The Picard ManeuverIt was a lively, bustling major city... of about 12 people and 1 chicken.
A_Random_IdiotI always assumed that NPCs represented mroe than one actual citizen, because otherwise the world would become far to cluttered, and teh system requirements far to high to manage literally thousands of NPCs that exist for no reason.
vindIt’s also been Bethesda’s MO that every named NPC has to have a quest associated with them.
RavajaThat’s just not true and I don’t know what dimension you pulled that out of
I can’t think of a single named NPC which is not a part of some quest in Skyrim. Can you?
You’re aware nearly every npc has a name I wager? Those who aren’t are typically guards or bandits, half the NPCs in any given tavern have names but don’t have quests associated with them