However, thanks to a petition by Curry’s fans, (a community named “Shirley’s Grandkids”) which received almost 50,000 signatures, Bethesda announced in 2019 that she would be officially appearing as an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6.
Since its surprise announcement in the form of a teaser trailer at E3 in 2018, Bethesda has been tight-lipped about the next iteration of The Elder Scrolls series. The 85 years young Shirley has been creating wholesome let’s play videos on Bethesda’s popular roleplaying game series The Elder Scrolls since 2011 and has over 960k subscribers. Shirley Curry, better known on the internet as the famous YouTuber Skyrim Grandma, has now been immortalized in-game thanks to a fan-made mod that turns her into a follower.
