General:Emil Pagliarulo

Emil Pagliarulo
Role(s)	Designer, Writer

Emil Pagliarulo is the Lead Game Designer at Bethesda Game Studios, with credits on The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield. Emil was a fan of The Elder Scrolls from the start, having played Arena, Daggerfall, and Redguard. His tenure at the company began in November 2002 and continues to present day.

Before joining Bethesda, Pagliarulo worked for Eidos on the Thief series.

Credits

• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon — Writing & Quest Design
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Quest Design
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine — Additional Design
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles — Voices
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Senior Designer / Senior Writer
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom — Special Thanks
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Adventure Game — Thanks

Known Contributions

• Bloodmoon — Emil created many of the side quests, including the encounter with Uncle Sweetshare.
• Oblivion — Emil authored the Dark Brotherhood questline.
• Shivering Isles — Emil provided voice acting for the the male Dark Seducers.
• Skyrim — Emil designed the Dark Brotherhood questline, made design contributions to the Main Quest, and designed the Blood on the Ice side quest. He also helped design the overall setting, factions, and cities featured in the game. He authored the lyrics used in the game's main theme music, and a great deal of the Dragon Language. The lockpicking minigame was also his design, a holdover from Fallout 3.
• Dawnguard — Emil suggested the idea of the Prophecy of the Sun, and the earth forever becoming entombed in darkness.

Texts Authored

This list is non-exhaustive and includes only texts which have been confirmed to be written, fully or partially, by Pagliarulo.

Oblivion

• The Path of Transcendence
• Traitor's Diary

Out-of-game

• Skyrim Cities' Design Excerpts

Interviews

• Apr 2003: Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon Interview
• 2005: Emil Pagliarulo: Now You See Me, Now You Don't
• May 2016: Talks from STORY: Emil Pagliarulo, writer and lead designer of Fallout 4 and Skyrim
• Jun 2018: The History of Bethesda Game Studios
• Jun 2018: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Designing The Dark Brotherhood
• Dec 2019: Konsoll 2019: Emil Pagliarulo - Designing the Cities of Skyrim
• May 2023: Writing the Worlds of Bethesda

Gallery

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  Emil in 2005

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  Emil in 2005

Links

• Emil Pagliarulo on Twitter
• Emil Pagliarulo on Wikipedia
• Emil Pagliarulo on MobyGames
• Emil Pagliarulo on IMDb