After defeating Hevnorak at Valthume, and allowing Valdar to finally be at peace, I always take his helmet, sitting there by his throne in front, and enchant it so I can rename it "Valdar's Helm," as a momento. I usually put a Restoration enchantment on it, since that is the school of magic that has the Turn Undead spell. And that's pretty much what Valdar was doing for 4000 years.
I still imagine Otar the Mad as unceasingly slamming his dead hands into the sarcophagus's lid, headbutting it, silently screaming and thrashing maniacally, for four-thousand years. Then he gets let out and immedeately some oaf in fancy armor smashes a Dragon's hipbone through his head. :D
Theirs some hidden lore on him he cares about his men and he used to use a sword and shield untill his hands were charred trying to save his men. He started using magic because he lost the ability to use his sword and shield.
Best one was Vahlok. He was just a nice guy, honorable and willing to fight a madman. If only we could recruit his spirit to help up take out Miraak in Mora's realm.
That should have been an option. Awaken Vahlok and recruit him in your battle with Miraak. The Light Side option would be to work with Vahlok to take him down, and the Dark Side option would be to work with Hermaeus Mora to take him down.
Uh Oh, here we go again. Night Mother:"YET ANOTHER CHILD.... HAS PRAYED TO THEIR MOTHER...... SPEAK TO THE DEMANDING COMMENTER FOR THICCNESS IN UA-cam, ACCEPT HIS GOLD AND ELIMINATE THE TARGET... HAIL THE LISTENER, HAIL SITHIS!!"
It sucks that there wasn't an option to join Miraak. But noooo Bethesda just had to make the Dovakin the good guy in the game. Even though you can join shit like the Dark Brotherhood, and the thieves guild.
Gotta say though, the "reason" Alduin appears at that exact time is *BECAUSE* of the civil war "As the scrolls have foretold Of black wings in the cold That come unfurled when brothers wage war Alduin, bane of kings Comes with a hunger to swallow the world" Or so I remember
You are right, but I'll correct the quote. "And the scrolls have foretold of black wings in the cold That when brothers wage war comes unfurled Alduin, Bane of Kings ancient shadow unbound With a hunger to swallow the World!"
Is there just way too little lore on Nahkriin? I mean he's the one guarding the entrance to Sovngarde, in Skuldafn. I feel as if he's got to be pretty important.
I've often thought that. You get ones like Morokei, Hevnoraak and Otar with cool stories and lore behind them. Then you have ones like Nahkriin, Volsung and Krosis who are kind of just there? Like filling the numbers. Seems a shame to me. I reckon the Dragon Priests could've been some really cool sub-bosses had Bethesda fleshed them out a little more. I mean aside from Nahkriin you don't ever really need to face any of the others.
Still waiting for Nate to do his intro on the ' 10 tiny details we may have missed' series in the dragon tounge.... but as always, still very happy with the content
@@justmonifer I looked at a dragon language "dictionary" and was surprised to discover that there doesn't seem to be a word for "big." The closest I could come up with was "Ni Mal" which translates as "Not Small."
Your Friendly Neighbour Hood Lean Dealer only google it if you have a strong stomach. It was a cult that moved down to South America, the leader decided to kill everyone by having them drink flavoraid (offbrand koolaid) laced with cyanide so they’d “ascend to heaven” or something. A horrible, horrible thing that my description here barely does justice.
That is not how it went with Rahgot. From the journal of the one who attacked: '27th of Sun's Dusk 1E139 It sounds impossible, but we appeared to have stumbled upon a massive hold out of the Dragon Cultists, who were believed to be wiped out during the Dragon War. The Elves must wait, as this is a threat we cannot ignore. If we are quick, we may be able to catch them unaware and avoid a lengthy siege.' They were in the area looking for SNOW ELVES, not Raghot and his followers.
What about the dragon priest from the College of Winterhold quest. He fricking talks to us and casts cool spells as well as some other stuff that I won’t spoil. I though he was the coolest dragon priest.
The dragon priests were always so interesting to me. Some greatly differ with morality from godly good to neutral to down right evil. Then you have the pseudo priests as well. Wish we had a quest to actually talk to one. Besides Mirrak of course as he’s technically ex dragon priest
@@pachicore The first time I killed him, I knew NOTHING about the dragon priests. I just thought he was a boss. So I shot him a hundred or so times with a hunting bow. He never saw me.
Great video as always, Nate. Maybe for your next project you can take a look at some Dwarven ruins, either actual dungeons or some small things that dot the map such as Deep Folk Crossing.
Gah, Rahgot. At first I was just ransacking the place, picking up everything in sight, vaguely aware that Rahgot's followers poisoned themselves - then I saw the mass graves with the children's bodies, and all the flowers. That made me stop and really look at what was going on.
Nate, I gotta give it to ya. The effort you put into these videos is amazing and doesn't go unnoticed. From your cinematography for playing out the scenarios, to looking up the lore and giving it to us so we don't have to, all the way to your charisma while recording. Thank you so much for giving me and so many others the depth and lore we so crave. Always supported and always whitelisted on my ad block so i can help you earn what you deserve. Keep it up dude, and i always look forward to your next work of art
This might just be my favourite of all your Skyrim vids. Very well done, and five great stories. Rahgot honestly stunned me the first time I did this quest - the note you find about the children was absolutely chilling. I’d love to see more lore videos about characters like Barenziah or something similar. There are so many great stories that tie into Skyrim that you don’t get to experience unless you actually read the books in this or previous games, so a series about the most interesting characters you don’t ever actually meet in Skyrim would be cool.
@@krupplet First time I faced him I was a complete noob and he drained the fuck out of my magicka so I was basically useless and got wrecked. Years later I know how his pathing is predictable and you can easily play a little hide and seek :v
I wished the encounters with the priests were similar to Morokai when we go in the tombs. They just start screetching when you mess with their nap time...
Dovahkiin: I don't know, your temple was burned to shit. Mirak: That's because I left a cigar burning on the nightstand! Dovahkiin: Sure, if by cigar you mean Vahlok and a legion of pissed-off dragons!
The work you put in to line up nords to show the invasion force on that one city, or stage a battle between npcs wearing the ancient falmer armor to represent they were snow elves or all the other details I didn't notice is so subtle and I think underappreciated. There's a lot of work put in to make it high quality
i like to roleplay that Vahlok isnt fighting my Dragonborn because their a soulless husk, but that he's testing me to find me worthy enough to finish what he started when it comes to fighting Miraak.
I love how there’s like three elder scrolls youtubers all telling the same stories and the lore over and over again, but I keep watching it all anyways.
From what I understand, the dragon war mainly happened because of the dragon priests in Skyrim. Apparently the dragon priests in Atmora were pretty fair rulers, as opposed to most of those in Skyrim being rather tyrannical. If the dragon priests had reigned in their evil ways, the dragon war may have never happened at all.
he also talked to you whilst draining your magicka, killed everyone in Savos Aran's expedition team except for Aran himself, as Aran tributed his two friends to seal Morokei (all that effort and he still can talk to you as you enter labyrinthian), dude's crazy
As i watched this vid, i assumed that it could be a pretty dated video, because i usually watch older videos. I was vastly surprised to see this was made TODAY. Like, thats awesome that you still make content like this man, definitely some of the most entertaining content on the platform. Keep em coming!
I never really looked into the dragon priest lore but I always collected their masks as soon as I could but the ones that comes to mind the most is Nahkriin and Krosis and I don’t remember why I remember it so much
Nate, you did it again! I really like the way you pull all the details together about each Dragon Priest. Thank you. btw on another subject, is there anything special when you finally get all the dragon shouts?
What's more terrifying: the stories behind the Priests or the fact we slay them to death, rip off their faces and wear them or show them on a statue in our house?
At the end of the quest "A cornered rat" and the beginning of the quest "Alduin's wall" If you run out of the ratway without Esbern and go straight to Delphine and proceed to talk to her you can get some unique dialogue, where Delphine will proceed to yell at the Dovahkiin ordering them to come back when they have Esbern with them. Also if you don't say Skyrim is a THICC game. I will have to order a shill.
I think I may have a tiny detail for you, u less you've covered it already: In the book Horker Attacks, it mentions a hunter named Gromm. In Oblivion, the bodyguard to one of the Dark Brotherhood targets was named Gromm.
Alternative ways Nate can say Skyrim is a massive game he hasn't said: Skyrim is a Thicc game. Skyrim is the Hitomi Tanaka of the video games Skyrim is a big chungus of a game Skyrim is the Motumbo of video games
The Dragon Priests are awesome, perhaps most of all because of their masks. I have all nine (ten if you count the Wooden Mask) from vanilla and I'm wearing Konahriik, I can't wait to get the perk for tempering enchanted items. The only one I have from Solstheim is Zahkriisos, but that is going to change in the next day or so.
@@goldedrag111 Over the past year, when I did go back and play Skyrim, I managed to get all of them on Solstheim too. I'm only playing on an ancient 360 with no mods, so that's it for me.
Valok could've been the only Dragon Priest we could engage in a conversation with. Like possibly, we could learn how he incapacitated Mirrak the first time and use some of his knowledge against our battle with Mirrak in Aporapha. Then he could've requested the Dragonborn to defeat him in battle so he knows we're the real deal
Funny that this was the first video I saw when I opened YT. I literally just finished the dragon priest mask sidequest and got Konahrik like... ten minutes ago.
Azidal’s boots of water walking I always kept with me. But I realized they weighed too much so I gave them to my Dwarven Armored Mudcrab. But then my Creation Club stopped functioning so he disappeared and the boots went with him 😢😢😢.
Just found this video series and loving it nice work nate after owning the game since xbox 360 and now finally on pc and you tell a wicked story and make me think more on how much you can miss really nice job man i look forward to watching more
Great lore video, Nate! Dragon Priest Otar reminds me a lot of King Leoric from Diablo lore. Horrible circumstances drove him to madness and he became The Skeleton King.
Something that's noteworthy is that the Dragon Priest Volsung is almost certainly named after a Norse legend about a family with that same name. The mythology spans generations, and part of it served as a major inspiration for Wagner's Ring Cycle. I haven't read up on anything about the priest himself, but for a real world link, it's one of the more interesting ones!
Maybe for a future video, have a list of favourite characters who are helpless in their quests unless you help them. Like Katria, the innkeeper's son in Rorikstead, that Nord whose aunt went into a tomb and he's too scared to go in after her, etc.
@ 4:07, noticed the polygonal masonry on the wall behind the character....looks like Peru, among many other global sites....hats off to Bethesda for that...i never noticed before. That's amazing.
I love your videos watch them all the times. Love the random encounters videos ran into the mad women on top of a snow mountain out of no where. she kept telling me master on vacation and i need to careful was hilarious encounter.
I still think that "Solstheim splitting from the mainland" quote in "The Guardian and the Traitor" is Nordic hyperbole. I think what they mean by that statement is Solstheim splitting culturally from the mainland. The power of the dragon cult in Solstheim would have been severely diminished after the loss of so many dragons, and with the winged beasts dealing with the rising tensions between the priests and the Nords of Skyrim, they wouldn't have paid much attention to Solstheim.
After defeating Hevnorak at Valthume, and allowing Valdar to finally be at peace, I always take his helmet, sitting there by his throne in front, and enchant it so I can rename it "Valdar's Helm," as a momento. I usually put a Restoration enchantment on it, since that is the school of magic that has the Turn Undead spell. And that's pretty much what Valdar was doing for 4000 years.
Same, though I wore it through the whole dungeon and any other dragon priest one like I was some kind of champion to a ghostly patron
Lmao the only dragon priest I haven’t done is Hevnoraak because there were spiders in Valthume
I still imagine Otar the Mad as unceasingly slamming his dead hands into the sarcophagus's lid, headbutting it, silently screaming and thrashing maniacally, for four-thousand years.
Then he gets let out and immedeately some oaf in fancy armor smashes a Dragon's hipbone through his head. :D
Lmfao
Joshua Sweetvale i did that the other day
Paarthun-axe
@@ProjektSymphony I... I...... I hate you
Ah Rogot, now i know the story behind that place i randomly ransacked in 5 minutes.
Ah. Faster than Nate talked about it.
I was lvl 5 when I went there. It took several hours.
one does not just ransack vaalthume in 5 minuites
Theirs some hidden lore on him he cares about his men and he used to use a sword and shield untill his hands were charred trying to save his men. He started using magic because he lost the ability to use his sword and shield.
Bram Jans I think the word you looking for is “one does not *simply* 👌🏽”
dragon priests be like:
_unexplainable screeching_
Oh, I see. Here is my counter argument
*unsheathes weapon*
*prepares shouts* XD
@@Allantitan Wait, that makes you the Dragonborne, guess I'm just a follower then.
@@insaincaldo I wish I was XD
@Jalen Gauthier no fuck u
Best one was Vahlok. He was just a nice guy, honorable and willing to fight a madman. If only we could recruit his spirit to help up take out Miraak in Mora's realm.
I agree, heck the shout that summons the heroes should have had him also
Dude, that should be a mod
That should have been an option. Awaken Vahlok and recruit him in your battle with Miraak. The Light Side option would be to work with Vahlok to take him down, and the Dark Side option would be to work with Hermaeus Mora to take him down.
@@HolyknightVader999 Either side we join lets us keep their ghost around like Lucien Lachance
Garpogods Exactly.
If Nate doesn’t say that Skyrim is a ”THICC” game in the next tiny details video i might have to perform the black sacrament
Uh Oh, here we go again.
Night Mother:"YET ANOTHER CHILD.... HAS PRAYED TO THEIR MOTHER......
SPEAK TO THE DEMANDING COMMENTER FOR THICCNESS IN UA-cam, ACCEPT HIS GOLD AND ELIMINATE THE TARGET...
HAIL THE LISTENER, HAIL SITHIS!!"
@@celeslondon4698 Well, here I go A-Killin again!
*NO!*
By sithi's don't give him such a hard task to murder someone to DEATH
sweet mother sweet mother send your child into me for the whatever whatever must be bathed in the blood of whatever whatever
I wouldn’t be surprised if Nate actually lived in Skyrim
It's a big game, I'm sure there's a few things we might have missed showing he's there somewhere.
How do we know he isnt the dragonborn?
Allan titan dude your right I never thought about that
I wouldnt ne suprised if Nate was one of the creators
Makes sense 🤷♂️
Dragonborn = Dovahkiin
Nate = Triviahkiin
So, "family to Trivia"?
How could you not get that. It literally couldn’t be clearer
Smart joke
@@bluepower1177 Stop being an asshole, dickhead.
I liked the back story on the one dragon priest who fought Miraak.
Valok The Jailer has awesome lore attached to him
@@tritebs1673 of all the Dragon Priests he takes number one 😊
@@The_Lone_Wolf Hands down! Maskless and still part of a battle that tore the land a sunder
It sucks that there wasn't an option to join Miraak. But noooo Bethesda just had to make the Dovakin the good guy in the game. Even though you can join shit like the Dark Brotherhood, and the thieves guild.
That’s the best 1
Ahzidal is probably my favorite. Dude has a deep history and is rooted all over Skyrim and his mission is pretty cool, the reward is even better.
I'm surprised, since he was an avid research not, he wasn't in the service of Herma-Mora.
Especially getting the ignite spell from his ruins... 😏
He was the toughest dragon priest in my opinion. His unique spell fire stream hit like a truck.
True, although he did betray the Snow Elves and other Mer who had trusted him enough to teach him their Elven magics
Petition for Nate to say Skyrim is a thicc game for the big 50
If he doesn’t I think I’m going to cry 😂😂😂
EXTRA THICC
Nah we should wait another 19 episodes after that
Carl Playz Minecraft YES
IT HAPPENED! IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!
Gotta say though, the "reason" Alduin appears at that exact time is *BECAUSE* of the civil war
"As the scrolls have foretold
Of black wings in the cold
That come unfurled when brothers wage war
Alduin, bane of kings
Comes with a hunger to swallow the world"
Or so I remember
Yup
Writban Alim An Esbern reference
Oh hey I see that quote on the loading screen quite a lot
*that when brothers wage war come unfurled
You are right, but I'll correct the quote.
"And the scrolls have foretold of black wings in the cold
That when brothers wage war comes unfurled
Alduin, Bane of Kings ancient shadow unbound
With a hunger to swallow the World!"
Rahgot: **awakens** Im have awak- Why do i here boss music?
really boss music plays whenever the dovahkiin walks into a room.
Shean Hedan pretty much
*Sees some rando jojos posing on the other side of the room*
*sees a cat man crouching in the shadows*
_menacing_
When I fought Otar, i had a legion of rieklings helping me. Apparently they can just randomly show up in dungeons
If you help the rieklings in thirsk.mead hall there becomes a chance for a horde of rieklings to spawn that help in battle
@@dragonmaster3030 only 3 rieklings spawn so it's technically not a horde
@@banana0281still cool tho
Is there just way too little lore on Nahkriin? I mean he's the one guarding the entrance to Sovngarde, in Skuldafn. I feel as if he's got to be pretty important.
Hes tricky if you're a mage. He's the one who's guarding Sovengarde. Hes a bad man to get that priviledge.
I've often thought that.
You get ones like Morokei, Hevnoraak and Otar with cool stories and lore behind them. Then you have ones like Nahkriin, Volsung and Krosis who are kind of just there? Like filling the numbers.
Seems a shame to me. I reckon the Dragon Priests could've been some really cool sub-bosses had Bethesda fleshed them out a little more. I mean aside from Nahkriin you don't ever really need to face any of the others.
@@marcusmcdonald8401 yeah like how did krosis end up outside
@@marcusmcdonald8401 smells like a really good quest mod idea…
It's either all cut content or it's Bethesda trying to instill some sense of mystery to the priests
Me: I have 4k hours in Skyrim and I know everything in the game, I've every achievement!
Nate: Hold my Nord mead
Fabio Leimbach That’s 5 months of your life 😮
I have over 500000 hours. I used to play non stop untill my game broke and my Xbox had to reset it corrupted.
@@ainzooalgownoverlord8913 brother thats more than 50 years playing non stop
I'm at 2,5k and I regret nothing. That's a fine amount for 5 years of owning the game.
@@dreibf3156 lol he played the game even before it was released.
Nate, the next prophecy is for you to call the game THICC, you must do it; for Skyrim.
Oh yess daddy
*_F O R T A M R I E L_*
Did this ever happen?
I think it's cute that you guys. Want him to say that so much ^^
For Skyrim, For Shor, FOR SOVNGARDE'S FREEDOM
Still waiting for Nate to do his intro on the ' 10 tiny details we may have missed' series in the dragon tounge.... but as always, still very happy with the content
@Destinysday can we please have this...
Depends. What's the dragon word for "Big?"
@@goldenknight578 There's unslaad, which means eternal/unending...?
@@justmonifer I looked at a dragon language "dictionary" and was surprised to discover that there doesn't seem to be a word for "big." The closest I could come up with was "Ni Mal" which translates as "Not Small."
@@goldenknight578 I'm sure Nate has probably used the phrase 'not small' in this context already, so that would definitely work! :P
Holy shit Rahgot went full-Jonestown..........
Which I’m sure is what this quest line references.
Sounds more like the siege of Masada to me
What's 'Jonestown'??
@@redbeard5939 The siege of masada??🤔😶
Your Friendly Neighbour Hood Lean Dealer only google it if you have a strong stomach. It was a cult that moved down to South America, the leader decided to kill everyone by having them drink flavoraid (offbrand koolaid) laced with cyanide so they’d “ascend to heaven” or something. A horrible, horrible thing that my description here barely does justice.
@@redbeard5939 Sounds like both Jonestown AND Masada.
That is not how it went with Rahgot. From the journal of the one who attacked: '27th of Sun's Dusk 1E139 It sounds impossible, but we appeared to have stumbled upon a massive hold out of the Dragon Cultists, who were believed to be wiped out during the Dragon War. The Elves must wait, as this is a threat we cannot ignore. If we are quick, we may be able to catch them unaware and avoid a lengthy siege.' They were in the area looking for SNOW ELVES, not Raghot and his followers.
Nobody.....
Nate: Murdered to death
I tried to like it twice
What about the dragon priest from the College of Winterhold quest. He fricking talks to us and casts cool spells as well as some other stuff that I won’t spoil. I though he was the coolest dragon priest.
😒morokei man
HOW DARE YOU FORGET THE NAME OF THE GLORIOUS, MOROKEI! HE'S NAME LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO GLORIOUS.
No one:
Alduin:I shall begin my world domination plan now
Dragonborn:*Just arrives to Skyrim*
Sad Alduin Hours
Rahgot has taught me 1 thing today.... Don't drink the "special" Kool-aide!
Very Jim Jones
That's what I thought the first time I walked into that place. "By the Nine...the Skyrim version of Jonestown..."
The dragon priests were always so interesting to me. Some greatly differ with morality from godly good to neutral to down right evil.
Then you have the pseudo priests as well. Wish we had a quest to actually talk to one. Besides Mirrak of course as he’s technically ex dragon priest
If you want your wish to be answered, Go & do the College of winterhold questline & you will get your wish
Another epic vid.
No Morokei, and his acquisition of Laborynthian, or how he came to possess the Staff of Magnus?
Morokei was the best Dragon Priest story-wise outside of Miraak for me, especially when the fucker ACTUALLY TALKS TO YOU.
too bad he's a pushover for non mage characters
@@pachicore The first time I killed him, I knew NOTHING about the dragon priests. I just thought he was a boss. So I shot him a hundred or so times with a hunting bow. He never saw me.
His staff couldn’t do shit to me but those mages and their fireballs...
Labyrinthian*
"Boots that allow you to walk on water"
hmmm I could make a religion out of this
Can i join your religion?
No don- waaaaaaait....
That’s what happened with jesus
I understand this reference.
I will counter that religion with my cult of natural manipulation
Great video as always, Nate. Maybe for your next project you can take a look at some Dwarven ruins, either actual dungeons or some small things that dot the map such as Deep Folk Crossing.
Gah, Rahgot.
At first I was just ransacking the place, picking up everything in sight, vaguely aware that Rahgot's followers poisoned themselves - then I saw the mass graves with the children's bodies, and all the flowers. That made me stop and really look at what was going on.
Nate, I gotta give it to ya. The effort you put into these videos is amazing and doesn't go unnoticed. From your cinematography for playing out the scenarios, to looking up the lore and giving it to us so we don't have to, all the way to your charisma while recording. Thank you so much for giving me and so many others the depth and lore we so crave. Always supported and always whitelisted on my ad block so i can help you earn what you deserve. Keep it up dude, and i always look forward to your next work of art
I was just bout to slay a dragon priest.....
Um, Nate?
I made a Dragon Preist joke during a Tarot Card Reading... Than this was found in my Recomended
he posted 5 facts about miraak right after I downloaded the lady Miraak mod. our boi is gaining clairvoyance, and not the shitty Skyrim spell ether.
@@Ed_man_talking9 xD XD 😅😂🤣 Synchronicities intensifies
UM Nate i was just about to get the last dragon priest mask and this came up
edit:you wanna explain something
I picked up korosis then this came up shortly after, kinda scared honestly
I've been going through getting all the Dragon Priest masks, trying to get Konahrik for the first time, so you're not alone in your surprise.
@@SolomonTheBard To overcome fear you must become fear - All of the dragon priests 2019
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206 YES MY MASTER
This might just be my favourite of all your Skyrim vids. Very well done, and five great stories. Rahgot honestly stunned me the first time I did this quest - the note you find about the children was absolutely chilling.
I’d love to see more lore videos about characters like Barenziah or something similar. There are so many great stories that tie into Skyrim that you don’t get to experience unless you actually read the books in this or previous games, so a series about the most interesting characters you don’t ever actually meet in Skyrim would be cool.
I'd like to see and elderscrolls game mainly focused on the dragonpriests and the dragon war in the merethic era.
Saaame
I'd like to go farther and see it while the Ayleids reigned
Nothing on Morokei? He's the most interesting one IMO, the only one actually speaking to you!
Yep. He's the one who genuinely piqued the interest of my Dragonborn when I first played the game.
By the way Morokei means glorious in dragon tongue! How do I know?
Wait until a new dragon priests appears.
Morokei speaks to you?? Damn I didn't even know....I sniped him to death lol he didn't even see me 😅
@@krupplet First time I faced him I was a complete noob and he drained the fuck out of my magicka so I was basically useless and got wrecked.
Years later I know how his pathing is predictable and you can easily play a little hide and seek :v
I thought Nahkriin spoke too
Everyone in forrelhost about to die in a siege: what do we do?
Rhagot, about to create forrelhost kool-aid: oh, you haven't heard?
That the bird is the word!?
So are you going to be doing this still when TES 6 comes out in 2050? (Love the videos)
Hope tes 6 is worth the wait
Wyatt Bunker It won’t be unless they use a newer game engine
It's funny that one of the Dragon Priests should be named "Ohtar," as that is the Sindarin Elvish (Tolkien) word for "warrior."
Isn't he Otar?
@@lukec2004 Yes Otar. Drem yol lok is what he will be hearing in Sovngarde.
HE IS DEAD XD
He was a nice guy before he went, well, mad
1:47
Damn son Nate’s bringing these historic tales to life
Ahzidal's mask looks pretty chill tho.
All the priest masks on Solstheim look like it
I wished the encounters with the priests were similar to Morokai when we go in the tombs. They just start screetching when you mess with their nap time...
Dovahkiin: I don't know, your temple was burned to shit.
Mirak: That's because I left a cigar burning on the nightstand!
Dovahkiin: Sure, if by cigar you mean Vahlok and a legion of pissed-off dragons!
I love the histories of the Dragon Priest. I have a bearded dragon named Alduin and a hamster named Nahkriin. More tes names too lol
Ayyyy! My boyfriend and I wanna get a bearded durgen and name it "Parthunaax." :D
Dorks
Interesting to see how many of the Dragon Priests went mad... I guess their minds weren't ready for the power they were given.
The work you put in to line up nords to show the invasion force on that one city, or stage a battle between npcs wearing the ancient falmer armor to represent they were snow elves or all the other details I didn't notice is so subtle and I think underappreciated. There's a lot of work put in to make it high quality
i like to roleplay that Vahlok isnt fighting my Dragonborn because their a soulless husk, but that he's testing me to find me worthy enough to finish what he started when it comes to fighting Miraak.
That's genius. I may actually use this in the future, if that's alright with you?
@@laziwastaken go ahead. :)
@@MLPDethDealr32 2 years
I love how there’s like three elder scrolls youtubers all telling the same stories and the lore over and over again, but I keep watching it all anyways.
Who wants to get going on the petition for an epic Nate cameo in TES6?
Nate cameo: I make list of these lands previously it was Skyrim oh the amount i made there, it nearly felt infinite
He could be a generic bandit voice. "I'll murder you to death! *Swings curved sword at our character*"
Tbh, not gonna lie, I'm expecting tes6 to be a let down after the way Bethesda has been lately
@@tigolbitties8352 but we're all gonna play it anyway so....
From what I understand, the dragon war mainly happened because of the dragon priests in Skyrim. Apparently the dragon priests in Atmora were pretty fair rulers, as opposed to most of those in Skyrim being rather tyrannical. If the dragon priests had reigned in their evil ways, the dragon war may have never happened at all.
He theorizes in another video that Miraak is the reason the Priests went tyrannical
Morokei was also one of top 5 Dragon Priests since he has a Staff of Magnus.
he also talked to you whilst draining your magicka, killed everyone in Savos Aran's expedition team except for Aran himself, as Aran tributed his two friends to seal Morokei (all that effort and he still can talk to you as you enter labyrinthian), dude's crazy
@@kapxbianz it kept recharging my magica, I had the archnoch stone
I'd love to see a background on the rest of the priests they all are very interesting
The cinematic views you added are awesome Nate!
I dont mind murder
I dont mind death
But being murdered to death
Then there is gonna be a mess
Edit: thx for the likes guys 😁
Hey nate y did u remove the heart ?
U put it back but still
Salim Khusaiby you already have likes, calm down your ambition m8
Christian Scrocco ya true i needed that reality check and should be grateful of likes i am glad u opened my eyes 😁
@@salimkhusaiby1131 Umm if anyone gets murdered of course they're dead.. You... I am Morokei now di.
As i watched this vid, i assumed that it could be a pretty dated video, because i usually watch older videos. I was vastly surprised to see this was made TODAY. Like, thats awesome that you still make content like this man, definitely some of the most entertaining content on the platform. Keep em coming!
love seeing a new skyrim video of yours on my recommended - you never fail to deliver great content
I never really looked into the dragon priest lore but I always collected their masks as soon as I could but the ones that comes to mind the most is Nahkriin and Krosis and I don’t remember why I remember it so much
Nate, you did it again! I really like the way you pull all the details together about each Dragon Priest. Thank you. btw on another subject, is there anything special when you finally get all the dragon shouts?
Did you know Sean Bean voice acted Martin Septim?
Festive Acorn And his character still dies. LOL!
@@behrjudysson6159 he makes up for it by being unkillable in Hitman
“My Top 5 dragon priests, and their terrifying tales in The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. Storting off...”
3:00 has a Draugr holding a longsword or Zweihänder as if it was an axe, lmao.
I've watched all your skyrim videos your still my favorite UA-cam channel thank you for bringing me happiness
I created a new character just because collecting the masks is so fun for me.
What's more terrifying: the stories behind the Priests or the fact we slay them to death, rip off their faces and wear them or show them on a statue in our house?
This channel and mxr's -hentai- immersive mods are the reason I decided to pick up Skyrim again
FakePale Same
I never put it down my child 😶
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206 wait wait wait...you mean we have a choice?!?!?!?!?!!!!!
@@Allantitan Yes my child, you have a choice 😶
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206 DADDY! I MISSED YOU ( please kill me wait did you get your name from spiderman? )
You got it wrong, King Haralds men werent sent to attack Rahgot. They came across forelhost while driving out the elves.
Wait, so they were still killing off innocent Snow Elves all that time after? Damn..
At the end of the quest "A cornered rat" and the beginning of the quest "Alduin's wall" If you run out of the ratway without Esbern and go straight to Delphine and proceed to talk to her you can get some unique dialogue, where Delphine will proceed to yell at the Dovahkiin ordering them to come back when they have Esbern with them.
Also if you don't say Skyrim is a THICC game. I will have to order a shill.
thank you so much m8 for awesome videos I always enjoy them :) keep up the great work.
it's n8 not m8
@@muhammadal-shenawy97 lol
This is the subject I was waiting for. I hope your content never ends
I think I may have a tiny detail for you, u less you've covered it already: In the book Horker Attacks, it mentions a hunter named Gromm. In Oblivion, the bodyguard to one of the Dark Brotherhood targets was named Gromm.
Alternative ways Nate can say Skyrim is a massive game he hasn't said:
Skyrim is a Thicc game.
Skyrim is the Hitomi Tanaka of the video games
Skyrim is a big chungus of a game
Skyrim is the Motumbo of video games
Motumbo lulz, excellent
Hitomi Tanaka wtf
The Dragon Priests are awesome, perhaps most of all because of their masks. I have all nine (ten if you count the Wooden Mask) from vanilla and I'm wearing Konahriik, I can't wait to get the perk for tempering enchanted items. The only one I have from Solstheim is Zahkriisos, but that is going to change in the next day or so.
I have every single one.
@@goldedrag111 Over the past year, when I did go back and play Skyrim, I managed to get all of them on Solstheim too. I'm only playing on an ancient 360 with no mods, so that's it for me.
@@companylovesmisery1463 I have all of them on my 360 character. I'm going to get SSE on the PC eventually.
@@goldedrag111 I've thought of getting Skyrim on the PC, but for the moment I'm actually messing around with Morrowind on my PC.
@@companylovesmisery1463 I haven't played Morrowind yet.
Still can't belive you played Minecraft before this.
Valok could've been the only Dragon Priest we could engage in a conversation with. Like possibly, we could learn how he incapacitated Mirrak the first time and use some of his knowledge against our battle with Mirrak in Aporapha. Then he could've requested the Dragonborn to defeat him in battle so he knows we're the real deal
Funny that this was the first video I saw when I opened YT. I literally just finished the dragon priest mask sidequest and got Konahrik like... ten minutes ago.
do something about hidden details maybe? i think it would be good :p
Azidal’s boots of water walking I always kept with me. But I realized they weighed too much so I gave them to my Dwarven Armored Mudcrab. But then my Creation Club stopped functioning so he disappeared and the boots went with him 😢😢😢.
Just found this video series and loving it nice work nate after owning the game since xbox 360 and now finally on pc and you tell a wicked story and make me think more on how much you can miss really nice job man i look forward to watching more
Thanks for this one Nate!! The dragon preists were my favourite part of Skyrim.
Great lore video, Nate! Dragon Priest Otar reminds me a lot of King Leoric from Diablo lore. Horrible circumstances drove him to madness and he became The Skeleton King.
Something that's noteworthy is that the Dragon Priest Volsung is almost certainly named after a Norse legend about a family with that same name. The mythology spans generations, and part of it served as a major inspiration for Wagner's Ring Cycle.
I haven't read up on anything about the priest himself, but for a real world link, it's one of the more interesting ones!
That battle between Vahlok and Miraak sounds epic. Meanwhile, all we got was a small and boring fight, that ended in minutes.
Maybe for a future video, have a list of favourite characters who are helpless in their quests unless you help them. Like Katria, the innkeeper's son in Rorikstead, that Nord whose aunt went into a tomb and he's too scared to go in after her, etc.
I wish they made it so you could rule the dragon priests instead of killing them all.
There's probably either a mod for that or someone making a mod for that XD
Love the history! You should do more lore!
When he mentions the "innocent" women and children I immediately thought of Star Wars Episode II attack of the Clones
Not just the men but the women and the children too
You might be the first channel I actually subscribe to...the videos are cool BTW 👍
Just bested havnorak for the umteenth time and looking forward to beating the snot out of the " mad king" lol
@ 4:07, noticed the polygonal masonry on the wall behind the character....looks like Peru, among many other global sites....hats off to Bethesda for that...i never noticed before. That's amazing.
I love your videos watch them all the times.
Love the random encounters videos ran into the mad women on top of a snow mountain out of no where.
she kept telling me master on vacation and i need to careful was hilarious encounter.
Definitely my favorite video so far. Love the dragon priest addition to Skyrim more than anything lol
Wait the dragon priest were supposed to be hard....I think I might have been over leveled
Yeah... Replaying now with pure mage build, double casting destruction is so op :-)
Azidhal's story was more depressing than terrifying
True, but he also betrayed the Snow Elves and the other Mer who had trusted him enough to train him with their powerful Elven magics
Thank you for this! Vahlok definitely deserves more love!
I always felt like the dragon priests didn’t get enough love, this is an amazing video! Thanks for making it :)
If you dispatch an undead priest, are you murdering them to UNDEATH?
I’ll see myself out.
I’m actually early for once!!! I love your videos !!
This was an excellent video Nate! I love these types of videos. Keep up the amazing work.
I was listening to a lofi mix and I heard the song you use on you fallout videos. All I could hear was “murder to death” and “and they aren’t talking”
I still think that "Solstheim splitting from the mainland" quote in "The Guardian and the Traitor" is Nordic hyperbole. I think what they mean by that statement is Solstheim splitting culturally from the mainland. The power of the dragon cult in Solstheim would have been severely diminished after the loss of so many dragons, and with the winged beasts dealing with the rising tensions between the priests and the Nords of Skyrim, they wouldn't have paid much attention to Solstheim.
So skyrim had their own version of Jonestown