In a very weird way this reminds me of the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. The majority of lowland scots called the highland clans heathens, the wearing of kilts and so forth was seen as something obscene that threatened Protestant Scotland and its unity with England, just like how the Ashlanders were seen as heathen apostates. Highlanders were persecuted and their traditions were under siege. However, ever since the nineteenth century up to this very day, highland culture is venerated in Scotland and it is seen as the true Scottish way of life, the Jacobite wars are even seen in quite a romantic light. Ashlanders are later viewed as true dunmer, noble savages, this is similar to the situation with the highland clans in real life.
in a similar vein the nords in Skyrim were fighting for the right to believe in Talos, an Imperial God, that had been forced onto them. Specifically fighting against against the Empire, who had now reformed their religion to no longer include Talos, and were now suppressing Talos worship. This reminds me of the Irish fighting to be Catholic, a religion forced onto them by the British Empire, who had reformed their religion to Anglicism, and were now trying to forcefully convert the Irish away from a religion that they themselves forced onto them hundreds of years earlier
Crystal Owens 😂 There must be two then, because the place I’m talking about is more a destination for the Amish than hippies. Any hippies unfortunate enough to confuse the two would likely get chased out of town by farmers wielding pitchforks!
(Somewhat essay warning) In Elder Scrolls Online I plan to put furnishings of the reclamations (or anticipations) in my house. There are currently no furnishings for Boethiah except for a few books, but I’ll use the statue of shadows as a substitute, as it’s a female figure somewhat wrapped around by a snake, which I figure is close enough to looking like Boethiah I also plan to purchase the anticipation totem and put it in my home too Here’s a brief summary of my vestige’s headcanon: My vestige was actually born a few centuries after the events of Skyrim but the timeline is unstable because there currently was no vestige to stop Molag Bal and everything else. Everything after the events of the Planemeld and everything else that happened in that time period are still normal, as if the events of ESO never happened, but because that time period was skipped, the entire timeline became unstable. So my vestige (through the use of an elder scroll) was sent back in time to fulfill the role and actions of the vestige and stabilize the timeline. My vestige is a Dunmer and most Dunmer worship the reclamations by the time she was born, so she worships them too, and carried on her worship to when she was sent back to the second era, refusing to worship the tribunal.
I think Bethesda's entire writing staff now consists of a single ziplock bag filled with stale cheerios. Feels like it at least. I miss Michael Kirkbride-level weirdness.
Connor Brennan the nords are supposed to be calling talos ysmir but the only time you hear them call him ysmir is in combat and all the temples are the imperial pantheon
I find that Morrowinds story in Skyrim was the most interesting aswel. How House Redoran rose to the challenge and pushed back the invaders, and how house Hlaalu was outlawed. Its full of drama and intrigue x) Is Morrowind still part of the Empire? I mean.. they are pretty much reconquring their territory by them selves..
I love how Kirkbride wrote Elder Scrolls like he was writing various interpretations of mythology into one story. Weird with big gaps that you fill in with your *-milk finger-* imagination.
@@chappywilkerson2777 I went to school with a chick who got "These ARE The Droids You're Looking For" tattooed across the top of her tits. I just felt like sharing that.
I recently started a new game of Morrowind for the first time since I started watching FudgeMuppet. Your lore videos have added a new depth to the game, and it's more immersive than ever. Keep up the good work!
If the Ashlanders stayed true the their gods, and not turned to worship the tribunal when it was formed, then why were they changed from the Chimer to the Dunmer by Azura's curse? Or was she just that hurt by the betrayal that any of them could do it that she didn't think about those who did stay loyal?
Wasn't it immediately after the Tribunal gained their power that Azura changed the Chimer? It seems to me no one had yet had a chance to choose to be loyal or to worship the Tribunal. They were all changed, and then most turned to worship the Tribunal, but the Ashlanders refused. If I'm not mistaken about the timeline.
The split happened basically the moment Vivec and the others opted to kill Nerevar-- once he was dead and they had the means to achieve Chim, the Daedra cursed the entire race for disobeying their will and those three declaring themselves living gods. Whether they had a following or not yet wasn't a factor, the moment they made so grand and heretical a claim the entire race was held accountable. The Ashlanders could have split earlier when they saw the Great Houses dominating society, but regardless they're part of the race and the whole race was punished-- they likely saw it as a tragedy and a test all the same, so it likely wasn't of much consequence to them.
In a way, both the ashlanders and the fremen draw inspiration from the beginning of Islam. Consider that veloth was a prophet of a select few aldmer, and that the nerevarine would return one day. For the Fremen, the Bene Gesserit were the prophets, and the Mahdi (or Kiswaz Haderach) would one day emerge. In Islam, Muhammad once led the first muslims away from Mecca, and (according to the qu'ran) judgement day will be brought via a figure known as the "Mahdi".
Quarantine has me on another Morrowind playthrough, and I've been thinking on that exact sentiment, the link between Dune and Morrowind. A culture of nomadic people in a land encroached upon by the weight of an outside empire, who hold a generations-old belief that a savior will arise and liberate their lands from invaders, with this belief realized in the form of an outsider that themselves is initially under the yolk of said empire, who then sheds the shackles of that empire upon realizing they are the actual realization of said savior prophecy. There is no way that the writers were not Frank Herbert fans, you're right on the money.
Deo Vindice Dune is one of the most famous Sci-fi series in Literature. If you’ve see a Desert planet or a Sand Worm in media there’s a 75% chance it’s a reference to Dune
Great video. Indeed, I was never sure who built the so-called old Dunmer strongholds (Kogorhun, Telasero etc). If it's Dunmer I guess it's after Nerevar's death and thus likely Ashlander. On the other hand, if the strongholds were built earlier, by the Chimer, then the structures were inhabited by the clans after becoming abandoned. Then again, the Daedric ruins were most certainly populated at some point in the past, before the rise of the Tribunal (Ald Sotha, Sil's birthplace). So who built the strongholds and are the Ashlanders only secondary inhabitants?
Wonderful! Just wonderful! It's great to see other people are so involved and enchanted by the world of TES, especially Morrowind. Keep up the good work, thanks for the video
Hey fudgemuppet I'm a huge fan and have a theory I'd really like you to look into. I believe aldmeris was a real place, a floating island or piece of mundus above tamriel. I think all the elves were holding onto their divinity during the dawn, while the wandering elenfoy(sp?) Committed to mundus. I believe that as aldmeris was above tamriel moving in a southwestern direction, the Falmer and dwemer "fell off". The falmer were extremely devout, so much that I believed they "followed" the example of the divines who committed to mundus, and committed themselves, breaking off of aldmeris early, landing in skyrim with their advanced magics. The dwemer I believe did the exact opposite. They gave the gods no glory, and instead believed in their own abilities. This disregard for the etheral that they were still apart of wind up "expelling" them from aldmeris. It is likely the dwemers disregard had them leave aldmeris before the falmers faith did the same to them, which is why the dwemer are found farther to the east in morrorwind. Aldmeris starts in the northeast and moves southwest until eventually "falling/combining" into/with mundus completely. I am a huge lore fan and I think this to be an extremely valid theory, however I do not have the resources to research it like you do. If you could explore my theory I would love to see what you come up with, this has been on my mind a long time. Thanks in advance ! Great lore videos by the way! Plz look into the Aldmeris theory. Thanks again!
8:55 You'll rarely find a horse rider among them because horses don't do well in Vvardenfell Garothmuc (Greenman of Suran) "The sabre is the weapon of Imperial light cavalry. Since horses cannot adapt to Vvardenfell's harsh climate, sabers are uncommon, except among Legion veterans."
not a truck I’m pretty sure you’re right, but certain parallels can be drawn between both cultures. Although the Mongols were more warlike than the majority of Native American tribes, some tribes were just as martially inclined. And even though horses weren’t introduced into Native American culture until the Spanish arrived, by the time the majority of Europeans arrived, they were just as skilled on horseback as the mongols. Then there’s the obvious “nomadic horse people” parallel. But yeah, the Dunmer in general are heavily influenced by Asian culture, so it makes sense that the ashlanders would be based on Mongolian culture.
As a Muslim I can see simularities between the dumner culture of the ashlanders and our arabic desert normads! The video is beatiful to look and listen to! Thanks for that! Have downloaded open microwave and I must download me a graphic mod beatiful like this footage! Can't wait to play a dumner build again!!!❤❤❤❤😍😍😍
Thank you Drew. It's good to see that the faithful gentlemen of FudgeMuppet are still putting out quality TES videos or should I address you all as gentleMer as you all seem to love the rich, varied Mer cultures of TES lore? My true Elder Scrolls identity is Bosmer but all my Bosmer characters create and maintain deep relationships within the Dunmer communities of Solstheim, Windhelm and all throughout the realm of Skyrim. My latest Bosmer, Dova "Vassa" Septim, invests capital with and generously provides additional free goods liberally as gifts to all her Dumeri merchant partners. She is extremely wealthy as a result of her mastery of all three crafting skills, more stealthy than the Gray Fox himself and more lethal with her bow than a dozen Alduins fighting in tandem. Vassa has Areanea lenith and Brelyna Maryon as her faithful traveling companions with whom she shares much trust, love and affection. She is married to Jenassa more as a way to help Jenassa regain her proper social status after being a wanted criminal for many years. Vassa cares deeply for Jenassa yet realizes Jenassa's true love will always be the young Nord girl who was so brutally ripped from her loving arms in their youth. Vassa shares a similar situation to Jenassa as she too is deeply in love with a young Nord archer, Eerika (a simple yet elegant and effective follower mod), who is also a faithful and loving follower. Fortunately for them both Eerika has no desire of marriage or family. Eerika's sole desire is to spend every day with her loving Vassa in whatever capacity she is needed: a perfectly placed arrow shot, well staked campsite or tender embrace at the end of a long day's adventuring are all her pleasure as long as they are together. Vassa and Eerika, together with Aranea and Brelyna have slain countless dozens of dragons and untold hundreds of Forsworn, vampires, trolls, bandits, pirates and all manner of undead.
@@scotthc947 An opinion can't really be debatable. Some people will say Daggerfall or Oblivion or Skyrim is better too. Never seen someone say Arena is the best
But I want to see that. Riding in, wielding Keening in his right hand and Sunder in his left, atop the first born of Akatosh as the World-Eater dragon speaks to the heavens, pulling brimstone from the skies to shatter the petty walls and towers of men, mer, and beastfolk.
The lore in Morrowind is so much cooler than anything they've created since then. I'm really hoping that Elder Scrolls VI takes us somehwere cool where they can play around with unique settings and lore. Morrowind was awesome because the environments seemed alien in places and familiar in others. But with Oblivion it was basically just Western-influenced high fantasty. And then with Skyrim it was MORE Western-influenced high fantasty.. And what I mean by that is knights and dragons kind of shit. Stuff you've seen before.... Well, I like stuff we haven't seen before.
I alway wanted to ash... I mean ask about these people. I think they once had weapons made from bugs or crustaceans not just armor. Also what did they kill to get their homes? Not the shrooms but, the trilobite/horseshoe crab things? Imagine the pearl to emerge from a similar size oyster. ?
Vardenfell was underwater before Red Mountain erupted. The chitin they mostly use is from long dead, giant underwater sea creatures. Along the coasts chitin is harvested from mudcrabs, and Dreugh.
The resins they use to make bonemold armor are harvested from kwarma, and scribs. similar to old school shellac that we used to use. Old school Morrowind player. =D
Even in the real world, you find pockets of people living apart from everyone else in a more primitive lifestyle, like people who prefer "living off the grid" in the wilderness, and the people on North Sentinal Island.
Nice one.:) I've really been curious on the stance of the Great Houses in all this. From what little is passed on in lore it would seem that only Redoran has come through the troubled times a bit better. Yet, safe for Indoril, they where one of the most fervent Tribunal followers. Did every house (again, except Indoril) make the swing towards the old ways? Do these new-old customs mean that the Great House culture isn't as much part of the Dunmer society anymore?
I wonder what happened to the ashlanders after the argonians invaded Morrowind, did the argonians just slaughter the ashlanders because they lack Empire-level communication to see them coming, and just fell to the cowabunga?
And happy thanksgiving btw. I hope u all have a great day homis. Take care amigos, and don’t eat too much. Can’t be getting sick on us. It may keep ya from uploading these awesome vids, and I’m pretty sure nobody would like that lol
The Dunmer in general represent the turkic poeples somewhat. With the ashlanders sticking to ancient traditions like the turks in central asia. And tribunal represents islam and muslims turks.
@@AG26498 They seem to take inspiration from many different parts of Asia. For example, the Ashlanders' nomadic lifestyles are reminiscent of certain Turkic peoples, while their names are Assyrian. Also, the worship of three gods is paralleled by Hinduism, while ancestor worship can be found in China. They're very mish-mashy.
Todd Howard has fucked up badly with how badly the quality of his games have gotten. The dumbing down of Skyrim and Fallout 4 (especially with that radiant quest system) and the infamous Fallout 76. He would make such a come back to the favour of the fans if he just made a Morrowind remastered. There's been tons of remasters that not only serviced fans but drew in new fans. Look at the success the FFVII remaster.
Hey guys, so I have question that I could use your advice on (and people in the comments). Basically, I'd like to know how you can play Skyrim so much and not get bored? Like don't get me wrong, it's my favourite game! But I find myself going through a period of a few weeks where I just play it because I'm bored of everything. I start a new character after getting to around level 15 because I get bored of it. I play on xb1 and play with mods (sadly not as many as available on pc) but I still get the same. And I'm sad to say that I'm currently going through one of these times. Can anyone give any tips or advice? Thank you!
Get morrowind with both expansions. Idk if you have it or not but I'll go on a elder scrolls marathon and play from morrowind up to skyrim. Usually when I'm done with oblivion some new mods came out that get me back into skyrim. (Nothing beats morrowind though)
Mods that make the game more difficult or that add more stuff. Legacy of the Dragonborn. Clockwork. God worship. Phendrix magic world. Immersive armors. So on so forth, and take time to really work hard and do stuff that isn’t easy. Like do a sneak character with heavy armor and two handed weapons
the ashlanders have survived for centuries in the wastes of Vardenfell but after the eruption of Red mountain I doubt that any of them could still live there. If Vardenfell was barely habitable back then today it would be impossible not even for the most hardy ashlanader tribe. The massive ash storms the earthquakes and constant violent volcanic activity hurling debris as far as solsthiem its impossible I doubt any of the dwarves ruins in red mountain survived either the two major population centers on the island Vivec city and Balmora are now ruins and ash.
This makes me want to install Morrowind again. I has such a nice story arc, too bad the game mechanics and animations are so awkward. Couldn't really play it after Oblivion and Skyrim even though overall it's a much better game.
It's awkward af at first but there's method to The madness. The mechanics are there to make you feel your progression. You can level up your acrobatics, speed, athletics, etc to unbelievable levels, leaping over city walls and all sorts of crazy stuff.
@@nunyabizness6376 being unbalanced and so easily exploitable doesn't make it a good game though. the graphics were awful upon release and the controls are janky and unresponsive at times. even a lot of the internal mechanics are awful. that's not even getting started on how so much of the main quest is just going to get a book from someone to bring to another person. the dialogue system is also a complete and total mess. yeah, morrowind had a great vision and great writing, but it was horribly executed. bethesda still hadn't learned all it's lessons from redguard. that's not saying people can't enjoy it for what it is. it's just to say that we shouldn't make morrowind something it isn't: a well made game.
In a very weird way this reminds me of the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. The majority of lowland scots called the highland clans heathens, the wearing of kilts and so forth was seen as something obscene that threatened Protestant Scotland and its unity with England, just like how the Ashlanders were seen as heathen apostates. Highlanders were persecuted and their traditions were under siege. However, ever since the nineteenth century up to this very day, highland culture is venerated in Scotland and it is seen as the true Scottish way of life, the Jacobite wars are even seen in quite a romantic light. Ashlanders are later viewed as true dunmer, noble savages, this is similar to the situation with the highland clans in real life.
Patrick Fleming Hello fellow non-normie History buff.
Good choice for a real world based parallel analogy.
Nice rl tie-in
Beautifully said. 👍
in a similar vein the nords in Skyrim were fighting for the right to believe in Talos, an Imperial God, that had been forced onto them. Specifically fighting against against the Empire, who had now reformed their religion to no longer include Talos, and were now suppressing Talos worship. This reminds me of the Irish fighting to be Catholic, a religion forced onto them by the British Empire, who had reformed their religion to Anglicism, and were now trying to forcefully convert the Irish away from a religion that they themselves forced onto them hundreds of years earlier
Living in a podunk midwestern town called Ashland, whose natives are called Ashlanders, this is immensely funny to me.
The Ashland where people are called Ashlanders is a famous hippie destination CITY dude. You need check your definition of both podunk and town.
Crystal Owens 😂 There must be two then, because the place I’m talking about is more a destination for the Amish than hippies. Any hippies unfortunate enough to confuse the two would likely get chased out of town by farmers wielding pitchforks!
Ayyyy el ay em oh I live in Ashland too. @ McDongle's rn lol.
@@DrFranklynAnderson Wisconsin right?
@@DrFranklynAnderson I actually got an ad for the Daily Press in front of this video on my home page lol
I killed every last Falmer in Blackreach
They never saw it coming!
lmao
Even the women, and the children.
@@sergeantarchdornan6244 Think about breathing but like manually.
Had to leave the beachhead of Dawnstar, because there was sand there....
I hate sand
@@anodyne5368 Well you forgot the exclamation marks
“Tribunal? More like Triurinal!” - Popular Ashlander Warcry
Bore Ragnarok
LMAO 🤣
@Ryan Borganson Damn son lol
You S'wit! Outlanders get oooout!
(Somewhat essay warning)
In Elder Scrolls Online I plan to put furnishings of the reclamations (or anticipations) in my house. There are currently no furnishings for Boethiah except for a few books, but I’ll use the statue of shadows as a substitute, as it’s a female figure somewhat wrapped around by a snake, which I figure is close enough to looking like Boethiah
I also plan to purchase the anticipation totem and put it in my home too
Here’s a brief summary of my vestige’s headcanon:
My vestige was actually born a few centuries after the events of Skyrim but the timeline is unstable because there currently was no vestige to stop Molag Bal and everything else. Everything after the events of the Planemeld and everything else that happened in that time period are still normal, as if the events of ESO never happened, but because that time period was skipped, the entire timeline became unstable.
So my vestige (through the use of an elder scroll) was sent back in time to fulfill the role and actions of the vestige and stabilize the timeline.
My vestige is a Dunmer and most Dunmer worship the reclamations by the time she was born, so she worships them too, and carried on her worship to when she was sent back to the second era, refusing to worship the tribunal.
I really enjoy the worldbuilding put in Morrowind. The contrast between the Ashlanders and the Great Houses is great.
The Ashlanders are one of my favorite parts of Elder Scrolls lore. Really wish we could get more stuff about them.
I’m opening an investigation on this upload time.
It's Communists I tell you I have no proof right now but I saw the leader of north korea doing something!
Well Drew is a British guy in Australia.... You have no power there FBI. MUAHAHAHAHAH
@@solidus3168 actually the fbi have power everywhere in the world
I got the feeling that the Ashlanders occasionally return to the fortresses for especially bad ash storms.
I think Bethesda's entire writing staff now consists of a single ziplock bag filled with stale cheerios. Feels like it at least. I miss Michael Kirkbride-level weirdness.
hhjk377 the nords are supposed to have their own pantheon but they gave them the imperial pantheon in Skyrim
The lead writer has a policy; KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid.
As long as he's there we're not going to get anything amazing :/
Connor Brennan the nords are supposed to be calling talos ysmir but the only time you hear them call him ysmir is in combat and all the temples are the imperial pantheon
@@dr.calibrations7984 welp, im out for blood now, who's with me?
Remember whatever sins Bethesda is guilty of at least their not EA.
“You dare fight a dunmer?”
No
*QUITS GAME*
@@SilverGamingFI That's called a pro-gamer move
"YOU N'WAH!"
Ashlanders: _"Damn City Slickers"_
I find that Morrowinds story in Skyrim was the most interesting aswel. How House Redoran rose to the challenge and pushed back the invaders, and how house Hlaalu was outlawed. Its full of drama and intrigue x)
Is Morrowind still part of the Empire? I mean.. they are pretty much reconquring their territory by them selves..
Drew and Scott are my favorite people on the internet
❤️ the lore
RIP Micheal
8:25 well it would seem I was pronouncing the names of these tribes completely wrong, when I played morrowind.
Man you must've looked so dumb pronouncing the words wrong in your head while reading
I love how Kirkbride wrote Elder Scrolls like he was writing various interpretations of mythology into one story. Weird with big gaps that you fill in with your *-milk finger-* imagination.
But what about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
@luke oreilly what about sand tho its course rough and irritating...AND IT GETS EVERYWERE
"You are on this counsel but we do not grant you the rank of Master..."
"Another Settlement needs your help"
These aren't the droids you're looking for...
@@chappywilkerson2777 I went to school with a chick who got "These ARE The Droids You're Looking For" tattooed across the top of her tits. I just felt like sharing that.
8:21 guy just Walks on the table
Ashlanders are the true Velothi.
#ChangeMyMind
Bitchy Azura still shifted their skin as well.
@@blueshit199 they didn't seem to bother tho
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 Muppets
I recently started a new game of Morrowind for the first time since I started watching FudgeMuppet. Your lore videos have added a new depth to the game, and it's more immersive than ever. Keep up the good work!
Everytime you do a lore vid i want to start Skyrim again. Love your vids.
They have cool names like Ashuraliba Musfada as opposed to boring house Dunmer names like Valen Relor
Drew is crushing it with these lore videos.
Boethiah: *"I'm so Proud"*
Damn... When there was still lore in TES games! Amazing!
Ashlanders are the Nords of mer.
nords are the orcs of men
Ashlanders make nords look like tiny children
Orcs are the Ogres of mer.
Just so you know, this is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work guys and have a happy thanksgiving 👍
If the Ashlanders stayed true the their gods, and not turned to worship the tribunal when it was formed, then why were they changed from the Chimer to the Dunmer by Azura's curse?
Or was she just that hurt by the betrayal that any of them could do it that she didn't think about those who did stay loyal?
Wasn't it immediately after the Tribunal gained their power that Azura changed the Chimer? It seems to me no one had yet had a chance to choose to be loyal or to worship the Tribunal. They were all changed, and then most turned to worship the Tribunal, but the Ashlanders refused. If I'm not mistaken about the timeline.
@@RestlessHarp that would make a lot of sense if the Ashlanders split from those that formed the Tribunal after being changed.
The split happened basically the moment Vivec and the others opted to kill Nerevar-- once he was dead and they had the means to achieve Chim, the Daedra cursed the entire race for disobeying their will and those three declaring themselves living gods. Whether they had a following or not yet wasn't a factor, the moment they made so grand and heretical a claim the entire race was held accountable.
The Ashlanders could have split earlier when they saw the Great Houses dominating society, but regardless they're part of the race and the whole race was punished-- they likely saw it as a tragedy and a test all the same, so it likely wasn't of much consequence to them.
Its a Saturday night, its raining outside, I'm in bed in warm blankets and have snacks and I see this in recommended. Life is great
dont you guys get a fremen (Dune by Frank Herbert) vibe from the ashlanders? cause I do
In a way, both the ashlanders and the fremen draw inspiration from the beginning of Islam. Consider that veloth was a prophet of a select few aldmer, and that the nerevarine would return one day. For the Fremen, the Bene Gesserit were the prophets, and the Mahdi (or Kiswaz Haderach) would one day emerge. In Islam, Muhammad once led the first muslims away from Mecca, and (according to the qu'ran) judgement day will be brought via a figure known as the "Mahdi".
@@supercellodude Mahdi translates to English as "Trump" (somebody had to say it)
Quarantine has me on another Morrowind playthrough, and I've been thinking on that exact sentiment, the link between Dune and Morrowind. A culture of nomadic people in a land encroached upon by the weight of an outside empire, who hold a generations-old belief that a savior will arise and liberate their lands from invaders, with this belief realized in the form of an outsider that themselves is initially under the yolk of said empire, who then sheds the shackles of that empire upon realizing they are the actual realization of said savior prophecy. There is no way that the writers were not Frank Herbert fans, you're right on the money.
Deo Vindice Dune is one of the most famous Sci-fi series in Literature. If you’ve see a Desert planet or a Sand Worm in media there’s a 75% chance it’s a reference to Dune
Simply Beautiful.
Love your lore videos, guys. It’s my 20th birthday today.
Congrats!
happy birthday!!! :)
“1 year ago” you can drink while watching the videos now!
alwase a good day when FudgeMuppet uploads a video
Great video. Indeed, I was never sure who built the so-called old Dunmer strongholds (Kogorhun, Telasero etc). If it's Dunmer I guess it's after Nerevar's death and thus likely Ashlander. On the other hand, if the strongholds were built earlier, by the Chimer, then the structures were inhabited by the clans after becoming abandoned. Then again, the Daedric ruins were most certainly populated at some point in the past, before the rise of the Tribunal (Ald Sotha, Sil's birthplace). So who built the strongholds and are the Ashlanders only secondary inhabitants?
Ashlanders still existed during nerevars time its even mentioned he was Horator and Leader of the ashlanders
Happy Thanksgiving Drew 🍁
Wonderful! Just wonderful!
It's great to see other people are so involved and enchanted by the world of TES, especially Morrowind.
Keep up the good work, thanks for the video
Hey fudgemuppet I'm a huge fan and have a theory I'd really like you to look into. I believe aldmeris was a real place, a floating island or piece of mundus above tamriel. I think all the elves were holding onto their divinity during the dawn, while the wandering elenfoy(sp?) Committed to mundus. I believe that as aldmeris was above tamriel moving in a southwestern direction, the Falmer and dwemer "fell off". The falmer were extremely devout, so much that I believed they "followed" the example of the divines who committed to mundus, and committed themselves, breaking off of aldmeris early, landing in skyrim with their advanced magics. The dwemer I believe did the exact opposite. They gave the gods no glory, and instead believed in their own abilities. This disregard for the etheral that they were still apart of wind up "expelling" them from aldmeris. It is likely the dwemers disregard had them leave aldmeris before the falmers faith did the same to them, which is why the dwemer are found farther to the east in morrorwind. Aldmeris starts in the northeast and moves southwest until eventually "falling/combining" into/with mundus completely. I am a huge lore fan and I think this to be an extremely valid theory, however I do not have the resources to research it like you do. If you could explore my theory I would love to see what you come up with, this has been on my mind a long time. Thanks in advance ! Great lore videos by the way! Plz look into the Aldmeris theory. Thanks again!
Boethiah's "git gud" policy XD XD XD
8:55
You'll rarely find a horse rider among them because horses don't do well in Vvardenfell
Garothmuc (Greenman of Suran)
"The sabre is the weapon of Imperial light cavalry. Since horses cannot adapt to Vvardenfell's harsh climate, sabers are uncommon, except among Legion veterans."
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
You dare fight a dunmer!
Fighting scene
Azura curse you!
The footage used looks like Skywind. I, for one, can't wait to revisit Morrowind in Skyrim's engine.
If it ever actually happens.
I like that we’re talking about the ashlanders on thanksgiving. I always got a kinda Native American thing off of them.
I thought it was more of a mongolian inspired culture
not a truck I’m pretty sure you’re right, but certain parallels can be drawn between both cultures. Although the Mongols were more warlike than the majority of Native American tribes, some tribes were just as martially inclined. And even though horses weren’t introduced into Native American culture until the Spanish arrived, by the time the majority of Europeans arrived, they were just as skilled on horseback as the mongols. Then there’s the obvious “nomadic horse people” parallel. But yeah, the Dunmer in general are heavily influenced by Asian culture, so it makes sense that the ashlanders would be based on Mongolian culture.
i considered them similar to the Picts as the great houses seem like Scottish Clans
As a Muslim I can see simularities between the dumner culture of the ashlanders and our arabic desert normads!
The video is beatiful to look and listen to!
Thanks for that!
Have downloaded open microwave and I must download me a graphic mod beatiful like this footage!
Can't wait to play a dumner build again!!!❤❤❤❤😍😍😍
sweetroll lore?
@Nii Lantei Bright-Davies ty
Three Gods, One Faith. Praise Almsivi like a proper House Dunmer
I remember using troma root as a easy exploit to earn ashlander trust on morrowind at the urshulaku
I almost always RP as a Dunmer Ex-Ashlander who has gone exploring The World
Thank you Drew. It's good to see that the faithful gentlemen of FudgeMuppet are still putting out quality TES videos or should I address you all as gentleMer as you all seem to love the rich, varied Mer cultures of TES lore? My true Elder Scrolls identity is Bosmer but all my Bosmer characters create and maintain deep relationships within the Dunmer communities of Solstheim, Windhelm and all throughout the realm of Skyrim. My latest Bosmer, Dova "Vassa" Septim, invests capital with and generously provides additional free goods liberally as gifts to all her Dumeri merchant partners. She is extremely wealthy as a result of her mastery of all three crafting skills, more stealthy than the Gray Fox himself and more lethal with her bow than a dozen Alduins fighting in tandem. Vassa has Areanea lenith and Brelyna Maryon as her faithful traveling companions with whom she shares much trust, love and affection. She is married to Jenassa more as a way to help Jenassa regain her proper social status after being a wanted criminal for many years. Vassa cares deeply for Jenassa yet realizes Jenassa's true love will always be the young Nord girl who was so brutally ripped from her loving arms in their youth. Vassa shares a similar situation to Jenassa as she too is deeply in love with a young Nord archer, Eerika (a simple yet elegant and effective follower mod), who is also a faithful and loving follower. Fortunately for them both Eerika has no desire of marriage or family. Eerika's sole desire is to spend every day with her loving Vassa in whatever capacity she is needed: a perfectly placed arrow shot, well staked campsite or tender embrace at the end of a long day's adventuring are all her pleasure as long as they are together. Vassa and Eerika, together with Aranea and Brelyna have slain countless dozens of dragons and untold hundreds of Forsworn, vampires, trolls, bandits, pirates and all manner of undead.
Damn, I now have a bigger respect for the Dunmer. Sorry High Elves, you just got kicked oughta my top 5.
the thalmor will have a "word" with your family soon
Morrowind is, by far, my favorite game, and the best of the Elder Scrolls
Preston Normile debatable
@@scotthc947 An opinion can't really be debatable. Some people will say Daggerfall or Oblivion or Skyrim is better too. Never seen someone say Arena is the best
Frodo Sagbag chill dude I just said that to the part where he said it’s the best elder scrolls, gah these Morrowind fan boys need to take a chill pill
Your opinion is correct
I like them all but im tired of replaying i need a new title
Dayum . . I actually have read that intro lines in-game.
Hey you guys try to do some Morrowind Builds. Otherwise Dagoth Ur will come back riding atop Alduin.
Peyton Faw Best TES villain vs the worst, fight me you know it’s true.
But I want to see that. Riding in, wielding Keening in his right hand and Sunder in his left, atop the first born of Akatosh as the World-Eater dragon speaks to the heavens, pulling brimstone from the skies to shatter the petty walls and towers of men, mer, and beastfolk.
The lore in Morrowind is so much cooler than anything they've created since then.
I'm really hoping that Elder Scrolls VI takes us somehwere cool where they can play around with unique settings and lore. Morrowind was awesome because the environments seemed alien in places and familiar in others. But with Oblivion it was basically just Western-influenced high fantasty. And then with Skyrim it was MORE Western-influenced high fantasty.. And what I mean by that is knights and dragons kind of shit. Stuff you've seen before.... Well, I like stuff we haven't seen before.
3 good and 4 bad... What about the others like nocturnal,vermina, namirua, sanguine, meridia, hircine...
They are known, but culturally less important than the others.
They're there, but no one really cares until one of their cultists starts acting up.
I _did_ enjoy the video, but did you discontinue your aedrology series?
Very close to a million!!
They're very much like the Fremen from Dune.
I alway wanted to ash... I mean ask about these people. I think they once had weapons made from bugs or crustaceans not just armor. Also what did they kill to get their homes? Not the shrooms but, the trilobite/horseshoe crab things? Imagine the pearl to emerge from a similar size oyster. ?
Vardenfell was underwater before Red Mountain erupted. The chitin they mostly use is from long dead, giant underwater sea creatures. Along the coasts chitin is harvested from mudcrabs, and Dreugh.
The resins they use to make bonemold armor are harvested from kwarma, and scribs. similar to old school shellac that we used to use. Old school Morrowind player. =D
Handsom Jack The ash hoppers remind me of Scribs.
Handsom Jack I remember killing the land ones in Sheogorath's realm
I got that impression too when I played Skyrim.
Can you guys do a video on Sotha sil and his clock work city
Even in the real world, you find pockets of people living apart from everyone else in a more primitive lifestyle, like people who prefer "living off the grid" in the wilderness, and the people on North Sentinal Island.
love a bit of elder scrolls lore
Nice one.:)
I've really been curious on the stance of the Great Houses in all this. From what little is passed on in lore it would seem that only Redoran has come through the troubled times a bit better. Yet, safe for Indoril, they where one of the most fervent Tribunal followers. Did every house (again, except Indoril) make the swing towards the old ways? Do these new-old customs mean that the Great House culture isn't as much part of the Dunmer society anymore?
Oh also you actually meet and have extensive interactions with the Tribunal.
You should do a lore video on the Penitus Oculatus
I love your video's
Another amazing video made by FudgeMuppet. 👍 nice work guys.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone
I wonder what happened to the ashlanders after the argonians invaded Morrowind, did the argonians just slaughter the ashlanders because they lack Empire-level communication to see them coming, and just fell to the cowabunga?
Hi FudgeMuppet! I love your videos and I’m wondering if you guys are going to do more Skyrim builds? Anyway keep up the awesome work!
The funny thing is...the Ashlanders were right the whole time and the other dunmer were like "lol look at those idiots"
And happy thanksgiving btw. I hope u all have a great day homis. Take care amigos, and don’t eat too much. Can’t be getting sick on us. It may keep ya from uploading these awesome vids, and I’m pretty sure nobody would like that lol
Ashlanders and Tribunal dunmer always made me think of Shia and Suuni Muslims. Great video :)
The Dunmer in general represent the turkic poeples somewhat. With the ashlanders sticking to ancient traditions like the turks in central asia. And tribunal represents islam and muslims turks.
@@AG26498 They seem to take inspiration from many different parts of Asia. For example, the Ashlanders' nomadic lifestyles are reminiscent of certain Turkic peoples, while their names are Assyrian. Also, the worship of three gods is paralleled by Hinduism, while ancestor worship can be found in China. They're very mish-mashy.
Here’s a lore question: why don’t dunmer ride netches
Why walk when you can ride?
I thought in lore Marobar Sul wasn't considered entirely legitimate.
You are correct.
Great stuff
Your videos are beautiful. Thank you
I see through the lies of the tribunal
may the three guide and protect you
Azura is cool af
Strange that we never see or hear these prophecies where the Nerevarine would drive the non-Dunmer out of Morrowind.
Messiah was born, came from a far land on a boat
Heaps good video
So I guess that means no more builds for fallout 4 and skyrim
Anybody know what mod the “tent” scenes are from? I have never seen any of those before.
Probably Tamriel Rebuilt, which isn’t finished
I think it's "Ashlander Camp New Zainab"
Ashlanders for life. Praise be Mephala.
Great video
The best of elder scrolls
Viking build for Skyrim!
That's every nord
@@purpleboye_
Lol, yeah...
Worship the gods , have him be a nord , don't use magic …….. and fight.
Oh , and raid Solstheim =).
A direct fret.
We're gonna build a Ghostfence, and the Ashlanders are gonna pay for it!
roadhouse699 *N’wahs
when u think it is a new build but then its a lore video #feelsbadman
Hunters hunting white walkers, okay...wait white walkers?!
Really great video you three!! And could you make your next remastered build be the Elementalist? I'm a sucker for a good orc build.
Todd Howard has fucked up badly with how badly the quality of his games have gotten. The dumbing down of Skyrim and Fallout 4 (especially with that radiant quest system) and the infamous Fallout 76. He would make such a come back to the favour of the fans if he just made a Morrowind remastered.
There's been tons of remasters that not only serviced fans but drew in new fans. Look at the success the FFVII remaster.
He fucked up the day he saw Lotr and decided to turn Oblivion into a generic fantasy game.
Here is my build The Deadric warior
What mod is at 0:44 and 12:50
Hey guys, so I have question that I could use your advice on (and people in the comments).
Basically, I'd like to know how you can play Skyrim so much and not get bored? Like don't get me wrong, it's my favourite game! But I find myself going through a period of a few weeks where I just play it because I'm bored of everything.
I start a new character after getting to around level 15 because I get bored of it.
I play on xb1 and play with mods (sadly not as many as available on pc) but I still get the same. And I'm sad to say that I'm currently going through one of these times.
Can anyone give any tips or advice?
Thank you!
Get morrowind with both expansions. Idk if you have it or not but I'll go on a elder scrolls marathon and play from morrowind up to skyrim. Usually when I'm done with oblivion some new mods came out that get me back into skyrim. (Nothing beats morrowind though)
Mods that make the game more difficult or that add more stuff. Legacy of the Dragonborn. Clockwork. God worship. Phendrix magic world. Immersive armors. So on so forth, and take time to really work hard and do stuff that isn’t easy. Like do a sneak character with heavy armor and two handed weapons
Make a moth priest build
the ashlanders have survived for centuries in the wastes of Vardenfell but after the eruption of Red mountain I doubt that any of them could still live there.
If Vardenfell was barely habitable back then today it would be impossible not even for the most hardy ashlanader tribe. The massive ash storms the earthquakes and constant violent volcanic activity hurling debris as far as solsthiem its impossible I doubt any of the dwarves ruins in red mountain survived either the two major population centers on the island Vivec city and Balmora are now ruins and ash.
This makes me want to install Morrowind again.
I has such a nice story arc, too bad the game mechanics and animations are so awkward. Couldn't really play it after Oblivion and Skyrim even though overall it's a much better game.
Install some graphic mods, makes the world seem much nicer, and get rid of the horrible draw distance and its 1000% better
Skywind?
It's awkward af at first but there's method to The madness. The mechanics are there to make you feel your progression. You can level up your acrobatics, speed, athletics, etc to unbelievable levels, leaping over city walls and all sorts of crazy stuff.
@@nunyabizness6376 being unbalanced and so easily exploitable doesn't make it a good game though. the graphics were awful upon release and the controls are janky and unresponsive at times. even a lot of the internal mechanics are awful. that's not even getting started on how so much of the main quest is just going to get a book from someone to bring to another person. the dialogue system is also a complete and total mess.
yeah, morrowind had a great vision and great writing, but it was horribly executed. bethesda still hadn't learned all it's lessons from redguard. that's not saying people can't enjoy it for what it is. it's just to say that we shouldn't make morrowind something it isn't: a well made game.