There was some unexpectedly amusing stuff there; when I finally encountered Prince Michael I almost asphyxiated myself with laughter. I mean that's when Michael Jackson was better known for the zombies in Thriller than... well, as a friend rather undiplomatically broke the news, "Wacko Jacko heart attacko". And if my repetition sounds insensitive, I tried a heart attack myself to see what it was like. I seriously don't recommend them, they bloody hurt.
Your assessment of Richard certainly sounds familiar and I was thinking, "am I really describing him as a hero? All I remember is that he was an arse." I thought I was being a bit uncharitable but you've helpfully confirmed my memory that he was indeed a complete knob! But I still like my idea that many of the townspeople escaped, if not with his help then the myriad guards who were wandering about. I think the only other person specifically named as being dead was the also memorably-named Fanny (hmm, so the two casualties were Fanny and Dick... never realised that before) but even that could well be hearsay. But I am That Person who so despised all the NPCs in Oblivion being pwned before I'd even met them (especially the by then deserted refugee camp at Kvatch, but certainly not limited to it) that I went to the admittedly slightly extreme length of writing my own scripting language to generate a mod to make them all unkillable.
