"In the First Era, in the first battle, when the slaves first rebelled, one stood. Blessed by the hand of Akatosh, his heart replaced by the Red Diamond and tainted beyond forgiveness, he chose the path of perpetual torment. In his ravenous hatred, he found no peace; and with boiling blood, he scoured the jungle heartlands seeking vengeance upon the sorcerer kings who had wronged him. He wore armour of the Divine Crusader, and those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... The Whitestrake."
@John Doe Completely wrong. He's not at all a mechanical being aside from his heart being the amulet of kings. Created by the divines, sure. But he was flesh and blood. And he has nothing to do with the Dwemer, and likely would've killed them on sight.
The Khajiit's depiction of the Whitesnake is also awesome. Alkosh used his battle cry to cast the genocidal maniac out of Elsweyr leaving behind a time wound at Sunspire. Even though the Whitesnake scaled the mountain to chase the fleeing Khajiit, wise Alkosh knew his children were being innocently slaughtered and to use so much power in banishing him shows how truly terrifying the Whitesnake was.
Yep, Pelinal was a crazy, racist mass murder honestly. I get the concept of a powerful liberator is cool and all, but that doesn't change the fact that a lot of innocent people died at his hands, whether Beast or Mer, and its crazy more people never admit he went too far in cases like this
@@thalmoragent9344 Rip and tear until it is done. All jokes aside, historical figures are often boiled down to their most notable traits, in this case liberation and vigor, rather than his brutal slaughter of all things that stood in the path, or were perceived to stand in the path, of that liberation
@@oliverholm3973 Yeah, same with Ysgramor. He's a hero to Nords, but in reality he was a genocidal piece of shit that committed an Ethnic Cleansing of an entire Civilization, culture, history, and nearly ended an entire race, all because they attacked a single city (supposedly) unprovoked. If we ever had the same problem with any other race, a lot of innocent people would be dead. And I argue that Ysgramor was even worse than Pelinal, since he at least knew when to stop.
@@thalmoragent9344 If the Elves did not deserve what they got, then why did the gods create mortals with the means to exact retribution from them. Pelinal Whitestrake himself had the blessings from the Aedra to end the Aldmeri Empire because half of them resorted to hardcore daedra worship including burning human children and gut gardens.
Eh, it was both. Innocent Aylieds and Khajit were caught in the crossfire, it was only supposed to be the terrible and bloodthirsty Aylieds to be killed, instead he went on mass slaughters
@@FudgeMuppet Hey, I thought you might want to know that one of the top comments (showing up third for me), from user "Toxic Male" (with a swastika avatar) is a modified version of a quote from "The Jew" by Joseph Goebbels, edited to be about elves instead, clearly left by a fascist. There is a disturbing amount of "likes" on it, as well... Just trying to help you guys keep fascist trash out of your top comments. Thanks.
@@sethrodrigues399 Best to give them all the platform we can for in dialogue there lies hope in change in opinion. But if not remember same would apply to communist like you.
@@eru.maewos7673 i doubt that its umarils actual mortal body. since he's half daedra and has been killed before i assume his appearance is just what we mortals can perceive, much like daedric armor and weaponry
I really enjoy these history based podcasts. Makes for a great opportunity to go more into detail than the summary videos you normally do even though they are also great.
The events that took place during the reign of Belharza would make for a great game. Imagine playing in jungle Cyrodiil. Plus it would be interesting to see what Cyrodiilic culture was like before/during the rise of the Alessian Order. I wonder if they actually killed Belharza or it was elves indeed
Unfortunately bethesda like to release the games in a linear timeline. If we were ever to go back to the ayleid empire,it would have to be in a spin-off game, or as a side quest/dlc in a future installment.
@@maxhutto3056 Bethesda did release fallout 76 and that's set before fallout 4 I know it isn't a good game but there is a chance they could make it into a game on its own
@@maxhutto3056 fair enough, ig it does count as a spin-off of sorts, my impression of it was that it was just a bad game not really a spin off but I could be wrong
Cyrodillic vampires were more fun than Skyrim ones; Harkon just felt like a rip-off werewolf, the flawlessly integrated ones in the Imperial City and Skingrad were much preferable.
@@BaalFridge He will forever be despised by the Khajiit. A shame that they slowly begin to forget who saved them from his violence since Riddle'thar is more popular than Alkosh. Alkosh deserves more respect.
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 The Riddle-Thar epiphany is what saved Elsweyr from petty infighting that would leave them prone to invasion and united the Khajiit under one banner. That's why
@@idipped2521 "Who is Alkosh? Gak! Riddle'Thar has kicked sand over the First Cat so long that his name is forgotten! Alkosh is the first divine: the Dragon King of Cats! The Khajiit have strayed from him, but he's returned to right our path! Come, see for yourself!" -Azin-Jo He said it first.
Definitely have always imagined Merethic Cyrodiil as being stylistically pre-Roman Ancient Medeteranian. Like Mycinaean (Bronze Age Greece), Etruscan, or Mesopotamian. A little of all three, actually; the Nibenease are very Etruscan in their love of color, festivity, and decoration, while the Colovians are more Mycinean in their practical, more austere aesthetic.
A flame atronach as an animal mount? Now that's a hot ride! All jokes aside, that is the most badass form of transportation ever. Conjuration offers much more than they've shown.
This is the kind of video/podcast I thumbs up in like the first few seconds and then settle down to do some chore in the house as I listen to the discussion.
Funny thing about the theory that Pelinal is from the future is that It could actually be true.Alduin was sent to the future using an elder scroll so I mean the same thing could've happened to Pelinal.
In the video that had a note pop on screen that Scott misspoke. However the two things people always say that buggers my mythology brain. Pegasus, it's the name of a winged horse, no the name of the species. Heracles, named after HERA, the greek goddess. Hercules being his Roman name, this one is on Disney, fucking disney....
@@mgd8867 I mean, if we really want to be pedantic, Roman is an accurate if ambiguous way to denote Classical Latin, as opposed to Ecclesiastical Latin. Latin as a language survived and evolved for almost two millennia after the fall of the Western Empire, so the term 'Roman' is considerably more specific than the general term 'Latin'. Assuming we ignore the Byzantines anyway, but realistically no one has referred to them as Roman since 1453, so I think that's a safe assumption.
I would soil my pants with fluids of unnatural origin if they gave the Alessian empire Byzantine aesthetics. It's perfect for that classic antiquity to high medieval fusion.
Honestly, me too. I don’t know if there’s many developers out there who have the vision or the dedication to execute something like that. You’d need to send the concept artists to audit a series of lectures on late antiquity or away on a 6 week tour of the eastern Mediterranean. Some people’s minds just break when they reach a certain point with Byzantine Empire stuff. Emperors wearing big onion-shaped turbans was it for me. I still don’t have the strength nor the gumption to dive into Norman-Byzantine-Arab cultural stuff like Malta.
I was FLOORED the first time I played Vigilant, especially when you go to Coldharbour. Such a damn good mod, I'll have to revisit it again... haven't played since way before it got translated/voice acted
Connor Sarles The voice acting adds a whole new dimension. Though one of the female voice actors is kind of terrible. I’m assuming the same actor does voice of numerous poorly performed characters, since I think the mod has like six actors for dozens of roles.
I like how Vigilant implies that Molag Bal (disguised as Alessia) was the one to give Maruhk the Inflexible Doctrines so that he could ultimately gather more souls. Makes me wonder if one or more of the daedra really could have influenced the creation of the Alessian Empire.
@@whitewolf9088 I love the Vigilant mod. Its even more fun when playing as a Vampire for me. So now when I'm back in Skyrim/Tamriel i always tell NPCs yes when i get the " Have you ever lost a loved one" or " Are you married" dialogue you can get in game. Was kind of Sad when Inquisitor Pepe died by Laza's hand. Also fun fact: If you do you the Blessings of Nature quest for Danica Pure Spring in Whiterun, you can find Lamae's grave and activate it to listen to the ending song again.
Play Vigilant. In Act IV, you go to Coldharbor, but because of some weird time flux stuff, it resembles the Imperial city during the Alessian Empire. Plus, you get to go around and experience the memories of people who were there. You get to play as Pelinal solo-ing the Imperial city and 1v1-ing Umaril, you play as Marukh getting his vision of Alessia, and while you don't get to _play_ as Morihaus, you can see his memories too, like finding Pelinal's body after he killed-ish Umaril and Alessia's final moments (there's also a character whose name is just "????" but if you know your lore, you can tell exactly who he is). It's pretty well done and adheres to the lore, but makes an interesting twist by saying that Molag Bal was behind most of the nasty stuff that went down.
Thank you really much Fudgemuppet bros to bring so complex lores at the reach of lore dummies like me. You have done quite an impressive job in explaining really complex and boring lore and putting it in really simple terms and in details. Your work is much appreciated. Much love from the Indian Ocean.
Yooo, Fudgemuppet actually hearted my comment. That's something in life💜💜. Actually I really liked the lore behind the heartland elves but never got the time to ever complete the lecture from the in game books, so thanks lots.
Please bring back the Elder Scrolls Podcast and do an episode on Pelinal. I love how interpretable his lore is. Is he a magic god, a robot from the future, a player's character from the TTRPG that spawned the elder scrolls? I must hear your theories!
Do Sithis and the dark brotherhood next, lots of people think sithis is non sentient and just mephala trolling but evidence seems to point otherwise. Wanna here your take.
On the 'speaking sideways', I suppose it represents all the alternating timelines 'spread out' at one time: like observing how many ribbons can be spread out across a table rather than focusing on their individual lengths.
Still waiting for the Asir podcast. All creatures of Nirn deserve a chance in the spotlight. As the creator of the Asir lore, id be happy to collab with FudgeMuppet. The Ants from the Stump in Riverwood NEED to be recognized.
When you guys say "You should be familiar with this we have discussed it before" I freak out. Giving me flashbacks of school all over again when a teacher says we are having a test.
An interesting conversation. On the topic of guilty until proven innocent and the difficulty and hardship of such things, and how this was the case in our own world until relatively recently and in some places still is, it can be illuminating to think about how in some cultures, such as ancient Rome, not only were suspects tortured for confessions or to test for guilt, but witnesses were also tortured to see if they were telling the truth and the whole truth. Further, as for what effect a religious based law is going to have on the system and whether they will have any interest in what the defendant even says in their behalf, it will largely depend upon whether that society has a mechanism for reconciliation, such as the Auto-de-Fe in the lands where the Inquisition was present, or whether there was not, such as in most protestant lands where witch trials more routinely resulted in execution.
Scott's idea of a Elder Scrolls game in first era jungle Cyrodiil with Belharza the minotaur as emperor could be made by Obsidian after TES6. I like the sound of 'THE ELDER SCROLLS: ALLESSIAN EMPIRE'
I think it is because of the Kalpa Cycles that the Elder Scrolls societies haven’t progressed to more modern technologies. They act as a kind of reset button. With that said, it’ll be interesting to see how future Elder Scrolls games will look considering that you stop Alduin, the one who would’ve brought a new Kalpa.
Scott, the story you're thinking of is, iirc, when someone suggested that Pelinal was a Shezzarine and that very night, that person was choked to death by moths.
When are we getting a video on the actual Elders scrolls and their lore, I've always been fascinated by the scrolls and would love to hear Drew's thoughts about them
The dragonborn thing is the perfect move for a emperor. "Only my family can rule because you will die otherwise!" Kinda like Vivec's Baar Dau being "Love me or die!" Also a humanised Morihaus feels to me like painting a white Jesus when he obviously was middle eastern.
Which is probably why some say that Morihaus was human. When it comes to mythologies and prophets, the culture that adopts it portrays it to be more like them; like Jesus and Morihaus. Christianity in Japan always portray Jesus as Japanese, like how English cultures portray him as white, etc
Maybe they designed Pelinal's armor to look like the Hero of Kvatch in the future that then went to the past and eventually got put back together in the Knights of the Nine and inspire its own creation.
They enslaved and brutalized the Nedic people. They gave a collective middle finger to the gods who warned them to stop. They ripped their nedic slaves apart for amusement and made gut gardens and flesh sculptures of them, they set children on fire for sport to here them scream....buddy the list of horrible shit they did stretch from here to hell. Pelinal was the wrath of gods made flesh, literally.
Is the Divine Crusader armor what Pelinal wore or is it just inspired by what he wore? I always thought he was much more advanced and the person who created the Crusader armor just used the materials they had at the time.
First Era lore is my JAM, bro. Especially the Alessian Rebellion and the _foxy_ Pelinal Whitestrake himself (only the real ones will get that 😉). Side note/question to the Fudgemuppet squad: Do you guys have any plans to start doing UA-cam memberships? Like the ones where you get to contribute to the channel each month, and then get to use some custom emojis and have a lil badge next to your name on comments? It’s something I’ve been hoping for (for a good bit now actually), but I’ve never asked about it or even seen anyone else ask about it, so here we go I guess! hahahaha 😂
I have no problem with mounts. If you can turn a daedra into armor sword axe spear shield there is no reason you cannot force an atnorach into a horse wolf etc shape. Love your podcasts.
Nice discussion. Gotta say, the presentation of this lore in the VIGILANT-GLENMORIL-UNSLAAD trilogy is canon to me and I accept nothing else, official lore be damned.
Love the podcast guys! If I could I would love to make a suggestion. Could you guys do something with the idea of kalpa cycles? I am very interested in this topic and through a very moderate amount of research I have not been able to find anything of substance.
Late on the draw However I was stoked to hear (I think Drew?) Talking about, from elven perspective, what right did Humans have to remove Auriel's elven aspects. I actually agree. Humans AND Elves have no right to tamper with divine forces. The soul is divine and that's partly why I dislike soul trapping, and that's why I keep talking about Varla stones. They were able to create weapons so powerful they pierced Pelinal White strakes armor. They can grant a form of "immortality." Ayleids had no reason to be so cruel besides inherent cruelty. Incredibly ahead of their time. I feel like Bethesda messed up not adding the option to enchant weapons with Varla stones like the Ayleids could By the way I constantly find myself debunking topics and claims on Facebook with y'all's videos. Seriously, Fudgemuppet Shoddycast and Camelworks and some more are all top tier. It took me over half a year to watch your entire channel Fudge
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 yes i can. The khajit view all their "gods" and there are MANY in elsewheyr, as cats. It makes sense. The divines show up as humans to humans and elves to elves and cats to khajit and since there are so many cat shapes they can personify the deity as any kind of cat they choose.
YOu get to meet part of Alessia's soul and experience her memories in the Mod VIGILANT. God i love that mod. there's an evil option for the Dragonborn/PC to mantle MOLAG BAL.
"In the First Era, in the first battle, when the slaves first rebelled, one stood. Blessed by the hand of Akatosh, his heart replaced by the Red Diamond and tainted beyond forgiveness, he chose the path of perpetual torment. In his ravenous hatred, he found no peace; and with boiling blood, he scoured the jungle heartlands seeking vengeance upon the sorcerer kings who had wronged him. He wore armour of the Divine Crusader, and those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... The Whitestrake."
Whitesnake*
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 good band
@John Doe Completely wrong. He's not at all a mechanical being aside from his heart being the amulet of kings. Created by the divines, sure. But he was flesh and blood. And he has nothing to do with the Dwemer, and likely would've killed them on sight.
@Mk Lz someone had to
@Mk Lz I mean, you can go home if you're not having fun.
Minotaurs: *Serves the Empire of their ancestor with honor*
Humans: "Sorry, our Ape-friend says you gotta go."
Almost like the situation with Eldacar in LoTR.
The Khajiit's depiction of the Whitesnake is also awesome. Alkosh used his battle cry to cast the genocidal maniac out of Elsweyr leaving behind a time wound at Sunspire. Even though the Whitesnake scaled the mountain to chase the fleeing Khajiit, wise Alkosh knew his children were being innocently slaughtered and to use so much power in banishing him shows how truly terrifying the Whitesnake was.
That is definitly a jojo reference
Yep, Pelinal was a crazy, racist mass murder honestly. I get the concept of a powerful liberator is cool and all, but that doesn't change the fact that a lot of innocent people died at his hands, whether Beast or Mer, and its crazy more people never admit he went too far in cases like this
@@thalmoragent9344
Rip and tear until it is done. All jokes aside, historical figures are often boiled down to their most notable traits, in this case liberation and vigor, rather than his brutal slaughter of all things that stood in the path, or were perceived to stand in the path, of that liberation
@@oliverholm3973
Yeah, same with Ysgramor. He's a hero to Nords, but in reality he was a genocidal piece of shit that committed an Ethnic Cleansing of an entire Civilization, culture, history, and nearly ended an entire race, all because they attacked a single city (supposedly) unprovoked.
If we ever had the same problem with any other race, a lot of innocent people would be dead. And I argue that Ysgramor was even worse than Pelinal, since he at least knew when to stop.
@@thalmoragent9344 If the Elves did not deserve what they got, then why did the gods create mortals with the means to exact retribution from them. Pelinal Whitestrake himself had the blessings from the Aedra to end the Aldmeri Empire because half of them resorted to hardcore daedra worship including burning human children and gut gardens.
Perfect way to start the day, cozy up with an elder scrolls podcast and a cup of tea
Ayy another guy who makes beats. Cool to see other ppl who use inspiration from TES for music
Im curling up with hot coco, def a vibe
That sounds pleasant. And yes, I agree! Love these podcasts
You know, I was just about to research this! Cheers, lads!!!
I'm about to curl up with this bowl
Michael just couldn't handle all this information so he just zero summed
Podcast: *explains Alessian order monotheism and Godhead*
Michael: *zero sums*
Pelinal: I keep telling you, it was not genocide, it was pesticide.
It w a s
Khajiit disagrees
It was a little bit of both.
i agree with pelinal
Eh, it was both. Innocent Aylieds and Khajit were caught in the crossfire, it was only supposed to be the terrible and bloodthirsty Aylieds to be killed, instead he went on mass slaughters
Pelinal Doomslayer is not real but he can definitely hurt me.
REMAAAAAAAN
In another video a guy named "Buddha" called me racist for thinking Pelinal is badass. Like bruh it is just a video game.
That part where michael disappeared was hilarious for some reason lol. I love hanging out with yall talking about elder scrolls, keep it up.
We'll miss you Michael 😭 F.
I'll be back!!!
@@FudgeMuppet Hey, I thought you might want to know that one of the top comments (showing up third for me), from user "Toxic Male" (with a swastika avatar) is a modified version of a quote from "The Jew" by Joseph Goebbels, edited to be about elves instead, clearly left by a fascist. There is a disturbing amount of "likes" on it, as well... Just trying to help you guys keep fascist trash out of your top comments. Thanks.
@@ByzantineDarkwraith Who cares. Its funny joke, do you think anyone will turn fascist by reading that lol?
@@LegateRioksia better not to give then any platform whatsoever, especially if theyre joking or claiming to be "ironic@
@@sethrodrigues399 Best to give them all the platform we can for in dialogue there lies hope in change in opinion. But if not remember same would apply to communist like you.
TY guys. Waiting for the zero sum moment.
"The ayleids lived in ancient jungle Cyrodil and wore feathers and beads and practiced brutal human sacrifices."
*Suddenly realizes they're aztecs*
Yet, I find it strange that in Oblivion's DLC, they appear as more advanced with their golden armors.
Performed blood rituals, revered birds, had genocide enacted on them, yup sounds about right!
@@eru.maewos7673 i think you mean the aurorans, i don't blame u tho it's pretty confusing ingame
@@eathumanfleshh5395 yeah, I replayed it and now I understand that those aren't Ayleids but Aurorans. But then Umaril too is in a "Auroran" body?
@@eru.maewos7673 i doubt that its umarils actual mortal body. since he's half daedra and has been killed before i assume his appearance is just what we mortals can perceive, much like daedric armor and weaponry
Scott: *Begins a deep explanation of something in particular.*
Michael: Anyway...
I really enjoy these history based podcasts. Makes for a great opportunity to go more into detail than the summary videos you normally do even though they are also great.
The events that took place during the reign of Belharza would make for a great game. Imagine playing in jungle Cyrodiil. Plus it would be interesting to see what Cyrodiilic culture was like before/during the rise of the Alessian Order. I wonder if they actually killed Belharza or it was elves indeed
Unfortunately bethesda like to release the games in a linear timeline. If we were ever to go back to the ayleid empire,it would have to be in a spin-off game, or as a side quest/dlc in a future installment.
@@maxhutto3056 Bethesda did release fallout 76 and that's set before fallout 4 I know it isn't a good game but there is a chance they could make it into a game on its own
@@thewanderingpedophobe3626 yeah, but I'd personally consider 76 a spin-off.but that's my opinion.
@@thewanderingpedophobe3626 I have heard that Bethesda was pushed to release 76 as a money grab. Similar to ESO
@@maxhutto3056 fair enough, ig it does count as a spin-off of sorts, my impression of it was that it was just a bad game not really a spin off but I could be wrong
An episode about Lorkhan/Shor/Shezarr please. Him and Auriel are the most interesting aedras for me.
Looks like you've got your wish, we got one on Lorkhan, but not Auriel yet 😓
ua-cam.com/video/3aH147iXHy0/v-deo.html
Can you do a podcast about the vampires of the Tamriel. I always wonder if there are more vampire lords like harkon throughout the continent.
Well of course. There's Rada al-Saran, Lady Thorn, and Lord Falgravn. Two of which died to the Vestige and the Undaunted.
Cyrodillic vampires were more fun than Skyrim ones; Harkon just felt like a rip-off werewolf, the flawlessly integrated ones in the Imperial City and Skingrad were much preferable.
Lady of Scrolls did one not too long ago. You might wanna check that out if you haven’t already.
@@barkasz6066
Agreed, she's awesome, another great Elder Scrolls Lore channel
FudgeMuppet should do an LP of the Vigilant Voiced mod, they would love it. It's full of lore about the Alessian Empire.
Id love to see that too. Im getting ready to do one again as well. Would be fun to see them narrate as they go through it.
That drawing of Pelinal 😂👍🏽
I see you everywhere no cap
Pelinal Doomslayer will forever haunt my nightmares
@@BaalFridge
He will forever be despised by the Khajiit. A shame that they slowly begin to forget who saved them from his violence since Riddle'thar is more popular than Alkosh. Alkosh deserves more respect.
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 The Riddle-Thar epiphany is what saved Elsweyr from petty infighting that would leave them prone to invasion and united the Khajiit under one banner. That's why
@@idipped2521
"Who is Alkosh? Gak! Riddle'Thar has kicked sand over the First Cat so long that his name is forgotten!
Alkosh is the first divine: the Dragon King of Cats! The Khajiit have strayed from him, but he's returned to right our path! Come, see for yourself!"
-Azin-Jo
He said it first.
I love these podcasts so much.
Definitely have always imagined Merethic Cyrodiil as being stylistically pre-Roman Ancient Medeteranian. Like Mycinaean (Bronze Age Greece), Etruscan, or Mesopotamian. A little of all three, actually; the Nibenease are very Etruscan in their love of color, festivity, and decoration, while the Colovians are more Mycinean in their practical, more austere aesthetic.
Headcanon accepted 😁
A flame atronach as an animal mount? Now that's a hot ride!
All jokes aside, that is the most badass form of transportation ever. Conjuration offers much more than they've shown.
Conjure me a warm bed
This is the kind of video/podcast I thumbs up in like the first few seconds and then settle down to do some chore in the house as I listen to the discussion.
Funny thing about the theory that Pelinal is from the future is that It could actually be true.Alduin was sent to the future using an elder scroll so I mean the same thing could've happened to Pelinal.
I hate to be that one guy, but in I am a mythology buff, you have activated my trap card:
Odysseus’s name in Roman is Ulysses, not Achilles
I caught that too 😂
In the video that had a note pop on screen that Scott misspoke. However the two things people always say that buggers my mythology brain.
Pegasus, it's the name of a winged horse, no the name of the species.
Heracles, named after HERA, the greek goddess. Hercules being his Roman name, this one is on Disney, fucking disney....
pedants uno reverse card, Romans spoke Latin., not 'Roman'.
You mean the Roman name for Odysseus rather than Odysseus in Roman. Roman isn't a language.
@@mgd8867 I mean, if we really want to be pedantic, Roman is an accurate if ambiguous way to denote Classical Latin, as opposed to Ecclesiastical Latin. Latin as a language survived and evolved for almost two millennia after the fall of the Western Empire, so the term 'Roman' is considerably more specific than the general term 'Latin'. Assuming we ignore the Byzantines anyway, but realistically no one has referred to them as Roman since 1453, so I think that's a safe assumption.
Nice. Can you do a podcast about Auriel-Akatosh-Alduin trichotomy after the Reman Empire episode?
@John Doe what?
Yeah
I would soil my pants with fluids of unnatural origin if they gave the Alessian empire Byzantine aesthetics. It's perfect for that classic antiquity to high medieval fusion.
Honestly, me too. I don’t know if there’s many developers out there who have the vision or the dedication to execute something like that. You’d need to send the concept artists to audit a series of lectures on late antiquity or away on a 6 week tour of the eastern Mediterranean.
Some people’s minds just break when they reach a certain point with Byzantine Empire stuff. Emperors wearing big onion-shaped turbans was it for me. I still don’t have the strength nor the gumption to dive into Norman-Byzantine-Arab cultural stuff like Malta.
That’s makes no sense the Byzantines were after rome and there designs are shit and they were a awful empire
Really surprised no one mentioned the Vigilant Mod. I know it’s not canon but it dives headfirst into this era, referencing a lot of canon material
I was FLOORED the first time I played Vigilant, especially when you go to Coldharbour. Such a damn good mod, I'll have to revisit it again... haven't played since way before it got translated/voice acted
Connor Sarles The voice acting adds a whole new dimension. Though one of the female voice actors is kind of terrible. I’m assuming the same actor does voice of numerous poorly performed characters, since I think the mod has like six actors for dozens of roles.
I like how Vigilant implies that Molag Bal (disguised as Alessia) was the one to give Maruhk the Inflexible Doctrines so that he could ultimately gather more souls. Makes me wonder if one or more of the daedra really could have influenced the creation of the Alessian Empire.
@@whitewolf9088 Molag Bal petrified at the entrance of Aetherius shook me
@@whitewolf9088 I love the Vigilant mod. Its even more fun when playing as a Vampire for me. So now when I'm back in Skyrim/Tamriel i always tell NPCs yes when i get the " Have you ever lost a loved one" or " Are you married" dialogue you can get in game. Was kind of Sad when Inquisitor Pepe died by Laza's hand.
Also fun fact: If you do you the Blessings of Nature quest for Danica Pure Spring in Whiterun, you can find Lamae's grave and activate it to listen to the ending song again.
“The Lore Must Go On” should be the name of the podcast
Just what I needed after an Allinall video
Was it the Pelinal Animated Opera?
Play Vigilant. In Act IV, you go to Coldharbor, but because of some weird time flux stuff, it resembles the Imperial city during the Alessian Empire. Plus, you get to go around and experience the memories of people who were there.
You get to play as Pelinal solo-ing the Imperial city and 1v1-ing Umaril, you play as Marukh getting his vision of Alessia, and while you don't get to _play_ as Morihaus, you can see his memories too, like finding Pelinal's body after he killed-ish Umaril and Alessia's final moments (there's also a character whose name is just "????" but if you know your lore, you can tell exactly who he is). It's pretty well done and adheres to the lore, but makes an interesting twist by saying that Molag Bal was behind most of the nasty stuff that went down.
King Dynar was an awesome Ayleid. A great leader of a guild that came way after his race was wiped out.
That giant smile on Scott's face at the beginning of every video just sets the tone Everytime man
If I remember correctly I was the one who requested this! Thanks a lot guys!
A game set during the early Alessian Order would be pretty cool, especially with all the Minotaurs around. Great episode!
Thank you really much Fudgemuppet bros to bring so complex lores at the reach of lore dummies like me. You have done quite an impressive job in explaining really complex and boring lore and putting it in really simple terms and in details. Your work is much appreciated. Much love from the Indian Ocean.
Yooo, Fudgemuppet actually hearted my comment. That's something in life💜💜. Actually I really liked the lore behind the heartland elves but never got the time to ever complete the lecture from the in game books, so thanks lots.
Please bring back the Elder Scrolls Podcast and do an episode on Pelinal. I love how interpretable his lore is. Is he a magic god, a robot from the future, a player's character from the TTRPG that spawned the elder scrolls? I must hear your theories!
Elder scrolls podcast is like the thing people didnt know they needed but they do
Do Sithis and the dark brotherhood next, lots of people think sithis is non sentient and just mephala trolling but evidence seems to point otherwise. Wanna here your take.
Second this
On the 'speaking sideways', I suppose it represents all the alternating timelines 'spread out' at one time: like observing how many ribbons can be spread out across a table rather than focusing on their individual lengths.
OOOOH IM CHIMMMIIIIINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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Nice
This is me. This is how I *CHIM*
If Michael doesn’t come back as a half crazed God I’ll be disappointed...
Maybe
Still waiting for the Asir podcast. All creatures of Nirn deserve a chance in the spotlight. As the creator of the Asir lore, id be happy to collab with FudgeMuppet. The Ants from the Stump in Riverwood NEED to be recognized.
When you guys say "You should be familiar with this we have discussed it before" I freak out. Giving me flashbacks of school all over again when a teacher says we are having a test.
I'm trying to catch up on all of the podcasts but you guys are great! I love the podcasts
An interesting conversation. On the topic of guilty until proven innocent and the difficulty and hardship of such things, and how this was the case in our own world until relatively recently and in some places still is, it can be illuminating to think about how in some cultures, such as ancient Rome, not only were suspects tortured for confessions or to test for guilt, but witnesses were also tortured to see if they were telling the truth and the whole truth. Further, as for what effect a religious based law is going to have on the system and whether they will have any interest in what the defendant even says in their behalf, it will largely depend upon whether that society has a mechanism for reconciliation, such as the Auto-de-Fe in the lands where the Inquisition was present, or whether there was not, such as in most protestant lands where witch trials more routinely resulted in execution.
Got off work an hour early, bundled up on my couch all warm and snug, drinking my tea - Today's a good day. 😊
Petition to stop all hostilities towards Minotaurs. Sons and daughters of Morihaus deserve better.
F for Michael's internet. His ISP could use some tonal architecture.
Im so glad this podcast is a thing
Scott's idea of a Elder Scrolls game in first era jungle Cyrodiil with Belharza the minotaur as emperor could be made by Obsidian after TES6.
I like the sound of 'THE ELDER SCROLLS: ALLESSIAN EMPIRE'
I think it is because of the Kalpa Cycles that the Elder Scrolls societies haven’t progressed to more modern technologies. They act as a kind of reset button. With that said, it’ll be interesting to see how future Elder Scrolls games will look considering that you stop Alduin, the one who would’ve brought a new Kalpa.
The Wailing Wheels of Vin Diesel
Wow, you guys are intense! I'm a new follower, & I am thoroughly enjoying all this information. Thank you!
Scott, the story you're thinking of is, iirc, when someone suggested that Pelinal was a Shezzarine and that very night, that person was choked to death by moths.
These were their eastern chieftains, no longer full of their talking. Well, Pelinal forgot about the podcast Chieftains, still talking away.
That music!
I’ve been waiting for this one!
When are we getting a video on the actual Elders scrolls and their lore, I've always been fascinated by the scrolls and would love to hear Drew's thoughts about them
Can you do an episode on the Tribunal? I know you've done videos on them, but I'd like to know more, if there is more.
PS~ F for Michael
The dragonborn thing is the perfect move for a emperor. "Only my family can rule because you will die otherwise!" Kinda like Vivec's Baar Dau being "Love me or die!"
Also a humanised Morihaus feels to me like painting a white Jesus when he obviously was middle eastern.
Which is probably why some say that Morihaus was human. When it comes to mythologies and prophets, the culture that adopts it portrays it to be more like them; like Jesus and Morihaus. Christianity in Japan always portray Jesus as Japanese, like how English cultures portray him as white, etc
The lords mail is suposed to be his armor so well he might not be human he's definitely humanoid and not just a literal.winged bull
@@vonfaustien3957 perhaps he even had two forms: that of a winged bull and that of a man
jesus wasnt full blown middle eastern also btw
@@visperad541 illusion magic?
Love these podcasts !! Helps me relax. love from new york 💗
I love relistenibg or watching while I’m at work or while I smoke looool! Never gets old
Maybe they designed Pelinal's armor to look like the Hero of Kvatch in the future that then went to the past and eventually got put back together in the Knights of the Nine and inspire its own creation.
As a HUGE elf fan, the existence of pelinal and that rebel queen make me sad 😞
They enslaved and brutalized the Nedic people. They gave a collective middle finger to the gods who warned them to stop. They ripped their nedic slaves apart for amusement and made gut gardens and flesh sculptures of them, they set children on fire for sport to here them scream....buddy the list of horrible shit they did stretch from here to hell.
Pelinal was the wrath of gods made flesh, literally.
Is the Divine Crusader armor what Pelinal wore or is it just inspired by what he wore? I always thought he was much more advanced and the person who created the Crusader armor just used the materials they had at the time.
The Greymoor version of Alessia's statue is giving me big Minoan Crete bull worship vibes
Finally some true to whole imperial lore for the empire!!!
I'd love a game set during The Alessian Rebellion.
i want Bethesda to make a elder scrolls where you play as pelinal
First time I ever looked at the screen as well with these, and it was quite funny to find out who the voices belonged to.
First Era lore is my JAM, bro. Especially the Alessian Rebellion and the _foxy_ Pelinal Whitestrake himself (only the real ones will get that 😉).
Side note/question to the Fudgemuppet squad: Do you guys have any plans to start doing UA-cam memberships? Like the ones where you get to contribute to the channel each month, and then get to use some custom emojis and have a lil badge next to your name on comments?
It’s something I’ve been hoping for (for a good bit now actually), but I’ve never asked about it or even seen anyone else ask about it, so here we go I guess! hahahaha 😂
Fs in Chat for Michael.
He was a brave one.
Pelinal Whitestrake is the Doomguy change my mind:
I have no problem with mounts. If you can turn a daedra into armor sword axe spear shield there is no reason you cannot force an atnorach into a horse wolf etc shape. Love your podcasts.
Michael straight up pulled a Kagrenac on us
Nice discussion. Gotta say, the presentation of this lore in the VIGILANT-GLENMORIL-UNSLAAD trilogy is canon to me and I accept nothing else, official lore be damned.
I see the "Morihaus Statue" situation as The Alessian Order depicting him as human to re-enforce their own views.
I am here to say you three inspired me to play Oblivion again and after 145hrs ive done everything i can😂😂🤷♂️
Minotaurs might not make great soliders, they do however make excellent furry pillows.
Something to put on while washing dishes.
Love the podcast guys! If I could I would love to make a suggestion. Could you guys do something with the idea of kalpa cycles? I am very interested in this topic and through a very moderate amount of research I have not been able to find anything of substance.
I think cyrodiil and the Imperials need a complete redone. ES Oblivion destroyed their exotic culture and land for stereotypical medieval setting.
Some people remember Michael as having been there the whole video others believe Michael was actually Camel.
I got that crusader guys armor from some bandit lol I'm gon get it back I didn't know it was special
amazing podcast
New fudge muppet podcast?
Well I guess I’m getting really stoned this morning
Late on the draw
However I was stoked to hear (I think Drew?) Talking about, from elven perspective, what right did Humans have to remove Auriel's elven aspects. I actually agree. Humans AND Elves have no right to tamper with divine forces. The soul is divine and that's partly why I dislike soul trapping, and that's why I keep talking about Varla stones. They were able to create weapons so powerful they pierced Pelinal White strakes armor.
They can grant a form of "immortality."
Ayleids had no reason to be so cruel besides inherent cruelty. Incredibly ahead of their time. I feel like Bethesda messed up not adding the option to enchant weapons with Varla stones like the Ayleids could
By the way I constantly find myself debunking topics and claims on Facebook with y'all's videos. Seriously, Fudgemuppet Shoddycast and Camelworks and some more are all top tier. It took me over half a year to watch your entire channel Fudge
Can you explain how Alkosh is a cat and a dragon? Does that have to do with the selectives?
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 yes i can. The khajit view all their "gods" and there are MANY in elsewheyr, as cats. It makes sense. The divines show up as humans to humans and elves to elves and cats to khajit and since there are so many cat shapes they can personify the deity as any kind of cat they choose.
@@jouzelfeather-pelt7686 you got me on the selectives though
Pelinal is definitely a cyborg from the future.
Could you do a top 10 or top 20 books to read within Skyrim and Oblivion. ? Please. The books you all liked or found most interesting thanks
Dance atop the White-Gold Tower
I really think Morrowind changed the Dark Elves as much as Azura did
Azura changed their appearance, Morrowind changed their culture
I said it once I’ll say it again can you do a video on ancient yokuda and especially the Sinestral Elves
YOu get to meet part of Alessia's soul and experience her memories in the Mod VIGILANT. God i love that mod. there's an evil option for the Dragonborn/PC to mantle MOLAG BAL.
F, as we remember our fallen. Maybe Akatosh can fix the problem?
Then you notice Michael is reading while Scott is talking, probably because he forgot to research the night before
I think he was about to finish reading Vivec’s sermons and had a seizure
F for Michael 😢
"zerosum.exe" 🤣🤣🤣
Did the ayleids cause the birdmen that topal the pilot described to go extinct?
:) good way to start the day :)
Would love to see some content about the Kothringi O_O