A mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has replaced the Xbox 360 game’s dragons with a disturbing, fire-breathing version of fictional steam locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine.

A clip of the adventure game’s opening cut-scene posted on YouTube shows it in action, with a public execution being broken up by Thomas, who comes whistling over the horizon to mercilessly attack men, women and children.

Titled ‘Really Useful World Eater’ (a play on Thomas’s ‘Really Useful Engine’ nickname), the video sees soldiers struggle to restrain the locomotive, with one shouting: ‘For the love of God, die!’ as another questions: ‘What does it take to kill this monster?’




The mod also replaces dragon spells with ‘more appropriate versions’ of them, though the mod’s creator did not give specifics.

The face that will haunt you for many moons:

I used to be a steam engine like you, then I took an arrow to the axel (Picture: YouTube)

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