than Skyrim?
There is absolutely no point in comparing these two games, as they belong to two completely different genres. Skyrim is a single player RPG, while TESO is a massively multiplayer online game, or an MMO.
Is there an actual end to Skyrim?
All the games of the Skyrim series are composed of a set of endless quests, so, no, actually there is no end to Skyrim, and this is what makes this game so special and loved by millions of players across the globe.
What is the story behind Skyrim?
The events of the game take place 200 years after the events of Oblivion in the year 201 of the 4th era. A group of nationalistic Nords, known as the Storm Brothers, led by war veteran Ulfric Stormbreaker, Earl of Windhelm, mutinies against the Empire’s rule, sparking a civil war in Skyrim.