PELINAL WHITESTRAKE: BANE OF ELVES - The Ballad of the Star-Made Knight - Elder Scrolls Lore
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- One Knight Against an Entire Elven Empire... This is a song of legends and living gods. Of love and of loss. This is the Ballad of PELIN-EL
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
6:27 - Saint Alessia
8:02 - The Ayleids
12:36 - Daedra Worship
14:53 - Rebellion
18:12 - Pelinal Cometh
20:00 - Conversations with the Heart of Lorkhan 1
22:49 - Pelinal vs the Ayleid Kings
24:50 - Was Pelinal in Love?
29:13 - Love, Madness, and Morihaus
32:04 - Conversations with the Heart of Lorkhan 2
36:11 - Advance From Skyrim to the Imperial City
38:08 - Umaril the Unfeathered vs Pelinal the Whitestrake
41:29 - Pelinal's Death
42:53 - Akatosh and the Eight Divines
46:54 - Why Pelinal Had to Leave
47:43 - Peace and Revelation - Ігри
Pelinal is basically the physical embodiment of elder scrolls lore at this point. He does stuff that makes you question everything, but its somehow makes sense when you think about it.
That's...pretty dang spot on 😐
So one could say "it just works"
From what I've heard Pelinal is the first sign of player character activity in Tamriel
@@jeffmanbrawler
Pelinal was a real player character, not the idealized versions of the later ones that we get in the lore.
>played generic white man with heavy armour and sword'n'board
>genocided the races he didn't like (they had annoying condescending voice lines and/or smoked skooma)
>had an overpowered build and strange gear that he "got from the Gods" (console commands and mods)
>installed nudity mods and removed the clothes of everyone he killed
...okay that last one was made up but you know he did. Motherfucker probably jumped everywhere he went and compulsively picked locks for loot he didn't need or even really want too.
@@MisterBones2910 man embodied us all in a time when we never knew him... legend
King Hadhuul: "Perhaps the Dead God will send a knight made of stars to slay us where we stand!"
Shezarr: "Hm, not a bad idea, actually"
King Hadhuul: "...and I pray he does, for I will skewer his heart, just as Auriel the Eagle did in the Dawn!"
Shezarr: "Okay, now I'm definitely gonna do it"
If there's one thing I learned from Mercer Frey and others who either mock or betray a non-pacifist god (regardless of which one it is), it's to never tempt them with a good time or test their patience.
The end will be either brutal, scathingly ironic or both.
Shezarr: _Leans Backward_ "Babe! We're making a kid!"
Kyne: "Hon, you don't have loins."
Shezarr: "Fair point. Uhh... Okay, grab that drop of blood that fell down that one well. I'll do the rest."
Kyne: _Grabs Sending Stone_ "Alright, I'll just DM Perith real quick..."
*Alessia:* "Pelinal not every elf is bad, you don't need to slay them all"
*Pelinal:* "Amazing everything you just said was completely wrong"
*Alessia:* "Even your name?"
*Pelinal:* "ESPECIALLY my name"
- Drew: "a word from our sponsors"
- Me: *rolls eyes but understands the need and is prepared for a mid-video ad*
- Drew goes on about the libraries of Coldharbour.
- Me: "Oh you!"
That was amazing honestly! It was like, "wall-breaking immersion" which is a paradox or something idk it was cool
I can’t be the only one who wants him to do a whole video on all forbidden records in the elder scrolls
@@samuelbrown7466 Very Good
Go get your sponsors drew. Not everyone bitches about the ads.
Shezarr (speaking to Pelinal): "Against all of the evils the Mer can conjure, we shall send unto them only you. Rip and Tear until it is done.".
[Rip and Tear Intensifies]
Pelinel Whitestrake is the perfect answer to the question "Is there such a thing as getting more than what you bargained for?"
Elves: *exist*
Pelinal: And I took that personally
An oft-neglected detail regarding Pelinal's discourse with Lorkhan suggests that it, non-verbal and sonic as it was - was an event marked entirely by Pelinal's blasting of Dagothwave on maximum volume beneath Red Mountain.
What a Grand and Intoxicating Experience.
Come moon and star, come to me through fire and war
“Dear AKA, I need someone to save us from the elves. Maybe send me an Aedra; the nicest Aedra you have!”
"Nooo, that's too nice."
"AHAHAHAHAHA DIE ELVES!" The Aedra Aka send.
Solid Lilo and Stitch reference
doom music begins
alessia: whats going on?
echoing aelid screams
alessia: um, an answer would be appreciated!
doom music reaches max volume, pelinal enters covered in aelid blood
pelinal: you ask aka delivers
"Lessons of Vivec", "Songs of Pelinal", ...
I hope Drew doesn't waste our time with the "Songs of King Wulfharth" or "Songs of the Return" when the fans demand a breakdown of *The Lusty Argonian Maid*
Well, The Accords of Madness make sense next for that theme, though maybe that IS The Lusty Argonian Maid.
@@zarrg5611 As long as it isn't Investigator Vale. I cringe every time it is mentioned in ESO.
@@badluck5647 Was completely unaware that that existed, It is nice to see a constructed universe actually have fictional works that people read for pleasure, but I don't imagine there is much lore in it.
@@zarrg5611 Every reference is played for laughs, but it has never been funny.
April 1st idea?
Pelinal is The Doomslayer in the Scrolls universe, change my mind
I was looking for this comment...
or...
*Rip and teEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!*
Thanks a lot.
Now I need to make an unarmed, heavy armor, restoration/alteration build (alteration for borderline invulnerability and restoration for fortification of strenght and unarmed, to emulate the BERSERKER power-up).
Edit*
(Maybe some levels in bladed as well, to include the usage of a Daedric sword/greatsword to reflect the modern version that wields the Crucible blade).
Q&A with *Micheal Kirkbride* -
What does the passage "wandered Tamriel, gathering armies, conquering lands, ruling, then abandoning his kingdoms to wander again." refer to?
*That passage is referring to a composite hero, whose kingly deeds may have not involved Pelinal at all*
On several aspects of Lorkhan that all blend together into a vaguely familiar figure (Pelinal, Hans the Fox) all Shezarrines that would do things to protect Nirn, and then disappear to wander again:
*Do things to protect Man, but yes, all of this*
@@Super50ldier pretty sure it's stupid to argue with Kirkbride on ES lore.
Drewmora: "And this is where I'd put an ad sponsor. IF I HAD ONE"
I got that reference by the way :)
Beautiful. Like a star. Soaked with the blood of tyrants.
Mother. Drewmora has uploaded again. Almost 50 minutes this time, wow. Truly shocked by how good this man's content is.
MOM START BAKING THE TOTINOS
Hey ma'! Get the camera!
Sweet mother, sweet mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear.
@@roadnreck3605 They call her Grelod the Kind. But she's not kind!
Umaril getting bodied by Pelinal even after being weakened is a story I don't get tired of.
Drew I would love it if you did a video on Ebonarm before you do one on Raymond (if you'll do one on Raymond) because the God of War being a Yokandan doesn't get enough love in ES Lore
Pelinal: _Losing his freaking mind._
Aedra: "Oh my us this is insane! Revolting! We can't bear to look at this."
Lorkhan: "THAT'S HIM! THAT'S MY BOY!"
Can we get a Morihaus video at some point? He's as enigmatic as Pelinal.
Agreed. Ironically, Morihaus seems more human than Pelinal, even though he looks more like a beast than man. The story of the Minotaur race as a whole seems like a tragic tale worth telling.
@@zefft.f4010Morihaus is a man in the shape of a beast, while Pelinal is a beast shaped like a man
If their ears are knives, they lose their lives.
Pelinal "If its got knife ears, it weeps bloody tears" Whitestrake approves.
🚬😎
They're called HUMAN rights for a reason
You really killed it with your own personal writing in this one Drew.
he amazing - ive seen published fantasy authors who cant write this well
The graphics and the effort to make the gameplay in the background stand out like this is absolutely extraordinary and something to be proud of. Masterpiece video
Drew is top tier quality 👌🏼
I love Michael Kirkbride's writing, but I hate his view that Pelinal should be a time traveling cyborg. It just seems like a distraction from the more interesting storyline of a reincarnating Shor showing up in man's time of need.
I don't mind the time-traveling cyborg thing. Besides, no presentation of him ever _feels_ like a time-traveling cyborg anyway. He still looks and feels like a decidedly fantastical knight.
@@miro.georgiev97 If being a time traveling cyborg is so irrelevant, then why even bother mentioning it?
@@badluck5647 Because it's just cool? I don't know. Sometimes, "immersion" isn't the end all, be all that so many people feel like it must be.
@@miro.georgiev97 he never mentioned immersion though. He specifically said the cyborg thing just feels like a bit of a downgrade with regards to storytelling than what the interpretation he preferred was.
We're not talking about Skyrim mods. He just preferred the divine knight angle lmao
I'm indifferent personally. The song of pelinal is largely a reman era text and so some things are likely embellished, cyborg shit included. But he's such a fun character to emulate in elder scrolls games that I'm good with the fantastical versions.
I couldn’t agree more
Pelinal is such an interesting character, maybe we could get a video purely about Umaril the Unfeathered?
We definitely need an Umaril Video
Thank you for suggesting that, and he’s obviously paid attention, hopefully he’ll do it.
Id love a video to.
Seconded. My favourite Half-Elf, Half-Demon/God tyrant. Not sure how much lore there actually is on him, but if anyone can make an engaging video on the topic it's our favourite Daedrologist.
@@zefft.f4010 you couldn't be more right dude!
We gonna need Pelinal reincarnation to unleash hell to those elves again in 4E
Wife, prepare mine hotpockets. Lore master Drewmora has uploaded again.
REEEEEMAAAAAAAAN!
"Like when the dream no longer needs its dreamer"
"now show me that Wich doesn't believe nor belongs to me"
Pelinal, the most awesome character in TES lore. I don't think i'll ever tire of hearing about him
Aaaaand now I'm inspired to make another Imperial. Damn it, Drew.
Ayleid lore, and by extension Pelinal’s, has got to be my favourite aspect of Oblivion’s story. Thanks Drewmora! Glad to see this on a Sunday.
That was really nice of Molag Bal to sponsor this video :)
This video came out just as I was about to take a massive shit truly a blessing from the divines
That's a good afternoon right there
if you turn the depiction of Akatosh upside down, i like to think talos (Shor-Lorkhan-Tiber Septim- Pelinal Whitestrake) are stabbing the sword through his elven-dragon head.
Your writing is incredible. An underrated artist of our age; unfortunately not the first or last
You’ve described the biggest failure of humanity. Imagine all of the things that could have been, and the things that could have been better. All ultimately due to money. All due to “the rules.”
@@LBPBumout I completely agree. A very compassionate, wise and anarchistic statement. It is humans like you that remind me of the good in this world
Drew is good to see you doing stuff off fudgemuppet, I remember that kirkbride confirmed later that pelinal wasn't gay either, it was a mistake by him on which bethesda did the right call.
Huna was his adoptive daughter grown to be a warrior(yes the achiles part is here but toned to be lotr), the ayleids ambushed her party and captured her, and proceeded to rape and torture her for days the way molag bal aproves, until they send hers and the party's bodies back to alessia.
The scene alone made pelinal go into a rage and recite the "O Aka, for our shared madness I do this!" on which he states to morihaus later after that "Like when the dream no longer needs its dreamer."
If huna had lived, she would be TES Casca.
I think we can all find solace in Pelinal's message: "elf bad, Human good
Also apperently he doesn´t like cats..
*S O N G E N D S . . .*
Seriously though, this might be my favorite telling of the Whitestrake. The apocryphal texts just add that little bit of extra glory to it all.
3:36 his drip was too powerful
I think Pelinal might might have been the first ever mortal to achieve Amaranth. An avatar of Shor, who then goes on the realize that he himself is lucid within the Godhead’s dream, and finally proclaiming that he no longer needs the dreamer. Food for thought at least
Once again, Drew of Atmora returns with tales and songs of "Dawn's Beauty". Really cool to see the work done here, as well as the armor and mods used to facilitate it. A short movie of the Elven civilizations in the Merethic Era would be awesome to see, every time I see the Ayleids portrayed in videos like this, I can only imagine what some well-animated/generated Visuals would look like.
You guys ever think, perhaps, one day an Elf imbued with the essence of Trinimac could face a Man with the essence of Lorkhan, in this upcoming 2nd Great War? I just wanna see a Shezzarine fight a Mer who's been blessed by Malacath with the light of Trinimac and see their ancient battle be redone, but this time as mortals and not fully-powered Et'Ada.
The sorts of things that would have to be set aside to "redo" that ancient battle in any capacity, even on a small mortal scale, would be... Great and many. I think I'd be more interested in how Malacath even _could_ let go of his bitterness for enough of a moment to let the spark of Trinimac shine in anyone else, or in how Akatosh could shed Auriel enough to imbue anyone with Lorkan's blessing. That would be one hell of a story.
@@YourWaywardDestiny
Well, Malacath doesn't actively ask his Orsimer children and followers to purposefully attack Dunmer or Khajit, the people of the Good Daedra that had corrupted him.
I feel that, while he's a bit of a downer, that the core values he has is still that of his old self. To let another Mer mantle the currently empty spot of Trinimac amongst the Elven Et'Ada, I feel, would be a helluva way to pass on the torch.
Or, at least, bless a Mer with a Warrior's heart to help the Elves in a grand battle with Lorkhan's forces. Shezzarine's still exist due to Lorkhan's scheming, and while Akatosh currently exists, Auriel will always be the initial Time-God of the Dawn, and I'm sure he'd be more than willing to speak with Malacath in however God's conversate nowadays.
Especially since Malacath's Realm stretches from Oblivion to Aetherius..
That sounds incredibly awesome, I’d love to see that!!
Malacath is also my favourite daedric prince, looks badass and lore is interesting. Plus orcs themselves are cool.
@@thalmoragent9344 All that is a reasonable assessment, inline with the lore and an easy conclusion to come to and all. I just foresee a lot of incapacity to tune out any of the, ah, background noise that comes with each of their current state of being as a large hurdle I'd love to see how they could get past.
Malacath isn't going to see being rejected (so to speak) by the then-Aldmer as something small, he is very fond of those cast aside with him for a reason, and his sphere has been accompanied by a bitter, dogged demand to persist for so long, it would be very interesting to see what could come up to make him set aside his cursed aspect to give an inch to anyone who descended from the Aldmer that also didn't keep loyal to him. So, a non-Orc elf would be a hard sell, and it'd take an interesting Orc indeed to pass over the love of Malacath to try to dig deeper into the part that persists as Tirnimac. We've seen such things happen, but the Orcs (just like Malacath) are shown to be pretty good about passing down legends of past consequences.
And Lorkan/Shor? That half of Akatosh would, naturally be all for the love of humans, no arguments about that. Except the other head equally loves the elves, even if so far, we haven't been shown much of that favor in lore. It's hard to go behind your own back, so it'd have to be a mighty fight with himself to place even more favoritism on humanity, I think. That would also be an interesting tale to hear how it was overcome.
I think seeing how it came to this would be equally as interesting as the fight itself, I am on board with a little mini recreation of a past duel, over all, I'd like to dig in to all the circumstances around it, too.
I am currently grieving, and this video of love and madness grounds me
You were always the part of FudgeMuppet I liked, and this channel has been an excellent replacement.
You linking C.S. Lewis and the story of Pelinal together was sheer brilliance. Damn well done, man
Did he leave fudgemuppet? Ive been watching a bunch of their stuff lately but only just now discovered this channel.
@@xenoflavius632 he did, and I don't think it was an acrimonious split.
Elves: *Breaths*
Pelinal: *Composes diss track in Dovahzul*
Impeccable delivery as always Drew!
Don't mind me, just commenting to boost Drew's UA-cam analytics
i dont know what it is but in videos where you speak about the empire its so... undescribable idk it just makes me emotional, theyre so well done. ive watched this like 5 times now. i mean absolutely no disrespect to fudgemuppet but i understand why you left. what you make is just on another level.
Love all the ayleid lore. It’s probably my favorite part of elder scrolls lore
I just realized a connection between Pelinal and Mehrunes Dagon, both are said to be "Star Made". Dagon was said to be made in Lyg by the Magna Ge while Pelinal is named the Star Made Knight by masters of Alteration. Both seemed to have been made to uproot tyranny and free slaves. Is Pelin-El an attempt by the Magna Ge to create a mortal version of their living weapon concept using a crystalized drop of Lorkhan's blood instead of the obscene power of hope as the power source?
I loved the Knights of the Nine dlc and all the stuff that it added into the game, and I also love this video, thanks again as always Drew!
Play the mod VIGILANT for Skyrim if you like that DLC. Its nice to see old friends again.
@@Azraelseraphim I might just do that, thx for the suggestion dude :)
@@PlebIsland69 You are in for a treat. I promise you that your perspective will change forever how you see the Elder Scrolls. Although its not Lore Friendly Vicn and the crew went through painstaking details to honor and respect the canon. The story is so good.
@@Azraelseraphim I just finished installing it, probably will spend the better part of my day playing, intrigued and excited
@@PlebIsland69 Make sure you got the english voice acting add-on. Its a Japanese mod.
Pelinal is one of the most based characters in TES lore. Total Knife-ear Death.
I was almost hype that my boy drew got a sponsor, but the jebait was also funny
Absolute masterpiece of a video!
Ok I’m blown away, I was hesitant at fist since I already knew so much about pelinal but this just had so much more that no one else covered, and in your style it’s just brought to completely new levels
Please never stop, you’ve taught me so much I would never seek out myself.
Simply amazing work!
Another small thing I noticed in reference to Lorkon being buried under the 8 divines is there are also 8 volumes in the Song of Pelinal.
Shor: "Rip and tear, until it is done."
So, just want to say, I have taken to listening to this(and other vids like this) of the Elder Scrolls stuff by drew just so I can relax while going to bed. Is it just me? 😅
Hell, yes!
Was not expecting this beauty, but this will be one hell of a session.
Ironically enough, I was giving a Lore Lecture on Pelinal last week.
Thank you for this, Drew!
Your presentation of the lore was always excellent and thought provoking.
What a great video! My all time favorite
This is the most beautiful episode!
I really appreciate your videos. The quality and passion is unmatched. I will do my part to share your channel whenever possible.
What a treat! One of my favorite characters story narrated by my favorite master of lore and the arcane arts. Thanks Drew this work is much appreciated!
Hey Drew I’ve been watching you since fudgemuppet early days and I have to say. Your videos are next level. Thank you man for giving me something to listen to on tough days ❤️
Hope to see more vids with great sponsors like this one.
this is great work, drew. i really appreciate your constant efforts at a rounded intertextual analysis and attempt to draw new conclusions from this deliberately sporadic world. plenty of teslore youtubers will encounter inconsistencies or loose ends and just settle for saying "what do u guys think?? leave ur thoughts in the comments" but you actually tell us what you think as well and it makes your videos much more engaging
Wait, do I understand correctly, that this Pelinal is basically something like an angel of vengeance of lorkhan/shor for the races of men, and could still be summoned?
Or have I misunderstood this, and the chance to summon him was lost, when the Amulett of Kings was destroyed during the Oblivion crisis?
Or am I mixing stuff up now?
To me it would seem that Shor/Lorkhan is trying to pull of a reverse manteling of sorts. Taking the place of Akatosh, much in the same way the Hero of Kvatch mantled and became Sheogorath. I say reverse manteling because it seems Akatosh and Lorkhan are almost switching places. Manteling each other, so to speak. This could explain why the Dragon Breaks happen periodically, as Akatosh's own psyche is under attack. Possibly why Alduin decided to not eat the world. Just spit balling here, but it would certainly explain alot.
I think Lorkhan is trying some form of fusion here ? his goal seems to be amaranth ( replacing/being the Godhead ) and for that Anu and Padomay, stasis and change, would need to be unified to make an Oversoul similar to it
at least that's the only intepretation I can think as coherent with the hints that the most significant dragonborns, like tiber septim or the last dragonborn for example, ( wich are shards of akatosh thus stasis ) are also shezarrine ( champion of lorkhan and thus change )
the goal is not replacing, it's merging
They are space and time after all
@@Super50ldier yes I know, what is your point ?
@@Super50ldier wich they are, dragonborns have the soul of a dragon, dragons are litteral shards of the dragon god of time wich is akatosh they are not biological creatures with magic breath they are physicaly shaped representation of a god who warp reality with their voices, they aren't even born since they all appeared at the dawn
like paarthurnax said they are timeless and unyelding and so is the dragonborn
That was Awesome!
Blessings of mystara upon ye Drew, wonderfully written as always!
elder scrolls lore videos are my favorite content to listen to! The star made knight is probably the most interesting character in all elderscrolls imo
That "Word from our sponsor" got me tho'. I nearly skipped past it automatically 😂
I did as well lmao
the quality of your videos is amazing!!
you deserve more subs, dude. amazing production
Seems to me Pelinal may have been the first of the Shezzarines who appear during times of great need… it kinda creates the image in my head of humans and other followers of Lorkan in the future crafting a cyborg to send back in time so that their fragile history plays out the intentional way. Time having been broken so many times of course
Great videos!
You have a Unique talent for storytelling my friend and even bringing fiction and fantasy to life, this was a fantastic experience that words can't describe, my god man this was awesome to listen too....Thank you for this.
God this is such good content I am having THE best time
Great stuff
Mr. Drew, thank you for yet another fine "telling". This was more information about Pelinal than I have been able to uncover on my own. Well, to be honest, have been able to comprehend on my own! LOL Thank you, Sir, for clearing up a great many "dark spots" for me!
Dude, the Wailing Wheels of Vin Diseal. Is that the new Fast Furious movie? 😂😂😂
I know they take more work but I love longer videos! Appreciate your hard work Drew, this was a great one!
You really should write these down in a lore book.
Love your content everytime. Would love to see some original stories based on the lore sometime to tide us over for another 20 years until ES6😂
This is incredible.
34:35 it took me till then to realize you were speaking as Pelinal that transition was 🤌
very cool drew, very cool
Something has been bothering me about Meridia. How could she have been an Aedra, but it's now a Daedra? How could she be an ancestor, but now she's not an ancestor? I humbly request our Daedrologist investigate this
technically Meridia, or Merid as she was known before turning to a daedra wasnt an Aedra. she was a magna-ge; one of the servants of magnus that fled with him to become the sun and stars when lorkhan's deception about the nature of mundus was discovered. the details are a bit murky, but sometime after that, Merid either was cast down or willingly went to oblivion; in either case claiming a piece as her realm, turning to the daedric prince meridia.
It’s because she has her own plain of oblivion also she wasn’t an Aedra she was a magna ge
Because the Aedra/Daedra dichotomy is bullshit.
#AskAndYeShallReceive am I right?!
'Wake up, Drew just posted'
The sponsored segment 💀 I can't 😂
I think it really interesting that the ayleids somehow managed to combine worship of mirridia and molag bal in the same culture they are basically opposities
Been listening to Drew since the early fudgemuppet days, im convinced that also lead the algorithm to suggesting another Australian channel; mr Sunday movies 😂
my most favorite ES character thank u dragon age also has fun lore keep up the work
Quality every time
Great video Dad
What a Divine synthesis. Excellent lore
Far and away the best TES content on the internet, please never cease
I love these long format elder scrolls lore vids. Thank you so much drew and great work again ❤
Thanks!
Thanks so much, Snow!
Frankly, Pelinal's combat prowess and unwavering, terminator-like determination is simultaneously awe inspiring and terrifying. 😅
Pelinal after death hearing about some elven slave-masters: "Hey random human, elves got you down? Go get these relics and come back and i promise you a good time"