Me and my friend are convinced that Umbra’s true power is utter replacement. The ability to completely take over it’s weilder, and the uncanny disappearance of its wielders mentions in history, make me think it literally replaces you, physically, metaphysically, and everything in between. So in my opinion Umbra is a sentient Soul Gem
I look at it more like demonic possession how the sword works in its method.. it's like a demon possessing an item then coming in contact with a suitable host
Why don't you just git gud and stop being a Daedric Princes bitch? That's why the Dwemer disappeared. They were like 'fuck this, this is stupid. We're all going to invent our own pocket dimension where we can focus on nuclear bombs and actual technology that these elder scroll bad guys have no clue what to do with. They were like the anti-"fantasy forever" race. "You dumb peasant farmer bastards keep dying of old age at 20, we're going to go invent the internet."
I totally get what you mean, ive been playing the same dark elf as my main character for years in all elderscrolls games and would love to make content from his perspective
@@thalmoragent9344 not too much lore besides that he started his adventuring days in morrowind, being a spelunker and explorer for hire and a mercenary on the side who after the collapse of the tribunal temple, left to go the heartlands in search of alyid artifacts, and getting roped into helping fight deadra in the oblivion crisis untill leaving for skyrim to help the empire fight in the civil war. My main thing is wanting to write a good reason for him to be in morrowing the heartlands and skyrim without him being "a chosen one", hes definitely more of a freelance explorer, finding caves for mining company's or scouting out bandit camps for the empire and its associates
It was also inspired by the legendary sword Stormbringer, from Michael Moorcock's Elric novels - the same books that served as inspiration for Geralt of Rivia.
Let's see, sentient black sword, red runes on the blade, drinks souls, corrupts the wielder... Yep, checks out. "Blood and souls for Arioch!" Time for an albino high elf build methinks.
Mr. Drew, I will admit, I knew only a part of Umbra's story. Your telling of it has clarified the parts I did not know and, for that, I am grateful. It is quite frightening to think a sword possesses sentience and can corrupt the very being of a mortal. However, it is quite a tale and I am happy that you told it so well and so clearly. Too bad for Clavicus Vile, though, poor prince cannot admit his failure in containing what seems like a piece of metal, yes? LOL Thank you, kind Sir.
AE Build idea: Umbral Knight. An argonian spellsword that focuses on conjuration, shock destruction magic, heavy armor, and two-handed. They revere the Umbrielic Hist at Sleeping Tree Camp, using Umbra to harvest souls in order to strengthen the tree. These souls they can call on to aid them in battle in many forms of undead.
Honestly the more about the lore I learn when it comes to umbra, the more I think it's a reference to the one ring. The similarities are just to striking.
I was recently contemplating on the nature of wills in Elder Scrolls, particularly the Dragonborns and Umbra's similarity to them. And then I see our favorite Daedrologist's video. Man is my day made!!.
It's always a blessed day when there's a Drewmora video, but whether those blessings are Divine or Daedric is always in question. Regardless, thank you Drew!
It’s such a privilege to find an amazing UA-cam channel right at the start of its rise to fame! Your videos are excellent and you’re going to be big soon!
Tell us more dear Master, tell us about the Star-Made Knight, the bloody, the third, the blamer. Tell us more about their wicked deeds, the Ayleids. Love you brother, u are truly a legend.
The stuff you make is wonderful, I love your sense of craftsmanship in this. I wonder how hard it'd be to take the transcripts of these videos and sort of impose them into books to put into Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind where they fit and make a cool little scavenger hunt mod. At the very least it'd be a wonderful way to advertise the channel lol if I ever learn the CK I may hit you up to ask your permission to do that
Jyggalag literally MVP of the entire culpa. Everyone feared him so much that they teamed up to bind him into madness, but even still he's dunking on the others endlessly.
Umbra is starting to become Daedric in nature, due Clavicus Vile's essence, I guess, with how it (in creation club) resurfaced like other Daedric Artifacts.
as soon as you said "and some things that should not have been forgotten..." i instantly knew where you were going with that hahaha, probs one of the most iconic pieces of dialogue in cinema
Umbra: deep and complex lore surrounding the nature of identity and consciousness My thick-skulled orc warrior in Oblivion: “Oh cool, a sword where I don’t have to pay to recharge my magic items!” 😂
I love Elric of Melniboné lore... I mean Elder Scrolls lore! But really, an ancient evil black runed blade form from the stuff of chaos that is a sentient entity that demands to drink the souls of the slain, needs a host, forms a "symbiotic relationship" with that host sharing the stolen life essence of victims, and ends up being a parasite/corruptor/destroyer of it's host? Add on to that Clavicus Vile's penchant dooming his champions to slay their love ones. Yeah, definitely inspired.
I don't know what the general consensus on them is, but I adored the Greg Keyes books. Really wish Zeni/Bethesda would commission some more novels. All that's out there that I can find are a trilogy of self published books someone is selling on Amazon lol.
The ultimate trickster and egotist decided to put part of his sentience into a living weapon. Honestly, we're lucky it turned out as good as it did. If it would have inherited the right bits of Clavicus, Umbra could have been a world killer even without Umbriel. Clavicus had already invested any semblance of "Good" that he possessed in Barbus, so what then was left to make the personality of Umbra?
I don't think "good" is the right word exactly. Barbus is made out of loyalty, which is kind of ironic. The greatest deal he ever made was to invest a large chunk of his power into the one friend that will never betray him.
"My name is Umbra, and I'll see you in the next one"
well played
That was a nice touch
Had to rewind just for that lol.
Me and my friend are convinced that Umbra’s true power is utter replacement. The ability to completely take over it’s weilder, and the uncanny disappearance of its wielders mentions in history, make me think it literally replaces you, physically, metaphysically, and everything in between. So in my opinion
Umbra is a sentient Soul Gem
Oooo that's a fascinating thread to tug on
I look at it more like demonic possession how the sword works in its method.. it's like a demon possessing an item then coming in contact with a suitable host
Why don't you just git gud and stop being a Daedric Princes bitch? That's why the Dwemer disappeared. They were like 'fuck this, this is stupid. We're all going to invent our own pocket dimension where we can focus on nuclear bombs and actual technology that these elder scroll bad guys have no clue what to do with. They were like the anti-"fantasy forever" race. "You dumb peasant farmer bastards keep dying of old age at 20, we're going to go invent the internet."
Nice
That’d be honestly so cool
I'm surprised by how quickly you put out such high-quality content. Carry on, mortal
It shouldn't be a high bar for you, considering how long you take to speak a single line of dialogue
He clearly made a deal with Clavicus to be able to do this.. hopefully the price paid is OK
Is he.... Mortal....
FOR SCOTLAND!!!!!
Loved the ending, Umbra!
I was worried nobody else noticed.
Umbra is arguably my favorite ES weapon alongside Dawnbreaker in terms of aesthetic. The lore is even better though.
Umbra is by far the most interesting weapon in the elder scrolls universe. Good work on the video!
What about Muatra? Just kidding. Unless?
Nice LOTR reference
I love how you always put yourself into the story as the Daedrologist! Makes me want to create lore videos from the perspective of my Redguard scout.
I totally get what you mean, ive been playing the same dark elf as my main character for years in all elderscrolls games and would love to make content from his perspective
@@YismirGoldFingers
Interesting, any backstory you've got for you Dunmer? Maybe even one that's Lore-friendly, perhaps?
@@thalmoragent9344 not too much lore besides that he started his adventuring days in morrowind, being a spelunker and explorer for hire and a mercenary on the side who after the collapse of the tribunal temple, left to go the heartlands in search of alyid artifacts, and getting roped into helping fight deadra in the oblivion crisis untill leaving for skyrim to help the empire fight in the civil war. My main thing is wanting to write a good reason for him to be in morrowing the heartlands and skyrim without him being "a chosen one", hes definitely more of a freelance explorer, finding caves for mining company's or scouting out bandit camps for the empire and its associates
Don't
It was also inspired by the legendary sword Stormbringer, from Michael Moorcock's Elric novels - the same books that served as inspiration for Geralt of Rivia.
Let's see, sentient black sword, red runes on the blade, drinks souls, corrupts the wielder...
Yep, checks out.
"Blood and souls for Arioch!"
Time for an albino high elf build methinks.
@@garylaverty6607”But isn’t he most similar to dark-“
“Not in Elder Scrolls.”
Mr. Drew, I will admit, I knew only a part of Umbra's story. Your telling of it has clarified the parts I did not know and, for that, I am grateful. It is quite frightening to think a sword possesses sentience and can corrupt the very being of a mortal. However, it is quite a tale and I am happy that you told it so well and so clearly. Too bad for Clavicus Vile, though, poor prince cannot admit his failure in containing what seems like a piece of metal, yes? LOL Thank you, kind Sir.
AE Build idea: Umbral Knight. An argonian spellsword that focuses on conjuration, shock destruction magic, heavy armor, and two-handed. They revere the Umbrielic Hist at Sleeping Tree Camp, using Umbra to harvest souls in order to strengthen the tree. These souls they can call on to aid them in battle in many forms of undead.
Manifesting an eventual camelworks and drewmora collab 🙌 thanks for curing my insomnia for all these years drew!
Collabs are in the works :)
@@DrewmoraYT ayee!!!
I, too, often have to negotiate with my sword... but in a different context. Great video as usual!
Keep it sheathed... 😂
The ending sign-off was perfect! -Chef's kiss-
Yes you said Umbra :) and nice reference to the LOTR. And as always great work!
I loved the ending. When you said you had taken the sword to your tower I thought "this is not good". Great video Umbra.
Honestly the more about the lore I learn when it comes to umbra, the more I think it's a reference to the one ring. The similarities are just to striking.
Quality content as always, Umbra 👍
great relic, my personal favorite. Excellent LOTR reference as well, love your script on this one lol
The lore of this artifact is so interesting, thanks for making this video Drew..I mean, Umbra
I was recently contemplating on the nature of wills in Elder Scrolls, particularly the Dragonborns and Umbra's similarity to them. And then I see our favorite Daedrologist's video. Man is my day made!!.
It's always a blessed day when there's a Drewmora video, but whether those blessings are Divine or Daedric is always in question. Regardless, thank you Drew!
hahahaha yeah, for sure!!!
😈¯乁༼☯‿☯✿༽ㄏ😇
Just wanted to tell you I love your channel. I'm glad you branched out on your own. Out of the FudgeMuppet crew your my favorite.
It’s such a privilege to find an amazing UA-cam channel right at the start of its rise to fame! Your videos are excellent and you’re going to be big soon!
OMC! A Drewmora video. Now it's a great day! Thanks Drew 🙏
Tell us more dear Master, tell us about the Star-Made Knight, the bloody, the third, the blamer. Tell us more about their wicked deeds, the Ayleids.
Love you brother, u are truly a legend.
Goddamn, that plot twist at the end made my heart stop
Loved the Lord of The Rings reference.
Seamless Lord of the Rings reference.
Great video as usual! The bits where you talk about your studies as a daedrologist remind me of those wizardology books I used to read way back
4th time watching the Umbra video. I hope you are happy Drewmora.
I really hope Umbra shows up in TES 6
"My name is Umbra," that's perfect.
This story was awesome to listen to. You describe certain things so beautifully and poetically, keep it up Daedrologist :)
I like the touch at the end calling yourself Umbra!
I fucking love Umbra. The Umbra/Azura's Star combo
Awesome video, Umbra is my favorite weapon in all of fantasy so I’m thrilled to of learned about it in such a captivating way!
The stuff you make is wonderful, I love your sense of craftsmanship in this. I wonder how hard it'd be to take the transcripts of these videos and sort of impose them into books to put into Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind where they fit and make a cool little scavenger hunt mod. At the very least it'd be a wonderful way to advertise the channel lol if I ever learn the CK I may hit you up to ask your permission to do that
It is relatively one of the most useful and realistically designed sword in the games.
Umbra is the most interesting and coolest Daedric Artifact that exists and that's a fact
I happened upon Champion's Rest and this blade for my first time ever only a few hours before you uploaded this video. Spooky!
So... Venom but a sword instead of a gooey alien
Great touch ending it with, “my name is umbra…”
It’s always a really great day when Drew drops another video, I’m sleeping good for the rest of the week 💯🔥
Another banger thank you for your dedication and amazing narration Drew!!
SO stoked to have a bunch of your videos to binge now that I’m done with final exams 😋 keep it up my guy 🖤
Finding Umbra and its wielder in Oblivion was one of the hardest most memorable fights for me.
Love the “my name is umbra” at the end
Half laughed, half cried at "it's a strange feeling, self worth" at 5:45
I just learned about your channel today. It is a shame I haven't heard of it sooner!
5:07 always love how you slip in references like this 😂
“My name is umbra, and I’ll see you in the next one”
….what?
Drew, you've done it again!!!
5:07 well played with the FotR reference!
I’m a simple man…I see a Drewmora video, I watch it. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
“My name is Umbra and I’ll see you in the next one.”
You good, man? Not still holding that sword?
One more great listen
Jyggalag literally MVP of the entire culpa.
Everyone feared him so much that they teamed up to bind him into madness, but even still he's dunking on the others endlessly.
Nice quote drop from LOTR when describing Umbra passing through time. My turn:
“One sword to rule them all…”
My favorite Daedrologist talking about my favorite artifact
Umbra is one of my favourite daedric artifacts
respect for that LotR line reading
Umbra is starting to become Daedric in nature, due Clavicus Vile's essence, I guess, with how it (in creation club) resurfaced like other Daedric Artifacts.
Babe quick a new Drewmora video just dropped
Thank you for keeping these up my dude, thank you so much ♪
Great now somebody has to make another Umbra mod.
Where we fight a Breton once named Drew, but is now Umbra. XD
Umbra hungers ⚔
I see you with the Galadirel quote!
Perfection! Thank you Umbra!
Umbra reminds me of the Anubis sword from JJBA Stardust Crusaders
like the best Umbra skyrim mod describes it, a "mutual" merging of the minds.
@@usertext-jaredpollin33 I can’t imagine any of the Fudgemuppets talkingn like that. Fuck off scammer.
Smooth insertion of that LoTR bit 😉
“My name is…” - I see what you did there. 😉
The Galadriel line 👌
Very well done, thank you! 💙💙💙
Used guar salesman gotta be the background of my next character 😂 Love the video Drew!
I like what you did at the end there Umbra ^_^
I can't believe I missed this when it first came out. Babe, wake up... Drewmora uploaded another video.
Thank you, Umbra the Daedrologist, for yet another beautiful video. ^^
As a hand of Sithis, you are welcome to try Umbra :D
Umbra: "YOU KEEP THAT DAMN PERSON AWAY FROM ME!!!!"
as soon as you said "and some things that should not have been forgotten..." i instantly knew where you were going with that hahaha, probs one of the most iconic pieces of dialogue in cinema
Amazing video! I love the intro to this video! Keep up the good work and the content! Love the channel!
For a second I thought I was watching lord of the rings at those lines
There is a great quest mod involving the sword called there is no umbra. It’s fantastic
By the 9, that lord of the rings reference
This sword is make Molag Bal Blush on how much this thing corrupts
World Cup or Umbra??!!
when you try to bum a few septims off the smokey entity and get hit with that umbra stare
Nice Lord of the Rings reference. 👍
Umbra: deep and complex lore surrounding the nature of identity and consciousness
My thick-skulled orc warrior in Oblivion: “Oh cool, a sword where I don’t have to pay to recharge my magic items!” 😂
I love Elric of Melniboné lore... I mean Elder Scrolls lore! But really, an ancient evil black runed blade form from the stuff of chaos that is a sentient entity that demands to drink the souls of the slain, needs a host, forms a "symbiotic relationship" with that host sharing the stolen life essence of victims, and ends up being a parasite/corruptor/destroyer of it's host? Add on to that Clavicus Vile's penchant dooming his champions to slay their love ones. Yeah, definitely inspired.
Good lord the machinima on this channel + the lore + Drew's soothing ass voice. 😮💨🧑🏾🍳💋 Can't get enough!!!!
"Umbra hungers for your soul"
I caught that lotr reference
There is no Umbra is one of my favourite quest lines in Skyrim.
I don't know what the general consensus on them is, but I adored the Greg Keyes books. Really wish Zeni/Bethesda would commission some more novels. All that's out there that I can find are a trilogy of self published books someone is selling on Amazon lol.
Now I need Danny Davito voicing clavicus vile trying to sell me used guar lemons just like Matilda xD
The swords is one of my favorite relics in TES. It’s like Soul Caliber from the series of the same name.
Umbra was definitely NOT returned to clavicus vile during the events of Oblivion.
I hope you put a Skyrim playlist together
The ultimate trickster and egotist decided to put part of his sentience into a living weapon.
Honestly, we're lucky it turned out as good as it did. If it would have inherited the right bits of Clavicus, Umbra could have been a world killer even without Umbriel.
Clavicus had already invested any semblance of "Good" that he possessed in Barbus, so what then was left to make the personality of Umbra?
I don't think "good" is the right word exactly. Barbus is made out of loyalty, which is kind of ironic. The greatest deal he ever made was to invest a large chunk of his power into the one friend that will never betray him.